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'Growing Old' by Matthew Arnold

In four pages this poem is analyzed in terms of tone, theme, setting, and voice. Four sources are cited in the bibliography....

Aphra Behn/Sexual Display

This research paper discusses the theme of sexual display in the dramatic works of Aphra Behn. The writer considers the context of...

'The Birth Mark' and 'Rappaccini's Daughter' by Nathaniel Hawthorne

In 6 pages the theme of scientific experimentation as it is represented in both of these short stories are analyzed. There are 6 ...

Brand by Henrik Ibsen, Community and the Individual

In 5 pages this paper discusses Henrik Ibsen's obscure play and considers how this theme is reflected in the drama's characters. ...

An Overview of The Jungle by Upton Sinclair

This 5 page paper gives an overview of the central themes of The Jungle, Upton Sinclair's classic novel about life in the Chicago ...

Overview of Islam

In six pages and 3 sections this paper considers student posed questions regarding Islam and includes 'The Significance of the Uma...

Purity, Childhood, and Sexuality in Colette's The Pure and The Impure and Andre Gide's The Counterfeiters

laps at its literary feet (Gide PG). Throughout Colettes The Pure and the Impure, the reader is forced to determine just wh...

The Hurricane Film Review

irrelevant information that is meant to "incite hatred or contempt" (How to Deal with Racism in the Media). Clearly, the movie ta...

Eternal Spring Sculpture by Rodin

In seven pages this paper discusses the love and passion themes represented by this late 19th century sculpture. Twelve sources a...

Esperanza and Identity in The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros

In five pages this paper discusses the theme of identity as represented in Esperanza's characterization in The House on Mango Stre...

Analyzing Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller

In five pages this research paper examines the play's themes and discusses typical productions of Miller's social drama. There ar...

Race and Social Class in Fair and Tender Ladies by Lee Smith, The Romantic Comedians by Ellen Glasgow, and A Lifetime Burning by Ellen Douglas

In six pages this paper discusses how this trio of Southern novels represent these themes. Six sources are cited in the bibliogra...

'Word for Word by Ingeborg Bachmann

In five pages this short story is analyzed in terms of title, plot, theme, and mood with emphasis upon the protagonist. There are...

Literary Aspects in Frost's Death of the Hired Man, and Home Burial

This paper analyzes the use of theme, imagery, tone, and subject matter in these two poems by Frost. This six page paper has seve...

Individualism Perspectives in Print and Celluloid

In five pages this paper compares and contrasts the indivdualism themes featured in Ken Kesey's 1962 novel One Flew Over the Cucko...

Satisfied with Nothin' by Hill

In three pages this book report considers the text's plot, racial themes, and problems with sports reliance as a primary objective...

Poetic Analysis of 'Hazel Tells LaVerne' by Kathryn Howd Machan

LaVerne," is a monologue of cleaning woman, who tells her friend of a strange encounter she had while performing her nightly toile...

Jean Genet/Querelle

This discussion of Jean Genet's Querelle offers an overview of the text and addresses the author's theme, which pertain to society...

Comparing The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith and Martin Eden by Jack London

In five pages these two novels' themes are contrasted and compared. Three sources are cited in the bibliography....

Edith Wharton, Charles Dickens, and Charlotte Bronte on Experience and Innocence

In 5 pages the themes of innocence and experience as they are depicted in these Victorian and post Victorian literary works The Ho...

Maturity in Legacy, a Novel by James A. Michener

with methodical, journeyman style. As he told a radio interviewer in 1992: "My job is to be a hard-working man who sits at a moder...

An Analysis of Adultery in The Scarlet Letter

This 5 page paper reviews The Scarlet Letter, the classic first published in 1850. Even then, however, adultery was a universal t...

Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter and the Character of Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale

In eight pages this paper presents a character analysis of Rev. Dimmesdale in a focus of the adultery theme in Hawthorne's novel. ...

'The Man Who Corrupted Hadleyburg' by Mark Twain

In five pages this paper examines the themes that are featured in this short story by Mark Twain. Six sources are cited in the bi...

Human Conflict and Faith in William Blake's 'Introduction,' William Wordsworth's 'Tintern Abbey' and Alfred Lord Tennyson's 'In Memoriam'

poetic boundaries; not only does the reader surmise that the author is wholly attentive to his craft, but he also is privy to the ...

Giovanni Boccaccio's Decameron

The Decameron is considered in six pages in terms of the symbolism and themes contained within. Seven sources are cited in the bi...

'Funnyhouse of a Negro' Play by Adrienne Kennedy

This is a research paper that contains five pages and presents the theme that the play is intended to convey the protagonist's lif...

Essays of George Orwell

In 6 pages this paper discusses the intellectual and political themes that were featured in the essays of George Orwell. Nine sou...

The Short Story Voice of Alice Walker

In this paper consisting of five pages the 'voice' Walker uses in constructing her short stories as expressed in sentence structur...

Classical Literature Compared

as revealed in the literary/mythological writings of ancient Greece. In "The Iliad," for example, when the mighty warrior Achille...