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Native Son by Richard Wright and Symbolism

a book. In many ways the symbolism may be seen as separate from the story, yet when it is added to the context in which it is read...

Literary Functioning of Symbolism and Setting

In six pages this paper examines how intent and meaning are enhanced by literary symbolism and settings in Eudora Welty's short st...

'Hills Like White Elephants' by Ernest Hemingway

conforming to gender role expectations in other areas, such as his taking the bags to the train. It is not that she is portrayed ...

Uses of Symbolism in 'Livvie,' 'A Worn Path, and 'Young Goodman Brown'

This trio of narratives and their uses of symbolism are analyzed in 5 pages. Five sources are cited in the bibliography....

Nathaniel Hawthorne's 'The Minister's Black Veil' and Symbolism

was a message for his people, and for the reader as well. What did the black veil symbolize? The story ends as follows: " The gras...

Analyzing Bleak House by Charles Dickens

society." With his literary weapon, Dickens took direct aim, launching a vitriolic attack on the legal, political and socioeconom...

Musical and Libretto Contributions of Wolfgang Mozart's The Magic Flute

chords (Osborne 327). This opera is quite famous for containing a great deal of Masonic symbolism, although Osborne stresses that ...

Artwork of Egypt's Rishi Coffins

vulture and the cobra frequently are found on both royal and private mummiform coffins from this period. This era of transition m...

An Analysis of Bridging by Marge Piercy

A 5 page analysis of symbolism and structure in this interesting poem. An exploration of inner conflict, fluctuation and inconsis...

Dave Saunders in 'The Man Who Was Almost A Man' by Richard Wright

all, it appears that the author addresses social stratification by putting the protagonist in this particular setting. What the p...

Themes and Symbolism in 'The Story of an Hour' by Kate Chopin

In five pages this short story is analyzed in terms of perspective, setting, tone, style, and symbolism. Seven sources are cited ...

Nathaniel Hawthorne's 'Young Goodman Brown' and Washington Irving's 'Rip Van Winkle'

This paper consists of six pages and analyzes the symbolism that appears throughout each short story. Two sources are cited in th...

'The Snows of Kilimanjaro' by Ernest Hemingway

our morbid curiosity about death continues, and in Hemingways story that curiosity is all too well satisfied. In The Snows of Kil...

Alice Walker's 'Everyday Use'

In five pages Walker's short story is analyzed in a focus on quilt symbolism but with a thematic and story synopsis also included....

Male and Female Character Relationships in Mozart's The Magic Flute

In five pages this paper discusses the libretto symbolism and the characters' complicated interrelationships in this opera by Wolf...

Water Natural Symbolism in The Seaside Houses and Goodbye, My Brother by John Cheever

In seven pages the power of the water symbolism employed by John Cheever in these two literary works is analyzed. There are no ot...

The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman and its Themes

faded by the slow-turning sunlight" (Gilman PG). Obviously, the wallpaper is not soothing and so the wallpaper, its color, and its...

Tsitsi Dangarembga's 'Nervous Conditions'

In a paper that is consists of 5 pages the African American woman Timbu is chronicled through parallels, symbolism, themes, and st...

The Interpretation of Dreams by Sigmund Freud

In ten pages this paper discusses the various theories presented by Sigmund Freud in The Interpretation of Dreams including intern...

Analyzing 'The Minister's Black Veil' by Nathaniel Hawthorne

and isolation intensifies, and suffers what Professor Rita K. Gollin refers to as "the penalties of isolation (Nathaniel Hawthorne...

Various Themes in F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby

In five pages this paper discusses the various themes and symbolism that are featured in The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. ...

Line Analysis of 'Every Sin is the Result of Collaboration'

accuse the owners son, Johnnie, of trying to kill him. Threatening to leave the hotel, the owner (Scully), convinces him that to g...

Character Analysis of Mabel in D.H. Lawrence's 'The Horse Dealer's Daughter'

feels about herself. Mable, left to pretty much fend for herself after her fathers death, must struggle to maintain the household...

Overview of 'A House for Mr. Biswas' by V.S. Naipaul

his dealings with those who are not Indian, or his dealings with his children, and in his treatment of his wife. His pride is wo...

James Dickey's Deliverance

said that it eventually becomes the story of the city versus the country. On their first night to make camp, Ed Gentry and Bobby g...

Moby Dick by Herman Melville

the far corners of the globe, and also describes the whaling operations. Queequeg becomes ill and is so convinced he is dying tha...

Gillian Clarke's 'Letter from a Far Country'

inner soul of a woman to be appreciated for the ways in which she makes the lives of her family easier and more pleasant. A native...

Symbolism in Tim O'Brien's Vietnam War Novel The Things They Carried

his or her own emotional baggage. Some of that baggage inevitably includes fear, guilt, homesickness, anger, and that struggle bet...

Class, Privilege, and Maturity in 'A and P' by John Updike

definitely engages in what can be interpreted as seductive posturing (Wells 128). For example, as she slowly turns, Sammys stomach...

Cormac McCarthy's All the Pretty Horses and How Death Was Treated

fresh-faced innocent youths of before, but they are beginning to see life as a struggle. John Cole learned the first of these les...