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Views on Religion in Candide by Voltaire

In five pages this paper discusses how the author's views of religion were presented in the satirical novel Candide. Four sources...

Irish Author Maria Edgeworth

In ten pages this paper examines the life, times, and novels of nineteenth century author Maria Edgeworth. Nine sources are cited...

Animal Rights in Call of the Wild by Jack London

In seven pages this paper considers animal rights issues within the context of this novel by Jack London. Four sources are cited ...

Jane Austen and Adam Smith

In a paper of seven pages a comparison between social constructs and moral convictions as illustrated in the novels of Jane Austen...

Critical Overview of The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien

a certain credibility to what the reader ultimately experiences between the books covers. Indeed, it is often difficult to discer...

Western Civilization's Failure in Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad

In 5 pages this paper examines how Western civilization's failure is conveyed by Joseph Conrad by the characterization of Kurtz in...

Ulysses by James Joyce and the Heroic Ideal of Leopold Bloom

In five pages this paper discusses the differences in the heroic ideas presented in literature, art, and film contained within the...

Stephen Dedalus's Growth in Ulysses and Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce

In ten pages these James Joyce novels are analyzed in terms of how Stephen's character evolves. There are 6 sources cited in the ...

Importance of Supporting Characters in Isabel Allende's The House of the Spirits and Leo Tolstoy's Anna Karenina

In six pages this paper examines why the supporting characters in these novels are important. There is 1 source cited in the bibl...

Arnold Bennett's Anna of the Five Towns

In a five page paper the influence of capitalism in the characters of this novel are examined. There are no other sources listed ...

Postcolonial Fiction and Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood

In seven pages postcolonial fiction is defined in order to determine whether this 1996 novel is representative of the literary gen...

Humanity's Virtue in The Puppet Masters by Robert Heinlein

In five pages this paper examines this novel within the context of humanity's virtue as it emerges from conflicts of freedom v. co...

Sexism and Materialism in Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte and Moll Flanders by Daniel Defoe

These novels are compared in terms of the social materialism and sexism each depicts in a paper consisting of 5 pages. There are ...

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, a Gothic Masterpiece

This paper discusses various elements of Shelley's novel that classify the work as Gothic, one of the nineteenth-century's literar...

Technology Criticized in A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain

In six pages this paper examines how industrialization and technology are assailed by Mark Twain in this novel. Six sources are c...

Hotel du Lac by Anita Brookner

last comment is an example of Brookners sense of humor, which one can presume is the main appeal of the book, if it coincides with...

A Severed Head by Iris Murdoch

is blunt when she explains to Martin why their marriage has failed: "Its partly my being so much older and being a sort of mother...

Confessions of a Justified Sinner by James Hogg

seen that Gide identifies this novel as a psychological parable. By dramatizing the evil that lurks within Roberts psyche, Hogg of...

David Lean's Film Version of Great Expectations and Confusing Appearances for Reality

In five pages this paper considers the 1946 film adaptation of Charles Dickens' novel by director David Lean in a discussion of ho...

Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness and 'The Horror! The Horror!'

In three pages the famous line from this novel is analyzed. There are no other sources listed....

The White Hotel by D.M. Thomas, Dreams, and Meaning

In five pages the meaning of dreams and how they deprive the protagonist of free will are considered within the context of Thomas'...

Major Characterizations in Daisy Miller by Henry James

In five pages this paper examines the characters of Frederick Winterbourne and Daisy Miller as they are presented in James's novel...

Elizabeth's Change About Darcy in Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

In five pages the pivotal Chapter 43 in Austen's novel in which Darcy's kindness towards the poor and his servants is revealed to ...

Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, Culpability of the Individual, and Postcolonialism

In 8 pages this paper analyzes the novel in terms of postcolonialism and individual culpability. There are 4 sources cited in the...

Mrs. Wilcox and Margaret in Howard's End by E.M. Forster

family, she does not fit in with the typical representation of such a lifestyle; indeed, it can be argued that she fits in more re...

Comparison of Contemporary Poverty and Charles Dickens' Depiction of Nineteenth Century Poverty in Hard Times

rather than the shameful exception" (Trevelyan, quoted in Johnson, 274). But even more dramatic was the change in attitude towa...

Henry James' Daisy Miller and Realism

for the tiny haven for the worlds most socially-prominent families: "There are, indeed, many hotels, for the entertainment of tour...

Violence and Power in The Third Life of Grange Copeland and The Color Purple by Alice Walker

In this paper that consists of twelve pages the predominant thread of violence that keeps the power hierarchy intact in these nove...

Love Exploration in North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell

This paper considers love within the context of Elizabeth Gaskell's novel and the influences of psychological, economic, and socia...

Ma Joad in The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

In seven pages this paper examines the significance of Ma Joad in Steinbeck's classics novel in an analysis of her character and w...