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beyond the domestic sphere into virtually every profession and job category from which they were once barred, they have had to con...
of servitude that slaves adopted as indicative of their true feelings, rather than as a behavior adopted for self-protection. He s...
and a pragmatic one. From its inception, the Constitutional Convention was more concerned with economics than ideals. The majori...
it offers little appeal to what Hollywood filmmakers perceive their audiences want to see: cookie-cutter molds. Bach points out h...
on the non-working poor" and that adults should be able to support themselves (Burtless 547). However, this position overlooks the...
scholarship addressing the character of Pearl have seen her as the "sin-child, the unholy result" of an adulterous love and a symb...
where Irish American presence was predominant well into the 1980s. The organized crime studies that discuss connections between n...
heritage, a mulata, she would "do just about anything to deny her real lineage," and is attracted to Juanis father primarily becau...
adopted Korean daughter of mixed racial heritage. Hata also was originally Korean, but was adopted by a Japanese family. Through f...
complexion or slightly flatter noses than ourselves" (Bowers 91). Marlow is discouraged by other Europeans who work for the enigm...
on the nature of the fourth dimension, i.e., time, as well as the astronomical features and evolutionary development that he obser...
is a poor, but virtuous servant employed within the estate of the nobleman, her master, whom she refers to as Mr. B. This narrativ...
expected of young women in British society during this era. In Potoks novel, Asher Lev is a twentieth century boy raised in the Ha...
incredibly shallow, supercilious and caught within such a fierce atmosphere of competitiveness that they use the millions at the d...
finds it difficult to escape from his lifetime habit of dichotomous thinking when it comes to gender. Therefore, he tends to think...
of consumerism - the perpetual wanting of more and more materialistic tangibles until there is nothing left to appreciate - reside...
researching this topic should relate some incident/knowledge that he/she gained from personal experience versus formal education. ...
in the only way that is culturally significant, as he would link her present to that "golden chain of male to male" (Lee 31). As...
"own kind" in terms of the patients she serves, meaning donors who were raised, as she was, at Hailsham or one of the other estate...
African author Chinua Achebe argues that the extended metaphor that Conrad uses to relate his principal theme is founded on the vi...
on the development of an exploitative tourist industry in Antigua. Achebe takes a very different perspective than Kincaid in tha...
In ten pages this paper examines the life, times, and novels of nineteenth century author Maria Edgeworth. Nine sources are cited...
In five pages this research paper discusses the propagandist role played by Rizal as reflected in the Noli Me Tangere novel. Two ...
In seven pages this paper considers animal rights issues within the context of this novel by Jack London. Four sources are cited ...
In a paper of seven pages a comparison between social constructs and moral convictions as illustrated in the novels of Jane Austen...
In four pages these novels by Marshal, Toomer, and Conde are contrasted and compared in terms of narrative and thematic styles. T...
Minerva and nearly every other school child and household in the country are taught to revere Trujillo. Even with his well-known ...
In five pages this paper analyzes the child and parent relationships featured in this novel by Jose Antonio Villarreal in terms of...
In six pages this essay discusses children both legitimate as well as illegitimate as represented in the novel according to Esteba...
In five pages this essay discusses how fantasy and history are represented in Isabel Allende's classic novel. There are no other ...