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An Analysis of the Themes in Edwin Muir’s Poem “The Horses” (640 words, 1 pages)

"The Horses" is a poem by Edwin Muir. It tells the story of a world ravaged by nuclear war, where the few survivors live hopelessly in a desolate reality. Their outlook is changed by the arrival of the horses, a relic of the past which lets them rediscover humanity's bond ... Read More

An Analysis of the Themes in the Movie and the Novel Title The Great Gatsby (1466 words, 2 pages)

The movie created by David Merrick as well as the novel written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, both entitled The Great Gatsby, ate truly two fine pieces of art. The movie version shows the viewer what is happening in the story without internal comments from the narrator and the viewer can ... Read More

A Review of Major Themes in A Portrait in Laughter and Lamentation by Tennessee Williams (1963 words, 3 pages)

The Glass Menagerie Plight of the WingfieldsIn Tennessee Williams A Portrait in Laughter and Lamentation, Harry Rasky uses extensive interviews with Williams to explore the playwrights intent. Through these interviews, Rasky presents a glimpse of the playwrights life-world and the driving force behind his creations. Rasky reports Williams as saying ... Read More

A Comparison of Themes Between John Denver’s Song Calypso and the Odyssey by Homer (629 words, 1 pages)

Many forms of popular culture today are inspired by themes, characters, and other references in various types of classical literature. John Denvers song Calypso parallels with a number of the themes in Homers the Odyssey. The Odysseys themes involving Odysseus journey back home and the aid of gods and goddesses ... Read More

A Review of Major Themes in Of a Fire on the Moon by Norman Mailer (2104 words, 7 pages)

Buzz Aldrin, pilot of the Lunar module for the Apollo 11 space flight to the moon, coincided in his priest shortly before the launch of Apollo 11. Aldrin was scared that neither the Apollo 11 mission commander Neil Armstrong, nor the public would understand the social and philosophical ramifications of ... Read More

Themes of Survival in Clive Cussler’s Sahara and Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusade (2037 words, 10 pages)

Survival n 1 a state of surviving remaining alive syn endurance 2 a natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to theenvironment syn survival of the fittest, natural selection, selection (survival in WordNet 1.6) httpwww.dictionary.comcgi-bindict.pl?termSurvivalThe theme that will be explored in this essay will be survival whentimes ... Read More

An Analysis of Themes in a Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway (992 words, 4 pages)

A Farewell To Arms ThemesThere are three major themes in Hemingways A Farewell to Arms. The first themeis enduring love ended only by mortality. The second, the effects of war on a mans idealsand morals, things which people can and do believe during war. The last and mostimportant theme is ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of Religious Themes in the Poetry by Thomas Stearns Eliot (2144 words, 11 pages)

Throughout Thomas Stearns Eliot's poems run Christianthemes and values that evoke a critical view of society.Though he published relatively little compared to otherpoets of his caliber, he has been recognized as both a poetand a critic. He himself has been criticized for "unnecessaryobscurity" and for "authorian severity" (Bradley, 1163).Throughout his ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of Religious Themes in Literature by Jonathan Swift (1212 words, 6 pages)

God only knows from whence came Freud's theory of penis envy, but oneof his more tame theories, that of "reverse psychology", may have itsroots in the satire of the late Jonathan Swift. I do not mean to assertthat Swift employed or was at all familiar with that style of persuasion, ... Read More

An Analysis of the Themes and Sub-Themes of Thomas Hardy’s “Tess of the d’Urbervilles” (1034 words, 2 pages)

Thomas Hardy was one of the finest writers of the Victorian age. Among countless poems and novels there is one that seems to stand alone, Tess of the DUrbervilles. This novel is one of Hardys most recognized works maybe because the problems of the Victorian era relate to many in ... Read More

The Themes of the Absurd in Story “The Stranger” (762 words, 4 pages)

Sisyphus was given a punishment by the gods, to push a rock up a hill, only to have it fall down on him again. Mersault is a person accused of murder who has spent over a year in jail. What both these characters have come to realize is that they ... Read More

An Analysis of Themes in the Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli (1228 words, 6 pages)

1. Major themes in the book. The Prince, written by Niccolo Machiavelli, is one of the firstexaminations of politics and science from a purely scientific andrational perspective. Machiavelli theorizes that the state is onlycreated if the people cooperate and work to maintain it. The state isalso one of mans greatest ... Read More

Exploring the Main Themes of Richard Preston’s Hot Zone (1620 words, 2 pages)

Preston's Hot ZoneImagine walking into a tiny village in Africa, suffering and dying from some unknown virus. As you approach the huts you hear the wails of pure agony from the afflicted tribe members. Coming closer, you smell the stench of vomit mixed with the bitter smell of warm blood. ... Read More

A Review of the Themes of The Women’s Open by David Sedaris (1823 words, 6 pages)

Naked David Sedaris Little Brown co. 1997The womens open1. Throughout the essay The womens open Davids father obsession for golf is shown. The power of his obsession leads him to forget what should be important to him. 2. Sedaris expresses the lack of heart his father shows towards people and ... Read More

The Different Themes in Native Son by Richard Wright (1023 words, 3 pages)

In Richard Wrights Native Son he magnificently describes how he came about of configuring Bigger. He used four specific people to create Bigger. Wright chose people that stood up for themselves almost to a fault. All of the people did have bad ends, but were nevertheless influential in Wrights, life ... Read More

Themes in The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane (1081 words, 5 pages)

