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Madness as a Common Literary Theme

This paper examines Shakespeare's play, King Lear, as well as Ibsen's work, Ghosts to discuss madness and delusion as common theme...

History Mirrored in Literature

In five pages this research paper discusses how history is mirrored in literature as reflected in such works as 'Beowulf' and play...

The Significance of the Arthurian Legend

In eight pages this research paper discusses the impact upon the Arthurian legend upon medieval literature and includes The Weddin...

Sophocles' Oedipus Trilogy, William Shakespeare's The Tempest, and Violence

In five pages this paper compares and contrasts how violence is featured in these two works of classical literature. Three source...

Humor and Psychology

Freud, these jokes directed aggressiveness, which was disguised by the faulty reasoning in the jokes, against the family members i...

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Its Controversial Nature

because of its controversial position, and content, that children should not be required to read it, or have it read in class. In ...

British Literature and Issue of Class

pride, and vainer ties dissever, / And give herself to me forever" (Browning 1235). According to Professor Gerald McDaniel, the r...

Journeys and Their Philosophical Meaning in 'Inferno' by Dante Alighieri and 'The Odyssey' by Homer

student who is writing about this topic should consider the ways in which the each author develops the philosophical journey of ea...

Society's Influence on Fitzgerald and Williams

and a truly brazen attitude - were in vogue, as was drinking. Although Prohibition was in force to try to prevent people from imbi...

Survival in The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway and I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

a man who is aloof to a certain degree to the horrors and less desirable things in life that occur all around them. Atlas (PG)obs...

Tragic Themes in Erich Maria Remarque's All Quiet on the Western Front, Sophocles' Antigone and William Shakespeare's Macbeth

Shakespeares characters that the audience (or the reader) immediately understands will not have an easy time of it. The story of "...

Education and Literature's Role

is the well read that appear to succeed in life, they have a broader base of knowledge from which to make judgements and decision....

Patrick Chamoiseau and His Works

The writer discusses Patrick Chamoiseau and his work as it relates to Caribbean history and literature. The paper is eight pages l...

Demonstration of the Epic Qualities Imitated by Aristotle in 'The Odyssey,' 'The Epic of Gilgamesh, 'Beowulf,' and 'Romeo And Juliet'

previous approached, inasmuch as the components of courage, strength, power and physical prowess have as much to do with social im...

Autonomy and Work Teams

In five pages this paper presents a literature review that argues in favor of outside authorities governing work teams. Four sour...

Essential Elements of Great Literature and Writers

In five pages great works of literature written by esteemed authors are examined in order to reveal the crucial elements that cont...

Ethiopian Romance by Heliodorus

in Charicleia, who is a long-lost princess of an Ethiopian queen, even though she appears to be white. Heliodorus relates that her...

The Issue of Censorship and Applying it to Modern Literature

5 pages and 6 sources. This paper provides an overview of the application of censorship principles to the books of J.K. Rowling. ...

Major Female Characters in Mohicans and Van Winkle

Women had few meaty roles in early American literature. This report deals with Cora and Alice Munro from The Last of the Mohicans...

Analyzing 'To a Waterfowl' and 'Thanaptopsis' by William Cullen Bryant

In five pages the ways in which these poems represent the development of American literature and how they reflect the 19th century...

Childhood Loss in Obasan and The Stone Angel

Isolation, privation and loss in childhood are major themes in literature. This report discusses the work of two Canadians, Joy Ko...

Reviewing Charles T. Davis's Black Is the Color of the Cosmos Essays on Afro-American Literature and Culture

In a five page review black literature during the 1960s and '70s is discussed and comparisons are made with slave narratives and t...

Ovid, Gilgamesh, and Genesis Similarities

In five pages the flood and creation tales are among the similarities discussed in a consideration of these three great works of l...

Cancer and Minorities

The study also shows evidence that Asian Americans run an increased risk of stomach and liver cancer, and that Hispanic American a...

Life and Literary Art of James Joyce

is encapsulated in his writings. Indeed, autobiographical elements are characteristic of much of James Joyces work. This...

Ernest Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises, F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby and Gender

is a man of honor and integrity. He represents all that is good in the world of man as he stands to be a man who follows the old r...

Classical Literature and Common Theme of Perseverance in Overcoming Obstacles

fire, his roar is the roar/of the floodwater; he breathes and there is death (lines 128-129). Gilgamesh perseveres despite the ad...

Food and Drink from the Perspective of Dickens

games, poultry, prawn, great joints of meat, suckling-pigs, ...barrels of oysters, red-hot chestnuts, cherry-cheeked apples, juicy...

Science, Insanity, and The Island of Dr. Moreau, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and Frankenstein

it. If it was possible to create a human being, why not? he never stopped to think about what the consequences were and whether he...

Novel Essays by George Lukacs and Virginia Woolf

criticism points toward a different orientation, as she accuses previous writers of materialism, and explains this accusation by ...