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Short Story Characters in Gilman, Poe, and Bierce

room do not hear, the "hypocritical smiles" that are not there. He screams and tells them the heart is under the planks. He believ...

Poe's "Cask of Amontillado," Was Montresor Sorry?

a diametrically opposed stance to this view, as it seems much more likely, particularly when one considers Poes careful and meticu...

Poe's tale about Amontillado

This 7 page paper gives an analysis of the story “The Cask of Amontillado”. This paper includes discussion or other articles about...

The Architecture and Political Significance of the Versailles

This paper reviews the architectural and political evolution of the palace. There are two sources in this six page paper. ...

Drill Baby, Drill...Still?

In the 2008 Presidential campaign, Sarah Palin flippantly outlined her proposal for getting...

Monumentality in Architecture

in the new Renaissance style" (Essential Architecture, 2008). One can see this monumental element through the relatively flat exte...

Connectedness in “Haunted” and “Fight Club” by Chuck Palahniuk

the Gothic tradition for the 21st century, or a sustained, careerlong attempt to put you off your lunch" (Shone). The framing dev...

Haunting in Billy Wilder’s Film Sunset Boulevard and Chris Marker’s La Jetee

time our doomed hero...enters the house, he is mistaken for an undertaker... Outside the house is the swimming pool, at first fil...

Are Buckingham Palace and Graceland Pilgrimage Sites?

instead is a scheduled day of remembrance. However, the intensity of the feelings exhibited by the people who come to Graceland, a...

Assessment Three Cinema Websites Using Nielsen's 10 Heuristics

advance whilst reducing queues and pressures on the box office, an effective use of resources (Nellis and Parker, 2000). Many cine...

The King's Quarters at Versailles

of design that was popular in Europe, but particularly in France during the 1700s5. Interior design and ornamentation are aspects ...

Comparative Analysis of George Orwell and Virginia Woolf's Literary Styles

satisfying sexual or intimate relationship because of it. She essentially lived a life wherein she was torn between the desire to ...

Tourism and Turkey

the south and the Black Sea is to the north (CIA, 2005). The majority of the country is geographically in Asia, where, to the east...

Versailles History and Importance

landscape architect (2004). Versailles was very large. The project entailed the clearance of approximately 37,000 acres to make...

Palace Hotel of Guam and Activity Based Costing Explored

diverse industries during recent years. Despite "this trend in manufacturing, ABC systems have made few inroads in the services a...

Versailles Palace Architecture

Louis XIV wanted to do more than outdo other powers in the creation of this home or palace. He wanted it to...

Relationships: Woolf and Dunbar

reader is not really sure about the couple until at one point the reader learns that the woman died "hundreds of years ago" and th...

Barreca/Nighttime Fires

the children, "It was festival, carnival" (line 15). These contradictory images to how house fires are generally perceived are mad...

An Analysis of Akira Kurosawa's 1995 Film, 'Ran'

it was because of Kurosawa that the West became aware of Japanese movies and the unique views of and commentary on the world that ...

William Faulkner's 'A Rose for Emily' and Other Examples of Eccentricity

are similar to Emilys. The characters discussed are Carrie, from the film "Carrie," Norman Bates from the film "Psycho," Eleanor f...

Mondrian, Kobori Enshu and Rietveld Architectural and Spatial Comparisons Found in Rietveld's “Schroder House”, Katsura Palace, and the Work of Mondrian

of space with the tatami module design also using moveable walls and walls which opened to the environment for flexibility in spac...

Wuthering Heights Chapter 29 and the Haunted Heathcliff

In five pages this paper examines the significance of this chapter's events involving the dream that haunts Heathcliff and how it ...

Horror Film Evolution

mindless conformists, and sought to sound a warning through the medium of film (Caligari, in the figure of the mad doctor compelli...

Haunting and its History

well as the ending of all things old. Thus at that time of year every sort of excess was made such as sexual, food, drink and suc...

Conference House or Billop House on Staten Island

as well as to figure out the taxes. What they did exactly was to appraise cargo and levy taxes (2001). In 1680, when it was first...

Jane Eyre and The Yellow Wallpaper in Respect to Haunting

The Bronte and Gilman writings are discussed. The significance of haunting in each is the focus of attention. This eight page pa...

1st to 4th Century A.D. Roman Mosaic Development in Great Britain

In eight pages this paper examines the development of Roman mosaics in Britain during this time with Cirencester and Fishbourne Ro...

Father and Violence in The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

Sylvia Plaths life parallels Esthers in significant ways. For example, Esthers father in the novel has died when his daughter was ...

A Review of The Demon Haunted World by Carl Sagan

The writer reviews The Demon Haunted World by Carl Sagan, in which the scientists challenges many current theories. The writer arg...

Analyzing Tennyson's Poetry

The ways in which Tennyson's poems 'The Palace of Art' and 'The Poet' express the poet's attitudes regarding politics, morality, a...