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Advertising and Celebrities

In six pages the argument is presented that using celebrities in product advertising does not provide the advantages it previously...

Victim or Villain Macbeth

In five pages this essay presents William Shakespeare's protagonist as a defendant in a contemporary inquest trial in which prosec...

Humor in The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer

In five pages the humor exhibited in Chaucer's masterpiece is examined particularly in terms of its use in the comedic 'The Miller...

Marital Disintegration in William Shakespeare's Macbeth

In five pages this essay examines what tensions led to the disintegration of the Macbeth marriage within the context of William Sh...

Chaucer and His Characters

In five pages The Canterbury Tales are considered in terms of what they reveal about the author, his compassion, humor, thoughts a...

A Review of Holes

A 5 page analysis of irony and dark humor in the book by Louis Sachar. Character and plot development revolve around both. 1 sourc...

Three Poems by William Blake

/ So your chimneys I sweep & in soot I sleep" (lines 3-4 11290). In the next stanza a small boy is upset because all of his hair h...

At Fault by Kate Chopin

fiction demonstrates that she was an accomplished practitioner of humor, which she sometimes employed to avoid the sentimentality ...

'Shinel' by Gogol

his present life we see his past, and his birth which provides us with a quick and humorous journey into who is now is: "They chri...

Human Condition as Described by Andrew Marvell and William Blake

In other words, if aging and death were not part of the human condition, that is, if there was time, her "coyness" (i.e. her modes...

How the Amish Perceive Life

this framework. The Amish and the Mennonites are the antithesis of Macbeths nihilism, as these Anabaptist congregations reject th...

Christopher Paul Curtis's Literary Style

use of language on the part of his young characters give a warmth and depth to them that is more reminiscent of Huckleberry Finn t...

Humor Expressed by Ethnic and Cultural Groups

In two pages this paper examines the groups that joke about each other and how back in the 1930s FDR requested to be briefed on Eu...

Business, Education, Health Care, and Humor

In three pages this paper examines how each of these areas can benefit by the use of humor. There are no bibliographic sources us...

Essays on English History

In more than eight pages various English history essays are presented and include such topics as the Wars of the Roses, The Hundre...

Power and Patriotism in Henry IV and Richard II by William Shakespeare

reappear in the Henry plays. They change their political allegiance, and the audience is constantly being prepared for that change...

Theme of Violence in Romeo and Juliet and Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare

In five pages this essay compares the social violence that is evident in these plays by William Shakespeare. Two sources are cite...

Characterization and Effect in William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night

everybody. Laughter in this play has a healing effect. Revenge is achieved not by fighting (not by serious fighting, anyw...

Renaissance Humanism and William Shakespeare's Othello

In three pages this essay discusses how the humanism philosophy of the Renaissance is represented in William Shakespeare's tragic ...

Children's Literature, Humor, and Changing Messages

In fifteen pages this paper compares the humor and messages in a comparison of children's literature by Maud Hart Lovelace, Sydney...

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving and Humor

In five pages the ways Washington Irving employed humor in his famous story are examined. Six sources are cited in the bibliograp...

Angela Carter's 'The Werewolf' and Edgar Allan Poe's 'Hop Frog'

These two stories are contrasted and compared in seven pages in terms of how the protagonists' emotionally appeal to the reader al...

Comparison of Medieval and Modern Views with William Shakespeare's Hamlet and Ben Jonson's Every Man

and turned" (Every Man - III, 2, pp. 48) and Hamlets "imagination" as he dwells on the experience of seeing his fathers ghost: "Th...

Tragic Hero King Lear

Lear," Lear chooses the love and respect of his children as the highest good, and so can only suffer from loss of their love and r...

Humor and Television Commercials

In six pages this paper examines how humor is used in TV commercials' advertising strategies. Four sources are cited in the bibli...

3 Authors on Seeking That Which is Unattainable

In four pages this paper contrasts and compares how the unattainable is represented in Alexander Pope's 'Essay on Man,' Henrik Ibs...

Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of King Lear compared and contrasted with Kurosawa’s Ran and

In this essay which contains three sources and five pages, the writer compares and contrasts the film of Akira Kurosawa called RAN...

The Miser by Moliere

is marrying for the money he supposes her to have and it is suggested that she marry him for the comforts that he will provide her...

Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare

through his demonstration of the comedic emptiness of the emotions of the characters in the play. Feste is a stage clown. With e...

The Antiwar Stances of Red Badge of Courage and Editha

A five page essay that compares and contrasts the works by Stephen Crane and William Dean Howells. The antiwar stances of these a...