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Barn Burning by Faulkner

testify, to lie for his father he can "smell and sense just a little of fear because mostly of despair and grief, the old fierce p...

Women in The Sound and the Fury Faulkner's Femme Fatale Caddy Compson

5 pages and 1 source used. This paper provides an overview of the basic characteristics and central themes related to the charact...

'The Odyssey' by Homer and Themes of Quest and Identity

In 5 pages this paper examines themes of quest and identity as they are represented in Homer's epic and how they enable Odysseus a...

Great Literary Works, Experiences, Lessons, and Hope

In 10 pages this paper examines the shared theme of the determinants of one's identity as revealed within 'God's Pocket,' 'Tumblin...

Esperanza and Identity in The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros

In five pages this paper discusses the theme of identity as represented in Esperanza's characterization in The House on Mango Stre...

Theme of Identity in the Literature of Sharon Olds and Sylvia Plath

not constitute beauty; it only reflects back the physical parameters of what it sees. The fact that occasional "faces" disturb its...

James Joyce, Carson McCullers, and Themes of Identity, Commitment, and Love

In four pages this paper examines how these themes are represented in McCullers' A Tree. A Rock. A Cloud and Joyce's Eveline. The...

Faerie Queen by Edmund Spenser

In four pages Spenser's poem is examined in an analysis of its tones, settings, characterizations, the distinctions between man's ...

Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll and Identity

In five pages this paper examines the theme of a personal identity quest as it relates to the novel by Lewis Carroll. There are 6...

2 Short Stories, Identity

This essay pertains to The short stories "Bible" by Tobias Wolfe and "Virgins" by Danielle Evans. The writer discusses the theme o...

Trilogy of J.R.R. Tolkien and Identity

be a journey towards finding himself once again. Now, this is not to say that he will ever become what he once was, for this is im...

Three Plays by Federico Garcia Lorca

another side of his work that illustrates Lorcas sexual instinct: dealing with conflict between human beings. The exact manner in...

"As You Like It" and Homoeroticism

as they do" (I.i.107). As for the women themselves, Celia is more than willing to abandon her courtly position and defy the wishes...

Thematic Comparative Analysis of Gloria Anzaldua's Hybridity and Creative Identity as Described in Borderlands and Toni Morrison's Sula

related to sexist elements in society. Within her work are the essential themes used in "African-American and expressive enterpris...

Identity Search and Death of Fathers

not been there for his two sons. In this respect both of the sons have had to grow up without their father, or with essentially an...

'Trial by Combat' by Shirley Jackson

In five pages this short story examines the theme of identity within the context of this short story. Four sources are cited in t...

W.B. Yeats/An Irish Airman Foresees His Death

people of Kiltaran, there is not likely end to the war that will affect them deeply one way or the other. Furthermore, it was not ...

Being a Man in the 1999 Film Boys Don’t Cry

petty crime - such as writing bad checks - to pay for these procedures and as long as he perpetuates the illusion of being a male,...

Freud And Malaparte

stronger than that instinct. He believed that if there were no checks and reins required by civilization that humans would just te...

Andrew Dubus/Dancing After Hours

viewpoint. His point appears to be that life is, in general, a painful, isolated experience, as the connections that people feel...

"The Color Purple" - Gender and Postmodernism

philosophical movement, having been founded in direct opposition to the tenets of modernism (namely, the scientific objectivity an...

Identity, Tragedy, and Youth in Young Men and Fire by Norman Maclean

very young members of the team. "For instance, of the fifteen who jumped on the Mann Gulch fire, twelve had been in the armed ser...

James Weldon Johnson's The Autobiography of an Ex Colored Man and Identity

go in terms of his adherence to one race or another. He admires both African and white cultures and people in different ways. For ...

The Impact Of Women In The Military And Combat Roles

while the men were away at war. However, this particular battle represented a great deal of change within and among the steadfast...

Do Western Ukrainians Have A Different Sense Of National Identity In Comparison To Eastern Ukrainians? A Research Proposal

a correct assumption then there will be distinct differences in the evolution and manifestation oft the way national identity is s...

Themes: Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men

work and survive, this dream is simple and very powerful Throughout the Great Depression people left their land, when it was use...

"All the King's Men" - Examining Themes

is Jack Burdens transition from a naively simplified form of nihilism he refers to as the "Great Twitch" towards a more realistic ...

Themes in Hemingway’s Old Man and the Sea and A Farewell to Arms

so closely related is dangerous for the reader. Its tempting to think that this is nothing more than Hemingway retelling events in...

The Theme Friendship in Steinbeck's, Of Mice and Men

its likely that Lennie will never remember. During the readers introduction to them they come upon a water hole which Lennie immed...

Alienation Theme in 'The Very Old Man with Enormous Wings' by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

The misconception, here, is that because the old man does not look normal that he must not be human and therefore, they can treat...