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A Letter Home from a Soldier in Henry V's Army

country is aware of how, as prince, King Harry caroused. However, it is clear that he has foresworn his former ways. Prior to the ...

Democracy According to Socrates and Henry David Thoreau

pleas, Socrates will not hear of any escape plans. He points out that, even though the sentence was unjust, it was perfectly legal...

Uncanniness in The Turn of the Screw by Henry James

interpretations. It is, first and foremost, a Gothic novel, which sets the tone for the supernatural aspect of this uncanny work....

Ideological Comparison of Henry David Thoreau and Frederick Douglass

(Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass An American Slave, 2001 and See Also Thoreau, 1993). This comparative essay examines ...

Applying the Literary Lessons of E.M. Forster and Henry David Thoreau

This paper examines the importance of being able to apply the teachings found in great literary works such as those of Thoreau and...

Psychological Stories of Edgar Allan Poe and Henry James

In five pages this essay discusses the supernatural and psychological narratives that are featured in Poe's short story 'The Black...

Henry VI, Part III by William Shakespeare and Jack Cade's Utopian Rebellion

In six pages this report considers Cade's desire for Utopia as it is reflected in William Shakespeare's political and social comme...

The Last Manchu Emperor Henry P'u Yi

Biographical information is provided. Various issues are addressed. His imprisonment in China as well as when he had to endure ho...

'The Beast in the Jungle' by Henry James

dynamic. The couple was reunited after a period of ten years, but John is too preoccupied with what he perceives to be his ultima...

Vietnam War and the Policies of President Richard Nixon and Secretary of State Henry Kissinger

For support, he look towards what he called the "silent majority" believing that they were really supporting his foreign policies,...

The Narrator's Role in The Turn of the Screw by Henry James

is almost always away on business, and the only permanent residents, in addition to the governess and the children is the stern an...

David Henry Hwang's M. Butterfly

was dark...and she was very modest! the trio break into laughter Man 1: So-what? He never touched her with his hands? Man 2: Perha...

Cardinal John Henry Newman and Flannery O'Connor

the contemporary novels of today. Rather, they are a means to an end. That end, of course being to illustrate Christian mysteries ...

Henry Fielding's Tom Jones from a Sociological Perspective

he learns his true parentage and realizes his potentialities; he discovers what he really is, himself for himself alone. . . his e...

Illinois Congressman Henry Hyde

In eight pages this paper examines this Republican conservative in terms of his politics, issues, and constituency. Seven sources...

M. Butterfly by David Henry Hwang

a deconstructivist Madame Butterfly immediately appealed to me. This, despite the fact that I didnt even know the plot of the oper...

William Shakespeare's Henry IV Part I

will (Shakespeare PG). It has been said that Hal is felt to be Shakespeares version of the ultimate Machiavel, based on Machiavel...

Comparative Analysis of the Narratives in Henry Fielding's History of Tom Jones and Samuel Richardson's Clarissa

In eight pages this paper contrasts and compares how narrative techniques are utilized in these literary works. There are no othe...

Henry James's Daisy Miller and William Shakespeare's Hamlet

In two pages this paper contrasts and compares Daisy Miller and Hamlet in terms of character identity. There are no other sources...

Joseph Andrews by Henry Fielding

In three pages this paper examines how a good man's virtues are represented in the novel by Abraham Adams and Joseph Andrews. Two...

William Shakespeare's Portrayal of Honor in 'Henry V' and 'Hamlet'

In six pages this paper examines the concept of honor in a consideration of how Shakespeare depicts it in these two dramatic works...

Civil Disobedience as Viewed by Henry David Thoreau

In five pages this paper discusses Thoreau's perspectives on civil disobedience as represented in his essay of the same name. Thr...

Internal Reflection and External Expression in the Works of Walt Whitman and Henry David Thoreau

In three pages 'Song of Myself' by Walt Whitman is contrasted and compared with Thoreau's Transcendentalist writing in 'Economy an...

Gender Relationships in The Awakening by Kate Chopin and Daisy Miller by Henry James

courted by Frederick Forsyth Winterbourne. Winterbourne is also an American. Daisy has a friendship with an Italian man. Becaus...

Henry the Fourth, Part I by William Shakespeare and Prince Hal

In ten pages this paper presents a character analysis of Prince Hal as featured in William Shakespeare's historical play within th...

Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad, Portrait of a Lady by Henry James, and Individuality

In 12 pages the naivete of individuality as it is thematically developed in both novels is examined. There are no additional sour...

Conflicted Relationships in Daisy Miller by Henry James and McTeague by Frank Norris

In five pages this paper examines the relationship conflicts between Daisy and Winterbourne in Daisy Miller and McTeague and Trina...

Self Portrait of Henry James in The Portrait of a Lady

In ten pages this report discusses how the characterizations within the novel The Portrait of a Lady actually represents a portrai...

School Prayer and the Perspectives of Socrates, Henry David Thoreau, and Martin Luther King Jr.

In 5 pages this paper examines the reactions to public school prayer by this trio of social philosophers and what advice each woul...

Leadership in Henry the Eighth by William Shakespeare

during his reign. For a number of years, King Henry VIII relied on Cardinal Wolsey, his principal minister, for guidance in his l...