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Book Review of Dorothy Roberts' Killing the Black Body Race, Reproduction, and the Meaning of Liberty

with knowledge. Dorothy Roberts "Killing the Black Body: Race, Reproduction, and the Meaning of Liberty" is a reflection of that ...

The Bridges of Madison County by Robert James Waller and the Character of Robert Kincaid

food as a measuring cup of personality, a leavening for plot, and an ingredient in the theme" (Kellman 435). The contradictions i...

Comparison of Films Robert Altman's Nashville and Robert Drew's Primary

Dean Story, was far more interested in film as an expansive theatrical art, represented by the Hollywood blockbuster features (ONe...

Book Review of Russell Roberts' The Choice A Fable of Free Trade and Protectionism

trade and the arguments of the protesters. Therefore our main character, who has doubts may be identified by the lay person, to wh...

Comparing the Main Characters and Dark Themes of Hawthorne's The Minister's Black Veil and Young Goodman Brown.

concealed his frame and face from onlookers by wearing a black cloak, as a symbol of a fearful secret between him and them" (Barna...

Women in Candide

social spectrum. The old womans story also charts the fall and misfortunes of an individual who was once a beautiful young woman, ...

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...

Two Critical Views of Shakespeare’s Comedies

from disarray to order; and marks a victory of "Us over Them" (Levin 14). He further argues that 20th century critics have tended ...

Wordsworth & Hardy/Perspectives on Nature

First and foremost, the Thrush is seen by this Romantic poet in heroic terms, as a male facing the storm of the public world in or...

“Relinquish All Hope, Ye Who Enter Here”

the Dark Ages, 2005). Most of the learning that took place was dedicated to organizing knowledge about the past; there was no atte...

Gabriel's Embracing of Homosexuality in The Fur Queen

Background The Fur Queen is the basis on which Gabriel adapts to life and the gay world while dealing with the horrific exp...

A Comparative: John Ciardi and Alfred Noyes

a shared, antagonistic experience, and in the process radicalized poetry. This is attributed to Ciardi and di Prima, who brought w...

James Joyce's Araby, Counterparts, and The Dead

powerless to stop his thoughts about her. His growing physical tensions haunt him as he relives how the light plays on her hands. ...

America's Ailing Healthcare as Depicted in Michael Moore's Documentary 'Sicko'

have reattached since he could not afford the cost of both. According to Rick, the hospital priced the reattachment of his middle...

American Psycho/In Bruges

A 3 page essay that contrasts and compares American Psycho (2000, directed by Mary Harron) and In Bruges (2008, directed by Martin...

DEATH POEMS AND "SONG OF A DARK GIRL"

who has lost her lover in the south. We can assume this came from a lynching (as evidenced by the reference to "Dixie," which lync...

Symbolism, Theme and Perspective in Two Poems

has grown deep like rivers" (line 4). Setting the line off by itself emphasizes its significance, as it ties the narrator directly...

Conrad's Heart of Darkness, Light vs. Dark

1902 novel Heart of Darkness is widely acknowledge as a literary classic that provides considerable psychological insight into the...

Romeo and Juliet, a Play of Extremes

film. It tells us where we are and when; in the case of Shakespeares tragedy of young love, were in Verona, Italy, in the 1500s. T...

Playing in the Dark by Toni Morrison

However, this influence is seldom acknowledged by critics, who "see no excitement or meaning to the tropes of darkness, sexuality ...

Comparative Analysis of Sonnet 23 and Sonnet 147 by William Shakespeare

tongue slow to respond is more than fear, it is also rage (line 3). This rage is so intense that it weakens his heart, that is, hi...

Symbolism in 'A Wizard of Earthsea'

idea of Equilibrium and warned not to do anything until he knows what the effect of his action will be: "... you must not change ...

Violent Song Lyrics/Teen Aggression

the detrimental emotional and psychological effects that this type of music has on young people. However, besides examining the su...

Images of Light and Dark in "Paradise Lost"

differ. But we are not interested here in the themes of the work but in its imagery. Further, as is well-documented, many readers...

Scorsese/Gangs of New York

the foreign hordes defiling it" (Mattie 215). Cutting slays Vallon, consigns his son to an orphanage, and proclaims his rule ove...

Police Profession and Subculture's Dark Side

entrenched police culture, call for fresh approaches to managing for ethics in police work. Gaines and Kappeler (2002) argue that...

Geoffrey Chaucer's 'The Pardoner's Tale' and the Theme of Avarice

In a paper consisting of four pages the corruption that had penetrated all aspectes of life during the Dark Ages are reflected in ...

Romantic Era British Poets

a specific time or age. While romanticism will be prominent in certain epochs, because in its essential characteristics it is a sp...

Vitamin D Study, Article Analysis

This research paper offers an overview and summary of a study, conducted by Brand and colleagues in 2008, which explored the issue...

How Osteoporosis Affects the Elderly

This essay discusses osteoporosis - what it is, risks, and incidence. It does so in the context of a film entitled Fire in the Dar...