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by pairing books against each other, thus pitting classical works against modern counterparts. For instance, Swift includes such ...
Elisa carried with her always, always feeling and smelling and tasting the day. The garden hose water, which tastes like no other ...
when the Beowulf poet writes "Fate always goes as it must" (43) and "Fate often saves an undoomed man when his courage is good" (...
away. He stands as a man of a higher social class who has integrity. His mother, however, represents all that is bad in the upper ...
grief-stricken protagonist/narrator who is mourning the loss of his beloved, Lenore, and has perhaps taken to drink much as Poe ha...
In five pages this paper discusses the complexities of the fairytales Alice in Wonderland and Cinderella, which makes them far mor...
This 5 page paper discusses two subjects with regard to The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood. One topic is the narrative structu...
In twelve pages this paper examines the alleged Boston Strangler Albert DeSalvo's tale that includes his victims, confession, his ...
In fifteen pages this paper discusses the little known tales of California's gold rush as told by women. Six sources are cited in...
her until she crumbled. Having a family was at the forefront of both their minds at this time. While married, his friends were m...
In 7 pages this paper examines how the 'double' or Doppelganger theme is featured in the Edgar Allan Poe stories William Wilson, '...
In five pages this paper discusses storytelling within the context of this work by Jon Scieszka along with The Classic Fairy Tales...
around Myrrhas sexual obsession with her father, a situation that was no less unacceptable in Ovids day than it is in contemporary...
This 5 page essay explores this tale by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Plot, style, narration, symbolization and setting are each discus...
In five pages this 1839 tale is revealed to represent many of the experiences and attitudes of the author. Five sources are cited...
In 4 pages this paper examines the storytelling lessons on construction that can be learned from this amusing tale by Mark Twain. ...
In five pages this paper discusses how the author's beliefs regarding death and Christianity are expressed in this short story by ...
A 5 page paper that frames the argument that this is more of an autobiographical exorcism of the author's demons as well as a tale...
In five pages this adventure tale from the 19th century is reviewed in terms of the plot serving as a basis for much contemporary ...
In seven pages topics of general intent, good, evil, and heroism are related to the epic tales of 'Beowulf' and 'Epic of Gilgamesh...
In 5 pages this paper contrasts and compares the roles played by oracles and fate in the mythological tales of Achilles, Oedipus, ...
This paper analyzes several of Hawthorne's books, including The Scarlet Letter, Mosses From an Old Manse, The House of the Seven G...
These German authors are considered in five pages in a comparative analysis of The Tin Drum by Gunter Grass and Deutschland, A Win...
that anyone had truly doubted his mortality any time prior - and renders him just as vulnerable as any other man. Indeed, this pa...
In five pages this research paper examines the 1704 text The Tale of a Tub, a religious satire by Jonathan Swift. Four sources ar...
In five pages this paper considers the importance of human emotions in Bronte's 'Wuthering Heights' and Shakespeare's 'The Winter'...
A 5 page overview the fictional tale of the Vietnam War by James Webb. The young protaganist is a Marine hero. 1 source....
Carter's 1979 short story is the focus of this report consisting of five pages in which marriage as a social institutuion is criti...
In six pages this research paper analyzes literature's various Faustian tales in a consideration of their timelessness. Four sour...
point out that the subject of death and dying has taken on new meaning in recent times. There is now recognition of similar events...