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Essays 1831 - 1860

Oedipus Rex, The Iliad and The Odyssey and how these works relate to Gender

Oedipus. He learned that his predecessor and his wifes late husband, King Laius, had been murdered, Oedipus contends that it shou...

The American Novel

slavery and freedom. The main character is Huckleberry Finn and he simply wants to help out his friend, the runaway slave. But, ...

Gift Giving in Homer's Odyssey

he will gild her horns as part of the sacrifice (Homer). Such sacrifices were meant as "gifts" to the gods, which were designed to...

Daniel Quinn’s Ishmael: Man and Nature

offended by such a statement if put differently. For example, if someone was told that they are no more than grubs in the world of...

Court Martial: A Few Good Men

most people like and he ultimately seems to be nothing more than a complainer, and less than a perfect military individual in rela...

The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Its Effect on the Third Estate

always outvote the Third Estate" (Hooker, 1996). It was, in effect, a "rubber stamp" for the nobility to pass the legislation that...

Black Masculinity

exhibit the most extreme misogynistic trends. Girls are often scantily clad, and dance provocatively. They are often dubbed "hoes"...

Barn Burning by Faulkner

testify, to lie for his father he can "smell and sense just a little of fear because mostly of despair and grief, the old fierce p...

Fate and Foreboding in Romeo and Juliet

It also sets the stage for the viewer/reader to know the foundations of history concerning the families when Romeo and Juliet firs...

The Theme of Waiting as Exemplified in Waiting for Godot

one of waiting. Is this what man was meant to do? In Waiting for Godot, playwright Samuel Beckett explores these ideas as well a...

Thurgood Marshall's Role in Education

his life dictated his career. He was being groomed for the role by his life circumstances. In some way, it seems as if he was dest...

Individualism in the Work of Mark Twain

at the individuality of creatures and how pure and noble a dog can be in the face of humanity that is cruel, perhaps speaking of h...

The Modern Novel: Austen, Eliot, Joyce

in for what she sees as the opposite with is sensibility. Her sister, Marianne, however is filled with emotions and is very much r...

Playing in Hamlet: Ophelia

who are listening can better estimate if he is mad or not. Ophelia is essentially being used by the leaders for their own gain but...

The Idea of Free Will in Mann's Mario and the Magician

Essentially, Mario kills the magician just like Lee Harvey Oswald killed JFK. Most explicators of this story tend to see the theme...

The Quiet American by Graham Greene

than the indiscriminate massacre in the canals around. (Greene [1]). In so many ways this illustrates the reality of war that alwa...

Human Failing: Miller’s The Crucible

the whole town ultimately. Abigail is the main character and she is the one who instigates, or illuminates, the behaviors of all...

Pollock and Rothko

and splashing paint on a canvas. He was known as Jack the Dripper and this particular style was what he was known for. But, just p...

Male and Female Roles in Marriage

is very much an equal reality in a marriage. Men and women are expected to treat each other respectfully, and to care about one an...

Jay Gatsby: A Great Man?

poverty to a position of wealth. While many people who wanted this particular American Dream of wealth and material possessions ...

Religion in Robinson Crusoe

essentially ignored the will of God, or denied seeking out what the will of God may be, and left without approval. A good Christia...

Racism in The Bluest Eye

read. Morrison presents these excerpts, and the distorted excerpts, to illustrate a nation that has long held racism out for all t...

The Lives of Men and Women in America

course, on the home front, many women complain that men simply do not do chores or take care of the children. Often, it is the cas...

Problems With Employment Termination (Case Study Analysis)

hobby they enjoy away from the office. Although the company might have lost in terms of its image, the law is an important issue...

Human Behavior According to Freud and Nietzsche

is something that is not synonymous with love. At the same time, the sexual system is more than just something that involves a man...

The Pastoral in Orwell and Dickens

moved out of reach. His journeys across the surface of England are overwhelmed by the difficultly of achieving pastoral consolatio...

Canada in Letters by Charlotte Gray

with any kind of revenue, real cash, in these early days. And, it also clearly illustrates that on the other side of surviving for...

Technology's Effect on Society

astronomers have figured out whats going to happen and are hoping to leave records so the next generation will understand, and be ...

Villains in William Shakespeare’s Macbeth and Richard III

sensibilities: "The Prince of Cumberland! That is a step / On which I must fall down, or else oerleap, / For in my way it lies. S...

Theme of Innocence/Catcher in the Rye

answers both in the affirmative and negative to this question, primarily due to Holden reactions towards Jane (Takeuchi "Salinger...