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Essays 1771 - 1800

The Peloponnesian War According to Thucydides

This 5 page paper summarizes the major themes of Thucydides' accounts of the Peloponnesian War. The bibliography lists the primary...

'Twelve Labors' and Heracles

of all the mythological. He has always served as the perfect focus for a story-teller. Because of his strength, courage, enduranc...

Characteristics of John Donne's Poetry

In five pages this paper discusses the poetry of John Donne in a consideration of their various characteristics including the blen...

Robert Wrigley's Poem 'In the Bank of Beautiful Sins'

In five pages this paper discusses the themes of sin and sexuality as they are presented in Robert Wrigley's poem 'In the Bank of ...

Materialism and Walden by Henry David Thoreau

rejection of the American dream likely came before he had embarked on this personal journey. He had some insight into the problem ...

William Shakespeare's Sonnets 'Let Me Not to the Marriage of True Minds' and 'My Mistress' Eyes'

In three pages these sonnets are examined in an analysis of such criteria as tone, verse, symbolism, and theme. There is no bibli...

Individual's Responsibility in Kahlil Gibran's Poem 'The Prophet'

In twelve pages this paper discusses the themes of an individual's responsibility in 'The Prophet' poem by Kahlil Gibran. Six sou...

Death in the Poems of John Donne

In five pages this paper analyzes how the theme of death and John Donne's depression regarding death are reflected in 2 of his 'Ho...

Romanticism of William Wordsworth's Poetry and the 'Cult of the Child'

In sixteen pages this paper examines the childhood theme that is an important component in William Wordsworth's poetry and in the ...

Comparative Analysis of Spiritual Quest in 'The Walls Do Not Fall' by H.D. and 'The Waste Land' by T.S. Eliot

In nine pages these works are contrasted and compared in terms of the shared theme of a spiritual quest. Seven sources are cited ...

Donna Masini's Poetry

In five pages this paper contrasts and compares the free verse and sexuality, relationships, and family themes featured in 3 of Do...

Poetry of John Keats and Lawlessness

In eight pages this paper examines how lawlessness is thematically expressed by John Keats in his 'Robin Hood' poem and how this ...

'La Belle Dame Sans Merci' Poem by John Keats and Vampirism

In five pages this paper examines how Nina Auerbach's vampire themes of attraction, forbidden love, taking, and desired guilt are ...

Poetry of Robert Frost and Self Discovery

In six pages this paper examines the theme of self discovery featured in Robert Frost's poems 'Desert Places' and 'Stopping by Woo...

Personal Journey Undertaken in 'The Road Not Taken' by Robert Frost

have been unaware of the fact that the poems secondary meaning was particularly germane to his own life. Frost, as narrator, notes...

'Desert Place' by Robert Frost

This paper consists of five pages and analyzes the figures of speech, imagery, voice, tone, figurative language, and theme feature...

Hurt and 'Home Burial' by Robert Frost

In three pages this poetic narrative by Robert Frost is analyzed in terms of burial and tree planting motifs, other symbolism, the...

Explication of 'Mending Wall' by Robert Frost

In five pages this paper presents an explication of the poem 'Mending Wall' that focuses upon its primary themes. Eight sources a...

'The Road Not Taken' by Robert Frost

In three pages this paper presents an explication of each poetic stanza with particular emphasis upon the last and also discusses ...

'The Bishop Orders His Tomb At St. Praxed's Church' by Robert Browning

In five pages this poetic analyzes what makes the poem Victorian in a consideration of style, tone, allegory, and theme. Three so...

My Last Duchess and Porphyria's Lover/Browning

development of the discourse from a singular perspective leaves no room for consideration of the feelings or response of other cha...

Porphyria's Lover and My Last Duchess/Browning

This essay discusses Browning's exper use of dramatic monologue in Porphyria's Lover and My Last Duchess. Through the use of this...

Films of Pedro Almodovar and Luis Bunuel

In three pages three essays compare these great filmmakers in a consideration of such themes as social deviance the 'Stockholm Syn...

Literature v. Film in William Shakespeare's As You Like It and While You Were Sleeping

In four pages comparisons between the two heroines are made with emphasis upon plot, theme, and characterization in a consideratio...

A Review of the Films, The Godfather, and Mi Familia

There, Nava utilizes the mysticism that stamped his previously acclaimed -2- film El Norte. Maria, determined to get ...

Return of the Jedi Science Fiction Film Review

In three pages this paper examines how filmmaker techniques are applied to advancing the film's theme, development of plot, and to...

The Directors' Vision of Three Plays

This 9 page paper examines the way in which three different directors approach Shakespeare. It looks at Kenneth Branagh's producti...

How I'm Not Rappaport Defies Ageism

In five pages this paper explores how Herb Gardner's 1985 play defies ageism through its characterizations and themes. There is d...

'Annabel Lee' by Edgar Allan Poe

of similar words and create definitive alliteration that supports the flow of the work. Alliteration of the words "love" and "li...

'Because I Could Not Stop For Death' by Emily Dickinson

In three pages this poem by Emily Dickinson is analyzed in terms of personification, message, and theme along with other literary ...