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The Symbolism of the Two Rivers in the Novel A Separate Peace by John Knowles (544 words, 1 pages)

The novel A Separate Peace, by John Knowles, was symbolic for the war that was going during Gene's time at Devon. John Knowles used the description of many natural elements to describe World War II and its effects on the youth at Devon. Prominently, the two rivers described in the ... Read More

The Significance of Antonio’s Dreams in Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya (1380 words, 2 pages)

Dream One "The Rebirth of Antonio" In Antonio's first dream, his mind goes back to the past and he sees his own birth. There is a fight between his mother's side of the family and his father's, where they both have different plans for the young baby, and they both ... Read More

Death and Love in Antigone, a Tragedy by Sophocles (581 words, 1 pages)

Death and Love in Antigone Death and love go hand in hand in Greek tragedies. Antigone loves her brother so much that she risks her life to give him the proper burial he deserves. When Haimon discovers his love, Antigone, dead he becomes so overwrought with grief that he plunges ... Read More

King Creon’s Personality in Antigone, a Tragedy by Sophocles (529 words, 1 pages)

King Creon values his power and influence over his city-state before any other person in his life, but as the story unfolds his values shift to those people that should have matter most to him from the beginning. King Creon is hard headed in what he believes in, and is ... Read More

The Differences between H. D. F. Kitto’s, and Michael Townsend’s Interpretations of Antigone by Sophocles (1257 words, 2 pages)

In the undertaking of the translation of any literary work from one language to another, many things must be considered. The first of these things is the way in which the translator will handle the cultural differences that have no parallel in the language into which he is translating. Also, ... Read More

Use of Vivid and Figurative Language in Antigone, a Tragedy by Sophocles (660 words, 1 pages)

After reading Antigone by an ancient Greek play writer, Sopocles, one might realized that Sopocles uses imagery. Imagery is the use of vivid or figurative language to represent objects, actions, or ideas. It can be found that he uses many different things in his play to show imagery. One of ... Read More

The Place of Women in Wild Geese, Novel by Martha Ostenso (593 words, 1 pages)

Wild Geese, the classic Canadian novel by Martha Ostenso, is written from a very non-feminist point of view. To begin with, it can be seen throughout the novel that Caleb Gare doesn't give Lind Archer the time of day. Furthermore, it is the women on the farm who work the ... Read More

The Passionately Religious Writings of Anne Bradstreet and Edward Taylor (369 words, 1 pages)

Authors Anne Bradstreet and Edward Taylors passionately religious writings represent typical literature of the seventeenth century period. Genuine religious concerns are found in all the writings of the Puritans in fact, they mainly write either to privately express religious beliefs or to share them with others. Written in Plain Style, ... Read More

The Gift of Creation of Anne Rice, an American Writer (1099 words, 2 pages)

The Life and Legend of Anne Rice An Anne Rice Biography An author creates a door to the subconscious that transports you to a dreamland, a place whose very existence is based on your imagination alone. Controlled by the pages of text before you, the land of enchantment is formed, ... Read More

The Conflict in the Poem, The Hollow Men by T.S. Eliot (618 words, 1 pages)

In "The Hollow Men" there is a conflict between an intense longing for a state of edenic purity and the contradictory search for a more lasting form of order through denial and alienation. It can be observed that "The Hollow Men" expresses the depths of Eliot's despair, but the poet ... Read More

The Use of Symbolism and Powerful Sensory Imagery in Harlem by Langston Hughes (863 words, 2 pages)

In our journey through life, we all have certain expectations of how we would like our lives to be. All of us strive to reach a certain level of self-actualization and acceptance. It could then be said that all of us live a dream. Some of these individual dreams inevitably ... Read More

An Analysis of the Machine that Won the War by Isaac Asimov (456 words, 2 pages)

The Machine That Won the War, by Isaac Asimov, is a story that teaches a valuable lesson about humanity and also has an ironic twist at the end. The setting is the future of Earth, and a great war had just been won against an enemy race. Two men, Swift ... Read More

An Analysis of the Poetry of Marianne Moore (715 words, 1 pages)

Analysis of the Stylistic Features in Poetry by Marianne Moore Poetry, is one of Marianne Moores most famous poems. In it Moore starts out, I too, dislike it. referring to poetry. However, this does not mean that Moore believed in practicing her poetry half-seriously. She simply believed that in order ... Read More

An Analysis of the Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams (1303 words, 2 pages)

The play "Glass Menagerie" shows the contradictory life of its main character Tom Wingfield. He struggles with being a hard worker, a protector of his love ones, and a fulfiller of his dreams. Tom wishes for a sense of independence by escaping the pressures that come from his dysfunctional family ... Read More

An Analysis of Mother to Son by Langston Hughes (1004 words, 2 pages)

Advice for All Langston Hughes is considered by many readers to be the most significant black poet of the twentieth century. During his life many thought that he was a voice of the African-American people and a prime example of the magnificence of the Harlem Renaissance. This idea is evident ... Read More

