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Pip Characterization in Moby Dick by Herman Melville

In eight pages this paper presents a character analysis of Pip and his racial significance especially given the practice of slaver...

Captain Ahab Character in Moby Dick by Herman Melville

appears on the scene, he is an imposing figure of a man whose scars tell the tale of his battles with nature and with God. "Threa...

Comparison of Hamlet by William Shakespeare and Moby Dick by Herman Melville

In six pages this paper contrasts and compares the vengeance and madness of Shakespeare's Hamlet and Melville's Captain Ahab. Sev...

Emotion and Reason in the Wroks of Ralph Ellison, Ernest Hemingway, and Herman Melville

In ten pages this paper considers the authors' perspectives on reason and emotion as reflected in Ellison's 'Invisible Man,' Hemin...

Captain Vere in Billy Budd by Herman Melville

In eight pages a psychological character analysis of Captain Vere is presented in order to determine the underlying reasons for hi...

Symbolism in Moby Dick by Herman Melville

In ten pages this paper examines the powerful symbolism within Melville's novel especially as it pertains to the whale's significa...

Setting in 'Bartleby, the Scrivener' by Herman Melville

In five pages this research paper focuses upon the author's use of setting in this short story and how it mirrors the progressive ...

Billy Budd by Herman Melville

In six pages this paper examines the novel's primary characters and analyzes them philosophically and morally in regards to good a...

'A Noiseless Patient Spider' by Walt Whitman and 'A Spider Sewed At Night' by Emily Dickinson

In three pages these two poems are contrasted and compared. Four sources are cited in the bibliography....

Civil War and the Poetry of Walt Whitman

In five pages this paper discusses how Walt Whitman represented the Civil War in such poems as 'A March in the Ranks Hard Prest an...

Potter and Franklin in Israel Potter His Fifty Years of Exile by Herman Melville

Years of Exile is one such piece of literary work that is a reflection of Melvilles typical nature in that it befits the very esse...

Biblical Parallels in Billy Budd, Sailor by Herman Melville

In 5 pages this paper examines the symbolic parallels that exist between Melville's Billy Budd, the biblical Adam, and Jesus Chris...

Moby Dick by Herman Melville, Harriet Beecher Stowe's The Minister's Wooing, and Religion

In 7 pages this paper examines facing death and the traditional perception of religion in a comparative analysis of these novels. ...

Walt Whitman, Henry David Thoreau, and Ralph Waldo Emerson

In 5 pages these influential 19th century authors are examined within the context of their writings 'Preface to Leaves of Grass,' ...

'Bartleby the Scrivener' by Herman Melville

In five pages this paper examines the social and economic implications of this short story in a character analysis of Bartleby. T...

Khalil Gibran and Love

In 5 pages this paper discusses how the Lebanese poet expresses love in terms of oneness and harmony in such works as 'Song of the...

Hotel California and California History

in California. The song opens by picturing a "dark desert highway" and the "Warm smell of colitas" (Felder, et al). "Colitas" is...

Use of Metaphor in Popular Songs

but other support metaphors are also created that emphasis the illusionary quality of attraction that deludes the singer into thi...

"The War Drags On" by Donovan

This essay provides analysis and discussion of Donovan's 1969s protest song, "The War Drags On." Seven pages in length, two source...

Compare and Contrast: Jazz by Toni Morrison and Black and Blue by Louis Armstrong

This 5 page paper compares and contrasts Toni Morrison's book Jazz with Louis Armstrong's song Black and Blue....

Accuracy of Media Coverage

In five pages this research paper examines reporting by the media in an evaluation of its accuracy in a consideration of the conce...

Perspectives on The BBC World Service

in the global as well as national arena then there has to be a broad consideration of what the perspective of the stakeholders are...

Liberal Arts The Key to the Future from a Critical Perspective

the failure of the present day education system, or how many people seek a specialized education and miss out on too much of the n...

Authors look at Bartleby

kind of man would have dismissed Bartleby at once. Melville allows the narrator to be aware of this fact, which raises him in the...

Melville's "Le Samourai" - A Portrait of Existential Values

single, concise action, one cannot help but recall the inherent ambiguity and independence of Camus Mersault, the protagonist of "...

Comparison and Analysis of The Crucible by Arthur Miller, Beloved by Toni Morrison, and Billy Budd by Herman Melville

In nine pages Melville's message in Billy Budd is analyzed and then the novel is compared to the works by Arthur Miller and Toni M...

Essential Elements of Great Literature and Writers

In five pages great works of literature written by esteemed authors are examined in order to reveal the crucial elements that cont...

An Analysis of Whitman's A Backward Glance over Traveled Roads

great exception may arise and disregard and overturn it"(Whitman 2003). This would seem to show a type of reflection on...

Religious, Cultural, and Historical Thematic Influences in the Writings of William Shakespeare, Walt Whitman, and William Golding

for the Jews at that time. Lastly, William Golding in his novel "The Lord of the Flies" (1954) reveals the theme of the horrors of...

2 Very Different Popular Songs

holding this note, the music modulates to F and then back to C as the rest of the word is sung to descending tones. The rhythm is ...