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Essays 601 - 630

Sacrifice Narratives

son, to God is record in Genesis 22. God instructed Abraham to take "your son, your only son, whom you love-Isaac-and go to the re...

Through The Gates Of Splendor

four Aucas showed up at the camp to visit them. The missionaries gave each of the visitors more gifts to demonstrate their intenti...

Critique on the Variations of the Rapunzel Folk/Fairy Tale

Maiden in the Tower, more commonly known to contemporary readers as Rapunzel, is indicative of this traditional fairytale structur...

Parable Of The Sadhu And Lifeboat Ethics

but they carried him 1,000 feet and not the remaining 500 feet. The Japanese gave the man food and water and reported he was "list...

Coming of Age: Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?

revolved around her. She was, in many ways, experimenting with her sexuality as well, a very significant part in coming of age. Sh...

The Miraculous Mass of Saint Gregory

he holds the cloth and in his right, the knife; there is blood on the cloth, the red making a contrast to the snowy white. The mes...

Role of the Feminine in Ancient Creation Myth

males. In both "Enuma Elish" and in Hesiods mythology, the Earth goddess is described in terms of motherhood. Tiamet first rages a...

Reflections on Homer’s Odyssey

he rolls a huge boulder across the opening to the cave. Polyphemus eats two of Odysseuss men and it is clear that he plans to make...

Nineteenth Century Patriarchy and Kate Chopin

This essay is on nineteenth century writer Kate Chopin's short story "The Story of an Hour." The position presented is that this n...

"Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin

This essay asserts that in order to comprehend the motivation and action portrayed in Kate Chopin's short story "Story of an Hour,...

Short Story Analysis:The Guest

This 6 page paper is an analysis of the short story by Camus called The Guest. This paper gives a summary of the story as well as ...

Literary Analysis: Flannery O' Connor Stories

This 4 page paper gives an overview of the stories Good Country People and A Good Man is Hard to Find, by Flannery O'Connor. This ...

Different Versions for the Biblical Flood

This report identifies and discusses different sources for Noah and the Flood. There were four much older stories of such a flood ...

Charlotte Perkins Gillman: Women in Victorian Times

This 6 page paper gives an analysis of the story the Yellow Wallpaper. This paper includes comparisons from Gillman's own life a...

Antigone and A Jury of Her Peers

This 3 page paper gives an overview of the two stories Antigone and A Jury of Her Peers and the relationships between the women in...

Death as a Representation of Failing Marriages

This 9 page paper gives an explanation of how the timeless ideal of marriage is not real and how The Dead and The Story of an Hour...

Women's Search for Independence in 3 Works: Finding Happiness

This essay discusses 3 works: which are a poem by Gwendolyn Brook, "The Beam Eaters"; a short story by Kate Chopin, "The Story of ...

Human Nature in Gulliver's Travels

This 6 page paper gives an overview of the story Gulliver's Travels. This paper includes human nature and corruption as theme with...

Poe's tale about Amontillado

This 7 page paper gives an analysis of the story “The Cask of Amontillado”. This paper includes discussion or other articles about...

Rogerian Therapy, Hansen's "My Kid's Dog"

This essay pertains to "My Kid's Dog," a short story by Ron Hansen. The writer discusses how the story reflects the therapeutic ap...

Chivalry, Character, Hunting, and 'Sir Gawain and the Green Knight'

monstrous Green Knight after having already shown that he is unmarred when his own head is cut off (Norton 218). There is a great ...

Abortion and 'Hills Like White Elephants' by Ernest Hemingway

they write: attempting to arrive at some truth about a topic. In Hemingways case, a good argument can be made for his attempt to u...

Short Fiction Characterization

humanity. The action is the medium by which the man learns, but it is the learning that makes the story fundamentally interesting....

2 Narratives on the Latina Experience

be raised by her sister and brother-in-law. However, Remedios warns her against this course of action, saying that, in the north, ...

Fictional Literature, Determinism, and Free Will

the books noted above we find several themes which are common to much of the worlds greatest literature. Among these themes are h...

Raymond Carver and Relationships

that what they hoped for at collage. However, the betrayal by Duane despite the beauty of Holly. Carver starts to indicted the way...

The Short Stories of Angela Carter

tale: "The stories include The Courtship of Mr. Lyon,] a fairly straightforward interpretation of Beauty and the Beast, which is a...

Alienation Theme in 'The Very Old Man with Enormous Wings' by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

The misconception, here, is that because the old man does not look normal that he must not be human and therefore, they can treat...

A Comparison of 'Two Kinds' by Amy Tan and 'First Confessions' by Frank O'Connor

structure. "First Confession" recounts the events of a brief period in Jackies life. Therefore, Jackies perspective does not alter...

Dramatic Irony in Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Cask of Amontillado'

it was resolved precluded the idea of risk. I must not only punish, but punish with impunity. A wrong is unredressed when retribut...