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'The Tell Tale Heart' by Edgar Allan Poe

In five pages this essay examines how Poe's combination of detail and manipulated point of view constructs a compelling psychologi...

John Barth's 'Lost in the Funhouse'

This is a book review consisting of 5 pages that considers the collective work of short stories and essays and how the works stead...

Postwar Development in Japan

This research paper offers discussion of a variety of questions that relate to the postwar development of Japan. Included in this ...

Battle of Gettysburg According to Michael Shaara in The Killer Angels

In seven pages this essay discusses how Shaara's fictionalized portrayal of what happened during the Battle of Gettysburg offers r...

Modernism and 'The Garden Party' by Katherine Mansfield

In six pages this essay presents a modernist interpretation of this short story by Katherine Mansfield. Three sources are cited i...

The Bonds Between Mother and Daughter in The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan

In an essay consisting of five pages the ways in which the novel considers the connections between mothers and daughters through t...

Los Angeles Pollution

In five pages this essay considers statistics relevant to Los Angeles, California's smog problems. Four sources are cited in the ...

A Review of How Did American Slavery Begin?

A 5 page review of the book by Edward Countryman. This book includes five essays and, although it has received less than positive...

A Personal Matter by Kenzaburo Oe

In five pages this essay examines this Japanese novel's narrative with an emphasis on the character of Himiko, the girlfriend of t...

Analysis of 'Letter from Birmingham Jail' by Martin Luther King Jr.

In five pages this essay analyzes King's audience and purpose and the relationship that exists among analogy, testimony, authority...

Literature Review on the Effects of Illness on Marital Happiness

In ten pages this essay presents a review of literature discussing how satisfaction in marriage is affected by chronic illness. T...

Opium Wars Through Chinese Eyes by Arthur Waley

strictly illegal under Chinese law. However, the opium trade was of pivotal importance to British Imperialism. The British smuggli...

Comparing Nathaniel Hawthorne's Short Stories 'Young Goodman Brown' and 'Roger Malvin's Burial'

In two pages this essay compares these short stories in terms of symbolism, theme, and imagery. There are no other sources listed...

Comparison Between Flannery O'Connor and William Faulkner Short Stories

In three pages this essay compares O'Connor's 'Good Country People' with Faulkner's 'A Rose for Emily' in terms of their usage of ...

Media Representation and Cultural Diversity

An article on African American actress Jada Pinkett is discussed in this tutorial essay of five pages in an exploration of the med...

Corrupting Influence of Power in Robert Penn Warren's All the King's Men

In five pages this essay discusses how political power corrupted the once idealistic Willie Stark in Robert Penn Warren's All the ...

Amy Tan and Tennessee Williams on Mother and Daughter Relationships

the freedom and opportunities offered by America. In other words, this immigrant mother means well. She simply wants her daughter ...

The Rise of the Dictators by Peter Banyard

In eight pages this essay considers the power rises of Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini as depicted by Peter Banyard in The Rise ...

Comparative Analysis of Mary Wollstonecraft's A Vindication of the Rights of Women and Aldous Huxley's Brave New World

In five pages this essay contrasts and compares these works in terms of such issues as liberation for women and sexual equality. ...

Ralph Emerson on Transcendentalism in 'The Divinity School Address' and 'The American Scholar'

In ten pages this essay considers how Emerson represents transcendentalist principles in a comparison and contrast of his two spee...

Six Records of a Floating Life by Shen Fu

In five pages this essay considers what life was like during the Chinese Manchu dynasty of the 18th century as represented in this...

A Modern Fairy Tale, Edward Scissorhands

This essay presents the argument that "Edward Scissorhands," directed by Tim Burton, is a modern, gothic-tinged version of the fai...

Exxon Valdez Oil Spill and Bioremediation

In an essay consisting of ten pages the process of biomediation that was employed after this Alaskan oil spill is examined along w...

An Analysis of Charlottes Web By E.B. White

This 5 page essay reviews this phenomenally popular childrens book about a learned spider and a young pig. 3 sources....

Morality in Oedipus the King by Sophocles and 'The Odyssey' by Homer

In five pages this essay compares and contrasts these two literary works regarding the portrayal of morality in each. There are n...

Protagonist and Religion in Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce

In five pages this essay examines the relationship the protagonist has with religion in an analysis of this novel by James Joyce. ...

Forms According to Aristotle and Plato

In five pages this essay distinguishes between how forms were conceptualized by Plato and his student Aristotle with Aristotle bei...

Contemporary Literature and the Maintenance of Identity

In five pages this essay examines maintaining identity in the first 50 years of the 20th century in a consideration of such litera...

Book 4 of Plato's Republic, 'Justice of the City'

what it is that you "can do," and then doing that for the good of the group - in this case the city. The unification of the virtu...

Tragic Heroes in Death of a Salesman and Oedipus

This 10 page essay explores the tragic heroes in these classic plays. Oedipus believes he makes his own destiny while Willy belie...