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American Literature's Romantic Movement

in the goodness of man and the mans natural state is in nature and is burdened by civilization (Campbell). The doctrine of sensibi...

Competing American Ideologies in the North and South Before, During, and After the Civil War

In five pages discord between citizens of the American north and south are considered and Benito Cereno by Herman Melville is used...

Transcendentalists and Nathaniel Hawthorne

even on good speaking terms with him. This leads the rest of the townsfolk to determine that Brown is crazy making Hawthornes poin...

Prejudice and Slavery in Benito Cereno by Herman Melville

trouble from the start. Upon seeing another ship which he believes is in trouble, he decides he must go and offer his help. Inst...

Comparing 'Two Kinds' with 'Bartleby'

ending is quite compelling, letting on that the narrator is much more insightful than first appears. Certainly, the narrator is no...

Laws of Nature in Billy Budd

In a paper consisting of five pages the ways in which Herman Melville uses the novel to discuss how nature's laws do not always pr...

Williams, Melville, and Jackson

offers a very powerful image of the lives these people live trapped in a tiny apartment and in their individual lives. Melville...

Legal Theory and Billy Budd by Herman Melville

In six pages this paper examines this novel by Herman Melville from a perspective of legal theory. Four sources are cited in the ...

American Literature

little concern for the development, the past, of the relationships that play a very important part in the stories. One could well ...

Theme of Victimization in Uncle Tom's Cabin, Redburn, and Wieland

origin of the mysterious voices turned out to have a quite natural explanation, but there is nothing particularly comforting in th...

Benito Cereno by Herman Melville and 'Song of Myself' by Walt Whitman

Romantic tradition, of which Melville was a nominal or part-time member, of the innocence and moral superiority of a pastoral moti...

Historical Literary Periods and Transporting Readers to Another Time

In eight pages the importance of setting historical setting in order to take readers back to an earlier period is considered in an...

'Bartleby, the Scrivener' by Herman Melville and the Narrator

In five pages this paper examines the mental stability of the narrator in this famous story by Herman Melville. There are no othe...

Billy Budd, Sailor by Herman Melville, Images of Christ and Themes

In five pages a thematic and symbolic analysis of this novel by Herman Melville are presented. Four sources are cited in the bibl...

Symboliism in Bartleby, The Scrivener and The Yellow Wallpaper

who flatly refused to accept the mundane. These two characters, both centers of nineteenth century American literature, each made...

Narrator and Protagonist's Relationship in 'Bartleby the Scrivener' by Herman Melville

In three pages Bartleby and the narrator's relationship are examined within the context of this Herman Melville short story. Ther...

Billy Budd by Herman Melville and the Conflict Between Good and Evil

In five pages this paper discusses the evil of Squeak and Claggart and the goodness of Billy Budd in an analysis of the novel by H...

An Analysis of Moby Dick

Melville is describing again the schoolmaster not just as an animal carrying out instinctual actions, but is describing his behavi...

Human Nature and the Poetry of Walt Whitman

this reveals his positive outlook toward the world and his own existence, and allows the reader some comprehension as to his value...

Comparative Character Analysis of Babo in Herman Melville's Benito Cereno and Uncle Tom in Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin

These literary characters are contrasted and compared in four pages. Two sources are cited in the bibliography....

Women as Viewed by D.H. Lawrence

In five pages women's status during the time of D.H. Lawrence is considered in an exploration of his view of them as reflected in ...

Two of Walt Whitman's Works Compared

Two of Walt Whitman's most famous works, O Captain, My Captain and When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd, capture the essence o...

Billy Budd, Sailor by Herman Melville

In five pages a novel synopsis and conclusion fairness assessment are presented in an analysis of the trial of Billy Budd. There ...

Behavior in 'Bartleby, the Scrivener' by Herman Melville

In five pages this paper examines the strange behavior exhibited by Bartleby throughout the course of Melville's story. There are...

Theology of Herman Melville in his Writings

political and social ideals integrated into Melvilles stories and pushed the author to reconsider his religious dedication and his...

'The Lightning Rod Man' by Herman Melville

In five pages this short story is analyzed in terms of contrasting points of view between the salesman of lightning rods and a pro...

Biblical Parallels in Billy Budd, Sailor by Herman Melville

In 5 pages this paper examines the symbolic parallels that exist between Melville's Billy Budd, the biblical Adam, and Jesus Chris...

'Bartleby the Scrivener' by Herman Melville

In five pages this paper examines the social and economic implications of this short story in a character analysis of Bartleby. T...

Potter and Franklin in Israel Potter His Fifty Years of Exile by Herman Melville

Years of Exile is one such piece of literary work that is a reflection of Melvilles typical nature in that it befits the very esse...

Works of Herman Melville and Ernest Hemingway and the Uses of Phallic Symbolism

In seven pages phallic symbolism is considered in a comparative analysis of Melville's 'Bartleby the Scrivener' and Hemingway's 'H...