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Importance of Setting to the Protagonists in Back Roads by Tawni O'Dell and Jasmine by Bharati Mukherjee

to the United States by way of some illegal documents and the assistance of a smuggler. Once on American soil, Jyoti receives a r...

Exegis in 2 Kings Chapter 4 Verses 8 through 17

in your arms." "No, my lord," she objected. "Dont mislead your servant, O man of God!" 17 But the woman became pregnant, and t...

Comparing Colonialism Themes in Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness and Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart

the traditional society to fall apart," observes G.D. Killam. "Okonkwo is unable to adopt to the changes that accompany colonialis...

Major Themes of 'The Chrysanthemums' by John Steinbeck

the glory when the farming goes well. Of course, this bitterness is something felt by most housewives of an earlier generation and...

Literary Analysis of Amy Tan's 'Two Kinds'

reader watches as a mother tries desperately to give her daughter all the advantages that she never had, reliving, to some extent,...

Questions on the History of China

huge country (Kaplan, 2001). Wihtin this country were seven great powers (competing with one another in both military and economic...

Irony as a Literary Device

You, who so well know the nature of my soul, will not suppose, however, that I gave utterance to a threat. AT LENGTH I would be av...

Postcolonial Literature and Symbols

each. Before going on, it pays to define post colonialism. DeHay (2004) explains that the definition she likes to use for postc...

Power, Ranks, and Henry V by William Shakespeare

he would have to address. This information provides him with a foundational understanding of the various kingdoms and allows him t...

Comparative Analysis of Daisy Buchanan in F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby and the Title Character of Henry James' Daisy Miller

ensuring that Winterbourne knows that she has plenty of male friends in New York, giving him "lively eyes and...light, slightly mo...

Sammy Grows Up in the “A&P”

that he too is a man like Stoksie, but the reference to Stoksies children again reveals his immaturity. Referring to the babies in...

What Drives Author Tim O’Brien to Write?

demonstrations and anti-Vietnam War protests. Majoring in political science at St. Paul, Minnesotas Macalester College, writing a...

Greek Virtue

the foot of power!/Nothing care I for Zeus" (Aeschylus). In other words, Prometheus will not succumb to tyranny and a power that r...

Mark 4:1-20 Parable Of The Sower Exegesis & Sermon

this Gospel. This theory can be supported by the fact that Peter spent his last days in Rome and it was in Rome that Peter was mar...

Symbolism in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter

were signified by it" (1323). He then goes into great narrative detail to describe the letter to emphasize its significance: "The...

Slow River by Griffith and Search for Identity

In 10 pages this science fiction text is examined regarding the identity search of the protagonist. There are 2 sources cited in ...

Knowledge Theme in 'Paradise Lost' by John Milton and Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe

the point that there is false knowledge and true knowledge, and that false knowledge can be very persuasive. From the "War in Hea...

William Shakespeare's Hamlet, William Golding's Lord of the Flies, and Their Parallels

In 6 pages the parallels that exist in these works in terms of literary similarities of allegory, metaphor, simile, irony, personi...

King Arthur and Classic Heroism

In five pages the classical hero is examined in a comparative analysis of the similarities and differences that exist between King...

Apocalypse and King Lear by William Shakespeare

In seven pages this paper examines how the apocalypse is symbolized in the flawed pagan King Lear, who is the protagonist of Shake...

History and Literature

In six pages this paper considers such literary works as Nathaniel Hawthorne's 'Young Goodman Brown,' Sarah Orne Jewett's 'The Whi...

William Shakespeare's Macbeth and Hamlet Similarities and Differences

In five pages this paper presents a comparative analysis of these two Shakespearean tragedies in terms of their similarities and d...

Comparative Analysis of Ken Kesey's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter

In 5 pages a comparative analysis of these American literary works examines their similarities and differences. There are 2 sourc...

The Mountain and The Valley by Ernest Buckler

In five pages this text is examined within the context of the community not being willing to face emotional issues along with the ...

'Americana and the American Renaissance' by Wallace Stevens

In 5 pages this 1950 poem serves as a reflection on the American literary Renaissance characterized by Walt Whitman and Ralph Wald...

Death and the Poetry of Robert Frost and Emily Dickinson

In five pages this paper contrasts and compares the death perspectives featured in the poetry of Robert Frost and Emily Dickinson ...

'Enlightened' Satire of Voltaire and Jonathan Swift

In 5 pages this paper discusses how Swift and Voltaire satirized 18th century Enlightenment philosophies in their literary works. ...

Literature and Analysis of Character, Theme, Symbols, and Setting

indescribable evil. Symbols always present another layer to a story, as well as another realm for questioning. Hawthornes repea...

Courtly Love in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Troilus and Criseyde, The Romance of Tristan, and Beowulf

In six pages this report compares how courtly love is thematically developed in these classical literary works. Five sources are ...

Women's Subservience in F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House, and William Shakespeare's Othello

In six pages this report compares women's subservient status in each of these literary works. Eight sources are cited in the bibl...