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“Huck Finn” and Creating Characters Who are Romantic and Real

most memorable stories and characters in American literature, and they remain popular to this day. This paper considers perhaps hi...

Teen Alienation in Catcher in the Rye

delivered, uncompleted phone calls, overtures not taken up, appeals repulsed. William Faulkner, who praised the novel, said that w...

Greek Tragedy and Naturalist Theater

in drama, as well as two of the most destructive. This paper compares and contrasts the plays that bear their names. Discussion H...

Theme of Conflict/Iliad and Medea

more day and this is granted. Jason lamely agues that his abandonment of her and their children is for the best. After formulating...

Steinbeck’s Concepts of Mercy and Justice

his goods will be forfeit as well. Having already said in court that he wants only his "bond," Portia has him on the ropes when he...

Self-Centeredness in Dorothea and Reverend Casaubon

(Eliot 30). In addition she is "likely to seek martyrdom," then try to escape it only to have it befall her when she stopped looki...

Jack Rabbit Slim’s Dance Contest

works for her husband, and hes supposed to show her a good time and do what she wants, so shut up and dance because she wants that...

History of the Hebrews

author points out, it would be impossible to spend as much time on each and every event and person mentioned in the Old Testament....

Creating a Mythology - Alan Paton’s Cry, the Beloved Country

is notable about Tolkien is that his world makes internal sense. Each race (Elves, Dwarves, Men, Orcs, etc.) has a distinct langua...

The Genius of Billy Wilder in Sunset Boulevard

(Brackett & Wilder, 1950). Its the narrator, who is telling his story from beyond the grave. He says he wants to tell the real ...

Luchresi's Perspectives on "The Cask of Amontillado" by Edgar Allan Poe

his attire was a bit gaudy for a man of his social position. I have long suspected that Montresor and Fortunato were jealous of ...

Trench Warfare and the Best Anti-War Novel Ever Written

friends-who were all at the same class at school-had the idea that war is glorious and noble, an attitude encouraged by their teac...

Identity, Maturity and David Copperfield

This essay offers discussion of the issues maturity and identity in regards to "David Copperfield," the classic novel by Charles D...

"The Tiger's Bride" and "Beauty and the Beast" - A Comparison

In a paper of five pages, the writer looks at "The Tiger's Bride" and the classic fairy tale "Beauty and the Beast". Thematic diff...

Pillow Talk (1959)

This essay pertains to Pillow Talk (1959), which the writer describes as a classic sex comedy. To support this position, the write...

Abortion and Other Issues

The writer first reports the modern and classic versions of the Hippocratic Oath. The two are compared and contrasted. The essay t...

Chapter Review Administration

This paper reports on a chapter in Classics of Public Administration. The chapter is about Public administration theory and separa...

Samurais, 2 Books

This essay pertains to two texts that relate samurai culture, The Last Samurai by Mark Ravina and Bushido, the Way of the Samurai,...

Characterization and Production Values: Classical Hollywood

This research paper pertains to methods and features of characterization and its associated production values used during the age ...

The Century of the Detective by Jurgen Thorwald

This book review is on "The Century of the Detective," a classic text by Jurgen Thorwald. The writer presents an overall view of t...

Directing Style of John Ford

This essay pertains to the directing style of John Ford. Classic Westerns such as "Stagecoach," "Liberty Valance," and "The Search...

Reproduction Issues

This paper discusses several issues. It begins by comparing the classic Hippocratic Oath to the modern version. The next section d...

Candide, Metamorphosis and Gilgamesh, Theme of Betrayal

This essay considers Gilgamesh, Candide and Metamorphosis, and how these three classics of literature expressed the theme of betra...

"Troy" (2004) and Homer's Iliad

This essay discusses Homer's ancient classic epic, The Iliad, and the film Troy (2004, directed by William Petersen), indicating ...

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 ...

Acculturation as Portrayed in Bread Givers and Black Elk Speaks

A 5 page assessment of the factor of acculturation as it influences these two classic books. Black Elk Speaks, translated by John...

A Review and Analysis of the Film, North By Northwest

This paper analyzes and reviews Alfred Hitchcock's 1959 classic film, North by Northwest. This two page paper has one source list...

A Review and Analysis of the Film, Raging Bull

This paper reviews and analyzes Martin Scorsese's 1980 classic film, Raging Bull. This two page paper has one source listed in th...

A Critical Review and Analysis of the Film, Citizen Kane

This paper analyzes and reviews Orson Welles' 1941 classic film, Citizen Kane. This two page paper has three sources listed in th...

A Critical Review and Analysis of the Film, Halloween

the horrific murders of her school friends tips off the audience that she is the deranged killers elusive victim. The audience is...