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To S.M., a Young African Painter, on Seeing His Works by Phillis Wheatley

and how they are seen by Wheatley as almost heavenly. She is clearly amazed at the figures and the power within these figures. Thi...

Capitalism Fuels Colonial Expansion

the scene may seem sublime, it can be interpreted as a depiction of contrast between cultures. In the foreground stands the Europ...

Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen and the Themes of Love, Marriage, and Money

of fancy, at least in her imagination. Austen states, "She was sensible and clever; but eager in everything: her sorrows, her joys...

Two Novels on Female Relationships and Power

that is part of mine. But when she was born, she sprang from me like a slippery fish, and has been swimming away from me since" (T...

James Joyce's Portrayal of Alienation in Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

through the trauma he suffers when he is forbidden to play with Eileen Vance because she is a Protestant. Stephens mother, who is ...

Cinderella Contrasts and Conflicts in Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

focus on her self-respect: "I hastened to drive from my mind the hateful notion I had been conceiving respecting Grace Poole; it d...

Edgar Allan Poe's Poetry and Death

her, hearing her cough and moan, witnessing her tears at the knowledge that she must soon leave them... the mothers despair and an...

Symbolism and Themes in Nathaniel Hawthorne's Stories

an intriguing plot concerning a ministers request to never remove the curious black veil he wears. When he dies, should the congre...

Love Songs of the Renaissance

that were performed with four to six singers, comprising a group of individuals making different sounds and imitations. "A madriga...

'A Rose for Emily' by William Faulkner and Love

living with Emily, which is certainly not proper but the town accepts this because there is sympathy for Emily who is a sad and lo...

Short Stories by Nawal El Saadawi and Ihara Saikaku on Social Justice

the perspective of Japanese culture, particularly in regards to "proper" conduct for women. From the beginning of the tale, Osen...

Young Societies and On Liberty by J.S. Mill

a society as being "mature" enough for liberty. The principal point of Mills essay is-- in reference to Western societies-- is th...

Nursing Home Admissions' Perception versus Reality

to a nursing facility, it should also be understood that each situation is unique. When both the family members and the staff of t...

A Look at Chaereas and Callirhoe

he had come down with a deadly disease. The author states that "Habrocomes pulled his hair and tore his clothes; he lamented over ...

Blackness in Young Goodman Brown and Betrothal in Santo Domingo

"black heart," but each kept some number of people at bay, not letting those individuals enter the inner recesses of either their ...

Love in Geoffrey Chaucer's 'Parliament of Fowles' and 'The Book of the Duchesse'

terrible punishment, as they shall "alwey whirle aboute therthe in peyne" (line 80) and they shall not be forgiven for their wicke...

Machiavelli's Beliefs Regarding Fear and Love

seems to possess a great deal of truth. According to Machiavelli, the conventional wisdom is that a prince "should try not to ins...

Cowboy Image in America

civilization these men were often more comfortable with the open plans and the cattle than they were with people who lived in a to...

Detailed Cinematic Analysis of American Beauty

of confines. The overall metaphor of this movie is the symbol of the rose. At one point a neighbor asks how the roses are grown s...

3 Art Form Variations

Persian art. The Smithsonian Institute (2004) tells us that, "This exhibition features twenty-six of the finest illustrated manusc...

Love Definition and Research

being wholly inferior. Others claim love is for the weak of both mind and spirit, the weak-willed who cannot live their lives alo...

Othello by William Shakespeare and Enduring Love

the only thing they share: "Othello reveals a more detailed acknowledgment of Desdemonas sexual appeal. As he discusses her death ...

'Daedalus Myth' and A Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Man by James Joyce

him all his life, what he had been groomed to do. To not become one would mean breaking free and telling everyone he knows that h...

Victorian Era's Love Poetry

despair associated with poverty, class distinctions, and opportunities for individuals to ever rise above their "place." The Dif...

The Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Nature

In a letter to his friend Wilhelm, dated May 4, 1771, Werther expresses regret over breaking a young woman named Lenores heart. A...

Love of Worker Bees, a Critical Perspective

But there are even deeper meanings as well. Given the era in which this story takes place, there are plenty of political overtone...

Was the Relationship Between Sally Hemings and Thomas Jefferson Love or Rape?

Jefferson made his views on slavery (for the general populace) known. In his notes for the Virginia Constitution, Jefferson also n...

Mark Twain's 'The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg' and Nathaniel Hawthorne's 'Young Goodman Brown'

wronged by the people sets out to uncover just how dishonest they truly are, how they do not possess righteousness and that they a...

Comparative Analysis of Mood and Themes in Poems by Robert Frost and T.S. Eliot

of striving to attain immortality, just as Jesus himself did. Over and over again in our lives we are tested, and each choice we ...

Maturity in the Relatoinship of Romeo and Juliet

is established that she has not yet reached her fourteenth birthday. Yet, she is also shown to be a practical, level-headed girl. ...