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Shirley Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House and Henry James' The Turn of the Screw

In eight pages these two supernatural tales are analyzed in a comparison and contrast of similarities and differences. There are ...

Short Stories by Jack London and Edgar Allan Poe on Death

In seven pages this paper examines how the theme of death is handled in London's short stories 'The Law of Life' and 'To Build a F...

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and the Color Green

In two pages this paper examines what the color green means in this Medieval tale. There are no other sources listed....

Cargo Cultists and John Frum

In 5 pages this paper discusses the religious mimicking featured in the John Frum tale in a consideration of the cargo cultists. ...

Themes of Jean Paul Sartre as Perceived by Friedrich Nietzsche

In five pages this paper considers how Nietzsche might evaluate Sartre's primary themes and then consider how The Handmaiden's Tal...

A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

This tale by Charles Dickens and its Christmas philosophy representation in Western culture are discussed in 5 pages. There are 7...

Mirrored Consciousness Examples

In five pages this report considers The Mirror of Consciousness by Henry James and the author's contention that situation reaction...

Lost Speech Symbolism in Damascus Nights by Rafik Schami

In five pages this text is compared in terms of similarities and symbolism with Arabian Nights' tales and the loss of speech is eq...

Art of Tall Tales

In five pages this paper examines tall tales as an art form in a consideration of its exaggeration and storytellers including Pe...

Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse by Albrecht Durer

the Reformation. Durers early work reflected the ideas of the Middle Ages, but his later compositions are a complex, yet an enlig...

'The Odyssey' by Homer, the Book of Genesis, Retribution and Faith

In a paper consisting of six pages this paper examines how the themes of faith anf retribution are reprsented in the 'Noah and the...

Kindergarten Children and Reading Aloud

2000). Reading aloud is definitely the best way to transmit this understanding to young children. Reading instruction for young ch...

Margaret Atwood, William Faulkner and Their Fictional Depictions of Women

In five pages the fictional representations of women featured in The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood and As I Lay Dying by Will...

Supernatural Use by Shakespeare in Tragedies and Comedies Compared

In seven pages this report compares and contrasts Shakespeare's employment of the supernatural in tragedies and comedies with refe...

The Signalman as a Ghost Story

the story may have reflected a time in Dickens life where the writer was significantly more in tuned to the transient aspects of w...

Victorian Mindset in the Works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Robert Louis Stevenson

discussion will illustrate these points, and references to the city of London are referred to whenever possible as they substantia...

Andrew Lang as the Arabian Nights' Storyteller

In eleven pages this paper discusses how Andrew Lang becomes a storyteller in his vivid portrayal of the Arabian Nights' tales whi...

Real Life Fairy Tales and Myths

stories that depict women as helpless, or looking for a Prince charming. The same people who say that the stories are too violent ...

Tale of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume

In five pages this report considers author Judy Blume and her 1976 tale that features her trademark family relationships and probl...

The importance of coffee in social culture in the US

This paper looks at the relationship between coffee consumption and American cultural ideology. The writer explores coffee's histo...

Uchida's Desert Exile by Yoshiko

Iin five pages this paper analyzes author objectivity in this personal tale of Japanese American internment camps in the US during...

The Works of Charles Dickens and Common People

The theme of common folk and the individual is explored in Charles Dicken's classics. A Tale of Two Cities is discussed in respect...

The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton

In five pages Hinton's 1967 text is examined in terms of whether or not contemporary adolescents can still relate to the tale and ...

Depiction of Death in Don DeLillo's White Noise

In five pages this paper analyzes how death is depicted in Don DeLillo's postmodern tale White Noise. One source is listed in the...

Depiction of Merlin, Monmouth, and Briton by Geoffrey Monmouth

In ten pages this paper discusses national identity within the context of Geoffrey Monmonth's heroic tale and includes the nationa...

Norse Volsung Saga and Oedipus Rex Compared

In a paper consisting of 3 pages the different tones but common storylines that exist in these tales are compared. There are no o...

Times of War, Art, and Music

In eight pages this paper examines the music and art popular during war times in a consideration of Tim O'Brien's Going After Cacc...

A Jury of Her Peers by Susan Glaspell

In five pages Glaspell's tale is analyzed in a consideration of setting and characterization. There are no other sources cited....

Chaucer in the Eighties by Julian Wasserman and Robert Blanch

In five pages with an outline of 1 pages this essay anthology is analyzed. There are no other sources listed....

Morality and Characterization in Oliver Twist

Different aspects of this Dickens tale are discussed in depth. Morality as well as characterization are issues given attention. An...