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that is, as more closely comply with white standards of beauty are regarded with more favor by both whites and blacks, such as the...

these women to seek relief in laudanum." Laudanum was a drug and apparently many plantation mistresses were living in incredibly o...

white. The reader is offered clues, but then are clues that could be perceived from either direction. For example, in the beginn...

Within 3 pagess, Toni Morrison's 1979 speech at Barnard College is analyzed. Is it possible for women to survive a man's world if ...

(Morrison 51). Throughout the novel, "cold statisticians," such as Schoolteacher, evaluate slaves according to "their animal ten...

to the community, a clear case of moral ambiguity wherein Sula and her family felt they had a right and that their behavior was, o...

a sense of innocence. "I had begun to worry about my speech again. How would it go? Would they recognize my ability? What would th...

the abuse of a child, however the reader may not like that. This same critic indicates how it was "Her scratching the back of her...

It is a story that could well be about any community in any part of the world. In essence, unlike many of Morrisons...

It is also interesting to note that when they grow, and separate, they take on the roles of their mothers: "Nel struggles to a con...

This 5 page paper explores the concepts of virtue and self-discipline and how self-discipline applies to virtue in Toni Morrison's...

In five pages this research paper assesses the artistic and musical contributions of African Americans throughout history in the m...

This 5 page paper examines Toni Morrison's novel Beloved from a feminist perspective. The writer analyzes Beloved herself, who app...

This 8 page paper considers Sethe's sense of what it means to be a mother in Toni Morrison's novel Beloved. The writer argues that...

This 7 page paper argues that Toni Morrison's use of vacant facial expressions in her novel Beloved can be understood with referen...

In 8 pages the erogenous and nursing significance of breasts and the freedom and oppression they represent to Sethe are the focus ...

An eight page paper looking at the issue of separation in Toni Morrison's modern classic. The paper points out that there are real...

Sula deals with the lives of these two opposed characters, The novel opens at the time when the girls were around the age of twel...

In six pages the concept of freedom through death as a release from life's hardships is examined through such works as William Fau...

In six pages the enslavement of African American females as depicted in Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God, Toni Mo...

In four pages this paper examines how personality is affected by freedom in this analysis of Toni Morrison's 'Beloved' and Margare...

This 3 page paper discusses the way in which four authors treat the issues of language, rape, education and incest at the family l...

play in the narrative, it is helpful to have an understanding of the overall plot and its major components. Plot Synopsis Altho...

In five pages this essay examines safety issues as they are represented in husband and wife Valerian and Margaret in Toni Morrison...

girl who is rejected by nearly everyone. In fact, so too is her family as the lot of them is cursed with ugliness and rejection. ...

they were dead, rather than face a fate similar to hers. She is successful in killing only one, her infant Beloved. "Sethes murder...

This paper addresses Toni Morrison's use of misnaming and other dramatic techniques. This six page paper has no additional source...

In six pages this paper charts the course of American literature in a consideration of popular movements with examples and a focus...

In twelve pages this paper examines confrontation in F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby and in Toni Morrison's Jazz. One othe...

This paper contrasts and compares different images of being an American in eight pages as represented in Toni Morrison's The Blues...