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Conveying Powerful Emotions in Barn Burning by William Faulkner, The Storm by Kate Chopin, and My Last Duchess by Robert Browning (2116 words, 6 pages)

Each writer has their own story to tell. They create complex, mysterious characters to add and complete the story they are trying to convey to the audience. Characters may be nave, or they can be the representation of the devil himself. Characters have the ability to make readers relate with ... Read More

The Theme of Darkness in Joseph Conrad’s Novel Heart of Darkness (2116 words, 8 pages)

Modernism, as a cultural movement, began in the early twentieth century and was a progression away from the previous Romantic period where most, if not all, ideas from the Romantic period were forgotten. The main focus of Modernism was not so much comparative as interrogative (Modernisms and Modernity 1). It ... Read More

An Analysis of Dark Storylines in Young Goodman Brown by Nathaniel Hawthorne (914 words, 3 pages)

Nathaniel Hawthorne presents many dark themes in his short stories and novels. In his work Young Goodman Brown -- dark spirits, visions, imagery, afterlife, and character names are utilized to support the storys theme. Nathaniel Hawthorne contradicts the names of characters in the tale. Without the use of these names, ... Read More

Cloud Computing: The Future of Storing, Managing and Processing Data (1158 words, 7 pages)

Table of ContentsAbstract PAGEREF Toc299977273 h iAttestation PAGEREF Toc299977274 h iiAcknowledgements PAGEREF Toc299977275 h iiiTable of Contents PAGEREF Toc299977276 h ivList of Figures PAGEREF Toc299977277 h v1Introduction PAGEREF Toc299977278 h 11.1Background and Context PAGEREF Toc299977279 h 11.2Scope and Objectives PAGEREF Toc299977280 h 11.3Overview of cloud computing PAGEREF Toc299977282 h 12State-of-cloud ... Read More

An Analysis of the Relationship Between the Superhero and Super-Villain in The Dark Knight Returns (988 words, 4 pages)

The Dark Knight Returns critiques the social landscape of contemporaryculture in much the same way other elements associated with the New ArtHistory dissect gender, class, and race issues -- even the classical-typeheroic figure is humanized with character flaws and a crisis of conscious.Dystopic elements cloud familiar fixtures in contemporary society ... Read More

An Analysis of the Family Struggles in A Whistle in the Dark by Tom Murphy (1119 words, 4 pages)

Ireland was a time of conflict and turmoil during the middle of the twentieth century. During this time, it was very difficult to make ends meet financially, and there was no such thing as the prototypical American nuclear family. Irish families were quite large, with many married couples having at ... Read More

A Comparison of Western Imperialism in Heart of Darkness and Apocalypse Now (620 words, 2 pages)

In Joseph Conrads novella, Heart of Darkness and Francis Ford Coppolas movie, Apocalypse Now, there are important concerns raised. After Conrads novel, many were left to question role of Africans in society, as the book objectifies the lives of Africans, especially the natives. In Coppolas film, frustration grew because of ... Read More

An Evaluation of the Mentality of Willard James in Kathryn Bigelow’s War Thriller, Zero Dark Thirty (2008) (424 words, 2 pages)

In an occupation where time is of the essence and safe return is never assured, it is believed that the first thing a soldier would want is someone in their ear telling them things are going to be all right. This isnt the mentality of Willard James (played by Jeremy ... Read More

A Comparison Between Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad and King Solomon’s Mines by H. Rider Haggard (1878 words, 7 pages)

English novels set in the Empire invariably attempt to justify and naturalise relations between coloniser and colonised, but cannot help revealing the contradictions of the colonial project.The relationship between coloniser and colonised in the 19th century was not one of civility rather that of usurper and a victimised people. Joseph ... Read More

A Creative Story about Life Being Created from Darkness (511 words, 2 pages)

Five billion years ago, in the darkest corner of space, where there was no life, no nature, nor any people, just darkness. But within that darkness, was a passion, a passion to create, a passion to make something unique, something that will be bright and lively. It was something that ... Read More

The Literary Symbol of Darkness in the Works of Joseph Conrad and Philip Dick (1762 words, 6 pages)

In Philip K. Dicks Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, descriptions using dark imagery, language of hollowness, loneliness, and cold, and a mingle of emotional and mechanical language create the stage for a conflict between humanism and the dissolution of the separation of self and world. All of these images ... Read More

An Interpretation of Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness (900 words, 1 pages)

Joseph Conrads book, Heart of darkness tells about a sailors journey inti the African continent through the Congo River to rescue a company employee. When I began reading the novel, I was curious about the choice of words for the title Heart of Darkness. Could it be that the story ... Read More

The Use of Hat-Hanging Phrases in Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness and Arunhati Roy’s The God of Small Things (1218 words, 4 pages)

Writing an entire book or short story and coming up with a phrase of five words or less that readersif they were interested enough to notice said wordscould hang their hats on for gleaning a holistic understanding of an entire text is no small achievement, yet Joseph Conrad in Heart ... Read More

An Analysis of Chinua Achebe’s Argument About the Prejudice and Narrow-Mindedness in Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad (1306 words, 4 pages)

In his well known response to Joseph Conrads Heart of Darkness, Chinua Achebes primary assertion, the one upon which he structures and defends his other arguments, is that Joseph Conrad is fundamentally racist. Achebe claims that the deep-seated nature of the prejudice and narrow-mindedness that dominate the book occurs as ... Read More

The Author’s Portrayal of Realism in the Short Stories, Regret, The Story of an Hour, and The Storm by Kate Chopin (1410 words, 5 pages)

