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Sailor Song by Ken Kesey and Symbolism

In 5 pages the first chapter of Ken Kesey's 1992 novel is analyzed in terms of how its symbolism provides a foundation for the com...

Myth or Archetype of the Hero

These "myths" satisfy our "hunger for community." The hero embodies the values of a community. May writes: The myth of the home...

Classical Greece's The Parthenon.

construction of the Parthenon and the agora in Athens. Under the watchful eye of the architect Iktinos, these constructions, like ...

Flannery O'Connor's 'Revelation,' Kate Chopin's 'The Story of an Hour' and Symbols

(Chopin). This image clearly drives home the fact that the heart was a symbol, a symbol of her confinement and of her hope. The he...

Shintoism Ritual, Symbol, and Myth

been influenced by Japans contact with other cultures, particularly China (Shinto). The most striking feature of the Shinto reli...

Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie and Symbols

around the characters. Through the decaying setting, and also a setting that is quite dreamlike, the story begins on a very allusi...

'My Life had stood - a Loaded Gun' by Emily Dickinson

As a gun, Dickinson speaks for "Him" (line 7) and the Mountains echo the sound of her fire. Paula Bennett comments that "Whatever ...

Poetic Explication of John Keats' 'Ode to a Grecian Urn'

In five pages this poem is analyzed in terms of the narrator, symbols, images, figures of speech, and tone. Three other sources a...

How Restaurants Make Your Reputation

a celeb, you are still "hip," "young," and "with-it." (Espiritu PG). The Hard Rock Cafe just finished celebrating 25 years ...

Ice Age Men' Symbols and Art in David Crowley and Paul Heyer's Communications in History

In seven pages the first chapter of this text is examined in an overview and then applied to a discussion of communications as per...

Symbolism in 'The Bear' by William Faulkner

This paper analyzes how symbols and illusions are used in 'The Bear,' a short story by William Faulkner, in five pages. Two sourc...

Symbolism in 'Young Goodman Brown' by Nathaniel Hawthorne

In five pages this paper examines the importance of symbols to the telling of the short story 'Young Goodman Brown.' There are 7 ...

'The Pearl' and Symbols

In fifteen pages this paper analyzes this medieval prose in terms of the symbols it features. Nine sources are cited in the bibli...

Symbol and Dramaturgy in Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger and Fences by August Wilson

In nine pages the importance of the governing symbol of protecting oneself versus finding fulfillment in others is considered. Th...

Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Fall of the House of Usher' and Symbols

In five pages this paper analyzes Poe's use of symbols in this short story. Three sources are cited in the bibliography....

'Dream' Speech of Martin Luther King Jr.

In five pages this paper examines the famous 'I Have a Dream' speech delivered by Martin Luther King Jr. in 1963 in terms of its m...

Contemporary World and National Security

In three pages this research paper defines national security and also considers Arnold Wolfer's description that the concept is 'a...

Max Weber, Emile Durkheim, and Social Symbolism

In seven pages this research paper discusses how social symbols including class identities, consumption, housing, and speech are i...

Symbols and Themes in A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen

In seven pages Ibsen's views on social morality as conveyed by the symbols and themes used in A Doll's House are analyzed. Seven ...

Color Symbolism in "Heart of Darkness"

"color meaning" website lists exactly these same colors: red, blue, green, orange and purple, plus black and white, as the ones it...

Christianity in Beowulf

has received a considerable amount of attention. Eighteenth century critics argued in favor of viewing the poem as fundamentally p...

The Lion of Judah and Christianity

adjective, describing Gods power and mercy" (The Lion Of Judah). It is also something that has been used in imagery, with a lion p...

Religion: Symbols, Systems, Thought and Practice

strong independent Church (based on the assumption of the Corpus Christianum common to all three confessions) through which he des...

Mis-En-Scene & Midnight Cowboy

dress of the other extras (all men) identifies them as working-class people. Theres a mug on the counter and the usual accessories...

About "Macbeth"

is "at once his greatest strength and his destructive weakness" (Bloom). Despite this, readers and playgoers dont respond with amb...

Symbolism in "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight"

/ Arrayed of the Round Table rightful brothers ... / the feast was in force full fifteen days" (37-39, 44). They are celebrating t...

Rain Symbolism in "A Farewell to Arms"

choked with it, so that they die and fall early. This of course is an extended metaphor for the men themselves, who will also die ...

“Gattaca”: Analysis

and society would become even more fragmented than it already is. The question also arises: do we have the right to design our chi...

Haas Dyson/Writing Superheroes

to explaining how children make use of semiotic resources is how this body of research relates the purposes played by oral languag...

Where is AI Going?

the "solutions to problems are presented as symbol structures," which as weve already seen, are physical patterns that represent a...