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Understanding and the Supernatural in Toni Morrison's Beloved and Gloria Naylor's Mama Day

lived with her before her death and that Sethe sought her out after escaping from slavery. The presence of the baby girls ghost ...

Tales of Devious Caribbean Women by Hispanic Authors

became increasingly diffident towards him" (Ramirez 79). Yet, when the manager asked the narrator what Francoise was saying, he wo...

'The Dead' and Dubliners by James Joyce

or perhaps the ability to appreciate the verse even if they do not recognize the poet. His insecurity also shows in that this judg...

Transcendentalism, Domesticity and Louisa May Alcott

womans place was perceived to be located securely in the private sphere, which she ruled as a domestic goddess, creating a haven o...

Coen Brothers' Film O Brother Where Art Thou? and Marxist Themes

McGill spins a yarn about buried ill-gotten gains ($1.2 million) that he promises to share (Berardinelli). In their journey, the...

Life and Writing Style of John Steinbeck

In general (which is unjust), Steinbecks novels are classified as social novels dealing with the economic problems of rural labor,...

Leaving Home According to Ernest Hemingway and James Joyce

In five pages this essay considers the theme of leaving home as experienced by the protagonists in Ernest Hemingway's 'A Soldier's...

Critical Debates on William Shakespeare's Hamlet

addition, (and not atypical of the Bard) Hamlet has more than one focus. For example, unquestionably the Prince of Denmark is one...

Combination of Economic and Political Themes in 'The Communist Manifesto'

in 5 pages, this essay combines the very themes that were considered within the contexts of the Industrial Revolution and the Fre...

Thomas Keneally's 'Schindler's List'

This is an essay that is 5 pages in length and examines the story's characters, plot, point of view, settings, themes, symbols, an...

Overview of the Franco Prussian War

Consequently, Prussia grew bitter over what it viewed as the robbery of two traditionally German provinces. By the mid-1860s, the ...

Tennessee Williams' Cat On a Hot Tin Roof Play and Film Versions

severity of the Bricks grief at Skippers death causes his relatives to speculate, but this is dispelled in the crucial scene that...

Anthills of the Savannah by Chinua Achebe

In five pages this essay provides a synopsis of Achebe's 1987 novel and the primary themes are analyzed. There are no other sourc...

Comparing Nathaniel Hawthorne's Short Stories 'Young Goodman Brown' and 'Roger Malvin's Burial'

In two pages this essay compares these short stories in terms of symbolism, theme, and imagery. There are no other sources listed...

Tartuffe and Don Juan by Moliere

In five pages this essay contrasts and compares two of Moliere's plays in terms of their similarities and differences as they pert...

Metaphor in the Work of E. E. Cummings

This essay provides a reading of the classic Cummings' poem, "somewhere I have never travelled, gladly beyond." The aut...

British Poet Philip Larkin and 3 of His Poems

In five pages this essay analyzes the theme of loneliness as it is presented in 'The Whitsun Weddings,' 'Toad's Revisited,' and 'M...

Capitalism in The Housemaid

This 10 page essay analyzes the novel by Ammo Darko for the themes of capitalism, urbanization, gender, and the idea that even peo...

Cinema and Novel Expansion of Blade Runner

but an android is not designed to react emotionally and must formulate a false emphatic response. The difference in the time invol...

Everything Julius Caesar

In nine pages which also includes an outline of one page this essay describes the Forums of ancient Rome and then offers a critica...

A Comparative Analysis of Roethke and Ammons

In five pages this essay offers a contrast and comparison of Theodore Roethke's poems 'The Waking' and 'I Knew a Woman' and A.A. A...

Conviction in A Man For All Seasons

This 5 page essay reviews the theme of conviction in A Man For All Seasons. 3 sources are listed....

Sound Liberator Edgard Varese

In five pages this essay analyzed how Varese's sound liberation had a profound effect upon music of the twentieth century with thi...

Many Themes of Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman

In six pages this essay analyzes the many themes Miller incorporated into his play that is frequently misunderstood as a result of...

Essays of George Orwell

In 6 pages this paper discusses the intellectual and political themes that were featured in the essays of George Orwell. Nine sou...

The Lingering Effects of War in 'Snow Falling on Cedars'

This is a 5 page essay that considers the lingering effects of World War II and its impact on the novel particularly in the charac...

The Irrational Love of Romeo and Juliet

is something that does not escape the young couple, for they do have the capacity to accept the grandeur that is love; while their...

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and Home Alone 3

In five pages this essay compares the film with the novel by Mark Twain in the commonality of the popular theme in each of childre...

Comparing Salinger's Catcher with Lee's Mockingbird

This essay contrasts and compares J.D. Salinger's coming of age novel Catcher in the Rye with Harper Lee's account of a Southern c...

The Police as Portrayed in La Haine by Mattleu Kassowitz

This essay discusses the function and characterization of the police as they are portrayed in Mattleu Kassowitz's movie La Haine (...