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Time and the Poetry of Emily Dickinson

beyond the confines of her era to see how future generations might view it. Her poetry speaks to many topics such as, love, loss,...

Reviewing August Wilson's Play Fences

not the only one building a fence, however. Indeed, oppressed by three hundred years of racism and prejudice, it seems that every...

Overview of Symbolic Interactionist Theory

of the basic texts of the theory. Herbert Blumer (1900-1987) however, a student of Meads continued Meads studies after Mead had di...

Beloved by Toni Morrison and Protagonist Symbolism

survivor of a slave ship, which crossed the water. With this crossing of the water, vast numbers of people had their way of life c...

The Man Who Was Almost a Man by Richard Wright and the Gun's Role

do that. Dave needs to understand himself well enough to determine that it is actually he who is flawed, and not society....

Symbolism in Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter, 'The Minister's Black Veil,' 'The Birth Mark,' and 'Dr. Heidegger's Experiment'

corruption of politics; Colonel Killigrew (whose name in itself is symbolic) personifies the evils of pleasures of the flesh; and ...

Prebaptism Initiation Rite

and changed Christianity from first a persecuted sect to a tolerated religion and finally to the legal and preferred religion, the...

Light, Shadows, and Puppets in Plato's 'Allegory of the Cave'

to be transcendent elements sent to teach important lessons turns out to be nothing more than images cast from puppets whose shado...

The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin

In five pages this work's enduring popularity and relevance are discusses as is the symbolic interpretations of fire. Four source...

Feminist Symbolism in the Play Trifles by Susan Glaspell

that women need to learn to take themselves seriously, and women, through a new viewpoint they need to come together in order to c...

Selfhood in Mean Spirit by Linda Hogan and The Color Purple by Alice Walker

are still fleeing nonetheless. From the moment Grace Blanket is murdered until the closing pages of the book, the Indians seem to...

Topsy Stereotyping in Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe

little girl, partially to contrast her as completely as possible with Little Eva, but also to make her as incorrigible as possible...

Judith Rollins' All is Never Said

This paper provides a sociological examination of the text along with such applicable terms as social stratification, social map, ...

Allegory, Philosophy, and Faith in Perelandra by C.S. Lewis

In four pages Lewis's text is examined in terms of its religious purpose with the argument presented that the Garden of Eden serve...

Imagery as Used in Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities

level to something much deeper. The trick in appreciating Dickens use of symbolism is to figure out what his images mean. And wha...

Herbert Blumer, George Herbert Mead, and Symbolic Interactionism

In eleven pages this social psychology theory is examined in terms of Herbert Blumer's and George Herbert Mead's contributions to ...

Herbert Blumer and Symbolic Interaction

In seven pages this paper supports Herbert Blumer's 'symbolic interaction' claim with regard to human interaction with arguments p...

Comparative Analysis of Carl Jung's Unconscious Archetypes and the Tarot

each reflective of Jungian Archetypes. Interestingly, some writers who report on the common symbolisms found in Tarot and Jung bec...

Sun Significance in The Republic by Plato

of life, Socrates contends that reason is as well. Socrates considers the difference between those things that can be understood ...

Compare and Contrast: Hemingway and Kesey

This 5 page paper compares and contrasts The Old Man and the Sea by Hemingway and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Kesey. The wr...

Zen of On the Road by Jack Kerouac

In four pages this paper examines On the Road from a Buddhist perspective of a symbolic journey toward nirvana through knowledge. ...

Women in 'A Rose for Emily' by William Faulkner

In three pages this essay examines how women are treated in the symbolic portrayal of Emily as being a rose in this short story by...

Water Appeal in Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain and The Awakening by Kate Chopin

while maintaining a safe distance so no one is compromised. All the characters enjoy considerable affluence and leisure. None of...

Flower Symbolism and Imagery in 'The Storm' by Kate Chopin

This essay consisting of two pages examines the symbolic representation of flowers within the context of this short story by Kate ...

Search Applications, Java, and Complexity of Symbolic Artificial Intelligence

Wide Web which previously had not existed, providing new dimensions for primarily static web-based material. Countless numbers of ...

Infamous Fight Between Frederick Douglass and Mr. Covey in Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

In five pages this paper examines the fight as presented in Douglass's Narrative to conclude that it was merely a retelling of an ...

Advertising and Sexual Innuendo

In five pages this paper discusses how advertising utilizes sexuality in a blatant, symbolic, and subconscious manner. There are ...

Westminster Abbey's Architecture and Religious Symbolism

of English government, seat of law-courts, council chamber and exchequer. (Gun 26) Completed in 1519, Henrys chapel is marvelous. ...

Noli Me Tangere and Maria Clara's Symbolism

In four pages this research paper discusses the political and story symbolic importance of Maria Clara in an analysis of Noli Me T...

Looking at Society from 3 Sociological Perspectives

In five pages society is glimpsed from the perspectives of symbolic interactionism, conflict theory, and functionalism. Six sou...