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Edith Wharton's Life, Writings, and Men

to ask her to marry him, but he remained her closest and most enduring friend throughout his life. Strangely, however, it was not...

Horror Genre Icon Stephen King

In six pages this report examines the life and writings of Stephen King with his works The Stand, Insomnia, and The Green Mile amo...

Life and Writings of James Fenimore Cooper

one of which he did not take advantage; Cooper appreciated all that was afforded to him. One of the most influential aspects of h...

Works of Maverick Playwright Sam Shepard

In seven pages this essay considers playwright Sam Shepard's life, his unique style of writing and offers abstracts of his plays F...

Alice Walker's Emphasis on Womanism

This nine page essay explores the theme of womanism that characterizes both Alice Walker's life and her writings. Meaning and app...

Life and Death Views of Woolf, Eiseley, and Dillard

to shape a justification for death. Recognizing that life and death are so closely linked that the single bit of a water beetle c...

The Kingdom of Narnia by C.S. Lewis

In five pages C.S. Lewis is considered in terms of his life, his writings and his religious beliefs which influenced his work prof...

Life and Works of Irish Dramatist J.M. Synge

In fifteen pages this report examines Synge's life, literary works and the effects of the Aran Islands on his writings. Twelve so...

Dr. Marie M. Clay's Becoming Literate

In twelve pages Dr. Clay's life and writings are examined particularly as they relate to post 1960s literacy education. Sixteen s...

Defiance of Authority in Life and in Literature

In six pages this creative essay examines an event in which a college student had to defend beliefs and this experience is related...

Life and Writings of W.E.B. Du Bois

This paper examines how W.E.B. Du Bois' life serves as a role model for the writer and also discusses his writings in four pages. ...

Life and Writing of H. L. Mencken

This paper consists of fourteen pages and examines the impact of his Baltimore hometown on H.L. Mencken's writing and his life. S...

Life and Writings of Samuel Clemens, a.k.a. Mark Twain

night and by day. For about four years, Twain worked as a river pilot. He enjoyed the work which provided constant excitement. He ...

A Biograhy of Toni Morrison

This 6 page paper is a biography of Toni Morrison, the renowned African-America author. The writer examines some of the events in ...

Writings of Frederick Douglass

In five pages this paper focuses mostly on Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass in a consideration of the African American ...

Plato and Confucius on the State and Society

In eleven pages this research paper contrasts and compares Plato's and Confucius's perceptions on the ruling state and society wit...

Arts and the Views of Plato

of quickness and penetration, piercing easily below the clumsy platitudes of Thrasymachus to the real difficulty; he turns out to ...

Playwright and Sonneteer William Shakespeare's Life and Writings

Greek and read the Roman dramatists" (Anonymous William Shakespeare 47123316). However, in all honesty, "Very little is known abou...

Symbolism and Theme of Plato's Allegory of the Cave

attempt to free themselves. What he has realized is that what they had seen all along on the wall of the cave were mere representa...

Value of Piety

Socrates ideas. He states that he will be Euthyphros student in these matters. Of course, it would seem that Socrates is being a b...

Lasting Legacy of Leo Tolstoy That Goes Beyond Literature

into the dissipations of Moscows high society, which he candidly recorded in his diary with vows to reform" (Anonymous About Leo T...

Democracy Theories

on this subject might want to explore various opinions on democracy and society. Socrates claimed that democracy--because it is ...

Overview of the Life and Times of F. Scott Fitzgerald

recognized and encouraged Fitzs literary talents, anything outside that parameter was not worth his time, attention or study, unle...

Forms Philosophy of Plato

to the average man who does not embark on philosophical pursuits, and does not wonder how the world began but accepts the explanat...

Truth and Documentary Theater

call to action. Bruskin explains that "The essence of the period is that we were galvanized to do something." (32). While docume...

Socrates on the Body and Soul

the soul. What the mind or soul once knew is raised to present awareness by a process of recollection aided by the technique of di...

Drama, Aristophanes, and Plato

yet does not lose faith in the just and true" (Plato Jowett Translation Characters). In this we see that Plato appears to be indic...

An Examination of George Orwell:

2002). He ended up getting injured in this war as he fought the communists and eventually had to flee Spain for his life (Widmann...

'On the Standard of Taste' by David Hume

would be clearly dependent upon the eye of the beholder. Therefore, the conclusions were not judgments, per se, but were response...

True Love in Symposium by Plato

senate dinner, or basically a drinking party after the meal. Though it is certain that Plato took literary license with the dialog...