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seen in the Narnia series. For example, in the Narnia stories, a principal character is Aslan, the "Lord of the Wood," is a "Chri...

manages to resurrect herself momentarily from her entombment before falling dead upon her brother, causing his death also. The hou...

to its "underlying political statement" and purpose, which is to underscore the brutality of the Rosas political regime. One of ...

minds and bodies has become somewhat of a hobby with the presence of such technology as mood-altering drugs and cosmetic surgery (...

been done. From the early modern age, Japan has maintained a strong sense of uniformity when it has come to the cultural foundati...

in fact, she had more gumption than most adults, refusing to allow adversity stand in the way of what she knew had to be done. He...

home, but in a mythical way that remains difficult to obtain and hold on to. The first episodes of the series begin the process of...

African author Chinua Achebe argues that the extended metaphor that Conrad uses to relate his principal theme is founded on the vi...

from high school early, received an undergraduate degree from Fisk University, accepted a scholarship to attend the University of ...

147). Marlows initial reaction is in keeping with the African environment and the darkness that has touched his life, as it did Ku...

In a novel in which the narrator is recounting the entirety of the action after the fact, the narrator already knows everything th...

imposed boundaries. He asks, "What sort of a country is that where the huckleberry fields are private property? When I pass such f...

Additionally, a president who is worth his salt makes exceptional use of the political climate, much like Harry Truman and Dwight ...

focused on operant rather classical conditioning (Mergel, 1998). Operant conditioning refers to "voluntary behaviors used in opera...

On a conscious level, Edna realizes that she can never be like Adele. Therefore, she is also drawn towards Mademoiselle Reisz, who...

and "one day could not explain some term of horsemanship to her that she had come across in a novel" (Flaubert 29). Emmas disappoi...

own. Throughout the novel, Yezierska shows how Sara has absorbed the American values. For example, she steadfastly rejects the J...

he should remember the ladies (Adams, 2003). Of course, the term "ladies" would be discarded down the road as being derogatory. To...

of servitude that slaves adopted as indicative of their true feelings, rather than as a behavior adopted for self-protection. He s...

degradation and turns against him. On the other hand, Mr. Osbornes immediately approval of Miss Swartz perfectly satirizes the way...

marriage of his mother to his uncle. Hamlet remarks that she overcome her grief and remarried within a month of his fathers death-...

sore" (line 4)? The structure of the poem asks a series of questions that, in themselves, suggest the answers, which are all found...

century and also well into the twentieth, what historian Barbara Welter refers to as the "Cult of True Womanhood" characterized ho...

removed, "the phenomena will no longer appear" (Bernard 55). As this illustrates, Bernards goal in his research was integrate the ...

use as of the early 1980s and continues to be one of the most commonly abused street drugs (Methamphetamine). Results from the 20...

mother, Elinor and Marianne (who are both young women) and younger sister Margaret, by beginning with the death of Henry Dashwood,...

complexion or slightly flatter noses than ourselves" (Bowers 91). Marlow is discouraged by other Europeans who work for the enigm...

stresses the importance of early relationships, as she perceived personality development as integral to the parent/child relations...

was most assuredly looked upon as a positive move forward for the country overall; additionally, it also cultivated the capitalist...

few vital facts about the way preschoolers learn," as well as the possible negative effects of pushing children "too hard too soon...