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Appearances versus Reality in William Shakespeare's King Lear

In six pages the dual nature of King Lear is analyzed in a thematic comparison that features the conflict of appearances vs. reali...

'Evil Genius' and Rene Descartes

significance despite scholarly interpretations to the contrary, because Descartes, himself, rejects this line of reasoning (109). ...

Cultural American and African Characteristics Prior to the Expansion of Europe

In three pages these characteristics are considered in order to determine if they were as primitive as they were often portrayed o...

Argument of Illusion by George Berkeley

In five pages Berkeley's illusion concepts and arguments as represented in Principles of Human Knowledge and the Three Dialogues b...

'Sugar and Other Stories' by A.S. Byatt

goes on behind its sheltering walls. The central point to the story deals with making both moral and literary judgements and how t...

Wives and Courtesans in Camille by Alexandre Dumas

In five pages this paper with reference to Camille considers the realities of Parisian wives and courtesans. Three other sources ...

Reality and Dreams in the Humanity of John Milton's Works

In five pages John Milton's 'Lycidas,' 'Areopagitica,' and 'Of Education' are examined in a consideration of humanity and the ten...

David Lean's Film Version of Great Expectations and Confusing Appearances for Reality

In five pages this paper considers the 1946 film adaptation of Charles Dickens' novel by director David Lean in a discussion of ho...

Overview of VRML

Virtual reality is the focus of this paper consisting of six pages in which it is defined with VRML systems, applications, procedu...

Reason for Reeva Simon's The Middle East in Crime Fiction

In five pages this paper examines the author's reasons behind the writing of this text and how it impacts the book's structure. T...

1984 by George Orwell

look like grim prophecy. In 1984, Goldstein describes a world in which Russia has absorbed all of Europe to make Eurasia. The...

Predictions and Reality in 1984 by George Orwell

have been a jewess was sitting up in the bow with a little boy of about three in her arms? (Orwell, 1949, p. 10); the little life ...

Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen and Rasselas by Samuel Johnson

In eight pages this paper compares and contrasts Brandon and Marianne in Sense and Sensibility and the servant and Princess in Ra...

History as a Science

In five pages this paper discusses the science of history in a consideration of how reality is occasionally altered in an examinat...

Icefields by Thomas Wharton, Time and Memory

In six pages this paper examines how the lyrical novel manipulates both time and memory as it alters reality perceptions. Five so...

Contemporary Detective Fiction and Homosexuality

This paper consists of three pages and examines how homosexuality is subtlely presented in 'The Bootlegger's Daughter' by Margaret...

Escapism and The Real Inspector Hound by Tom Stoppard

In five pages this paper discusses how reality and illusion are blurred in this escapist play by Tom Stoppard. There is 1 source ...

Dark Future in the Science Fiction Novel Neuromancer by William Gibson

In nine pages this paper examines how technology can lead society into a dark dystopia in an analysis of William Gibson's Neuroman...

The Forbidden Zone by Whitley Strieber

A book report on this text consists of five pages and includes the continuum between time and spaces, reality constant's instabili...

Edgar Allan Poe's Fiction and Theme of Death

In eight pages the ways in which Poe's death obsession manifests itself in ten of his short stories are examined. There are 4 bi...

Walter Mosley's Devil in a Blue Dress and the Detective Fiction Genre

In six pages this paper examines the detective genre as represented in this critical assessment of Walter Mosley's novel. There a...

Communication Lacking in the Fiction of Eudora Welty

son, but upon closer examination he realizes the woman is not as old as he first thought, and Sonny is her husband. In fact, the w...

Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert

In seven pages this paper discusses the 'Female Quixote' aspects of Emma Bovary and the romantic illusions she prefers to reality....

Reality and Illusion in Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert

This paper consists of six pages and examines the ongoing conflict between reality and illusion that plagues the novel's protagoni...

Othello and Oedipus the King and the Determination of Appearances and Reality

logical explanation, Othello seemed bent on confirming that he will never be more than a misfit in Venice. Desdemonas protestatio...

Parents in the Fiction of Guy de Maupassant

In five pages this paper examines the French author's short stories 'Mademoiselle Fifi' and 'Boule de Suif' in terms of how they r...

Shakespeare, Thoreau, and Coetzee and Reality vs. Appearance

In five pages the social distortion of reality that encourages perceptions based on appearance is considered within the context of...

Laughter in the Dark by Vladimir Nabokov

In five pages this paper analyzes illusions and perceptual reality as featured in one of the lesser known works by novelist Vladim...

Aspects of Detective Fiction From the Nineteen Hundreds

This paper examines six detective novels from the nineteen hundreds, and addresses common themes seen throughout each. The author...

Comparison of 'History of the Peloponnesian War' by Thucydides and 'The Iliad' by Homer

In five pages this paper compares these two works in terms of wartime reality portrayals. Two sources are cited in the bibliograp...