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Social Reality as Molded by the City

urban phenomena as boulevards, wax museums, and the public display of corpses at the Paris morgue. Drawing on an immense range of...

Charles Peirce's Account Of Truth And Reality In "How To Make Our Ideas Clear"

perception is that which we, as humans, have been trained to discern as a species, inasmuch as the certain quality of perception r...

Chopin/Story of an Hour

is, the Victorian era, it becomes clear that Louise Mallard is a normal woman who loves her husband and will grieve for him, but w...

Education and Virtual Reality

We now have another way to gain knowledge of the world, through virtual reality (Winn, 1993). Immersion in a virtual world allows ...

Schools and Reality Therapy Uses

Dr. William Glasser's reality therapy is considered in a research paper of five pages that focuses on the school applications of c...

Beyond Virtual Reality in Entertainment

The drawback with the video option is that there is a delay in adjusting the image when the user moves his head; the drawback with...

The Depiction of Reality in the Age of Global Production

In all cases they may be seen as art that is breaking boundaries as they are seeking to break down social barriers and taboos, dea...

Dona Sebastiana

which "comprises a stunning class-conscious critique of Christian hypocrisy and the Churchs complicity with the rich" (Padilla 150...

News Broadcast Versus Newspaper: Analysis

that could otherwise not be expressed merely by literary methods; rather, photography helps the world understand more about itself...

Three Essays on Realtors and Real Estate

society and no one wants to talk about it, much less have it in the backyard. The solution here is to offer the clinic as a direct...

O. Henry & Hemingway, Plus A Little on Faulkner

waiter, like the old man who is their customer, has no connections in the world. While Della and James have love and a deep inti...

Poe/Masque of the Red Death

The seventh and most western of the apartments was "closely shrouded in black velvet tapestries" and it was only in this room 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....

A Compendium of Four Essays on Religion

and some of the verses were sung. It was explained to me later that the members of the congregation that perform this part of the ...

Symbolism in Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter, 'The Minister's Black Veil,' 'The Birth Mark,' and 'Dr. Heidegger's Experiment'

corruption of politics; Colonel Killigrew (whose name in itself is symbolic) personifies the evils of pleasures of the flesh; and ...

Comparing the Main Characters and Dark Themes of Hawthorne's The Minister's Black Veil and Young Goodman Brown.

concealed his frame and face from onlookers by wearing a black cloak, as a symbol of a fearful secret between him and them" (Barna...

Yellow Wallpaper & Female Marginalization

century and also well into the twentieth, what historian Barbara Welter refers to as the "Cult of True Womanhood" characterized ho...

Comparing Characters Lutie Johnson in Ann Petry's The Street and Hester Prynne in Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter

the Scripture and the statute-book. Then let the magistrates, who have made it of no effect, thank themselves if their own wives ...

Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter and the Characters Roger Chillingworth and Rev. Arthur Dimmesdale

religious fervour had already given the earnest of high eminence in his profession. He was a person of very striking aspect, with...

Dark Suspense Elements in Nathaniel Hawthorne's 'Young Goodman Brown' and Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Cask of Amontillado'

Dark suspense elements are the focus of this comparative analysis of two 19th century great American short stories in five pages. ...

Comparative Analysis of Ken Kesey's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter

In 5 pages a comparative analysis of these American literary works examines their similarities and differences. There are 2 sourc...

'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...

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...

'The Chrysanthemums' by John Steinbeck and Symbolism

In 5 pages this paper discusses how Steinbeck employs symbolism in this short story with the earth covenant represented by the wif...

'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...

Nonconformist Americans in 'Hills Like White Elephants' and 'A Man of the World' by Ernest Hemingway

In five pages this report discusses the American nonconformism Hemingway represents in thest 2 short stories. Three sources are c...

An Unnecessary Ending in Amy Tan's'Two Kinds'

This paper consisting on 5 pages focuses on the last paragraphs of the short story and argues that for the reader these are unnece...

'A Worn Path' by Eudora Welty from a Sociological Perspective

In five pages this short story by Eudora Welty is analyzed from a sociological perspective. Four sources are cited in the bibliog...

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...

The Literary Techniques of William Faulkner

This paper addresses Faulkner's various literary techniques, such as setting, theme, and characterization, in his short story, Bar...