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Local Color in Three American Literary Works

In seven pages the way local color is used by the authors in such short stories as Mary E. Wilkins Freeman's 'The New England Nun,...

Comparative Analysis of Underworld Visits in the Works of Homer and Virgil

see the shades of Penelope or Telemakhos here -- but implores Odysseus to give him a decent burial before his body is ravaged by s...

Drawbacks of Narration As Seen in Two Works By Conde and Carpentier

and an unquenchable desire to portray her inner pain, Conde favored a more simplistic approach to convey the immense pain and suff...

Masculinity in Works by T.S. Eliot and Henrik Ibsen

This paper compares how masculinity is portrayed in 'The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock' by T.S. Eliot and in A Doll's House by H...

Works by Sinclair Lewis, Horatio Alger, Susanna Rowson and the American Dream

In 7 pages this paper examines the portrayal of the American Dream in Main Street by Sinclair Lewis, Ragged Dick by Horatio Alger,...

Real Life, TV Families and 'Looking for Work' by Gary Soto

In three pages this paper discusses how television families influence a child's images about his family and himself as Gary Soto's...

Working Class Representation in the Film Saturday Night Fever

In five pages this essay presents a sociological analysis of the film Saturday Night Fever. There is no bibliography included....

John Steinbeck's Legacy Featured in Working Days The Journals of the Grapes of Wrath

Working Days: The Journals of The Grapes of Wrath is considered in appreciation of author John Steinbeck and his literary legacy ...

Farm Workers and the Work of Cesar Chavez

Actions of this activist are explored as it respects migrant farm workers. The formation of a union, and problems of oppression, a...

Magical Realism in the Works of Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Rudolfo Anaya

In six pages the genre dubbed as 'magical realism' is examined through the works of One Hundred Years of Solitude and Bless Me, Ul...

Themes of Class and Snobbery in the Works of Elizabeth Gaskell and Jane Austen

In six pages this paper discusses themes of class and snobbery as they are represented by Thornton in Elizabeth Gaskell's North an...

Manuel Puig's Kiss of the Spider Woman and Other Works of Literature

the government offices depicted in Elena Poniatowska?s The Night Visitor. In Poniatowska?s story as well, the author is striving f...

Crime Detection in the Works of John Dickson Carr, Edmund Crispin, and Agatha Christie

In five pages this paper examines detective crime fiction and how the readers are engaged in the detection of the crime in Carr's ...

Metaphor and Symmetry in Escher's Works

In ten pages this paper examines Escher's works in a consideration of the mathematical, scientific, metaphorical, and symmetrical ...

Does Acupuncture Work?

In eight pages the use of Chinese acupuncture as a medical treatment is evaluated with evidence of its benefits presented. There ...

Film Director Sam Peckinpah's Life and Work

In five pages plus an additional thesis and outline page this paper considers the controversial filmmaker's life and violent appro...

Life and Sociological Works of Max Weber

In twenty pages this paper examines the life and theories of Max Weber in a consideration of his perspectives regarding social str...

Slave Narratives and Virtue in the Works of Harriet Ann Jacobs and Harriet Wilson

In 10 pages this paper discusses how virtue is depicted in the slave narratives Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet A...

Self Image of Women in the Works of Kate Chopin and Henrik Ibsen

hotel owners son Robert, whose role in life seems to be entertaining the young wives while maintaining a safe enough distance so n...

Morality, Relationships, and Motivations in Works of Leo Tolstoy and Fyodor Dostoyevsky

In five pages a comparison between these two authors and the depiction of morality, relationships, and motivations are considered ...

Anger in the Works of Jamaica Kincaid

In nine pages this research essay discussed how Kincaid employs language to express her anger over the imprisonment of 'foreign' l...

Judaism in the Works of Franz Kafka

In five pages the ways in which Judaism ins represented in Franz Kafka's works are examined with an emphasis upon his story 'Metam...

Loneliness and the Works of Isabel Allende

In ten pages this paper discusses how love is invariably accompanied by loneliness in Chilean author Isabel Allende's writings. E...

Works of Welty, Updike, James, and Anderson and Sexism

In eight pages this paper discusses how sexism is represented in the writings of these authors. There are 6 sources listed in the...

The Works of Samuel Butler and Lord Byron and Their Representation of Anachronism of Marriage

In six pages The Way of the Flesh and Don Juan are examined in terms of the ways in which marriage is reflected in each text....

Heroes and Heroines in the Works of F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemingway

gained on the Italian front. Although Hemingway delicately avoids telling us precisely where the wound is, we know it is around hi...

4 Multicultural Literary Works and the 'Feminine Principle'

and mother. This relegation of women to one sphere and men to another is reflected in his stories and novels as well. In "Arab...

Home in Works by Arthur Miller, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Pat Conroy

In eight pages this paper examines the importance of home in Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller, The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel...

Samuel Johnson's Literature Observation and the Works of James Joyce and Ernest Hemingway

In five pages this paper discusses Johnson's notion that literature cannot withstand the test of time in a comparative analysis of...

Work and Life Boundaries

ignore the home phone if he knows his boss wants him to come in early. This individual may be more stressed due to the fact that h...