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Wholeness and Self Awareness

restricted in its understanding. At the very core of personhood is a sense of being. From that single source stems all other qua...

The Aristotelian Tragic Form

expect of him. Based on these criteria we will examine the tragic characters in Macbeth, Death of a Salesman, The Stranger an...

Morality, Relationships, and Motivations in Works of Leo Tolstoy and Fyodor Dostoyevsky

In five pages a comparison between these two authors and the depiction of morality, relationships, and motivations are considered ...

Kafka: Gregor Samsa and Self-Sacrifice

neither of their parents can stand to be in the same room with Gregor. Interestingly, no one ever tries to communicate with Greg...

The Cossacks by Leo Tolstoy

of contrast, that it is freedom that makes the difference in a man, freedom and experience, not class or social status. Tolstoy p...

"The End of Democracy?"

into the Constitution, thus making it impossible to legislate against virtually anything-"doctor-assisted suicide? Or drug use? Or...

Poe/Masque of the Red Death

The seventh and most western of the apartments was "closely shrouded in black velvet tapestries" and it was only in this room that...

Poe and The Masque of the Red Death

decline, from onset to death, takes but "half an hour" (Poe). In the face of this overwhelming specter of death, Prince Prospero i...

Counseling Grieving Elementary Students

the typical approach, in that it addresses the depths of emotion, guilt, shame, anger and all other pertinent emotions associated ...

Potential Cases for Tortuous Action Under Australian Law

to provide a route to gain relief for damages received and costs incurred, at the same time as acting as a deterrent to others. Un...

Are You Anxious About Dying

One of the proverbs or sayings that has been passed down from generation to generation is: “In this world nothing can be said to b...

Literary Psychological Growth and Spiritual Transformation

no nurturing. Neither story has a good ending, but the characters do emerge somewhat enlightened. Candide takes a very differen...

First World War and Franz Ferdinand's Assassination

joined the crowd lining the Archdukes route to City Hall" and were successful in killing not only Franz but his wife Sofia, who wa...

Human Isolation in The Country Doctor and Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka

by some mysterious external power, capable of turning a man into a giant insect, is virtually ignored by the characters: their foc...

Analysis of Franz Kafka's The Metamorphosis

being which is so radically different from his original form that he is subsequently rejected by all who know him. He is no longe...

Transformations in the Works of Chinua Achebe and Franz Kafka

As far as Okonkwos reality is concerned, he sees his culture and his tribe as one single harmonious order and reality. It is the o...

Style of 'The Metamorphosis' by Franz Kafka

but not from his condition. Rather, his melancholy is because of the "raindrops beating on the window gutter" (Kafka, 2002). Rathe...

Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka and Themes

Willy Loman in Arthur Millers Death of a Salesman. Of course, unlike Loman, it is Gregor who is given the raw deal even though he ...

'Magical Realism' Creative Writing Sample

at the on-site school for the city orphanage, Jessie stood out in my history classroom as if a spotlight were on her. Naturally, s...

From Benign to Deadly, Cryptococcus Neoformans

no proof of infection close to pigeon colonies (Pickles, 2005). In Australia and other southern hemisphere sub tropical regions ...

Kline and Picasso

obvious indication of what the subject matter is without prior knowledge. Of course, it should be noted that this is simply the op...

Children with Neurodegenerative Life-Threatening Illnesses

who are directly involved live and deal with life. This is something that cannot be accurately assessed through numbers, or specif...

Oates, Updike & Kafka

the police, will not protect her or her family from this predator. As this suggests, this writer/tutor disagrees with the interpr...

"Tuesdays with Morrie"

his death sentence. Albom describes the way in which ALS steals its victims bodies, little by little. The nerves are impaired, u...

Purgatory and Liberalization in Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka and The Outsider by Albert Camus

about Gregors change is the way he accepts it without question. The reminder of the book deals wit the consequences of his transfo...

A Euthanasia Discussion

The pros and cons of assisted suicide and euthanasia are considered using the case studies of Oregon's 'Death With Dignity Act' an...

Gregor Samsa's Changes in Franz Kafka's The Metamorphosis

concerned that he cant get up and go to work to support his family. Even from the start, he does not want to be a burden on his fa...

19th Century Russia, Medicine, and Health

which is before the communists would seize control, how did Russian peasants fare? It should be noted that the years mentioned de...

The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka and Alienation

opening line, and one can imagine that as the story goes on, this once human being who finds himself a bug is not able to have a n...

Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka and the Samsa Family's Evolution

In five pages this paper examines how Gregor's transformation into a bug impacts the Samsa family in this analysis of Metamorphosi...