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A Poem by Frost

that this is "Her hardest hue to hold." The budding of plants at this time in the early spring is the shortest part of the seas...

The Use of Assessments in Early Childhood

useful in early childhood classrooms (Gullo, 2005), and also in work with children who benefit from modifications to instructional...

The Tertiary Level of Prevention

family violence has occurred relate the importance of a community base and social support mechanisms for reducing recidivism by pe...

Jean Genet/Querelle

This discussion of Jean Genet's Querelle offers an overview of the text and addresses the author's theme, which pertain to society...

George Eliot's Middlemarch

In 6 pages this paper examines how the author's perceptions of marriage are reflected in 4 couples depicted in Middlemarch. One s...

Strong Women in Ellen Glasgow's Barrow Ground and Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God

In six pages this essay compares and contrasts these two female authors' depiction of strong women protagonists in their respectiv...

The Nurture Assumption by Judith Rich Harris

In five pages this parenting text is summarized and analyzes with the writer expressing agreement or disagreement with the author'...

Women and Gender in Islam by Leila Ahmed

veil to designate between "respectable" and "disreputable" women. However, Ahmed emphasizes the fact that "Mesopotamian, Persian...

Rick Porrello's The History of the Cleveland Mafia

In 10 pages this memoir considers the author's family's organized crime activities during the Prohibition era. One source is cite...

Edmond Rostand's Cyrano de Bergerac, Albert Camus' The Stranger, and Heroism

In five pages these heroic protagonists are compared in terms of their differences and how they reflect the authors' quite differe...

Methods of Exegesis

In five pages this paper considers the definition of exegesis and includes a consideration of original author's intent and other r...

Bruce J. Schulman's Lyndon B. Johnson and American Liberalism

advantageous; otherwise, his liberalism perhaps was not so strong, such as in voting against labor in Taft-Hartley in the 1940s, s...

15th Century The Second Shepherd's Play

high caliber for semitone to come out of the medieval era and it may best be understood within the environment in which it was wri...

Kenneth M. Stampp's The Peculiar Institution

In five pages this paper discusses the author's acknowledgment of the profit motive associated with slavery. One source is cited ...

Surprise and Structure in An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge by Ambrose Bierce

In 8 pages this short story considers the element of surprise and presents a structural analysis of the author's employment of sty...

To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf and Revisiting Childhood

In five pages the ways in which Woolf's novel represents recounting the author's own childhood through characterizations, events, ...

The Use of Allegory and Symbolism in the Epic Poem Beowulf

Goldsmith, who sees Beowulf as being addressed to the "powerful" and designed to "warn them of the dangers attendant upon power" (...

Crime and Punishment in American History by Lawrence Meir Friedman

In five pages this comprehensive American history text is examined in terms of the author's detailed consideration of the U.S. cri...

Judith S. Wallerstein and Sandra Blakeslee's The Good Marriage

In five pages a textual overview includes the authors' explanation of 4 marriage types. There are no other sources listed....

Improving Wellness: A Personal Experience

fact, having an excess of responsibilities was one reason I got such little sleep. For instance, one reason I slept so little was ...

Brooks' "To Be in Love" - Biographical Connections

through his yes" (Brooks, 2003). These lines use metaphor to strongly suggest the intimacy and interpersonal warmth experienced wh...

Kate Chopin: Exploring Culture and Identity

themselves aloof until the conditions of their acquiescence are met through achieving an understanding with the men who occupy the...

Deep Ecology vs Religion

Our world hardly even resembles the world as it existed just a few generations ago. Ever expanding human populations...

Tender Mercies/CPS Investigations

job frequently encompasses. Richards explains that this is a "Catch-22" situation, as he can "only force a physical exam by court...

A Review of Perkins' "With Justice for All"

issue of social injustice. While this is necessarily a broad and multifaceted topic, Perkins does a good job of hitting the key po...

Analysis of a Passage/Charles Chestnutt

Circumstance," the author changes the narrative perspective twice, using three perspectives in total. A close reading of this pass...

Self-Esteem

Of course, what the author fails to notice is that people who do well in the categories of work and love probably have high self-e...

David Carter's Stonewall: Why is it Important?

slice of heaven for the LGBT community in New York City. It was a place to be able to cozy up to a significant (or not-so-signific...

The Influence of Racism

growing up white in the segregated South" is the story of the authors, Melton Alonza McLaurins, life growing up in Wade North Caro...

Childrens Literature The 2011 Newberry Medal and Caldecott Medal

Childrens literature is extremely diverse both in content and in style. The most notable authors always...