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Nelle Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird

and illustrating that we are all a curious mix of devil and divine. During the 1930s, Lee illustrates the tensions that existed be...

Analysis of Symbolism in the Short Story 'Young Goodman Brown' by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Puritan religion, culture and education along with the setting of his hometown of Salem, Massachusetts, is a common topic in Natha...

Innovative Use of Symbolism by Playwright Tennessee Williams in The Glass Menagerie

part of the illusionary world. Laura, on the other hand, thinks of the fire escape as a way in and not a way out. This can be seen...

Misfit Character Symbolic Uses in 'A Good Man is Hard to Find' by Flannery O'Connor

the more meaning it opens up" (Yaghjian 268). Christian symbols and portrayals of Christ abound in "A Good Man is Hard to...

Analyzing 'The Train' and 'A Good Man is Hard to Find' by Flannery O'Connor

that if they go to Florida, where it has been rumored that there is an escaped murderer loose, they will all be killed. The family...

Margaret Laurence's The Stone Angel

on her symptoms she has cancer. Soon, Hagar will be an angel. But, since she is such a tough old bird, difficult to those trying t...

Ernest Hemingway's 'Hills Like White Elephants' and White Elephant Symbolism

can see that the Hills, which the man remarks are like White Elephants, "refer to the shape of the belly of a pregnant woman, and ...

Influences of Nature and Biography in the Works of Emily Dickinson

Dickinsons writing. While "no ordinance is seen" to those who are not participating in the war, it presence nevertheless is always...

Questions and Answers on New York Authors

respectively. He did perhaps change his ideology over time and student writing on this subject might say that he had softened his ...

River's Significance in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

Finn" but also in many others of Twains tales. This importance is made apparent even by the chosen pen name of the author. Samue...

Literary Analysis of Ernest Hemingway's 'Hills Like White Elephants'

to convince her that having the abortion is no big deal. PATTERN OF SYMBOLS ASSOCIATED WITH MODERN WORLD It is an interesti...

Mockingbird Symbolism in To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

seem to represent the mocking bird are the threats of hatred, prejudice and ignorance. Innocent people such as Tom Robinson and Bo...

Symbolism in the Star Wars Film Trilogy

powerful and perhaps confusing mentor, Luke is angered and frustrated as he feels he is learning nothing at all. He struggles on t...

Symbolism in Ernest Hemingway's 'Hills Like White Elephants'

"girl" in reference to this female, a choice which would appear to indicate that she is somewhat younger than her companion yet He...

The Almanac of the Dead by Leslie Marmon Silko and Searching for Self

it is as much a story about the Earth as it is a story about the human characters that strive to seek resolution to the very real ...

Joseph Conrad's 'The Lagoon'

thinks the woman will die. Arsat is very sad and while he waits out the long night he begins to tell his friend about how he came ...

Symbolism Analysis of Gwendolyn Brooks' 'The Life of Lincoln'

In three pages this paper analyzes the symbolism of Gwendolyn Brooks' poem 'The Life of Lincoln.' One source is cited in the bibl...

Literary Overview of 'A Tale of Two Cities' by Charles Dickens

the commoners, Darnay renounces his title to the Evremonde Estate and goes back to England to live. He proposes to Lucie and she a...

Vanishing Point Film and Existentialism

on the Today show, but most will die before that time. The speedometer on the car can indeed represent life and how or why one can...

John Millington Synge's Riders to the Sea and Symbolism

humanity. They represent this relationship and offer us a very humble and simple setting from which to examine the unfolding saga....

Women in The House of Bernarda Alba by Garcia Lorca

give it up once Agustias is married. Poncia warns Bernarda that the women are going crazy being locked up as they are and that she...

Theodore Dreiser's Sister Carrie

was that the protagonist is not sorry for her illicit relationship with the married man, and in fact seems to have benefited her l...

Comparative Analysis of Lorraine Hansberry's Raisin in the Sun and Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie

the additional mouth to feed will put the family into jeopardy. The audience knows that she is considering abortion. To end all of...

Food in Ulysses by James Joyce

crustcrumbs, fried hencods roes. Most of all he liked grilled mutton kidneys, which gave to his palate a fine tang of faintly scen...

'Barbie Q' by Sandra Cisneros

In five pages this essay discusses how symbolism within this narrative reveals how the author feels about stereotypes, infidelity,...

A Review of Circles by Ralph Waldo Emerson

A 5 page essay analyzing the sociopolitical context of this work. Tone, imagery, form, and symbolism are detailed. 3 sources....

Happy Prince by Wilde

wonders why the statue is crying. Why, when this prince is so happy does he cry after death? The gist of the explanation comes fro...

'Desiree's Baby' Short Story Analysis

Realist writers "were more or less in open revolt against [society]," and naturalism combined the theories of Charles Darwin to co...

Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe and Ibo Children

In six pages this paper examines what social, political, spiritual, and physical symbolism children represent in this acclaimed Ni...

'A Prisoner Who Wore Glasses' and Bessie Head

In a paper consisting of five pages this short story is considered in terms of its message, style, symbolism, and power struggle c...