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Themes of Violence and Female Sexuality in the Films The Exorcist and Carrie

A thematic analysis of these films focuses upon their depictions of violence and female sexuality in 5 pages. Two sources are cit...

Satan's 'Makeover' in Paradise Lost by John Milton and in the Film The Devil's Advocate

In six pages the depiction of Satan in these works are compared to determine the changes in Satan's portrayal throughout the years...

Duino Elegies by Rainer Rilke and The Book of Nightmares by Galway Kinnell

In five pages this paper examines these two poems in terms of Rilke's presentation of the hero and child relationship and Kinnell'...

Lenin's Tomb by Remnick

In five pages this text review criticizes the author's credibility and biased depiction of Communism and the Soviet Union's collap...

Violence in the Narrative of Frederick Douglass

he had no real knowledge of his actual age ? "Having never seen any authentic record containing it" (Douglass, 2001). According to...

Comparative Analysis of Seneca's and Euripides' Medea

In five pages Euripides' and Seneca's depictions of Medea are contrasted and compared in this literary analysis. There are no oth...

Shakespeare's Othello and Racism within Renaiisance England

of perspective came about. Though various ploys were attempted to regain old sorts of power, in the end, there was a rise in the m...

Clint Eastwood's Film Play Misty for Me and Obsession

In five pages this report considers the depiction of obsession in 1971's Play Misty for Me, a film which is directed by and stars ...

Men in Henrik Ibsen's Social Dramas Hedda Gabler and A Doll's House

partner. He makes frequent animal comparisons to his wife, referring to her as "my little lark" (43) or "my squirrel" (44). Thes...

Medieval Art, Ancient Art, and Divine Nature

In five pages the depiction of divine nature in the Greek marble Girl with Doves and the German stained glass Six Scenes from a Tr...

The Prairie Novel by James Fenimore Cooper and the Film Dances with Wolves

In five pages the depiction of Native Americans in the novel by James Fenimore Cooper and in the film by Kevin Costner is contrast...

Vietnam War and the Media

In five pages this paper discusses how the media influenced social perceptions in its depiction of the Vietnam War. Five sources ...

The Marrow of Tradition by Charles W. Chesnutt

In five pages this novel is analyzed that offers a realistic depiction of race relations and African Americans. There are no othe...

Oroonoko by Aphra Behn and Historical Background

In 5 pages this paper examines the depiction of slavery in the 17th century novel by Aphra Behn in terms of historical accuracy. ...

A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

In seven pages Dickens' differing depiction of the French Revolution in this novel through uses of characters as archetypes and me...

An Analysis of Frost's Poem, The Road Not Taken

This paper analyzes the poem and notes Frost's depiction of the depth of the common man. This five page paper has five sources li...

Goodfellas, The Godfather, Crime and Punishment

actions to be taken in the name of family honor. The crime, in this view, was to do nothing when disgraced. In contrast, the vie...

Paranoid Schizophrenia in A Beautiful Mind

Clinical facts are contrasted to the film depiction of mental illness. There are four sources in this five page paper....

Do Women Earn Less Than Men

Women do earn less than men. This is true when calculating the overall incomes of all men and women in the country. It is also tru...

Narrative of Frederick Douglass

In five pages this paper examines Frederick Douglass's Narrative and its depiction of slavery issues. There are no other sources ...

Man's Fall in the Works of Amelia Lanyer and John Milton

In two pages this paper contrasts the depiction of man's fall in Salve Deus Rex Judaeorum by Amelia Lanyer and the ninth book of P...

Robert Rodriguez'a Movies Desperado, El Mariachi, Ethnicity and Hollywood

In nine pages this paper examines Hollywood's frequent sacrificing of ethnicity in a consideration of the Chicano depiction in the...

Misunderstood Santeria Religion

In seven pages this paper discusses Santeria in a consideration of its origins, connection to Catholicism, and its media depiction...

Folk Ballads and the Theme of Murder

and evolving over time, this form of "news" tended to keep the sensational details, but in most cases, retained very little refere...

Duong Thu Huong's Novel Without a Name and Howard R. Simpson's Someone Else's War

In five pages this paper examines the depiction of the Vietnam War in a comparison and contrast of these literary works. Four oth...

Gender Issues in 'The Yellow Wallpaper' by Charlotte Perkins Gilman and 'Fall of the House of Usher' by Edgar Allan Poe

Ushers ultimate fall. "[The house had] an atmosphere which had no affinity with the air of heaven, but which had reeked up from t...

Edgar Degas' Painting The Glass of Absinthe

Edgar Degas' The Glass of Absinthe painting is analyzed in five pages with the time depiction a primary focus. Four sources are c...

Cuba of Fidel Castro

Castro's Cuba is examined in terms of the book and subsequent documentary about Castro's 1959 Cuban Revolution and discusses the f...

Roughing It with Swan, Twain and the Indians

Northwest Coast by James G. Swain and Mark Twain's Roughing It are two novels which deal with the outdoors and the American west. ...

Vietnam War and the Role of the Media in Shaping Public Opinion

In eleven pages this paper examines the conflict in Vietnam and how the public opinion was shaped by the media's depiction of eve...