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The Good Person of Szechwan by Bertolt Brecht and the Split Personality of Shui Ta and Shen Teh

In five pages this paper discusses how Shui Ta represents Shen Teh's split personality in a consideration of the play and its them...

The Cheese and the Worms by Carlo Ginzburg

The writer analyzes the book The Cheese and the Worms: The Cosmos of a Sixteenth-Century Miller by Carlo Ginzburg and argues that ...

Book Four of Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift

alarming realization that he more appropriately mirrored a Yahoo as opposed to a Houyhnhnms serves ass the beginning of Gullivers ...

The Giver by Lois Lowry

In 5 pages this young adult novel and its theme regarding responsibility, love, and suffering are considered. There are 2 sources...

Thematic Elements of Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights

This paper examines the themes of madness and sexual addiction in Bronte's classic novel. This ten page paper has seven sources l...

Women's Self Determination in The Awakening by Kate Chopin

but he cant precisely put his finger on the problem either. She is lovely and gracious; she certainly doesnt abuse the children or...

Poetry of Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson

process that connects her physically and symbolically with the past. She states that while machines are helpful, its "comforting" ...

Desires and Dreams in Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman

In a paper consisting of 5 pages the unfulfilled expectations and how they are presented in the ideas and themes of Miller's socia...

Disneyland Paris Transformation of Euro Disney

In nine pages the European development of this Disney theme part is examined as it discusses the many conflicts, problems, and fin...

Love and Its Power in The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald and The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje

her womanhood, she is one who lives at the mercy of her desires. Not aware -- or at least not caring -- about the havoc she wreak...

J. Russell's Inventing the Flat Earth The Correction of a Twentieth Century Misconception

In four pages this book is summarized and themes as well as findings' evaluations are provided. One source is listed in the bibli...

William Shakespeare's Hamlet, William Golding's Lord of the Flies, and Their Parallels

In 6 pages the parallels that exist in these works in terms of literary similarities of allegory, metaphor, simile, irony, personi...

Short Stories of Richard Wright

In five pages this paper discusses how social realities are depicted in the themes and characters of Richard Wright's short storie...

George Herbert's Poetry and Religious Message

across and give his readers food for thought. In a reading provided by a student, Helen Vaudler suggests that Herberts poetry is i...

War's Depiction in Catch 22 by Joseph Heller

In five pages World War II as it is portrayed in Heller's novel is examined particularly in terms of they ways in which themes of ...

Derek Walcott's Poetry

In six pages this paper examines 2 poems by Derek Walcott, 'Nearing Forty' and 'The Virgins' in a contrast and comparison the the ...

Henry James' Turn of the Screw

In five pages this paper emphasizes the governess in a Freudian analysis of Henry James' The Turn of the Screw that also examines ...

An Analysis of Robert Frost's Stopping By Woods

This paper analyzes one of Frost's most famous works, which many critics interpret as Frost's own longing for death. However the ...

'The Story of an Hour' by Kate Chopin

In six pages this paper compares this short story's major themes with the life of Kate Chopin. Nine sources are cited in the bibl...

A Comparison of the Films, Do the Right Thing, and 12 Angry Men

This research paper provides a comparison of two films, Sidney Lumet's, Twelve Angry Men, and Spike Lee's, Do the Right Thing. Th...

Minority Struggles in 5 Films

The theme of minority struggles and violations of civil rights reflected in 5 films are the focus of this paper consisting of 5 pa...

Comparative Analysis of Homer's 'The Odyssey' and Charles Frazier's Cold Mountain

In five pages a comparative analysis of these works is presented in terms of differences and similarities in characterization, plo...

Judaism and Feminism in Marcie Piercy's, He She and It

This paper details the theme of Jewish Feminist theory interwoven throughout Marcie Piercy's book, He She and It. This five page ...

Alienation in The French Lieutenant's Woman by John Fowles

a means by which to divert her true sadness. Her life, as it stands on its own, is considerably lacking of any social connectivit...

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick

denigrating to himself as he comforts John R. Isidore, a "special," that is, someone affected by the omnipresent radioactive dust,...

Witness to Jonestown, An Analysis

Witness to Jonestown, provides a film that commemorates the thirtieth anniversary of an event that is indelibly etched in the memo...

Wisdom from Scripture

political leaders say they pray for wisdom but they do not seem to be making wise decisions and Solomon did. This is one reason w...

"The Great Gatsby" and the Pursuit of Hollow Dreams

value into ultimately empty goals; this is indicated by the comparison of Gatsbys quest for Daisy with the "American dream" itself...

Kassovitz's "La Haine" - a Marxist Criticism

as a document of ongoing social struggles in disenfranchised urban ghettos, or "banlieues" around Paris (Cartelli, 2008). The titl...