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in Twains book is that which involves dialect, a subject that gained a great deal of criticism when the book came out. From the ve...

Okonkwo relished in the traditions which consolidated his power within the village and reinforced his identity. The supreme test ...

the town of Bisbee. "It is July 20, 1989, early afternoon, monsoon season in the Sonoran Desert, and I am going back to Bisbee. A...

well enough to write some thousand words at a stretch. She describes the view from her window quite lucidly, as well as the pretty...

of the government was quick and without "civil commotion." But while Machiavelli praises Agathocles on one hand, he also points ...

to use almost any means to achieve his ends that has the most direct appeal to many amoral leaders of today. Some psychologists fi...

particular values, and freedom from persecution by authorities for those views. One could say that the roots, as far as it can b...

the contest because she bribed Paris by offering him Helen of Troy, the fairest of mortal women, which is the basis for the confli...

this political cruelty that is shown nearly crushing his characters in every novel has the danger of becoming common place, and th...

he mocks. It is after all a story of a lock of hair stolen while a young woman sleeps. What can be simpler? What can be less impo...

shining armor since he has redesigned his house to look like a castle. However, he does not bring this kind and generous nature in...

stir" as it was the date of a double festival: that of the Festival of the Three Kings and that of the Feast of Fools (Hugo, I, I)...

In some scenes featuring very dark-skinned Bernie Mac, the only thing absolutely visible on the screen was the whites of the actor...

growing stronger and more defiant with every passing episode. "...Homer certainly recognizes the notion of intention, and in many...

given a task to perform and in doing so derives some sort of personal meaning from it. He may meet with a great series of misfortu...

these nonverbal cues that reveal more than the spoken dialogue. Alfred Hitchcocks reputation as the cinemas "Master of Suspense" ...

has a dual mission. That is, he wants to survive the attack by the Martians and he also wants to find his wife. There are other ch...

other nations, acting in commercial or diplomatic positions (The Literature Network). Then in 1385 he apparently lost his job as w...

involving gender or related themes like romance and marriage. Yet, sex and love are highlights in the Inferno. Dante also writes o...

way to a jousting tournament rematch with the mysterious Green Knight, Sir Gawain is the houseguest of the absent Lord Bercilak, a...

ensuring that Winterbourne knows that she has plenty of male friends in New York, giving him "lively eyes and...light, slightly mo...

his audience, and this is something that will probably change the world for the better. He wants to display evil in such a way tha...

extremely outspoken. One of his strongest skills it seems is public speaking. In fact, he is a performer! These characteristics ...

These day laborers are obviously the ones who are trying to get by and are juxtaposed to the people who are willing to hire them. ...

Oedipus. He learned that his predecessor and his wifes late husband, King Laius, had been murdered, Oedipus contends that it shou...

the blues is slower and contains much depth of feeling. Later on, the acoustic urban would become electrified, but early on, there...

his civilized life. The plot, other than Huck running away, involved Huck running and coming in contact with Jim, a slave he kn...

basis for Nicks disillusionment with the decadence of east coast American society (Fitzgerald 3). Gatsbys pursuit of the American ...

There is no question that death plays a major role in this story, as evidenced not only by all the dying patients but also through...

mother, "Little Women centers on the conflict between two emphases in a young womans life-that which she places on herself, and th...