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Langston Hughes, Identification with America

This essay analyzes two poems by Hughes, "Theme for English B" and "Let America Be America Again." The writer asserts that "Theme"...

Coen Postmodernism and "No Country for Old Men"

This is all part and parcel of the postmodern style employed by the Coens, which they use to great effect. Postmodernism involves ...

Good Country People

it is interesting that this name is actually a variant of the name Helga, which means "holy." Joy represents the kind of dichotom...

Mark O'Rowe's Howie the Rookie

their histories are defined and how their interactions take place. The play also enhanced my understanding of how physical elemen...

Political Theme in Zhang's Hero

film Hero, released in 2002 and costing $30 million to produce, is the most expensive film in the history of the Chinese film indu...

An Analysis of The Things They Carried

This five page report analyzes the structure utilized by Tim O'Brien. The contention is presented that this utilization effectiv...

'A Clean, Well Lighted Place' by Ernest Hemingway

In five pages this essay considers the narrative action and the main theme's implications within the context of the short story. ...

Masculinity in The Tale of Genji

women throughout history. In these respects we see how Genji is attractive. Genji seems to know what women feel, how they think,...

The Film Chinatown by Director Roman Polanski

Six pages and 5 sources used. This paper provides an overview of Roman Polanski's 1974 film Chinatown. This paper considers the ...

Gender Roles and Theme in 'A Jury of Her Peers' by Susan Glaspell and 'The Lottery' by Shirley Jackson

contemporary society. "People began to look around to see the Hutchinsons. Bill Hutchinson was standing quiet, staring down at t...

Gregory of Nyssa and St. Augustine

Augustine Chapter X). He then notes that he learned many things through such examination concerning his behavior, behavior...

Cartoonist Tex Avery and His Styles of Influence

to be time to defrock this innocent waif, and as conceived by Tex Avery, she was now all grown up (was she ever) and more than sui...

A Comparison of Two Christian Tragedies

representative of the many generations of Church representatives that have pummeled the Ojibwe with its Christian doctrine. Endri...

Selfishness and Greed in A Tale Of Two Cities

The themes of selfishness and greed come forth in this analysis of a classic piece by Charles Dickens. The focus on literary techn...

Analysis of Lord of the Flies by William Golding

In ten pages this paper presents an analysis of Lord of the Flies by William Golding in a consideration of humankind's evil as a p...

Betrayal in Dante's 'Inferno'

The theme of betrayal as it is presented in Cantos XXXI, XXXII, and XXXIV is examined in terms of theme, characterization, and ima...

Possessive Love in Browning's Poetry

This research paper addresses the theme of posessive love in two poems by Robert Browning, My Last Duchess and Porphyria's Lover....

A Review of Breaking the Surface by Greg Louganis and Eric Marcus

A 5 page essay illustrating the theme of human diversity. This theme is contrasted to All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes by ...

The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass The Themes of Change and Freedom

5 pages and 1 source used. This paper provides an overview of the central theme of Frederick Douglass' Narrative in the Life of F...

Madame Butterfly and Othello, Themes Compared

Masks and weaknesses are two themes permeating Othello by William Shakespeare and M. Butterfly by David Henry Hwang. This paper co...

A Review of Fences

An 8 page review of the book by August Wilson. This paper focuses on the theme of oppression, a theme that affects not just Afric...

Fate in Romeo and Juliet

progress, the use of word-play reiterates what is fated, and even though we might wish to change the outcome of fate, we begin to ...

Was Young King Tut Killed

When King Tut's mummified corpse was x-rayed, there was a strange black section on the base of his skull that the doctor said coul...

Poe’s Tell-Tale Heart

he so closely identifies with him, which is precisely Poes point-the narrators is not normal, but is quite insane. The point of ...

Serial Killers Versus Mass Murderers

outcast or recently being fired from a job can trigger an individuals compulsion to enact revenge against those who may or may not...

Phil Spector's Murder Trial: Evidence

materiality and competence in order to be admissible in a court of law. Moreover, the evidence in question must not be disqualifi...

Three Evidentiary Examples of O.J. Simpson’s Guilt

of the murder? III. O.J. Simpsons Leather Gloves A.) A pair of distinctive extra-large leather gloves with distinctive stitc...

Motive and Meaning: A Rose for Emily

While this may be one way of looking at the story, and the character of Emily, it seems to lack strength in light of the fact that...

Riggs et al v Palmer

of the defendant; Elmer Palmer, was that the will was made in the correct form and complied with the letter of the law. As such, i...

Falun Gong

falun, a spinning body of energy said to be located at the lower abdomen" (What is Falun Gong?, 2007). Followers of this disciplin...