Essays ,Term papers and Book reviews in literature

"Clay" excerpt from Dubliners by James Joyce, 1914

Document abstract : «The passage studied here is an excerpt from "Clay", one of the short stories of the book Dubliners, which was written by James Joyce in 1914. In this story, the main character Maria is invited to spend the Hallow Eve evening at Joe's, a man of whom...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. The disturbing character of Maria.. The description of the character.. The prediction of death.. The negativity around Maria.. Maria held responsible for the happenings.. Conclusion.. Works cited.....»

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What were the origins, the aspect, and the outcomes of the War of the Roses?

Document abstract : «"And here I prophesy: this brawl today, Grown to this faction in the Temple garden, Shall send, between the Red Rose and the White, A thousand souls to death and deadly night.": this is how the Earl of Warwick announces the War of the Roses in...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. The War of the Roses, the result of a deep crisis in the English monarchy.. Revolts in Wales.. The struggle between two great noble families.. The disastrous outcome of the one-hundred years War.. Henry VI and the start of the...»

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Chapter VIII's analysis of 'Human Bondage' by Somerset Maugham

Document abstract : «The excerpt to analyse retraces what may be considered as a part of the main body of the plot of the apprenticeship novel Of Human Bondage by the English writer Somerset Maugham. The passage I'm about to try to analyse is extracted from the 58th...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Philip: Lost in a bubble of anticipation.. The anticipation of the perfect date.. The questions that raise concerns about the efforts.. When the bubble bursts.. When jealousy meets disappointment.. Masochistic obstinacy.. A revealing...»

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Fear: The deconstruction of normality

Document abstract : «In all honesty and truthfulness, post-war, American authors have produced quite a frightening element in this country's literary discourse. Frightening, because they amass self-critical observations that have ultimately led to paranoia regarding the...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. The myth of the 1950s.. Cheever's description.. The superficial lives of the characters.. The functioning of Irene's character.. The unsolved internal conflicts.. The common link between Updike and Cheever.. Fundamental differences...»

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A review of Mead's God and Gold

Document abstract : «Walter Russell Mead's text God and Gold : Britain, America, and the Making of the Modern World is a difficult work, especially in terms of contemporary criticism, because it is revered by both right-wing conservatives and some socialists. The book...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. The feelings of the rest of the world.. A dominance as a force that makes existence more meaningless.. Are sea power and capitalism all it takes for world conquest?. Individualism and group dynamics.. The hope that the world can be...»

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The theme of "incomprehension" in The Secret River, by Kate Grenville

Document abstract : «According to one review, The Secret River "invites us to examine flawed human lives and to reflect on a tragedy of mutual incomprehension." Discuss how this theme of "incomprehension" is explored in the novel. One of the main themes of The Secret...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. The incapacity of each community to understand each other.. The incomprehension between the two groups.. Rumours as a powerful basis for spreading racism and hatred of Aboriginal people among settlers. . Rumours circulating about...»

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Spanish literature: The Celestina and Lazarillo de Tormes

Document abstract : «The Celestina and Lazarillo de Tormes, books written at the outset of Spain's golden age, are extremely important works. The Celestina is a love story, while Lazarillo de Tormes is one of the first picaresque novels. Despite this major difference,...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. The Celestina: Tragic love story of Calisto and Melibea.. Virginity for women as a virtue in Christianity.. The influence of Christianity.. The servants of the nobility.. Lazarillo de Tormes: A novel about Lazaro.. The religion of...»

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The Russian novel: the narrator's role in Tolstoy's Anna Karenina

Document abstract : «"Death"(Part 5, chapter 20) is the only chapter of Leo Tolstoy's Anna Karenina with a title. It is not the only death in the book; Anna's suicide at the end of the novel is arguably the story's most important death. Although the death of Nikolai...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. A tremendous, almost god like presence of the author.. The diagnosis of Nikolai.. The description of a body that can 'no longer contain life'.. The fact that Nikolai's sick.. Kitty's faithful nature...»

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Shakespeare's plays illustrated by Blake and Fuseli: The artists as critics

Document abstract : «It has judiciously been pointed out that "pictures from Shakespeare account[ed] for about one fifth -some 2 300!- of the total number of literary paintings recorded between 1760 and 1900" (R. Altick). As a matter of fact, the renewed interest in...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. The supernatural and the world of nightmare.. William Blake, Hecate (1795).. Henry Fuseli, Garrick and Mrs. Pritchard in Macbeth (1812).. Henry Fuseli, The Three Witches (1783).. Henry Fuseli, Hamlet and the Ghost (1789).. The fairy...»

