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John Kennedy Toole's A Confederacy of Dunces and Food

be drawn into his bizarre and hilarious world" (Santiago). Food, as referred to in the first line of this analysis, clearly presen...

Analyzing Federalist Paper No. 22 by Alexander Hamilton

concern to Hamilton and in this paper he addresses a few of what he considers to be some of the more glaring inconsistencies. Thos...

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...

Four Questions on William Shakespeare's Hamlet

true circumstances of her first husbands death, and the exact nature of her guilt. There does not appear to be much in the play th...

Living Well and Leo Tolstoy's 'The Death of Ivan Ilych'

death(The Death/synopsis). He simply lived his life like most people do: work, family, community. There was nothing else. Or was t...

Harold Pinter's Betrayal

plays for the stage. Before this time, he had acted and directed several inconsequential plays and had written a few short stories...

Antimenes Amphora Vase and Herakles Fighting the Nemeian Lion

the storing of provisions. Those found abundantly under the sea in ancient shipwrecks have a narrow neck and were not designed to ...

Morality in The Scarlet Letter

sin and transgression. For example, this discussion could bring out the ways in which both Hester and her daughter Pearl are socia...

Supernatural Subtleties in The Shining by Stephen King and Beloved by Toni Morrison

In six pages this report examines the thematic subtleties of the supernatural in these two great works of American fiction. Five ...

Alice Walker's 'Everyday Use'

In five pages Walker's short story is analyzed in a focus on quilt symbolism but with a thematic and story synopsis also included....

'Dr. Heidegger's Experiment' by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Each character in the story has their own agenda. Medbourne was once successful but had lost his money and Killigrew had given in ...

The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman and its Themes

faded by the slow-turning sunlight" (Gilman PG). Obviously, the wallpaper is not soothing and so the wallpaper, its color, and its...

Major Themes of Hamlet by William Shakespeare Analyzed

intensity of a hurricane, which dramatically sets the plays tone. Shakespeare recognized the importance of the ghost, which essen...

Commitment and Betrayal in the Film Elizabeth

In five pages this film is considered in an analysis of its thematic portrayal of betrayal and commitment. One source is listed i...

Edgar Allan Poe's Short Story Themes

In seven pages this paper examines knowledge, time, and truth in this thematic analysis of Edgar Allan Poe's stories 'The Balloon ...

Graveyard Scene in William Shakespeare's Hamlet

to sum up what has taken place up until now. In addition, we are given a look at perhaps the ridiculousness of the situation in on...

Concepts of Restraint and Freedom in Utopia by Thomas More

the society of sixteenth-century England. For example, the Utopian cities are all built on similar lines, at least as far as possi...

Ivan Turgenev's Fathers and Sons

precision of mathematics and the natural sciences to answer questions. Indeed, the members of this philosophical movement simply ...

Luis Valdez's 'Los Vendidos'

large degree. As such, the feminist qualities are vague and incredibly subtle. The only woman in the play is Miss Jimenez. She is ...

Individuals Dying for Their Religions

sure, this mission has made for significant intrigue. When one looks into the death of Becket, one will quickly realize that the ...

'The Solitary Reaper' by William Wordsworth Explicated

elements used by the author. The work begins as follows: BEHOLD her, single in the field, Yon solitary Highland Lass! Reapi...

Film Director Gordon Parks

background is disadvantaged. Marcus is the son of a bitter, abusive man who hates whites with every fiber of his being. Marcus is,...

A Citizen Kane Cinematic Analysis

lost prior to being sent from his home (1995). The camera is suddenly outside focusing on smoke rising form the chimney and then ...

The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka and Alienation

opening line, and one can imagine that as the story goes on, this once human being who finds himself a bug is not able to have a n...

William Shakespeare's Othello and Women

with trouble as he holds Desdemonas handkerchief. Bianca notes it and states: "O Cassio, whence came this? This is some token from...

Violence in Lord of the Flies by William Golding

none of them knew was there . . . just as most "civilized" people have no idea of the violence that is hidden within their own pla...

Academic Theme of Julian Barnes' Flaubert's Parrot

In two pages this paper examines the use of 'Examination Paper' in an academic thematic consideration of Flaubert's Parrot by Juli...

Money and Sex in Othello by William Shakespeare

This paper consists of six pages and analyzes the thematic link between money and sex within the context of the play. There are n...

William Shakespeare's 'Romeo and Juliet' and Homosexuality

In ten pages this ppaer examines the homosexual thematic overtones that are evident both in Shakespeare's play as well as Franco Z...

William Blake's Poem 'The Little Black Boy'

In three pages this paper presents a thematic explication of this William Blake poem as it portrays lacking worth, faith, and inno...