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Laughter in the Dark by Vladimir Nabokov

In five pages this paper analyzes illusions and perceptual reality as featured in one of the lesser known works by novelist Vladim...

Dostoevsky's 'Notes From The Underground' And Kirkegaard's 'Fear And Trembling'

This is a 2 part report that consists of 5 pages and first considers the freedoms depicted in Dostoevsky's text and then discusses...

The Dead Who Refuse to Die in The Hunter Gracchus by Franz Kafka and 'The Fall of the House of Usher' by Edgar Allan Poe

(Silverman, 76). In a surprisingly large number of Poes stories, the revenant theme is coupled with some sense of a double -- two...

Irish Saga Exile of the Sons of Uisliu, Medea Women, and Suffering

In six pages this comparative analysis examines the suffering and fate of female protagonists Dredriu and Medea in these works. T...

Eugene O'Neill's Desire Under the Elms, Tennessee Williams' Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and Oppression

In five pages this paper discusses the importance of oppressive setting in each of these dramatic works. There are no other sourc...

Various Essays on World Literature

This 15 page paper comprises a series of essays in various literary genres. Works examined include the speeches of Sojourner Truth...

Romantic Tradition and Le Morte d'Arthur and 'Sir Gawain and the Green Knight'

In six pages this paper discusses how these works represent variations in the romantic genre. There are 2 sources cited in the bi...

Mental Illness in Shelley and James

This paper examines Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and Henry James' Washington Square in terms of how Szacz's The Myth of Mental Illn...

Marriage in the Literature of the English Restoration

In six pages this paper discusses how marriage and the juxtaposing of gender roles are featured in the English restoration works i...

Mathematician Girolamo Cardano

In eight pages sixteenth century mathematician Girolamo Cardano and his Ars magna work are examined in a sentence outline with Car...

Greek Philosophy, Morality, and Pythagoras

In nine pages this paper examines how Pythagoras' works reflect Greek philosophy's morality theories. Five sources are cited in t...

First Feminist Perspective in Antigone by Sophocles

In five pages this paper argues that Antigone is the first feminist work. There are no other sources listed....

The Golden Ass by Lucius Apuleius

In five pages the only Latin fictional work that is known to survive from antiquity is considered. There are no other sources lis...

Roman Dramatist Terence

In seven pages Terence's life and dramatic works are explored and include The Brothers, The Eunuch, and The Girl from Andros. Fiv...

Chorus Aeschylus's Agamemnon 'Oresteia' vs. Hazel Motes in Flannery O'Connor's 'Wise Blood'

In four pages this essay analyzes the differences between the Chorus and Hazel Motes in the finales of these works. There is no b...

Satyrica by Petronius

In six pages this paper discusses the reign of Emperor Nero in a historical analysis of this work from ancient Rome. Seven source...

Lucius in Apuleius' Golden Ass and St. Augustine

it is interesting to note that the heros first name is the same as both Apuleius himself, as well as the name of the author from w...

Values of the Greco Roman Societies

In six pages this paper discusses how the values of the societies of ancient Greece and Rome are reflected in such works of litera...

The Peloponnesian War According to Thucydides

This 5 page paper summarizes the major themes of Thucydides' accounts of the Peloponnesian War. The bibliography lists the primary...

Expatriates in Paris

In ten pages this research paper examines the lives of expatriates living in Paris in a consideration of the lifestyles depicted i...

Renaissance Neoplatonic Beauty and The Courtier by Castiglione

In six pages this paper considers the aesthetic objectives of Neoplatonic beauty in terms of the art of Leonardo da Vinci and Mich...

The Italian and the Dane or 'The Prince' vs. 'Hamlet'

pervasive throughout Elizabethan drama. In Shakespeares "Othehllo," Iago is often described as Shakespeares vision of the perfect ...

Political Significance of Machiavelli's The Prince

This paper addresses the political impact of Niccolo Machiavelli's classic work, The Prince. This five page paper has eight sourc...

An Analysis of Machiavelli's The Prince

This paper analyzes Machiavelli's classic work, with an emphasis on chapter twenty-one and the topic of gaining esteem. This seve...

Leadership in Machiavelli's The Prince

This paper addresses modern leadership issues relevant to Machiavelli's classic work. This nine page paper has seven sources list...

Historical Aspects of Machiavelli's The Prince

This paper examines how Machiavelli utilized history in his work, The Prince. This six page paper has three sources listed in th...

Comparative Analysis of the Bible, 'The Odyssey,' and the Oresteia

In six pages and three parts a comparative analysis of these literary works considers 3 different topics. There are no other sour...

Mythology and Contemporary Violence

In seven pages this paper discusses past and present myths and violence with examples provided from ancient works The Aeneid, The ...

How Virgil's 'Aeneid' Influences 'The Waste Land' by T.S. Eliot\

In twelve pages this paper presents a comparative analysis of 'Aeneid' by Virgil and 'The Waste Land' by T.S. Eliot in order to de...

Quest Themes in Dante Alighieri's 'Inferno' and Homer's 'The Odyssey'

In five pages this paper examines how the quest theme is depicted in these works by Dante and Homer. Three sources are cited in t...