Essays 1621 - 1650
not know when to stop. Faustus is not happy with the knowledge he has obtained. He feels there is more. He is much like an addic...
In five pages this paper examines how innocence is corrupted in a literary comparison and contrast of Gustave Flaubert's Madame Bo...
especially true in Love Medicine, where the abandoned son attempts to brew a love medicine for his grandfather. However, he gets s...
is filled with allegorical references to the time of chivalry and has been described as an allegorical epic. As outlined in the i...
This paper examines these two classic literary works in relation to the significance of magic in each. This five page paper has no...
In eleven pages the courtly love theme as represented in the literary works of such authors as Chretien de Troyes and Andreas Cape...
In eight pages this paper discusses the chivalric code of honor and a knight's pursuit of financial gain within the context of the...
In seven pages this paper discusses how the relationship between warriors and their king is symbolically depicted as that of sons ...
anyone else get a word in edgewise; so much as a "But, Mother" elicits an accusation of impudence. This is a very funny opening sc...
In five pages the role greed plays in the literary works No Exit by Jean Paul Sartre, Candide by Voltaire, and Antigone by Sophocl...
In five pages this paper examines the domestic boundaries that dictated the roles of women during the 19th century in a considerat...
In four pages Kafka's effective tongue in cheek literary style is examined within the context of this humorous short story. There...
In seven pages the literary device of fate is examined within the context of Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter, Edgar Allan...
and the tales of this one mans adventure. The man is Odysseus and his adventures are legendary. He is not a man searching for the ...
In five pages this paper examines a common literary theme as it pertains to Oedipus the King by Sophocles and Othello by William S...
In five pages Aristotle's definition of a tragic hero is applied to these two literary monarchs. One source is cited in the bibli...
In four pages this paper compares and contrasts how the authors depict private life and public life in these ancient literary work...
This paper addresses the nature of morality as portrayed in these three works. The author compares and contrasts how good, evil, ...
In five pages this paper examines how love and relationships are depicted in such ancient Greek literary works as Lysistrata, Anti...
In nine pages this paper discusses how Petrarch provides the Medieval to Renaissance transition and examines the poet's letters an...
In six pages this paper considers the aesthetic objectives of Neoplatonic beauty in terms of the art of Leonardo da Vinci and Mich...
In six pages this paper examines how to define drama as a literary genre. There are many sources cited in the bibliography....
This paper analyzes the literary technique of foreshadowing as seen in Kate Chopin's work, The Story of an Hour. This five page p...
This paper addresses Kate Chopin's Nineteenth-Century novel, The Awakening. The author contends that the literary techniques util...
In four pages this Portuguese literary classic is examined within the contexts of history and the life of the author's life. Thre...
In five pages this report examines whether or not Ivan's death represents a moral judgment resulting from his life in this classic...
In seven pages the thematic representation of violence in these literary works is contrasted and compared. There is 1 source cite...
This paper provides a synopsis and overview of Marquez's classic novel, Love in the Time of Cholera. The author notes Marquez's u...
In eight pages the Spanish literary character Lazarillo de Tormes is analyzed. There is no bibliography included....
An eight page research paper considering the literary concept of the hero's journey in this classic science fiction film by direct...