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Conflicting Dreams and Reality in 'Miniver Cheevy' by Edwin Arlington Robinson and 'Araby' by James Joyce

pain and suffering endured for each one. The primary focal point is the young mans love for a completely unattainable girl who un...

Analyzing Huck Finn

racist and a whole host of other uncomplimentary terms; however, it has been -- and continues to be -- instrumental in describing ...

Jeremy Bentham's 'Panopticon,' Michel Foucault, and Power

intention, Michel Foucault in "Discipline and Punish" (DP) has pointed out that in actual application, the Panopticon became more ...

Criollismo Movement Leader Horacio Quiroga

In eight pages this paper considers Quiroga in terms of his pioneering criollismo literary movement in a consideration of his writ...

Boccaccio's Decameron and Renaissance Era Business Practices

A paper discussing Renaissance era business practices in the Mediterranean region. The author draws from Giovanni Boccacio's Decam...

Great Literary Works, Experiences, Lessons, and Hope

In 10 pages this paper examines the shared theme of the determinants of one's identity as revealed within 'God's Pocket,' 'Tumblin...

Contemporary Genres of Music

In six pages this paper discusses modern music in a contrast and comparison of different genres and also discusses how these genre...

Children's Literature, Transformation and the Quest

In five pages this paper examines the protagonist's quests and how they transform them in a comparative analysis of the children's...

Literary Sentimentality and Sensibility in Works by Samuel Johnson, Laurence Sterne, and Oliver Goldsmith

In 5 pages the sentimentality and its gender differences in Johnson's Rasselas, Sterne's A Sentimental Journey, and Goldsmith's Sh...

The Role of the Common Man in Government

This paper analyzes the role of commoners in various governments from the 1500s through the 1700s as portrayed by the literary wor...

John Milton's Literary Similarities

In 5 pages this paper discusses The Hymn and Paradise Lost in a comparative analysis of the thematic similarities that exist in po...

Multiculturalism, Prejudice, and the Writings of Bernhard Schlink, Bessie Head, Patricia Grace, and Manuel Puig

In 5 pages this paper examines the prejudice featured in the multicultural literary works such as Grace's 'Potiki,' Head's 'Maru,'...

Classical Literature and the Portrayal of the 'Faustian Bargain'

In 5 pages this paper examines how the 'Faustian Bargain' is depicted in the literary works Faust by Goethe, Don Quixote by Cervan...

Life and Writings of James Baldwin

In six pages this paper celebrates the life and literary works of James Baldwin in a consideration of his writings' enduring impac...

Romance and Epic Characteristics

individual stories into the tapestry that became his famous epics. He did not create the stories; they had come from hundreds of y...

The Evolution of Urban Areas from the Middle Ages to the Present

This 5 page paper discusses the way in which the relationship between man and his environment has determined the economic, social ...

Economic and Political Freedom and Modern Democracy

This paper provides an in-depth examination of the correlation between economic and political freedom and the modern democratic ch...

'Gonzo Journalism' and Hunter S. Thompson

In five pages this paper examines 'Gonzo journalism' as pioneered by literary maverick Hunter S. Thompson. Three sources are cite...

Contemporary Literature and How Emotions Are Portrayed

In five pages this paper examines how emotions are portrayed in the contemporary literary works The Things They Carried by Tim O'B...

Power and Gender in Thomas Hardy's Jude the Obscure and Charles Dickens' David Copperfield

In twelve pages this paper examines the themes of gender and power as they are represented in these works of literary fiction. Te...

Literary Analysis of Inherit the Wind by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee

In five pages this paper presents a literary analysis of this novel's text. There are no other sources listed in the bibliography...

Modern Society and Legal Rationality

In fourteen pages the legal rationality concepts of Max Weber are applied to issues confronted in modern society. Seven sources a...

Analyzing John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men and The Pearl

In five pages these stories are analyzed in terms of their similarities and differences and literary elements such as themes, char...

Franz Kafka's The Trial, Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man, and William Faulkner's As I Lay Dying and Dream or Surreal Time

In twelve pages dream or surreal time as they are represented in these literary works are examined. Five other sources are cited ...

Correlation Between 3 Literary Theories

In five pages conflict or correlation of literary theories reader response, structuralism, and formalism are assessed. Four sourc...

Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice and Anne Tyler's Saint Maybe and Examples of Literary Christianity

Way" for Ian: forget college, provide for and rescue aging parents from the care of Lucys kids (ages six, three, and baby) and "se...

Literary Reality and Fiction

In five pages this paper discusses the representation of reality and fiction in literature in an examination of Chekhov's The Thre...

Capitalism and Its Origins in Imperialism

In ten pages this paper asserts that modern capitalism can be traced back to imperialist empires with the French and British colon...

American Poetry Contribution of Walt Whitman

In 5 pages this paper examines the modern poetry contributions of uniquely American poet Walt Whitman. There are 6 sources cited ...

Gender Roles, Arranged Marriages and Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare and The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

In five pages this paper discusses how arranged marriages oppressed women in this analysis of these two literary works. Two sourc...