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To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf and Revisiting Childhood

In five pages the ways in which Woolf's novel represents recounting the author's own childhood through characterizations, events, ...

Women and Gender in Islam by Leila Ahmed

veil to designate between "respectable" and "disreputable" women. However, Ahmed emphasizes the fact that "Mesopotamian, Persian...

Rick Porrello's The History of the Cleveland Mafia

In 10 pages this memoir considers the author's family's organized crime activities during the Prohibition era. One source is cite...

Crime and Punishment in American History by Lawrence Meir Friedman

In five pages this comprehensive American history text is examined in terms of the author's detailed consideration of the U.S. cri...

The Use of Allegory and Symbolism in the Epic Poem Beowulf

Goldsmith, who sees Beowulf as being addressed to the "powerful" and designed to "warn them of the dangers attendant upon power" (...

Marvin Cetron and Owen Davies' Probable Tomorrows

In six pages this paper examines the authors' forecasts and the text is critiqued in terms of audience, purpose, content, style, a...

'On the Death of a Fair Infant Dying of a Cough' by John Milton

can start by noticing what occurs in the first stanza. Milton begins the work as follows: "Fairest flower no sooner blown but blas...

Frozen Sinners in Canto 32 of Dante's 'Inferno'

A brief passage from 'Inferno' is examined in 3 pages as it pertains to the ice lake's frozen sinners with the author's intention ...

John Lewis Gaddis' We Now Know Rethinking Cold War History

In six pages this paper presents a summary and thematic analysis of this text and the author's assertion that the Soviet actions c...

'Suburban Sonnet' by Gwen Harwood

In 5 pages the author's use of language in this sonnet is examined in terms of texture and surface. There are no other sources li...

Stephen Gould's Chauvet Cave The Discovery of the World's Oldest Paintings, a Rhetorical Analysis

brain-picking sessions, the symposia, the panel-discussion, the interview-in short, a rhetoric of the stop-and-go, give-and-take d...

Red Scare or Red Menace? by John E. Haynes

In five pages this text on the McCarthy era is summarized and the author's primary points are analyzed. There are no other source...

A Review of Hannah and Her Sisters

A 5 page review of the film by Woody Allen. The opinions of other critics are considered and the author's own opinion delivered a...

Richard Posner's Negligence Theory Applied to Case Law

In this paper of three pages the article written by Richard Posner on the theory of negligence is discussed from a case law perspe...

'Master and Man' Short Story by Leo Tolstoy

In five pages this paper discusses how the author's beliefs regarding death and Christianity are expressed in this short story by ...

Harry Mulisch's 'The Assault'

A 5 page paper that frames the argument that this is more of an autobiographical exorcism of the author's demons as well as a tale...

Religion in 'A Good Man is Hard to Find' by Flannery O'Connor

In seven pages this paper examines the short story in terms of how it expresses the author's attitudes about religion. Six source...

'Grace' of James Joyce

In 5 pages this paper discusses the author's uses of metaphor, style, and syntax in the short story. There are 5 sources cited in...

Life and Art in 'The Storm' by Kate Chopin

In five pages this paper discusses the author's life and writings in a comparison with the short story regarding Alcee and Calixta...

'Cask of Amontillado' by Edgar Allan Poe and Irony

In 3 pages the author's employment of verbal, situational, and dramatic irony in this short story is analyzed. There are 2 source...

bell hooks' Bone Black and Determination

In 6 pages bell hooks' autobiography is analyzed in terms of the significance of the author's determination to penetrate societal ...

The Poetic Symbolism of 'a Rose By Any Other Name' in Edward Taylor's 'Huswifery'

In 5 pages a discussion of the author's intentions and how they are expressed through symbolism is presented. There is one source...

Against the Gods by Peter L. Bernstein

In five pages this paper discusses Against the Gods by Peter L. Bernstein in a consideration of the author's number theory of risk...

Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard

In five pages the author's naturalist perspective is applied to life's questions including the place of humanity, God, and what th...

Growing Up Bilingual by Anna Celia Zentella

In six pages this paper reveals the author's detailed linguistic study of New York Spanish Harlem's Puerto Rican children. Eleven...

The Short Fiction of Kurt Vonnegut and Conformity and Appearance

IN ten pages the author's contention that conformity interferes with self understanding is examined within the context of three st...

Walking Without Sight Exercise

This 3 page paper gives an explanation of a walk the author took while blindfolded. This paper includes explanation of how it was ...

Responses to Quotes

This 4 page paper gives an explanation of the meaning of four quotes. This paper includes the author's opinion about the quotes. B...

Glenda Gilmore's 'Gender and Jim Crow'

In a paper consisting of 5 pages, the author's apology for her lack of knowledge pertaining to the African American women's strugg...

Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness and Symbolism

In five pages this paper analyzes Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad in terms of the author's employment of dual symbolism. There...