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Fear as a Recurring Theme in the Works of Edgar Allan Poe

grief-stricken protagonist/narrator who is mourning the loss of his beloved, Lenore, and has perhaps taken to drink much as Poe ha...

Chesnutt's The Marrow of Tradition

Chestnutt skilfully exposes the irony of these attitudes through the interaction between the various family members, where the dis...

Cecelski's Along Freedom Road

those societal institutions, such as schools and churches, which had grown out of the post-slavery era and reflected black cultura...

Freudian Analysis of Edgar Allan Poe's Short Stories

the beginning. He states, "From my infancy I was noted for the docility and humanity of my disposition. My tenderness of heart was...

Olaudah Equiano

his time. Another intriguing aspect of the story illustrates how Equiano was not born into slavery, but rather born into a free...

Black and Decker's Information Systems

In twenty five pages this paper discusses how Black and Decker utilizes information systems in a consideration of ScumBuster produ...

Not Without Laughter by Langston Hughes

In ten pages this paper discusses Langston Hughes' 1930 novel debut and analyzes the author's use of speech to convey 'black humor...

Works of Tennessee Williams and the Theme of Sexuality

In five pages this paper discusses how sexuality is thematically portrayed in Tennessee Williams' short story 'Desire and the Blac...

The African-American Experience in the Short Story - James Baldwin and Langston Hughes Compared

This research report compares and contrasts the works of these two black authors. Short stories are discussed which look at how th...

Comparison of William Blake's Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience

In a paper consisting of 7 pages the poems in these two works are compared and include variations of 'Little Girl Lost' and 'The C...

Race Relations, Slavery, and the U.S. Civil War

In twenty five pages this paper examines the slavery and race issues that culminated in the U.S. Civil War and examines the Jim Cr...

The Jim Crow Laws and Black Education

essentially starting from "ground zero," educationally speaking. In the South, it was actually illegal to teach slaves how to read...

Life and Political Contributions of Barbara Jordan

In a report consisting of five pages the remarkable life and accomplishments of Barbara Jordan, first black elected to the Senate ...

Nadine Gordimer's 'July's People'

In 5 pages, this essay considers the plight of Bam and Marlene Smales, who were sensitive to the dilemma of black apartheid, a pos...

Heroic Myth in Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling

In 7 pages this paper applies Hero with a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell to the novel Prisoner of Azkaban in an analysis of how...

Nathaniel Hawthorne's Short Stories and the Theme of Temptation

In six pages this paper examines how temptation is featured in the Hawthorne short stories 'Young Goodman Brown,' 'The Minister's ...

Africa and Nation State Curse

In five pages this paper discusses how the nation state has cursed Africa in a consideration of Basil Davidson's Black Man's Burde...

Taste of Power by Elaine Brown

influenced the 1974 election victory of Jerry Brown for governor of California. However, in the process, Brown had to overcome vir...

Richard Wright and 4 Short Stories

In seven pages the assessments of 3 critics are applied to the Richard Wright short stories 'The Man Who Lived Underground,' 'Long...

Short Stories of Richard Wright

In five pages this paper discusses how social realities are depicted in the themes and characters of Richard Wright's short storie...

Rise and Local Influence of the Black Panther Party

In twenty pages this paper discusses the rise of Huey Newton and Bobby Seale's Black Panther party tracing back its 1966 origins, ...

Vanley Burke

In seven pages Vanley Burke is discussed within the context of Great Britain's Black Art Movement with a consideration of his 'Boy...

3 Authors on Ethnicity and Race

In nine pages this paper examines ethnicity and race as viewed by Elaine Bell Kaplan in 'Not our kind of girl : unraveling the myt...

The Struggle of Assimilation

In a paper consisting of 6 pages the struggles encountered by a Korean man and a black man in white community assimilation are exa...

Black Mountain Poets Robert Duncan and Charles Olson

In five pages this paper contrasts and compares the words, movement, and music of Black Mountain poets Robert Duncan and Charles O...

Identity and Politics in An African-Nicaraguan Community

A 6 page review of the book by Edmund Gordon. The focus is on the downfall of the Sandinista regime. A brief history of Nicaragu...

Huck Finn and Pudd'nhead Wilson, issues of Racism

This research paper offers a detailed analysis of Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson...

Literary Satire

In 5 pages literary satire through history is examined in a discussion of Lysistrata by Aristophanes, As You Like It by William Sh...

Second World War Newsreels

In five pages the Second World War's black and white newsreels are examined in terms of their historical importance and also discu...

Human Nature as Defined by Frederick Douglass

In five pages this paper compares Frederick Douglass's definition of human nature with that of the Black Codes, Jefferson Davis, a...