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Fiction Writing and Philosophy of the Romantic Era

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

Sacrifice According to Herman Melville, Henrik Ibsen, and Shirley Jackson

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

American Literature's Romantic Movement

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

Reflections on Several Famous Literary Works

as being mostly unforgiving of mans shortcomings, inasmuch as he implies that humanity has turned into a selfish, egotistical and ...

Competing American Ideologies in the North and South Before, During, and After the Civil War

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

Domesticity in Chapters 87 and 88 of Moby Dick by Herman Melville

Chapter 87 One of the most powerful things we note in this particular chapter is the focus on issues of warfare and battle, issu...

Transcendentalists and Nathaniel Hawthorne

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

Eighty Eighth Chapter of Moby Dick by Herman Melville

of men. Men, primarily those men on the ship, are men who are likely "dangerous to encounter" on an ordinary day. They are perhaps...

Moby Dick by Herman Melville and Post Reading Exercises

presumably just universe. An arrow going from the first circle to the second indicates the cause-and-effect direction. Multiple ...

Williams, Melville, and Jackson

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

American Literature

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

Moby-Dick, Discussion of Quotes from the Novel

This essay presents four quotes taken from Moby-Dick by Herman Melville. The writer discusses the meaning of each quote in relatio...

White Symbolism in Moby Dick by Herman Melville

This paper consists of seven pages and presents a literary analysis of the white symbolism that appears throughout Moby Dick by He...

Theme of Victimization in Uncle Tom's Cabin, Redburn, and Wieland

origin of the mysterious voices turned out to have a quite natural explanation, but there is nothing particularly comforting in th...

Benito Cereno by Herman Melville and 'Song of Myself' by Walt Whitman

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

'Bartleby, the Scrivener' by Herman Melville and the Narrator

In five pages this paper examines the mental stability of the narrator in this famous story by Herman Melville. There are no othe...

Narrator and Protagonist's Relationship in 'Bartleby the Scrivener' by Herman Melville

In three pages Bartleby and the narrator's relationship are examined within the context of this Herman Melville short story. Ther...

Symboliism in Bartleby, The Scrivener and The Yellow Wallpaper

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

Historical Literary Periods and Transporting Readers to Another Time

In eight pages the importance of setting historical setting in order to take readers back to an earlier period is considered in an...

Laws of Nature in Billy Budd

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...

Moby Dick by Herman Melville

In five pages this paper examines various themes including racism as they relate to Moby Dick by Herman Melville. Five sources ar...

Comparing 'Two Kinds' with 'Bartleby'

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

Prejudice and Slavery in Benito Cereno by Herman Melville

trouble from the start. Upon seeing another ship which he believes is in trouble, he decides he must go and offer his help. Inst...

Billy Budd and Tommy Contemporary Operas

When he recover his senses, yet it still marked by his Uncle Ernie as a phenomena, the public revolts, but it is nevertheless true...

Human Nature and the Poetry of Walt Whitman

this reveals his positive outlook toward the world and his own existence, and allows the reader some comprehension as to his value...

Women as Viewed by D.H. Lawrence

In five pages women's status during the time of D.H. Lawrence is considered in an exploration of his view of them as reflected in ...

Two of Walt Whitman's Works Compared

Two of Walt Whitman's most famous works, O Captain, My Captain and When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd, capture the essence o...

Comparative Character Analysis of Babo in Herman Melville's Benito Cereno and Uncle Tom in Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin

These literary characters are contrasted and compared in four pages. Two sources are cited in the bibliography....

Trafamadore and Billy Pilgrim

In three pages this fictitious autobiographical essay from Billy's perspective explores his zoo experience featuring the circulari...

Moral Liability and Race in Benito Cereno by Herman Melville

In one page this essay discusses how this novel could be interpretated as a story involving moral liability that results from raci...