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Spiritual Aspects of Fishing in Hemingway's, The Old Man and the Sea

mythical, whereas Manolins father simply catches fish and sells them for money without thinking too much about it. Manolin, despi...

Nick Carraway and Fitzgerald's Novel, The Great Gatsby

few minutes I was going to enter into their lives, and no one would ever know or disapprove" (Fitzgerald 61). He soon finds that...

'Unknown Citizen' by W.H. Auden

In a paper consisting of five pages the ways in which Auden employs the literary techniques of allusion and irony in his poem 'Unk...

Comparison Between the Comedies of Ancient Greece and Rome

advenit? Philoti, salve multum (Terence PG). Indeed, there exists a common denominator between Aristophanes and Plautus approac...

Greed in Henrik Ibsen's 'Hedda Gabler,' Voltaire's 'Candide' and Geoffrey Chaucer's 'The Canterbury Tales'

male dominance. Heddas immoral, destructive character is a direct product of the oppressiveness of a patriarchal society. As a m...

Comparative Analysis of 'Representations of General Nature' in 'A Haunted House' by Virginia Woolf and 'Barn Burning' by William Faulkner

This paper applies Samuel Johnson's contention that 'representations of general nature' should be featured in good stories in a co...

Classical Literature and The Role of World Leaders

This paper discusses three classic literary works, Gilgamesh, Hayy Ibn Yaqzan, and Oedipus Rex. The author draws comparisons from...

Concept of 'Natural Slave' in Politics by Aristotle and The Tempest by William Shakespeare

This paper contrasts and compares how the 'natural slave' concept is portrayed in these literary classics in five pages. There ar...

Life of Richard Savage by Samuel Johnson

In 5 pages this paper discusses the affective power represented by this largely unknown literary work. There are 3 sources cited ...

McCaffrey and Female Self-Actualization

This paper examines how Anne McCaffrey's 1968 literary work, Dragonfight, deals with female empowerment and self-actualization dur...

Women in Haddawy's Translation of One Thousand and One Arabian Nights and in Muhammad's Holy Qur'an

out and to do so without question. If one did not bring to bear this responsibility, Muhammad was not reserved in instructing the...

Mary Elizabeth Braddon, Elizabeth Gaskell, and Cultural Reorganization from a Woman's Perspective

reader is able to reconsider a number of suppositions as related to the era and the characters that inhabit it. Details, Details, ...

Developmental Stages Links and Literature for Children

In a paper consisting of five pages the ways in which such literary works as Charlotte's Web and Winnie the Pooh complement the de...

John Steinbeck's Writings

In seven and a half pages this paper discusses common themes in this critical analysis of John Steinbeck's literary works. Six so...

Herman Melville's Life and Works

In six pages this paper discusses how Herman Melville's life and societal beliefs molded Moby Dick, his literary masterpiece. The...

Life and Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson

In five pages this paper analyzes the life and literary contributions of Ralph Waldo Emerson and also considers the website that f...

Criollismo Movement Leader Horacio Quiroga

In eight pages this paper considers Quiroga in terms of his pioneering criollismo literary movement in a consideration of his writ...

Conflicting Dreams and Reality in 'Miniver Cheevy' by Edwin Arlington Robinson and 'Araby' by James Joyce

pain and suffering endured for each one. The primary focal point is the young mans love for a completely unattainable girl who un...

Analyzing Huck Finn

racist and a whole host of other uncomplimentary terms; however, it has been -- and continues to be -- instrumental in describing ...

Effi Briest by Theodor Fontane and Realism

In six pages the realist literary genre is defined and then applied to an analysis of the 1895 novel Effi Briest by Theodor Fontan...

An Attack on the Arts by Major Owens

In a speech that has been widely quoted, Major Owens addressed funding for the NEA. This paper critiques that speech, including hi...

1644 to 1844 Ch'ing Dynasty and Life Affirmation Importance

In ten pages this paper examines China's Ch'ing dynasty's first 200 years in a consideration of the importance of life affirmation...

First World War and Its Cultural Influence

In ten pages this research paper discusses the profound influence the First World War had in terms of the music, literary, and art...

Example of Literary Technique

In five pages this papre discusses a commemorative speaking exercise in a consideration of how various literary techniques are use...

Popular Fiction and Classical Literature

This paper analyzes what defines popular fiction and a classic literary work in an assessment of Charlotte Temple by Susanna Rosen...

Creative Writing and Communications

A paper consisting of about seven pages incorporates literary quotes in this example of communications and creative writing with u...

Post Civil War Declining Morality in America

In nine pages this paper examines how there has been since the Civil War a decline in America's moral values largely due to techno...

'Passing,' Escape, and Hiding in Holocaust Literature

In eight pages these themes are examined in a comparative analysis of Holocaust literary works When Memory Comes, Dry Tears, and T...

Holocaust and Its Lessons

In eleven pages this paper discusses the Holocaust and its lessons as they are reflected in the literary works of Elie Wiesel and ...

Gothic Characteristics of The House of the Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne

In five pages this paper analyzes the novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne in terms of the author's literary device usage and its Gothic c...