YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :Themes in the Gothic
Essays 721 - 750
young blacks and how they were "growing up with a rush...their heads bumped abruptly against the low ceiling of their actual possi...
Patricia Highsmiths novel "The Talented Mr. Ripley" is the story of Tom Ripley, a young man whose looks can be very deceiving. Ri...
She was viciously attacked for her frank depiction of a woman who broke her marriage vows, despite the fact that the book is a psy...
all of his previously held values as vulgar absurdities, incompatible with the reality of his experiences. The existentialist them...
the laws regarding the firstborn, substituting something for an animal or a person (New International Version, Exod. 113:13; 34:20...
Sonya Marmeladov, a young woman who has prostituted herself in order to support her parents. While Sonya suffers physically becaus...
portrays him "wearing the local costume of the Cuernavaca region and carrying a sugarcane=cutters machete ("Agrarian Leader Zapata...
that "Tara is the whole story" as the plot revolves around Tara" (Schreibman, 2004, p. 41). The cinematography particularly unde...
her well-loved eyes" (Fitzgerald 111). As this suggests, Gatsbys many possessions and signs of extreme wealth are not important ...
the structural framework of the novel, as it demonstrates the authors reliance on dialogue, both between characters and also the i...
age that are frequently expressed within Western society evolve, at least partially, from the changes in social status that occur ...
the fleetingness of time, but his imagery and argument are more nuanced and complex. He, first of all, advises his mistress that i...
this age, will not yield their parents a sum sufficient to cover what has been invested in raising them thus far (Swift). He then ...
socially isolating, as outside opinion is discounted. The team adopts a "defensive posture," which is evidenced by "derogatory, de...
the narratives in the books to come (Friedman 295). In Genesis, everything builds on everything else. Therefore, in order to under...
This essay focuses of the theme of solipsism in Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov. Eight pages in length, three sources are cited. ...
This paper focuses on how death is treated in "Peter Pan" by J.M. Barrie, and then compares with the same theme in "Jim " and "Mat...
This essay pertains to Achebe's landmark novel "Things Fall Apart." The writer focuses on the theme of colonialism and its effects...
This essay pertains to The short stories "Bible" by Tobias Wolfe and "Virgins" by Danielle Evans. The writer discusses the theme o...
This essay offers a summary and discussion of themes and characters in "Winter Dreams," a short story by Fitzgerald. Three pages i...
This essay pertains to "Possessing the Secret of Joy" by Alice Walker. A summary of the plot is given and the writer also discusse...
This 9 page paper gives an explanation of how the timeless ideal of marriage is not real and how The Dead and The Story of an Hour...
This essay discusses each of the 31 Chapters in the Book of Proverbs. Highlights of each chapter are provided with comments on how...
This essay pertains to Woolf's novel and how the three main characters are presented within the context of the novel's main themes...
This essay pertains to the directing style of John Ford. Classic Westerns such as "Stagecoach," "Liberty Valance," and "The Search...
This essay discusses the themes, symbolism and context of the conflict between the genders that defines this Hemingway short story...
This film review is on "To Kill A Mockingbird" (1962), directed by Robert Mulligan, based on the novel by Harper Lee. The writer t...
There are four central themes in Kafka's Metamorphosis: the absurdity of life, the disconnect between mind and body, the limits of...
This essay pertains to "Saints and Soldiers," a 2003 film directed by Ryan Little. The writer provides a brief summary of the plot...
Pushkin was a Russian poet who eventually began writing prose. This essay examines and analyzes a very successful work of prose en...