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The Concept of the Best Society

She is disgusted by the fact that she must respond to the blackmailer, but also proud that she has defended her husband and her li...

Theoretical Models on Personal Identity

subject. There is a great deal of argument as to what constitutes personal identity. Is identity ones mind or body, or is it, rath...

Creative Depiction of Women

In six pages this paper examines how women are portrayed in the works of Gustave Courbet, Charles Darwin, Franz Kafka, and Virgini...

Lasting Legacy of Leo Tolstoy That Goes Beyond Literature

into the dissipations of Moscows high society, which he candidly recorded in his diary with vows to reform" (Anonymous About Leo T...

Similarities: Gregor Samsa and Franz Kafka

same occupation (Batson, 2007). Samsas immediately family is modeled on Kafkas (Batson, 2007). Samsa is the eldest child; in the ...

Concepts in Short Stories

cases from the point of view that the person on trial is guilty. There is no presumption of innocence until proven guilty-he start...

The Character of Count Vronsky in Anna Karenina

enjoys with any other friends and social acquaintances. Yet in virtually every social circumstance, Vronsky is there. He begins ...

Social Struggles and Women in Franz Kafka's Metamorphosis, Charles Dickens' Hard Times, and Sarah Orne Jewett's A White Heron

Jewetts Sylvia is not far removed from the oppressive social structure Louisa is forced to endure. For Sylvia, the white heron ex...

Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy and Character Comparison of Levin and Anna

In six pages Konstantin 'Kostya' and Anna Levin as featured in Anna Karenina are contrasted and compared in terms of their moral p...

Morality, Relationships, and Motivations in Works of Leo Tolstoy and Fyodor Dostoyevsky

In five pages a comparison between these two authors and the depiction of morality, relationships, and motivations are considered ...

Writer's Impressions of War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy

Vasili Kuragin. Also through their conversation, the reader is first introduced to Prince Vasilis sons, Ippolit and Anatol. The ...

Linguistics Analysis of War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy

Pavlovna is having a party where Prince Vasily, Prince Andrei, Pierre and others are gathered to enjoy the evenings festivities. H...

War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy and its Message

2005). This was clearly illegal and those in the Middle East worried that he would try to take over more nations. Certainly, it wa...

Napoleon and Kutuzov in War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy

kind of holistic pattern, into which all experiences must be forced to fit....

'The Judgement' by Franz Kafka

protagonist finds his fathers rejection of him to be too much to bear and continue living. Kafka begins "The Judgment" by pictu...

Steppenwolf by Hermann Hesse and The Trial by Franz Kafka

obviously see elements of the man who wrote the story, for Kafka is often considered to be an individual who deeply examined his w...

'The Trial' by Franz Kafka

to deserve such cruel treatment from the authorities" (Ebert 914072.html). In a very short synopsis of the story we find "Josef...

Definitive Myth of 'A Country Doctor' by Franz Kafka

In five pages Kafka's nightmarish short story is examined in terms of its contemporary myth functionality. There are 7 sources ci...

'The Hunger Artist' by Franz Kafka

In four pages Kafka's effective tongue in cheek literary style is examined within the context of this humorous short story. There...

Marxist Rhetoric in 'The Hunger Artist' by Franz Kafka

predictable of a portrayal for a writer as talented as Kafka. It has almost become cliche for writers to appear as either the poo...

'The Problem with Our Laws' by Franz Kafka

In seven pages Kafka's text is discussed and critically analyzed. Two other sources are cited in the bibliography....

Pope Leo XIII/On the Condition of the Working Class

In this paper, the writer examines Pope Leo XII's text "On the Conditionof the Working Class," in which, Leo posits a qu...

Beauty and Body Image

coffee break, and theyll jog around the block" (Jordan). Fat people, on the other hand, are far more real and "Fat people...will l...

The Trial by Franz Kafka

that it is impossible for a mere individual to resist the monolithic nature of an authoritarian state, also can be interpreted on ...

How We Live & How We Feel About Dying

that she does not want to see him to go his death "not owning up to the part" that he played in death of his victim (Prejean 179)....

Website Analysis: Ivan the Terrible

mijn werk als architect. - Laatst bijgewerkt 08-05-2006" (Klaas Vermaas Portfolio Website, 2006). The text, which is in Dutch, app...

Overview of Ivan the Terrible

In six pages Ivan the Terrible or Ivan IV, first Russian czar, is the focus of this historical consideration. Seven sources are c...

Ivan the Terrible, Oprichnina, and the Secret Police

In ten pages this paper examines Russian Czar Ivan's brutal use of police force in Russia during the 16th century. Ten sources ar...

Walker, Pearson, Frankl, Miller, and Fromm on Identity and Meaning

In 5 pages these 20th century writers and thinkers are examined regarding their interpretations of identity and life's meaning in ...

Life and its Meaning Questioned

contrary, that it will be lived all the better if it has no meaning." Albert Camus in The Myth of Sisyphus. * Life is a tragedy fo...