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Essays 1501 - 1530
In seven pages this poetic explication reveals how Poe was able to achieve his morbid atmosphere through the literary elements of ...
In three pages this poem by Emily Dickinson is analyzed in terms of personification, message, and theme along with other literary ...
it. A well constructed plot, therefore, must neither begin nor end at haphazard, but conform to these principles" (Aristotle 7-8)....
In twelve pages the poetic metaphor and its value is assessed within the works of these varied literary and philosophical icons. ...
by minute; A horse-hoof slides on the brim, And a horse plashes within it; The long-legged moor-hens dive, And hens to moor-cocks ...
In five pages 5 of Robert Burns' poems are analyzed in terms of metrical structure and literary devices including 'Robert Bruce's ...
The history of the Indian wars is laid out by Francis Parkman in Conspiracy of Pontiac. This essay examines his use of theme, lite...
This paper examines Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and Henry James' Washington Square in terms of how Szacz's The Myth of Mental Illn...
An eight page research paper considering the literary concept of the hero's journey in this classic science fiction film by direct...
In six pages a passage from Matthew's gospel is presented in terms of its background, meaning, and literary analysis. There are f...
charities was remarkable. She was coming into her own, moving out of the extremely heavy shadow cast by the royal family (particu...
bound to engage. While mythological women were strong of mind and spirit, they were not allowed to express their inner most being...
regard to the acceptance of reality, issues of morality and, perhaps above all, the concept of divine judgment and human guilt. I...
Chandler was famous for his evocative descriptions of L.A.; the heat and light, the flowers, traffic, noise and above all the vivi...
This sets the stage for a pessimistic story, despite any optimistic elements. This sense of pessimism is also one that is very u...
reader, who has the benefit of hindsight, to wonder why German Jews, such as the Oppermanns, did not react earlier to the Nazi thr...
to return to the cave because its familiar and comfortable? The answer to all these questions is "yes." (Allegory of the Cave, 2...
become separate" (p.48). An interest point is made as Fromm investigates erotic love. Today, many equate eroticism with romanticis...
are more things in common with these two works than the simple fact that both deal, in a sense with the railroad industry....
what they want, remains universal and could easily fit into a contemporary drama or comedy. Lysistrata tells her fellows that "We ...
it would be remiss not to include it in an essay such as this. All Christians follow the Holy Bible, the Old Testament and the Ne...
in our relationships with family and friends, in our working environments - all of these play an important role in who we are, and...
how Africa had been at some point before its development. While the old works cited above do provide a sense of identity for the p...
when the Beowulf poet writes "Fate always goes as it must" (43) and "Fate often saves an undoomed man when his courage is good" (...
that neither knowledge nor life are two evils to be chosen between, but that they are both good. Why would God care to call either...
and proper nineteenth-century Victorian lady; Zora Neale Hurston was a plain-speaking twentieth century African-American woman wit...
serve as a compass for the character when facing great and insurmountable odds. Oedipus held staunchly to his moral codes, and whe...
as a first attempt one can see the underlying brilliance that will shine through in later novel attempts. As has been said, "Auste...
black children. For example, in chapter 1, Kunjufu cites a study that shows that from infancy through three-years-old, black chil...
through the observations of bystanders, but through his own words that interpret his own feelings and anxiety about the situation....