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harrowing existence would lead a mother to that sort of desperate act. But still, no matter why she did it, and even if death is b...

that is, as more closely comply with white standards of beauty are regarded with more favor by both whites and blacks, such as the...

these women to seek relief in laudanum." Laudanum was a drug and apparently many plantation mistresses were living in incredibly o...

treated like a horse, complete with a bit in his mouth. Sethe managed to escape. In fact, because she was very pregnant and had b...

the abuse of a child, however the reader may not like that. This same critic indicates how it was "Her scratching the back of her...

a sense of innocence. "I had begun to worry about my speech again. How would it go? Would they recognize my ability? What would th...

tells her that if she does marry this man, Morris, she will never receive any money from him, her father. Up till this point Cath...

It is a story that could well be about any community in any part of the world. In essence, unlike many of Morrisons...

It is also interesting to note that when they grow, and separate, they take on the roles of their mothers: "Nel struggles to a con...

to the community, a clear case of moral ambiguity wherein Sula and her family felt they had a right and that their behavior was, o...

white. The reader is offered clues, but then are clues that could be perceived from either direction. For example, in the beginn...

Within 3 pagess, Toni Morrison's 1979 speech at Barnard College is analyzed. Is it possible for women to survive a man's world if ...

(Morrison 51). Throughout the novel, "cold statisticians," such as Schoolteacher, evaluate slaves according to "their animal ten...

This essay presents an overview of Donald Barthelme's "The School," Zitkala-Sa's "The School Days of an Indian Girl," and Toni Mor...

under the chinaberry tree until its over: "... while inside she knew the cold river was creeping up and up to extinguish that eye ...

you think, I should not have you, even if you asked to come...apparently the laws of the gods mean nothing to you" (Sophocles). ...

depictions of Black America" (Nobelprize.org). Another critic notes that, "Morrison powerfully evokes in her fiction the legacies ...

the acquisition was thought to bring value and that in hindsight the problems that were seen were only those which should have bee...

typical, but maybe too stereotypical. He is someone who today would appear on The Jerry Springer Show. His life has always been dy...

This 5 page paper summarizes Tony Morrison's novel Sula. Primary source only....

In nine pages Melville's message in Billy Budd is analyzed and then the novel is compared to the works by Arthur Miller and Toni M...

became indentured servants, but this was rare (Faragher, et al 57). Because of the institution of indentured service, "New world s...

he would take a dim view of Jason abandoning his duty to his wife and children in favor of selfish gain. The chorus would be the...

In twelve pages this paper examines how reality is perceived in the literary works Jazz by Toni Morrison, Waiting for Godot by Sam...

This 7 page paper discusses the life and works of Toni Morrison, concentrating on Jazz, Sula and The Bluest Eye. There are 7 sourc...

This research paper/essay discusses parallel themes in three works: Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet' and his poem "The ...

is beautiful, acceptable, and normal while black physical characteristics, i.e., broad lips, kinky hair, flat nose and dark skin, ...

Milan (Sutton 224). To further exemplify these features, consider a close examination of one scene. As Act III, scene 2, opens, ...

Young Prince Hamlet of Denmark has been dealt two blows in rapid succession. First, while away at college, he learns his father h...

spring of renewal, for the person that has died. This fact is emphasized in the final metaphor, which is addressed in the next fou...