Essays 121 - 150
In five pages the ways in which Melville's short story protagonist can only conform to social demands through nonconformity and no...
In six pages the deceptiveness of appearances is examined in a consideration of the journeys each of these short story protagonist...
A 5 analysis of the short story by Guy de Maupassant. 7 sources,...
her mother does not always know the time of day. "He just left five minutes ago"; "That was this morning, Mother. Its night now" ...
In five pages this short story is reviewed. There are no other sources cited....
amount of money (Erdrich). Fleur won, and refused to play any longer; in retaliation, the men got drunk and raped her; that same n...
about, but as the tension rises, a perspective that is discussed in the section on tone within the story, the reader senses that t...
ship dropped anchor "at 3 a.m. July 5, 1975" and passengers began to disembark (Phien). The first thing that greeted them was a ho...
"Dead Mens Path." It seems at first glance to be a very straightforward tale. However, as one critic points out, "In the post-Fouc...
know the child is there, because each of them is taken to see it when they are quite young, perhaps 8-12 years of age. They cannot...
any attempt to model understanding of God on the basis of a study of humanity is simply untenable. What is the soul of man? A mixt...
other authors do not seem to consider in their discussions. In terms of language, for instance, a proficiency test measures the st...
government (Gascoigne). Hemingway drew upon this war experience in several of his most famous novels, such as A Farewell to Arms...
and Shakespeares use of metaphor achieves his purpose very well, particularly in the lines that refer to comparing a ladys breath ...
are knit by Chaucer into a complex tapestry in this allegorical tale, illustrating the instability of lifes joys, but also the sam...
face" (lines 444-445)("Sir Gawain" 229). The head then warns Gawain not to forget their agreement, which is that Gawain will submi...
formalist-structuralist critics have evaded the issue of sexual identity entirely or dismissed it as irrelevant and subjective" (S...
blank slate for the imaginings of those around him, particularly Hana. Myth "crosses international boundaries and offers apparentl...
behind horrors, leading to situations in which there is censorship of the press, little education and "goodness trod under foot, t...
regards to both cherries and grapes. Her lips as "curved" like cherries and "full" like grape bunches, but they are "sweet" like ...
80). This teachers observation and encouragement gave Madera the confidence she needed to join the school newspaper staff. In her...
when the Beowulf poet writes "Fate always goes as it must" (43) and "Fate often saves an undoomed man when his courage is good" (...
In the epic, the threat is supernatural; in the film, the menace is recast as a vicious, cannibalistic tribe who dress in animal s...
be more enlightening and convey a more precise meaning than an extended descriptive passage. At this point, the student researchin...
content, ideas, issues and concerns of an academic subject" (Klein 146). A middle school English teacher might promote active lea...
This essay analyzes two poems by Hughes, "Theme for English B" and "Let America Be America Again." The writer asserts that "Theme"...
instruments selected to measure an individuals language proficiency should be "suitable for the characteristics and background of ...
This essay pertains to the six categories of elementary instruction that were discerned from an extensive study of some of the bes...
This essay offers two lessons and activities that provide cultural instruction within the context of ESL (English as a Second Lang...
This essay compares two hypothetical papers and discusses which is stronger and why, the criteria used for evaluation, the organiz...