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The Concepts of Justice and Truth in Cervantes' Don Quixote

Quixote does hold some hope for the future. Cervantes was also disgruntled with the political systems as well. Just as Don Quixote...

David Lynch's Film Mulholland Drive

couple of cars who happened to be drag racing. This gives the woman a chance to get away. She runs into the city and for some reas...

Classic Literature and the Gothic Motif

Clearly, these elements all preside in Jane Eyre and also in Bleak House. Combining the efforts of these books, we have the haunt...

The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien and a Symbolic Motif Analysis

Jesus Christ is especially compelling in the character of Jimmy Cross. His initials of J.C. and his surname are calculated refere...

Films Life is Beautiful and Shindler's List Artistic Comparison

keep the beauty in life intact for his son, determined that his sons innocence will not be turned into bitterness and hopelessness...

Knowledge Motif in All the King's Men by Robert Penn Warren and Ghosts by Henrik Ibsen

The more involved Willie becomes in politics, the more corrupt he becomes. This is because he acquires knowledge on how the game i...

Transportation and Speed in On the Road by Jack Kerouac

In 5 pages this paper examines these motifs and the symbolism they represent in this 1955 novel by Jack Kerouac. There are no oth...

Cinema Motif in The Kiss of the Spider Woman by Manuel Puig

In 5 pages this paper examines how Molina and Valentin's relationship is enhanced by the author's use of motif in Manuel Puig's Th...

The Anger of Homer's Achilles

In five pages anger as a motif and character motivation in Homer's 'The Iliad' is explored. There are no other sources listed in ...

Spiritual Journey of Dante's 'Inferno'

The development of the journey motif throughout the poem and how it serves as an allegory for spiritual growth are discussed in a ...

Symbolic Motifs and Gothic Imagery of 'The Fall of the House of Usher' by Edgar Allan Poe

In six pages this paper discusses how supernatural, dualism, and death motifs are emphasized through Gothic imagery in this famous...

'Oriental Tale' Motif and If On a Winter's Night a Traveler

In two pages this paper examines the motif of the 'Oriental Tale' in terms of its significance to the relationship between the sto...

The Land of the Lotus Eaters Painting by Robert S. Duncanson

In six pages this painting by 19th century African American artist Robert S. Duncanson is analyzed with the emphasis being on its ...

Edgar Allan Poe Major Motifs

In five pages this paper examines the motifs Edgar Allan Poe frequently used in this analysis of the short stories 'The Black Cat'...

Motif of the Mississippi River in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

In four pages plus an outline of one page this paper discusses how in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Mark Twain powerfully dev...

Analysis of the 1939 Film Wuthering Heights

estate which is known as Wuthering Heights, and the moors which constantly reflect the mood of the homes inhabitants. A stranded ...

Nicholas's Reeducation in The Magus by John Fowles

In six pages this paper examines how motifs and symbolism represent the reeducation of the protagonist in The Magus by John Fowles...

Water Appeal in Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain and The Awakening by Kate Chopin

while maintaining a safe distance so no one is compromised. All the characters enjoy considerable affluence and leisure. None of...

Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness, Henry James' Turn of the Screw and Evil

the Suppression of Savage Customs in which he claims that the white man in Africa must "necessarily appear to them [savages] in th...

Journey in The Optimist's Daughter by Eudora Welty

In eight pages the journey motif in terms of self discovery quest is examined within the context of this novel by Eudora Welty tha...

Hamlet and the Hesitation Motif

In five pages this paper examines how William Shakespeare employed the hesitation motif in this tragic play in an analysis of how ...

William Shakespeare's King Lear and the Disguise Motif

In five pages this paper examines Shakespeare's use of the disguise motif and how deception and disguises manifest themselves in b...

Land and Blood Wars of Bolingbroke in William Shakespeare's Richard II

In a paper consisting of five pages the ways in which Shakespeare employed the dual land and blood motifs in his historical play i...

Free Will and Benevolent Manipulation in The Tempest by William Shakespeare

legitimately rules the island by some sort of manifest destiny. But the ensuing scenes with Ariel and Caliban make it clear that C...

Macbeth by William Shakespeare and the Motifs of Blindness, Sight, Darkness, and Light

In ten pages this paper examines Shakespeare's characterizations of Lord and Lady Macbeth regarding how they enable him to masterf...

The Motif of the Journey In Contemporary Literature

This 5 page paper analyzes the way in which the motif of the journey was used in three classic American novels: The Grapes of Wrat...

Motifs of Ancient Greek Literature and Superman

This essay consists of seven pages and presents the argument that the motifs in the contemporary Superman stories are much like th...

Hurt and 'Home Burial' by Robert Frost

In three pages this poetic narrative by Robert Frost is analyzed in terms of burial and tree planting motifs, other symbolism, the...

Contrasting and Comparing Plot Motifs in George MacDonald's The Princess and the Goblin and Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland

In five pages the plot motifs featured in each of these tales are contrasted and compared. Two sources are cited in the bibliogra...