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Essays 1861 - 1890

Kate Chopin and Raymond Carver on Love

quietly, knowing something is coming her way, some feeling, some understanding, some epiphany. Then, it comes. It tells her she is...

A Character Analysis of Chaereas

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

Othello by William Shakespeare and Enduring Love

the only thing they share: "Othello reveals a more detailed acknowledgment of Desdemonas sexual appeal. As he discusses her death ...

Death Themes in Othello by William Shakespeare

his prowess as a warrior that has drawn Desdemona to him. When his loss of battles to fight on the actual battlefield come to an e...

Comparing Shakespeare's The Tempest and Measure for Measure

central conflict involves Claudio, who had been living out of wedlock with his lover, Juliet, prior to her marriage and she subseq...

The Conquest of New Spain by Bernal Diaz and the Religion Theme

would pay for the gift in good works and that we were the vassals of the great prince Don Carlos who had sent us to redress grieva...

Themes of Josef Pieper's In Defense of Philosophy as Reflected in Plato's Phaedo

that leads Socrates to the conclusion that he will not be exiled from his beloved home, but would rather die a martyr for his beli...

Najib Mahfuz's The Cairo Trilogy and Themes

the characteristics of critiques modern society and this can be seen strongly in the style of Mahfuz and the way in which he prese...

Analyzing 'The Diamond as Big as the Ritz' by F. Scott Fitzgerald

It is clear in this story that the greed of the Washingtons is out-of-control. Mr. Washington doesnt want anyone to find out abou...

Theme of Education in Willy Russell's Educating Rita

pub" (Russell). In this we see a bit of a condescending attitude towards his wife, and an attitude that speaks of exasperation to ...

Aileen Wuornos and 'Freedom of the Individual versus the Power of Society'

into distinct groupings based upon certain criteria. These innate classifications can represent significant social power, as in t...

Symbolism and Theme in 'A Worn Path' by Eudora Welty

of death, while the Mourning Dove reminds one of the mourners at ones funeral. This also sets the tone for the frame of mind that ...

'Loverboys' by Ana Castillo

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

Community in Sula by Toni Morrison

However, each contact with the white community in the town below reminds the reader of the constraints established by racial bigot...

Summary of Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse Five

to become an optometrist. He falls in love with the daughter of the schools owner, Valencia. However, he soon has a break down bec...

Consciousness in Olympia by Manet

another nude he had done. The fact that Manet was surprised at the reaction to his work, and considering that Manet was consider...

Bram Stoker's 'Dracula's Guest' Analyzed

he decides to proceed anyway. Clearly, the dark, cold, unforgiving surroundings that encapsulate the guest as his driver leaves h...

Comparing and Contrasting Graham Greene's The Destructors and D.H. Lawrence's The Rocking Horse Winner

and, determined to prove to his mother that he is not unlucky like his father, Paul supernaturally begins the attempt to change th...

Beloved by Toni Morrison and Enslavement

the hope inherently possessed in freedom. But, even Baby Suggs understands that slavery will always be with them. She dreamed of b...

'Drink My [Red] Blood' by Richard Matheson

with typical Christian values, and most of them wanted to grow up to become policemen, firemen, or doctors. Being average did not...

Comparing William Shakespeare's The Tempest and Richard III and Themes of Justice and Destiny

especially apparent when critically examining Shakespeares historical play, Richard III and his final work, the dark comedy, The T...

3 Works of Postmodern Art

of Milenko Prvacki, an artist who works with a range of mediums. We will also examine the work of Zarre, whose use of color in he...

Flannery O'Connor's 'Everything That Rises Must Converge' and Themes of Class and Money

standing in a position that speaks of martyrdom: "he, his hands behind him, appeared pinned to the door frame, waiting like Saint ...

'If You Touched My Heart' by Isabel Allende

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

Emma Bovary and the Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau

they were little else; they could but occasion a good trimming, and this I was already prepared for." In Madame Bovary, money is t...

Critique of Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility

as a first attempt one can see the underlying brilliance that will shine through in later novel attempts. As has been said, "Auste...

Practices of Discrimination

and it just so happens that more black than white young criminals are shot in police actions. It is often the case that the office...

Theme of Desire in 'Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and Henry V

namely, the crown/ And all wide-stretched honours that pertain/ By custom and the ordinance of times/ Unto the crown of France" (S...

Antigone and Oedipus Rex by Sophocles

that should be born to him by me" (Sophocles). This tragic portent would surely have put most couples who believed in fate off of...

Analysis of 1985's The Purple Rose of Cairo by Filmmaker Woody Allen

finds as far too mundane and the challenges of defining what is real and what is an illusion. For example, the character of Tom Ba...