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Governess in Turn of the Screw by Henry James

of discerning between reality and a fantasy world. Thus, it was clear that the governess, by exhibiting rational thought and acti...

'Hearing,' Hamlet and His Father's Ghost

In nine pages this paper discusses how Shakespeare emphasized 'hearing' throughout the course of this tragedy and how it affects t...

Ghosts of William Shakespeare's Hamlet and Elizabethan Superstition

Elizabethan superstition with regard to ghosts helps to fuel the supernatural inferences in Shakespeares Hamlet, because the two e...

Hearing is Believing in William Shakespeare's Hamlet

In five pages this paper examines the emphasis upon 'ear' and 'hearing' in the play and how this impacts Hamlet's encounter with t...

Hamlet and William Shakespeare's Use of Imagery

In six pages Hamlet and how Shakespeare artfully employed imagery particularly regarding the ghost are examined. Seven sources ar...

A Feminist Perspective on Beloved by Toni Morrison

This 5 page paper examines Toni Morrison's novel Beloved from a feminist perspective. The writer analyzes Beloved herself, who app...

Lucy and Lovejoy and Bipedal Locomotion In Australopithecus Afarensis

In seven pages biopedalism theories are considered in an informational overview along with Australopithecus afarensis benefits and...

State v. Nonstate Societies and Conflict Resolution

In seven pages the nation state is traced back to is anthropological roots and how social conflict is dealt with by nonstates and ...

Analysis of 1964 Dead Birds Documentary

In two pages this ethnographic documentary that focuses on Western New Guinea's primitive tribe known as Dani is examined in terms...

Magic and Why People Believe

that of Muiva Ndambuki, a Kenyan carpenter and father of eight, who believed an illness he suffered in 1994 was due to the jealous...

Ashantee and the Gold Coast by John Beecham

In ten pages John Beecham's 1841 anthropological study featuring West Africa's Ashantee tribe is examined in terms of 3 examples o...

The Bamboo Fire by William E. Mitchell

In six pages the anthropological text The Bamboo Fire which describes Mitchell's New Guinea Wape research is examined in six pages...

New Guinea Folk Societies Assessed

In a paper consisting of six pages the changes that may have taken place in folk societies prior to anthropological discovery are ...

Regeneration Trilogy of Pat Barker

This paper examines historiographical metafiction techniques employed by Pat Barker in the Regeneration Trilogy Regeneration, The ...

Anthropological Theory Pioneers

In eight pages this research paper discusses the anthropological contributions of theorists A.R. Radcliffe Brown, Franz Boas, and ...

Comparing the United States and France

realms. Paris was home to the multitude of nineteenth century artists who changed fine art forever, and New York is still home to ...

Act I Soliloquy of William Shakespeare's Hamlet

In five pages this paper considers the ghost of Hamlet's father and his soliloquy in Act I of Shakespeare's play in terms of its p...

The Works of Amy Tan

In a paper that contains eight pages the inspiration writing has provided Amy Tan throughout her life is examined in essay 'Young ...

Uncanniness in The Turn of the Screw by Henry James

interpretations. It is, first and foremost, a Gothic novel, which sets the tone for the supernatural aspect of this uncanny work....

Madness as a Common Literary Theme

This paper examines Shakespeare's play, King Lear, as well as Ibsen's work, Ghosts to discuss madness and delusion as common theme...

Sir Walter Raleigh's Guiana Text

In sixteen pages this paper evaluates this 1596 text by Sir Walter Raleigh in order to determine if it is simply a collection of m...

Superstition During the Renaissance

superstitious practices that were adhered to so rigidly, it should not be surprising that the citizens of the Renaissance also bel...

Bleak House by Charles Dickens and the Supernatural

In five pages this paper examines how supernatural and ghosts were perceived by society during the 19th century in an analysis of ...

King Leopold's Ghost by Adam Hochschild and Imperialism

Western European nations and the US condone imperialism, in the first place; however, the people, at the time, who supported King ...

Yousry Nasrallah's Film On Boys, Girls and the Veil

accurately termed "head scarf." In allowing the Egyptian men and women who are featured in the film to speak for themselves, the d...

Anthropological Assessment of the Film North Country

children. Josie gets the job, but from the first day, she is subjected to snide sexual references. The women working at the mine ...

Biography of American Playwright Romulus Linney

in the North Carolina mountains in the 1840s, is a "Gothic tale of terror and pagan violence" (Walser 284). Linney has written th...

Anthropological Interviewing/Religion

of Bohemia and Moravia, which are now part of the Czech Republic (Our History). One aspect of Moravian life that Sara related ha...

Impact of Colonization in Literature

The evident aftermath of colonization on Sri Lanka has not been beneficial but has torn the country apart - literally. Unable to ...

America from a Multicultural Perspective

backgrounds in an environment where there were no hard and fast rules as to how these people should interrelate. While the coloni...