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Comparing Poems about War to Beowulf

it is essentially the duty of this narrator. Beowulf is a man who sees his duty as that which involves risking his life. He goes...

Attitudes Seen in Faulkner's 'A Rose for Emily'

oppressed. Later in the story the reader learns of how Emily was not allowed to have male suitors and how her only responsibilit...

3 Adjectives Applied to the Protagonist of 'A Rose for Emily' by William Faulkner

of the narrators gender importance. It is suggested -- by a woman, no less -- that something be said to Emily in an effort to rid...

Loneliness: Faulkner and Hemingway

is also presented in a manner that makes the reader see what a sad and lonely life she has likely led. This is generally inferred ...

Theme of Death in William Faulkner’s ‘A Rose for Emily’

she retreated into security of the family homestead, which like the lady of the house, was also dying a slow death. Before the Ci...

Latino Groups in the United States

disappearing, worsening their economic situation (Verdugo, 2006). However, their large numbers and increasing activism give them a...

Poe/Annabel Lee

a child and she was a child/In this kingdom by the sea" (lines 7-8). These lines, as do the opening lines of the poem, establish a...

Motive and Meaning: A Rose for Emily

While this may be one way of looking at the story, and the character of Emily, it seems to lack strength in light of the fact that...

Government and its Purpose

and the death penalty should be outlawed and that murdering animals should also be against the law. These are really the only conc...

Early American Poetry

would end without seeing "half my days thats due" (line 13). This suggests that Bradstreet is giving birth in middle age, which s...

Robert Browning's Poetry and Religion

try to be more than they are. In this poem we have a simple boy who works and praises God. He is told that the Pope praises God as...

Faulkner, Poe, and Chopin Bringing Characters to Life

did not allow her to be an individual. This offers us a subtle vulnerability that all people possess to some extent. And that vuln...

Interpretation of 'The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock' by T.S. Eliot

of the living (Schneider 834-835). In other words, someone in hell is only willing to expose his shameful state "to another of t...

Robert Frost: Life and Poetry

$15 on the sale (Untermeyer). "His mother was proud, but the rest of the family were alarmed" (Untermeyer 4). Their alarm was well...

Maya Angelou: Her Works and Her Life

Bloom). He escaped but was arrested and tried, and sentenced to a year and a day (Dyson and Bloom). His attorney got him released ...

Robert Lowell/Skunk Hour

farmer/is first selectman in our village;/shes in her dotage" (lines 4-6). As these lines indicate, the poem is in free verse. B...

Mathematics Teacher and Student Inspiration Jaime Escalante

High School, Tito Melean (Jagodzinski, 2001, p. 232). This teacher was in the habit of carrying around a long, thick, bone from th...

Short Stories of William Faulkner and Southern Life

In eight pages this paper discusses how Southern life, history and geography are depicted in the short stories 'A Rose for Emily,'...

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...

Life and Times of Vlad Tepes, the Original Dracula

out of the hands of Vlad the III. (Vlad 1996) Vlad III eventually did manage to regain the thrown of Walachia by conspiring with...

An Essay on Job vs. Career

3 pages. This paper provides an overview of the difference between having a job and having a career. This paper considers the im...

Emily Bronte's Life and Poetry

In nine pages plus an outline of one page this paper examines Emily Bronte's life and analyzes her poetic style as reflected in 'T...

2 Poems by Robert Herrick Analyzed

of the seasons, which have been going on their course throughout all of history. "And Titan on the eastern hill / Retires himself,...

Faulkner and Bambara on Communities

expensive toy store. The children are amazed, as this gives them a glimpse of another world and lifestyle that is totally alien ...

Travel Poems by Frost and Stafford

Taken" and William Staffords "Traveling Through the Dark" are both poems about lifes journey and the choices that confront each in...

Angry Clients and What to Do

Almost one in 5 psychologists reported having been physically attacked by at least one client. Over 80 percent of psychologists re...

Gun Control and the Right to Own a Gun

maintaining the right own guns and it is also an amendment wherein many people claim modern times no longer dictate such a need. P...

Another Ending for The Awakening by Kate Chopin

In 6 pages this paper proposes an alternative ending to this feminist novel in which Edna Pontellier does not commit suicide and i...

The character of St John as portrayed in Jane Eyre

This paper looks at the role of the mysterious St John in Bronte's Jane Eyre. The two characters are presented as having lives whi...

Gender Assumption in Boys Don't Cry

of social community that is unaffected by racial stereotypes, which are misconstrued attitudes, opinions or judgments. From schoo...