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Order and disorder in Robinson Crusoe

Document abstract : «"Necessity is the mother of inventions" could undoubtedly be regarded as one of Daniel Defoe (1660 - 1731)'s favourite proverb, and indeed, he employed the maxim in his History of Trade, writing: "Necessity which is the Mother, and Convenience which...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Sharp contrasts foreshadowing the unfolding of the plot. . The contrast between wild nature and tamed nature.. Natural disorder for Crusoe.. The earthquake episode.. Mental insanity and the opposite of serenity and spirituality....»

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Is "To Kill a Mockingbird" (by Harper Lee) a novel about racism?

Document abstract : «Writing To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee has chosen to make a description of the Deep South during the Great Depression of the 30's through the eyes of a young girl, leaving us uncertain about the qualification of this novel. Indeed, reading the...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Context of the novel.. The background of the novel written by Harper Lee.. The town where the story takes place.. The most interesting character to analyse.. Is racism a minor theme of the book?. An efficient plea against...»

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Literature review on virtual tour technology

Document abstract : «Numerous developments in virtual technologies show up in modern world creating for people more and more comforts and possibilities. Different kinds of visions that we may see with the help of virtual tour technology, have elevated the status of...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Technology.. Human and machine interface.. Computer generation of virtual tour.. Networks.. Why are virtual auditory interfaces important?. Environmental realism and ambience.. Presence/immersion.. Collision/tactile...»

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Dr. Seward's blind rationalism in Bram Stoker's Dracula (1897)

Document abstract : «Seward, young British physician and unreliable narrator, embodies late-Victorian scientism and rationalism in Bram Stoker's Dracula. Irony in Seward's portrayal reveals much of the author's criticism of the late-Victorian scientific establishment....»

Synopsis abstract : «Abstract.. Introduction.. Evidence paragraphs.. Seward as the radically modern scientist.. Irony in Seward's portrayal.. Van Helsing's Criticism of Seward's Blind Materialism.. Seward's rejection of Van Helsing's theories.. Consequences of Seward's...»

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Incidents in the life of a slave girl, by Harriet Jacobs

Document abstract : «The novel Incidents in the life of a slave girl is an autobiography written by Harriet Jacobs in 1861. In this book, she relates various events of the life she had when she was a slave in South Carolina. She confides in the reader and gives details...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. A bildungsroman.. The narrative of a life.. Formation.. The character confronted with her environment.. A female narrative.. The slave life through the prism of a woman's eyes.. The maternal instinct.. The relation between the author,...»

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King Lear, by William Shakespeare: My experience of reading Shakespeare

Document abstract : «Reading in Original version a Shakespeare play was in my mind a kind of challenge. I read quite a few of Shakespeare's plays in the past, but they were translated in French. I had heard so much about Shakespeare's wonderful style, the beautiful...»

Synopsis abstract : «Why I chose to read King Lear?. A difficult challenge.. A real pleasure.. King Lear, a kind of magic, a legend, a genius and a controversy.. The story of the Human tragedy.. Human characters and philosophical themes.. Conclusion...»

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Essay on Hemingway's book: "The Sun Also Rises"

Document abstract : «Published in 1926, The sun also rises is considered as one of Hemingway's best novels. It depicts the circle of American expatriate writers living in Paris in the 20's. Through drinks, rides in Montparnasse, fiestas in Spain, the relationship...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. The sun also rises is not a bitter satire.. A chronicle of 'lost' characters.. The satiric view is not the best one.. The sun also rises as a tragedy.. The core of the tragedy.. . Conclusion.. Bi...»

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The emotional and psychological reader's response in "The Yellow Wallpaper" and "The Blue Hotel"

Document abstract : «"The Yellow Wall-paper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman and "The Blue Hotel" by Stephen Crane are two short stories which, beyond the colour references in the title, try to develop certain psychological responses within the reader. I will attempt to...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Readers responses to a text: Influenced by the narration. . Changing moods of the protagonists. . The theme of madness. . The descent into madness of the two protagonists.. Conclusion.. Works cited.....»

