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Gender Attitudes About Sex, Chastity, and Marriage in Samuel Richardson's Pamela and Daniel Defoe's Roxana

In nine pages the ways in which these novels reflected gender attitudes of the 18th century regarding chastity, sex, and marriage ...

An Analysis of Richard Hughes' Novella, A High Wind in Jamaica

This paper analyzes various literary aspects of this short novel by Richard Hughes. This three page paper has no additional sourc...

Lydia McQueen in Wilma Dykeman's The Tall Woman

to build a school for her own children., as well as the other children in the community. (He has) "The power of a rock. But, th...

Analyzing Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens

In five pages the author is examined as is the context in which this novel was written in order to analyze the primary points the ...

The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy

In five pages character analyses of Lucetta Templeman and Michael Henchard as featured in Thomas Hardy's 19th century novel are pr...

Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter and the Character of Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale

In eight pages this paper presents a character analysis of Rev. Dimmesdale in a focus of the adultery theme in Hawthorne's novel. ...

British Society, Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility, and Single Women

In five pages this paper examines British society of Jane Austen's time and what her novel reveals about single women and how they...

Alice Walker's The Color Purple and Oppression

In five pages this paper analyzes how Alice Walker thematically develops oppression in her novel The Color Purple. One source is ...

The Beginning and the End by Mahfouz

In three pages this novel that celebrates Islam is examined with modernity and tradition among the topics discussed. There are no...

Octavia Butler's Dawn, Xinogenesis

In five pages this science fiction novel is examined in terms of the relationships between genetically altered aliens and the huma...

Reality and Illusion in The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

she could display for all to see. She possessed all the "shallowness" (Fitzgerald PG) of a person who knew not how to love yet kn...

Tragic Hero Okonkwo in Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

life determined or was it the result of free will? In establishing the answer to this question, it is essential that one understa...

Damascus Gate by Robert Stone and Historical Jerusalem

In seven pages a history of Jerusalem is examined and then considered within the context of Robert Stone's novel Damascus Gate. F...

The Optimist's Daughter by Eudora Welty

In five pages this report presents a psychological consideration of this novel by Eudora Welty. Three sources are cited in the bi...

Intellect and Emotion in Hawthorne's 'The Scarlet Letter'

This paper addresses religious rationalism versus romantic passion in Nathanial Hawthorne's nineteenth century novel. This five p...

Ethiopian Romance by Heliodorus

in Charicleia, who is a long-lost princess of an Ethiopian queen, even though she appears to be white. Heliodorus relates that her...

Huckleberry Finn Critically Analyzed

began disappearing from school library bookshelves, denying students the right to draw their own conclusions. The Adventures of H...

Charles Dickens and Feminism

In 5 pages this paper argues that Charles Dickens is not a feminist despite his portrayal of women in socially oppressive situatio...

Arna Bontemps' Black Thunder and the Richmond Slave Revolt of 1800

In eleven pages the differences between Bontemps' novel and other historical accounts of this slave revolt are examined. Six sour...

Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart and Themes of the Individual and Community

In a paper consisting of 5 pages Achebe's classic novel is considered in terms of the individual and community interrelationship a...

Saving Grace by Lee Smith and Religious Psychosis

In 5 pages Reverend Shepard's religious 'psychosis' is examined in an analysis of Lee Smith's novel. There are no other sources l...

Breath, Eyes, Memory by Edwidge Danticat

In five pages Danticat's novel about the coming of age of a young Haitian girl is summarized and analyzed. Three sources are cite...

Intention of Authors and its Importance

In ten pages author intent is the focus of this analysis of the Buena Vista Social Club film and the novels The Adventures of Huck...

Paternal Figure Edward Rochester in Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre

In seven pages this paper discusses Jane Eyre's psychological longing for a father figure and how Rochester satisfied this criteri...

Jeanette Winterson's Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit

In five pages this 1985 debut novel by Jeanette Winterson is examined with a synopsis and consideration of its critical reception....

Individualism Perspectives in Print and Celluloid

In five pages this paper compares and contrasts the indivdualism themes featured in Ken Kesey's 1962 novel One Flew Over the Cucko...

Canon of The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway

In five pages the Hemingway canon as represented by this brief novel in terms of its content and style is discussed. Four sources...

Miguel de Cervantes' Don Quixote and Social Criticism

In seven pages this paper discusses the Monty Python type social satire that is featured in this classic Spanish novel. Eight sou...

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen and Money's Role

In three pages this paper considers the role money plays throughout Jane Austen's novel Pride and Prejudice. There are no other s...

Michael Ondaatje's The English Patient

In 5 pages this novel is analyzed in terms of how love can transcend any boundaries in a consideration of Almasy and Katharine's r...