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Language Elements in House of Usher

A 5 page analysis of language elements in the classic tale by Edgar Alan Poe. The author highlights setting, theme, imagery and p...

Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse by Albrecht Durer

the Reformation. Durers early work reflected the ideas of the Middle Ages, but his later compositions are a complex, yet an enlig...

Lost Speech Symbolism in Damascus Nights by Rafik Schami

In five pages this text is compared in terms of similarities and symbolism with Arabian Nights' tales and the loss of speech is eq...

Art of Tall Tales

In five pages this paper examines tall tales as an art form in a consideration of its exaggeration and storytellers including Pe...

Mirrored Consciousness Examples

In five pages this report considers The Mirror of Consciousness by Henry James and the author's contention that situation reaction...

'The Odyssey' by Homer, the Book of Genesis, Retribution and Faith

In a paper consisting of six pages this paper examines how the themes of faith anf retribution are reprsented in the 'Noah and the...

Real Life Fairy Tales and Myths

stories that depict women as helpless, or looking for a Prince charming. The same people who say that the stories are too violent ...

Andrew Lang as the Arabian Nights' Storyteller

In eleven pages this paper discusses how Andrew Lang becomes a storyteller in his vivid portrayal of the Arabian Nights' tales whi...

Kindergarten Children and Reading Aloud

2000). Reading aloud is definitely the best way to transmit this understanding to young children. Reading instruction for young ch...

The importance of coffee in social culture in the US

This paper looks at the relationship between coffee consumption and American cultural ideology. The writer explores coffee's histo...

Uchida's Desert Exile by Yoshiko

Iin five pages this paper analyzes author objectivity in this personal tale of Japanese American internment camps in the US during...

The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton

In five pages Hinton's 1967 text is examined in terms of whether or not contemporary adolescents can still relate to the tale and ...

Tale of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume

In five pages this report considers author Judy Blume and her 1976 tale that features her trademark family relationships and probl...

Supernatural Use by Shakespeare in Tragedies and Comedies Compared

In seven pages this report compares and contrasts Shakespeare's employment of the supernatural in tragedies and comedies with refe...

The Signalman as a Ghost Story

the story may have reflected a time in Dickens life where the writer was significantly more in tuned to the transient aspects of w...

Victorian Mindset in the Works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Robert Louis Stevenson

discussion will illustrate these points, and references to the city of London are referred to whenever possible as they substantia...

Story of the Boston Strangler

In twelve pages this paper examines the alleged Boston Strangler Albert DeSalvo's tale that includes his victims, confession, his ...

The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood

This 5 page paper discusses two subjects with regard to The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood. One topic is the narrative structu...

A Critique of Various Works By Nathaniel Hawthorne

This paper analyzes several of Hawthorne's books, including The Scarlet Letter, Mosses From an Old Manse, The House of the Seven G...

Gunter Grass and Heinrich Heine Compared

These German authors are considered in five pages in a comparative analysis of The Tin Drum by Gunter Grass and Deutschland, A Win...

Storytellers Lewis Carroll and Charles Perrault

In five pages this paper discusses the complexities of the fairytales Alice in Wonderland and Cinderella, which makes them far mor...

A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings

This 5 page essay explores this tale by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Plot, style, narration, symbolization and setting are each discus...

Japan, Contrasting Views

Japan's emergence as a modern power has been chronicled as a major tale of the 20th century. This paper compares Kenneth Pyle's Th...

'The Fall of the House of Usher' and the Life of Edgar Allan Poe

In five pages this 1839 tale is revealed to represent many of the experiences and attitudes of the author. Five sources are cited...

'Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County' by Mark Twain and the Craft of Storytelling

In 4 pages this paper examines the storytelling lessons on construction that can be learned from this amusing tale by Mark Twain. ...

'Master and Man' Short Story by Leo Tolstoy

In five pages this paper discusses how the author's beliefs regarding death and Christianity are expressed in this short story by ...

Harry Mulisch's 'The Assault'

A 5 page paper that frames the argument that this is more of an autobiographical exorcism of the author's demons as well as a tale...

The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy

In five pages this adventure tale from the 19th century is reviewed in terms of the plot serving as a basis for much contemporary ...

Beowulf and Gilgamesh

In seven pages topics of general intent, good, evil, and heroism are related to the epic tales of 'Beowulf' and 'Epic of Gilgamesh...

Literature's Faust Legend

In six pages this research paper analyzes literature's various Faustian tales in a consideration of their timelessness. Four sour...