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Violence - the Monster that Torments Society Examined in Literature

of fiction. But in fiction it sometimes finds fuller expression than it does as a headline. This paper explores the concept of vio...

Villainy, Chaos and Death as Literary Devices

to illustrate important themes. This paper considers how an authors use of death, chaos and villainy bring other aspects of the wo...

Spiegelman, Remarque, and Wiesel: The Transformative Quality of Violence

device to thematically distill the essence of war and genocide, present its reality in a way that is more humanistic than statisti...

Giovanni and the Literary Canon

African American poet of extraordinary power, skill and insight who is extremely deserving of inclusion in the American literary c...

How Women Are Treated in "Sweat" by Zora Neale Hurston

refusal to come to Sykes assistance after the snake bites him represents the decline in her spirituality, the sweat of her hard wo...

Bartleby the Scrivener by Herman Melville

metaphorically complex narrative that has been interpreted in a variety of ways. The story itself is deceptively simple. The narra...

Gilgamesh - A Review of Symbols and Themes

one might look at the very opening lines of the epic, which address the reader, even the contemporary reader, directly and states ...

Jackson’s Literary Devices

at times the exact opposite of what is being said. The once well-known short stories of O. Henry are masterpieces of irony: in one...

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...

Interpreting the American Dream

in the sense that opportunities for success are not actually equally distributed, but the ideal holds true in some sense in that t...

"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...

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...

Inclusion in the Contemporary Literary Canon, Anton Chekhov

This research paper/essay provides an argument that Chekhov deserves his place in the literary canon, providing a brief overview o...

Hawthorne and Anti-Transcendentalism

In a paper of five pages, the writer looks at literary anti-transcendentalism. Hawthorne's short story, "Dr. Heidegger's Experimen...

Literary Analysis: The Importance of Being Earnest

attractive young lady and Gwendolyns country counterpart, rounds out the cast. Not for a moment would we expect to find the sort o...

Children's Literary Classic The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams

a shelf, he decides to seek the counsel of the Skin Horse. He inquires what it means to be REAL, and the Horse answers, "Real isn...

Racism in Othello

seem that Desdemona is having an affair with Cassio, the man that Othello favored for promotion over Iago. Convinced that Desdemon...

Literary Devices in Three Novels

makes an impression is the plot and specifically the incident when Huck could turn Jim in to the men who are hunting runaway slave...

Definition of an American and Homelessness

91). The first threatening wave of homelessness swept America between the years 1820 and 1860, when more than five million immigr...

Mississippi River Journey of Jim and Huckleberry Finn

and telling Huck his story. They both decide to simply hide out on the island together, fishing and getting what they can on the i...

Modernism and Literature

became sculptural" (Make It New: The Rise of Modernism). From another perspective one author notes, "It is usually thought that ...

Analysis of 'Everything That Rises Must Converge' by Flannery O'Connor

Race is something everyone must deal with in a multiracial society. No matter what ones color or religion or ethnicity, they at so...

African Americans and Racism

became indentured servants, but this was rare (Faragher, et al 57). Because of the institution of indentured service, "New world s...

Social Reform According to Ralph Waldo Emerson and Other Writers

reform, but a constant, measured effort. Despite Emersons optimism, there is a lot of truth to the idea that Americans now accept...

Octavio Paz and Gabriel Garcia Marquez A Comparative Analysis

college (although neither received a degree) and developed an early interest in writing. Although Marquez initially intended to b...

Issue of Mortality in Literature and in Life

is common knowledge. Who does not worry about death? Even children, from a very young age, often ask the ultimate question which i...

Analysis and Study Notes for 'The Excursion' by Wordsworth, The Black Man's Burden by Morel, and The White Man's Burden by Kipling

* Clearly, this poem read today would be interpreted from a different perspective than when it first appeared in 1899. 2. Edward...

Irony and Paradox in 'Battle Royal' by Ralph Ellison and 'On the Rainy River' by Tim O'Brien”

and hides and works for a man who never questions him, and he is torn terribly with his emotions because he wants to run and yet h...

Literature's Theme Concept

the work is the subject, while the insights that occur as a result of the interactions of characters represents the theme. For ex...

Political Themes in Sinclair's, Flivver King

again, through characterization, the subtle nature of the differential is conveyed. There is a clear connection made between indus...