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Chivalry, Character, Hunting, and 'Sir Gawain and the Green Knight'

monstrous Green Knight after having already shown that he is unmarred when his own head is cut off (Norton 218). There is a great ...

Life Analysis of This Boy's Life by Tobias Wolff

- Toby and his mother are escaping an abusive situation (one that, ironically enough, Tobys mother was used to, having dealt with ...

Abortion and 'Hills Like White Elephants' by Ernest Hemingway

they write: attempting to arrive at some truth about a topic. In Hemingways case, a good argument can be made for his attempt to u...

Life's Ultimate Questions by John P. Newport

The knowers reaction to truth is important, but the truth is not dependent upon that reaction" (Newport PG). Newport sugge...

Socrates' and Life's Objective

In three pages this paper discusses 'the pursuit of excellence' deemed by Socrates as life's goal. There are no other sources lis...

Symbolism of Life's Tragedy in 'Aeneid' Book VI by Virgil

In five pages the symbolism of Aeneid's Book VI is examined as it pertains to humankind's redemption and salvation. Four sources ...

Women in The Sound and the Fury Faulkner's Femme Fatale Caddy Compson

5 pages and 1 source used. This paper provides an overview of the basic characteristics and central themes related to the charact...

Literature and Free Will

with the famous line: "None of them knew the color of the sky" (PG). The introduction is chilling. Why would no one know the color...

Plotting and Suspense in 'Young Goodman Brown' by Nathaniel Hawthorne

In 5 pages this paper examines the short story's structure in terms of building the suspenseful foreboding and the plot that contr...

A Review of Great Falls

A 5 page review of the story by Richard Ford. Narrator involvement is the sad story is the focus of this review . 1 source....

2 Short Stories on Clashing Religious and Social Values

In five pages this paper examines how social and religious values collide in a contrast and comparison of the short stories 'The S...

Mambo Kings by Oscar Hijuelos and Brothers Cesar and Nestor Castillo

In five pages this paper compares and contrasts the brothers that appear in this book and how they cement the story's strong found...

'Good' and 'Bad' Tradition in 'The Lottery' by Shirley Jackson

The original equipment needed to conduct the lottery was lost "long ago," and the current paraphernalia shows signs of age, the bl...

Techniques of Storytelling in 'Was It Heaven? Or Hell' by Mark Twain

In 4 pages the way in which Mark Twain constructed this story's melodrama is analyzed. There are no other sources listed....

'The Iliad' by Homer and Peace

In 7 pages this paper considers the peace messages contained within this war stories' collection known as 'The Iliad.' There are ...

The Novel and 1999 Film Anna And The King

about the others culture and when each is willing to make compromises for the sake of developing cooperative relationships. The on...

Great Minds Discuss Life's Meaning and Purpose

In five pages this paper examines how life's meaning and purpose are viewed by such great thinkers as Albert Camus, Friedrich Niet...

William Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale, Macbeth, and the Presence of Oracles

matters into his own hands, a reality perhaps perceived by the oracle. He believes the predictions of the witches, and thinks that...

Ancient Literature on the Life's Meaning of Moral Order

Sophocles "Oedipus the King" Sophocles establishes a setting in which the twists and turns that ultimately led to the vision of ...

Comparative View of Salem's Witch Trials

In five pages this paper contrasts and compares the views of the Salem witch trials presented in Francis Hill's A Delusion of Sata...

Life's Final Chapter

is never a simple effort. Many books that deal with this subject do so in such a way that ends up coming across as patronizing an...

Canadian Literature and Violence

The very nature of such a situation requires that the primary character survive that which the reader is not sure he or she could ...

Kate Chopin and Marriage Aspects

In ten pages Chopin's stories 'Desiree's Baby,' 'The Story of an Hour,' and 'A Respectable Woman' are examined in terms of their t...

The Journalist in Combat

The history of reporting in war is the history of telling America's story. This paper explores that history and how the war story ...

Making a Difference Through Storytelling

who finds themself trapped with a, almost willingly, woman going insane. Twains "Huckleberry Finn" takes the reader with him along...

An Analysis of James Alan McPherson's The Story of a Scar

Dr. Wayland, was late "and there were no recent newsmagazines in the waiting room" (392), he decided to make what he considered to...

West Side Story, Manhattan Transfer, and Uses of Dialect

In five pages the ways in which ethnic dialects are used in the stories of West Side Story and Manhattan Transfer are considered. ...

'Indian Camp' by Ernest Hemingway

his physician father to perform a Caesarean on a pregnant squaw. Dr. Adams describes the serious medical situation in clinical, m...

'Hills Like White Elephants' by Ernest Hemingway

conforming to gender role expectations in other areas, such as his taking the bags to the train. It is not that she is portrayed ...

A Short Story

may be in similar situations as I have myself been subjected to. "I should start by telling you my name. My name is Beatrice McK...