Essays 1981 - 2010
a woman-suit out of women (using their skin)-the ultimate in objectification" (Vorndam). Lecter is initially contemptuous of Starl...
achieved little even though they are in their 30s when the play opens. Linda, Willys wife, desperately tries to hold the family ...
also something that is easily masked. Bad people can appear good and vice versa. Making a determination about an individuals tru...
blank slate for the imaginings of those around him, particularly Hana. Myth "crosses international boundaries and offers apparentl...
and factories of Fresno" (Encyclopedia of World Biography, 2008). The story moves on through the authors elementary school years ...
the greatest number is the right thing to do (Utilitarianism: The greatest good for the greatest number, 2004; hereafter Utilitari...
of "Desirees Baby," Teresa Gibert observed, "The number and the intensity of the surprises that provoke astonishment in the highly...
hours each. The first disk is concerned with the description of the crime and the selection of the jury; the second covers the pro...
of knight. He was the kings representative in battle, and his role as the protector of freedom was assumed with honor and uncompro...
like A. O. Scott in his review of "The Lives of Others", however, contend that "even in an oppressive society, individuals are bur...
are learning that every living being sometime, somehow, some way ultimately dies. Fairy tales have long utilized this concept as ...
time which has caused him to think of himself as incredibly special: "In this world John, who was, his father said, ugly, who was ...
are knit by Chaucer into a complex tapestry in this allegorical tale, illustrating the instability of lifes joys, but also the sam...
a noble falls, he takes a lot of people with him. Thats true here, where Othellos suspicion results in his destruction, as well as...
choleric reeve, 2000). The reeve must also be exceptionally trustworthy because he collects rents (in services and goods) from tho...
Though not his most famous work, Joseph Conrad's The Secret Sharer is a showcase for the author's command of language. This paper ...
and this becomes a motivation that people pursue over and above everything else. Derber asserts that we distance ourselves from s...
This 7 page paper examines the friendship between Huck and Tom in Twain's classic novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, and ar...
In 5 pages this paper offers a character contrast of 'evil' Roger Chillingworth who leads by his head and 'good' Hester Prynne who...
the fact that the universe makes perfect sense if only one views it from the proper angle (McLynn PG). Basically, it is the langu...
This paper contends that the six main characters in this novel suffer from an inability to communicate with one another. This fiv...
Willy Loman in Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman is compared and contrasted with F. Scott Fitzgerald's Gatsby character. The Ame...
In six pages this novel is analyzed in terms of its style, language, setting, conflict, character, and theme. There are no other ...
reason for the rather wimpy Mariane. Dorine appeals to Orgon to preserve his daughters happiness and when he refuses to listen, s...
In five pages this 1994 film is analyzed in terms of story with character, cinematics with editing, and meaning with theme. Three...
In five pages this paper presents an overview of the story and characters featured in Upton Sinclair's The Jungle. There are no o...
In an analytic essay consisting of five pages the Tripitaka character in Monkey is examined in terms of his representation of man ...
This 5 page paper delineates the importance of political expression as it manifests in this blockbuster movie. Mainstream cultur...
This research report examines Alexander the Great and what he accomplished and compares this with a fictional character in Hardy's...
This paper consists of five pages and analyzes the conflict, theme, setting, and character of Native Son by Richard Wright. Six s...