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Life and Works of Nathaniel Hawthorne II

In five pages this paper examines Hawthorne's life and critically analyzes the meanings and themes of his writings. Seven sources...

Life and Writings of William Faulkner

This paper consists of six pages examines William Faulkner's life and the themes of life and death that abound in his novel The So...

Critical Comparative Analysis of 'A Rose for Emily' by William Faulkner

This paper compares the literary criticism of 'A Rose for Emily' by William Faulkner by Ray B. West Jr. in 'Atmosphere and Theme i...

Recurrent Images and Themes in 'The Bear,' 'Barn Burning,' and 'A Rose for Emily' by William Faulkner

In five pages this paper discusses the repetitive themes in this trio of short stories by William Faulkner. Seven sources are cit...

Love in the Time of Cholera

Fuentes and Praust and then moves on to examining the power of the classic Don Quixote, indicating how there are not many, if any,...

The Old Man and the Sea

decide to go out on his own and catch a fish so that he was not unlucky any longer. He is also a very old man. In these respects o...

The Poet’s Use of Shakespeare’s Themes in the Sonnets

but in actuality, its how to preserve beauty, which is still another favorite of his. The Poet is actually saying that comparing h...

Witches, Faith and the Devil an Analysis of Young Goodman Brown

point of Hawthornes story, however, is the hypocrisy that riddles society-any society. Its no secret that the author was very fond...

"I Stand Here Ironing" And "Fever Flower" Mother Daughter Relationships

entire identity. Similarly, Olsen sheds light upon the way intent and effort do not always produce the desired outcome, which is ...

Fifty-Two Doctrines Explained

each chapter to help the reader discover what they have learned. There is a harmony to the book in that it begins with a discuss...

To Be (long) or Not to Be (Long)

the idea that as father and son they belong together and belong to the same family group, but at the same time, as individuals, th...

Wanting to Belong

hes written the book in blank verse. This means that it calls attention to itself but it does so with a purpose. Each poem, becaus...

"The Yellow Wallpaper" and Charlotte Perkins Gilman's Use of Setting

it would be the heavy bedstead, and then the barred windows, and then that gate at the head of the stairs, and so on" (Gilman 11)....

Tan's First Novel

all sorts of unsettling events. This is a fictional account but it brings into play very real issues faced by todays population. ...

Main Theme in Flight by Sherman Alexie

He is shot and wakes to find himself in another body, a person in the past. Zits has access to the persons memories and knows the ...

Themes of Good Versus Evil And Grace In Flannery O'Connor's Work

the world during the time when Revelation was written. In a serious attempt to educate her readership to the evils forever lurkin...

"Bullet In The Brain" And "The Lottery" Violence

was the gladiatorial combat of hunting, otherwise called the venatio. Once gathered up from different parts of the Roman empire t...

James Joyce, Carson McCullers, and Themes of Identity, Commitment, and Love

In four pages this paper examines how these themes are represented in McCullers' A Tree. A Rock. A Cloud and Joyce's Eveline. The...

Hidden Self and Oscar Wilde

he sees Dorian daily; "I couldnt be happy if I didnt see him every day. He is absolutely necessary to me" ("Picture", 113). Howeve...

The Village/Directed by M. Night Shymalan

funeral, which is for seven-year-old Daniel Nicholson. Edward Walker, played by William Hurt, the apparent leader of this colony, ...

Emily Dickinson's Poems 341 and 465 Compared and Contrastd

power. I willed my keepsakes, signed away What portion of me I Could make assignable,-and then There interposed a fly, With blue...

Poetry by Behn and Rossetti

his force" (Behn 13-14). In her case she is a virgin who has finally, it seems, given in to the man Lisander, and is ready to give...

Work and the Christian Manager

world to do well, get promoted, earn more money and gain more status. But those are temporal goals. There isnt anything wrong with...

Anzia Yezierska and Her Novel Bread Givers

no problem taking their wages to support himself, even as the rest of the family scrimps and saves and slips further into poverty....

Comments on a Book About Prayer

of gems to learn or remember. Strong believers pray and praise God no matter what although when life gets tough, it is hard for ev...

Explication of 2 poems by Martin Espada

mention that the catch, which is that his throat will be so sore that he will want ice cream. The lies are then contrasted against...

Burmese Days by George Orwell and Themes of Imperialism and Class

In eight pages the ways in which British imperialism is featured in George Orwell's debut novel are examined in tersm of oppressio...

Power Theme in 1984 by George Orwell

of virtually every aspect of ones individual life. "What is concerned here is not the morale of the masses, whose attitude...

Totalitarianism Themes in 1984 by George Orwell

be infiltrated by hackers. In some ways the tables have turned. 1998 is not 1984. Rather, it is a topsy turvy world where the thes...

Common Themes in Orwell's Animal Farm and 1984

In this five page paper the writer explores two of George Orwell's most popular books. Common themes are discussed in relation to...