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An Analysis of Doris Lessing's, To Room Nineteen

telephone wire holding her to her duty like a leash. The next time she must telephone, or wait to be telephoned, nailed her to her...

Setting and Theme in The Man to Send Rain Clouds by Leslie Marmon Silko

right in their eyes for one who has died. They paint his face, sprinkle corn meal and pollen, and thus give him a very fitting wra...

Pudd'nhead Wilson and Mark Twain's Use of Animal Imagery

in the natural order, the black man and the animal were indistinguishable. This was the prevailing attitude with which author, hu...

Literary Epiphanies

a future where she could do as she pleased, without the burden of a husband. She was not imagining a life where she lived wildly, ...

The Snows of Kilimanjaro by Ernest Hemingway and the 'Failed Artist'

to salvage their relationship. When a scratch on his leg goes untreated with iodine, it becomes gangrenous, and as he lay dying, ...

Winesburg, Ohio by Sherwood Anderson and Revelation

inner most desire is that God would "notice and...talk to him also" as he did to men in the Old Testament (55). Bentley comes to s...

Geoffrey Chaucer's 'The Knight's Tale' and Its Pagan Setting

John Whyclif and John Hus, drew attention to the moral and spiritual failures of the Christian Church (Schildgen 121). While The...

Comparative Analysis of The Lesson by Toni Bambara and The Standard of Living by Dorothy Parker

society within they wished they lived. In Bambaras story we have one woman, a black woman, who is trying to educate the inner c...

1991 Film The Doctor

This reaction paper consists of 6 pages and examines the film based upon surgeon Dr. Edward Rosenbaum's real life story of how his...

Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer and Themes of Morality and Immorality

In eight pages this paper discusses how Chaucer addressed morality and immorality in such stories as 'The Friar's Tale,' 'The Prio...

Joyce Chopra's Smooth Talk Film and Joyce Carol Oates' 'Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?'

attracts someone she doesnt anticipate -- an considerably older man named Arnold Friend. Vaguely sinister from the beginning, Arno...

Trail of the Green Blazer by R.K. Narayan

In five pages an analysis of this short story by R.K. Narayan is presented. There are 6 sources cited in the bibliography....

Youth, Culture, and Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov

In five pages this paper examines this unusual and controversial love story in terms of various cultural perceptions. There are n...

Jean Paul Sartre's 'The Wall' and Existentialism

In four pages Sartre's short story is examined in terms of how existentialism is contained within. There are no sources listed....

'Daughters of the Late Colonel' by Katherine Mansfield

two women that reveals a great deal about their lives while simultaneously showing the effect of their fathers tyranny through the...

American Cultural Connection and 'The Celestial Railroad' by Nathaniel Hawthorne

In six pages this paper examines how American culture is reflected in this short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Eight sources are ...

Protagonist and Antagonist in 'A and P' by John Updike

In one page this paper examines the short story by John Updike in an identification of its protagonist and antagonist characters. ...

Late 19th Century Character Development and the Importance of Landscape

In seven pages this paper discusses how character development during this time period was influenced by landscape in a considerati...

'The Lottery' by Shirley Jackson

and commonplace New England town for the event. It could serve as the model for a Norman Rockwell painting that could be titled "T...

Early Palestine and Jews

In eight pages this paper discusses the early Palestine in a consideration of a Jewish boy's story before the fifteenth century A....

Children's Literature, Humor, and Changing Messages

In fifteen pages this paper compares the humor and messages in a comparison of children's literature by Maud Hart Lovelace, Sydney...

Novel Line in If On a Winter's Night a Traveler

In two pages this paper examines one line from the novel in an analysis of its significants to the characterizations and the story...

'Oriental Tale' Motif and If On a Winter's Night a Traveler

In two pages this paper examines the motif of the 'Oriental Tale' in terms of its significance to the relationship between the sto...

Analysis of 'The Open Boat' by Stephen Crane

In three pages a short story analysis of 'The Open Boat' is presented. There are no other sources listed....

Myths on Creation

In ten pages the various stories on creation such as Western, Aztec and Mayan, Greco Roman, China, Mesopotamia, and Egypt civiliza...

Media Depiction of the Affair Between Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky

In nine pages ths report discusses media politics in terms of how this extramarital affair between the President of the United Sta...

Mythological Depiction of the Warrior Thor

In two and a half pages this paper discusses the hammer's loss in the story and the warrior and thunderous personality of Thor. T...

Sharon Pollock's Plays Earnest and Blood Relations

In five pages the primary elements of Walter Dale's interpretation of Sharon Pollock's Blood Relations is compared with recent ada...

William Faulkner's 'A Rose for Emily' and Themes of Pride and Loneliness

In five pages this paper discusses these themes presented in William Faulkner's short story with also literary elements including ...

Class and Gender Roles in Charlotte Perkins Gilman's 'The Yellow Wallpaper' and William Faulkner's 'A Rose For Emily'

that she did not have the wherewithal to match the experience of the opposing gender. It can be argued that the very first words ...