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Common Themes in Literature

see this throughout the world. It is not something peculiar to a time and place. Only communism was supposed to alleviate the clas...

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...

Literary Criticisms of the Style and Works of O. Henry

does so in a most subtle way. It is as if O. Henry plays on the expectation of a terrible demise, then, at the last moment, as a s...

Literary Analysis of Amy Tan's 'Two Kinds'

reader watches as a mother tries desperately to give her daughter all the advantages that she never had, reliving, to some extent,...

Margaret Laurence's The Loons, Thomas King's The Borders and the Theme of Initiation

in that simple narrative position we know the story is important, even if the boy does not know it yet. The story involves the ...

Ralph Ellison's Life and Literary Career

However, any hope for a middle-class life died in 1917 with the death of Lewis Ellison (Rogers 12). Nevertheless, the...

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...

Influential Literary Work The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano

experience of slavery (Anonymous The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano (1789) By Olaudah Equiano bvbooks.asp?Bo...

Ernest Hemingway's Life and Literary Works

suffered a severe leg wound and was twice decorated by the Italian government. His affair with an American nurse, Agnes von Kurows...

Life and Literary Art of James Joyce

is encapsulated in his writings. Indeed, autobiographical elements are characteristic of much of James Joyces work. This...

Three Literary Protagonists Improving Their Lives

An analysis consisting of five pages compares the ways in which three protagonists attempt to improve their lives. The works exam...

Literary Tools in Thurber's, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

This paper addresses literary elements such as character development as seen in James Thurber's story, The Secret Life of Walter M...

Life of Nathaniel Hawthorne and a Literary Analysis of His Works

In five pages this paper presents a biographical profile of the author and also provides a brief analysis of his popular literary ...

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...

1644 to 1844 Ch'ing Dynasty and Life Affirmation Importance

In ten pages this paper examines China's Ch'ing dynasty's first 200 years in a consideration of the importance of life affirmation...

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...

Style and Technique in the Writings of Nathaniel Hawthorne

In eight pages this paper discusses the life and writings of Nathaniel Hawthorne in an analysis of his various literary techniques...

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, 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...

E.M. Forster and Martha Nussbaum

In six pages this report examines class consciousness and inequalities as represented in E.M. Forster's Edwardian novel Howards En...

Life, Art, and Maya Angelou

In five pages this research paper examines how the life of Maya Angelou is featured in her literary art with such texts as Heart o...

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 ...

Plot, Florida, and Literary Quality of Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston

In seven pages this paper examines how 1930s' Florida life is presented, literary aspects, and plot significance of Zora Neale Hur...

Myth and Reality of Egyptian Queen Cleopatra

in "All for Love" presented a much more traditional Cleopatra, that is, someone who is more of an addictive substance then a ruler...

Herman Melville's Life and Works

In six pages this paper discusses how Herman Melville's life and societal beliefs molded Moby Dick, his literary masterpiece. The...

Life and Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson

In five pages this paper analyzes the life and literary contributions of Ralph Waldo Emerson and also considers the website that f...

Life and Writings of James Baldwin

In six pages this paper celebrates the life and literary works of James Baldwin in a consideration of his writings' enduring impac...

Playwright and Novelist James Michener

In five pages this paper examines the journeys physical and literary that James Michener traveled throughout the course of his lif...

'Voice' of Isabel Allende

In twenty five pages the 'voice' of Isabel Allende is heard through her life and an analysis of her literary works. Fourteen sour...

Do Humans Control Their Own Lives?

This 7 page paper asks to what degree humans control their own lives. It uses three literary works, Metamorphosis by Kafka; The Lo...