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still powerfully under the control of a patriarchal society. "For Antigone, there could never be any laws that could stand in t...

reckless without hardihood, greedy without audacity, and cruel without courage" (Conrad 102). In Ellisons novel we see a young B...

King Arthur was the only one who could have united all of England because he was the embodiment of the old and new ways. As such, ...

through the Japanese, then the Russians and then the Chinese Communists. Reality and everyday actions became skewed as people live...

At the same time, however, the stories which are presented to not necessarily unfold in a clear chronological pattern. Instead va...

down into the depths, and the church of Dantes medieval Italy labeled any direct and persistent questioning soul as heretical. ...

was many years ago. Hadleyburg was the most honest and upright town in all the region round about. It had kept that reputation uns...

he was sent to another culture and made a slave. With his plans and expectations already in place Kunta finds himself in Americ...

Don Delillos "White Noise" and Maxine Hong Kingstons "The Woman Warrior." Invisible Man As mentioned, many argue that Ralph El...

In six pages this essay compares and contrasts these literary works in terms of their representation of women and culture. There ...

in a celebration that includes dances that are a tribute to the "Old People," an annual tribute to ancestors. Avey is deeply moved...

is filled with allegorical references to the time of chivalry and has been described as an allegorical epic. As outlined in the i...

a very unexpected place: her fears. She is so terrified that life is simply going to pass her by that the thought nearly paralyze...

quest as being somehow representative of the times in which he lived. Through the use of exaggeration, Cervantes is basically say...

he must assassinate Hoederer. Hoederer is a admirable Communist leader whom Hugo likes and respects for his political ideas. Hugo ...

in Austens book. And, such realities are subtly reflected in Fieldings book as well, despite the fact that it was written only a f...

song of Liling is that which provides us with the foundation of the story. Now, of course, the music and the song actually serv...

and a truly brazen attitude - were in vogue, as was drinking. Although Prohibition was in force to try to prevent people from imbi...

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...

Parenting styles differ significantly, therefore, leaving much open to interpretation and inference. Certain aspects, such as nur...

we have a man who is essentially being tossed with the tides. He is not nearly as determined or as confident as Odysseus. This is ...

visit time and again, or which makes the reader have a strange sense of foreboding for the characters as the story unravels. Autho...

OConnor (1925 - 1964) Novelist oconnormain.html). This illustrates her intense position as it involves the secular world that surr...

of lightning in the clouds. We live in the flicker -- may it last as long as the old earth keeps rolling!" (Conrad PG)....

with open galleries and porticoes. Bottles of milk were grouped on the steps, and occasionally light flickered from the kitchens w...

arms off and place them somewhere, nor did she wage a real battle on the high window. Even the terms high window and shadow can be...

first the expulsion from the tennis club, then from the fascist party, then academic anti-Semitism, then more and more direct insu...

walls, the ebon blackness of the floors, and the phantasmagoric armorial trophies which rattled as I strode, were but matters to w...

bees), and her mother, a former student of Otto Plaths, a high school teacher (Bloom 1). Although Dr. Otto Plath suffered from ca...

contended to be a reflection of the culture in which he was purported by Bram Stoker as existing, so too are the women presented i...