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Patriarchal and Feminist Themes in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

To say that women had to fight for their existence throughout history would be a gross understatement and one that would also be s...

Death in Venice by Thomas Mann

In 7 pages this paper examines how German Romanticism is rebutted in this novel by Thomas Mann, which also symbolically represents...

2 Movie Versions of Daniel Defoe's Moll Flanders

In 5 pages this paper examines what the film versions of this novel reveal more about the times in which they were made than the e...

Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe and Social Instability

In five pages this paper discusses how the novel represents the social change theories of Bronislaw Malinowski. There are 4 sourc...

America's 'Lost Generation' in The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway

In eighteen pages this paper discusses how Ernest Hemingway portrayed the group of US expatriates author Gertrude Stein described ...

Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe and Education

In a paper consisting of 5 pages the topic of education is examined within the context of Achebe's novel. There are 3 sources cit...

Contemporary Relevance of Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe

In 5 pages the contemporary relevance of this 16th century play is assessed in terms of the cloning debate and a similar theme fea...

Oroonoko by Aphra Behn and Historical Background

In 5 pages this paper examines the depiction of slavery in the 17th century novel by Aphra Behn in terms of historical accuracy. ...

The Guide by R.K. Narayan and 'Self' Construction

In five pages this paper considers the author's views regarding how the self is constructed as depicted in his novel The Guide. T...

Concept of Community in Richard Wright's Native Son and John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men and The Grapes of Wrath

In a paper consisting of 15 pages the concept of community is examined within the context of these novels from the perspective of ...

Gringos by Charles Portis

disliked these anticipo payments. Much better that I should get behind in the rent, like everybody else, and be beholden to him" (...

Hawthorne's The House of the Seven Gables With a focus on Hepzibah

how deceiving appearances can actually be, and also illustrates how despite the rapid change from old-world values to modern sensi...

Images in Jean Rhys' Wide Sargasso Sea

to be a heroic character. From the many examples in Wide Sargasso Sea, one can argue that Antoinette is in fact the hero of the s...

Critiques of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

mostly a true book, with some stretchers, as I said before" (Twain Chapter I NA). In examining this approach to language, we not...

Race, Culture, and Social Perspective in The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

"blackness" and the sense that the darker a person is, the less worthy they are of gaining social acceptance. In fact, Pecola is ...

Analysis of The Guide by R.K. Narayan

attached to temple dancing that associated it with prostitution. Prior to his prison term, Raju was an actual guide, giving peop...

Searching for the Past in Flaubert's Parrot by Julian Barnes

In two pages issues relating to searching for the past are examined within the context of the novel and examines the characterizat...

Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler

In six pages this novel is analyzed in terms of its style, language, setting, conflict, character, and theme. There are no other ...

The Censorship of Catcher in the Rye

A book with a long history of censorship is JD Salinger's Catcher in the Rye. This novel is discussed in depth along with the atte...

19th Century France and the Influence of Romantic Author Victor Hugo

This paper considers Victor Hugo's influence on France during the 19th century in an analysis of the significance of his novels Th...

Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte and Themes of Love and Revenge

In five pages this paper assesses whether revenge or love is the most dominant theme in this novel by Emily Bronte. There are no ...

Gabriel Garcia Marquez's Autumn of the Patriarch

In five pages the novel is examined in terms of content and style. There are no other sources listed....

A 'Howard's End' Marxist Interpretation

or weddings. They live on the compound or they may just visit. Howards End becomes a centerpiece for the story and is symbolic of ...

Sky So Close by Betool Khedairi

from the beginning of the novel, the narrators mother expresses her basic disapproval of her daughter. This is why she wants the g...

The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway

This sets the stage for a pessimistic story, despite any optimistic elements. This sense of pessimism is also one that is very u...

Is Homeland Security an Effective Security Guard or an Example of 'Big Brother'?

obstacles, which suggests that this department is, at best, a "work in progress" (Lehrer, 2004, p. 71). The various bureaus that c...

Fools Crow

the favor of the spirit world, of the gods, and yet they both approach it differently. Fast Horse is presumptuous and arrogant whi...

Enlightenment Representation in Candide by Voltaire

and war, which he portrays as contrary to all reason. In the eighteenth century, war was presented to the ordinary citizens as an ...

Character of Old Major in Animal Farm by George Orwell

farm listens to him and believes him and looks up to him. "Word had gone round during the day that old Major, the prize Middle Whi...

William Faulkner's Narrative Perspectives in As I Lay Dying and The Sound and the Fury

own precipitous fall from grace. The narrative is composed primarily of internal monologues and is subdivided into sections that ...