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American Identity Development

In three pages the ways in which literature reflects the development of an American identity are examined in the works of such aut...

Patrick Chamoiseau and His Works

The writer discusses Patrick Chamoiseau and his work as it relates to Caribbean history and literature. The paper is eight pages l...

Demonstration of the Epic Qualities Imitated by Aristotle in 'The Odyssey,' 'The Epic of Gilgamesh, 'Beowulf,' and 'Romeo And Juliet'

previous approached, inasmuch as the components of courage, strength, power and physical prowess have as much to do with social im...

The Issue of Censorship and Applying it to Modern Literature

5 pages and 6 sources. This paper provides an overview of the application of censorship principles to the books of J.K. Rowling. ...

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...

Childhood Loss in Obasan and The Stone Angel

Isolation, privation and loss in childhood are major themes in literature. This report discusses the work of two Canadians, Joy Ko...

Education and Literature's Role

is the well read that appear to succeed in life, they have a broader base of knowledge from which to make judgements and decision....

Madness as a Common Literary Theme

This paper examines Shakespeare's play, King Lear, as well as Ibsen's work, Ghosts to discuss madness and delusion as common theme...

History Mirrored in Literature

In five pages this research paper discusses how history is mirrored in literature as reflected in such works as 'Beowulf' and play...

American 'Palefaces' and 'Redskins' in Literature

In five pages this report discusses the 'pale face' or 'redskin' literature of the eighteenth and nineteenth century with the 'pal...

The Significance of the Arthurian Legend

In eight pages this research paper discusses the impact upon the Arthurian legend upon medieval literature and includes The Weddin...

Journeys and Their Philosophical Meaning in 'Inferno' by Dante Alighieri and 'The Odyssey' by Homer

student who is writing about this topic should consider the ways in which the each author develops the philosophical journey of ea...

Society's Influence on Fitzgerald and Williams

and a truly brazen attitude - were in vogue, as was drinking. Although Prohibition was in force to try to prevent people from imbi...

British Literature and Issue of Class

pride, and vainer ties dissever, / And give herself to me forever" (Browning 1235). According to Professor Gerald McDaniel, the r...

Humor and Psychology

Freud, these jokes directed aggressiveness, which was disguised by the faulty reasoning in the jokes, against the family members i...

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Its Controversial Nature

because of its controversial position, and content, that children should not be required to read it, or have it read in class. In ...

Postcolonial Literature in Morocco and Kenya

and cultural domination by a foreign entity affects the colonized nation and its native people. Many of those changes appear to b...

James Weldon Johnson's The Autobiography of an Ex Colored Man, Nella Larsen's Passing, and Lynching

married to a very successful doctor who wishes to leave the country and find a place where they are not oppressed. Irene, however,...

Literary and Poetic Examples of True Love

even to the edge of doom" (Shakespeare 9-12). In the end he claims that if he is wrong then he never wrote and no man ever loved. ...

Modernist Literature and Definitive Characteristics

In nine pages this paper examines the definitive characteristics of modernist literature in a consideration of works by Virginia W...

Cervantes' Don Quixote, Proust's Remembrance of Things Past and Modernism

In 3 pages this paper examines modernism in terms of definition and how it applies to these works of world literature. There is 1...

Honor and Ethics in Miguel de Cervantes' Don Quixote and the Anonymous Poem 'Sir Gawain and the Green Knight'

In 12 pages this paper compares these works of literature in their depictions of honor and ethics. There are 4 sources cited in t...

Autonomy and Work Teams

In five pages this paper presents a literature review that argues in favor of outside authorities governing work teams. Four sour...

Essential Elements of Great Literature and Writers

In five pages great works of literature written by esteemed authors are examined in order to reveal the crucial elements that cont...

Chinua Achebe's No Longer At Ease, Moliere's Tartuffe, William Shakespeare's King Lear and Irony

daughters. This structurally ironic situation creates the entire basis for the plot of King Lear, as it quickly becomes apparent...

Chopin, Faulkner, and Jewett - The Use of Foreshadowing

setting up the ending in this way through foreshadowing, it would seem to "come out of nowhere", and would be a jarring fit with t...

Homosexuality in the Works of Oscar Wilde

for the women we marry - that is quite true" (Lady PG). Attention to outer detail and an unquenchable desire to portray his inner...

The Impact of Shift Work on Employees Health

research in terms of postal workers. 1.1 The Research Hypothesise In order to undertake this research the following hypothesis ...

Secondhand Smoke and Public Policy

to be the "third leading cause of preventable death in the United States," as it constitutes a "major source of indoor air polluti...

Literature Sampler

about people we could never meet, or simply enjoy a fantasy world thats been constructed for us to play in. This paper discusses f...