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restriction and that, for the rest of her life, "she would live for herself" (Chopin). With a feeling of freedom unlike anything s...

very beginning of the book a reader understands that this will not be, in any way, a "usual" story, especially as the logic behind...

"dances" out to the fig trees each day to check on their ripeness (Ripe Figs). When she finds them to be "little hard, green marb...

In five pages this paper discusses human nature and the conflict that exists between social expectations and human needs within th...

In twelve pages this paper examines how reality is perceived in the literary works Jazz by Toni Morrison, Waiting for Godot by Sam...

In five pages this paper contrasts and compares these novels by Toni Morrison in terms of how each feature murders. There are no ...

fiction demonstrates that she was an accomplished practitioner of humor, which she sometimes employed to avoid the sentimentality ...

would then include the contrast and comparison on how the characters dealt with racism and their subjectivity to it. Finally, the ...

This 7 page paper discusses the life and works of Toni Morrison, concentrating on Jazz, Sula and The Bluest Eye. There are 7 sourc...

In five pages this paper compares Beloved by Toni Morrison with Langston Hughes' 'Montage of a Dream Deferred' in a consideration ...

In five pages this report contrasts and compares the 1987 novel Beloved written by Toni Morrison with the 1998 movie adaptation. ...

the first place: it was your brothers wicked fiance Isabella who had dreamt up such nonsense in the first place, and convinced you...

in her own tragedy. While Sethe is still enslaved, she is treated by Schoolteachers despicable nephews as if she were no more th...

Morrisons work because water is symbolic of Beloveds need to fulfill a basic desire, but also a thirst for freedom. Another impo...

cohesive literary glue that holds it all together. One of the ingredients of that glue is the use of language. His particular use ...

which are primarily told through an oral tradition, combining the blues with the cultural wisdoms. "The blues are first represente...

to her poetry is the element of history. For Rich, the "sea is another story/ the sea is not a question of power / I have to lea...

life of the white people in society. Morrison often uses excerpts, that gradually become very distorted and run together in lines,...

However, this influence is seldom acknowledged by critics, who "see no excitement or meaning to the tropes of darkness, sexuality ...

became indentured servants, but this was rare (Faragher, et al 57). Because of the institution of indentured service, "New world s...

the kind, tender hands folded in death; the face that never looked save with love upon her" (Chopin). But beyond this bitterness, ...

not thinking of his words, only drinking in the tones of his voice. She wanted to reach out her hand in the darkness and touch him...

In many ways, as the story progresses, the reader essentially forgets her heart condition. But, if one keeps this in mind one can ...

and sung amidst a house that was less than perfectly organized. As we can see in this very simple beginning, a beginning that sets...

the ease and comfort of old friends. Because each had discovered that they were neither white nor male, and that all freedom and t...

and pure joy was leaping in her being and she was perhaps experiencing a very subtle and simple joy at life itself, something that...

Nel and Sula. Nel is light-skinned and lives in a tidy, respectable middle class home. Sula is deep brown and lives in a disrep...

be there. They, as individuals, come second when they have a husband and a family. Even in todays society where a woman can be suc...

for an hour, thinking about her past, her relationship, and her future. As she ponders she begins to really experience a sense of ...

"blackness" and the sense that the darker a person is, the less worthy they are of gaining social acceptance. In fact, Pecola is ...