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Aphra Behn's 'Oroonoko'

untouched. She and Oroonoko consummate their marriage but the very next morning the kings servants come to the young couple and sa...

Nature in the Poetry of Emily Dickinson

"After Great Pain, A Formal Feeling Comes," "This is My Letter to the World," "I Had Been Hungry," and "They Shut Me Up in Prose,"...

Use of Characterization in To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

In five pages this essay considers how the author used characterization in her accurate portrayal of race relationships in the ear...

Watergate's Cinematic Interpretations

In five pages the portrayal of the Watergate scandal in Alan J. Pakula's All the President's Men and Andrew Fleming's Dick are com...

Overview of Homeric Warfare

In five pages this paper examines Homer's 'The Iliad' and 'The Odyssey' in its portrayal of Homeric warfare in a consideration of ...

Commitment and Betrayal in the Film Elizabeth

In five pages this film is considered in an analysis of its thematic portrayal of betrayal and commitment. One source is listed i...

Four Topics Examined from a Christian Viewpoint

In five pages relationships, role of Christian husbands and wives, premarital sex, and Book of Proverbs' portrayal of temptation a...

Platoon Film by Director Oliver Stone

Platoons top-notch portrayals by the actors were a joy. Ensemble performances are all first-rate with Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe ...

Sam Shepard and William Faulkner on Family Dysfunction

In twenty pages twentieth century family dysfunction is considered in a comparative analysis of its portrayal in the characterizat...

Arthurian Legend in Bernard Cornwell's Excalibur A Novel of Arthur and John Boorman's Film Excalibur

The different Arthurian legend portrayals of this novel and film are contrasted and compared in eight pages. There are no other s...

John Demos' The Unredeemed Captive and Intercultural Relationships

In ten pages this paper examines intercultural relationships as featured in the text's portrayal of early 18th century Native Amer...

Three Short Stories by Anton Chekhov

In a paper consisting of five pages the argument is presented that within the short stories 'The Darling, 'The Betrothed,' and 'Th...

Sophocles vs. Jean Anouilh's Character Interpretations of Antigone

actions is shaped by the other characters around her. Creon is of particular importance in shaping the character Antigone in both...

Historical Indian Epic Mahabharata

Western thinking is presented in an interview with French author Jean-Claude Carriere who adapted the great epic for the stage. ...

Media Representation of Lesbians and Gays

In five pages this papre examines how the media portrayal of homosexuals have reinforced negative attitudes and stereotype perpetu...

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen and Society

Further, the social context supports its own institutions in a cyclical manner and personal expectations are clearly based on the ...

Otherworld and Heroes in 'The Odyssey' and 'Epic of Gilgamesh'

in order to acquire knowledge, and to demonstrate bravery or quick-wittedness while they are dealing with unfamiliar situations or...

Governance Views in William Shakespeare's The Tempest and Sophocles' Antigone

were not performed. However, almost as soon as he has made this ruling - that Polyneices body should lay unburied - Creon is faced...

Walden by Henry David Thoreau and the Time Concept

He describes, for instance, the different kinds of activities which he undertakes in the course...

Masculine Identity in Literature Questions Answered

close, as truly intimate with his wife as he is with this group of friends. Nick does not run away from his responsibility, but th...

Battle of Gettysburg According to Michael Shaara in The Killer Angels

In seven pages this essay discusses how Shaara's fictionalized portrayal of what happened during the Battle of Gettysburg offers r...

Comparative Analysis of 'Aeneid' by Virgil and 'The Odyssey' by Homer

In six pages this paper compares these two classical works in terms of plot, characterization, setting, thematic portrayals of war...

Hamlet by William Shakespeare and Gender Relationships

In five pages this paper discusses the portrayal of men and women within the context of this work as it has been presented in the ...

Erich Maria Remarque's All Quiet on the Western Front and War's Realities

In seven pages this paper examines the realistic portrayal of war in Erich Maria Remarque's First World War novel All Quiet on the...

John Irving's Cider House Rules and the 'Underdog'

was dyslexic before that particular learning disability had been identified by name - took Seabrookes, words as a kind of mantra. ...

Cimabue and Duccio or 'Madonna Enthroned' Times Two

in society Introduction One way that art history has been studied is to trace the development of the realistic portrayal of the h...

European and Chinese Culture in The Memory Palace of Matteo Ricci by Jonathan D. Spence

In five pages Spence's portrayal of culture in Europe and China is discussed. There are no other source listed....

Morality in Oedipus the King by Sophocles and 'The Odyssey' by Homer

In five pages this essay compares and contrasts these two literary works regarding the portrayal of morality in each. There are n...

The Temple by Stephen Spender

In eight pages this paper considers the text's portrayal of how gays were persecuted by the Nazis. Five sources are cited in the ...