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Essays 1981 - 2010

Firebrand of Liberty

the coast of Georgia and Florida under Colonel Oliver T. Beards command (Kennington, 2009). Their expedition, and raids, proved su...

Analysis of Two Works by Ernest Hemingway

an unnamed American man and his girlfriend, Jig. Theyre sitting at a train station in the valley of the river Ebro; its barren and...

Emily Grierson a Grotesque Character

late at night and sprinkling lime around, presumably on the theory that her servant killed a rat or snake and they smell its decom...

The Biblical Ruth

meeting with the other man, calling in elders and others to witness the exchange. The other man renounces his claim and takes off ...

Witches, Faith and the Devil an Analysis of Young Goodman Brown

point of Hawthornes story, however, is the hypocrisy that riddles society-any society. Its no secret that the author was very fond...

"I Stand Here Ironing" And "Fever Flower" Mother Daughter Relationships

entire identity. Similarly, Olsen sheds light upon the way intent and effort do not always produce the desired outcome, which is ...

Dangerous Minds Movie and Gender

well into adulthood. However, Lorber points out, "Individual actions construct social institutions and therefore... changes in in...

Mature Style of William Faulkner

it is encompasses self-sacrifice, pity and compassion for others, who are also suffering through lifes hardships. Essentially, thi...

Characterization as a Literary Technique

remarried-his fathers brother, no less. Then, to his horror, he finds out that his fathers death was no accident, but fratricide: ...

Narrative of David and Goliath

his victories against large predators to his faith in God. Scholarship points out that many features of this narrative relate to...

The Necklace

and wanted more than she had. The result was that she ended up with less than she had. If Mathilde had immediately told her frie...

Response on a Commentary of The Shawl

camps, and symbolic of the true need to survive, something not really seen in the mother or the infant who all but seem to accept ...

Stephen Crane's "Open Boat" and setting

with human emotions, as the sea is described as being "nervously anxious." This conveys to the reader the way in which the men per...

A Rose for Emily/Use of Narration

of the story escalates the tension that is associated with this part of the narrative. There is considerable irony in the attitu...

Everyday Use and Maggie

reader the distinct impression that she is listening to everything that everyone says. This is borne out when Dee says that shes g...

Delia Today An Analysis of Sweat by Zora Neale Hurston

The writer argues that this story is character driven, and that this means Delia’s actions would not change much no matter what ti...

The Confessions of Nat Turner

questions the institution of slavery but it is not until this turning point that Nat truly decides to rebel. In the fourth chapter...

"Bullet In The Brain" And "The Lottery" Violence

was the gladiatorial combat of hunting, otherwise called the venatio. Once gathered up from different parts of the Roman empire t...

Life of Ernest Hemingway Reflected in his Art

Uncle Sam finally entered the First World War in 1917, Hemingway tried to enlist, but was constantly rejected because of his poor ...

Primary Language Arts Lesson Plan

These words will be presented to the children before the story is read. Kindergarten children will learn how to pronounce these wo...

"We Be Cool" by Gwendolyn Brooks, "The Lesson" by Toni Cade Bambara, and "Shiloh" by Bobbie Ann Mason and the American Dream

The thematic representation of the American dream in two literary genres (1 poem and 2 short stories) is discussed in 9 pages. Th...

Theme: The Shawl by Cynthia Ozick

any sustenance for her. This brings in the thematic element of the shawl in a very powerful way for Magda would suck on the shawl,...

A Rose for Emily by Faulkner

the Old South and the New South which further complicates the matter. In the Old South, the South ruled and supported by slavery...

Tan's First Novel

all sorts of unsettling events. This is a fictional account but it brings into play very real issues faced by todays population. ...

Poe and The Tell-Tale Heart, a Reaction

when it overwhelms everything, even the narrator who is trying to avoid being caught. Perhaps the most hideous thing about the sto...

Corn Woman and Brave Wolf

kept her alive and ultimately took her home to her family who then took it upon themselves to address the violence that Brave Wolf...

From the Revolution to the Civil War: The Long Sleep of Carleton Wankybucket

at that and he turned and ran, only to fall flat on his face. The jolt startled him and woke him up completely. He heaved a sigh ...

Intellectual Infatuation in 'Murders in the Rue Morgue' by Edgar Allan Poe

"super sleuth," August Dupin who was certainly as erudite and calmly logical as Sherlock Holmes or any of the other witty, urbane,...

Overview of Upton Sinclair's The Jungle

In five pages this paper presents an overview of the story and characters featured in Upton Sinclair's The Jungle. There are no o...

Symbolic Motifs and Gothic Imagery of 'The Fall of the House of Usher' by Edgar Allan Poe

In six pages this paper discusses how supernatural, dualism, and death motifs are emphasized through Gothic imagery in this famous...