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Essays 1891 - 1920

Justification for Law Breaking in Henry David Thoreau's Civil Disobedience

In five pages this essay examines the notion that Thoreau advocates breaking the law when it becomes morally important to do so wi...

Erik Erikson on Life Cycles and Identity

In five pages this essay considers Erik Erikson's theories on life cycles and stages in identity development. Two sources are cit...

An Examination of Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra

In five pages this essay considers how Shakespeare's historical play was later rewritten and revised in order to be more applicabl...

A Film Adaptation of Romeo and Juliet

This research paper/essay offers a critique of Baz Luhmann's adaptation of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. The writer discusses ho...

Love and William Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew

In five pages this essay contrasts 2 of the speeches made by Katherina in the play in an analysis that argues Petruchio's abuse is...

Theme of Violence in Romeo and Juliet and Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare

In five pages this essay compares the social violence that is evident in these plays by William Shakespeare. Two sources are cite...

Comparing Three Works Thematically

This research paper/essay discusses parallel themes in three works: Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet' and his poem "The ...

American Ideology and Multiculturalism

In seven pages this essay discusses the importance of multiculturalism and diversity to the American ideology. Five sources are c...

Journal of the Plague Year by Daniel Defoe

In five pages this essay considers how the class of the author impacted his representation of the plague and its victims throughou...

Plato's Apology and a Pro Life Argument of Socrates

This narrative essay consisting of five pages rewrites the Apology of Plato and features Socrates' arguing to have his life spared...

Edward II's Queen Consort Isabella

a formal relationship governed by a code of conduct in much the same manner as the tradition of "Courtly Love." Such relationships...

Predictions and Reality in 1984 by George Orwell

have been a jewess was sitting up in the bow with a little boy of about three in her arms? (Orwell, 1949, p. 10); the little life ...

J.R.R. Tolkien's Imaginary Worlds and Philology

related poems that I never read entitled The Adventures of Tom Bombadil. In my research, I found that other fiction he published ...

Boy's Dream in 'Araby' by James Joyce

In five pages this essay discusses the political and religious symbolism featured about a boy's first love. There are no other so...

Inland Passage by Jane Rule and Araby by James Joyce

In five pages this essay considers the journey of the soul in a comparative analysis of these literary works. Two sources are lis...

Essays on Dubliners by James Joyce and Graham Greene's Works

In about five pages this paper presents 3 brief essays pertaining to Graham Greene's works and topics featured in Dubliners by Jam...

Sanity, Insanity and Society From A Swiftian Viewpoint

Jonathan Swift's satiric work A Digression Concerning the Original, the Use and Improvement of Madness in a Commonwealth provides ...

Prioress Character in The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer

In five pages this essay focuses on the Prioress as described in the General Prologue of The Canterbury Tales and argues that whil...

Dust Tracks on a Road Autobiography by Zora Neale Hurston

home at an early age. Hurston described this period of her life as "a series of wanderings." She did occasional work as a wardrobe...

Lilliput, Satire, and Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift

This essay consists of five pages and examines the first book of Gulliver's Travels in terms of how Swift satirizes eighteenth cen...

Geoffrey Chaucer and The Canterbury Tales

This essay delves into the man behind The Canterbury Tales, Geoffrey Chaucer. The author utilizes both an in depth reading of the...

Class and Gender in Bastard Out of Carolina

In this essay consisting of five pages the ways in which class and gender influence the outcome of Dorothy Allison's novel are con...

Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson

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

Setting in Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser

In five pages this essay analyzes the setting in Theodore Dreiser's novel Sister Carrie. There are no other sources listed....

A Comparison of the Print and Film Versions of, A Raisin In The Sun

This essay compares and contrasts various elements of Lorraine Hansberry's, A Raisin In The Sun, and how the original play compare...

Judge Dee At Work by Van Gulik

In five pages this essay argues that the hating of women by Judge Dee was a process of evolution. One source is cited in the bibl...

Enlightenment's Age of Reason and Thomas Paine

In five pages this essay argues in support of the effectiveness of Thomas Paine's preference for reason over supernatural faith. ...

Asylums and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey

In five pages this paper considers the practice of institutionalizing people who are mentally ill but still capable of functioning...

'Good Country People' by Flannery O'Connor

free; and Joy, whose miserable disposition is anything but joyful. It is Joy who is the chief protagonist, an educated 32-year-ol...

Wise Blood by Flannery O'Connor

The storys denouement and climax occur when Hazel comes to terms with himself and finally gets what he deserved. Hazel Motes died ...