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Kingship and Society in Sundiata

In three pages this African literary epic is examined in terms of its themes of kingship and society with topics including artisti...

King Lear, Beowulf, the Concepts of Kingship and Hero's Downfall

In five pages these literary characters are contrasted and compared in terms of their deaths with the concept of kingship and what...

Magic In Sir Gawain And The Green Knight and A Midsummer's Night Dream

This paper examines these two classic literary works in relation to the significance of magic in each. This five page paper has no...

Arthurian Romances and Medieval Courtly Love

In eleven pages the courtly love theme as represented in the literary works of such authors as Chretien de Troyes and Andreas Cape...

Medieval Warfare and Literature

In eight pages this paper discusses the chivalric code of honor and a knight's pursuit of financial gain within the context of the...

Medieval Literature and the Portrayals of Kingship

In seven pages this paper discusses how the relationship between warriors and their king is symbolically depicted as that of sons ...

Roman Fever by Edith Wharton

In four pages this novel is analyzed through the use of literary elements of protagonist, antagonist, plot, setting, conflict, and...

The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett II

In five pages this paper examines the detective literary genre and how this work represents it as well as deviates from it by alwa...

Chinese Twentieth Century Political Novels of Eileen Chang

both physical and metaphysical." 20th Century Chinese LiteratureAfter Chinas republican revolution in 1911, most Chinese wr...

Robert James Waller's The Bridges of Madison County

have held a job, had a hobby, read a book, or expressed an opinion since the Korean War. Still, this hunk from National Geographic...

Life and Writings of James Fenimore Cooper

one of which he did not take advantage; Cooper appreciated all that was afforded to him. One of the most influential aspects of h...

'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...

Gothic Genre of Edgar Allan Poe

In ten pages the ways in which Poe contributed to the gothic literary genre establishment is considered in an analysis of 'The Cas...

Meaning, Modernism, and Postmodernism in the Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway

In eight pages a search for meaning and the literary transition from modernism into postmodernism is presented in a discussion of ...

The Mask by Fumiko Enchi, Turn of the Screw by Henry James, and Gender

Enchis The Mask. The governesss crisis, as I read it, arises in her struggle to define herself (as we all must) in terms of the ga...

Analysis of The Open Boat by Stephen Crane

four men. As Crane describes the four men, he continues to emphasize the perilous quality of their situation. Only six inches of ...

Style and Technique in the Writings of Nathaniel Hawthorne

In eight pages this paper discusses the life and writings of Nathaniel Hawthorne in an analysis of his various literary techniques...

Critical Comparative Analysis of 'A Rose for Emily' by William Faulkner

This paper compares the literary criticism of 'A Rose for Emily' by William Faulkner by Ray B. West Jr. in 'Atmosphere and Theme i...

Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain and NegCreole by Kate Chopin

In five pages this paper examines women and racism as depicted in these two literary works. There are no other sources listed....

White Symbolism in Moby Dick by Herman Melville

This paper consists of seven pages and presents a literary analysis of the white symbolism that appears throughout Moby Dick by He...

Creative Writing and Communications

A paper consisting of about seven pages incorporates literary quotes in this example of communications and creative writing with u...

1644 to 1844 Ch'ing Dynasty and Life Affirmation Importance

In ten pages this paper examines China's Ch'ing dynasty's first 200 years in a consideration of the importance of life affirmation...

The Life and Works of Gabriel Garcia Marquez

This paper focuses on the literary works and biographical information of Colombian novelist Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Marquez autho...

An Attack on the Arts by Major Owens

In a speech that has been widely quoted, Major Owens addressed funding for the NEA. This paper critiques that speech, including hi...

First World War and Its Cultural Influence

In ten pages this research paper discusses the profound influence the First World War had in terms of the music, literary, and art...

Popular Fiction and Classical Literature

This paper analyzes what defines popular fiction and a classic literary work in an assessment of Charlotte Temple by Susanna Rosen...

Post Civil War Declining Morality in America

In nine pages this paper examines how there has been since the Civil War a decline in America's moral values largely due to techno...

'Passing,' Escape, and Hiding in Holocaust Literature

In eight pages these themes are examined in a comparative analysis of Holocaust literary works When Memory Comes, Dry Tears, and T...

Holocaust and Its Lessons

In eleven pages this paper discusses the Holocaust and its lessons as they are reflected in the literary works of Elie Wiesel and ...

Gothic Characteristics of The House of the Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne

In five pages this paper analyzes the novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne in terms of the author's literary device usage and its Gothic c...