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John Steinbeck's "The Grapes of Wrath": Chapter 3

Document abstract : «The chapter under study is an extract from John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath. Situated at the beginning of the novel, chapter 3 offers a very detailed description of a land turtle trying to reach the other side of the highway. Its journey is...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. A resilient ecological system.. An apparent fixity.. A hidden activity.. The turtle as the representative of determination.. A highly metaphorical passage.. Heaven and Hell revisited.. The burning highway and the Red Sea.. The law of...»

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The Fantasy in 'The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde' by Robert Louis Stevenson

Document abstract : «The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, written by Robert Louis Stevenson, was an immediate success and had been revisited a number of times since its first publication in 1886. It can be considered as the Gothic tale par excellence. The Gothic...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. The fantastic and gothic features.. The duality of human nature.. A criticism of the Victorian society.. Conclusion.. Works cited.....»

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Discuss the portrayal of city life in a group of works

Document abstract : «In this essay, we will look at how artists portray city life, how they make the most common things in our lives becoming special and how they transform reality into art. Indeed, everyday, ordinary life often becomes special under their brushes. Some...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Landscapes and countryside paintings before 1850.. Portrayal of streets showing the modernization of cities.. Parties scenes as very common topic.. the topic of art and its omnipresence.. The places and the activities...»

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"The innocent anthropologist" Notes from a mud hut - a book of Nigel Barley By Penguin Travel Library (1983), Penguin Books

Document abstract : «A respectable anthropologist, British Museum's curator, Nigel Barley is yet distinguishable by two aspects from his eminent colleagues. First he chose for his thesis to study "Old English material in published and manuscript form" (11), involving...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. The matter of fieldwork on anthropology.. A methodological choice.. The decision despite everything.. The balance.. The difficulties on fieldwork.. Material constraints and physical deficiency.. Social cultural obstacles.. The...»

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The War (Marguerite Duras)

Document abstract : «Marguerite Duras was born near Saigon in Indochina in 1914. Her parents went to the French colony as teachers. She left Indonesia in 1932 to study political science and law in Paris. His childhood in Indonesia had a great impact on Duras and brought...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. The dilemma of a society that had to deal with the deportation of a part of its population.. The return of the survivors: A problem in the society.. The dangers of being a resistant. . The most serious problem of this civil war in...»

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Choderlos de Laclos's : Les Liaisons Dangereuses

Document abstract : «Choderlos de Laclos's novel Les Liaisons Dangereuses has been the object of four main cinematic adaptations, all very different from one another or from the source text itself. These films are Les Liaisons Dangereuses 1960 (1959) by Roger Vadim,...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Les Liaisons Dangereuses.. An epistolary novel.. The problem of voyeurism.. A cinematic adaptation.. Creation, innovations and originality.. The adaptations of an epistolary novel.. How letters are used or replaced in the more modern...»

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Antony and Cleopatra: Shakespeare's criticism of the XVIIth century's anti-feminism

Document abstract : «like in his other Roman plays like Julius Caesar, Shakespeare used in Antony and Cleopatra the description of the Roman society to describe his own society. But in this play the main point of analysis was not politics but the place of women in the...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Cleopatra: The puritan stereotype of femininity as subversion.. The puritan anti-theatrical and antifeminist critics.. The patriarchal gender distinction.. Cleopatra as a subversive woman.. An unstable and lying woman.. Shakespeare's...»

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Wuthering Heights - The Ending (An Attempt at a Commentary)

Document abstract : «The passage, being at the very end of the novel, follows directly Heathcliff's death and stages the final events of Wuthering Heights. Prior to it, Nelly Dean gives her brief account of Heathcliff's death and funeral. Then, we are presented with her...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. The nature and direction of our interpretation.. The ending of Wuthering Heights: A direction which slightly deviates from the Gothic proper. . Expansion into the Fantastic through the experience of the small boy.. Lockwood's...»

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Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck

Document abstract : «The scene takes place in a clearing, close to the Salinas river, "a few miles South of Soledad", at dusk. Two men come (the two main characters), one following the other. The first one is George and the second one Lennie. They are ranch workers who...»

Synopsis abstract : «Summary.. Chapter 1: The scene in a clearing, close to the Salinas river.. Chapter 2: The next morning.. Chapter 3: Slim and George.. Chapter 4: The scene in Crooks.. Chapter 5: The afternoon.. Chapter 6: The last scene.. Context of the...»

