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Homosexuality in Le Fanu's Carmilla and Wilde's Dorian Gray

the everyday eye, Dorian does not seem to age a day, nor does his beauty fade. There are several indications of a homosexual nat...

T.S. Eliot's 'The Waste Land' and the Contemporary World

world was worth living in. Interestingly enough, one critic indicates that this is where Eliot uses the symbolism of the Holy G...

Qur'an and Science

sufficiently vague to cast doubt over the scientific meaning of the relevant verses. There can be little doubt that at the...

Relationships in As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner

If the reader proves victorious at ascertaining the entire concept as a whole, while comprehending the connection of the detailed ...

The Nat Turner Rebellion

and deep spirituality even in his youth. To many of his people, he was considered already marked as "a prophet," who was "intended...

An Analysis of Fitzgerald's Gatsby and Larsen's Passing

basis for Nicks disillusionment with the decadence of east coast American society (Fitzgerald 3). Gatsbys pursuit of the American ...

Prufrock's Character in 'The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock' by T.S. Eliot

be a lover and an optimist. But we begin to see images of tension in the fact that he describes the evening sky spread out as "a p...

Comparative Analysis of the Concepts of Confucius and Homer

as Homer based his story on fiction which would occur in the context of history and mythology. While the tale has been critically ...

President George W. Bush and the American Economy

the job market and 1.3 million jobs have been created in 2004, thus far.4 The drawback is that a great many of these new jobs are ...

African Americans and Their Evolution in Fiction and Nonfiction

social consciousness. One of Douglass first discoveries, or one of the most important first discoveries, he made was that of the...

Theme of Sexuality in Works by Sophocles, William Shakespeare, and Toni Morrison

to convey the importance of unquestioning obedience to the will of the gods; and, secondly, to emphasize the importance of familia...

Small Group Communication, The Hurt Locker

by Kathryn Bigelow, written by Mark Boal, 2009) offers a detailed study of the life of an Army bomb squad, Bravo Company, statione...

Mrs. Doubtfire and Marital Conflict

This paper examines how marital conflict is portrayed and potentially resolved in the film Mrs. Doubtfire in 6 pages. The bibliog...

Delayed Reaction of Hamlet to Seek Vengeance for His Father's Slaying

of character. He knows that, for many reasons, his actions have consequences, but his major miscalculation is in what form they w...

Comparing Three War Films

This essay presents the thesis that All Quiet on the Western Front (1930), Apocalypse Now (1979), and Saving Private Ryan (1999) s...

The Film Rent

An analysis of the film Rent focuses on sex and sexuality and how that is portrayed. The merits of the film are evaltued. There ar...

Transamerica, a Film Review

This film review pertains to Transamerica (2005, directed by Duncan Tucker), which is the story of Sabrina "Bree" Osborne, a trans...

"Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin

This essay asserts that in order to comprehend the motivation and action portrayed in Kate Chopin's short story "Story of an Hour,...

Historical Accuracy of Elizabeth: The Golden Age

This film review pertains to "Elizabeth: The Golden Age," which premiered in 2007 and portrays events from the reign of Elizabeth ...

The Dynamic Presence in Little Women, Jo March

This essay pertains to the way in which Jo March is portrayed in "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott. The argument is presented th...

The Nature of Siva, as Perceived in Hinduism

This essay pertains to how the deity Siva is portrayed within the context of Hindu texts. Ten pages in length, five sources are ci...

Two Recent Films, Human Behavior

This essay uses the relationships portrayed in Dallas Buyers Club (directed by Jean-Marc Vallee) and Nebraska (directed by Alexand...

"Music Within," The Story of Richard Pimentel

This essay presents a movie review of "Music Within," (2007, directed by Steven Sawalich). The film stars Ron Livingston as Richa...

Case Studies on Revenge and 'The Cask of Amontillado' by Edgar Allan Poe

In a research study on the factors which lead to acts of revenge, University of Arkansas psychologists tested a number of voluntee...

Cinematic Portrayal of Aliens

that the alien is given a sexual orientation. In the second movie of this series the alien is a Queen whose main goal (besides des...

Literary Fiction and Self Discovery

they move to a town that Joe commences to alter. He opens a store and becomes incredibly prosperous, but insists that Janie never ...

'Paradise Lost' by John Milton and Disobedience Themes

he learns that his sons will fight and one will die. Thus, the reciting of the story is a punishment for Adam, a demonstration of ...

Nonfiction and Fiction's Portrayal of History

book is that the author has primarily been a fiction writer. Why, all of a sudden, does a fiction writer attempt to write a non-fi...

3 Adjectives Applied to the Protagonist of 'A Rose for Emily' by William Faulkner

of the narrators gender importance. It is suggested -- by a woman, no less -- that something be said to Emily in an effort to rid...

Hamlet and Historic Literary Figures in Film

is not overly sad that he is gone. Finding herself in yet another situation, she is making the best of it. She realizes that to be...