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Essays 121 - 150
harrowing existence would lead a mother to that sort of desperate act. But still, no matter why she did it, and even if death is b...
these women to seek relief in laudanum." Laudanum was a drug and apparently many plantation mistresses were living in incredibly o...
a sense of innocence. "I had begun to worry about my speech again. How would it go? Would they recognize my ability? What would th...
This essay presents an overview of Donald Barthelme's "The School," Zitkala-Sa's "The School Days of an Indian Girl," and Toni Mor...
(Morrison 51). Throughout the novel, "cold statisticians," such as Schoolteacher, evaluate slaves according to "their animal ten...
white. The reader is offered clues, but then are clues that could be perceived from either direction. For example, in the beginn...
Within 3 pagess, Toni Morrison's 1979 speech at Barnard College is analyzed. Is it possible for women to survive a man's world if ...
the acquisition was thought to bring value and that in hindsight the problems that were seen were only those which should have bee...
This paper outlines the differences between views of feminism seen in Toni Morison's, Sula, and Alice Walker's, The Color Purple. ...
shaped by trying to achieve the American dream, but by experiencing what occurs when others achieve and pass on the values of weal...
and perverts every aspect of their lives. Unlike the Hubbards, Reginas husband, Horace Giddens, is a man of principle. He has jus...
need for all women, especially of color, to assert themselves and claim their individual identity. This narrative adds texture to...
of Denver and Sethes children, and many others.This establishes the idea that family is very important and thus we can assume that...
lived with her before her death and that Sethe sought her out after escaping from slavery. The presence of the baby girls ghost ...
that most people believe to be haunted. A friend, Paul D determines to exorcise the ghost for her. After he has done so, Sethe is ...
to those themes" (Mayo 231). Another author indicates that "Toni Morrisons The Bluest Eye emphasizes the de-culturing effects o...
who seems to have been originally placed in the plantation to serve as the woman of the slaves. She was somewhat innocent and was ...
This 6 page paper discusses the way in which Toni Morrison considers women's self-esteem issues in her novel Song of Solomon. The ...
This 5 page paper discusses the way in which memory is dealt with and defined in the character of Sethe in Morrison's novel Belove...
In seven pages this paper examines how the female protagonists in these respective literary works maintain their morale and intern...
This 4 page paper describes the different ways that Morrison considers the theme of love in her novel Beloved. The bibliography li...
In 7 pages this paper examines how the past is reinterpreted through the lack of conflict resolution in the texts In Country by Bo...
(without excluding the importance of the past), where everything is not spelled out neatly for the reader. The reader must interp...
In three pages this paper considers Beloved by Toni Morrison in an argument that the Beloved character represents Sethe's daughter...
understood the reasons or implications. "Days after it was taken out, goose fat was rubbed on the corners of the mouth but nothin...
Set just after the civil war Sethe is a runaway slave who had once killed her infant daughter so that she would not grow up in the...
In 4 pages this paper examines the portrayal of slavery in Morrison's novel and the enduring psychological damage that resulted. ...
In five pages this paper presents a summary and thematic analysis of Paradise, a novel by Toni Morrison. One source is listed in ...
This essay of 5 pages explores the depths of war as something that encompasses people living everywhere. There are 4 additional s...
in a celebration that includes dances that are a tribute to the "Old People," an annual tribute to ancestors. Avey is deeply moved...