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Seamus Heaney's Poetry and Ghosts of the Earth

four and five provide additional support for this hypothesis; the boys father, who usually "takes funerals in stride" is "crying"....

Epics of 'Ulysses' by James Joyce and 'The Odyssey' by Homer

In 8 pages these different literary texts are compared in terms of how they satisfy the epic definition in nation and character po...

Concept of Courtly Love and 'The Knight's Tale' by Geoffrey Chaucer

In fourteen pages this story contained within The Canterbury Tales is examined in terms of its portrayal of courtly love and chiva...

Biography of Alexander of Macedon by Peter Green

In ten pages this paper examines Green's portrayal of Alexander the Great as a real man instead of a mythical figure, with a reali...

Cannery Row by John Steinbeck and Morality

In five pages this paper examines the positive portrayal of morality given environmental circumstances as represented in Cannery R...

Chinese People Photographic Portrayals from 1840 to 1930

In five pages this paper examines how Westerners photographed the Chinese people during this time period. Four sources are cited ...

Portrayal of Chinese and German Women During the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries

In five pages the ways in which Chinese and German women were portrayed during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries are contras...

Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway and the Portrayal of Women

for her money, but resents her for the power it has given her and the lack of ambition he himself embraces. He feels he has paid ...

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...

Cultural Myths and 'The Aeneid' and 'The Odyssey'

In six pages this paper examines cultural myths and the portrayal of heroes in this comparative analysis of the works by Virgil an...

Single Women in Toni Morrison's Sula and in Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire

In five pages this paper considers the portrayal of single women in this comparison and contrasting of Morrison's novel and Willia...

William Faulkner's Portrayal of Family

In five pages family dysfunction and its disintegration as represented in William Faulkner's Absalom! Absalom! and The Sound and t...

Fire from Heaven by David Underdown

In six pages this text as it examines 17th century English village life analyzes its portrayal of Puritan reform movements in Dorc...

Slave Narratives and the Portrayal of White Europeans

as I thought, in so savage a manner; for I had never seen among my people such instances of brutal cruelty. The closeness of the ...

Classic Western Literature and the Portrayal of Women

The portrayals of Cunegonde by Voltaire in Candide and Gertrude by William Shakespeare in Hamlet are contrastes and compared in fi...

Women Compared in Defoe and Diderot

Women were simply sex objects, even when they were the main characters, in the beginning of the novel. This paper compares the mai...

Aging According to Katherine Mansfield, Edward Albee, and Arthur Miller

"actresses" that make up the whole of the Sunday scene. She is in this mood when a young couple sit down close to her. She imagi...

Are There Accurate Portrayals of Hispanics in The Mark of Zorro, Lust in the Dust, and West Side Story?

In four pages this paper evaluates if the portrayal of Hispanics in these three films is accurate. Five sources are cited in the ...

Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift, the Houyhnhnms and Rationalism

In 10 pages this paper examines the statement regarding rationalists author Jonathan Swift was making in his portrayal of the Houy...

Homeless Women's Plights and Tell Them Who I Am by Elliot Liebow

In five pages homeless women and their plights are examined within the context of the sensitive portrayal offered in Elliot Liebow...

Cripple Creek Days by Lee

In two pages this paper compares Buffalo Bill's portrayal of the development of the West with the Cripple Creak, Colorado's mining...

Jesus in the Qur'an According to Geoffrey Parrinder

In eleven pages this research paper examines the differences and similarities between the Qur'an portrayal of Jesus and that conta...

Credibility of Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass in Terms of the Black Experience

In 5 pages this paper argues that Douglass's literacy taints is portrayal of the black experience because of the Western ideology ...

Augustine and the Limits of Politics by Jean B. Elshtain

In five pages this text by Jean Bethke Elshtain is analyzed in its portrayal of Augustine and how it represents the limitations of...

'Shooting an Elephant' by George Orwell and the Honest Portrayal of Conflict

In six pages this paper examines how Orwell's essay honestly portrays British Imperialism in terms of its conflict and the human c...

An Examination of Red Azalea by Anchee Min

in Shanghai and how quickly she had to take responsibility. She writes, "I was an adult since the age of five" (1). She goes on to...

Nonverbal Communication and Advertising

In this paper consisting of eight pages the nonverbal cues found primarily in television commercials are examined to understand th...

Thelma and Louise Movie from a Sociological Perspective

In five pages this paper discusses sociological concepts and gender roles' portrayal within the contexts of this 1991 film. Two s...

Dante, Boccaccio, Sin, Gender, and Nature

Comedy reflects an effort to find a spiritual solution to that dilemma. Dante wrote this work -- or, in the language of the poem,...

Death of a Salesman and Family Values

In five pages Arthur Miller's social drama is analyzed in its portrayal of post World War II family values as they existed in the ...