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Medieval Narratives, the Picaresque, Realism, and Romance

the underlying meaning of the narrative is contained within the incidents which occur in the development of the story (Frye, 1963)...

The Sopranos First Episode Analyzed

from the contrasts that are presented in every episode. Episode One The first episode of the first year of the series is an exce...

Cinematic Narrative in Pulp Fiction and Citizen Kane

We note he grows to be a gregarious individual who seems driven to succeed in unusual ways, always seeking some adventure and some...

Book of Genesis Definitions of Literary Terms

involves not only examining the authors words for literal meaning, but also considering the meanings behind symbolism and imagery....

Anatomy and Psychology

psychology and sociology so far as they affect the well-being of the individual" (512). At this point he delves into what he terms...

Robert Stone's Dog Soldiers

In a paper consisting of 5 pages this novel is examined in terms of whether or not it should be considered a work of art based upo...

William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, the Medieval Epic 'Beowulf' and Setting

this case Hrothgar, and his subjects. The Beowulf poet states that "It came to his (Hrothgars) mind that he would command men to c...

History of Racism in the United States

including women, but while things would eventually be repaired to the point of some closure on the subject-intermarriage, black ca...

Contradictions in the Biblical Story of David

asks David directly whose son he is, when in the previous chapter, it appeared that David was Sauls favorite and the Saul was ver...

Author's Intentions and Objectives in Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Jacobs

as the defining characteristic of an unmarried woman. In other words, according to the cultural definition of femininity a "good" ...

The concept of Nature as presented in Jane Eyre

too solemn: I half rose, and stretched my arm to draw the curtain. It...

Stylistic elements in Jane Eyre

This paper looks at the use of particular stylistic elements in Bronte's novel which underpin her use of character development and...

The character of St John as portrayed in Jane Eyre

This paper looks at the role of the mysterious St John in Bronte's Jane Eyre. The two characters are presented as having lives whi...

Narrative Voice in 'A Modest Proposal' by Jonathan Swift and 'Paradise Lost' by John Milton

In five pages the use of narrative voice by these authors in their respective works is contrasted and compared. There are no othe...

Voices of Black Authors in America

In fourteen pages the reasons why black authors of the 18th and 19th centuries had difficulty in discussing their experiences are ...

An Analysis of The Creature in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

draws from his experience. His first introduction to fire, for example, results in his knowledge that the same element that can p...

Travel Narrative Developed in the Works of Mary Rowlandson and John Steinbeck

In five pages the development of the travel narrative, its various themes, and attitudes, are considered in a comparative analysis...

Her Land by Gilman

A paper which takes a personal perspective on Gilman's classic text. Gilman presents a Utopia populated entirely by women, in a na...

The theme of insanity in The Yellow Wallpaper

"I must put this away,--he hates to have me write a word." This shows how controlling John is over her as both husband and docto...

Feminist ideology in The Yellow Wallpaper by Gilman

A paper which argues that although Gilman's narrative is primarily concerned with the oppression of women leading to mental deteri...

The Chosen Place, The Timeless People; Cane; and Heremakhonon

In four pages these novels by Marshal, Toomer, and Conde are contrasted and compared in terms of narrative and thematic styles. T...

Jean Jacques Rousseau's Confessions, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and the Elements of Autobiography

In a paper consisting of five pages Barbara Johnson's theory that autobiography involves a child's narrative as symbolically killi...

Narrative Evolution

In seven pages the evolution of narrative are examined in a consideration of Scarlet and Black, Tristram Shandy, Madame Bovary, He...

Willa Cather's My Antonia

whole adventure of their childhood in Nebraska. As a result, the reader immediately understands that the story is not to be one o...

Reflections of Life in the Work of Ernest Hemingway

developed what became known as the definitive Hemingway narrative style -- dispassionate, objective and oftentimes ironic. Life i...

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...

First Person Narrative Approaches in Works by Toni Cade Bambara and John Updike

argue he is standing up to injustice in the world as it involves the young girls. As one author states, "At first glance, Sammy, t...

Questions on Art History

narratives can take on many themes for many different reasons. Perhaps there is a very exciting artwork around which one wants to...

Changing Thinking with Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith

the concept of free trade is one that separates economists into ideological camps even today. Smith further believed that the prac...

Literature and Freedom Themes

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 ...