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LA's House of Blues

In twenty one pages this paper examines the Los Angeles locale of the House of Blues chain in a consideration of industry performa...

Isabelle Allende's The House of the Spirits and the Character of Clara

relatively quiet, yet ominous woman. We note that she is clearly a very "mysterious person, which attracts Esteban to her and w...

Flags in the Dust by William Faulkner

In five pages Col. John Sartoris's role in the story is examined. Three sources are cited in the bibliography....

Critical Essays on Nathaniel Hawthorne

The House of the Seven Gables and The Marble Faun are the source of much critical analysis of Nathaniel Hawthorne's work. This pap...

John Irving's Cider House Rules and the 'Underdog'

was dyslexic before that particular learning disability had been identified by name - took Seabrookes, words as a kind of mantra. ...

Max Weber, Emile Durkheim, and Social Symbolism

In seven pages this research paper discusses how social symbols including class identities, consumption, housing, and speech are i...

The Japanese Quince by John Galsworthy

In four pages the story adaptation relating to The Japanese Quince by John Galsworthy is discussed. There are no other sources li...

Esperanza in Sandra Cisneros' The House on Mango Street

In five pages this paper presents a character analysis of Esperanza featured in Sandra Cisneros' The House on Mango Street. There...

Peggy Pond Church's The House at Otowi Bridge and the U.S. Atomic Age

as the atomic bomb. In examining hte realities that relate to Churchs book, and to history itself, we go back and look at our so...

Tom Outlander and the Cave Dwellers

In 10 pages this paper examines the Tom Outlander tale's themes and cave dwellers in an analysis of The Professor's House by Willa...

Puritan Dilemma of John Winthrop

In six pages this essay discusses John Winthrop's story as presented by Edmund Morgan in a consideration of the Puritan dilemma an...

Gothic Genre of Edgar Allan Poe

In ten pages the ways in which Poe contributed to the gothic literary genre establishment is considered in an analysis of 'The Cas...

Social Conventions and Lily Bart in The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton

In five pages this paper presents a character analysis of Edith Wharton's heroine Lily Bart in The House of Mirth and argues that ...

Ennis Cosby's Life and Premature Death

In five pages this essay examines a Time magazine article on the short life and murder of Bill Cosby's only son Ennis....

Dower's Embracing Defeat

noted that the emperor had announced defeat, which meant surrender (Dower, 2001). Yet, the woman who Dower notes on the first pag...

Dominant Paradigms in As Nature Made Him - The Boy Who Was Raised As A Girl by John Colapinto

1960s "introduced the theory that children are not born with a gender identity, but rather form an understanding of gender through...

Christian Dior

the company was one of the first to develop and market a fashion house fragrance under the name Miss Dior and also opened internat...

Excalibur, A Cinematic Representation of Arthurian Legend

his sword and kneels commanding that his enemy should knight him. Overcome with Arthurs bravery, as the noble could just as easily...

John Ford/The Quiet Man

and he refuses to do so. Mary Kate abides by her brothers wishes, which confuses and frustrates Sean. The plot complications tha...

A Doll's House, Raisin in the Sun, Analysis

This essay offers analysis of Ibsen's "A Doll's House" and Hansberry "A Raisin in the Sun" according to the principles of Gordon ...

Edgar Allan Poe's 'A Descent into the Maelstrom' and 'MS Found in a Bottle'

of revelation. Each of these stories begins with opening cryptic epigraphs that lay the ominous thematic groundwork. In "MS Foun...

Blindness in 'Cathedral' by Raymond Carver

asked her if he could feel her face. He felt every detail of her face and it touched her to such a degree that she felt compelled...

'War is Kind' and 'A Mystery of Heroism' by Stephen Crane

in any real noble cause, he quickly succumbs to the realities that surround him, the bullets and the danger. This man has taken i...

'The Black Cat' by Edgar Allan Poe, 'Shooting the Elephant' by George Orwell and the Human Heart

to justify the decision we make that we are uncomfortable with. This is also seen with the consideration of walking up to the elep...

'The Poor Relation's Story' by Charles Dickens and What It's Like to be an Outsider

persona, observing early in the narrative, "He was very reluctant to take precedence of so many respected members of the family, b...

Donald Barthelme's 'The Balloon' and Irony

keep from feeling frightened. The residents are startled, no doubt, and even perhaps afraid, but they dont react appropriately to...

Worth Reading 'Desiree's Baby' by Kate Chopin

a well-to-do family. They were quickly blessed with a baby boy, and all seemed well with the family until Madame Valmonde reacted...

'Araby' by James Joyce and Growing Up

a part of the childhood experience. But then, a girl referred to only as Mangans sister (obviously the sister of one of his frien...

Ernest Hemingway's Men Without Women

Like White Elephants" we have a man and a woman, although the characters are an American Man and a Girl, wherein the man is seemi...