An Analysis of the Lamb by William Blake (554 words, 1 pages)

A lamb is a gentle and meek creature that is both daring and submissive. A lamb is very much like a child. In The Lamb, William Blake creates a childlike tone through a very songlike form and structure. What this does is give the poem an innocent view, more in ... Read More

An Analysis of John Updike’s Style of Writing in the Story A&P (465 words, 1 pages)

John Updikes stories AP and The Rumor both show Updikes style of writing. Each work in the beginning captivates the reader and stimulates the natural sense of curiosity, as it draws you into the story. Both widen and deepen the knowledge of human activity as well. At the end of ... Read More

An Analysis of Poems in the Songs of Innocence in 1789 (965 words, 1 pages)

"The Lamb" is one of the poems in the Songs of Innocence, which was published in 1789. As the contrary poem to "The Lamb", "The Tiger" in the Songs of Experience came 5 years later in 1794. In the fifth stanza of "The Tiger", there is a question asked by ... Read More

The Metaphor in the Short Story, The Price of Eggs in China by Don Lee (1004 words, 2 pages)

It is not until you carefully analyze the story "The Price of Eggs in China", that you are able to see that the author creates a very interesting connection. One of the definitions of a metaphor is a figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to ... Read More

The Quest for Death in the Play “Psychomachia” (2361 words, 3 pages)

The Quest For Death The medieval fascination regarding the Quest for Death is evident in morality plays. The typical morality play is a 'psychomachia, an externalized dramatization of a psychological and spiritual conflict the battle between the forces of good and evil in salvation, despite the obstacles and temptations that ... Read More

An Essay on the Subject of Theater of the Absurd (516 words, 2 pages)

An essay on Theater of the absurd The issues involving Theater of the absurd has been a popular topic amongst scholars for many years. I find my self constantly drawn back to the subject of Theater of the absurd. While it is becoming a hot topic for debate, Theater of ... Read More

An Analysis of the Poem, The Lamb by William Blake (587 words, 1 pages)

Analysis of Blake's "The Lamb" "The Lamb," written by William Blake, is included in the work Songs of Innocence, published by Blake in 1789. In the poem, the speaker questions a lamb, asking it who made it and brought it to life. The speaker asks the lamb who allows it ... Read More

An Analysis of A Poison Tree by William Blake (1837 words, 3 pages)

In choosing a poem from the English Romanticism era, I found one that particularly stands among others. A poem that had some depth, in that I couldnt understand and feel what the poem was expressing at first glance. It is a poem that had a sense of mystery around it. ... Read More

An Analysis of the Characters Red and Brooks (966 words, 2 pages)

Red and Brooks are characters with many similar traits and had gone through many of the same circumstances, but one main difference allows on man to survive outside of Shawshank and the other unable to cope with the outside world. That one main difference was a man named Andy Dufresne. ... Read More

An Analysis of the Scarlet Letter (1077 words, 2 pages)

The Scarlet Letter Pearls have always held a great price to mankind, but no pearl has ever been earned at as high a cost to a person as Nathaniel Hawthorne's powerful heroine Hester Prynne. Her daughter Pearl, born into a Puritan prison in more ways than one, is an enigmatic ... Read More

A Meaning of Name in This Earth of Mankind (741 words, 1 pages)

"What's in a Name?" What exactly is in a name? You're name is who you are it distinguishes John Smith, from Joe Blow. There is much weight that is vested into a name in the Native American culture a child is given a name that fits his character. In our ... Read More

An Analysis of the Topic of Todd Clifton’s Funeral Speech (1390 words, 2 pages)

In Todd Cliftons funeral speech, IM attempts to liberate himself through the use of rhetorical language. He breaks free of the Brotherhoods blueprints by speaking with no set framework, going against the brotherhoods belief in social vs. racial equality by implying Todd was a hero in a world of white ... Read More

An Analysis of the Novel The American Son by Brian Ascalon Roley (720 words, 2 pages)

In the novel The American Son by Brian Ascalon Roley, two diverse Asian-American characters emerge one representing the stereotypical Asian male, Gabe, and the other representing the stereotypical American blend, Tomas. In this paper, I will uncover the truths of Gabe and proving him to be a stereotypical Asian male ... Read More

The Contributions of Maya Angelou to English Literature (999 words, 2 pages)

Maya Angelou has been a great contributor to English literature. She is greatly respected by everyone that have read her works. Maya Angelou has been an inspiration to all that have read what she has written. She is one of the best African American poets. This is why I have ... Read More

The Creative Writing, Glendale’s Troubles (653 words, 1 pages)

An-Yang 'Shua-nging!' (Children!) The sound of her strident voice reverberates down the narrow stairwell. I remember that musty, dark, winding stairwell that led to her second floor apartment in Glendale as vividly as I did the day I established a meaningful relationship with my grandmother. Through this relationship, I have ... Read More

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