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Priestley's use of dramatic devices in An Inspector Calls

great deal of information about the Birlings, even before they speak. It is a family dinner, but the setting is extremely formal a...

WHERE THE RED FERN GROWS AS A METAPHOR

and dedication to his single goal, he was able to afford two of them; Old Dan (the "brawn" of the duo) and Little Ann (the "brains...

Arthur Miller Death of a Salesman and Its Symbolism

young men. One of the great ironies of the play is that Willy has sold the boys a perverted version of the American Dream. He has ...

Symbols in Gatsby, the Fading American Dream

the four most important symbols are the characters names, especially the women; the green light on Daisys dock, the so-called "val...

Fire Symbolism in Barn Burning

had been older, he would have wondered why his father, would have witnessed the "waste and extravagance of war" and who "burned ev...

Emily Dickinson's Poems 341 and 465 Compared and Contrastd

power. I willed my keepsakes, signed away What portion of me I Could make assignable,-and then There interposed a fly, With blue...

Much Ado About Nothing: The 'Comedy' of Scapegoats

This paper examines how scapegoats propel the comedy of William Shakespeare's play in the characterizations of Don John, Claudio, ...

Great Expectations - Symbolism and Realism

In a paper of five pages, the writer looks at use of symbolism in Great Expectations. The use of London itself as a symbol of corr...

"A Subaltern's Love Song" - Post-Colonial Symbolism

In a paper of three pages, the writer looks at "A Subaltern's Love Song" by Betjeman. Symbols of post-colonial significance are de...

Masque of the Red Death by Edgar Allan Poe

once per hour The revelers are visibly agitated each time the clock becoming disconcerted and tremulous (Poe). The rooms, like the...

Symbolism, Theme and Perspective in Two Poems

has grown deep like rivers" (line 4). Setting the line off by itself emphasizes its significance, as it ties the narrator directly...

A Comparison, Poe and Longfellow

Psalm of Life" and Edgar Allan Poes "Sonnet-To Science" address the way that each poet perceived life and the reality of their era...

"Lips Together, Teeth Apart" by T. McNally

This essay pertains to "Lips Together, Teeth Apart" by Terrence McNally. The writer discusses three aspects of the play, which are...

Robert Frost's The Road not Taken: Oral Presentation

This 4 page paper gives an overview of the element within the poem The Road not Taken. This paper includes irony, symbolism, repre...

The Age of Miracles and Symbolic use of Eucalyptus

This 4 page paper gives an overview of the symbolism in The Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson Walker. This paper includes how euca...

Literary Conflicts in Plays

This 3 page paper gives an explanation of literary devices and conflicts within the plays Macbeth and Mistaken Identity. This pape...

'The Beast in the Jungle' by Henry James

dynamic. The couple was reunited after a period of ten years, but John is too preoccupied with what he perceives to be his ultima...

An Investigation of Symbolism in the Nature of Space

Using the bathroom as a point of reference, this five page paper explores symbolism as it realtes to personal space. Four sources...

Morality in Red Hot Peppers by Patrick Chamoiseau

In five pages this paper examines how morality is represented through imagery and symbolism in this text by Patrick Chamoiseau. T...

'Desiree's Baby' Short Story Analysis

Realist writers "were more or less in open revolt against [society]," and naturalism combined the theories of Charles Darwin to co...

Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe and Ibo Children

In six pages this paper examines what social, political, spiritual, and physical symbolism children represent in this acclaimed Ni...

'A Prisoner Who Wore Glasses' and Bessie Head

In a paper consisting of five pages this short story is considered in terms of its message, style, symbolism, and power struggle c...

Social Concerns in Death of a Salesman

and fancies as Willy himself, and his wife Linda has no skills that would help her find a job; she is a housewife and has cared fo...

Fugard's "Master Harold... and the Boys" - A Study in Symbolism

the manner in which Fugards symbols inform and strengthen the play, it is first necessary to understand the formal context in whic...

Frost, Welty, and Rhys: A Journey Towards Death

the context of death, and it is because of the placement of a familiar symbol in this all too familiar context that readers have b...

Post War Propaganda Posters and the Spanish Civil War

1297 The Spanish Civil War marked a...

Epic Symbolism in 'Sir Gawain and the Green Knight'

In five pages this paper examines how the Green Knight is symbolically portrayed as strong, noble, and just. There are no other s...

Symbolism in Angle of Repose by Wallace Stegner

theme of pride that runs in Lyman and his ancestor, as well as other characters. In the work the author notes many instances, su...

Charles Baxter - The Disappeared

is a classic "quest" tale; the description of a mans journey through a strange new world, in this case, Detroit, Michigan. This pa...

Poe and Faulkner: Comparing Symbolism

the circumstances surrounding their creation and the manifest events of the plot differ quite dramatically. For instance, one migh...