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Suzanne Vega's Poem 'Playing'

their ultimate dream. And, the reference to the show indicates an imaginative perspective of life in general. There is an imaginat...

Coming of Age and Maturity in J.D. Salinger's Catcher in the Rye and Maya Angelou's I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

as well, "Maya is permanently puzzled by the adult world. Her grandmother is extremely religious and strict, the children should b...

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Jacobs and its Themes

at the south. If a man goes to the communion table, and pays money into the treasury of the church, no matter if it be the price o...

Determinism v. Free Will, Good v. Evil in Zadig L'Ingenu by Voltaire

notion of good and evil within Zadigs character, one finds that the human condition is a regular consideration, insofar as humanit...

Change in Edward Abbey's Desert Solitaire

that lizard, however, he was integrally bound to the desert environment and was much more complex that that solitary image might l...

Evil Element in the Works of Thomas Hardy and William Golding

the Flies, the book that centers on how a group of boys behaves when they are marooned on an island after their plane crashes. As ...

'William at the Beach, Age 7' by William Stafford

know that William Stafford is a poet from Americas heartland. In fact, he may be, according to Heldrich (2002), "Kansass most famo...

'Arms and the Boy' by Wilfred Owen

"Since a boy is not armed by nature, society must provide him with man-made weapons" (Hibberd, 1986, p. 143). Furthermore, accordi...

Anchee Min's Red Azalea Analyzed

It takes courage to confront these aspects of ourselves just as we see in the Red Azalea. Essentially, what we see in this novel ...

'Parliament of Fowles' by Geoffrey Chaucer

not procreate indiscriminately but should rather follow Natures example and wait until circumstances are optimal in order to add t...

Supernatural Subtleties in The Shining by Stephen King and Beloved by Toni Morrison

In six pages this report examines the thematic subtleties of the supernatural in these two great works of American fiction. Five ...

Alice Walker's 'Everyday Use'

In five pages Walker's short story is analyzed in a focus on quilt symbolism but with a thematic and story synopsis also included....

Graveyard Scene in William Shakespeare's Hamlet

to sum up what has taken place up until now. In addition, we are given a look at perhaps the ridiculousness of the situation in on...

Individuals Dying for Their Religions

sure, this mission has made for significant intrigue. When one looks into the death of Becket, one will quickly realize that the ...

Concepts of Restraint and Freedom in Utopia by Thomas More

the society of sixteenth-century England. For example, the Utopian cities are all built on similar lines, at least as far as possi...

'Dr. Heidegger's Experiment' by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Each character in the story has their own agenda. Medbourne was once successful but had lost his money and Killigrew had given in ...

Ivan Turgenev's Fathers and Sons

precision of mathematics and the natural sciences to answer questions. Indeed, the members of this philosophical movement simply ...

Luis Valdez's 'Los Vendidos'

large degree. As such, the feminist qualities are vague and incredibly subtle. The only woman in the play is Miss Jimenez. She is ...

Matthew's Gospel

of the Sower in Matthew 13:3-23. This parable talks of a farmer sowing the seed is not to be taken literally. The farmer is an ana...

'The Solitary Reaper' by William Wordsworth Explicated

elements used by the author. The work begins as follows: BEHOLD her, single in the field, Yon solitary Highland Lass! Reapi...

Film Director Gordon Parks

background is disadvantaged. Marcus is the son of a bitter, abusive man who hates whites with every fiber of his being. Marcus is,...

A Citizen Kane Cinematic Analysis

lost prior to being sent from his home (1995). The camera is suddenly outside focusing on smoke rising form the chimney and then ...

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...

William Shakespeare's Othello and Women

with trouble as he holds Desdemonas handkerchief. Bianca notes it and states: "O Cassio, whence came this? This is some token from...

Comparative Analysis of Myths in Epic of Gilgamesh, Beowulf, 'The Odyssey' and a Work by Jack London

In five pages this paper contrasts and compares the myths featured in these ancient works and also makes a thematic comparison wit...

Universal Confusion and Evil in William Golding's Lord of the Flies and J.D. Salinger's Catcher in the Rye

be credited to each authors belief in the universality of evil and disorder, an evil and disorder which often as not can be relate...

Charles Dickens Bleak House and Elements of Mystery

Carstone, to attempt to solve the generations-long Chancery suit of Jarndyce and Jarndyce (Dickens). There is little that is myste...

The Environmental Impact of the Element Cadmium

of problems with cadmium have not been ignored. Such concerns have been voiced over the past twenty-year or so and early issues h...

Elements of a Social Utopia

abide, and making society a clearly structured reality. Now, while this may have been their notion of utopia it was likely that no...

Basic Element Ideologies of Philosophy

and Anaximenes (Is Philosophy Possible?). However, there were a great many others who contributed to the mainstream of postulate...