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“Huck Finn” and Creating Characters Who are Romantic and Real

most memorable stories and characters in American literature, and they remain popular to this day. This paper considers perhaps hi...

Greek Tragedy and Naturalist Theater

in drama, as well as two of the most destructive. This paper compares and contrasts the plays that bear their names. Discussion H...

Jackson’s Literary Devices

at times the exact opposite of what is being said. The once well-known short stories of O. Henry are masterpieces of irony: in one...

Ethical Decision-making and Vegetarianism

come from the animal such as eggs. Some vegetarians also eat fish. Again, the rules very dependent upon the particular philosophy ...

The Twelve Caesars/Suetonius

in presenting the various biographies that make up this text, citing the private documents of the emperors, as well as public sour...

Greek Philosophy and Literature: A Review of Concepts

ar?te (Hooker 1996). In the works of Homer such as the Iliad, ar?te is used to describe both the Greek and Trojan characters, in o...

Examining Scenes from Sonny’s Blues

shadow of a doorway, looking just like Sonny ... Then I saw that it wasnt Sonny, but somebody we used to know, a boy from around o...

The Symbol of Suffering

entire character development is based on the idea that he is crucifying himself through the device of his mental anguish. He has n...

Two Versions of Frankenstein

and had been released some months earlier (Biodrowski). The novel, which has the subtitle of "The Modern Prometheus," is "a sort o...

A Symbolic Interactionist Perspective on “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner”

couple as well (Beah Richards and Roy Glenn) who arent happy that their son is considering marrying a white girl (Guess Whos Comin...

Thompson/Concentric Circles of Concern

Dr. Thompsons classic work, which was published posthumously and revised by Claude V. King, the reader finds a detailed model for ...

Narration in “Heart of Darkness”

who come to Africa and find themselves overwhelmed by it. One example of the way in which Marlow puts his interpretation on things...

Jacques-Louis David: “The Death of Socrates”

First, Socrates, who is obviously the focus of the painting, is sitting up, still teaching as shown by his raised left hand. Hes m...

Narrative Techniques in “Pride and Prejudice”

to Elizabeth Bennett and Maria Lucas, who have been staying with him and his wife for six weeks. Mrs. Collins is Elizabeths sister...

Hawthorne's "Young Goodman Brown" And O'Connor's "A Good Man Is Hard To Find" - Evil

some do not stop to consider the consequences of their actions. Brown is especially aware of this fact as he becomes "a stern, a ...

Power, Surveillance and the Totalitarian State

can be trusted; it is the ultimate in paranoid societies. By keeping its citizens fearful and mistrustful of each other, the gover...

Jay Gatsby and the Cult of Celebrity

same time he undercuts Gatsby by telling readers that he made his money illegally; he was a bootlegger (he sold illegal whiskey du...

The Importance of Supporting Characters in “On the Waterfront”

him: Father Barry (Karl Malden) is a tough priest who urges him to testify about what he knows; Johnnie Friendly (Lee J. Cobb) is ...

History of the Hebrews

author points out, it would be impossible to spend as much time on each and every event and person mentioned in the Old Testament....

Silent Film Analysis/Fatty and Mabel Adrift

gifted comedian of the era in her own right. Silent screen actors had to convey emotion, as well as personality, by establishing ...

Boccaccio's book/Pasolini's film/Decameron

subsequently preaches sermons about him, leading people to believe that he led the life of a saint. Ciapelletto is such a hypocri...

Downfall of William Shakespeare's Tragic Hero Macbeth

with a trio of witch siblings (described in the text as the weird sisters), who issue this prediction to the Thane: THIRD WITCH. A...

Comparing and Contrasting Dracula and Nosferatu

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

Role of Nick Carraway in The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

affair. If the story were told by Gatsby, we would get the story of a poor but ruthlessly ambitious youth on the make. We would l...

A Review of The Pardoner's Tale

extremely outspoken. One of his strongest skills it seems is public speaking. In fact, he is a performer! These characteristics ...

Monster Symbolism in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

"too well the treatment I had suffered the night before from the barbarous villagers" (Shelley NA). In this we see the slow develo...

Comparative Analysis of Daisy Buchanan in F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby and the Title Character of Henry James' Daisy Miller

ensuring that Winterbourne knows that she has plenty of male friends in New York, giving him "lively eyes and...light, slightly mo...

A 'Mice and Men' Marxist Analysis

These day laborers are obviously the ones who are trying to get by and are juxtaposed to the people who are willing to hire them. ...

U.S. Culture and the Blues

the blues is slower and contains much depth of feeling. Later on, the acoustic urban would become electrified, but early on, there...

Mark Twain's 'The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn'

his civilized life. The plot, other than Huck running away, involved Huck running and coming in contact with Jim, a slave he kn...