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Tartt's The Secret History and the 'Fatal Flaw' Concept

morbid desire for the picturesque, which evidently is not mean to imply that picturesque is used in its more positive sense of att...

Cinema and Time's Role

human being he is. This comes as a shock to Oliverio who is as bad as the rest in assuming that prostitutes have no brains. Actu...

Romantic Era British Poets

a specific time or age. While romanticism will be prominent in certain epochs, because in its essential characteristics it is a sp...

Comparative Analysis of Sonnet 23 and Sonnet 147 by William Shakespeare

tongue slow to respond is more than fear, it is also rage (line 3). This rage is so intense that it weakens his heart, that is, hi...

Symbolism in 'A Wizard of Earthsea'

idea of Equilibrium and warned not to do anything until he knows what the effect of his action will be: "... you must not change ...

Faust by Johann von Goethe and Notes from the Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky

In eight pages these German and Russian works are contrasted and compared regarding their depiction of life's 'dark side.' Six so...

Unspeakable in Anna Akhmatova's 'Requiem' and Bertolt Brecht's Mother Courage and Her Children

In six pages this paper contrasts and compares how human nature's 'unspeakable' dark side is portrayed in this poem and play. Fou...

Metaphors and Symbolism in Children's Stories

help, grownups refuse to give it what it needs, and offer it instead what it detests. As a substitute for stories that bring suns...

Life and Achievements of Daniel Webster

In five pages this paper considers the life and achievements of distinguished American Daniel Webster and also discusses his 'dark...

Big Trouble by Dave Barry

that group of people "who, merely by existing, tended to violate laws that solid citizens never even thought about, like how long...

Romantic Fiction's Gothic Genre

are generally seen as common to the Gothic novel, including a medieval or pseudo-medieval setting, a solitary protagonist and a se...

Macbeth by William Shakespeare and the 'Dark' Theme of Revenge

the result of the action he has taken and that such "psychic" revenge is having a far more powerful impact on him than any possibl...

Ebenezer Scrooge's Emotional State in Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol

all intents and purposes, Ebeneezer Scrooge was extremely narcissistic, self-absorbed, vain and uncaring. According to the origina...

Shakespeare's Dark and Festive Comedies

In six pages this paper contrasts and compares the dark and festive comedies of William Shakespeare and includes considerations of...

The Dark Ages and the Renaissance

that it was so primitive. Yet, that is a time that came after the Renaissance when everything changed a great deal. The Renaissa...

Dark Night of the Soul and Interior Castles

imperfections, habitual natural and spiritual, and which is called by contemplatives infused contemplation, or mystical theology" ...

Are Latino School Children Treated Differently?

that inclusive classrooms are key to success. In such classrooms, all children should feel recognized and accepted just as they ar...

The Epic “Beowulf”

present Beowulf as a young hero, who is called upon by his fathers old friend King Hrothgar of Geatland, to defend his subjects ag...

Issues Concerning Prescribed Drugs

physical. And, as stated, taken as directed, there is very low risk of negative side effects of any kind. 3. Anti-psychotics As ...

Comparing Poems about War to Beowulf

it is essentially the duty of this narrator. Beowulf is a man who sees his duty as that which involves risking his life. He goes...

Epic Poem 'Beowulf' and Comparison of the Dragon and Grendel

night returning, anew began ruthless murder; he recked no whit, / firm in his guilt, of the feud and crime" (II 12-22). When Hrot...

Christian Dogma in Beowulf

one true God. As this suggests, biblical allusions are plentiful in the Old English epic, particularly in regards to the Old Test...

A Modern Viewpoint on Beowulf

The writer considers how we might learn about Beowulf's society by considering what sort of society might have developed if it had...

English Versification Development

In five pages this research paper offers a brief English versification history beginning with Beowulf's Old English and continuing...

Beowulf's Epic Poetry

In five pages this paper examines such events as the Dane's nation rise, attack of Heorot, hero's arrival in Heorot, Heorot feast,...

The Heroism of Beowulf

The writer argues that Beowulf can be seen as an archetype of the ideal hero, and that his deeds have come to be considered as a m...

The Heroism of Beowulf

turbulent in respect to British history ("Angelcynn" PG). It was a time when England was first created, and the time of King Arth...

Contrasting and Comparing Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and Beowulf

Gawain is presented with similar atrocities and the same type of need for retribution, though his choice of actions and his determ...

Jane Eyre's Character in Charlotte Bronte's Novel

to use looks as an anchor. The other thing that Jane is not is greedy. When Edward offers her all kinds of clothes and jewels, she...

Illegal Immigration

business lower waged workers, that there is truly a very intricate and deep relationship between the success and wealth of the nat...