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King Arthur and Classic Heroism

In five pages the classical hero is examined in a comparative analysis of the similarities and differences that exist between King...

Gender Roles, Arranged Marriages and Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare and The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

In five pages this paper discusses how arranged marriages oppressed women in this analysis of these two literary works. Two sourc...

Protagonists in William Faulkner's 'A Rose for Emily' and Charlotte Perkins Gilman's 'The Yellow Wallpaper'

The ways in which female protagonists are controlled by men are discussed in a comparative analysis of these literary works consis...

Animal Symbolism in Dante's 'Inferno' and William Shakespeare's King Lear

In 7 pages this paper examines what the animal symbolism represents in a comparative analysis of these two literary works. There ...

Comparative Analysis of 'Representations of General Nature' in 'A Haunted House' by Virginia Woolf and 'Barn Burning' by William Faulkner

This paper applies Samuel Johnson's contention that 'representations of general nature' should be featured in good stories in a co...

Mary Elizabeth Braddon, Elizabeth Gaskell, and Cultural Reorganization from a Woman's Perspective

reader is able to reconsider a number of suppositions as related to the era and the characters that inhabit it. Details, Details, ...

Children's Literature, Transformation and the Quest

In five pages this paper examines the protagonist's quests and how they transform them in a comparative analysis of the children's...

Effi Briest by Theodor Fontane and Realism

In six pages the realist literary genre is defined and then applied to an analysis of the 1895 novel Effi Briest by Theodor Fontan...

Willa Cather's Death Comes for the Archbishop

the people that they are there to convert, that they find peace for themselves, and are able to build a presence for the Church wi...

Comparative Thematic Analysis of F. Scott Fitzgerald's 'A New Leaf' and Edith Wharton's 'Roman Fever'

much of a respected figure. One author, in noting this states that his "playboy image impeded the proper assessment of his work" (...

Jean de la Fontaine's Fables

outward recognition. Why do Fontaines epic fable poems work? Primarily, one could state that they work because they embody unive...

Detective Fiction of Edgar Allan Poe

In five pages the ways in which the detective literary genre was standardized by Poe's 'The Purloined Letter,' 'The Mystery of Mar...

Mary Shelley's Dr. Victor Frankenstein, Joseph Conrad's Kurtz and Human Personality

In five pages this paper applies the human personality theories of Sigmund Freud to an analysis of these two classic literary char...

Human Characteristics and Latin American Literature

Parenting styles differ significantly, therefore, leaving much open to interpretation and inference. Certain aspects, such as nur...

Comparative Analysis of Detective Works Murders in the Rue Morgue by Edgar Allan Poe and The Second Deadly Sin by Lawrence Sanders

by the brilliance and deductive reasoning that the detective uses. Agatha Christies Hercule Poirot is reminiscent of a brilliant d...

Book XXIV of 'The Iliad' by Homer

is somber (tragic). "...In great works of art all levels in which interpretation can be pursued fruitfully probably remain in som...

Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility, Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights, and Love Relationships

and feels that he usurped his place in the family. Therefore, when Hindley torments Heathcliff when he gets the opportunity. Cathy...

Review of Paul Auster's Moon Palace

truncated at some point in the past by an Ellis Island clerk, Fogelman thus becomes Fogg. Fogg is an orphan in search of his fath...

Literature and How It Has Evolved

politics of the time did. It seemed to be a time of little direction, and the writing of the period reflects this. It can be said...

Analyzing the Tragedy Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe

professor who charts his own fateful course. He dreams of securing the knowledge which would make eternal mortal life possible, a...

Deities and Fate in The Epic of Gilgamesh and Sophocles' Oedipus the King

Deities and the concept of fate are examined in this comparative analysis of these classical literary works consisting of 6 pages....

A Literary Hero: Henry V

Is Henry V really a literary hero? The paper argues that he is a literary hero and in fact could serve as a role model in today's ...

Literary Comparison of Graham Greene's 'The Destructors' and D.H. Lawrence's 'The Rocking Horse Winner'

concerned with the cultural deterioration which was inevitable after the wars catastrophic destruction. Two of these authors most...

Trio of Essays on To Have and Have Not by Ernest Hemingway

In nine pages 3 essays are presented regarding Ernest Hemingway's To Have and Have Not that offer personal opinions, literary anal...

Literary Transcendentalism by Lawrence Buell

In six pages this paper discusses the American Transcendental movement in a summary and analysis of Lawrence Buell's Literary Tran...

Comparative Analysis of Seneca's and Euripides' Medea

In five pages Euripides' and Seneca's depictions of Medea are contrasted and compared in this literary analysis. There are no oth...

Time, Place, and Action Unities and the Neoclassicism of Oedipus Rex by Sophocles and King Lear by William Shakespeare

In eighteen pages this report considers how literary unities are to be represented in literary works with Sophocles following the ...

American Dream as a Nightmare in Ralph Ellison's 'Invisible Man' and F. Scott Fitzgerald's 'The Great Gatsby'

In five pages this paper provides a comparative analysis of these two famous American literary works in terms of the acquisition o...

'On Being Young - A Woman - and Colored' by Marita Bonner and 'How It Feels to Be Colored Me' by Zora Neale Hurston

what governs their overall behavior. Conspicuously absent in this story is the weak and fragile persona; instead, Hurstons ...

Does Aggression Help or Hinder Performance in Sports

The student should consider presenting the following points: Kirker, Tenenbaum and Mattson (2000), for example, recognized that ...