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White Symbolism in Moby Dick by Herman Melville

This paper consists of seven pages and presents a literary analysis of the white symbolism that appears throughout Moby Dick by He...

Gothic Genre of Edgar Allan Poe

In ten pages the ways in which Poe contributed to the gothic literary genre establishment is considered in an analysis of 'The Cas...

Comparing 'Home' by Grace Nicholas to 'Wherever I Hang' by Anne Bronte

In three pages the literary devices of simile, metaphor, rhythm, rhyme, and alliteration are used in a comparative analysis of the...

Trio of Essays on To Have and Have Not by Ernest Hemingway

In nine pages 3 essays are presented regarding Ernest Hemingway's To Have and Have Not that offer personal opinions, literary anal...

Comparative Analysis of Seneca's and Euripides' Medea

In five pages Euripides' and Seneca's depictions of Medea are contrasted and compared in this literary analysis. There are no oth...

American Dream as a Nightmare in Ralph Ellison's 'Invisible Man' and F. Scott Fitzgerald's 'The Great Gatsby'

In five pages this paper provides a comparative analysis of these two famous American literary works in terms of the acquisition o...

Analyzing the Tragedy Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe

professor who charts his own fateful course. He dreams of securing the knowledge which would make eternal mortal life possible, a...

Comparative Analysis of the Bible, 'The Odyssey,' and the Oresteia

In six pages and three parts a comparative analysis of these literary works considers 3 different topics. There are no other sour...

Dramatic Tragedy and How It Has Evolved

did not attract the attention of the gods. This was still true in Shakespeares time. The few commoners he included were never cen...

Ghosts by Henrik Ibsen

In eight pages this paper presents a literary analysis of Ibsen's play in a consideration of dramatic plot development, theme, lan...

The Dead Who Refuse to Die in The Hunter Gracchus by Franz Kafka and 'The Fall of the House of Usher' by Edgar Allan Poe

(Silverman, 76). In a surprisingly large number of Poes stories, the revenant theme is coupled with some sense of a double -- two...

Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson

tatters" (Stevenson PG). Also evident between the books outer casing is the fact that the author was mightily intrigued with what...

Analysis of A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen

In five pages this paper subjects Ibsen's social drama to a literary analysis that focuses on characterization, plot, and irony. ...

The Enormous Radio by John Cheever

the author created characters that were both believable and fully developed, which is a feat not easily accomplished in such parti...

False Human Experience Analysis Represented by 'The Death of Ivan Ilych' by Leo Tolstoy

In three and a half pages this paper argues that the criticism of this 1886 literary work by Leo Tolstoy that describes it as 'a p...

Pontiac Indian Conspiracy

The history of the Indian wars is laid out by Francis Parkman in Conspiracy of Pontiac. This essay examines his use of theme, lite...

Exegesis on Matthew 5:43-48

In six pages a passage from Matthew's gospel is presented in terms of its background, meaning, and literary analysis. There are f...

Peter's Confession of Christ

was the bishop of Hierapolis and who identified John Mark as the author (Smith, 2008; NIV, 1995). Mark was also known to travel wi...

Exegesis of Psalm 3

the image it conjures of a king about to go into battle is accurate. In line with this position, Craigie indicates that he believe...

"To Build a Fire" by Jack London and the Use of Setting as an Antagonist

chill in the air (London 143). But his canine companion knew better. He was all-too-familiar with this icy terrain, and his inst...

J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan, Mark Twain's Tom Sawyer, and Journeys

is on his own journey for he too is aware of the murderer Injun Joe. As such their journeys, while different, essentially stem fro...

Comparison of Sor Juana Inez de la Cruz's The Divine Narcissus and Luis de Gongora's Polyphemus and Galatea

and transform his blood into a river, which flows down the sides of the volcano, Mt. Aetna, into the sea at Catana. De la Cruzs T...

Pamela Joern/"Judgment Day"

This essay presents a literary analysis of "Judgment Day" by Pamela Joern. Three pages in length, one source is cited....

"Political, Philosophical, Religious, Cultural, Social, Literary and Artistic Value of 'Poem of The Cid"

the field against the three thousand Moors; and such was the valor of him that in a good hour was born, and of his standard bearer...

Spiritual Journey and Spiritual Growth

to return to the cave because its familiar and comfortable? The answer to all these questions is "yes." (Allegory of the Cave, 2...

Comparative Analysis of 2 of Kate Chopin's Short Stories

until it breaks. This inner storm mirrors the outer storm which brings Calixta and Alcee together. "When he touched her breasts t...

Medieval Poem 'I Sing of a Maiden'

next lines are an old reference to the celebration of the Annunciation which the Orthodox Catholic Church practiced. For example, ...

Does Aggression Help or Hinder Performance in Sports

The student should consider presenting the following points: Kirker, Tenenbaum and Mattson (2000), for example, recognized that ...

African American Poetry and Fiction Analysis

gender. In fact, according to what Ms. Jacobs writes, women were discriminated against by white and black men alike. Here, though...

The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

legal husband was not even in the country. She will not reveal the childs fathers name, however, out of sincere love for the man w...