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and "marrying well". In the twentieth century, however, the Compsons breed a retarded child; two of the siblings have an incestuou...

In ten pages this paper examines how religion, particularly the grace of God, is thematically depicted in Flannery O' Connor's sho...

In fifteen pages this paper discusses how sin is depicted in the Books of Genesis and Romans as well as how it is thematically dev...

In five pages this essay analyzes the language, themes, story, and characters found within Marilynne Robinson's novel Housekeeping...

by going to church, trying to do the right things in life and communication with him beforehand. Yet, it will only be after their ...

are constantly fighting a futile battle. As one author states, the two main characters are the epitome of confusion and futility a...

marry his mother. This involves a very powerful unwritten law concerning incest. While there was perhaps no laws concerning this p...

freedom is conveyed in The Awakening. Edna yearned to be free but she lived in a society where she felt a prisoner. She could not ...

Swift employed satire to convey his message, and his target was, naturally, Europe, as it existed during the sixteenth century, bu...

In 5 pages this paper examines how renunciation is thematically depicted in the novel's 3 major characters and within the featured...

in; many influences in these young girls lives are explored to determine why they had decided to participate in such risky behavio...

Three passages from these works are contrasted and compared in terms of how they thematically depict women, family, racism, and sl...

The ways in which priests and Catholicism are thematically depicted in these texts are contrasted and compared in a paper which co...

of the Rigger Bar" (Erdrich 1). From this moment her short story continues until she is alone and wandering in heavy falling sno...

individuals, individuals who arrived from that continent we refer to as the "Old World". The precise determination of exactly who...

physical eye. This eye is not really something that is symbolic in relationship to standing as a cultural icon or something else, ...

void in her life prior to the arrival of Sylvie. Without her mother and with only her sister to rely on she was unable to find a r...

In four pages this essay examines how guilt and grief regarding 14 year old Susie's death is thematically depicted by Alice Sebold...

that saw people for who they were and was blind to the social status they maintained. For him, honor was not a learned behavior; ...

child, the innocent and helpless creature bestowed on them by Heaven, whom to bring up to good, and whose future lot it was in the...

begins to see herself as somehow less than the rest of humanity, a sub-human at best. This self hatred continues throughout the ...

who can take care of her and so Janie is married unhappily to a man named Logan Killicks. In Chapter Four, it is easy to see that ...

do him wrong. She is all but banished and ends up marrying into wealth and power in another region of the continent. Still she sid...

man who goes to England on holiday, rather than accompany his family on a trip to the beach. While in Europe, the man is struck by...

end, giving us a young woman who was never able to come to terms with her race, her sexuality, or her gender. She is the character...

for opening accounts that took into consideration how to disburse the assets of a deceased depositor to that individuals heirs (Ro...

subordinate role that he is expected to take in society (Eichelberger, 1999). This indoctrination occurs primarily in the chapel s...

is there? (Malamud NA). From this we see his determination, but we also see little else. We do not gain the understanding that ...

afterlife, gods and worship, adventure and achievement, and legacy. The gender roles and children depicted in The Epic of Gilgame...

aspect of Bambara existence changed drastically - from acceptable clothing to monetary exchange and sexual habits to polygamy - sp...