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An Analysis of the Portrayal of Sexual Unfulfillment and Its Outcomes in Kate Chopin’s Short Story The Storm (670 words, 1 pages)

Chopins The Storm leads us to believe that a sexually unfulfilled housewife or husband will eventually find sexual gratification somewhere else. That if people are not honest with their true feelings then somehow, somewhere their hidden intentions will become inevitable. Chopin reinforces this by Calixta and Alce sudden and unintended ... Read More

A Summary of Solar Storms by Linda Hogan (1297 words, 2 pages)

Angel has returned to Adamss Rib to find her roots. She is a 17-year-old girl in search of her family and most of all, who was her mother Hannah Wing (p 21). This is also a spiritual quest for Angel, yet that is only an observation that I became aware ... Read More

A Review of Koestler’s “Darkness At Noon in the Novel” (940 words, 1 pages)

Darkness At Noon In the novel, Darkness at Noon, by Koestler, Rubashov learns about himself, and makes an effort to cross the hazy lines between his conscience and his beliefs. Rubashov's realization of the individual aspect of morality is a gradual process, satisfying his internal arguments and questions of guilt. ... Read More

An Analysis of the Novel Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad (757 words, 2 pages)

In the novel Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad, the reader is given a look at Belgiums colonialism, and how grimly corrupt that policy is. Colonialism is a policy in which a nation maintains or extends its control over foreign dependencies. (The American Heritage Dictionary, colonialism) Usually a country like ... Read More

An Essay on Jan Oort and Fritz Zwicky: The Dark Matter (809 words, 2 pages)

Two people have been credited for determining the need for dark matter. The first was astronomer Jan Oort, who back in 1932 measured the perpendicular motions of nearby stars relative to the disk of our galaxy. By studying the gravitational influence of the disk on these stars he was able ... Read More

Humanity and Truth in the Books “1984” and “The Left Hand of Darkness” (1639 words, 2 pages)

The two books 1984 and The Left Hand of Darkness help to define humanity and truth. Humanity is the condition, quality or fact of being human collectively. The definition of truth is things as they are, things as they have been, and things as they are to come. Truth can ... Read More

An Analysis of the Dark Sedan in Quarter Close (731 words, 1 pages)

The dark sedan pulled quietly up outside a comfortable family home in Quarter Close. The brick residence stood silent and dark in the early hours of the morning, looking much like the rest of the houses in the Grove. However, inside this house lay the prosecution's sole witness in the ... Read More

Moral Lessons in Kate Chopin’s The Storm and D.H. Lawrence’s The Rocking Horse Winner (546 words, 1 pages)

As a general rule, children love fairy tales. We grow up being read Grimm's or watching Disney remakes of classics. Parents love telling children fairy tales not only because they have an opportunity to spend time with their sons and daughters, but also because fairy tales, like fables, always contain ... Read More

An Analysis of the Opposition of Light and Dark as Symbols for Life and Death in Macbeth, a Play by William Shakespeare (1447 words, 2 pages)

The opposition of light and dark as symbols for life and death is the foundation upon which much of Shakesphere's Macbeth is built. In Act V Scene V of Macbeth, strong words covey all of these thoughts to the reader. The tone for Macbeth's speech is immediately set after hearing ... Read More

Chinua Achebe and His Accusation of Racism in Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness (1245 words, 2 pages)

Chinua Achebe, a well-known writer, once gave a lecture at the University of Massachusetts about Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness, entitled "An Image of Africa Racism in Conrad's Heart of Darkness." Throughout his essay, Achebe notes how Conrad used Africa as a background only, and how he "set Africa up ... Read More

Character Analysis of Lisa Shilling in John Neufeld’s Lisa Bright and Dark (768 words, 2 pages)

John Neufeld is the author of "Lisa Bright Dark". He lives and works in New York City these days. He was educated at Yale. His style of writing are usually touching stories.Finding information about John Neufeld is quite difficult since the Internet nor the book has provided any help whatsoever. ... Read More

Analyzing Conrad’s Idea of Racism in His Novel “Heart of Darkness” (955 words, 2 pages)

1. Does Conrad really "otherize," or impose racist ideology upon, the Africans in Heart of Darkness, or does Achebe merely see Conrad from the point of view of an African? Is it merely a matter of view point, or does there exist greater underlying meaning in the definition of racism? ... Read More

Impressionism and Symbolism in Conrad’s Novel Heart of Darkness (1503 words, 2 pages)

In Heart of Darkness it is the white invaders for instance, who are, almost without exception, embodiments of blindness, selfishness, and cruelty and even in the cognitive domain, where such positive phrases as "to enlighten," for instance, are conventionally opposed to negative ones such as "to be in the dark," ... Read More

The Demonstration of the Historical Period of Imperialism in Heart of Darkness (4119 words, 5 pages)

Conrad's novel, Heart of Darkness, relies on the historical period of imperialism in order to describe its protagonist, Charlie Marlow, and his struggle. Marlow's catharsis in the novel, as he goes to the Congo, rests on how he visualizes the effects of imperialism. This paper will analyze Marlow's "change," as ... Read More

An Analysis of Dark Matter in Cosmological Theory (993 words, 2 pages)

