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Chaucer and His Characters

In five pages The Canterbury Tales are considered in terms of what they reveal about the author, his compassion, humor, thoughts a...

3 Selections from The Romance of Arthur

and simultaneously down plays the role of the warrior in medieval narrative (Wilhelm 283). This is evident from the beginning of...

Santos Garza, Chief Executive Officer of Counter Technology Inc.

he worked to establish expanding international trade opportunities between Mexico and the U.S. Garzas company is listed as one of ...

Theme of Nature The Canterbury Tales and Beowulf

understanding the deeper connections and interpretations of the characters who populate Chaucers work. Those deeper connections cl...

Review of Barry Unsworth's Sacred Hunger

interesting view of the historical factors which made slavery an accepted part of white society. He takes tradition one step furt...

Geoffrey Chaucer's 'Knight's Tale' and the Film Adaptation

This 5 page paper compares and contrasts the Medieval story with the film version. There are 2 bibliographic sources that are cit...

Totalitarianism and Sexuality in Works by Margaret Atwood and George Orwell

In ten pages this essay examines totalitarian control of sexuality as depicted in The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood and Ninet...

The Character of Louisa in Hard Times

This Dickens tale is looked at as it relates to this single character but other characters are discussed as well. Gender is someth...

Complex Character of the Wife in Geoffrey Chaucer's 'The Wife of Bath's Tale'

This paper examines how the Wife's complexities are portrayed by Geoffrey Chaucer in 'The Wife of Bath's Tale' in 7 pagess. Three...

Contrast of Laurel Thatcher Ulrich and Robert Darnton

In six pages Ulrich's 'A Midwife's Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on Her Diary, 1785-1812' and Darnton's 'The Great Cat M...

An Analysis of the Bilingual and Bicultural Facets of The Next of Kin

speaks of a person who is able to adjust to different cultures, or the culture of humans, and also exist as a multilingual being. ...

A Review of The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg

the most righteous and honorable. Their vanity ran deep: "The neighbouring towns were jealous of this honourable supremacy, and af...

Shakespeare's Dark and Festive Comedies

In six pages this paper contrasts and compares the dark and festive comedies of William Shakespeare and includes considerations of...

Symbolism as it Appears in A Tale of Two Cities

This Dickens work is discussed in respect to the role that symbolism plays. This literary technique is highlighted in the context ...

Lasting Influence of Fairy Tales

In five pages the lasting influence of fairy tales upon attitudes are examined within the context of Writing and Reading Across th...

Classical Literature, Character Vision and Irony

In five pages this paper discusses irony and lack of vision in such works as The Canterbury Tales, The Decameron, Lysistrata, and ...

Women and Stereotypes

In seven pages this paper examines how women are depicted as stereotypes in The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood and As I Lay Dy...

Protagonist's Gradual Development in The Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikibu

In six pages this paper examines how the primary character is gradually developed and how the text portrays the court of Kyoto. T...

Analysis of Edgar Allan Poe's Works

In seven pages Poe's works are analyzed within the context of his short stories 'The Tell Tale Heart' and 'The Fall of the House o...

Early American History Tales

In five pages this paper contrasts and compares these early tales of American history The Unredeemed Captive by Demos and Black Ha...

Parody in Geoffrey Chaucer's 'The Miller's Tale'

This paper discusses the parodying of courtly love in Geoffrey Chaucer's 'The Miller's Tale' in five pages. One source is cited i...

'The Tiger's Bride' by Angela Carter

Carter's 1979 short story is the focus of this report consisting of five pages in which marriage as a social institutuion is criti...

Ovid, Gilgamesh, and Genesis Similarities

In five pages the flood and creation tales are among the similarities discussed in a consideration of these three great works of l...

2 Stories by Edgar Allan Poe and Themes of Anxiety, Guilt, Fear, and Confined Space

In five pages this paper contrasts and compares how Poe develops these themes in his short stories 'Fall of the House of Usher' an...

Critical Analysis of Charles Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities

a story that essentially revolves around the upcoming French Revolution, which is where we are presenting with the powerful change...

The Spy by James Fenimore Cooper

In five pages this paper discusses plot and theme in an analysis of this tale by James Fenimore Cooper. There are no other source...

Analyzing Three Tales by William Faulkner

In eight pages characters from 'Barn Burning,' 'A Rose for Emily,' and 'Percy Grimm' are contrasted and compared and a discussion ...

Comparison of Edgar Allan Poe and Nathaniel Hawthorne

combination that seemed to be excluded was "gothic romances." According to Alexander (1971), the reasons why Poe should be cons...

Literature's Faust Legend

In six pages this research paper analyzes literature's various Faustian tales in a consideration of their timelessness. Four sour...

An Occurrence at Owl Creek by Bierce

point out that the subject of death and dying has taken on new meaning in recent times. There is now recognition of similar events...