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Sir Francis Bacon's New Atlantis - The beginning

Document abstract : «The beginning of the New Atlantis is, in the first place, an account of a long voyage across the Pacific, undertaken by a crew of 51 sailors. At the same time, it serves as a brief introduction to two different peoples - the sailors on the one hand...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. The first sentence of the New Atlantis.. Leaving the narration to a man with an eye for detail.. Bacon's choice of audience.. An early and accepted emblem of the church.. The beginning of the story and the transformation of the...»

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Commentary on an extract from O. Wilde, "The Picture of Dorian Gray" chapter 2

Document abstract : «This passage takes place in the middle of chapter II, in which Lord Henry has just been introduced for the first time to Dorian by his friend Basil. During this scene of first encounter Lord Henry made an impressive philosophic speech about one's...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. The relationships between the three characters.. The influence of Lord Henry on Dorian.. The ambiguity of the relationship between Basil and Dorian.. The rivalry between Lord Henry and Basil.. The pact with the portrait and the issue...»

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A comparative account of the French and the English versions of one Beckett's text

Document abstract : «Translation is usually studied from another language to ours, in order to consider changes that have to be made. With Samuel Beckett, it is interesting to analyze the process of translation from French, which is not his mother tongue, to English. In...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Beckett's use of the traditional process of translation.. Cultural contexts have to be adapted to be understood by an English audience.. The process of translation and inevitable losses that Beckett tries to compensate for with...»

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The Clash Of Civilization Samuel Phillips Huntington

Document abstract : «Sixteen years ago Gorbatchev announced on television that he resigned as the President of the USSR, the Soviet flag was lowered over the Kremlin and on December 26th 1991, the Supreme Soviet Court recognized the extinction of the Soviet Union: the...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. The clash of civilizations.. A new phase for world politics: The prophesy of clash.. A new conflict scheme: The west threatened.. A controversial theory: The main critics.. A world made of civilization?. An apocalyptical point of...»

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Barbara Blaugdone's An Account Of The Travels Sufferings & persecutions

Document abstract : «Barbara Blaugdone was born in England in 1609. Her journal entitled An Account OF THE TRAVELS; Sufferings & Persecutions was published in 1691. It is an autobiographical work where she relates her personal and perilous adventures, as a testimony of...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Women and Quakerism in the 17th century.. Quakerism: A break with the traditional image of women in religion.. Barbara Blaugdone and the Inner Light.. The Blasphemy Act of 1650.. Barbara's devotion to Quakerism.. Barbara Blaugdone's...»

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Place, race and identity in Langston Hughes' "A Toast to Harlem"

Document abstract : «"A Toast to Harlem" is an extract from a volume of selections entitled The Best Of Simple which was published in 1961. The author, Langston Hughes, was born in Joplin, Missouri in 1902 and died in 1967. He is known as one of the most important...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Harlem in terms of place in the early twentieth century.. Harlem as a 'Reservation'.. Harlem as a refuge for the African Diaspora.. The issue of race within Harlem.. Colour and race.. Simple as the embodiment of the typical...»

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Symbolism of geography in Thomas More's "Utopia"

Document abstract : «Thomas More was born in 1478 at a time when England was in transition between Feudalism and the early Renaissance. More was a lawyer, a historian, a philosopher and became Henry VIII's chancellor in 1529. When Thomas More refused to convert himself...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Utopia as a highly symbolic island.. A crescent-shaped island.. The characteristics of its geographical situation.. The historical background of the birth of utopias.. Amaurot as the typical town of the utopia.. A city built according...»

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"Go tell it on the mountain" of James Baldwin

Document abstract : «Go Tell It on the Mountain was published in 1953; it is James Baldwin's first novel and a real success. It took him ten years to complete this work, he was a very polyvalent writer and he published novels: Another Country (1962), short stories:...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. The image of 'doubles'.. Elisha as Gabriel's double and Richard Wright as David Baldwin's.. The fact that Gabriel doesn't love john like a father loves his own child.. This idea of contradiction....»

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Holocaust in American life by Peter Novick 1999

Document abstract : «Peter Novick is a professor of History in the University of Chicago. After "The Noble Dream : The "objectivity Question" and the American Historical Profession" in 1988, in which he criticizes the idea of an ideal objective and neutral historical...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Analysis and explanation of the theories of Novick's book.. The purposes and the method.. Summary of the reasons of this evolution.. Conclusion of the book : Back to the theory of collective memory.. Commentaries.. Few weaknesses of...»

