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Essays 1981 - 2010

Dying and Death Essays

Short essays totalling ten pages consider dying and death or 'near death' in writings by Waechter and Moody and bereavement accord...

Sexuality

In five pages this paper discusses the significance of sexuality in a consideration of the concepts of Friedrich Nietzsche, the wr...

Holocaust and Its Sociopolitical Causes

There has been some evidence that Hitlers rabid anti-Semitism was catalyzed upon his rejection. One of the most prominent judges ...

Independence of America and Benjamin Franklin

In four pages this research paper reviews the text written by Esmond Wright in which the historian's obvious fascination with his ...

American Literature and the Impact of Benjamin Franklin

of subjects. Franklin had an insatiable need to know, and at an early age, he recognized that through words, he could positively ...

Pip Characterization in Moby Dick by Herman Melville

In eight pages this paper presents a character analysis of Pip and his racial significance especially given the practice of slaver...

Mark Twain's Life and Writings

In seven pages this paper discusses how the author's persona changes from his short stories such as 'The Gilded Age' and 'Innocent...

America of the Past and Future in the Writings of Nathaniel Hawthorne and Ralph Waldo Emerson

In five pages the American legacies of Emerson and Hawthorne are considered in a contrast of their lives and writings. Four sourc...

Dark But Not Always Gothic Writings of Edgar Allan Poe and Nathaniel Hawthorne

a nation of disillusionment, and we often find some sort of sympathetic resonance in tales of the dark and unholy. And the first p...

Human Psychology in William Faulkner's Sanctuary and Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter

In three pages this paper examines the primary characters in these two stories in terms of society's treatment of them and human p...

Life and Writings of William Faulkner

This paper consists of six pages examines William Faulkner's life and the themes of life and death that abound in his novel The So...

Life and Writings of Jack London

In five pages this paper discusses Jack London in a consideration of his life and writings including 'To Build a Fire' and Call of...

Self Presentation, Insecurity, and Anxiety in 'The Yellow Wallpaper' by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

on her by her "captors." Because of the role of her own husband in her loss of freedom and the impact of societal perceptions on ...

J.D. Salinger's Writings

feel strong emotions? We may also speculate whether his indifference to peoples opinions is not actually a means of hiding his fe...

Main Street by Sinclair Lewis

In two pages this paper examines how American small town life is unsympathetically portrayed in Main Street by Sinclair Lewis....

Life and Writings of Edgar Allan Poe

In an overview consisting of four pages various aspects of Poe's life are related to his works in what is less an analysis than a ...

Good and Evil in East of Eden by John Steinbeck

In five pages this paper examines the classic conflict between good and evil as considered in one of the final novels written by J...

American Tragedy in the Novels of John Steinbeck

In five pages this paper discusses how the American tragedy concept is thematically manifested in the writings of John Steinbeck. ...

Falconer by John Cheever

In fifteen pages the style and thematic components of Falconer by John Cheever are contrasted and compared with some of this other...

Biography of Shirley Jackson

In five pages this paper discusses Shirley Jackson's life, writings, evil as a popular theme, and her most famous short story 'The...

Flannery O'Connor's Writings and Political Incorrectness

In eight pages this paper examines political incorrectness as it is reflected in Flannery O'Connor's short stories 'Everything Tha...

The Paradox of The Jungle by Upton Sinclair

This 5 page paper argues that Upton Sinclair's purpose in writing The Jungle was to argue on behalf of the benefits of socialism, ...

Edith Wharton's Life, Writings, and Men

to ask her to marry him, but he remained her closest and most enduring friend throughout his life. Strangely, however, it was not...

American Romanticism and the Writings of Washington Irving

This paper discusses how American Romanticism is represented in 'Rip Van Winkle,' a short story by Washington Irving in three page...

Horror Genre Icon Stephen King

In six pages this report examines the life and writings of Stephen King with his works The Stand, Insomnia, and The Green Mile amo...

Joyce Carol Oates' Dark Writings

and families. Turners Rebellion was squelched before he ever reached Jerusalem, and after six weeks of hiding from the authorities...

Life and Writings of James Fenimore Cooper

one of which he did not take advantage; Cooper appreciated all that was afforded to him. One of the most influential aspects of h...

Epistolary Novel and Fair and Tender Ladies by Lee Smith

who never writes back -- she says that the name of her would-be friend ?tastes sweet in my mouth like honey or cane or how I pictu...

An Epistolary Novel The Color Purple by Alice Walker

In a paper that consists of five pages the ways in which the novel's format represents a series of letters that have been written ...

Civil War Impact on the Writing of Harriet Beecher Stowe

In nine pages this paper examines the profound impact the Civil War had on the novels of Harriet Beecher Stowe, including Uncle To...