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Death of Ivan Ilych and The Iliad

the woman to his commander, but withdraws from the battlefield, refusing to fight in retaliation for the humiliation imposed upon ...

The Morality of Frankenstein

because of the gruesome nature of the experiments, he has to be very circumspect about where he lives-another broad hint that he s...

Kafka: Gregor Samsa and Self-Sacrifice

neither of their parents can stand to be in the same room with Gregor. Interestingly, no one ever tries to communicate with Greg...

Mis-En-Scene Analysis, Mildred Pierce

an afternoon off and a swim. At the beach house, the first camera shot has Monte showing a closet full of bathing suits (Dirks)....

Reaction to: “The Things They Carried”

early chapters show up again later, as others talk about them. It reminds a reader of those wonderful, wacky conversations that go...

Self-Realization and the Hero’s Quest in ‘Beowulf,’ ‘Sir Gawain and the Green Knight,’ and ‘Everyman’

the heros quest is self-realization, with the glory being more internal than external, the awakening of inner strength and self-kn...

Sun Tzu and the War in Iraq

in Iraq is not meeting these objectives. First, a majority of Americans are now solidly against the war, meaning that Bush no lon...

Text and Illustrations in “Alice in Wonderland”

illustrations in the first chapter: the rabbit with the watch, Alice finding the door, Alice looking after the rabbit as he scurri...

Literature's Deeper Meaning

the town of Bisbee. "It is July 20, 1989, early afternoon, monsoon season in the Sonoran Desert, and I am going back to Bisbee. A...

Comparing Alice Walker's 'Everyday Things' with Eudora Welty's 'Why I Live at the Post Office'

it clear that there are many unsolved frictions between the two sisters, frictions which include the fact that the youngers husban...

Oresteia, Epic of Gilgamesh, Human Guilt, and Divine Judgment

source of motivation for all life. Her dedication to him surpasses no other, whether it plays a part in family rituals or just th...

Analysis of Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

shining armor since he has redesigned his house to look like a castle. However, he does not bring this kind and generous nature in...

Change vs. Tradition in Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

Okonkwo relished in the traditions which consolidated his power within the village and reinforced his identity. The supreme test ...

Analysis of 'The River Between' by Ngugi and 'Things Fall Apart' by Acheba

News Service). Even that consideration, however, is worthy of additional introspect in regard to the intended cultural meaning of...

A Review of the Film, Ocean's Eleven

In some scenes featuring very dark-skinned Bernie Mac, the only thing absolutely visible on the screen was the whites of the actor...

The Concepts of Justice and Truth in Cervantes' Don Quixote

Quixote does hold some hope for the future. Cervantes was also disgruntled with the political systems as well. Just as Don Quixote...

Educational Importance of Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

in Twains book is that which involves dialect, a subject that gained a great deal of criticism when the book came out. From the ve...

Epic Hero Luke Skywalker in Star Wars

given a task to perform and in doing so derives some sort of personal meaning from it. He may meet with a great series of misfortu...

Humanism Themes in Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience by William Blake

particular values, and freedom from persecution by authorities for those views. One could say that the roots, as far as it can b...

An Analysis of Machiavelli's The Prince

of the government was quick and without "civil commotion." But while Machiavelli praises Agathocles on one hand, he also points ...

An Analysis of Leadership in Machiavelli's The Prince

to use almost any means to achieve his ends that has the most direct appeal to many amoral leaders of today. Some psychologists fi...

Films A Place in the Sun, Double Indemnity, Suspicion and the Interaction Between Money, Love, and Murder

these nonverbal cues that reveal more than the spoken dialogue. Alfred Hitchcocks reputation as the cinemas "Master of Suspense" ...

Crime and Punishment in The Odyssey

growing stronger and more defiant with every passing episode. "...Homer certainly recognizes the notion of intention, and in many...

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

stir" as it was the date of a double festival: that of the Festival of the Three Kings and that of the Feast of Fools (Hugo, I, I)...

"Psycho" with Reference to Walters

between them by the feelings they evoke in us. Walters writes that tension is one of the most important barometers of audience res...

Social Problems in Hard Times

Plant nothing else, and root out everything else... Stick to Facts" (Dickens 1). For Dickens, this was an atrocity of monumental ...

Good and Evil in 'Araby' by James Joyce and 'Young Goodman Brown' by Nathaniel Hawthorne

reality of humanitys cruel heart. True to Hawthornes nature of portraying both the worst and the best humankind has to offer, he ...

The Monster Element in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

seemingly to detain me, but I escaped, and rushed down stairs. I took refuge in the courtyard belonging to the house which I inhab...

Comparing the 1995 Film and Novel Versions of 'The Scarlet Letter'

would have no doubt preferred. She stays and makes a life for herself and Pearl as a seamstress and though her scarlet letter def...

H.G. Wells' 'Time Machine' and Adolf Hitler's Thoughts

feat of time travel, for example, through the wonders of modern science. After years of meticulous work he has managed to create ...