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Literary Modernism

In five pages The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald and The Trial by Franz Kafka are compared in terms of European and American ...

A Comparison of the Autobiographies of Benjamin Franklin, Mary Rowlandson, & Olaudah Equinao

This paper compares and contrasts the lives of three influential early Americans. The themes of freedom, faith, and inspiration in...

Comparative Analysis of Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman and Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie

In four pages this paper analyzes human dreams in a contrast and comparison of these two award winning American dramas. Two sourc...

American Theatrical Realism in the Plays of Eugene O'Neill and Tennessee Williams

In nine pages American dramatic realism is discussed in an analysis of Eugene O'Neill's play Desire Under Elms and Tennessee Willi...

Using Structure to Develop the Story in How to Make an American Quilt and The Color Purple

This 9 page paper describes the way in which two authors use structure to develop the ideas in their books. The works under consid...

Native American Ritual and Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko II

In five pages this paper considers the customs and rituals of Native American culture and their influence on child development as ...

Magic of the Desert in Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko

In five pages this paper examines the metaphorical significance of the desert and its magical qualities for Native Americans in Le...

Myth and Its Importance in Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko

In four pages this paper examines the importance of Native American heritage and the protagonist's desire to reconnect in the nove...

Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee by Dee Brown

In five pages this report examines the history of the massacre at Wounded Knee and how the author increases reader awareness of is...

Future Lessons in the Past Story of Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee by Dee Brown

since the first European stepped foot on Native soil. Since its "discovery", most often credited to Columbus in 1492, to the curr...

Problems Associated with Adapting Novels into Films

This paper examines the problems involved in transferring novels from print to the big screen in twenty seven pages and includes s...

Mean Spirit by Linda Hogan

In five pages this Native American text is analyzed in terms of content, meaning, and gender relationships. There are no other so...

Literary Evidence of American Society in the Early Twentieth Century

In a paper consisting of ten pages the different perspectives of the texts The City Wilderness by Robert Woods, The Origins of the...

Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century's Literary Political Obligations

In seven pages this paper examines the political obligations John Locke and early American leaders faced during this time period. ...

American Literature and Multiculturalism

In five pages this paper examines how multiculturalism is represented in such American literary works as The Souls of Black Folk b...

Catherine Maria Sedgwick's 'Hope Leslie'

In five pages this paper considers the contents of this novel in terms of the topical issues it covers and the ways in which Nativ...

The Motif of the Journey In Contemporary Literature

This 5 page paper analyzes the way in which the motif of the journey was used in three classic American novels: The Grapes of Wrat...

Community in the Writings of Cotton Mather, Roger Williams, and John Winthrop

In five pages these early American founding fathers are considered in terms of their community concepts that represent a kind of s...

Jazz Music and its Development

In eight pages the American musical form known as jazz and its development are examined. Six sources are cited in the bibliograph...

Meredith Monk, Choreographer

In three pages this innovative avant garde choreographer is considered within the context of the article 'Honoring Meredith Monk's...

Analysis of New Latin American Cinema

In six pages this research paper examines recent trends in New Latin American cinema. Seven sources are cited in the bibliography...

The 1957 Film '12 Angry Men'

a jury in the wake of racial stereotypes and roles. The defendant is an uneducated, teenaged Puerto Rican slum dweller. The "peer...

Analysis of Michael Ritchie's Film The Candidate

In ten pages this research paper examines the 1972 docudrama on American politics. Five sources are cited in the bibliography....

Composer and Lyricist Stephen Sondheim

In six pages this paper examines American musical theater in a consideration of the influence exerted by Stephen Sondheim. Four s...

U.S. Film and the Influence of Stanislavski's Method

In eleven pages this paper examines the method acting theory of Stanislavski and its impact upon American cinema. Seven sources a...

American Theater and 'Method' Acting Guru Konstantin Stanislavski

In five pages this paper examines the impact of Stanislavski's 'Method' upon American theater in a consideration of playwrights Cl...

American Theater in the Future

This paper examines American theater in the future in five pages. There are 8 sources cited in the bibliography....

Marijuana and America's Democracy of Special Interests

In five pages this essay discusses the shifts in American democracy in a consideration of the government's opposition of marijuana...

The Comedy Team of Bud Abbott and Lou Costello

In this paper consisting of eight pages this comedy duo's contributions to American humor is explored. There are four bibliograph...

Female Directors in American Cinema

This paper examines the impact of female directors in American cinema. The author discusses, Dorothy Arzner, Ida Lupino, Lois Web...