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Short Story Analysis of Tillie Olsen's 'I Stand Here Ironing'

era has wielded its impact on the mother and her young daughter who moves through the one temporary home after another, for the mo...

Sport of the Gods by Paul Dunbar and Symbolism

In five pages this Harlem Renaissance period text is analyzed in terms of symbolism particularly in the title. There are no other...

Native Son by Richard Wright and Symbolism

a book. In many ways the symbolism may be seen as separate from the story, yet when it is added to the context in which it is read...

Good v. Evil in Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin

The conflict between good and evil and how it is represented through characters and symbolism are considered in this analysis of U...

Artwork of Egypt's Rishi Coffins

vulture and the cobra frequently are found on both royal and private mummiform coffins from this period. This era of transition m...

Cinema and Gun Symbolism

take a life in just moments. A student writing on this subject may want to consider the gun as an appendage of the bodies of Travi...

Voodoo Symbolism and Its Problems

means than prose, being as diverse a means of communication as any medium. Identifying the inherent problems associated with comp...

Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man and Communism

his search for his place, his level of involvement in his society, brings into play Ellisons perceptions of communism, in the sear...

Self Identity and Doug Coupland's Shampoo Planet

the environment and is torn by the pollution that has almost destroyed Lancaster. On top of it all, he doesnt understand his pare...

Comparative Analysis of Sedes Sapientiae and Nataraja Religious Statues

In five pages differences and similarities are compared and contrasted as far as the cultural settings, presentation, interpretati...

Literature and Expatriotism

theme of ex-patriotism is quite evident in the day to day journalings of young Hemingway, not more than twenty-two, in Paris. His ...

Thornton Wilder's The Bridge of San Luis Rey and Irony

depicting what he discovered about each of the victims. The first of these characters is the Marquesa, who is the daughter of a we...

Symbolism in Tim O'Brien's Vietnam War Novel The Things They Carried

his or her own emotional baggage. Some of that baggage inevitably includes fear, guilt, homesickness, anger, and that struggle bet...

Class, Privilege, and Maturity in 'A and P' by John Updike

definitely engages in what can be interpreted as seductive posturing (Wells 128). For example, as she slowly turns, Sammys stomach...

Cormac McCarthy's All the Pretty Horses and How Death Was Treated

fresh-faced innocent youths of before, but they are beginning to see life as a struggle. John Cole learned the first of these les...

The Open Boat vs. The Snows of Kilimanjaro

injured while enjoying an African hunting adventure with his wife, Helen. The primary theme is death, and how man often puts off ...

'The Necklace' by Guy de Maupassant

reminiscent of real people experiencing real social pain and suffering, in spite of the fact that Mathilde chose to wallow in what...

'Steadfast Tin Soldier' and 'Snow Queen' by Hans Christian Andersen

The psychological symbolism that exists in each story is examined in seven pages to explain why there are psychologically unsatisf...

Literary Analysis of 'Miss Brill' by Katherine Mansfield

In 3 pages theme, tone, and symbolism are analyzed within the context of Katherine Mansfield's short story 'Miss Brill.' There ar...

Hans Memling's The Mystic Marriage of St. Catherine

young woman in the same green gown as we see on the woman to the right of the Madonna. In the door panel, her hair is loose about...

African Art and Symbolism

of the symbols of a culture if we have not been born into it, or lived within it for a long time. However we may say that, modern...

Canterbury Cathedral and the History of Stained Glass Windows

In six pages this paper discuses the patterns and symbolism associated with stained glass windows with the primary focus being Can...

Alice Walker's Sudden Trip Home in the Spring

In six pages this paper analyzes the background and meaning of this autobiographical story and the importance of symbolism. Six s...

William Faulkner's Writings and Fire Symbolism

In thirteen pages this paper discusses the fire symbolism featured in William Faulkner's Light in August, The Sound and the Fury, ...

Overview of the Life and Times of Robert Frost

In 5 pages this paper discusses the importance of woods symbolism in many of Robert Frost's poems in this overview that considers ...

'Helen Todd My Birth Name' by Sandra McPherson Explicated

beyond the obvious. Characteristically reminiscent of the very essence of the authors literary interpretation, the poem reflects ...

'Snake' by D.H. Lawrence

In nine pages the metaphor and symbolism in the poem 'Snake' are discussed as well as the author's life and the perceptions of him...

Pinckney Benedict's Town Smokes and Symbolism

In five pages the symbolism featured in this 1987 short stories' collection is analyzed. Three sources are cited in the bibliogra...

Transportation and Speed in On the Road by Jack Kerouac

In 5 pages this paper examines these motifs and the symbolism they represent in this 1955 novel by Jack Kerouac. There are no oth...

Joy Imagery in the Poetry of John Keats and Samuel Taylor Coleridge

reinforce this impression, as do the alteration of four-stress lines and three-stress lines. We know without really analyzing it t...