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Absurd and Fear and Trembling by Soren Kierkegaard

In five pages this essay provides a comparison of two passages in Fear and Trembling regarding Kierkegaard's Abraham theory and co...

Sociological Concept of Family

In twelve pages this paper examines the theories of Stacey and Popenoe regarding the family from a sociological concept with Afric...

Culture, Industry, and Holkheimer and Adorno's Frankfurt School

In six pages this paper examines Holkheimer and Adorno's culture industry concept which is a byproduct of the Frankfurt School of ...

Galilean Science, Ptolemy, and Aristotle Viewed from the Perspective of Karl Popper

In eight pages this paper considers Karl Popper's thoughts on Galileo's theories, who himself had been critical of Ptolemy and Ari...

Division of Labor and Adam Smith

worker certainly could not lay claim to 4,800 pins daily and likely would have had difficulty in producing only twenty (Smith 89)....

Life and Theories of Sir William Petty

In twelve pages this paper discusses Sir William Petty's life and his theories with his human capital concept the primary emphasis...

The Roaring 2000s by Harry S. Dent Jr.

Dent examines the premise that demography is destiny. Looking at the spending habits and lifestyles of the aging baby boomers, h...

Movement, Evolution, and Functional Integration

of one being entailing the improvement or the extermination of others" (Darwin, 1998; p. 568). He later applied the same principl...

Geometry Problem of Squaring the Circle

In fifteen pages this geometric problem and associated issues are examined in terms of various theories, methods and mathematical ...

"The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

This essay pertain to Charlotte Perkins Gilman's famous short story "The Yellow Wallpaper." The writer discusses plot, metaphor, s...

"Desiree's Baby" by Kate Chopin

This essay is on Kate Chopin's short story "Desiree's Baby." The writer discusses the plot charter, metaphor and symbolism used by...

Travel Poems by Frost and Stafford

Taken" and William Staffords "Traveling Through the Dark" are both poems about lifes journey and the choices that confront each in...

The World is Too Much with Us/William Wordsworth

other words, Wordsworth bemoans the materialistic nature of his society, which is a feature of Western society that continues into...

Langston Hughes' Blues Poetry

and white, life and death, happiness and sadness, rich (white majority) and poor (black minority) to express social injustice and ...

Mending Wall by Robert Frost

reader feels privy to the inner reflections of the narrative voice, as he engages in the task of "walking the line" (line 13) and ...

Candide by Voltaire and the Travelers in Nature

In five pages this paper assesses the relationship between the travelers and nature in the satirical Candide by Voltaire in an ana...

'Prayer' by George Herbert, Structure and Metaphor

In 5 pages this paper examines the sonnet structure of this 17th century poem and considers its use of religious metaphor. There ...

'Dream' Speech of Martin Luther King Jr.

In five pages this paper examines the famous 'I Have a Dream' speech delivered by Martin Luther King Jr. in 1963 in terms of its m...

A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

In seven pages Dickens' differing depiction of the French Revolution in this novel through uses of characters as archetypes and me...

Comparing 'Home' by Grace Nicholas to 'Wherever I Hang' by Anne Bronte

In three pages the literary devices of simile, metaphor, rhythm, rhyme, and alliteration are used in a comparative analysis of the...

Book of Urizen and William Blake's 'America: A Prophecy'

In ten pages this paper examines the intent of biblical metaphors in these works and the goals they attempt to achieve. Nine sour...

Tutorial on Plato and Ralph Waldo Emerson

In five pages the individual is defined as revealed in The Republic by Plato and in Self Reliance by Ralph Waldo Emerson with the ...

The Chess Game by Jorge Luis Borges

The writer describes the way in which Jorge Luis Borges uses the techniques of magic realism and metaphor in his poem. The paper i...

Interpretation of a Passage in William Shakespeare's Othello

clear enough to demonstrate the fact that Iago no more wanted to amend his wrongdoing than he did avoid even further -- and inevit...

'Snake' by D.H. Lawrence

In nine pages the metaphor and symbolism in the poem 'Snake' are discussed as well as the author's life and the perceptions of him...

Symbolic Meaning of Grass in 'Song of Myself' by Walt Whitman

In 5 pages this paper examines metaphor and symbolic uses of grass in an analysis of 'Song of Myself' by Walt Whitman. There are ...

'Sonnet 146' by William Shakespeare

A poetic analysis of 'Sonnet 146' by William Shakespeare focuses upon similes, metaphors, tone, and meaning in five pages. Five s...

Elements of Short Stories

Short story success is based on a variety of factors, and this paper examines those elements. For example, the use of surprise an...

A Rhetorical Strategy Analysis

In five pages the practice of 'wilding' and its evil influence are examined in terms of biased diction, definition, irony, and met...

Exploring Creative Thought

In five pages creative thought is explored in a contrast and comparison of Northrop Frye's The Motive for Metaphor and Jacob Brono...