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Literary Portrayals of Blacks in Works by Eldridge Cleaver, Amiri Baraka, and Zora Neale Hurston

it up" (Hurston). By focusing on poor urban blacks instead of writing about the African-American doctors, dentists, and lawyers, ...

Literary View of Human Calamity

bombs on the city that they created a firestorm-a self-perpetuating inferno that destroyed the city almost complete. The worst par...

An Idealistic Literary Vision of America

two people who hold true to the notion that determination and hard work can get you ahead in the world of the American ideal. Gats...

Literary Tools Used by Emily Dickinson

61). Symbolism is the use of one thing to stand for or suggest another; a falling leaf to symbolize death, for example. And langua...

Fitzgerald's Literary Influences, and His Influence on Literature

and actually wrote several novels and short stories during the period ("F. Scott Fitzgerald"). Interestingly, his novels were neve...

Literary Analysis of Shirley Jackson's 'The Lottery'

time reader has no idea why. "The morning of June 27th was clear and sunny, with the fresh warmth of a full-summer...

Literary Time Periods

daddy, you bastard, Im through" (Plath). Throughout the poem, which is full of Nazi imagery, she has compared herself to a Jew, a...

Intimacy vs. Paradox, a Literary Comparison

an adult. A common situation in comedy is when capable, resourceful, sophisticated individuals are turned into a caricature of a...

Two Literary Examples of Colonial Attitudes Towards Natives

An essay comparing and contrasting colonial attitudes towards natives in both Rudyard Kipling's The Man Who Would be King and Edga...

Literary Uses of Symbolism and Imagery

In 5 pages this paper Bogarad and Schmidt's Legacies are featured in a consideration of how literature is enhanced by the uses of ...

Misguided Intentent in Literary Characters

of his mother during her long illness, however, he primarily, marries her because he does not want to be alone during the long New...

Literary Criticism, Romantic and Classical Traditions

In ten pages this report compares romantic and classic traditions as they are reflected in literary criticism. Five sources are c...

Edgar Allan Poe, Stephen King, and Literary Portrayals of Fear and Madness

In five pages this paper examines how fear and madness are depicted in Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Pit and the Pendulum' and in Stephen...

Two Literary Views on the Rural South

full of material and that I could get it without hurt, harm or danger" (Mules 2). However folks "dont cotton to" Hurston as easil...

Psychoanalysis and Literary Criticism

In eight pages this paper discusses how literary critics often assume the role of psychoanalyst in terms of textual interpretation...

Literary Transcendentalism by Lawrence Buell

In six pages this paper discusses the American Transcendental movement in a summary and analysis of Lawrence Buell's Literary Tran...

Modern Literary Depiction of Families

In five pages this paper examines how families and their relationships are portrayed in the modern literary works White Angel by M...

'To Build a Fire' by Jack London and Literary Style

In five pages the literary style in this short story is analyzed in terms of the story's direct and indirect evidence, deductive o...

Focusing on Medieval Literary Suffering

In this paper of five pages the human suffering featured in 'Sir Gawain and the Green Knight' and 'Beowulf' along with other theme...

Death and Dying as a Literary Theme

This paper examines Mitch Albom's book, Tuesdays with Morrie, and Kenneth Kramer's work, The Sacred Art of Dying. The author expl...

Literary and Cinematic Portrayal of Slavery

In seven pages this paper considers how slavery has been portrayed in cinema, stories, and books. Eleven sources are cited in the...

Literary and Historical Meaning of Boris Godunov by Alexander Pushkin

In five pages this report discusses the historical tragedy that was inspired by the ill fated czar of the late sixteenth and early...

Literary Devices in the Works of Stephen King

In five pages this essay examines the symbolism, characterization, and important use of Maine's rural setting featured in 'The Man...

Conflicts Between Mothers and Daughters and the Literary Works of Liliana Heker and Amy Tan

In 5 pages this paper compares 'Two Kinds' by Amy Tan with 'The Stolen Party' by Liliana Heker in a consideration of how each depi...

Literary Works of Friedrich Nietzsche

In eight pages Nietzsche's works are examined with the primary focus being Thus Spake Zarathustra. Five sources are cited in the ...

Three Literary Protagonists Improving Their Lives

An analysis consisting of five pages compares the ways in which three protagonists attempt to improve their lives. The works exam...

The Nature of Radical Innocence in Literary Depiction

This research paper examines Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises and how the characterization of this novel's main character denies thi...

Literary Depiction of Women During the 19th Century

light. But still, few heroes emerged from literature or non-fiction of that century to truly portray the strong women who did exis...

Literary Analysis of A Modest Proposal and Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift

various and sundry obscurities that represent such a supposedly functional society to realize that this was yet another of the aut...

Jane Austen and Charlotte Bronte's Literary Estates

In seven pages this paper examines the domestic and social views associated with the estates in Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte and ...