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Medieval Literature and Common Themes

is a serious offence. But Ganelon, the man who is held, has a friend who challenges his accuser to a match and the friend loses. T...

Medieval French Literature and Deception

In seven pages this report discusses Middle Ages' French literature in an overview of how deception is thematically developed in T...

An Overview of Apocalyptic Literature

it is not truly a detailed prediction of the future nor is it an invitation to withdraw from the concerns of this world (1997). In...

Early Twentieth Century American and Japanese Literature

In five pages this paper compares these two countries' literature during this time period in a consideration of religious, social,...

Medieval Warfare and Literature

In eight pages this paper discusses the chivalric code of honor and a knight's pursuit of financial gain within the context of the...

Medieval Literature and the Portrayals of Kingship

In seven pages this paper discusses how the relationship between warriors and their king is symbolically depicted as that of sons ...

Pontiac Indian Conspiracy

The history of the Indian wars is laid out by Francis Parkman in Conspiracy of Pontiac. This essay examines his use of theme, lite...

Explication of The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway

In five pages a critical analysis of the novel by Claude Clayton Smith in which The Sun Also Rises is linked with The Crystal Tren...

Nick in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf by Edward Albee

In five pages Albee's employment of allusion in his play are examined as they impact upon the Nick character with connections made...

William Shakespeare's Sonnet 'Shall I Compare Thee to A Summer's Day?'

In one page this sonnet by William Shakespeare is analyzed in terms of its allusions and meaning. There is no bibliography includ...

'Leda and the Swan' by W.B. Yeats

An explication of William Butler Yeats' poem 'Leda and the Swan' includes analysis of allusion, situation, character, and tone con...

'Unknown Citizen' by W.H. Auden

In a paper consisting of five pages the ways in which Auden employs the literary techniques of allusion and irony in his poem 'Unk...

Artistic and Creative Uses of Photography

In five pages this paper discusses various creative and artistic photography uses including repetition, alliteration, authority, a...

Bernard Malamud's The Natural and Classical Allusions

In 5 pages this novel is examined in terms of the classical allusions of the Arthurian Grail cycle, Aristotle, Homer, and Dante it...

In the Jungle by Annie Dillard and Writing Style

In five pages this work is analyzed in terms of the writer's stylistic use of allusions, repetition, similes, metaphors, and langu...

Aphra Behn's Love Poetry of the Renaissance

In five pages this paper analyzes the social commentary featured in allusions to the physical love between women symbolized in Aph...

'Nothing Gold Can Stay' by Robert Frost

understands that youth and life cannot remain, for "nothing gold can stay." Metaphor When we take the poem in its entirety, and...

A Poetic Analysis of 'Homecoming' by Lenrie Peters

than they preserve" (Killam and Rowe). The poem "Homecoming" which is among his collection which show the corruptive greed ...

Christ Figure Santiago in The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway

thinking" (Wittkowski 2). The main thrust of such interpretations is that Santiago, in his actions, is in fact an "imitatio Christ...

Literature of the First World War, Dying, Mutilation, and Death

that the other poppy "I gave to you" (line 8). In the third stanza, Rosenberg writes that the "sandbags narrowed" (line 9). The t...

Shelley's Frankenstein, Adam Imagery

This essay pertains to Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley's nineteenth century gothic novel Frankenstein and the allusions that Shelley m...

Greek Literature and Blindness Symbolism

other senses. Might the lack of sight signify a heightened sense of smell or taste? The list goes on and on about special attachme...

Dante's 9th Circle/A Contemporary Vision

household. As a teen, he became enthralled with Islam and converted. Lindh came to reject everything America stands for. By active...

Fantasy Literature for Children and Spiritual and Christian Symbolism

In seven pages George MacDonald's The Princess and the Goblin and C.S. Lewis's The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe are compared ...

Symboliism in Bartleby, The Scrivener and The Yellow Wallpaper

who flatly refused to accept the mundane. These two characters, both centers of nineteenth century American literature, each made...

Medieval Burial Rites and Christian Iconography

In fourteen pages the Middle Ages are considered in terms of iconography and Christian symbolism's influence. Ten sources are cit...

"Big Two-Hearted River, Parts I and II" by Ernest Hemingway

aching muscles, "Nick felt happy," as he has "left everything behind, the need for thinking, the need to write, other needs" (Hemi...

Of Mice and Men/Symbolism

55). The appeal of this dream attracts the interest of both Crooks and Candy, who would also like to be part of the dream, as it...

Discrimination of Religion

Christians, Muslims, and Jews are the most discriminated religious groups in the world. This essay provides data about religious d...

Religion in the Epic of Gilgamesh

In five pages the religious views of the Sumerians as represented in the Epic of Gilgamesh are contrasted and compared with contem...