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Essays 1891 - 1920

A 'Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone' Excerpt

remember the dream he had been having. It had been a good one" (Rowling 19). Contemporary Children First and foremost, we note...

The Monster Element in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

seemingly to detain me, but I escaped, and rushed down stairs. I took refuge in the courtyard belonging to the house which I inhab...

1930s' Views on US Society and Women

proof! Look at the inroads that are being made in regard to the problem of racism! Look at the growing realization that beauty i...

19th Century Women's Activist Susan B. Anthony

work of Susan B. Anthony and others like her the womens movement would be far more stagnated than it currently is. Anthonys...

Roles of Women in Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

not take no for an answer when he still a respected man. For example, when Nwoyes mother asks whether or not Ikemefuna will be sta...

Real Uses of Artificial Intelligence Versus Portrayals in Science Fiction

"artificial intelligence" was the choice..." Artificial intelligence involves the association of machines with comp...

Comparing Lysistrata by Aristophanes and Medea by Euripides

shown for "wives and women in general" (Vasillopulos 435). Christopher Vasillopulos observed in his literary criticism of Medea, ...

Oresteia, Epic of Gilgamesh, Human Guilt, and Divine Judgment

source of motivation for all life. Her dedication to him surpasses no other, whether it plays a part in family rituals or just th...

College and Issues Involving Women

issues that are more likely to effect women than men, but may not be constrained only to men. Issues such as family commitments an...

Feminine Nature and Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

and whose future lot it was in their hands to direct to happiness or misery, according as they fulfilled their duties towards me" ...

Ireland's Women's Suffrage Movement

In ten pages this paper examines Irish women's suffrage movement from an historical perspective and includes strategies and major ...

Society in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

This paper discusses ethical and social themes presented in Shelley's classic novel. This five page paper has no additional sourc...

Women as Viewed by D.H. Lawrence

In five pages women's status during the time of D.H. Lawrence is considered in an exploration of his view of them as reflected in ...

Persuasion in Print and Film

Modern movie adaptations of classic novels are often hard to compare to the originals. This report discusses the film version of P...

Kanthapura by Raja Rao

In five pages this report examines the 1938 novel that is widely regarded as the first English modern Indian literary classic. Tw...

Metaphor in the Work of E. E. Cummings

This essay provides a reading of the classic Cummings' poem, "somewhere I have never travelled, gladly beyond." The aut...

'Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night' by Dylan Thomas

In seven pages this tutorial considers Dylan Thomas's classic poem. Nine sources are cited in the bibliography....

Warped Portrayals of Reality in the Media

This paper examines the use of deceptive advertising techniques in the media throughout history. This six page paper has five sou...

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

In eight pages this paper analyzes this classic American novel and its confrontation of post First World War truths about the Amer...

An Overview of Harriet Beecher's Uncle Tom's Cabin

In five pages this American literary classic is presented in an overview. There are no other sources listed....

Domestic Violence Research Proposal

In eight pages this paper presents a research proposal regarding domestic abuse and women in an investigation of whether or not it...

Women and the Impact of the Renaissance

In six pages this paper examines the European Renaissance in a consideration of how it positively and negatively impacted women's ...

John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men and Dreaming

feel lonely." All characters seem to have a variant of this dream as well, whether the place is, that which will allow them to b...

Social Status of Women in the Ancient Societies of Greece, Rome, and Mesopotamia

Emperor Valentinian issued a written order to Pope Damasus I requiring the Christian missionaries to cease calling at the homes of...

The Moral Influence of Huck on Tom

This 5 page paper discusses the influence the character of Huckleberry Finn has on his friend Tom Sawyer in Mark Twain's classic n...

Matthew Arnold's Portrayal of Tristan and Iseult's Romance

with thee; I will watch thee, tend thee, soothe thy pain; Sing thee tales of true, long-parted lovers, Joind at evening of t...

A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway and Stylistic Elements

In five pages the stylistic elements Hemingway utilized in his classic novel are discussed. Three other sources are cited in the ...

1920s, 1930s, and Women's Issues Lack of Progress

seats, and more than half of those were filling mid-term vacancies (Harrison, 1997). In state legislatures, women didnt fare much...

Industrialization in Hard Times

Industrialism as it existed in the time of the author is discussed in the context of Dickens' classic novel Hard Times. The proble...

Comparison of Alexander Pope's 'The Rape of the Lock' and Jane Austen's Mansfield Park

In five pages this essay presents a comparative literary analysis of these works in terms of how women's social behavior is portra...