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Works of Italian Literature 'I Vicere,' 'Gli Indifferenti,' and 'Il Giorno della Civetta' Analyzed

a new way of looking at the world. It is also a new way for a student to look at Italian history, as represented in Federico de R...

Community in Toni Morrison's Beloved and Paule Marshall's Praisesong for the Widow

in a celebration that includes dances that are a tribute to the "Old People," an annual tribute to ancestors. Avey is deeply moved...

Christopher Paul Curtis's Literary Style

use of language on the part of his young characters give a warmth and depth to them that is more reminiscent of Huckleberry Finn t...

Human Characteristics and Latin American Literature

Parenting styles differ significantly, therefore, leaving much open to interpretation and inference. Certain aspects, such as nur...

William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, the Medieval Epic 'Beowulf' and Setting

this case Hrothgar, and his subjects. The Beowulf poet states that "It came to his (Hrothgars) mind that he would command men to c...

Life of Richard Savage by Samuel Johnson

In 5 pages this paper discusses the affective power represented by this largely unknown literary work. There are 3 sources cited ...

McCaffrey and Female Self-Actualization

This paper examines how Anne McCaffrey's 1968 literary work, Dragonfight, deals with female empowerment and self-actualization dur...

Classical Literature and The Role of World Leaders

This paper discusses three classic literary works, Gilgamesh, Hayy Ibn Yaqzan, and Oedipus Rex. The author draws comparisons from...

Comparative Analysis of 'Representations of General Nature' in 'A Haunted House' by Virginia Woolf and 'Barn Burning' by William Faulkner

This paper applies Samuel Johnson's contention that 'representations of general nature' should be featured in good stories in a co...

Mary Elizabeth Braddon, Elizabeth Gaskell, and Cultural Reorganization from a Woman's Perspective

reader is able to reconsider a number of suppositions as related to the era and the characters that inhabit it. Details, Details, ...

Developmental Stages Links and Literature for Children

In a paper consisting of five pages the ways in which such literary works as Charlotte's Web and Winnie the Pooh complement the de...

John Steinbeck's Writings

In seven and a half pages this paper discusses common themes in this critical analysis of John Steinbeck's literary works. Six so...

Life and Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson

In five pages this paper analyzes the life and literary contributions of Ralph Waldo Emerson and also considers the website that f...

Overview of Laws Regarding International Intellectual Property Rights

In nine pages this paper examines the global evolution of laws pertaining to intellectual property rights dating back to 1886 when...

Spiritual Aspects of Fishing in Hemingway's, The Old Man and the Sea

mythical, whereas Manolins father simply catches fish and sells them for money without thinking too much about it. Manolin, despi...

John Steinbeck's Legacy Featured in Working Days The Journals of the Grapes of Wrath

Working Days: The Journals of The Grapes of Wrath is considered in appreciation of author John Steinbeck and his literary legacy ...

Modern Technology Critiques by Henry David Thoreau in Civil Disobedience and Walden

In six pages this paper examines how Thoreau criticized modern technology in these literary works. One source is cited in the bib...

Works of Treitschke, Kipling, and Remark on Nationalism

In six pages this paper discusses the fear factor of nationalism as considered in such literary works as All Quiet on the Western ...

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, a Gothic Masterpiece

This paper discusses various elements of Shelley's novel that classify the work as Gothic, one of the nineteenth-century's literar...

Comparison of Medieval and Modern Views with William Shakespeare's Hamlet and Ben Jonson's Every Man

and turned" (Every Man - III, 2, pp. 48) and Hamlets "imagination" as he dwells on the experience of seeing his fathers ghost: "Th...

False Human Experience Analysis Represented by 'The Death of Ivan Ilych' by Leo Tolstoy

In three and a half pages this paper argues that the criticism of this 1886 literary work by Leo Tolstoy that describes it as 'a p...

Literature and Modernism

In six pages this paper examines 20th century modernist literature in a consideration of such concepts as impressionism, postmoder...

Epic Literature and Heroes

In five pages the epic heroes that are featured in epic literary works are discussed in a consideration of 'The Song of Roland,' '...

Self-Perception and Learning

however the temptation on the part of many parents, and there are even some who feel it is their right, to determine what a child ...

Literary Techniques Seen In L'Amour's, Tucker

This paper discusses literary tools utilized by Louis L'Amour in the work, Tucker. This five page paper has six sources listed in...

Compare and Contrast: Works on Bismarck

This 6 page paper compares and contrasts two works on Bismarck: Bismarck, the Man and the Statesman by Taylor, and Bismarck and Mo...

Historical Literary Periods and Transporting Readers to Another Time

In eight pages the importance of setting historical setting in order to take readers back to an earlier period is considered in an...

American Dream as a Nightmare in Ralph Ellison's 'Invisible Man' and F. Scott Fitzgerald's 'The Great Gatsby'

In five pages this paper provides a comparative analysis of these two famous American literary works in terms of the acquisition o...

Sherman Alexie's Indian Killer, Fyodor Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment and Impact of Family

In six pages this essay compares these two literary works in terms of family impact and protagonist alienation. There are no othe...

Literature and the Use of Language

In five pages The Tempest by William Shakespeare and Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe are discussed in a consideration of how th...