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Morrison: “Song of Solomon” and “Beloved

at first, her "kindly" master died, and a man known as "schoolteacher" took over; he embodied the worst traits of the slave owner ...

Beloved and Personal Demons

She has attempted to find a place in herself wherein she can survive and go on despite her actions. It is a very cloudy place that...

Malcolm X

was no realistic goal for a nigger, Malcolm lost interest in school" and thus dropped out of school (Estate of Malcolm X, 2008). I...

Michelangelo: His Life and Works

wanted to be something other than a banker or a merchant as his father desired (Michelangelo: Artist and Aristocrat: A Biography, ...

Billy Collins

many different ways. For example, one author illustrates how, "You can read a Billy Collins poem to someone who hates poetry and t...

Sula by Toni Morrison and the Relationship Between Nel and Sula

where people were loud as they danced and sung amidst a house that was less than perfectly organized. As we can see in this very s...

Two Authors View Coming of Age

all her transitions into adulthood. She feels she is special, because of her religion, and is, in many ways, without a strong p...

Abandonment Theme in Sula by Toni Morrison

extremely close friends. Nel is abandoned by her husband, Jude, when she catches him making love to Sula. This is a double loss fo...

Myth in Beloved by Toni Morrison

in her own tragedy. While Sethe is still enslaved, she is treated by Schoolteachers despicable nephews as if she were no more th...

Literary Device of Symbolism

Morrisons work because water is symbolic of Beloveds need to fulfill a basic desire, but also a thirst for freedom. Another impo...

Beloved by Toni Morrison and Protagonist Symbolism

survivor of a slave ship, which crossed the water. With this crossing of the water, vast numbers of people had their way of life c...

Eight Works of Literary Fiction and the Influence of Social Position

- with particular emphasis placed upon people of the dominant white race. Slavery has constructed the interior life of African-Am...

Margaret Street in Tar Baby by Toni Morrison

money, and she now has nothing. With this simple background in mind we note that she, at one time, wanted to explore herself an...

Comparative Analysis of Nel Wright and Sula Peace in Sula by Toni Morrison

very beginning of the book a reader understands that this will not be, in any way, a "usual" story, especially as the logic behind...

Beloved by Toni Morrison and Slavery Issues

We see that part of the past is dead, with the death of Baby Suggs who was a constant reminder of slavery and the hope inherently ...

Milkman Character in Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison

must be left on a shelf, out of reach and safe from being broken. Macon Deads desire for a slice of metaphoric pie--the American ...

Evil Underpinnings in Sula by Toni Morrison

In 4 pages this paper examines the struggles of Nell and Sula in contending with apathy and evil in this novel by Toni Morrison. ...

Fiction Comparison of Toni Morrison and Ishmael Reed

In five pages The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison is compared with Mumbo Jumbo by Ishmael Reed in terms their very different tragic an...

Sula and The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

This 10 page paper analyzes the Toni Morrison story Sula and then discusses it with reference to her novel The Bluest Eye. There a...

Sylvia Plath and Toni Morrison on the Self Actualization of Women

This paper examines the self actualization of women in an analysis of the poems 'Daddy' and 'Mirror' by Sylvia Plath and the novel...

Sex in Beloved by Toni Morrison

In 5 pages sex as an instrument of power rather than an expression of intimacy is considered in this analysis of Beloved by Toni M...

Racism within the Context of Literature

would then include the contrast and comparison on how the characters dealt with racism and their subjectivity to it. Finally, the ...

William Shakespeare's The Tempest Featured in Tar Baby by Toni Morrison

as he, also, is an exile from civilization (12). Also like Prospero, Valerian exerts control over the rest of the characters (Walt...

Murders in Beloved and Sula by Toni Morrison

In five pages this paper contrasts and compares these novels by Toni Morrison in terms of how each feature murders. There are no ...

Life and Works of Charles Babbage

emphasis on manufacture and engineering in that region which initiated his own interest in the subjects....

Jazz by Toni Morrison and Reflections of the Harlem Renaissance

In eight pages this paper examines how Toni Morrison reflected the Harlem Renaissance artistic movement in her novel Jazz. Two so...

Langston Hughes and Toni Morrison on Individual Choices

In five pages this paper compares Beloved by Toni Morrison with Langston Hughes' 'Montage of a Dream Deferred' in a consideration ...

Comparative Analysis of the Film and Novel Versions of Beloved

In five pages this report contrasts and compares the 1987 novel Beloved written by Toni Morrison with the 1998 movie adaptation. ...

Beloved by Toni Morrison, Memory, 'Rememory' and 'Disremember'

remembering what happened. With disremember she is primarily taking a memory and pushing it away so that it will not become real t...

Relationship of Nel and Sula in Sula by Toni Morrison

and sung amidst a house that was less than perfectly organized. As we can see in this very simple beginning, a beginning that sets...