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Gunther/Death Be Not Proud

A 3 page book review of John Gunther's memoir of his son's illness and death. The title of this book is drawn from John Donne's Me...

Shakespeare/Sonnet 73

spring of renewal, for the person that has died. This fact is emphasized in the final metaphor, which is addressed in the next fou...

Defining Death

flawed and inherently contradictory. This seems accurate to this writer. There will always be inconsistencies and there will never...

Tragic Hero Willy Loman in Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman

First, is that the play should be of serious magnitude, and have an impact on many, many people (McClelland, 2001). The second fac...

Analysis of Country of the Pointed Firs by Sarah Orne Jewett

have fallen upon hard times. She does this with her first view of Dunnet Landing, as she describes it as a "coast town . . . more ...

Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy

This 5 page paper examines some of the themes in Tolstoy's classic novel of love, betrayal, social ostracism and death....

DEATH, DYING AND AMERICAN CULTURE: 1900-2010

all that terrific. What is wrong with this picture? Why would an elderly man put himself through such discomfort, simply to...

Against the Death Penalty

a moral or an ethic is right for it is a very personal reality. As such one can only persuade another to their side with the under...

Australia and Euthansia

In five pages euthanasia is examined regarding its Australian legal status with a discussion of a nonprosecuted 'assisted death' c...

Process of Grieving

In five pages the grieving process is discussed in terms of the Bible and scripture views regarding death and eternal life in the ...

Death in Aeschylus's Agamemnon 'Oresteia' and Flannery O'Connor's 'Wise Blood' 2

In two pages this essay examines how the theme of death is depicted in these two literary works....

Death Penalty Supporting Argument

In seven pages an argument that supports the death penalty as justified punishment in terms of retribution, deterrence, and infall...

Deterrence and the Death Penalty

the death penalty is rarely used and perhaps not used on a consistent basis involving particular crimes. Regardless, however, ther...

Controversy: Death Penalty

in "cases involving a person who is convicted of multiple first-degree intentional homicides, if the homicides are vicious and the...

Guilt and Grief in The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold

how to save her legs and he and Buckley become almost inseparable. However, in the background, Jack makes it clear that he still c...

Death in Jorge Manrique's 'Coplas'

different than the perspectives of the world at the time. Near the beginning of Manriques poem he states, "Let none be self-delud...

Death and Poetic Attitudes of Davis, Thomas, and Donne

people pity the dead, not Death itself. In the end Donnes message is that there is little reason to fear death and that in the end...

UK Criminal Law and the Intent to Kill

D was aware it was a virtually certain consequence ... . and if D foresaw the death as an overwhelming possibility" (Clark, 2000)....

Love and Death in William Faulkner's 'Barn Burning' and 'A Rose for Emily'

The ways in which Faulkner portrays the themes of death and love in these two short stories are considered in five pages. There a...

19th Century Russia, Medicine, and Health

which is before the communists would seize control, how did Russian peasants fare? It should be noted that the years mentioned de...

Portrayal of Chinese and German Women During the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries

In five pages the ways in which Chinese and German women were portrayed during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries are contras...

Death and Sex Symbolism and Themes in 'Patriotism' by Yukio Mishima and 'A Rose for Emily' by William Faulkner

Throughout the story, the reader is forced to determine just which gender Emily actually represents. Additionally, it becomes cle...

Wendy Cope and Dylan Thomas Debunking Myths

In a paper consisting of 8 pages the ways in which poets Cope and Thomas debunk contemporary myths regareding death and love are c...

Love Letters on Blue Paper by Arnold Wesker

In a paper consisting of ten pages the ways in which the text reflects contemporary attitudes regarding dying and death are examin...

'The Tell Tale Heart' and 'The Raven' by Edgar Allan Poe

brother and sister, were split, with Edgar being taken in by John and Frances Allan of Richmond, Va. (Poe Chronology). His sister,...

William Shakespeare's Hamlet and Deadly Character Flaws

feels that he is protecting Ophelia by feigning insanity, or by being insane, he finds that he has merely turned her away. His you...

Link Between Death Theme in His Poems and the Personal History of John Keats

and his first brush with death came at the age of eight, when his father, a livery-stableman by trade, died of a fractured skull a...

African “AIDS Orphans”

2008). To make matters worse, the psychological problems experienced by AIDS orphans are exacerbated if they are separated from th...

Willy Loman as Author in Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller

In seven pages the ways in which Death of a Salesman can be considered a reflection of playwright Arthur Miller are analyzed. Fiv...

Edgar Allan Poe's Fiction and Theme of Death

In eight pages the ways in which Poe's death obsession manifests itself in ten of his short stories are examined. There are 4 bi...