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Generation Gap Between Jane Austen and Bronte

In six pages Bronte's Romanticism and Austen's Rationalism and Neoclassicism are compared and contrasted in terms of how these lit...

Evil as a Theme in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales and Dante's Divine Comedy

A research paper addressing the portrayal of evil in Dante's Divine Comedy and Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. The author draws the c...

Chaucer's Alter-Ego in the House of Fame.

An observational essay dealing with the protagonist of Chaucer's House of Fame, Geffrey. The author asserts that the work is a pa...

Marlow's Importance in Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad

In seven pages this paper discusses the importance of Marlow to this novel with comparisons between this character and author Jose...

Sisters and Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

In ten pages a comparison between the author and her heroine is presented. There are 9 bibliographic sources cited....

Adrienne Rich and Susan Fraiman's Perspectives on Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

In five pages the feminist and Marxist positions reflected in the views of these female authors are contrasted and compared in ter...

Racist Description of Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe

in the United States, and North and South could not solve their disputes over the slave issue. Abolitionist took a powerfully re...

Invisibility in Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison

In five pages this paper analyzes the invisibility concept in a consideration of statements made by the author throughout the nove...

The Attic in Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Jacobs

In five pages this paper examines the attic or tiny crawl space in which the author was forced to hide for 7 years to escape abuse...

Arna W. Bontemps' 'A Summer Tragedy'

In five pages a biography of this predominantly children's author is provided as well as an examination of his adult fiction work....

Social Satire in E.M. Forster's My Wood and Jonathan Swift's A Modest Proposal

This paper consists of five pages and examines how what the authors condemn as society's false values are satirized in these two w...

Themes of Order and Disorder in Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales

A paper illustrating themes of spiritual order and disorder in the prologue to Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. The author dr...

An Analysis of The Merchant's Tale in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales

This essay presents in in depth analysis of The Merchant's Tale. The author presents a synopsis of the story, the theme of sarcas...

An Examination of the Wife of Bath in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales

this is the case, then the Wife of Bath must have exceeded hers as well; but precisely what is the quota? And why should there eve...

A Description of The Wife of Bath in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales

the Wifes character, she obviously liked drawing attention to herself. Additionally, since the kerchiefs were of the "finest wea...

Perceptions of Women in Chaucer's Society and In The Canterbury Tales

20). This type of arrangement led to the "courtly love" romances of the high Middle Ages, which were not tremendously popular wit...

Marriage in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales -Merchant and Wife of Bath

A paper comparing and contrasting the views of marriage by two of Chaucer's characters in The Canterbury Tales, the Merchant and t...

The Role of Women in The Knight's Tale of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales

This paper presents a critical analysis of womens' roles as seen in The Knight's Tale of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. The author a...

A Portrait of Two Pilgrims in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales

The Parson was a learned man. The Parson: "He was a learned man also, a clerk" (480). "Who Christs own gospel...

A Comparison of The Physician's and Clerk's Tales in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales

This research paper analyzes two portions of Chaucer's famous work, The Canterbury Tales. The author puts forth the proposition t...

Themes of Irony in Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales

add that "Irony is likely to be confused with sarcasm but it differs from sarcasm in that it is usually lighter, less harsh in its...

A General Overview of Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales

The author presents an overview of certain tales from Chaucer's famous work. The paper also delves into character analysis and so...

Geoffrey Chaucer and The Canterbury Tales

This essay delves into the man behind The Canterbury Tales, Geoffrey Chaucer. The author utilizes both an in depth reading of the...

A Review of The Journey Into the Whirlwind

A five page paper detailing the horrendous injustices that targeted author Eugenia Ginzburg, injustices that might be considered m...

'Guest of the Sheik' by Elizabeth Warnock Fernea

In five pages Fernea's story is analyzed in terms of social constructs that are gender based and considers the Eastern cultural ex...

Pain and Healing in Sonny's Blues by James Baldwin

brother. This is where Baldwin sets up another beautiful metaphor: the ice. "A great block of ice got settled in my belly and kept...

Social Issues in Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert Heinlein

In five pages social issues as they are represented in this science fiction classic novel are examined in a discussion that also i...

Using Structure to Develop the Story in How to Make an American Quilt and The Color Purple

This 9 page paper describes the way in which two authors use structure to develop the ideas in their books. The works under consid...

Themes of Morality and Values in Hansberry's, Raisin In The Sun

This essay examines thematic elements in Hansberry's play, A Raisin In The Sun. The author focuses on morals and family values. ...