Kate Chopin portrays realism in her three short stories "Regret", "The Story of an Hour", and The Storm. The author presents her fictional work to represent stark of realities in life. The author uses symbols of forthcoming change, heart trouble and emotional response in her short stories (Hemmingway 106). The ... Read More

The Death of Modernism in the Books, Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad, The Wasteland by T.S.Eliot and The Road by Cormac McCarthy (1733 words, 6 pages)

Modernism, as a popular literary aesthetic, is largely considered to be extinct. One of the seminal works of proto-modernism is Conrads Heart of Darkness. The book explores a notion concerning the anarchy of human nature. Also, whether purposefully or not, the modernist idea of what literature should be includes many ... Read More

The Causes and Effects of Geomagnetic Storms (1603 words, 6 pages)

Geomagnetic storms cause disturbances of the Earth's magnetic fieldand such disturbances lead to significant damages across the globe. Coronalmass ejections (CME) create solar energetic particles composed of solarwind ions and coronal electrons as they approach the Earth. Geomagneticstorms occur due to prolonged stays of interplanetary magnetic fields inthe southward region ... Read More

The Horror and Fear of the Belgian Colonization of Congo Reflected in Heart of Darkness, a Novella by Joseph Conrad (1270 words, 4 pages)

Swedish missionary C.N. Brrison states It is strange that people who claim to be civilized think they can treat their fellow man even if he is of a different color any which way. The Congo has never recovered from King Leopolds reign. Many indeed view Leopold as a precursor to ... Read More

A Review of the Presentation Scott McCloud: The Visual Magic of Comics (697 words, 3 pages)

Scott McCloud, author of the book Understanding Comics, gave a talkin February 2005 entitled "Scott McCloud The visual magic of comics." Itis presented by TED and is available athttpwww.ted.comtalksscottmccloudoncomics?languageen. "The Visual Magic of Comics" starts with McCloud explaining how ofthe five senses vision being the one he appreciates most because, ... Read More

An Analysis of Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad (1102 words, 2 pages)

In the Flick of an Eye The physical differences between civilization and the wild are prominent, but the intangible discrepancies separate the two realms most drastically. Marlow slowly loses connection with the parameters of time as his boat ventures deeper in the heart of Africa. Despite the absence of clocks ... Read More

A Reflection on Writing about the 2016 Winter Snow Storm Jonas (1179 words, 8 pages)

When writing to a specific audience, one must be sure to set the tone, style and topic to address that specific audience in such a way that it will keep their interest throughout the entire paper. Each audience will most likely have a different style and tone of writing in ... Read More

Cyber Bullying, Pornography, Identity Theft, and Social Media Create the Dangerous Environment of the Dark Web (3096 words, 8 pages)

The Blissful Unaware UserThere are currently around 3,264,195,660 users online in the world at 1000 p.m. on December 12, 2015 on a Saturday night in Pacific Time www.internetlivestats.com shows an educated estimate of these current users. Of these three billion users, according to Microsoft, a multinational technology company that creates ... Read More

Right Place, Wrong Time in The Storm by Kate Chopin (1053 words, 4 pages)

The most common quote often used right place wrong time , honestly I never really understood why so many people said it, then they switched it up right place, right time In The Storm, Kate Chopin shows how Calixta and Alcees love for one another never faded, although they both ... Read More

The Story of an Hour and The Storm have many differences but also many similarities about them. In this paper I will be discussing why these stories are so different. I will also be discussing why they are also similar to each other. Both stories have many different topics that ... Read More

A Description of the Theme in Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad (1277 words, 6 pages)

Justice is blind Every kind of art can conclusively be described as an abstraction fromcertain reality. This can be evidenced by naturalist depictions of theperceptual world and even cave paintings. Nevertheless, not every part ofart is a generalization in service of reality. Whilst some artworks inciteonlookers to think about the ... Read More

Dark of the Invisible Moon: Imagery in Cormac McCarthy’s The Road (731 words, 3 pages)

Imagery of the Road in The RoadCormac McCarthys book The Road is aptly named. It is a story of a journey taken by a man and his son, a journey across a barren wasteland. But it is not a meandering journey, going across the wastelands, following the food. No, it ... Read More

The Role of Setting in Kate Chopin’s The Storm (620 words, 2 pages)

In Kate Choppins short story The Storm, the setting plays an important role in developing the story. This story takes place in a small town in Louisiana in the late 1800s. The storm is about a woman named Calixta who has the sexual encounter with her old boyfriend in the ... Read More

A Report on Ethan Hawley’s Observations on Interpersonal Communication and Dark Listeners in The Winter of Our Discontent, a Novel by John Steinbeck (369 words, 1 pages)

The protagonist of the book The Winter of Our Discontent, Ethan Hawley makes a lot of interesting observations. Ethan thinks that, people are rarely listening each other theyre listening to tones and intonations (p. 53) and from them people deduce how the speaker is feeling. Moreover, the speaker himself is ... Read More

Light and Darkness in The Allegory of the Cave by Plato (1094 words, 4 pages)

Plato throughout his allegory presents the reader with a avid picture of prisoners, dungeons, and the education of the leaders of society. During the excerpt, stunning details of the transformation of a person from darkness to light are expressed. This rebirth, as told by Plato, effectively expresses the troubles with ... Read More

An Analysis of the Interpretation of Light and Dark in Genesis Verses of the Bible (941 words, 4 pages)

LIGHT AND DARKLight, a word that originated in Germany in its original form it is licht. There are so many definitions for the word in fact I was a little overwhelmed. The definitions that stuck out to me were of course the literal definition, he natural agent that stimulates sight ... Read More

Published: Friday 25th of January 2013