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Perceptual Losses Between the Page and Big Screen

overall projection of the idea or ideas (Cleland http://www. lander.edu/jcleland/HIST306/hist306guidelines%20film%20rev. html). A...

Virgil and Dante's 'Inferno'

In four pages the Virgil character is examined within the context of 'Inferno' and also considered as he actually existed as an ac...

Comparison of Alexander Pope's 'The Rape of the Lock' and Jane Austen's Mansfield Park

In five pages this essay presents a comparative literary analysis of these works in terms of how women's social behavior is portra...

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...

Critical Review of Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov

In five pages this paper critically analyzes Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita and addresses the various misconceptions often associated w...

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...

Contemporary Literature and the Maintenance of Identity

In five pages this essay examines maintaining identity in the first 50 years of the 20th century in a consideration of such litera...

Social Values Mirrored in Classic Literature

In nine and a half pages this paper considers how social values are reflected in the ancient literary works Phaedo, Euthyphro, Cri...

Juvenile Literature and 'Outsider' Children

In five pages social exclusion of children for various reasons are examined within the context of such juvenile literary works as ...

The Lais by Marie de France

to aristocratic women, or it may have been included simply as a necessary literary device that aided Marie in recounting the condi...

An Overview of Harriet Beecher's Uncle Tom's Cabin

In five pages this American literary classic is presented in an overview. There are no other sources listed....

The Song of Roland and Its Interpretation

In nine pages this paper analyzes this Medieval literary work in a consideration of plot, characters, and message. There are no o...

Interpretation of Edgar Allan Poe's Writings

In eleven pages Poe's writings are interpreted in terms of its representation of conflict as well as pastoral with such works as '...

Self-Perception and Learning

however the temptation on the part of many parents, and there are even some who feel it is their right, to determine what a child ...

Literary Techniques Seen In L'Amour's, Tucker

This paper discusses literary tools utilized by Louis L'Amour in the work, Tucker. This five page paper has six sources listed in...

Historical Literary Periods and Transporting Readers to Another Time

In eight pages the importance of setting historical setting in order to take readers back to an earlier period is considered in an...

Sherman Alexie's Indian Killer, Fyodor Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment and Impact of Family

In six pages this essay compares these two literary works in terms of family impact and protagonist alienation. There are no othe...

The Closing of the American Mind by Allan Bloom

The writer analyzes the book The Closing of the American Mind by Allan Bloom, which argues that American culture is deteriorating....

Comparison of Rotary Spokes by Fiona Cooper and Burn Marks by Sara Paretsky

In eight pages this essay compares and contrasts these literary works. Five sources are cited in the bibliography....

Acculturation and Richard Rodrigurez's Hunger of Memory and Liu Zongren's Two Years in the Melting Pot

This paper considers the characteristics of acculturation by comparing and contrasting these two literary works in seven pages. T...

Epic Literature and Heroes

In five pages the epic heroes that are featured in epic literary works are discussed in a consideration of 'The Song of Roland,' '...

Literature and the Use of Language

In five pages The Tempest by William Shakespeare and Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe are discussed in a consideration of how th...

Life and Poetry of Emily Dickinson

In a paper consisting of 6 pages Emily Dickinson's life and poetry are considered with a discussion of her American literary contr...

Restrictive Society in The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne and Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

In five pages this paper discusses the restrictions 19th century society placed upon individuals within the context of these liter...

19th Century Social Constraints Imposed on Women and Sons and Lovers by D.H. Lawrence and House of Mirth by Edith Wharton

In 5 pages this paper examines 19th century female social oppression within the context of these two literary works. There are 5 ...

Literature and Male Power Myth

the two characters that are struggling to get back into it: Krogstad and Kristina. By comparison, we can see that Torvald deligh...

Frederick Douglass's Narrative, Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin and Struggle

In five pages this report discusses the importance of struggle in these nineteenth century American literary masterworks that feat...

Heroism and its Characteristics

In 5 pages this paper examines how the characteristics of heroism are defined in such literary works as A Simple Heart by Gustave ...

Jorge Amado's Gabriela, Clove, and Cinnamon, Gabriel Garcia Marquez Love in the Time of Cholera and the Theme of Love

In 5 pages this paper compares and contrasts how each author portrays love in his respective literary works. There are no other s...

Victorian Age Literature, Despair, and Depression

In eleven pages the Victorian era feelings of despair and depression that were the result of various religious, economic, and tech...