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However, this influence is seldom acknowledged by critics, who "see no excitement or meaning to the tropes of darkness, sexuality ...

became indentured servants, but this was rare (Faragher, et al 57). Because of the institution of indentured service, "New world s...

friendship: conflict between human beings. The exact manner in which Morrison reveals this conflict is an integral component to t...

However, each contact with the white community in the town below reminds the reader of the constraints established by racial bigot...

and sung amidst a house that was less than perfectly organized. As we can see in this very simple beginning, a beginning that sets...

the ease and comfort of old friends. Because each had discovered that they were neither white nor male, and that all freedom and t...

end, giving us a young woman who was never able to come to terms with her race, her sexuality, or her gender. She is the character...

to convey the importance of unquestioning obedience to the will of the gods; and, secondly, to emphasize the importance of familia...

relationship to his own sense of honor and integrity. In the beginning he had no doubts about getting his stepfather alone and kil...

very beginning of the book a reader understands that this will not be, in any way, a "usual" story, especially as the logic behind...

extremely close friends. Nel is abandoned by her husband, Jude, when she catches him making love to Sula. This is a double loss fo...

where people were loud as they danced and sung amidst a house that was less than perfectly organized. As we can see in this very s...

all her transitions into adulthood. She feels she is special, because of her religion, and is, in many ways, without a strong p...

money, and she now has nothing. With this simple background in mind we note that she, at one time, wanted to explore herself an...

cohesive literary glue that holds it all together. One of the ingredients of that glue is the use of language. His particular use ...

which are primarily told through an oral tradition, combining the blues with the cultural wisdoms. "The blues are first represente...

to her poetry is the element of history. For Rich, the "sea is another story/ the sea is not a question of power / I have to lea...

would then include the contrast and comparison on how the characters dealt with racism and their subjectivity to it. Finally, the ...

as he, also, is an exile from civilization (12). Also like Prospero, Valerian exerts control over the rest of the characters (Walt...

In twelve pages this paper examines how reality is perceived in the literary works Jazz by Toni Morrison, Waiting for Godot by Sam...

depictions of Black America" (Nobelprize.org). Another critic notes that, "Morrison powerfully evokes in her fiction the legacies ...

Awakening: Marriage and Independence In Kate Chopins controversial novel The Awakening, which was first published in 1899, the n...

under the chinaberry tree until its over: "... while inside she knew the cold river was creeping up and up to extinguish that eye ...

is beautiful, acceptable, and normal while black physical characteristics, i.e., broad lips, kinky hair, flat nose and dark skin, ...

B.C. when it was a sparsely population area (Pearson Education 2008). The Nok culture is known to have resided there between 800 B...

smallest nuance of kindness or understanding Kemble (1984) displayed was embellished into a lifesaving gesture speaks to the extra...

important. One could well argue that in all cultures the institution of marriage has generally been an institution that encouraged...

nations had slaves. The laws of Moses acknowledge these slaves and dictate that Hebrew slaves must be kept in slavery only for a ...

instruct me further, telling her, among other things, that it was unlawful, as well as unsafe, to teach a slave to read. To use hi...

then there was the arrival and influence of the Islamic people who further made an impact on slavery. This is also important to un...