There is perhaps no current problem of greater importance to astrophysics and cosmology than that of "dark matter". The controversy, as the name implies, is centered on the notion that there may exist an enormous amount of matter in the Universe that cannot be detected from the light that it ... Read More

An Analysis of the Novel Anthem on the Future of Dark Ages By Ayn Rand (867 words, 1 pages)

In the novel Anthem, Ayn Rand writes about the future dark ages. Anthem takes place in city of a technologically backwards totalitarian society, where mankind is born in the home of the infants and dies in the home of the useless. Just imagine, being born in to a life of ... Read More

An Analysis of the Sources of Darkness in Macbeth, a Play by William Shakespeare (1206 words, 2 pages)

In our society, darkness tends to be the primary characteristic of evil. A black cat, a "dark and stormy night," and a dark alley, for instance, are all modern day symbols of wickedness and evil. Authors many times will use these and other symbols to describe an evil character or ... Read More

An Analysis of the Darkness and Night in the Tragedy Macbeth by William Shakespeare (703 words, 2 pages)

Late Night With Macbeth In Shakespeare's play, Macbeth, darkness and night play a major role. Many deaths and other major events occur during this time. Macbeth is overwhelmed by power and feels he is unstoppable. There is something about the absence of light that makes people act different. Macbeth fell ... Read More

The Purpose of the Particle Cloud Chambner in the Human Eye (1889 words, 3 pages)

A particle cloud chamber is a device that makes visible to the human eye the presence of certain particles and cosmic rays. This paper will discuss the process in which a successful chamber prototype was developed. This paper will also discuss how the chamber utilizes the properties of a supersaturated ... Read More

The Halloween Storm of 1991 (1768 words, 4 pages)

It was Halloween Eve 1991, the weather was crisp and pleasant in western Massachusetts and New England. However, it was not the children that would be playing tricks on the people of this region, it was instead nature. The day before a storm of surprising intensity had brought waves of ... Read More

Dark Foggy Night (596 words, 1 pages)

It was a dark, foggy night. Nothing was stirring, not even a bat. As I walked down the dark street to my friends house, I saw the old broken-down, tattered Nelson mansion. As I passed the spooky old house, it seemed like a silence fell over the little town of ... Read More

The Use of Setting in The Storm by Kate Chopin (515 words, 1 pages)

"The Storm" by Kate Chopin is a great literary example of the use of setting. Chopin uses setting to not only influence the readers senses, but also, to illustrate the actions and feelings of her characters. Chopin uses a great choice of short descriptive words to describe her setting such ... Read More

The Storm (380 words, 1 pages)

The hot wind was stinging agaist my face I was trying to find some sort of shelter. The storm was getting worse. I saw a big funnel coming into the small city. could feel the wind ripping at my flesh and clothing. It nocked me into a building, and I ... Read More

A Comparison of T.S.Eliot’s Poem The Hollow Men and Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness (390 words, 1 pages)

n T.S. Eliot's poem The Hollow Men, T.S. Eliot contrasts his straw-filled hollow men with the "lost violent souls" of Mr. Kurtz and Guy Fawkes. Mr. Kurtz is acharacter in Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness. T.S. Eliot is saying that it is better to have met death and to have ... Read More

The Dark Side of Robert Frost’s Poetry (1023 words, 2 pages)

Robert Frost is often referred to as a poet of nature. Words and phrases such as fire and ice, flowers in bloom, apple orchards and rolling hills, are all important elements of Frost's work. Remove them and something more than symbols are taken away. These benign' objects provide an alternative ... Read More

An Analysis of the Dark Figures (361 words, 3 pages)

As the dark figures enlarge through the thick fog,Slowly paced, and soggy footed, he arrives.He is unable to speak or think straight.As he slowly lowers his head something catches his eye.The flowers he and his wife planted along their fence.He could still remember the aching pain of his sore, middle ... Read More

Man’s Journey Into His Self and the Discoveries Made in Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad and the Movie, Apocalypse Now by Francis Coppola (2007 words, 3 pages)

Inherent inside every human soul is a savage evil side that remains repressed by society. Often this evil side breaks out during times of isolation from our culture, and whenever one culture confronts another. History is loaded with examples of atrocities that have occurred when one culture comes into contact ... Read More

An Analysis of the Character Marlow in The Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad (498 words, 3 pages)

ses the similarities and differences between the character of Marlow in The Heart of Darkness, by Joseph Conrad and the character of Willard in the movie Apocalypse Now, which was based on Conrads book. For the most part these men are very similar though in a very essential sense they ... Read More

An Analysis of the Mystical Caves Used Throughout Mythology and the Depictions of Darkness (1684 words, 8 pages)

Mystical Caves Used Throughout Mythology The use of caves in mythology to depict darkness and abandonment has branded it as a symbol of chaos. From this perception other associations are made which connect the cave to prejudices, malevolent spirits, burial sites, sadness, resurrection and intimacy. It is a world to ... Read More

A Comparison of the Movies Ice Storm and Sense and Sensibility (879 words, 2 pages)

The Ice Storm and Scene and SensibilityAng Lee directed both Ice Storm and Scene and Sensibility these are stories of dysfunction families that have to deal with the variety of problems that occur. Even with the known fact that one story takes place in modern day while the other occurs ... Read More

Published: Friday 25th of January 2013