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Literature and Social Conflict

In five pages this paper examines how social conflict is reflected in Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Charlotte P...

Henry James' Daisy Miller and Realism

for the tiny haven for the worlds most socially-prominent families: "There are, indeed, many hotels, for the entertainment of tour...

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien and 'Four Turns'

In five pages this paper examines how the reader's perceptions are changed in the 4 sudden literary turns Tolkien incorporated int...

Society's Treatment of Women in Literature in an Analysis of Female Characters Daisy, Harriet, and Lucie

This essay consists of eleven pages and examines society's treatment of women in the female characterizations featured in the lite...

Mental Illness in Shelley and James

This paper examines Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and Henry James' Washington Square in terms of how Szacz's The Myth of Mental Illn...

Critique of James Hall's Biography of William Henry Harrison

In five pages this paper examines the William Henry Harrison biography by James Hall in an overview of how the author approaches H...

'Jekyll and Hyde' vs. 'The Beast in the Jungle'

This paper consists of 8 pages and through the works of Robert Louis Stevenson and Henry James examines the beast that lives in al...

International Theme in the Works of Henry James

money had been recently made, but that it had been made through work and not inheritance. Similarly, American culture (art, litera...

'The Figure in the Carpet' by Henry James

In eleven pages this tutorial provides valuable information for composing a critique for this short story by Henry James. Six sou...

Book Review of Henry James' Daisy Miller

of Henry James work. James was both an author and a playwright and indeed he left a legacy of tremendous artistic accomplishments...

The Significance of Fire in The Beast in the Jungle

An 8 page analysis of the book by Henry James. This paper illuminates the significance of fire. 3 sources....

Making a Difference Through Storytelling

who finds themself trapped with a, almost willingly, woman going insane. Twains "Huckleberry Finn" takes the reader with him along...

Literature and Women of High Society

Twenty-eight young men bathe by the shore, Twenty-eight young men and all so friendly; Twenty-eight years of womanly life and all ...

Religious Undertones in The American by Henry James

In five pages this paper examines how religious undertones are presented in Newman's character in this consideration of The Americ...

The Transformational American Literature Between the Years 1865 to 1914

shows how the Huck was socialized by his culture to look on slavery as an economic and moral necessity, not as an evil. In so doin...

Literary Portrayals of Lost Innocence

to a degree and ultimately comes to recognize that there is indeed a certain undercurrent of evil in the world. In doing so he de...

Eight Works of Literary Fiction and the Influence of Social Position

- with particular emphasis placed upon people of the dominant white race. Slavery has constructed the interior life of African-Am...

Literature and Society's Veils or Illusions

natural structure that has long been needed in order for the human race to survive. Without a society of some kind mankind would n...

Themes in Henry James' Daisy Miller

in the dark foreshadowing of Daisys ruin in the shadowed cavernous scene of the Colosseum" (Anonymous List of Major Themes themes....

Expatriates and Their Writings

each other often about literary topics as well as the war (Tender is the Night). It was during this time in France that Fitzger...

Literature, Understanding, and the Lack Thereof

Verloc has used her brother, her foundation for understanding her husband dissolves and the two no longer are able to communicate....

Plantation Society in the Antebellum South

retained a spirit of independent belief and worship. 3) How does the work pattern resemble that of the religious arrangements? Ag...

Influences on Henry James' Portrait of a Lady

grown up in Europe and America he was a man with a wealth of information which he could write about in relationship to people and ...

Daisy Miller by Henry James and Realism

women (James). It is clear that if Daisys flirting is not as innocent as it seems, then this would make her unacceptable to Winter...

Princess Casamassima and Portrait of a Lady by Henry James

time period has no choices, that she cannot freely move around and do many things before marriage. Society restricts what she can ...

Psychological Realism and Henry James

reflection. The concept of psychological realism is based on the belief that man reacts in certain ways that are a direct extensi...

An Analysis of Henry James' Story, The Real Thing

thinking about making a living. But a predominantly capitalist economy meant that all goods and services, including works of art,...

Henry Levin’s Rebuttal Article, “Déjà Vu All Over Again?”

the public education wheel, which has been rolling along quite nicely for centuries, easily able to adapt to the changing times an...

Characters Who Are Trapped

tells her that if she does marry this man, Morris, she will never receive any money from him, her father. Up till this point Cath...

Defining “Realism”

into the bargain was always the same lady. She was the real thing, but always the same thing" (James). She cannot play other parts...