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A Comparison of The Green Berets and Casualties of War

days on the battlefield seemed to be but a dim memory. The Korean War was Americas first unpopular war where there were no victor...

Caribbean Literary Themes

In five pages this paper discusses the literary themes in the Caribbean literary examples The Chosen Place, the Timeless People, T...

The Use of Dialect by Swift, Blake and Conrad

Joseph Conrad's use of dialect and other literary techniques was influenced by many writers who came before. This paper links his ...

Opera Significance in Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert

In five pages this paper examines the protagonist's destiny foreshadowing offered by the operatic presence of Lucie de Lammermoor ...

Social Class Status and Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert

In five pages this paper examines the protagonist's obsession with changing her social class throughout the course of Flaubert's n...

Lucius in Apuleius' Golden Ass and St. Augustine

it is interesting to note that the heros first name is the same as both Apuleius himself, as well as the name of the author from w...

Overview of Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

In a paper containing six pages the protagonist's inability to handle the dissolution of his beloved Ibo culture after the takeove...

Comparative Analysis of Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman and Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie

In four pages this paper analyzes human dreams in a contrast and comparison of these two award winning American dramas. Two sourc...

An Epistolary Novel The Color Purple by Alice Walker

In a paper that consists of five pages the ways in which the novel's format represents a series of letters that have been written ...

The Summer After the Dark by Doris Lessing and Culture

In twelve pages Western society and cultural roles of women are discussed within the context of Lessing's novel with other critica...

Structure and Struggle in Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison

In four pages this 'nightmare' tale examines the protagonist's struggles and also analyzes the novel's structure. Three sources a...

Ethics, Violation, and Self Esteem in Clarissa by Samuel Richardson

In eight pages the protagonist's motivations in this 18th century classic novel are examined. Three sources are cited in the bibl...

The Book of Daniel by E.L. Doctorow

In ten pages this paper analyzes the novel's presentations of the government, the social culture during the time period, the prota...

Comparison and Contrast of Men and Dogs

a pack of males, she automatically receives all attention and is often the unwitting recipient of dog-like howls, eye-bulging star...

A Moral Dilemma Exercise in Creative Playwrighting

In six pages a short play involving a protagonist's moral dilemma and whether or not he deliver illegal drugs for someone he respe...

Two Female Characters in U.S. Fiction

5 pages and 2 sources used. This paper provides an overview and a comparison of the lives and characteristics of two central fema...

Qualities of Herman Melville's Billy Budd

In five pages Billy Budd's transcendental nature is examined in terms of the protagonist's exemplification of peacemaking, honesty...

Analysis of 'Solder's Home' by Ernest Hemingway

Kansas City Star, Hemingway himself "left Kansas City in the spring of 1918 and did not return for 10 years, [becoming] the first ...

The theme of insanity in The Yellow Wallpaper

"I must put this away,--he hates to have me write a word." This shows how controlling John is over her as both husband and docto...

'The Purloined Letter' by Edgar Allan Poe

In five pages Poe's detective tale is examined in terms of the protagonist's superior class attitudes that are revealed when he in...

Myth and Its Importance in Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko

In four pages this paper examines the importance of Native American heritage and the protagonist's desire to reconnect in the nove...

Self Discovery Journey in The Unlikely Ones by Mary Brown

In four pages this essay examines the female protagonist's journey towards self discovery in The Unlikely Ones by Mary Brown. The...

Epistolary Novel and Fair and Tender Ladies by Lee Smith

who never writes back -- she says that the name of her would-be friend ?tastes sweet in my mouth like honey or cane or how I pictu...

Analysis of Kate Atkinson's Behind the Scenes at the Museum

One of the chapters of this text is analyzed in terms of its discussion of the lives prior to the First World War of the protagoni...

Concept of Community in Richard Wright's Native Son and John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men and The Grapes of Wrath

In a paper consisting of 15 pages the concept of community is examined within the context of these novels from the perspective of ...

Jean Toomer's Fern and Octavia Butler's Kindred

In five pages these works are considered in terms of their dual protagonists' commonality in the characters of Dana and Rufus in K...

Strange Heaven by Lynn Coady

In 5 pages the protagonist's learning experiences both in the mental hospital and beyond as presented in this novel by Canadian wr...

A Historical Critique of 'The Yellow Wallpaper'

This paper of 7 pages chronicle's the female protagonist's descent into madness due to the oppression of the patriarchy and its in...

David Hare's Play Amy's View

In 6 pages this paper considers the play in terms of a critical, literary historical, and interdisciplinary literary analysis. Th...

Fitzgerald's Short Story, The Rich Boy

This paper analyzes Fitzgerald's short story, The Rich Boy in terms of the protagonist's behavior and refusal to grow up. This si...