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Edgar Allan Poe's Poetry and Death

her, hearing her cough and moan, witnessing her tears at the knowledge that she must soon leave them... the mothers despair and an...

Derek Walcott's 'Omeros' Theoretically Studied

spiritual awakening. CHARACTERISTICS OF AN EPIC POEM: Epic poems all share similar characteristics which define them as such. Fo...

An Analysis of the Opening Passage of Anna Karenina

given notice (Tolstoy 1). As this illustrates, this opening passage accomplishes several purposes. It immediately announces the ...

Families and Fetal Death Impact

before they ever come to the hospital. Once the diagnosis has been made, "[P]atient preferences should be considered when choosing...

A Comparison of To Virgins, To Make Much of Time and To His Coy Mistress

Love and death as found in these works by Herrick and Marvell are discussed. Both poets display ideas about time and living in the...

Process of Grief Therapy

In five pages this paper examines how to cope with the death of a loved one through a process known as grief therapy. Two sources...

Kingship and Society in Sundiata

In three pages this African literary epic is examined in terms of its themes of kingship and society with topics including artisti...

Love and Death Imagery in William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet

In eight pages this paper discusses the images of love and death that reinforce the tragic inevitability of Romeo and Juliet. Six...

Revenge in 'The Iliad' by Homer

leader, Hector (son of King Priam), he kills in single combat. The poem closes as Achilles surrenders the corpse of Hector to Pria...

Interpreting 'Jilting of Granny Weatherall' by Katherine Anne Porter

In six pages death and dying are explored within the context of Porter's text the protagonist's love and unresolved plot conflict ...

'The Odyssey' by Homer and Themes of Quest and Identity

In 5 pages this paper examines themes of quest and identity as they are represented in Homer's epic and how they enable Odysseus a...

'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...

Wendy Cope and Dylan Thomas Debunking Myths

In a paper consisting of 8 pages the ways in which poets Cope and Thomas debunk contemporary myths regareding death and love are c...

Literature Alternatives to Freedom

In six pages the concept of freedom through death as a release from life's hardships is examined through such works as William Fau...

Summarizing Harold S. Kushner's 'When Bad Things Happen to Good People'

find faith during their times of troubles (Kushner, 1981; Muder, 2002). In the Introduction to the book "Why I Wrote This Book" K...

Analyzing 'The Iliad' from Achilles' Point of View

(Hunter). She takes him to the River Styx because, "everything the sacred waters touched became invulnerable, but the heel remain...

Coen's Film Oh Brother, Where Art Thou? and Homer's 'The Odyssey'

This paper examines the themes, development of character, and narrative of 'The Odyssey' in order to determine wither or not the f...

Old Age as Viewed by Eliot and Frost

his mind tends to wander, that he has forgotten that the boy who helped him a few years earlier is off at school. Mary explains ho...

August Wilson and Leo Tolstoy

This 4 page paper compares and contrasts the protagonists of The Death of Ivan Ilyich by Leo Tolstoy and Fences by August Wilson. ...

Themes and Messages in The Ramayana and The Aeneid

In five pages these epics are contrasted and compared in terms of the similarities and differences in their themes and messages. ...

Demonstration of the Epic Qualities Imitated by Aristotle in 'The Odyssey,' 'The Epic of Gilgamesh, 'Beowulf,' and 'Romeo And Juliet'

previous approached, inasmuch as the components of courage, strength, power and physical prowess have as much to do with social im...

Themes/Anne Bradstreet

A 4 page essay that analyzes 4 poems by Anne Bradstreet (1612-1672), Puritan poet and writer, as well as a devoted wife and loving...

Support for the Death Penalty

topic has led noted criminologists to conclude that "...executions have no discernible effect on homicide rates" (Goertzel). There...

Lystra's "Searching The Heart" - Analysis

in what was historically thought of as a straitlaced society. Lystra (1996) - assistant professor at California State University ...

Psychology of Love v. Hate

a murderer sees the violence that he perpetrates as his only means of salvaging his sense of self, of maintaining his pride (Gilli...

Forensic Pathology Of Sudden Unexplained Death

and process evidence with the intent of catching the perpetrator. While not all sudden unexpected death is of a criminal nature, ...

The Epic “Beowulf”

present Beowulf as a young hero, who is called upon by his fathers old friend King Hrothgar of Geatland, to defend his subjects ag...

Theme of Death in William Faulkner’s ‘A Rose for Emily’

she retreated into security of the family homestead, which like the lady of the house, was also dying a slow death. Before the Ci...

Afghanistan Development - Review And Recommendations

nations employ many Afghans. On April 29-30, 2007, Afghanistan held the Fourth Afghanistan Development Forum (ADF) in Kabul (Afg...

Computer System Project

This 10 page paper looks at the way a project to install a computer system in a shop may be planned. The paper focuses ion the pla...