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An Analysis of Adam and Eve

powerful persuasiveness to lead man astray, the consequences of disobeying God and the subsequent struggle of all humanity. It is ...

Theme of The Great Grandmother by Nancy Hale

as life slips away alongside the wonderment borne of childhood is, perhaps, some of the most intense and illustrative of all Hales...

Themes of Futility and Furstration in the Works of Joyce

North Richmond Street, being blind, was a quiet street except at the hour when the Christian Brothers School set the boys free. An...

Mishima's Stories Patriotism and Death in Midsummer

The honour code which decrees that those who bring shame on the community must remove themselves from it was the ethical system wh...

Ursula K. LeGuin's The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas

is forced to live in darkness. The child, the reader is told, is about nine or ten years old, lives on a half bowl of cornmeal a...

The Open Boat vs. The Snows of Kilimanjaro

injured while enjoying an African hunting adventure with his wife, Helen. The primary theme is death, and how man often puts off ...

'Mother Courage and Her Children' by Bertolt Brecht and 'Bread and Wine' by Ignazio Silone

In seven pages these two stories are examined regarding the meaning of each and the themes of Marxism and oppression. There are n...

Themes of Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis

In 5 pages this paper examines this early 1920s' novel in terms of its predominant themes....

Natural Born Killers Film by Director Oliver Stone

In five pages this 1994 film is analyzed in terms of story with character, cinematics with editing, and meaning with theme. Three...

Hamlet by William Shakespare and Revenge as Tooo Much of 'a Good Thing'

In five pages the revenge theme in Shakespeare's tragedy is analyzed....

Charlotte Perkins Gilman's The Yellow Wallpaper and Insanity

In six pages this paper examines the theme of insanity as portrayed in Gilman's story. Ten other sources are cited in the bibliog...

Commonality of Family Dysfunction in 'Go Tell It On the Mountain' by James Baldwin

In 5 pages the common themes of family dysfunction and religion's 'being saved' are examined within the context of this story by J...

Analyzing John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men and The Pearl

In five pages these stories are analyzed in terms of their similarities and differences and literary elements such as themes, char...

'The Odyssey' by Homer, the Book of Genesis, Retribution and Faith

In a paper consisting of six pages this paper examines how the themes of faith anf retribution are reprsented in the 'Noah and the...

Phyllis Bentley's 'Love and Money' and Virginia Woolf's 'The Legacy' Compared

on what his wife has written reveal details of his opinion regarding her. While granted Gilbert loved his wife, his attitude towar...

Fitzgerald and Williams in Terms of Style, Theme, and Characterization

In six pages the stories 'Crazy Sunday' by F. Scott Fitzgerald and 'The Resemblance Between a Violin Case and a Coffin' by Tenness...

Chamber of Blood Stories by Angela Carter

that many writers have used familiar themes and offered a new way of seeing the traditional elements of plot and character; howeve...

Thematic Analysis of 'The Lamb' by William Blake

In three pages this paper discusses creation's divinity as an important theme of the poem 'The Lamb' by William Blake....

Grace Nichol's Collection The Fat Black Woman's Poems

seems to address in her works include that of lost culture and a sense of longing to return to a time which is perceived to be mor...

Man v. Nature in The Milagro Beanfield War by John Nichols

with immediate commercial success, however, it was later transferred to screen with a film adaptation, indicating the real value t...

Evaluation of Sudden Fiction Edited by Robert Shapard and James Thomas

he is about to leave home, his oldest daughter asks her mother to do the can-can. His wife kicks up her heels and begins to dance....

Rules of the Game by Amy Tan

In three pages this essay discusses the symbolism of the novel's title and considers how it relates to the human experience. The ...

The Lesson #3 by Toni Cade Bambara

This 6 page paper discusses the theme of growth as explored by Toni Cade Bambara in The Lesson #3....

Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson

In five pages this essay analyzes the language, themes, story, and characters found within Marilynne Robinson's novel Housekeeping...

Oleanna by David Mamet

In five pages this play in three acts is analyzed in its representation of themes emotional warfare, power, and sex....

Sonnet 116 by William Shakespeare

of gaining knowledge in a sole purpose of gaining friends. As the book progresses, Charlie goes through dramatic changes mentally,...

Sharon Pollock's Plays Earnest and Blood Relations

In five pages the primary elements of Walter Dale's interpretation of Sharon Pollock's Blood Relations is compared with recent ada...

Paul Kennedy's Preparing for the Twenty First Century

general. Kennedy does an admirable job of demonstrating how the population explosion that the world is currently experiencing is i...

Death in Aeschylus's Agamemnon 'Oresteia' and Flannery O'Connor's 'Wise Blood' 2

In two pages this essay examines how the theme of death is depicted in these two literary works....

'Life of a Sensuous Man' by Saikaku

In five pages this paper examines the translation of this story by Saikaku in a consideration of 2 themes and irony as used by the...