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The Life of the Colossus of Independence, John Adams in John Adams, a Book by David McCullough (1204 words, 2 pages)

In this prevailing, heroic life story, David McCullough unfolds the adventurous life-journey of John Adams, the brilliant, fiercely independent, often hot-tempered, always honest Yankee patriot The colossus of independence, as Thomas Jefferson called him, who spared nothing in his passion for the American Revolution who rose to become the second ... Read More

The False Accusations Against Jonathan Swift (2118 words, 3 pages)

Jonathan Swift (1667-1745) is quite possibly the greatest satirist in the history of English literature, and is without question the most controversial. Infuriated by the moral degradation of society in the eighteenth century, Swift wrote a plethora of bitter pieces attacking man's excessive pride, and the critical reception has been ... Read More

Emotional Wealth in The Jade Peony, a Novel by Wayson Choy (874 words, 1 pages)

Wealth When people talk about wealth they usually mean materialistic things such as money, however there is another type of 'wealth', emotional wealth. This is the wealth that people give to each other. Some examples can be spending time with people, lending a hand to someone you do not know, ... Read More

Comparing the Similarities and Differences of Kali and Jazzy, Jyoti and Jasmine, and Jane and Jase in Jasmine, a Cultural Book by Bharati Mukherjee (1088 words, 2 pages)

Bharati Mukherjees Jasmine is a cultural book that involves the concepts of Indian Literatures. Jasmine, a girl who is learning to become an American, takes on another roles, another names and reinvents herself every time she meets someone new. Jasmine is a school building that has new people coming in ... Read More

The Quest for Happiness in the Literary Works of J.D. Salinger (1504 words, 5 pages)

Jerome David Salinger, known as J.D., is an American short story writer and novelist. He was born on January 1, 1919 and is still alive at the age of 81. J.D. Salinger was born and raised in Manhattan. He went to prep school at Valley Forge Military Academy from 1934-1936. ... Read More

The Legendary Exploits of King Arthur in Le Morte d’Arthur, a Book by Sir Thomas Malory (1952 words, 6 pages)

Sir Thomas Malory wrote regarding the legendary exploits of King Arthur. Arthur was often debated as fact or fictional. (see Appendix I) He was the legendary British King who appeared in Medieval romances as the sovereign of a knightly fellowship. It has not been certain, however, if Arthur was fact, ... Read More

The Negative Feelings of Islamic Law by the Western World as the Cause of Islamophobia (1273 words, 2 pages)

The religion and the practices of Islam have often been seen in a negative light in the Western world. This can be attributed to the effects that Islamic fundamentalists have had on society through their attacks on the Western world. For this reason many Westerners have developed an Islamophobia. A ... Read More

The Triumph and Elements of Tragedy in Jean Anouilh’s Antigone (4534 words, 5 pages)

Is Antigone a tragedy or a triumph Jean Anouilh's Antigone was first produced in Paris in 1942, it is based on Sophocles' version of the novel, which was written in 442 B.C.E and performed in Ancient Greece. It is a modernist play, which has the effect of highlighting the importance ... Read More

The Ideas of John Locke on the Preservation of Property (7566 words, 9 pages)

Locke says that the state has a responsibility to preserve people's private property. He (1688) says "The great and chief end, therefore, of men's uniting into common-wealths, and putting themselves under government, is the preservation of their property" (p. 262). The state has to set laws which establish the rights ... Read More

A Comparison of the Similarities and Differences Between Amy Heckerling’s Clueless and Jane Austen’s Emma (4499 words, 5 pages)

Amy Heckerling's "Clueless" involves a storyline, which closely follows the text of Jane Austen's novel "Emma". However, there are some key points of difference in the transformation that has taken place. This is due to the individual context of the nineteenth century prose text and that of the modern appropriated ... Read More

The Inner Conflict of Marlowe in Heart of Darkness, a Novel by Joseph Conrad (1179 words, 4 pages)

The novel Heart of Darkness, was written by a man named Joseph Conrad in 1894. Conrad was born December 3, 1857 into a family of polish decent in the northern Ukraine. The backgrounds of his family members consisted of a father that was an avid translator of Shakespeare as well ... Read More

The Framing Narrative in Heart of Darkness, a Novel by Joseph Conrad (1869 words, 6 pages)

The framing narrative of Heart of Darkness is presented by an unnamed, undefined speaker, who is one of a group of men, former sailors, now professionals, probably middle-aged, on the deck of a yacht at the mouth of the Thames River, London England. The time is probably contemporary with the ... Read More

Melancholy, Grief, and Madness in Hamlet, a Play by William Shakespeare (1100 words, 4 pages)

William Shakespeare has written many masterpiece plays and has told a vital story in almost all of them. In the play Hamlet Shakespeare uses melancholy, grief, and madness to pervade the works of a great play. Throughout the play Shakespeare uses such emotional malady within Hamlet, that the audience not ... Read More

The Important Roles of the Female Characters in Hamlet, a Play by William Shakespeare (3511 words, 13 pages)

The women closest to Hamlet, Gertrude, his mother and Ophelia, his lover, are victims. The tragedy of Hamlet portrays many deaths and sorrows, but it is the women who suffer most, as they are treated like instruments to be used by the male characters to achieve their most pressing desires. ... Read More

Hamlet’s Revenge in Hamlet, a Play by William Shakespeare (1115 words, 2 pages)

Revenge causes a person to act blindly through anger, instead of reason. It is like the saying, an eye for an eye, Fortinbras, Laertes, and Hamlet were all looking to avenge the deaths of their fathers. They all acted on emotion, and this led to the downfall of two, and ... Read More

