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Langston Hughes: “Theme for English B”

things in daily life that he does. Despite this, he and his classmates have a lot in common: they all need to sleep, drink and e...

Literary Themes

a stuff house in total darkness; these help to create an atmosphere of unrelieved terror. The murderer, of course, is so unhinged ...

Theme: The Shawl by Cynthia Ozick

any sustenance for her. This brings in the thematic element of the shawl in a very powerful way for Magda would suck on the shawl,...

Mark Helprin's 'Il Colore Ritrovato' And 'Monday' - Themes

itself to help a fellow man who had suffered loss either directly or indirectly from the tragedy. The contractor so highly regard...

Theme in Gilman’s The Yellow Wallpaper

how her husband clearly has no idea what is bothering his wife, although he clearly also presumes to have the answer in taking her...

Romantic Themes in William Wordsworth’s Poem ‘Tintern Abbey’

beauty of nature and the insights it provides can unite the two. The primary focus of Tintern Abbey is the temporal or physical w...

Themes in "Things Fall Apart"

Umuofia clan, and that Okonkwo has met those criteria. This is important later on, when Okonkwo commits a dreadful crime that gets...

Time Themes in The Secret Agent by Joseph Conrad

radicals that Verloc has been spying upon. Now, time is not his friend. The element of time is narrowed considerably after this ...

Finding Forrester Themes of Education and Racism

At the same time, there are two teachers in this work who are at odds. They are of course Forrester and Crawford. Forrester actua...

Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller and its Themes

included intelligence, depth, compassion, and integrity. It was now a dream that focused primarily on material success and the dre...

Twentieth Century Literature and Theological Themes

young man who is certain that he offers more and that he is more everything than Orson. At the core of such behavior is an arrogan...

'The Life You Save May Be Your Own' by Flannery O'Connor and Religious Themes

this keeps them interested even more, thus providing us with the dual nature of formal religion as it teaches one thing but does a...

Hunger Theme in Bastard Out of Carolina by Dorothy Allison

to be appreciated, to know that someone cares whether she lives or dies. She does not find it with her family, and it can be said,...

Flying Theme in Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison

relationship with this woman. But after years, when he is in his early thirties, he loses interest and breaks off their relationsh...

Comparing William Shakespeare's The Tempest and Richard III and Themes of Justice and Destiny

especially apparent when critically examining Shakespeares historical play, Richard III and his final work, the dark comedy, The T...

Theme of Death in Beloved by Toni Morrison and Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

it we see the power of life and death in the novel and the people. However, Okonkwo did take part in the death and was warned that...

Departures vs. Emergency, Similar Themes

mothers feelings. Nevertheless, he never rectifies this error and remains increasingly more aloof from human concerns and true car...

Themes of Acceptance in the Works of Okada and Rodriguez

is eventually free from this internment camp. With that in mind we present the following quote to be analyzed: ". . . I wish w...

Abortion Theme in Literature Compared

case is the baby that Jig carries (Bernardo). Hemingway composed this story masterfully through his choice of language. ...

Common Themes in the Works of Welles and Shakespeare

is portrayed in the original Shakespeare. The exception is that Shakespeare spent more time and attention to historical details, w...

Virginia Woolf's 'The New Dress,' Alice Walker's 'The Color Purple,' and Gender Themes

that they tend to destroy themselves from within. This inner destruction of the community toward one another is also symbolic of ...

Primary Themes of Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter

much fuller understanding of the feelings and motivations of his fellow men, which is reflected in his sermons. As noted by Eaton ...

Flannery O'Connor's 'Everything That Rises Must Converge' and Themes of Class and Money

standing in a position that speaks of martyrdom: "he, his hands behind him, appeared pinned to the door frame, waiting like Saint ...

Themes of Good and Evil in Stowe's Novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin

There can be no doubt that Stowe intended her novel to be more of a religious than sociopolitical text. It includes close to 100 ...

Epic of Gilgamesh's Historical Importance and Themes

Humbaba the Terrible. Enkidu has encountered Humbaba and continues to try to dissuade Gilgamesh. Gilgamesh is stubborn and listens...

Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller and the Theme of Illusion

that his old manager would have given him a promotion. Now, in all honesty, we do not know that Frank would have promoted Willy at...

'Slaughterhouse Five' by Kurt Vonnegut and the Theme of Acceptance

everything leads back to itself without ever answering anything. The story, and the life of Billy, is nothing more than an endless...

Fear as a Recurring Theme in the Works of Edgar Allan Poe

grief-stricken protagonist/narrator who is mourning the loss of his beloved, Lenore, and has perhaps taken to drink much as Poe ha...

Feminist Themes in Shakespeare's, The Tempest

can further see feminist perspectives. Lorie Jerrell Leiningers essay, The Miranda Trap: Racism and Sexism in Shakespeares Tempes...

Death Themes and the Medieval Play Everyman

so many things that Everyman had hoped to have done by the time Death arrived. As it is, Death has arrived and Everyman must make ...