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Substance and Symbolism of the African Mask

reminiscent of African culture as a whole is to miss the point of the masks intent. There are a variety of masks and they are mean...

African Art and Symbolism

of the symbols of a culture if we have not been born into it, or lived within it for a long time. However we may say that, modern...

Paul Dunbar’s Use of Double Consciousness

all tears and sighs?" (Dunbar "We Wear"). In other words, the world is callous and pays no heed to the pain that it causes, but D...

African Mask Controversy and Gertrude Stein

(Danto 19). Danto supports his argument with the fact that this is the natural progression out of Picassos Blue Period, which embo...

Madame Butterfly and Othello, Themes Compared

Masks and weaknesses are two themes permeating Othello by William Shakespeare and M. Butterfly by David Henry Hwang. This paper co...

Nigerian Masks and Zaire's Kuba People

In five pages this paper discusses the purpose and function of the Kuba masks and also considers 2 types of masks in terms of thei...

Kwakiutl Indians' Man Eating Bird 'Hokhokw' Mask

wings of the bird and during the ceremony, the dancers snap the beak closed with a loud clap (Kwakiutl Ceremonial Dance Mask, 2002...

African Americans and Substance Abuse

still come to black neighborhoods to buy drugs...Blacks were relegated to the lower rungs of the drug trade, and it exposed them o...

Hispanics, Black, Substance Abuse, and Multicultural Counseling

of African American counseling psychologists. 6. Barriers to access to mental health services. C. Latinos/Hispanic Americans 1. De...

Poverty, African Americans, and Substance Abuse

In nine pages this paper discusses the connection between poverty, African Americans, and substance abuse in a consideration that ...

Substance Abuse and Multicultural Counseling of Hispanics and African Americans

information. 2. Prevalence of mental illness and substance abuse within the group. 3. High risk, high need populations within the ...

Life Analysis of This Boy's Life by Tobias Wolff

- Toby and his mother are escaping an abusive situation (one that, ironically enough, Tobys mother was used to, having dealt with ...

African American Stereotypes and Cinematic Semiotics

rather than blatant stereotypes and also new films which spoof the previous stereotypes depicted which in effect erases cinematic ...

Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun and Symbolism

In five pages this paper examines how within her award winning play Lorraine Hansberry makes the most of the symbolism literary de...

Tsitsi Dangarembga's 'Nervous Conditions'

In a paper that is consists of 5 pages the African American woman Timbu is chronicled through parallels, symbolism, themes, and st...

Tolkein and Fellowship of the Ring

tale is primarily told in a book titled "The Hobbit," wherein he has many adventures and comes into possession of the one ring of ...

Analyzing the 1863 Poem 'My Life Had Stood - A Loaded Gun' by Emily Dickinson

In five pages the symbolism of master and slave is applied to the destructive marital relationship described in the poem....

Water and Taoism

Appreciating the goodness of life in all senses -- mentally, physically, spiritually -- is what Taoism strives to achieve. These ...

Dogon Tribes, Birth Twins, and African Religious Symbolism

In six pages the significance of twins in African religion in terms of symbolism and ritual is discussed with the emphasis upon Do...

Characterization of Abner Snopes and Symbolism in 'Barn Burning by William Faulkner

This paper examines how symbolism enhances Abner Snopes' characterization in William Faulkner's short story 'Barn Burning' in five...

'Hills Like White Elephants' by Ernest Hemingway

In four pages this essay analyzes the short story by Ernest Hemingway with an emphasis upon symbolism includiing that represented ...

Such a Long Journey by Mistry and Symbolism

In seven pages this paper discusses the use of symbolism in this text....

The Language and the Quilt in 'Everyday Use' by Alice Walker

In seven pages the use of language and the symbolism of the quilt are examined within the context of Walker's short story....

The Secret Sharer by Joseph Conrad

In five pages this essay examines the Young Captain and Leggatt's relationship in The Secret Sharer and the growth symbolism that ...

Symbolism and Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck

In three pages this novel first published in 1937 is analyzed regarding the author's use of symbolism....

Achilles' Shield in 'The Iliad' by Homer

In five pages the importance and symbolism of the shield of Achilles is considered in this examination of Homer's epic....

Sonnet 138 by William Shakespeare

In four pages this paper examines the symbolism in terms of how a couple's aging love is represented in the sonnet....

The Interpretation of Dreams by Sigmund Freud

conscious mind. * _ The kinds of wishes that are fulfilled in dreams and why they are forbidden in consciousness. * _ Dreams and d...

Hamlet by William Shakespeare and the Significance of Poison

that he will do anything to avenge his death and bring the now King Claudius to justice. He understands that it will not be easy ...

Geoffrey Chaucer's 'The Wife of Bath's Tale' Explicated

in a language that, though poetic, little resembles modern English: "By very force he raft hir maidenheed, / For which oppressioun...