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Character Analysis of Esteban Trueba in Isabel Allende’s The House of the Spirits

Author Karen Castellucci Cox notes in her literary analysis of The House of the Spirits, "Esteban speaks for an entire class and g...

Importance of Supporting Characters in Isabel Allende's The House of the Spirits and Leo Tolstoy's Anna Karenina

In six pages this paper examines why the supporting characters in these novels are important. There is 1 source cited in the bibl...

"The House of the Spirits": Magical Realism and the Feminist Perspective

a clairvoyant young woman who ends up marrying a man named Esteban Trueba, an industrialist with a penchant for mistreating the pe...

Poverty Perspectives of House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende

tragic death of her sister Rosa, who was Estebans fiance. Clara does not love Esteban , but her psychic ability leads her to belie...

Isabelle Allende's The House of the Spirits and the Character of Clara

relatively quiet, yet ominous woman. We note that she is clearly a very "mysterious person, which attracts Esteban to her and w...

Esteban in House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende

unstable sister, Claras calm acceptance of all sort of psychic phenomenon as well as his countrys political passage from the rule ...

House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende and Intertextuality

In five pages this report analyzes this brief novel in terms of its intertextuality. Four sources are cited in the bibliography....

House of Spirits by Isabel Allende

In five pages the characters of Uncle Marcos and Nicolas are contrasted and compared in terms of similarities in relationships, in...

Children in House of Spirits by Isabel Allende II

In six pages this essay discusses children both legitimate as well as illegitimate as represented in the novel according to Esteba...

Fantasy and History in The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende III

In five pages this essay discusses how fantasy and history are represented in Isabel Allende's classic novel. There are no other ...

The Character of Count Vronsky in Anna Karenina

enjoys with any other friends and social acquaintances. Yet in virtually every social circumstance, Vronsky is there. He begins ...

Women's Roles in 6 Great Works of Literature

In ten pages this paper examines how women's societal roles are represented in Plato's The Apology, Dante's 'The Inferno,' William...

Leo Tolstoy’s Alyosha the Pot

is always used and told what to do with no credit to his character. No one shows him kindness and yet Alyosha is still a good natu...

"The End of Democracy?"

into the Constitution, thus making it impossible to legislate against virtually anything-"doctor-assisted suicide? Or drug use? Or...

Tolstoy: "After the Ball"

the physical setting and the Vasilievichs thoughts and emotions with exquisite clarity, though he doesnt tell us what Varinka is t...

Ivan Ilych versus 'Slave Girl' Linda Brent

In one page this paper compares the characters Ivan Ilych from Leo Tolstoy's short story 'The Death of Ivan Ilych' and Linda Brent...

Isabelle Allende's House of Spirits and the 1993 Film Version

fiance Rosa (Williams and Garrett). Clara, in both the book and movie, is truly psychic and her powers are a intriguing feature ...

Book Report on Isabel Allende’s Daughter of Fortune

prominently into Elizas later life. The first part is also when Eliza falls in love with Joaquin Andieta, who dreams of ending th...

South America, Visions of Mysticism, Loss, and Fear According to Costa Gavras, Feitlowitz, and Allende

In six pages this report focuses on the visions responsible for the creation of South America's nations as portrayed in Costa Gavr...

Loneliness and the Works of Isabel Allende

In ten pages this paper discusses how love is invariably accompanied by loneliness in Chilean author Isabel Allende's writings. E...

Families and Ghosts and Isabel Allende

In five pages Allende's global literary contributions are discussed. Four sources are cited in the bibliography....

Theme of Vengeance The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende and Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy

In seven pages the thematic representation of violence in these literary works is contrasted and compared. There is 1 source cite...

'If You Touched My Heart' by Isabel Allende

human being. Her song on the "blond wood psaltery" produced a "crystalline sound like water purling between stones" (82). As this ...

The Cossacks by Leo Tolstoy

of contrast, that it is freedom that makes the difference in a man, freedom and experience, not class or social status. Tolstoy p...

Pentecostal Beliefs

covenant and the new way. In Acts, Luke recounts acts of the Spirit. It is believed Luke wrote this to "establish Christianity as...

Death Confrontation in Tolstoy, Virgil, and Homer

father and travels great distances until he comes to Italy where he holds games and celebrations for his fathers death. He is told...

Connectivity, External and Internal Drive Bays

front panel." Kozierok (2001) also explains that the term "external drive bay" is a "bit of a misnomer" in that the term ex...

Life and Writings of Leo Tolstoy

problems for him for the rest of his life. At sixteen he entered the University of Kazan, intending to become a diplomat. He quic...

The Meaning of Life According to Leo Tolstoy

This 10 page paper examines Leo Tolstoy's literary works and personal philosophy, and argues that he sought simplicity and spiritu...

Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy

This 5 page paper examines some of the themes in Tolstoy's classic novel of love, betrayal, social ostracism and death....