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Literature and Love

In five pages this paper examines how short stories depict love in terms of similarities and differences found in Susan Minot's 'L...

Colonialism and the Literature of Africa

In seven pages two literary works are compared and contrasted in order to paint a detailed postcolonial Africa. The works are Ste...

Literature and Male Cruelty

on love, but rather an arrangement. This book sheds light on the cruelty of arranged marriages, but things get worse. It is not me...

'Instructive Examples' of Literature

In eight pages this research paper discusses the writings of Clifford Geertz and Erich Auerbach in terms of how they represent the...

The Tradition of Heroes in Literature

This paper discusses the elements necessary to creating a heroic character in literature. The author examines heroic protagonists...

American Society in Literature

This 16 page paper examines four books that are centered on American society. The books discussed are Joyce Maynard's To Die For; ...

Little Girls and the Effects of Children's Literature

relate to the inquisitive Alice who illustrated that an adventurous spirit was not limited to the male gender. Three years later,...

Chivalry Changes in Literature

women... Defend the weak and innocent... / Fight with honor... / Avenge the wronged. / Never abandon a friend, ally, or noble caus...

Colonial to Romantic Period American Literature

In five pages this paper examines how American literature evolved from he colonial times of Jonathan Edwards, John Winthrop, Benja...

Medieval Literature and Common Themes

is a serious offence. But Ganelon, the man who is held, has a friend who challenges his accuser to a match and the friend loses. T...

Feminist Utopian Literature Represented by Women on the Edge of Time by Marge Piercy

destroyed, and that in its place, a society based on equality and not by the limitations imposed by gender. Piercys radical views...

Literature, Poetry, and Identity Themes

an exploration of what it means to be an American. "A mountain-born, country-bred,homegrown jibara child,up from the shtetl, a Ca...

Love Stereotypes in Literature and Cinema

screen is transitory at best. This movie asks the question: Is love merely going through the motions? Is beauty a trap? Are women ...

Folklore and Literature of Japan and the Role of Demons

Death is an intruder" (Rubin). The Japanese culture has a tendency to believe that they are surrounded by many spirits at all time...

Fictional Literature, Determinism, and Free Will

the books noted above we find several themes which are common to much of the worlds greatest literature. Among these themes are h...

Literature and Psychoanalysis

or morality/values. In addition, Freud also theorized that inherent in every newborn child is the urge to engage in sexual ...

Historical Reviews of Literature Featuring Native Americans, Black Women, and the Poor

one can take from this article is a one-sided story told from the point of view of the Native Americans. However, this...

Life, Literature, and Criticisms of James Joyce

to death, illustrating, as mentioned, how his life was not necessarily strange or completely outrageous. The second half of the pa...

Skin Cancer Literature Review

when Coco Chanel made the look desirable. Since that time, legions of youth and adults have sought to possess the "perfect" tan, ...

Early Childhood Education and Multicultural Literature

dialog (Dietrich and Ralph, 1995). It is not uncommon for a teacher in the early childhood education grades to encounter severe p...

Literature Review of Probation and Policing Fields Discriminating Against Women

a considerable difference between the garment worker of the nineteenth century and the beat cop of the twenty-first century. Howe...

Literature and the Element of Science

The individual who has placed the ad in the paper is none other than a telepathic gorilla. Suspend judgment if you will. Call the ...

Modern Literature and Body Metaphors

such as when an individual describes himself as being "torn in two", "up against a wall", or "hot-blooded" in which individuals ma...

Literature Review, Scientific and Ethics Research

and Public Policy, 1995). These days, this still happens -- older scientists regularly mentor younger scientists and through that...

Literature of the Victorian Age

evolving its consumer values, wrote the poem as a demonstration of how society was responsible for illustrating female desires as ...

20th Century Literature and Its Influential Factors

Most literature of this era tends to ramble around a loosely constructed plot structure, much as the politics of the time did. It ...

Classic Literature and Its Social Functions

all too suddenly succumbed to temptation and became the gatekeeper of Hell -- a place of consequence where one goes whose choices ...

Literature Review on Mentally Retarded Students and Best Instruction Methods

and there is no question that in this particular case, the research does indeed come from quality sources. Elements of Best Pract...

Twentieth Century Literature and Theological Themes

young man who is certain that he offers more and that he is more everything than Orson. At the core of such behavior is an arrogan...

Eleven As Modernist Literature

suggests that it belongs to Rachel, the teacher, Mrs. Price pounces on this piece of knowledge and insists that Rachel accept the ...