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Volumes I and II of Art Spiegelman's Maus

In nine pages this paper examines this text in terms of animal symbolism designed to represent Second World War persecution. Ther...

The Shawl by Cynthia Ozick

In four pages this essay considers Ozick's Holocaust novella in terms of symbolism featured in both the past as well as the presen...

Daisy Buchanan and Dr. T.J. Eckelburg in The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

In five pages this paper compares and contrasts these two supporting characters and also considers the symbolism represented by th...

Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

In six pages this essay analyzes the introduction and the conclusion of Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath in terms of the significan...

Money Exchange in The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway

In six pages the symbolism of monetary exchange and the signficance of lending, buying, and payment is discussed within the contex...

The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway

In nine pages biblical symbolism is analyzed within the context of the novel by Ernest Hemingway. Eleven sources are cited in the...

Symbolism in Moby Dick by Herman Melville

In ten pages this paper examines the powerful symbolism within Melville's novel especially as it pertains to the whale's significa...

White Symbolism in Moby Dick by Herman Melville

This paper consists of seven pages and presents a literary analysis of the white symbolism that appears throughout Moby Dick by He...

Novel Characteristics of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

In nine pages this paper applies the 5 novel characteristics of structure, tone, characterization, symbolism, and theme to Huckleb...

Raft Journey in Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

raft and get on a steamboat and go way up the Ohio amongst the free states, and then be out of trouble" (Twain, 85). Huck can be f...

River Symbolism in Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

In six pages this analytical essay analyzes the river symbolism and its importance to the novel as a whole. There are six support...

The American Dream, Willy Loman, and Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller

II, Miller was able to show that the American Dream as a way of life is a sham -- and why. Death of a Salesman tells the story of...

The Individual and Society in Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller

In a paper consisting of five pages the ways in which American society orchestrates Willy Loman's downfall are considered in terms...

The Faillure of After the Fall by Arthur Miller

In six pages this paper considers how Miller's 1964 play is encumbered by a vague theme, too much symbolism, and characters that d...

Examining Three Plays by Arthur Miller

This 5 page paper discusses three plays by American playwright Arthur Miller. The three are Death of a Salesman, After the Fall an...

American Federalism According to Paul E. Peterson and Thomas R. Dye

This paper contrasts and compares American federalism perspectives featured in Paul E. Peterson's The Price of Federalism and Thom...

William Shakespeare's Sonnets 'Let Me Not to the Marriage of True Minds' and 'My Mistress' Eyes'

In three pages these sonnets are examined in an analysis of such criteria as tone, verse, symbolism, and theme. There is no bibli...

Bona and Paul by Jean Toomer

In five pages this story is analyzed in terms of the importance of color symbolism. There are no other sources listed....

Paul Laurence Dunbar and Phillis Wheatley comparing the Work of the Two Authors

Although Paul Laurence Dunbar was born nearly a century after Wheatley's death, the two authors share common traits other than the...

Symbolism in 'Angels' by Robert Wrigley

him into an angel. Wrigley writes that: "We didnt speak, we didnt need to: the negotiations of young flesh, this for that, mine fo...

Poems That Reveal Joy Harjo's Life and Art

Reservation in Oklahoma. Harjo has retained the storytelling brilliance of her ancestors in her spiritually moving works, and t...

Humanity and the Origin of Racial Prejudice

In nine pages this paper considers where prejudice among the races originated and compares the bias that Asian Americans and Afric...

On Walden Pond by Ralph Waldo Emerson

to get rid of material goods as they do not matter. He uses a simile when he says "Cultivate poverty like a garden herb, like sage...

Comparing the Poetry of Percy Bysshe Shelley, John Keats, and Samuel Taylor Coleridge

the nightingale makes him oblivious to the influences of the outside world, he can then focus solely on the peacefulness and beaut...

Birds and Their Symbolic Meaning in the Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge and John Yeats

In six pages this paper considers the significance of bird symbolism in 'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner' by Samuel Taylor Colerid...

Critical Analysis of 'Rime of the Ancient Mariner' by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

1791, he was exposed to radical "democratic" beliefs which diverted him from his studies (Hill 3). He left Cambridge in 1794 with...

'Rime of the Ancient Mariner' by Samuel Taylor Coleridge II

In five pages this paper discusses symbolism and structure as it relates to this famous poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Five sou...

'Rape' by Marge Piercy

In four pages this poem is analyzed in terms of such literary elements as symbolism, rhythm, and technique with the author's inten...

Symbolism in 'Birches' by Robert Frost

In two pages this paper discusses the implications of the imagery and symbolism featured in the poem 'Birches' by Robert Frost. T...

Hurt and 'Home Burial' by Robert Frost

In three pages this poetic narrative by Robert Frost is analyzed in terms of burial and tree planting motifs, other symbolism, the...