Love Triangles in James Joyce’s The Dead and Thomas Hardy’s Jude the Obscure (2224 words, 7 pages)

Its no problem of mine but its a problem I fight, living a life that I cant leave behind. But theres no sense in telling me, the wisdom of the cruel words that you speak. But thats the way that it goes and nobody knows, while everyday my confusion grows. ... Read More

An Ethnography of an Iraqi Village in The Guests of the Sheik, a Book by Elizabeth Warnock Fernea (1127 words, 2 pages)

Elizabeth Warnock Fernea provides an overview of the ethnography of an Iraqi village in her work, The Guests of the Sheik. Within her book, Fernea considers the element of gender and its impact on the roles of women in Iraq, as well as the expectations based within the gender-specific social ... Read More

The Withering of the American Dream in The Great Gatsby, a Novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald (2950 words, 4 pages)

The Great Gatsby, written by F. Scott Fitzgerald is a portrayal of the withering of the American Dream. The American Dream promises prosperity and self-fulfillment as rewards for hard work and self-reliance. A product of the frontier and the west, the American Dream challenges people to have dreams and strive ... Read More

An Analysis of the Literary Aspects of The Great Gatsby, a Book by F. Scott Fitzgerald (3218 words, 12 pages)

Cultural Context The book takes place during the 1920's, the decade in American history as the "roaring twenties." This book epitomizes many of the characteristics of the time period, after the eighteenth amendment, the sale of alcohol became prohibited, but this movement, known as the temperance movement, did not achieve ... Read More

The Reasons and Beliefs Why Gilgamesh is Not a Hero (1204 words, 4 pages)

When the gods created Gilgamesh they gave him a perfect body. Shamash the glorious sun endowed him with beauty, Adad the god of the storm endowed him with courage, the great gods made his beauty perfect, surpassing all others, terrifying like a great wild bull. Two thirds they made him ... Read More

The Author’s View on Capital Punishment in A Hanging, an Essay by George Orwell (1215 words, 4 pages)

In George Orwells A Hanging, Orwell tells the story of what it was like to witness a man being hung. In this narrative there is a progression of emotions that can be seen in Orwell. In the beginning, Orwell sees the prisoner as an animal and his killing just a ... Read More

A Comparison of the Beginning of School to the Expulsion of Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden in Genesis, a Poem by Bruce Dawe (905 words, 3 pages)

Bruce Dawe, an Australian poet, has written the poem 'Genesis'. The poem compares the beginning of school to Adam and Eve's expulsion from the Garden of Eden, hence the title 'Genesis'. Dawe has put the context of the poem into a modern day theme. Using the comparison of Adam and ... Read More

The Life and Works of George Wesley Bellows (2287 words, 4 pages)

Have you ever seen a painting of two fighters going at it hot and heavy on a stag night? If you have, then chances are that you have just seen a painting of George Bellowss from Tom Sharkeys Athletic Club in New York City. Prizefights were among some of his ... Read More

The Life and Literary Works of Edwin Arlington Robinson (1140 words, 5 pages)

Edwin Arlington Robinson was a poet who has long been popular among lay readersthe non-literary publicbut the tremendous scope of his work and the power of his mastery over words marks him as one of the greater poets of his time. In spite of its consistent tone his works showed ... Read More

A Soldier’s Struggles to Return to Normal Life in Soldier’s Home, a Short Story by Ernest Hemingway (1525 words, 2 pages)

A person's return from war is always a frustrating experience. Facing the normalcy of everyday life while the memories of the gruesome struggles still rage inside a person's mind can wreak emotional havoc on a person's well being. The situation becomes much more dire when the environment he is coming ... Read More

The Misconception That Video Games Promotes Violent Behavior Among Children (1335 words, 6 pages)

In todays society video games play an important role in a childs life. Most children play games when they are bored and think nothing of them. Even though children engage in playing video games, these games do not cause the violence among children but it is the children themselves. Society, ... Read More

Drunkenness as a Social Problem in Crime and Punishment, a Novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky (5670 words, 8 pages)

Crime and Punishment was the second of Fyodor Dostoevsky's most important, mature fictional works. It was first published in the conservative journal The Russian Messenger, appearing in twelve monthly installments in 1866. Dostoevsky left three full notebooks of materials pertinent to Crime and Punishment. These have been published under the ... Read More

The Central Theme of Madness and Revenge in Hamlet, a Play by William Shakespeare (2883 words, 11 pages)

In Shakespeare's Hamlet, madness, along with revenge, is a central theme. Hamlet is driven to destroy his uncle in order to exact vengeance for the murder of his father. However, there is ample evidence that the murder may have never happened, and Hamlets sole evidence, the conversation with the ghost, ... Read More

The Acceptance of Death in the Texts of Sappho and Gilgamesh (2292 words, 3 pages)

The only thing life guarantees is death. Some accept death for what it is while others so foolishly try to avoid it. This notion is clearly depicted in the texts of Sappho and Gilgamesh. Both explore death, but only Sappho accepts it. She is fearless towards the unknown and is ... Read More

A Feminist Approach to Sexuality in Sorites by Helene Cixous and the Hidden Fears Surrounding Society in Frankenstein by Mary Shelley (1650 words, 2 pages)

In her 1975 text Sorties, Helene Cixous feminist, poetic and psychoanalytic approach to sexuality gives the reader a unique consideration towards masculinity and femininity. The threat against traditional sexual relations and the fear that men possess because of this are the main issues raised by the text. Theses issues are ... Read More

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