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Essays 1651 - 1680

Uncertain Vision in "Oedipus the King" and "Othello"

woman who was now a widow, he fell in love and married her-his mother (Sophocles). Apollo curses Thebes and says that the city wil...

Education: “Good Will Hunting” and “I Just Wanna Be Average” by Mike Rose

Wanna Be Average" the writer illustrates how his high school years were filled with being educated in a school where he was mistak...

“The Heart of a Chief” by Joseph Bruchac

character who is important as he is a DJ and creates sort of a connection for the kids to the outside world in many ways. He is a ...

'Hamlet' and 'Dr. Faustus'

tells him that he was murdered, and that it is his (Hamlets) task to avenge his death: "If thou didst ever thy dear father love .....

Gunther/Death Be Not Proud

A 3 page book review of John Gunther's memoir of his son's illness and death. The title of this book is drawn from John Donne's Me...

Kate Chopin: “The Storm” and “Desiree’s Baby”

but will not be arriving soon. The wife, existing in a space with her children, is happy for this news for she and her children ar...

'The Three Strangers' by Thomas Hardy

are portrayed in this story range from shepherds to artisans, and in this way Hardy stays true to the types of characters that wou...

Comparative Analysis of Ursula K. Le Guin's 'Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas' and Shirley Jackson's 'The Lottery'

it that way for ages. Madness is not only contagious; it is bred into the people of the village. The black box, then, represents u...

George C. Wolfe's 101 Dalmations, Toni Cade Bambara's The Lesson and Identity

girl who has no real identity aside from that which is perhaps preconceived by her and her community. We see this young ignorance ...

Analysis of 'A Rose for Emily' by William Faulkner

fundamental structure of the story. These inferences help the reader to understand the symbolic messages hidden within the framew...

Man Against Nature in Lee Tamahori's 1997 Film The Edge

new person. This has been tradition since Gilgamesh. The hero emerges from the wilderness to contribute to society and carry out...

Cry the Beloved Country by Alan Patons

And so, through the words of Alan Paton the reader is transported into the world of apartheid, and the grim realities that accompa...

Aging in 'Minuet' by Guy de Maupassant

his poor little puppet-like body" to be rather pathetic and ridiculous. Nevertheless, he is intrigued and he becomes "wildly anxio...

'My Hips, My Caderas' by Alisa Valdes Rodriguez and Colonialism

herself choosing to study French instead of Spanish and turned down dates from Latino boys, preferring the blue eyed blondes inste...

Parallels Between Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and The Legend of Prometheus

and mother. At the age of 17, she eloped with Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, already a married father of two. She didnt rea...

Euro Disney's Initial Failure

the financial, physical and/or cultural environment of the area near Paris. They were also overly enthusiastic about their develo...

Room in New York by Edward Hopper

bright yellow and adorned with pictures. The viewer sees the couple as if grazing through a window while walking down the street....

Appearance And Reality In Shakespeare's Macbeth

your tongue: look like the innocent flower,/ But be the serpent undert" (Shakespeare I v). This is a very powerful example of how ...

Tim O'Brien and Upton Sinclair on Morality

drinking, and want to get more for it" (Sinclair Chapter 2). In this the image of Jurgis is one that evokes thoughts of morality...

The Magnificent Seven Film and the Cowboy Mentality

clearly an attempt to redefine the modern cowboy for modern audiences by penetrating the invincible stereotype and revealing vulne...

Euro Disney's Challenges and Problems

One of the cultural differences - the willingness for American parents to drive long distances and sit in traffic for long periods...

Examples of Post-Colonial Strife In Literature

the British rule has officially ceased. And so, through his personal experiences, the character of Camagu mirrors the turbulence ...

Comparative Analysis of Three Works of Isabel Allende

then that Of Love and Shadows takes place in a Latin American country that is suffering under a brutal dictatorship. Irene Beltran...

No More, No More by Daniel Walker

express themselves on a wide range of topics, which included such issues as moral justice and the nature of community. For example...

Invention by Design by Henry Petroski

out that "Engineering is a fundamental human process that has been practiced from the earliest days of civilization" (Petroski 2)....

Diane Levin's Teaching Young Children in Violent Times

and to feel safe" (Corby). After addressing the impact of violence on children, Levin describes how to build a peaceful classroo...

Maleness in Khaled Hosseini's The Kite Runner

more valuable male to another as Amir is in a far better social and economic position than Hassan. While he clearly adores his fri...

Brian DePalma's 'Carrie' A Cinematic Analysis

would become his own trademark. This film, along with Obsession (1976), further developed De Palmas expressive use of cinematogra...

J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets and the Decisions of the Hero

1997 to wild acclaim (J.K. Rowling b). The second book, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets appeared in 1998, Harry Potter and...

All Over Creation by Ruth Ozeki

named "Geek" explains, "Its like a death gene, sir. A self-destruct mechanism. They splice it into the DNA of a plant and trigger ...