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A Comparison of Two Major Characters in Literature, Sophocles' Antigone and Shakespeare's Hamlet

the king is furious at his sons interference. The king asks if the reason he has come was to save Antigone. His foreknowledge, whi...

Literature and Domestic Abuse

boy dizzy; But I hung on like death: Such waltzing was not easy(Roethke). This is...

The Use of an Affair as a Metaphor in Literature

the end get her into trouble with a loan shark. Eventually much of her and Charles property is confiscated. Her illicit affa...

Literature Review of Impaired Vision and Neuropsychology

have conscious vision (unlike their primary visual cortex counterparts) (Stoerig, 1996). This experiment tended to prove that diff...

Email Laws and Relevant Literature

level of infiltration that existed in relation to computers functions - such as email - and individual privacy. The government ha...

True Life Stories, Literature, and Issues of Gender, Sex, and Race

end, giving us a young woman who was never able to come to terms with her race, her sexuality, or her gender. She is the character...

Literature Review on Mercury and Air Pollution

priorities since it affects people of all ages and classes. Unfortunately, ridding the world of mercury air pollution is no...

Gender Equity Through Literature

Gender equity determinations by using the Harry Potter books by J.K. Rowling are the focus of this paper consisting of ten pages. ...

Literature and Women's Social Status

close to his sister, one has to contemplate the possibility of incest which adds to the seductiveness that many authors attribute ...

Postcolonial Literature and Symbols

each. Before going on, it pays to define post colonialism. DeHay (2004) explains that the definition she likes to use for postc...

Literature Review on Inmates and Families Programs

In fifteen pages this research paper presents a literature review regarding programs for long term prison inmates and their famili...

Scottish Literature and the Reformation

In five pages this paper discusses the superior Scottish literature when compared to that of Ireland and England during the Reform...

Overview of Japanese Literature

as offer a connecting force to the overall symmetrical representation of their social impression. Mishima utilizes a combination ...

The Concept of Ambition as Reflected in Literature

In five pages the idea of ambition is discussed in an examination of such literary works as A Delicate Balance by Jose Armas, Balt...

Literature Review on Peasantry

(1983) noted that he is not worried about Marxism as historical materialism is a mode of inquiry as well as a form of revolutionar...

Literature, Humor, and Morality

In four pages this paper discusses how morality is humorously depicted in Goldoni's Servant of Two Masters, Machiavelli's Madragol...

Defining Aspects in Literature

This paper examines the essential elements that make up a literary work and define the writer. The author discusses Shakespeare, ...

Essential Elements of Great Literature and Writers

In five pages great works of literature written by esteemed authors are examined in order to reveal the crucial elements that cont...

Literature and Free Will v. Fate

In 5 pages this paper examines this thematic conflict as it is represented in A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen, Macbeth by William S...

Literature and Social Isolation

In seven pages this paper considers how social isolation is represented in Philoctetes by Sophocles, Apology by Plato, and Night b...

Literature Review on the Pros and Cons of the Electoral College

In eight pages this literature review assesses the pros and cons of the U.S. electoral college system with the presidential electi...

The Issue of Censorship and Applying it to Modern Literature

5 pages and 6 sources. This paper provides an overview of the application of censorship principles to the books of J.K. Rowling. ...

Nineteenth Century Literature, Realism, and Romanticism

In 5 pages this paper discusses how realism and romanticism are represented in literature of the nineteenth century with compariso...

Children's Literature and the Use of Comedy

Comedy is almost universal in children's literature. This paper examines how a number of children's books make use of this storyte...

Fantasy Literature for Children

In five pages this report considers fantasy literature for children in an agrement with Ursula K. Le Guin's definition that fantas...

Classical Literature Compared

as revealed in the literary/mythological writings of ancient Greece. In "The Iliad," for example, when the mighty warrior Achille...

Entertainment and Education in Literature

In 5 pages this paper discusses how literature can be both educational as well as entertaining within the precepts of Horace the p...

War and Beauty in Literature

Hemingway's works are discussed as they highlight the aspect of beauty as it appears in war. This unlikely subject is contemplated...

Classical Literature and Women

In eight pages the idealization of women and the restrictions placed upon them as reflected in Aristophanes' Lysistrata, Antigone ...

Literature and Social Outcasts

In seven pages this paper social outcasts Daisy Miller, the protagonist featured in the title of Henry James' novella and Holden C...