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Historical Views and Times Represented in the Writings of Toni Morrison, Adrienne Rich, and T.S. Eliot

to her poetry is the element of history. For Rich, the "sea is another story/ the sea is not a question of power / I have to lea...

Beloved by Toni Morrison, Psyche of American Slaves, Ghosts, and Myths

are somewhat consistent with superstitions followed by the slave culture of the time and a segment of the African heritage of the ...

First Person Narrative Approaches in Works by Toni Cade Bambara and John Updike

argue he is standing up to injustice in the world as it involves the young girls. As one author states, "At first glance, Sammy, t...

Elements of Toni Morrison's Beloved

who seems to have been originally placed in the plantation to serve as the woman of the slaves. She was somewhat innocent and was ...

Two Authors View Coming of Age

all her transitions into adulthood. She feels she is special, because of her religion, and is, in many ways, without a strong p...

The Lesson by Toni Cade Bambara

features suggest, Miss Moore, first of all, does not try to change her appearance to meet white standards, hence, her hair is "nap...

Eight Works of Literary Fiction and the Influence of Social Position

- with particular emphasis placed upon people of the dominant white race. Slavery has constructed the interior life of African-Am...

Artists' Power in Works by Toni Morrison and J.D. Salinger

beginning, as we see the characters in a somewhat present condition, a condition wherein the women are not slaves, we also see tha...

The Structure of Beloved by Toni Morrison

girl before she is stopped. It is this sin -- the sin of Cain, to murder ones own flesh and blood -- that traps Sethe both in tim...

Toni Morrison's Writings and the Use of Trauma

to those themes" (Mayo 231). Another author indicates that "Toni Morrisons The Bluest Eye emphasizes the de-culturing effects o...

A Comparison of The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison and The Yellow Raft in Blue Water by Michael Dorris

world with it" (Morrison PG). Morrison shows how overcoming stereotypical racial images is not an easy accomplishment in Pecolas...

Character Study of Toni Morrison's Beloved

treated like a horse, complete with a bit in his mouth. Sethe managed to escape. In fact, because she was very pregnant and had b...

Beloved by Toni Morrison and Protagonist Symbolism

survivor of a slave ship, which crossed the water. With this crossing of the water, vast numbers of people had their way of life c...

Strategic Marketing and Tony Roma

steaks (Tony Romas, 2003). One weekend during the 1970s, Tony Roma and his chef, David Smith, decided to try an experiment - they ...

Tar Baby by Toni Morrison

Jadine and Sons respective interpretations of race and social stature represent. That each conflict intertwines with one another ...

Beloved by Toni Morrison and Slavery Issues

We see that part of the past is dead, with the death of Baby Suggs who was a constant reminder of slavery and the hope inherently ...

Margaret Street in Tar Baby by Toni Morrison

money, and she now has nothing. With this simple background in mind we note that she, at one time, wanted to explore herself an...

Literature and Reality

In twelve pages this paper examines how reality is perceived in the literary works Jazz by Toni Morrison, Waiting for Godot by Sam...

Dramatic Elements in Morrison's Bluest Eye

This paper addresses Toni Morrison's use of misnaming and other dramatic techniques. This six page paper has no additional source...

Ralph Ellison, Toni Cade Bambara, and Minority Lessons of Their Works

life service to start Ellison on the path to understanding. Ellison describes how the graduation speech that he gives at his hig...

Postmodern Techniques in Beloved by Toni Morrison

they were dead, rather than face a fate similar to hers. She is successful in killing only one, her infant Beloved. "Sethes murder...

An Analysis of the Opening Chapter of Toni Morrison's Song of Solomon

This 5 page paper analyzes the first chapter of Song of Solomon, a novel by Toni Morrison. The writer suggests that in this openin...

Literary Realism and Social Problems

a very unexpected place: her fears. She is so terrified that life is simply going to pass her by that the thought nearly paralyze...

William Shakespeare's The Tempest Featured in Tar Baby by Toni Morrison

as he, also, is an exile from civilization (12). Also like Prospero, Valerian exerts control over the rest of the characters (Walt...

Jazz by Toni Morrison and Reflections of the Harlem Renaissance

In eight pages this paper examines how Toni Morrison reflected the Harlem Renaissance artistic movement in her novel Jazz. Two so...

Toni Morrison's Paradise

In five pages this paper presents a summary and thematic analysis of Paradise, a novel by Toni Morrison. One source is listed in ...

Langston Hughes and Toni Morrison on Individual Choices

In five pages this paper compares Beloved by Toni Morrison with Langston Hughes' 'Montage of a Dream Deferred' in a consideration ...

Comparative Analysis of the Film and Novel Versions of Beloved

In five pages this report contrasts and compares the 1987 novel Beloved written by Toni Morrison with the 1998 movie adaptation. ...

Twentieth Century Literature and What an 'American' Represents

This paper contrasts and compares different images of being an American in eight pages as represented in Toni Morrison's The Blues...

Confrontation in 2 Twentieth Century Novels

In twelve pages this paper examines confrontation in F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby and in Toni Morrison's Jazz. One othe...