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repulsive in appearance and Satan was transformed by his own evil, becoming increasing ugly as the poem proceeds. As this suggests...

confronted some of the obstacles that define their personal an public lives. Anil has come to terms with her identity as a Sri Lan...

central point of the narrative. The company accountant is the first character to refer to Kurtz and he tells Marlow that Kurtz i...

of "Desirees Baby," Teresa Gibert observed, "The number and the intensity of the surprises that provoke astonishment in the highly...

is a pain I mostly hide, but ties of blood, or seed, endure, and even now I feel inside the hunger for his outstretched hand, a ma...

Author Karen Castellucci Cox notes in her literary analysis of The House of the Spirits, "Esteban speaks for an entire class and g...

and dangers inherently possessed in all of these elements. For example, the grandmother will ultimately be killed by the Misfit, J...

all sorts of unsettling events. This is a fictional account but it brings into play very real issues faced by todays population. ...

and Othellos skin color. Othello is a Moor and is dark skinned while Iago is an ordinary Venetian. This is something that comes up...

to society is well known and many see this as admirable. Yet, there are some critics. Not everyone agrees that capitalism is the b...

Tom is convicted for only one reason: hes black. Although hes sentenced to death, the sentence is commuted to life in prison; even...

might be King Lear, but if there were no Fool, there would be - in his opinion - no play. In Shakespearean Tragedy, Bradley procl...

There is no question that death plays a major role in this story, as evidenced not only by all the dying patients but also through...

antagonist, Count Dracula that encompasses both sexuality and perversity. In the oft-analyzed Chapter III, the unconscious Harker...

to them. This begins the series of compounding events which propel him toward the tragic end. Symbolically, the changes tha...

to comment on his future and to give him advice. The viewer comes to understand that Ben is expected to follow in his fathers foot...

our traditional notions regarding love and romance. She doesnt want any one "box" to define love or sex. The lesbian with a man ...

part of Chaereas, but because the decline of this young man serves to rally the entire community and the assembly appeals to Hermo...

that are specific to each individuals defined social status; while one person might consider a purchased home with a white picket ...

News Service). Even that consideration, however, is worthy of additional introspect in regard to the intended cultural meaning of...

child who is the product of a failed system, this film seems to be saying. This film was a social commentary of sorts, which use...

them up for scrutiny. In the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, these romantic medieval values clashed with the new emphasis on re...

son, Hally, who is young and in desperate need of both attention and guidance. In this regard, Sam plays the role of a surrogate ...

the media of the time (i.e. television and movies), as well as the impact of various frames of "official" reference such as census...

human being. Her song on the "blond wood psaltery" produced a "crystalline sound like water purling between stones" (82). As this ...

a bit of her future, and cleverly, McEwen foretells the tale. Briony had her first, weak intimation that for her now it could no ...

both married before their husbands had died and left them widows. In the first section of the story, Wharton gives background prof...

several symbolic connotations in this name, primarily the contrast to the happy little dance called the Jig and the fact that she ...

modern-day utopias that seemed to have the best of everything. There were sporting events, community activities, performing arts,...

There can be no doubt that Stowe intended her novel to be more of a religious than sociopolitical text. It includes close to 100 ...