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Times of War, Art, and Music

In eight pages this paper examines the music and art popular during war times in a consideration of Tim O'Brien's Going After Cacc...

A Review of The Clerk's Tale and Traffic in Women

A 10 page exploration of the 1975 contentions of anthropologist Gayle Rubin. Her article, The Traffic in Women Notes on the Poli...

Mark Twain’s A Dog’s Tale

she should behave. She goes to a home where she is treated very well and ultimately has a puppy of her own and this makes her life...

American 'Palefaces' and 'Redskins' in Literature

In five pages this report discusses the 'pale face' or 'redskin' literature of the eighteenth and nineteenth century with the 'pal...

Humor in The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer

In five pages the humor exhibited in Chaucer's masterpiece is examined particularly in terms of its use in the comedic 'The Miller...

The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood and Religious Themes

In five pages this paper analyzes The Handmaid's Tale in a consideration of its religious references and themes. One source is ci...

Geoffrey Chaucer's 'Nun's Priest's Tale' and Anthropomorphism

In five pages this research paper considers how the author used anthropomorphism in this story that is a part of Canterbury Tales....

Comparative Analysis of 'Araby' by James Joyce and 'A and P' by John Updike

In a comparative analysis of five pages John Updike retells Joyce's classic tale in a contemporary way with distinctions made betw...

An Occurrence at Owl Creek by Bierce

point out that the subject of death and dying has taken on new meaning in recent times. There is now recognition of similar events...

Literature's Faust Legend

In six pages this research paper analyzes literature's various Faustian tales in a consideration of their timelessness. Four sour...

Universal Truths Presented in Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe

In four pages this report considers the universal truths that lead to Faustus's tragedy and Marlowe's objectives in this tale. Th...

A Review of Fields of Fire

A 5 page overview the fictional tale of the Vietnam War by James Webb. The young protaganist is a Marine hero. 1 source....

The Tale of a Tub by Jonathan Swift

In five pages this research paper examines the 1704 text The Tale of a Tub, a religious satire by Jonathan Swift. Four sources ar...

'Wuthering Heights,' 'The Winter's Tale' and Human Emotions

In five pages this paper considers the importance of human emotions in Bronte's 'Wuthering Heights' and Shakespeare's 'The Winter'...

Children and Their Role in Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales

In eight pages this research paper examines children's role in Medieval society in a consideration to their portrayal in The Cante...

Entertainment and Education in Literature

In 5 pages this paper discusses how literature can be both educational as well as entertaining within the precepts of Horace the p...

Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer and Gender Relationships

In 5 pages this paper examines gender relationships represented in The Canterbury Tales featuring the Wife of Bath, the Miller, th...

Mirrored Consciousness Examples

In five pages this report considers The Mirror of Consciousness by Henry James and the author's contention that situation reaction...

A Jury of Her Peers by Susan Glaspell

In five pages Glaspell's tale is analyzed in a consideration of setting and characterization. There are no other sources cited....

Control and Authority Reflected in 'The Wife of Bath's Tale' by Geoffrey Chaucer and 'The World of Margery Kempe' by Margery Kempe

In twelve pages the issues of legal, religious and social limitations are considered as they relate to the concepts of control and...

Jon Scieszka's The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales

In five pages this paper discusses storytelling within the context of this work by Jon Scieszka along with The Classic Fairy Tales...

Translation Of Ovid's Metamorphoses by Gregory Horace

around Myrrhas sexual obsession with her father, a situation that was no less unacceptable in Ovids day than it is in contemporary...

The Decameron and The Canterbury Tales Parallels

In five pages this paper examines the parallels in these collections of stories especially as they relate to the charcoal of Friar...

Depiction of Death in Don DeLillo's White Noise

In five pages this paper analyzes how death is depicted in Don DeLillo's postmodern tale White Noise. One source is listed in the...

Depiction of Merlin, Monmouth, and Briton by Geoffrey Monmouth

In ten pages this paper discusses national identity within the context of Geoffrey Monmonth's heroic tale and includes the nationa...

Concept of Courtly Love and 'The Knight's Tale' by Geoffrey Chaucer

In fourteen pages this story contained within The Canterbury Tales is examined in terms of its portrayal of courtly love and chiva...

Norse Volsung Saga and Oedipus Rex Compared

In a paper consisting of 3 pages the different tones but common storylines that exist in these tales are compared. There are no o...

Comparing Moral Characters in 'Sir Gawain And The Green Knight'

that anyone had truly doubted his mortality any time prior - and renders him just as vulnerable as any other man. Indeed, this pa...

Edgar Allan Poe's Stories and the Doppelganger Theme

In 7 pages this paper examines how the 'double' or Doppelganger theme is featured in the Edgar Allan Poe stories William Wilson, '...

'The Tiger's Bride' by Angela Carter

Carter's 1979 short story is the focus of this report consisting of five pages in which marriage as a social institutuion is criti...