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'The Bridegroom' by Ha Jin

concerned for the welfare of his rather homely adopted daughter, Beina. First of all, Jin makes it clear that women within Chinese...

Garcia Lorca's Yerma and Motherhood

produce a child, she eventually seeks out the village sorceress where she is involved in witnessing a pagan ritual. When her husba...

Abused Child and Historical Abuses of the Irish in The Butcher Boy by Patrick McCabe

This is clearly seen in "Patrick McCabes novel The Butcher Boy, published in 1992" for it "is a complex working through of the eff...

North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell and the Depiction of Women

has not initiated these changes (Gaskell, perhaps, realized that would be going too far), but she accepted them, albeit with a lit...

'The Odyssey' by Homer and Mortal Women

I think of naming, far less telling, / every feat of that rugged man, Odysseus, / but here is something that he dared to do / at T...

Drug Problems as a Social Construct

life-threatening..." (Merta, 2001, p.1). In Time magazine, Lopez (1999) reports on one police officers journey through the drug c...

'Ball of Fat' and 'The Necklace' by Guy de Maupassant

meant to be - mixing with society people and being decorated with fine jewelry. However, she ends up losing the necklace...

Theories on Eugenics and Black Children

and "scientific evidence" was tailored to support racial biases. George Albee, professor of psychology at the University of Verm...

Spirited Away Film by Hayao Miyazaki

bathhouse (Ebert, 2002). By indulging themselves with the food, Chihiros parents are transformed into pigs. Osmond (2003) points o...

Four Films and Their Portrayal of Crime and Judicial Procedures

element introduced when Utah encounters Bodhi, and is made to consider rather deeper philosophical aspects of life than the straig...

'Metamorphosis' by Franz Kafka and Family Relationships

startling. It is a wake up call for anyone living in disillusionment. How many people go about their business and do not examine t...

Spirituality and Storytelling in Beloved by Toni Morrison

was painful or lost" (69). Beloved wants to hear about the diamond earrings that Mrs. Garner gave Sethe to mark her marital union...

Clever Women in Modern Detective Fiction

the standard framework for a mystery detective novel, each of these works share similar themes that are indicative of current Amer...

Media Article's Depiction of Diversityle

of the news item is that companies that specifically target ethnic groups can enjoy great success. However, the point is stressed ...

Women and Geoffrey Chaucer

to some extent. One critics opinion seems to support such a perspective: "The Wife of Baths negative image seems only to have chan...

'Everything That Rises Must Converge' by Flannery O'Connor and Denial

involved. Julians mother takes center stage as a black woman enters the bus wearing the same hat as his mother. While race certain...

Hunger of Memory by Richard Rodriguez

the form of communication outside of the classroom. "An accident of geography sent me to a school where all my classmates were wh...

Basic Training: Fact And Fiction

standard serves to jeopardize the militarys fundamental objective (McSally, 2007). "Recruits are sent to learn the rudiments of m...

Uncle Tom’s Cabin and the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: Depictions of Slaves

the institution of slavery and as such the focus is on slaves, slavery and race relations. That is the theme of the work overall. ...

Benedicte Marie Wrensted’s Photographs of Native Americans

inaccuracies which are depicted. The time bracketing the latter part of the nineteenth century and the first years of the t...

Structure and Culture

the internal structures. There are a number of different organisational structures which will determine not only how thing are don...

Honor and Ethics in Miguel de Cervantes' Don Quixote and the Anonymous Poem 'Sir Gawain and the Green Knight'

In 12 pages this paper compares these works of literature in their depictions of honor and ethics. There are 4 sources cited in t...

Michael Ondaatje's 'Elizabeth'

In five pages Ondaatje's depiction of the Virgin Queen Elizabeth I is examined within the context of his poem. There are no refer...

Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes and Heroism

In 5 pages this paper examines Cervantes' heroic protagonist and how defies the cynics in his depiction of him. There are 7 sourc...

Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter's Trial Coverage

This paper contrasts and compares African American and mainstream media's depictions of 'Hurricane' Carter's trial in eight pages....

Arguing About 'Fantasy Violence' Facts

A 2000 article by Richard Rhodes regarding the media depiction of violence forms the basis of this paper containing five pages and...

Shakespeare, Love, and Loyalty

In five pages this report examines the plays Love's Labor's Lost and A Midsummer Night's Dream in terms of William Shakespeare's d...

Respect and Senior Citizens

In six pages this paper discusses ageism and various issues that include media and social depiction of senior citizens. Seven sou...

Drama of Euripides

This paper consists of five pages and examines Euripides' psychological dramas Hippolytus, Medea, and Alcestis in terms of their d...

Clergy in Joseph Andrews by Henry Fielding

he was provided with a handsome Income of twenty-three Pounds a Year; which however, he could not make any great Figure with: beca...