Stephen Crane has written many remarkable poems, short stories,and novels throughout his short life (He lived only to the ageof 29). The Red Badge of Courage is a tale of war, life,responsibility, and duty. It has been considered the first greatmodern novel of war(Alfred Kazin). It traces the effects of ... Read More

A Comparison of the Themes of Reason and Passion in Tartuffe by Molière (901 words, 2 pages)

The Theme of Molieres Tartuffe Reason vs. PassionJean-Baptitste Poquelin Molieres Tartuffe, is undoubtedly a satirical comedy. In Molieres description of a satire, he was very direct as to the function and objectives of one are. The function is to correct mens vices, using satire to ridicule them and expose them ... Read More

Comparing ‘Catcher in the Rye’ and ‘Pygmalio’ and the Themes They Represent (2100 words, 11 pages)

Comparing Catcher in the Rye and Pygmalion and theThemes They Represent In J. D. Salingers novel TheCatcher in the Rye, the main character, Holden Caulfield,muses at one point on the possibility of escaping from theworld of confusion and phonies while George BernardShaws main character of Pygmalion, Eliza Dolittle,struggles to become ... Read More

An Analysis of the Main Themes in A Separate Peace by John Knowles (458 words, 4 pages)

Inthe book A Separate Peace by John Knowles, one of themain themes is the effectsof realism, idealism, and isolationism onBrinker, Phineas, and Gene. Thoughnot everyone can be describedusing one of these approaches to life, the approachescompletelyconform to these characters to create one realist, one idealist,and oneisolationist thereby providing the foundation ... Read More

The Illustration of the Various Themes in Tennessee Williams “A Streetcar Named Desire” (721 words, 1 pages)

A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams uses setting to illustrate various themes and messages as they pertain to the events of the play. The setting plays a crucial role in the story line and the outcome of the play.This play takes place in New Orleans Louisiana. New Orleans is ... Read More

Major Themes in A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry (748 words, 1 pages)

The above passage taken from the play A Raisin In The Sun by Lorraine Hansberry between Mama and her son Walter shows how the author can address many themes of the play in one scene or even just a few lines She addresses such themes as dreams, prejudice, and family. ... Read More

An Analysis of the Themes and Ideas in W.H Auden’s “The Age of Anxiety” (2555 words, 14 pages)

Analysis of The Age of Anxiety by W.H. Auden The themes and ideas in Auden's The Age of Anxiety reflect his belief that man's quest for self actualization is in vain. I. Auden's background A. As a 1930's poet 1. Views of Society 2. Diagnosis of the industrial society B. ... Read More

The Themes of Personal Power, Individual responsibility and Social Justice in Conrad’s “Heart of Darkness” (1047 words, 6 pages)

Ignorance and RacismJoseph Conrad develops themes of personal power,individual responsibility, and social justice in his book Heartof Darkness. His book has all the trappings of theconventional adventure tale - mystery, exotic setting, escape,suspense, unexpected attack. Chinua Achebe concluded,"Conrad, on the other hand, is undoubtedly one of the greatstylists of modern ... Read More

An Analysis of the Main Themes of Individuality and Freedom in William Golding’s Lord of the Flies (2317 words, 11 pages)

In his first novel, William Golding used a group of boys stranded on a tropical island to illustrate the malicious nature of mankind. Lord of the Flies dealt with changes that the boys underwent as they gradually adapted to the isolated freedom from society. Three main characters depicted different effects ... Read More

The Themes of Mistaken Identity in the Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare (785 words, 4 pages)

In Shakespeare's comedy, "The Taming of the Shrew," one of the main ways that the theme is shown is by mistaken identity. The main theme of this play is that what a person is really like is more important than how they appear to be. This is shown by Petruchio's ... Read More

Love, Redemption and Isolation as the Major Themes of Great Expectations by Charles Dickens (1038 words, 6 pages)

GREAT EXPECTATIONS. (Charles Dickens)By Anne Gilmour. November 1996. Of the major themes from Charles Dickens novel "Great Expectations" to be discussed as to their importance concerning its structure, I have selected "Love" in the context of human relationships, "Isolation" and finally "Redemption". The loneliness isolation brings can only be redeemed ... Read More

An Analysis of Themes in King Lear by William Shakespeare (1265 words, 7 pages)

King Lear, by William Shakespeare, is a tragic tale of filialconflict, personal transformation, and loss. The story revolvesaround the King who foolishly alienates his only truly devoteddaughter and realizes too late the true nature of his other twodaughters. A major subplot involves the illegitimate son ofGloucester, Edmund, who plans to ... Read More

The Different Themes in Two Tramps in Mud Time by Robert Frost (518 words, 3 pages)

On the surface, "Two Tramps in Mud Time" seems to display Robert Frost's narrow individualism. The poem, upon first reading it, seems incongruent, with some of the stanzas having no apparent connection to the whole poem. The poem as a whole also does not appear to have a single definable ... Read More

An Analysis of Main Themes in the Plays Death of a Salesman and The Price by Arthur Miller (969 words, 5 pages)

When people accept an ideal to live by it can be a glorious and noble thing unless they become so obsessed with the the ideal that it becomes a yolk and they are unable to realize their dream. This is especially true for two characters in Arthur Miller's plays Death ... Read More

Themes of Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Child Development in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (1292 words, 2 pages)

Frankenstein can be read as a tale of what happens when a man tries to create a child without a woman. It can, however, also be read as an account of a woman's anxieties and insecurities about her own creative and reproductive capabilities. Mary Shelley, in the development and education ... Read More

Published: Friday 25th of January 2013