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his attire was a bit gaudy for a man of his social position. I have long suspected that Montresor and Fortunato were jealous of ...

friends-who were all at the same class at school-had the idea that war is glorious and noble, an attitude encouraged by their teac...

is notable about Tolkien is that his world makes internal sense. Each race (Elves, Dwarves, Men, Orcs, etc.) has a distinct langua...

(Brackett & Wilder, 1950). Its the narrator, who is telling his story from beyond the grave. He says he wants to tell the real ...

his goods will be forfeit as well. Having already said in court that he wants only his "bond," Portia has him on the ropes when he...

(Eliot 30). In addition she is "likely to seek martyrdom," then try to escape it only to have it befall her when she stopped looki...

delivered, uncompleted phone calls, overtures not taken up, appeals repulsed. William Faulkner, who praised the novel, said that w...

more day and this is granted. Jason lamely agues that his abandonment of her and their children is for the best. After formulating...

most memorable stories and characters in American literature, and they remain popular to this day. This paper considers perhaps hi...

in drama, as well as two of the most destructive. This paper compares and contrasts the plays that bear their names. Discussion H...

shadow of a doorway, looking just like Sonny ... Then I saw that it wasnt Sonny, but somebody we used to know, a boy from around o...

other people, and from the conventions that bind us together. We might also consider the way in which Thoreau considers his hous...

as a critical component in the embalming process from the Twenty-sixth Dynasty onward. Natural forces, animals, and other...

entire character development is based on the idea that he is crucifying himself through the device of his mental anguish. He has n...

in presenting the various biographies that make up this text, citing the private documents of the emperors, as well as public sour...

by the reality of war. Their psyches have been reduced to the common denominator that is dictated by whatever has to be done in or...

its broadest definition is the study of demons from a Christian perspective (What is Christian demonology?, 2007). In this traditi...

the murder has no real basis in reality; the old man had never hurt him, and he has no desire to rob him: "Object there was none. ...

customs, and morals which was necessary to render such a revolution beneficial" (de Tocqueville, Introduction). The result of this...

4 pages in length. Evil - a self-perpetuating entity of myriad literary tales - presents itself as a force that challenges the ve...

the wind like a plume" (Hurston , p. 2). She is walking down the street of her hometown under the disapproving eyes of the townspe...

some critics believe that "post-colonialism" implies, mistakenly, that "colonialism is over when in fact most of the nations invol...

so pervades The Great Gatsby that Fitzgeralds true achievement was to appropriate American legend."1 The book gives us both romanc...

While there is a sense of pride, it is not an arrogant pride or a pride that is only involved in self for Beowulf is proud of bein...

slum" and while its residents had their own problems, these difficulties did not evolve from living in this neighborhood (Gans xiv...

between them by the feelings they evoke in us. Walters writes that tension is one of the most important barometers of audience res...

featured performer in the action. It visually depicts why Americans have answered the call to Go West since the pioneer days. In...

nothin" but what we see. So de white man throw down de load and tell de nigger man tuh pick it up. He pick it up because he have t...

the family has placed high hopes on having a better future with the insurance money. The beginning of the play establishes the cha...

play is Everyman, who obviously stands for everyone in the audience. This is play designed to teach a lesson, and the lesson is si...