SEARCH RESULTS

YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :Mastering the Literary Art

Essays 751 - 780

Symbolism in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter

were signified by it" (1323). He then goes into great narrative detail to describe the letter to emphasize its significance: "The...

Herman Melville’s Message in Moby-Dick

whale (55). Naturally, this represents the books climax, but how would Melville fill the huge writing gap between the introductio...

Power of Language in Langston Hughes’ Poems ‘The Negro Speaks of Rivers’ and ‘Mother to Son’

human blood in human veins. My soul has grown deep like the rivers. I bathed in the Euphrates when dawns were young. I built my ...

Toni Morrison as a Stylist in Sula

bedroom and gently holds him. Then she pours kerosene over the sleeping man and burns him to death. Morrison writes that Plum ope...

Irony in Shirley Jackson’s Short Story, ‘The Lottery’

careful selection of names and how they reflect the personalities of the characters, and in the hypocritical nature of the charact...

Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, and the Blues of the African-American Experience

a subtle reminder particularly to African-American women of how far they had come as a race and how much further they needed to go...

Researching the Poem ‘Ars Poetica’ by Archibald MacLeish on the Internet

scanned text files, featured a scanned version Frank St. Vincents important exposition of the poem that was first published in Exp...

The Environment in Literature: Ecocriticism, Ecofeminism and the Concept of Dwelling

That is, non-ecocritics appear to be uncomfortable with criticism that acknowledges the fact that it is possible the natural world...

Frances Fitzgerald's "America Revised: History Schoolbooks In The Twentieth Century"

multiculturalism and reconstruction to cloud the truth and cultivate biased perspectives has caused Americas history textbooks to ...

William Bradford: History of Plymouth Plantation

the light of the gospel in our honorable nation of England...what wars and oppositions ever since, Satan hath raised, maintained a...

Act II: Ibsen’s A Doll’s House

and his life. He does not allow, or expect her to be anything more. He berates her like a child for spending money and for eating ...

Exploring Textual Sources of “The Arabian Nights”

It appears to be based in part on Arabic, Persian and Indian folklore, and as a "unified collection, dates back at least one thous...

Ibsen’s A Doll’s House

One could argue that perhaps Ibsen told the press he was not a feminist in order to get the media off his back, but the...

Roles of Women in Mary Barton and Madame Bovary

In five pages this paper examines the domestic boundaries that dictated the roles of women during the 19th century in a considerat...

'The Hunger Artist' by Franz Kafka

In four pages Kafka's effective tongue in cheek literary style is examined within the context of this humorous short story. There...

Women's Role in Candide by Voltaire and Tartuffe by Moliere

anyone else get a word in edgewise; so much as a "But, Mother" elicits an accusation of impudence. This is a very funny opening sc...

Transitional Figure Petrarch

In nine pages this paper discusses how Petrarch provides the Medieval to Renaissance transition and examines the poet's letters an...

Sexual Symbolism in Oedipus the King by Sophocles

In six pages this essay considers the psychological, moral, and literary influence Sophocles exerted in his play in a discussion o...

Literature and Fate

In seven pages the literary device of fate is examined within the context of Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter, Edgar Allan...

Dramatic Tragedy and How It Has Evolved

did not attract the attention of the gods. This was still true in Shakespeares time. The few commoners he included were never cen...

Homer's 'The Odyssey' and William Shakespeare's Hamlet

and the tales of this one mans adventure. The man is Odysseus and his adventures are legendary. He is not a man searching for the ...

Uncertain Visions in Oedipus the King and Othello

In five pages this paper examines a common literary theme as it pertains to Oedipus the King by Sophocles and Othello by William S...

Tragic Heroes King Oedipus and King Lear

In five pages Aristotle's definition of a tragic hero is applied to these two literary monarchs. One source is cited in the bibli...

Public Life versus Private Life in The Aeneid, The Odyssey, and Oresteia

In four pages this paper compares and contrasts how the authors depict private life and public life in these ancient literary work...

Themes of Bood and Evil in The Bible, Crito, and The Oresteia

This paper addresses the nature of morality as portrayed in these three works. The author compares and contrasts how good, evil, ...

Greek Literature and Love

In five pages this paper examines how love and relationships are depicted in such ancient Greek literary works as Lysistrata, Anti...

Life and Writings of James Fenimore Cooper

one of which he did not take advantage; Cooper appreciated all that was afforded to him. One of the most influential aspects of h...

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...

Racism Reflected in Literature

In five pages this paper discusses how racism development in the U.S. is chronicled in the literary works Typee, Black Elk Speaks,...

God as Reflected in Literature

In five pages this paper discusses the U.S. acceptance of religion and how God is reflected in such literary works as Typee, Black...