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Critique and Analysis of Wag the Dog Film by Barry Levinson

the message it conveys through incisive parody scary? Definitely. Barry Levinson is a veteran filmmaker who deftly employs a cyn...

'The Sculptor's Funeral' by Willa Cather

by the men on the train platform, and then by the overly dramatic grief of Merricks mother. The contrast between the nature of Mer...

Ernest Hemingway's 'The Short, Happy Life of Francis Macomber' Analyzed

War while still serving with the Italians, and became well-decorated by the Italian government4. After returning from the war, he...

Marty by Paddy Chayefsky

find a bride?" Thomas recommends the Waverly Ballroom to Martys mother, who comically parrots his words precisely telling Marty t...

Analysis of the Movie Clueless

impostor of a friend. The heroines role, of course, is defined not only by her own inner convictions but also by those with whom ...

Literature's Deeper Meaning

the town of Bisbee. "It is July 20, 1989, early afternoon, monsoon season in the Sonoran Desert, and I am going back to Bisbee. A...

Theodore Dreiser's Sister Carrie

was that the protagonist is not sorry for her illicit relationship with the married man, and in fact seems to have benefited her l...

Revenge and Jealousy Featured in Othello by William Shakespeare

as an under-current that influences all other actions. Shakespeare pulls his audiences into the experience of such dichotomy throu...

An Analysis of the Film, Big Fat Liar

evidence of the mixed critical reaction to this film, The Tampa Tribune critic Bob Ross disagrees, calling Big Fat Liar "a showbiz...

Margaret Laurence's The Stone Angel

on her symptoms she has cancer. Soon, Hagar will be an angel. But, since she is such a tough old bird, difficult to those trying t...

Literary Overview of 'A Tale of Two Cities' by Charles Dickens

the commoners, Darnay renounces his title to the Evremonde Estate and goes back to England to live. He proposes to Lucie and she a...

'Eugenie Grandet' by Honore de Balzac

In three pages this essay considers the 1833 novel by Balzac in an overview of plot that also includes a discussion of the protago...

An Old-Fashioned Story Reviewed

home for everyone, as everyone has a mother. Even people who do not know who their mothers are perhaps have a gut feeling about he...

Anita Shreve's The Weight of Water

review of The Weight of Water, "There is so much factual information about the Shoals here -- geographical, historical, nautical, ...

Pedringano in The Spanish Tragedy by Thomas Kyd

Marshal of Spain. Lorenzo and Horatio captured Balthazar, the son of the Viceroy of Portugal, during battle. The King of Spain has...

Zeena in Edith Wharton's Ethan Frome

adopted this view of Zeena. In fact, Elizabeth Ammons in her 1980 text on Frome, draws parallels between Whartons narrative and th...

Witches and Their Function in William Shakespeare's Macbeth

In six pages this paper examines the plot function served by the witches in this analysis of William Shakespeare's dark play. Thr...

A Review of Sword in the Stone

A 5 page analysis of the book by T.H. White. This paper focuses on plot and theme. 2 sources....

Gender Differences in 'The Yellow Wallpaper' by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

In six pages the social treatment of women is examined within the context of this story in an exploration of plot, characterizatio...

The Song of Roland and Its Interpretation

In nine pages this paper analyzes this Medieval literary work in a consideration of plot, characters, and message. There are no o...

Analyzing 'Sun and Moon by Katherine Mansfield

is assumed that the narrator is offering a truthful representation, but the readers are expected to often "read between the lines"...

The Spy by James Fenimore Cooper

In five pages this paper discusses plot and theme in an analysis of this tale by James Fenimore Cooper. There are no other source...

Comparative Analysis of 'Aeneid' by Virgil and 'The Odyssey' by Homer

In six pages this paper compares these two classical works in terms of plot, characterization, setting, thematic portrayals of war...

A Review of Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut

A 6 page analysis of the societal message being presented in this work. Plot and characters are outlined and the emphasis that th...

Les Bonnes by Jean Genet

In five pages this 1947 Existentialist drama is analyzed in terms of its complexities and plot twists. One source is cited in the...

C.S. Lewis' The Screwtape Letters

In five pages this paper critically reviews The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis in terms of the author's values and how they manif...

'The Pit and the Pendulum' by Edgar Allan Poe

In five pages the representation of the author in this short story is considered with an analysis of the story's plot, setting, ch...

'Young Goodman Brown' and 'Roger Malvin's Burial' by Nathaniel Hawthorne

In five pages a comparative analysis of these Nathaniel Hawthorne short stories focuses on character, theme, development, and how ...

Feminism and Gender Bias in Science Fiction

This paper explores the idea of feminist characters and plots in the genre of science fiction. This eleven page paper has seven s...

'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...