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Scorsese/Gangs of New York

the foreign hordes defiling it" (Mattie 215). Cutting slays Vallon, consigns his son to an orphanage, and proclaims his rule ove...

Violent Song Lyrics/Teen Aggression

the detrimental emotional and psychological effects that this type of music has on young people. However, besides examining the su...

Film Analysis/Kiss Me Deadly

(Ralph Meeker) swerves to avoid her and runs off the road. Angry, he snarls, "You almost wrecked my car. Well? Get in!" (Dirks, 20...

O. Henry/Gift of the Magi

being owned by "Her Jim" (Porter). As Della contemplates her options, she considers her reflection and O. Henry introduces the f...

Kenneth Roberts/Arundel

find and rescue her. Early on, the reader is also introduced to Cap Huff, an adult friend of the Nason family, and Phoebe Marvin, ...

American Psycho/In Bruges

A 3 page essay that contrasts and compares American Psycho (2000, directed by Mary Harron) and In Bruges (2008, directed by Martin...

America's Ailing Healthcare as Depicted in Michael Moore's Documentary 'Sicko'

have reattached since he could not afford the cost of both. According to Rick, the hospital priced the reattachment of his middle...

DEATH POEMS AND "SONG OF A DARK GIRL"

who has lost her lover in the south. We can assume this came from a lynching (as evidenced by the reference to "Dixie," which lync...

Two Critical Views of Shakespeare’s Comedies

from disarray to order; and marks a victory of "Us over Them" (Levin 14). He further argues that 20th century critics have tended ...

Zhang, Lahiri/Memoir and Short Story

was arrested by the cultural revolutionary forces and tortured for several months (Zhang 14). Otherwise, there was "usually enough...

Gabriel's Embracing of Homosexuality in The Fur Queen

Background The Fur Queen is the basis on which Gabriel adapts to life and the gay world while dealing with the horrific exp...

A Comparative: John Ciardi and Alfred Noyes

a shared, antagonistic experience, and in the process radicalized poetry. This is attributed to Ciardi and di Prima, who brought w...

James Joyce's Araby, Counterparts, and The Dead

powerless to stop his thoughts about her. His growing physical tensions haunt him as he relives how the light plays on her hands. ...

Romeo and Juliet, a Play of Extremes

film. It tells us where we are and when; in the case of Shakespeares tragedy of young love, were in Verona, Italy, in the 1500s. T...

Travel Poems by Frost and Stafford

Taken" and William Staffords "Traveling Through the Dark" are both poems about lifes journey and the choices that confront each in...

Vitamin D Study, Article Analysis

This research paper offers an overview and summary of a study, conducted by Brand and colleagues in 2008, which explored the issue...

How Osteoporosis Affects the Elderly

This essay discusses osteoporosis - what it is, risks, and incidence. It does so in the context of a film entitled Fire in the Dar...

Conrad's Heart of Darkness, Light vs. Dark

1902 novel Heart of Darkness is widely acknowledge as a literary classic that provides considerable psychological insight into the...

Symbolism, Theme and Perspective in Two Poems

has grown deep like rivers" (line 4). Setting the line off by itself emphasizes its significance, as it ties the narrator directly...

"Time and J.R.R. Tolkien" by Marie Nelson

This essay is on Marie Nelson's article "Time and J.R.R. Tolkien's 'Riddles in the Dark.'" The writer relates Nelson's principal a...

Dark Chocolate and Cardiac Function

In a paper of five pages, the author systematically evaluates a research article in regards to casual chocolate consumption and th...

The Dark Side of Capitalism

system to support the global growing population. To consider this the motivation and ideas behind capitalism need to be assessed ...

Sadism And Masochism: A World In The Dark

originated. Traces of S&M span millions of years in mans history (Seaman, 1996), however, based upon the sexual preferences of tw...

Depression and Child Of The Dark by Carolina Maria De Jesus

reason in this day and age that people should be condemned to a life of poverty when they display even a modicum of desire to surv...

The Dark Child by Camara Laye

In a paper consisting of five pages this paper examines the argument as to whether or not this text should be considered represent...

The Summer After the Dark by Doris Lessing and Culture

In twelve pages Western society and cultural roles of women are discussed within the context of Lessing's novel with other critica...

Laughter in the Dark by Vladimir Nabokov

In five pages this paper analyzes illusions and perceptual reality as featured in one of the lesser known works by novelist Vladim...

Latin America and Its Dark History

This paper considers the impact of the Cold War in Latin America and the atrocities committed in the countries of Argentina and El...

Dark Secret of Nathaniel Hawthorne Revealed in 'Young Goodman Brown'

from Melville to modern Freudians, Hawthornes fearful secret has been the subject of speculation. But whatever it was and whatever...

Dark Painting and Romanticism

In ten pages this paper analyzes the paintings 'The Nightmare' by Fuselli, 'Death of Sardanapalus' by Delacroix, and 'Saturn devou...