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'The Hunger Artist' by Franz Kafka

In four pages Kafka's effective tongue in cheek literary style is examined within the context of this humorous short story. There...

Marxist Rhetoric in 'The Hunger Artist' by Franz Kafka

predictable of a portrayal for a writer as talented as Kafka. It has almost become cliche for writers to appear as either the poo...

Character Analysis of Gregor in 'Metamorphosis' by Franz Kafka

In two pages this paper examines Gregor as featured in Kafka's short story with the emphasis upon his loneliness. There is no bib...

Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka

In five pages this paper argues that this story by Kafka represents a creationist evolution allegory. One source is cited in the ...

Parents in the Fiction of Guy de Maupassant

In five pages this paper examines the French author's short stories 'Mademoiselle Fifi' and 'Boule de Suif' in terms of how they r...

'The Necklace' by Guy de Maupassant

In four pages this paper examines the very different discoveries the reader and the protagonist make as the story unfolds. There ...

'Abelard and Heloise' Translated by Jean de Meun

In eight pages this paper examines the Jean de Meun translation of this love story from Medieval France. There are 3 other source...

Knighthood's Conflicting Duties and a Comparison of 'Sir Gawain and the Green Knight' and 'The Knight's Tale'

This paper consists of five pages and discusses the conflict that results from knighthood's overlapping obligations in a comparati...

'Life of a Sensuous Man' by Saikaku

In five pages this paper examines the translation of this story by Saikaku in a consideration of 2 themes and irony as used by the...

'Telephone Call' by Alifa Rifaat

In four pages this short story from Distant View of a Minaret is analyzed in terms of the call's symbolism. There is 1 source cit...

'Eveline' by James Joyce

In four pages this paper discusses the story in a letter Eveline pens to her father in which she expresses her desire to leave her...

Poetry, Recreation, Cinema, and Ethnicity

In five pages social and cultural ethnic representations in a Johnson short story, Divakaruni and Clifton poetic themes are discus...

A Book Review of Cerebral Palsy and Irish Medical Care in the 1930's

In 3 pages ‘My Left Foot' by Christy Brown is reviewed and examines the story of how a man's struggles with severe paralysis...

'Platoon' vs. 'Apocalypse Now'

In 5 pages this comparative analysis considers the power of visual images in these films and how war is told through manipulative ...

Inner City Life in Cinema

The ways in which life in the inner cities are portrayed are contrasted and compared in an examination of the films La Haine by Ka...

Movies and How the Dracula Character Has Evolved

Transylvanian aristocrat remained unchallenged for nearly twenty-seven years, and it was not until 1958, when the British actor Ch...

Desai and Achebe A Comparison of Clear Light of Day and Things Fall Apart

5 pages 0 outside sources. This paper relates the major themes in Desai's Clear Light of Day and Achebe's Things Fall Apart. Thi...

Powerful Women and Literature

In six pages this paper examines how powerful women are depicted in The Widow of Ephesus, Alice Walker's 'Everyday Use' and Kate C...

Comparative Analysis of The Destructors by Graham Greene and Paul's Case by Willa Cather

In six pages these stories are compared and contrasted with regard to the portrayal of character rebellion in each. There are no ...

'The Storm' by Kate Chopin and Sexuality

In five pages this paper discusses how Kate Chopin portrayed female sexuality in her short story 'The Storm.' There are no other ...

The Aristotelian Tragic Form

expect of him. Based on these criteria we will examine the tragic characters in Macbeth, Death of a Salesman, The Stranger an...

Latino Family Images in Iguana Dreams

In seven pages this short story collection is examined in terms of how Latino families are represented within. There are no other...

Death Perspectives of Leo Tolstoy and Dylan Thomas

This paper contrasts the death perspectives articulated by Dylan Thomas in the poem 'Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night' with t...

Jewish Identity in 'My First Goose by Isaac Babel

In thirteen pages this paper discusses how the story protagonist Liutov's Jewish identity caused problems for him as he attempted ...

A Comparison and Contrasting Analysis of Sholem Aleichem's 'Fiddler on the Roof' (a.k.a. 'Tevye') and 'Tevye the Dairyman'

only one of 21 collected stories. However, it was the force of Tevyes energetic personality which made him appear dominant in the...

Comparative Analysis of Ernest Hemingway's 'Soldier's Home' and Herman Melville's 'Bartleby the Scrivener'

In five pages Hemingway's Harold Krebs is compared with Melville's story narrator in an argument that asserts that confrontation f...

Comparative Literary Analysis of William Faulkner's Modernism and Toni Morrison's Postmodernism

(without excluding the importance of the past), where everything is not spelled out neatly for the reader. The reader must interp...

Julio Cortazar's Deshoras

back to the past, as the young man obsesses over his mother and his search for identity. And, "Although the narrator begins by den...

Man v. Nature in The Milagro Beanfield War by John Nichols

with immediate commercial success, however, it was later transferred to screen with a film adaptation, indicating the real value t...

Belshazzar's Feast by Rembrandt Van Rijn

on the boundaries between the Christian world and the largest Jewish community in Holland (Internet source). Kren and Marx (2002) ...