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Act II, Scene II of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream

and Oberon are the sovereign spirits of the woods and in their own right are exotic royalty. Yet again, the issue of appearances ...

Analysis of William Shakespeare's Richard the Second

In nine pages this paper analyzes the characters, theme, and plot of this historical play by William Shakespeare. Eight sources a...

Effects of Disharmony and Harmony in 'Romeo and Juliet'

In 6 pages this essay compares and contrasts Act II:1 with Act V:3 as a way of evaluating how Shakespeare attempts to establish ha...

Brief Analysis of 'Out, Out' by Robert Frost

In one page this analysis of the poem 'Out, Out' focuses upon poetic verse, imagery, and theme. There is no bibliography included...

'Apparently With No Surprise' by Emily Dickinson

In one page this essay analyzes Dickinson's poem in terms of symbolism, imagery, and theme with an evaluation of her employment of...

'Tiger, Tiger' by William Blake

This poem is analyzed in terms of theme and symbolism as represented by the tiger. There is no bibliography included....

Vengeance Themes in the 'History' of Herodotus

In six pages this paper examines Herodotus' History text in a consideration of its vengeance themes. There is only the primary so...

Betty Smith's A Tree Grows in Brooklyn Journal Observations

In eight pages this journal observation critiques and evaluates this novel by Betty Smith in a consideration of setting, plot, ton...

The Return of the Native by Thomas Hardy, a Critique

This 5 page paper analyzes the themes of sadness, desperation and emotional need that Thomas Hardy explores in his classic novel T...

Analysis of Walcott's The Light of the World

(Walcotts brother Roderick is a playwright). While young Derek was growing up and dipping into these books time and again, he foun...

The Term 'Hazard' Analyzed Within the Context of The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare

again. This time, however, Bassanio urges Antonio to loan it one more time while Bassanio will bring the latter hazard back again...

Punishment in Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter and Dante's 'Inferno'

manner in which both people and society are viewed. The very basis of the story is perhaps the biggest symbol, where Hester Prynn...

'Female Monster' in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

the position and the importance of the position, played by the female monster. In the main character, Victor Frankenstein, we a...

Lorraine Hansberry's 'A Raisin in the Sun' and Eternal Hope

fact deliberately so. Hansberry does not leave it there, however. Though the play seems to be going headlong in that direction fo...

Racism within the Context of Literature

would then include the contrast and comparison on how the characters dealt with racism and their subjectivity to it. Finally, the ...

Environmentalist Paul Shepard's Nature and Madness

that covered human ecology and the so-called "deep ecology" movement. Madness and exploitation Once upon a time, according...

Native American Literature

especially true in Love Medicine, where the abandoned son attempts to brew a love medicine for his grandfather. However, he gets s...

Robert Stone's Dog Soldiers

In a paper consisting of 5 pages this novel is examined in terms of whether or not it should be considered a work of art based upo...

Comparative Analysis of Ozment's The Burgermeister's Daughter and Marx and Engels' The Communist Manifesto

Engels still present the view of a society that could be idyllic if they only could bring it into concert with human emotion and m...

Contemporary Influence of the Myth of Pandora's Box

has "opened Pandoras Box." In addition to the nomenclature of Pandoras Box that has entered into todays society as a descr...

Trilogy of J.R.R. Tolkien and Identity

be a journey towards finding himself once again. Now, this is not to say that he will ever become what he once was, for this is im...

Kawabata's 'Beauty and Sadness' and Pa Chin's 'Family'

strongly influenced by foreign attitudes and ideas, and undergoing some difficulty in reconciling these new cultural parameters wi...

Thornton Wilder's The Bridge of San Luis Rey and Irony

depicting what he discovered about each of the victims. The first of these characters is the Marquesa, who is the daughter of a we...

Ray Bradbury's The Martian Chronicles and Denial

As mentioned before, the first edition of The Martian Chronicles was written in 1950, a time during which the Cold War was startin...

Henry Ford as He Appears in Doctorow's Ragtime

to society is well known and many see this as admirable. Yet, there are some critics. Not everyone agrees that capitalism is the b...

Theme of Colonialism in Sembene Ousmane’s God’s Bits of Wood and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Purple Hibiscus

in this instance French Dakar-Niger railroad owners (toubabs) versus impoverished workers in pre-Independence era Senegal who soug...

Shakespeare's Tempest/Act III Scene 1

Milan (Sutton 224). To further exemplify these features, consider a close examination of one scene. As Act III, scene 2, opens, ...

“To Kill a Mockingbird”: Murder in the Deep South

Tom is convicted for only one reason: hes black. Although hes sentenced to death, the sentence is commuted to life in prison; even...

Marriage in William Wycherley’s Restoration Comedy, The Country Wife

best understood within the context of how many English couples regarded marriage during this time. Marriages were not love matche...

Themes in The Awakening

down, there was no living thing in sight" indicates a sort of foreboding as well, an indication that life ended here, in the water...