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Concept of Heroism and Heroes Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes and Aeneid by Virgil

we have a man who is essentially being tossed with the tides. He is not nearly as determined or as confident as Odysseus. This is ...

Reflections on Several Famous Literary Works

as being mostly unforgiving of mans shortcomings, inasmuch as he implies that humanity has turned into a selfish, egotistical and ...

Thematic Similarities in Shelley's Frankenstein and Conrad's Heart Of Darkness

of lightning in the clouds. We live in the flicker -- may it last as long as the old earth keeps rolling!" (Conrad PG)....

History and Literature

In six pages this paper considers such literary works as Nathaniel Hawthorne's 'Young Goodman Brown,' Sarah Orne Jewett's 'The Whi...

Knowledge Theme in 'Paradise Lost' by John Milton and Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe

the point that there is false knowledge and true knowledge, and that false knowledge can be very persuasive. From the "War in Hea...

An Exploration of The Unities

it. A well constructed plot, therefore, must neither begin nor end at haphazard, but conform to these principles" (Aristotle 7-8)....

Poetic Metaphors Used by Boccaccio, Aquinas, Sidney, Shelley, and Aristotle

In twelve pages the poetic metaphor and its value is assessed within the works of these varied literary and philosophical icons. ...

Artists Antonio Canova and Edgar Degas Compared

In five pages Canova's 'Perseus and the Head of Medea' and Degas' 'The Little 14 Year Old Dancer' are compared in terms of the wor...

1644 to 1844 Ch'ing Dynasty and Life Affirmation Importance

In ten pages this paper examines China's Ch'ing dynasty's first 200 years in a consideration of the importance of life affirmation...

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...

The Thematic Element in Art

song of Liling is that which provides us with the foundation of the story. Now, of course, the music and the song actually serv...

Solitude in the City

refuge in the cafe. In this work the solitude, while sad, is also one of peacefulness. One might also say that it is a juxtaposit...

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...

Setting as Portrayed in Works by Richard Shelton and Leslie Marmon Silko

visit time and again, or which makes the reader have a strange sense of foreboding for the characters as the story unravels. Autho...

Cultural Realities and the Works of Flannery O'Connor

OConnor (1925 - 1964) Novelist oconnormain.html). This illustrates her intense position as it involves the secular world that surr...

Life and Writings of Nathaniel Hawthorne

work which stands as the most famous of his novels. Not surprisingly, "Hawthorne came from a Puritan family of declining fortun...

Sylvia Plath's Literary Contributions

bees), and her mother, a former student of Otto Plaths, a high school teacher (Bloom 1). Although Dr. Otto Plath suffered from ca...

Society's Influence on Fitzgerald and Williams

and a truly brazen attitude - were in vogue, as was drinking. Although Prohibition was in force to try to prevent people from imbi...

Virginia Woolf's A Room of One's Own, James Joyce's 'The Dead' and Gender

In five pages gender and how it influences relationships are examined within the context of these literary works. Four sources ar...

Literary Analysis of A Modest Proposal and Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift

various and sundry obscurities that represent such a supposedly functional society to realize that this was yet another of the aut...

Defining Aspects in Literature

This paper examines the essential elements that make up a literary work and define the writer. The author discusses Shakespeare, ...

American Individualism According to Emerson, Bellah and de'Tocqueville

This 5 page paper examines various types of American individualism by analyzing literary works. The pitfalls of individualism were...

Important Post Second World War Works of Literature

Don Delillos "White Noise" and Maxine Hong Kingstons "The Woman Warrior." Invisible Man As mentioned, many argue that Ralph El...

Comparative Analysis of Tamburlaine the Great by Kit Marlowe and The White Devil by John Webster

A comparative analysis of the similarities and differences that exist in these literary works is presented in 7 pages. There are ...

Life and Writings of John Steinbeck

In 5 pages John Steinbeck's life and his literary works are discussed. There are 4 sources cited in the bibliography....

'Enlightened' Satire of Voltaire and Jonathan Swift

In 5 pages this paper discusses how Swift and Voltaire satirized 18th century Enlightenment philosophies in their literary works. ...

Literary Works of Joseph Conrad, James Joyce, and Eudora Welty and Theme of Inadequacy

In 5 pages this paper examines how inadequately is thematically expressed in such literary works as 'The Secret Sharer' by Joseph ...

Comparative Analysis of Ken Kesey's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter

In 5 pages a comparative analysis of these American literary works examines their similarities and differences. There are 2 sourc...

Tayeb Salih's Season of Migration to the North, Toni Morrison's Beloved and Ghosts

Set just after the civil war Sethe is a runaway slave who had once killed her infant daughter so that she would not grow up in the...