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"The Madonna of Excelsior" by Zakes Mda: The Garden Party

Document abstract : «"The Garden Party" is the second chapter of Zakes Mda's fourth novel The Madonna of Excelsior which was published in 2001. The author was born in Hershel in 1948 and grew up in Lesotho where his family emigrated for political reasons. He left South...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Visual and musical details in 'The Garden Party'.. The painting of the Garden Party.. The feeling of movement.. The garden party represented as a play.. Time and focalization.. The unusual use of time in the chapter.. Focalization by...»

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How is the traditional notion of subject challenged in "Boating for Beginners?" (Jeanette Winterson)?

Document abstract : «Boating for Beginners is the second novel published by Jeanette Winterson in 1985. It deals with the growing up of Gloria Munde, who seeks her way in the world. The resemblance between Gloria Munde and Jeanette Winterson is striking and some...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Boating for Beginners as a challenge of the traditional notion of subject: The character of Gloria.. Intellectual and physical descriptions of Gloria.. The use of point of view.. Gloria's development.. How has Gloria's self been...»

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Saqiyuk - Stories from the lives of three Inuit Women by Nancy Wachowich

Document abstract : «Saqiyuq is a collection of stories from the lives of three Inuit women: Apphia, Rhoda and Sandra. It consists of biographies and accounts from these three generations. This book enables the reader to see the great evolution of the Inuit lifestyle...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Discerning the author's view about the western influence on the Inuit culture.. The change in the situation at the end of Apphia's life.. New values and norms.. Inuit people: The development of the s...»

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"Wonderland as a poetic world"

Document abstract : «Published in 1865, Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland offers us a story characterized by humour, fantasy and nonsense. Originally entitled Alice's Adventures Under Ground, it tells how the young Alice dreams she follows a White Rabbit...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Poetry born of language.. A belief in a fanciful language and an unconventional poetry.. An innovative language to characterize the inhabitants of Wonderland.. The poetry of aesthetic in language.. Nonsense and imagination create a...»

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"No artist tolerates reality" - Nietzsche. To what extend is this true in the work of Yeats and Eliot?

Document abstract : «"No artist tolerates reality", as far as this quotation of Nietzsche is concerned, it is true that artists - and therefore writers - cannot tolerate reality, and that is the reason why they often aim at changing this reality through their art, and...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Modernism as a movement which aimed to reject the nineteenth century traditions.. The work of Yeats and Eliot.. The reasons why they had to accept reality.. Conclusion.. Bibliography.....»

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Beckett's 'Waiting for Godot': Between Modernism and Postmodernism

Document abstract : «Samuel Beckett's most famous play Waiting for Godot was first written in French in 1948 and translated in English in 1952, that is to say shortly after the end of World War II. At that time, the threat of the Cold War, the recent horror of the...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Postmodernism.. Beckett's play.. Composition.. Fidelity to the spirit of opposition.. The contents and the topic of theor conversations.. The two tramps.. The action of deconstruction that links postmodernism to...»

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Literature review and qualitative analysis

Document abstract : «When doing my project, I will first have to gather information about the chosen topic from different resources. Books, articles, periodic literature, Internet, university publications will all together define my knowledge about the topic and give an...»

Synopsis abstract : «Literature review.. Definition of literature review.. Introduction: Tells what this story is going to be about.. Body: Main text tells a the story.. Conclusion: Sums it up.. Interviewing.. Qualitative approaches to public relations and marketing...»

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Works of literature often contain a secret which is eventually revealed with great dramatic effect

Document abstract : «Henrik Ibsen in his drama A Doll's House vividly shocked his contemporary audiences of 1879, unaccustomed to the radical and novel insights on the relationship between husband and wife he displayed through his heroines' emancipation, from her role...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. The dramatic evolution Nora undergoes in A Doll's House.. Nora's belief and her secret.. Mrs Linde and Krogstad as two shipwrecked souls.. Revelation of the truth.. Conclusion.. Bibliography.....»

