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'William at the Beach, Age 7' by William Stafford

know that William Stafford is a poet from Americas heartland. In fact, he may be, according to Heldrich (2002), "Kansass most famo...

Emily Dickinson's Poem, 'Because I Could Not Stop for Death'

the "flow " of the work as well as a connecting device.) The third stanza says that they passed a schoolhouse, then fields of "g...

Christina Rossetti's 'Goblin Market'

a child will enjoy it to some extent, but it is safe to say that this poem was not intended for the young, though it may very well...

The Life and Works of Arthur Miller

modeled after his own life and experiences, including his relationship with the tormented Marilyn Monroe; however, Miller has neve...

Growing Up in Frances H. Burnett's The Secret Garden and L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

with the color of Oz, which is lush and green. In Oz, Dorothy has many adventures, but keeps working to find a way to get back ho...

Captains Courageous by Rudyard Kipling and Protagonist Harvey Cheyne

direct order--never, at least, without long, and sometimes tearful, explanations of the advantages of obedience and the reasons fo...

Adulthood and Physical Changes

tends to make strands of collagen link up and becomes less elastic (Coni, et al, 1984). Women, in particular, tend to lose calcium...

Psychosocial Development Personality Theory of Erik Erikson

from the perceived "productive worker" to the now retired idle person. This time of life can be even more traumatic than adolescen...

Does Willy Loman Qualify as a Loser?

that they are constantly losing, for many losers keep plugging away. And, if they constantly plug away, with good intentions and p...

Emergency Room Decision Making

attack if irreparable harm and indeed loss of life is to be prevented (Isenstein, 1999). The statistics regarding coronar...

Mary McCarthy on the American Dream of Willy Loman

Loman in Death of a Salesman is a rather pathetic character. He is average, almost typical, but maybe too stereotypical. He is som...

William Shakespeare's Hamlet and Deadly Character Flaws

feels that he is protecting Ophelia by feigning insanity, or by being insane, he finds that he has merely turned her away. His you...

Erik Erikson's Stages and Ages Human Development Model

ability to communicate his wants and needs. Sadly, Erikson also notes that those infants whose needs are not met and who are not...

Conspiracy and the Death of Reggae Legend Bob Marley

government (Conally Bob Marley and the CIA). The plan was succeeding, and by the mid-70s, violence and drugs were so rampant, mar...

Eating Pace and Style from a Psychological Perspective

support that assumption. Many people know someone who is thin as a rail and eats slowly and deliberately, actually consuming ver...

'The Tell Tale Heart' and 'The Raven' by Edgar Allan Poe

brother and sister, were split, with Edgar being taken in by John and Frances Allan of Richmond, Va. (Poe Chronology). His sister,...

Exploring War Poetry

see how he views war - both admiring the bravery of the soldiers while also acknowledging their certain death. There is evidence ...

Death in E.B. White's Charlotte's Web

raises this pig in a somewhat happy atmosphere until he is too big and he must go live on a nearby farm. On that farm Wilbur lea...

Apocalyptic Literature

new age apocalyptic literature appears to be motivated to essentially calm those who are disturbed. Apocalyptic Literature refers...

Poetry and Style of Emily Dickinson

and it was this heart-felt emotion that elevated her works from ordinary to the ranks of extraordinary. Music had long play...

A Comparison, Willy Loman and Blanche DuBois

A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams, and Willy Loman, in Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller, are two of American thea...

Discussion Questions for Death of a Salesman

he is only concerned with whether or not a given plan can be called a "million dollar idea" (Miller 2012). Despite signs that Biff...

Masque of the Red Death by Edgar Allan Poe

once per hour The revelers are visibly agitated each time the clock becoming disconcerted and tremulous (Poe). The rooms, like the...

American Literature and Major Common Themes

shaped by trying to achieve the American dream, but by experiencing what occurs when others achieve and pass on the values of weal...

Feminist George Eliot

In her novels, Eliot seems to rail against the fact that a woman must be a certain type of person and act a certain way...

Gun Deaths and Public Gun Availability Correlation

an assailant. It is because the person who is carrying it is sending out a message that if used, it will be to kill. Any person ...

Thematic Similarities in the Writings of Plato, Cicero, and Sophocles

then, accompanied by proof, it can therefore be called knowledge. He seems to move in circles a bit with this assertion, in that ...

Stage and Setting Significance in Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller

deal of understanding in this particular line. We note that the staging is "smart" which tells us that the staging is perhaps cris...

Summer camp activities to aid the cognitive development of children aged between three and seven

completely. As well, within the scope of learning there needs to be some semblance of order. Using guided discovery, educators...

Jessica Mitford's The American Way of Death Revisited

of the funeral industry we turn to examining a few conditions presented by Mitford. This particular writer noted that in the fi...