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Life and Works of Nathaniel Hawthorne

This paper considers the life and most famous literary works of New England author Nathaniel Hawthorne, which include Twice Told T...

Opium and the Life of Thomas DeQuincey's as Revealed in Confessions Of An English Opium Eater

English Romantic Thomas DeQuincey no only used opium but was addicted to it. It possessed his life and played a critical role in ...

Life and Works of Irish Dramatist J.M. Synge

In fifteen pages this report examines Synge's life, literary works and the effects of the Aran Islands on his writings. Twelve so...

Life and Writings of James Fenimore Cooper

one of which he did not take advantage; Cooper appreciated all that was afforded to him. One of the most influential aspects of h...

Life, Moral Judgments, and 'The Death of Ivan Ilych' by Leo Tolstoy

In five pages this report examines whether or not Ivan's death represents a moral judgment resulting from his life in this classic...

Life, Literature, and Criticisms of James Joyce

to death, illustrating, as mentioned, how his life was not necessarily strange or completely outrageous. The second half of the pa...

Strange Life and Literary Journey of Hunter S. Thompson

be permanently altered when Thompson ran afoul of the law (Medenhall, 2004). A series of arrest would eventually land him...

Life and Writings of Lois Lowry

stories and poems in notebooks" (IPL Kidspace). In this interview she also noted, "My books have varied in content and style. Y...

American Author William Faulkner's Life and Writings

gloried in the proud history of the plantation South that secured a place of honor for the aristocrat, and yet he abhorred the opp...

Issue of Mortality in Literature and in Life

is common knowledge. Who does not worry about death? Even children, from a very young age, often ask the ultimate question which i...

Literature, Naturalism, and the Works of Frank Norris and Rebecca Harding Davis

are more things in common with these two works than the simple fact that both deal, in a sense with the railroad industry....

Loneliness in Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men

in its effect (Goldhurst 49). Critical opinion agrees on this point. The time scheme covered by the narrative is from Thursday eve...

Life in Art: How Stephen Crane’s Life Influenced His Writings

played on him. Stephen Crane was born in Newark, New Jersey on November 1, 1871, the 14th child (only eight survived) of a Method...

The Use of Dialect by Swift, Blake and Conrad

Joseph Conrad's use of dialect and other literary techniques was influenced by many writers who came before. This paper links his ...

Lack of Characterization Emphasis in the Works of Basho, Voltaire, Moliere, and Equiano

In five pages this essay considers why characterization was not emphasized in Candide by Voltaire, Tartuffe by Moliere, Basho's no...

Time, Place, and Action Unities and the Neoclassicism of Oedipus Rex by Sophocles and King Lear by William Shakespeare

In eighteen pages this report considers how literary unities are to be represented in literary works with Sophocles following the ...

Chang-rae Lee/A Gesture Life

adopted Korean daughter of mixed racial heritage. Hata also was originally Korean, but was adopted by a Japanese family. Through f...

Euclid of Alexandria; The Elements

Elements, to which he replied that there was no royal road to geometry. He is therefore younger than Platos circle, but older than...

Frederick Douglass, Successful Despite Slavery

been a slave and not due to his celebrity status among abolitionists for having endured slavery. In order to fully appreciate th...

In What Ways Is Reading Literary Works of Another Age Of Value To Understanding History And To Understanding One's Place In History?

age help to dispel myths and mistruths about the past that have erroneously been passed on as fact. Sometimes history is portraye...

The English Patient/Theme of Nationalism

blank slate for the imaginings of those around him, particularly Hana. Myth "crosses international boundaries and offers apparentl...

A Biographical Study Of St. Peter, The Apostle

will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it. I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; whatever you...

"The Life of Pi" and Meaningful Narratives

In a paper of three pages, the writer looks at "Life of Pi". The value of narrative and story in providing comfort from the horror...

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...

Black Literature and Violence

eras and toward different genders. The slave narratives of Douglass and Jacobs Douglass Narrative is the best known first-hand a...

Liberal and Republican Views on Slavery and Emancipation

Indeed, Douglass (1960) book portrays a man living within himself in order to escape the atrocities of a nonliberal life; if not a...

'Interior Life' of Slaves and Toni Morrison

As the development of bound labor in the American south moved from the indentured servitude system of the colonial era to the grow...

American Dream as Represented by Frederick Douglass and Benjamin Franklin

In five pages this paper examines how these important men's lives reflect the concept of the American Dream as depicted within Nar...

Concepts of Sexuality, Ethnicity, Race and Gender Altered by Slavery

In five pages this paper examines how these social perspectives are altered by slavery in a consideration of Harriet Ann Jacobs' I...

Life of English Essayist Charles Lamb

at Blakesware in Lambs mothers native county of Hertford (Ward and Waller, 2002). The business of London contrasted greatly with ...