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to Quinn because they allow him to temporarily lose his identity. By walking, he could leave "himself behind," and simply give him...

are somewhat consistent with superstitions followed by the slave culture of the time and a segment of the African heritage of the ...

prophetic apparitions make appearances(Shakespeare & Supernatural). One of the most climactic scenes in the play is the banquet ...

Yugoslavia). Although the fighting stopped for the most part, there was no effort made for the various parties to actually resolv...

those who do not stop to examine their existence. For example, Americans do not often think of their historical past save as somet...

an integral part of the travelogue. These obstacles are met and either overcome, or the obstacles serve as catalysts to propel th...

interpretations. It is, first and foremost, a Gothic novel, which sets the tone for the supernatural aspect of this uncanny work....

This paper examines Shakespeare's play, King Lear, as well as Ibsen's work, Ghosts to discuss madness and delusion as common theme...

In five pages this paper examines how supernatural and ghosts were perceived by society during the 19th century in an analysis of ...

seeking forgiveness. That Sethe suffers from guilt and hopes to assuage it, however, is evident in her submission first to the ant...

is almost always away on business, and the only permanent residents, in addition to the governess and the children is the stern an...

superstitious practices that were adhered to so rigidly, it should not be surprising that the citizens of the Renaissance also bel...

In eight pages this paper examines the messages that exist within horror or ghost stories. Eleven sources are cited in the biblio...

This paper examines historiographical metafiction techniques employed by Pat Barker in the Regeneration Trilogy Regeneration, The ...

In a paper that contains eight pages the inspiration writing has provided Amy Tan throughout her life is examined in essay 'Young ...

in the North Carolina mountains in the 1840s, is a "Gothic tale of terror and pagan violence" (Walser 284). Linney has written th...

Jimmy thinks back to his childhood. At any rate, it is a startling introduction to life as Jimmy and other Indians live it. It al...

their lives and they were willing to offer such gifts to others, symbolic of their natural existence and nature as giving people....

explained by motivation. In the case of this story, the idea that someone of a rather primitive culture is using the idea of posse...

Western European nations and the US condone imperialism, in the first place; however, the people, at the time, who supported King ...

societal reminders from kith and kin on what she should have done. In the end the audience is left with the same awful sense of de...

record of communication between Semmes and his superiors. Boykin, in his Preface, also thanks the Alderman library at the Universi...

A 3 page paper which examines the work King Leopold’s Ghost by Adam Hochschild. No additional sources cited....

earned (Hochschild, 1998). But there can be no doubt that he was a historian, and a good one; W.E.B. Dubois called him the "greate...

the creation of the universe. Genesis says that at first the earth was covered by water. Scientists claimed, even at that time, th...

obvious (Aronson). But they did: approximately 75% of those tested gave the wrong answer (Aronson). This experiment, which was re...

Introduction The work of Gabriel Garcia Marquez is referred to as magical realism for there are elements within his stories that ...

his lantern, as he searches for his lost head" (Brown). In addition to the lights, some people have reported UFOs in the sky; oth...

the towns is a place called Bara-Hack, in Usa county (Dagostino). What remains at the site today are "Cellar holes, foundations, w...

In seven pages this paper examines Silko's novel from a historical context in an analysis of what Ceremony reveals about the latte...