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Three Tales in Susan Whitfield's Life Along the Silk Road ” by Susan Whitfield: The Princess's Tale, The Monk's Tale and The Nun's Tale

their vital supply of cavalry ponies" and Taihe and those who had come before her were also vital in the maintenance of this frien...

Select Canterbury Tales

Introduction Geoffrey Chaucers Canterbury Tales are truly timeless stories that tell the reader something of the history of Europ...

Shark Slayer

and so on. But what really sets Oscar apart is his style-or lack thereof. He wants to be cool and hip, but hes actually pretty sil...

Impact of the Black Plague on Chivalry, Feudalism

died within a span of just 18 months.7 The following examination of literature focuses on how the Black Plague affected feudal soc...

The Tale of Despereaux

out in the soup and died which led to a banishment of all soup. Soup was a major part of the kingdom and as such the sun and rain ...

Something Wicked This Way Comes (Book Review)

the work very quickly and this is attributable to the quality of the writing. An example comes from the first paragraph in the fir...

Foreshadowing in “A Tale of Two Cities”

or around the bend. In Two Cities, Dickens uses a great deal of foreshadowing, and it starts with the very first line. "It was th...

Sam Shepard: Cruising Paradise: Tales

could think of was his own breath, and then "Peace, he thought, and as quickly as the thought shaped itself, peace left him" (Shep...

Tale of Genji by Murasaki and the Lady of Akashi

matter) of making any kind of respectable marriage. Yet she somehow manages to allow Genji into her heart. The lady, howev...

Early American History Tales

In five pages this paper contrasts and compares these early tales of American history The Unredeemed Captive by Demos and Black Ha...

Geoffrey Chaucer's 'The Wife of Bath's Tale' Explicated

in a language that, though poetic, little resembles modern English: "By very force he raft hir maidenheed, / For which oppressioun...

'The Miller's Tale,' 'The Shipman's Tale,' and 'The Cook's Tale' by Geoffrey Chaucer

These ribald stories featured in The Canterbury Tales and the class conflicts they represent are discussed in this paper consistin...

Original Adventure Story 'Sun Solders'

and others call him "Prairie Dog." Why would someone call a squirrel a dog? Maybe they...

Storytellers the Knight in Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales and Gulliver in Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels

In five pages these tellers of tales are compared. There are no other sources listed....

'The Decameron' by Giovanni Boccaccio

In three pages this essay discusses how these tales reflected the changing society of the 14th century as a result of the Black De...

Transcendentalist Emily Dickinson

her mid-twenties Dickinson was on her way to becoming a total recluse. Although she did not discourage visitors, she literally nev...

A Robert Staples Letter

In nine pages this research paper presents a letter to the author of The Myth of the Black Matriarchy in which the writer agrees w...

'Platoon' vs. 'Apocalypse Now'

In 5 pages this comparative analysis considers the power of visual images in these films and how war is told through manipulative ...

Post Civil Rights Movement and Black Leadership

In a paper that consists of three pages the history of the U.S. black civil rights movement is examined in terms of mainstream soc...

African American General Benjamin O. Davis, Sr.

In ten pages the many achievements of this celebrated U.S. general are discussed with his black military contributions also examin...

White and Black Culture in Beloved by Toni Morrison

This 6 page paper argues that Toni Morrison's book Beloved exposes the way in which white culture dictates black identity....

Women of Brewster Place by Gloria Naylor

This paper consists of five pages and discusses how black women's experiences are captured in Naylor's book Women of Brewster Plac...

Technology and Minorities

In five pages this paper examines the field of technology and the biases that impact upon the involvement of women and blacks....

History of Blackface Minstrelsy

Black minstrelsy and its role throughouth the history of Black American culture is discussed within the context of Eileen Southern...

U.S. Black Political Power

grouped under the loose heading of "Jim Crow," not only forbade blacks from voting, but also segregated them from white citizens i...

Article Summaries on Cosmology and Black Holes

In five pages two articles about cosmology and black holes are reviewed....

Compare and Contrast: Jazz by Toni Morrison and Black and Blue by Louis Armstrong

This 5 page paper compares and contrasts Toni Morrison's book Jazz with Louis Armstrong's song Black and Blue....

Analysis of Emily Dickinson's Poetry

The truths of our lives are such that we often see only a part for a time and perhaps even forever. Even those truths...

A Revies of Black Picket Fences by Mary Pattillo McCoy

the opportunities that were available to the African American in the 1960s, in terms of employment, have changed drastically in th...

The Culture, History and Artistry of Black America

vision, no true identity, and certainly does not connect with his African American culture. His mother, however, changes some o...