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In six pages this analysis of Kafka's works focuses on the themes of fate's ironies and the human condition....

In six pages this paper examines 20th century modernist literature in a consideration of such concepts as impressionism, postmoder...

Though not his most famous work, Joseph Conrad's The Secret Sharer is a showcase for the author's command of language. This paper ...

Sigmund Freud and Joseph Conrad had very similar views of civilization. This analysis deals with Freud's Civilization and Its Disc...

central point of the narrative. The company accountant is the first character to refer to Kurtz and he tells Marlow that Kurtz i...

In 5 pages this paper examines how Western civilization's failure is conveyed by Joseph Conrad by the characterization of Kurtz in...

so moved by the portrayal of Adam that he begins to identify with Adam. Like Adam at the beginning of creation, he, too, is lonely...

an employee of the Company who has become erratic, and bring him home. In so doing, Marlow has to face his own "heart of darkness"...

by pairing books against each other, thus pitting classical works against modern counterparts. For instance, Swift includes such ...

African author Chinua Achebe argues that the extended metaphor that Conrad uses to relate his principal theme is founded on the vi...

Africa is symbolic of delving into the darkest recesses of the human soul. Conrad reveals that when Kurtz came to the Congo he w...

then. He gets a very powerful and intriguing adventure when he attempts to pull a ladder into the ship, only to discover a man att...

a slender thread, with the flames of the divine wrath flashing about it, and ready every moment to singe it, and burn it asunder. ...

... The English in the Americas in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries were as driven by ideological convictions, by a belief ...

In 5 pages this paper discusses Swift's satirical depiction of Anglo Irish landlord and Irish peasant tenant relations in A Modest...

In six pages this research paper discusses how slavery manifests itself in one form or another in Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Trav...

In 5 pages this paper discusses how the 18th century state of mind is reflected in Alexander Pope's 'Essay on Criticism' and 'Essa...

It is irrational to think that one is any larger than he/she should be or has a right to be. It is also irrational to think that ...

In five pages this paper examines how food symbolism or anecdotal references provide satire on human suffering in Jonathan Swift's...

In five pages this paper contrasts and compares the values presented in Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels and Daniel Defoe's Rob...

In five pages this paper examines the fourth book of Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels in its satirical portrayal of Yahoo brute...

In five pages this fictitious Houyhnhnms land featured in Jonathan Swift's satire Gulliver's Travels is compared with eighteen cen...

first he must prove himself worthy of trusting: "My gentleness and good behaviour had gained so far on the emperor and his court, ...

Swift employed satire to convey his message, and his target was, naturally, Europe, as it existed during the sixteenth century, bu...

way, this scrutiny becomes a very valuable tool for literature. After reading these two stories and comparing and contrasting the...

to create the satiric effect is emphasizing the similarities between Lilliputians and his own compatriots. (Borovaia149). Howev...

finds himself in Lilliput, which is in a constant state of war with their enemies, the Blefuscudians over the ridiculous issue of ...

by Swifts outstanding ability to use satire in his ongoing critique of society. In each Swift uses satire to ridicule those custo...

linked to societal ideas of the early eighteenth century as to what constituted a "proper" middle class English life. This is evid...

As Gulliver learns their language he has come to hear the word "Yahoo" over and over and he has little understanding of who or wha...