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only reflect his own self....The novel can be read as a feminist amendment to Romantic narcissism" (Dr. Claire Colebrooks Lecture)...

dominance over his family. Tartuffe makes his entrance somewhat late in the play; however, by this point, his character has been t...

had previously been reserved only for God. He works feverishly on what he believes will be a perfect human form for it was manufa...

seemingly to detain me, but I escaped, and rushed down stairs. I took refuge in the courtyard belonging to the house which I inhab...

his own parent/child relationship. Not coincidentally, Frankenstein labors "for nine months... to complete his experiment" (Riche...

33). This quotation indicates the precision with which Poe crafted his stories. Each word and image is chosen with care and, coll...

and ice creams sold in the summer, this looks at the trends rather than just the past performance. Regression analysis takes th...

together and makes possible the fraternal and hierarchic bonds of chivalric solidarity" (Hahn). This contrasts sharply with the fo...

and society would become even more fragmented than it already is. The question also arises: do we have the right to design our chi...

hit-and-run death of Toms mistress, the married Myrtle Wilson. Her widower is deceived into thinking Gatsby caused the accident, ...

later in the story, Montressor relates that his family was once "great and numerous" (Poe 146). The use of the past tense indicate...

to be Kates surrogate is Angie Ostrowiski, who is characterized as "white trash," a high school dropout who has a common law marri...

The character development is somewhat light as there is little attachment to many of them with the exception of Krestel and perhap...

fit their sin. As these people never committed themselves to anything, they chase an elusive banner for all eternity. Virgil expla...

what is bothering her, Phaedra seems to describe the Enlightenment philosophy in her observation: "We understand and recognize wha...

her better judgment, but she was initially dismissive. Emma prefers living through others instead of living for herself, and her ...

the late nineteenth century (the same time the story was written). This setting is of vital importance because at that time, weal...

way to Las Vegas to find the American Dream" (Thompson 6). In Part I of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Duke is motivated by his ...

and dependent upon ones own political position, one may or may not have much in terms of sympathy for her. Of course, people are n...

understanding of the lottery is the same as her neighbors. She complacently believes that it will never touch her family. This goe...

A 3 page essay that contrasts and compares American Psycho (2000, directed by Mary Harron) and In Bruges (2008, directed by Martin...

is of excellent quality which is likely why it quickly became a classic, and one which others emulate. The ending is satisfying. S...

circle. It soon becomes apparent that everyone with whom Sharon and Frank come into contact know the rumor and believe it. This cr...

OConnors characterization of Joy/Hulga carefully builds up an image of a woman who has been very badly scarred by life, both physi...

consequence. Her grief is obviously great even though the event was decades ago. She tells Oedipus, "...my son/ he wasnt three day...

his urge to hide from reality. The fog is also the state of mind that Nurse Ratched prefers and which her routines and tactics of ...

a room of her own and a house of which she can be proud" (Sandra Cisneros, 2003). Among the issues Esperanza faces are the "disadv...

"teach" him "how to think and speak" (3.2.35) and "create" him new" (3.2.41), which is a reversal of the Elizabethan gender stereo...

mans face. The fish slips from his fingers and manages to make it over the side. The perspective follows the fish. The fish turn...

his arms. She was a revelation in that dim, mysterious chamber; as white as the couch she lay upon. Her firm, elastic flesh that w...