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In five pages a thematic and symbolic analysis of this novel by Herman Melville are presented. Four sources are cited in the bibl...

in the goodness of man and the mans natural state is in nature and is burdened by civilization (Campbell). The doctrine of sensibi...

ending is quite compelling, letting on that the narrator is much more insightful than first appears. Certainly, the narrator is no...

In nine pages Melville's message in Billy Budd is analyzed and then the novel is compared to the works by Arthur Miller and Toni M...

In a paper consisting of five pages the ways in which Herman Melville uses the novel to discuss how nature's laws do not always pr...

Romantic tradition, of which Melville was a nominal or part-time member, of the innocence and moral superiority of a pastoral moti...

In five pages this paper discusses the evil of Squeak and Claggart and the goodness of Billy Budd in an analysis of the novel by H...

who flatly refused to accept the mundane. These two characters, both centers of nineteenth century American literature, each made...

Melville is describing again the schoolmaster not just as an animal carrying out instinctual actions, but is describing his behavi...

one of the most essential elements of sacrifice, especially in a religious context, is that the action is performed willingly, and...

truly fulfilled, and in fact he likens this fulfillment to a nearly spiritual ideal. On the other hand, there was...

In five pages discord between citizens of the American north and south are considered and Benito Cereno by Herman Melville is used...

even on good speaking terms with him. This leads the rest of the townsfolk to determine that Brown is crazy making Hawthornes poin...

Melville: "he was ... a gentleman adventurer in the barbarous outposts of human experience" (147). Melvilles Bartleby the Scriven...

offers a very powerful image of the lives these people live trapped in a tiny apartment and in their individual lives. Melville...

little concern for the development, the past, of the relationships that play a very important part in the stories. One could well ...

metaphorically complex narrative that has been interpreted in a variety of ways. The story itself is deceptively simple. The narra...

In six pages this paper examines this novel by Herman Melville from a perspective of legal theory. Four sources are cited in the ...

In seven pages this paper presents a chapter by chapter synopsis of Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel The Scarlet Letter....

the honors that have been awarded to him, and he indicates his expectation that his "eldest son should succeed to the same positio...

There has been a great deal of research about gifted children over the last decade or so. They may not become eminent but they wil...

133). Pips struggle to make sense of the inscription on his parents tombstones has been interpreted by some critics as his firs...

personal morality were simply accepted, not questioned during their lives. Because American society as a whole had become better...

(Melville 2435). The crew were drawn to Billy Budd like a moth to a flame, and Melville wrote, "They all love him... Anybody will...

freely expressing their sinful temptations to the minister. The cause of Reverend Hoopers alienation, it would appear, was not an...

worthy. With the ideals of Enlightenment we are given a much more complex train of thought as one must also examine the good of a ...

of the lives and social customs of the Marquesas people. The story itself is not just an example of Herman Melvilles fertile imag...

why he engaged in such long sentences. Anyone who has read "Moby Dick," as well as "Billy Budd," will quickly recognize how Melvil...

his own money, earned from doing odd jobs. With trepidation, Gregory describes waiting for his change to give, but the teacher doe...

- he refuses to take nourishment or leave his place of business. Instead of taking a sympathetic view of his employee, the narrat...