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Black and white imagery in Blood Wedding by Federico Garcia Lorca

Document abstract : «When analysing Lorca's use of black and white imagery in Blood Wedding, a first observation would tend to show that the colour white is much more present throughout the play than black, the white being used, not essentially in the characters'...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Use of white imagery.. Inclusion of a song.. Description of act I scene 3.. Description of act II scene 1.. The wedding preparations.. Description of Act III.. The appearance of the moon in scene 1.. Explanation of the second scene of...»

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"The Tempest", William Shakespearean - Prospero's relationship with the natives

Document abstract : «In Shakespeare's play The Tempest, Prospero is presented as the colonizer, and Ariel and Caliban are seen as his «colonized subjects ». These two Natives had to accept this newcomer twelve years ago, and we rapidly learn that both didn't react the...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. The first appearance of Ariel.. Ariel's limited devotion.. The first time Caliban appears in the play.. No self-responsibility.. Conclusion.. Bibliography and sources.....»

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The Wood-Pile

Document abstract : «Frost presents to us here a rather enigmatic poem. Upon a first contemplation the reader may experience the feeling that he has read a poem about nothing, and may read and re-read it, endeavoring to discover some hidden meaning. And indeed "The...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. An idiomatic phrase holding a sense of contradiction between interiority and exteriority.. Explanation and analyzation of the important phrases and lines.. Woodpile as the symbol of the necessary equilibrium that man respects between...»

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Terror and Horror in the Fantastic Novels: Walpole's The Castle Of Otranto, Shelley's Frankenstein and Stoker's Dracula

Document abstract : «The concepts of terror and horror are key factors in the Fantastic and Gothic novel. This literary genre appeared with Walpole's The Castle of Otranto in 1765 and then flourished until 1830; it mainly developed during the historical period of the...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Differences between terror and horror.. The role of psychological modes in the novels.. Different theories by authors and philosophers.. Explanation by Burke.. Sublime in nature causing astonishment.. Where delight can be a 'negative...»

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Cleopatra: Shakespeare's analysis of women's alienation

Document abstract : «According to Yves Bonnefoy Shakespeare wanted to do with Antony and Cleopatra more than a political analysis of Rome. Indeed, Shakespeare analysed in this play the place of women in the Roman society, in order to make a comparison with their role in...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. The use of common prejudices to analyse women in society.. Cleopatra as the puritan stereotype of femininity.. An analysis of the place of women in society.. Cleopatra's search for nobility.. Cleopatra's evolution.. Cleopatra's...»

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Wilfred Owen: Anthem for Doomed Youth, 1917

Document abstract : «The text to be commented upon is a poem written by Wilfred Owen in 1917 entitled Anthem for doomed youth. It is a petrarchan sonnet, a sort of diptych with two different parts which hinges upon lines 9 and 10. The title is a key for the...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. The first part of the poem.. Double meaning and the rhythm of the words.. The alliterations in 't' and 'r'.. Religious symbols in second quatrain of the first part of the poem.. The second part of the poem.. The symbols of...»

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Artaud's theatrical principles

Document abstract : «Artaud stated that 'theatre is first ritualistic and magical, in other words bound to powers, [] and whose effectiveness is conveyed through gesture, directly linked to the rites of theatre which is the very practice and the expression of a...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. The presence of 'physical, objective elements perceptible to all'.. The creation of a special world.. Artaud's request for 'brilliant lighting'™.. The performance style and costumes which were used in the production.. The primary...»

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Structure and texture in the "Good Soldier" by Ford Madox Ford

Document abstract : «The Good Soldier is a novel written in 1914 by Ford Madox Ford and published in March 1915. This novel is considered as the best book of pre-war period. It is also considered as a modernist work, and in fact, many modernist innovations, as well as...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. The structure of The Good Soldier.. Complex compared to the ones of other modernist novels.. Organization according to Dowell's awakening.. The chaotic world in which Dowell lives.. The structure of The Good Soldier.. Manners and...»

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Analysis of Samson Occom through 'A Grammar of the Hebrew Tongue'

Document abstract : «The book A Grammar of the Hebrew Tongue is an aid to learning the Hebrew language, bettering one's ability to speak, read, and write. As the first book he owned, A Grammar of the Hebrew Tongue was especially significant to the Mohegan Samson Occom....»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Occom's notes written in A Grammar of the Hebrew Tongue.. The difficulties Occom faced in his life and their reflection in his book.. Importance in the idea of claiming ownership of knowledge. . The Mohegans and 'white...»

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Vision in the prologue and battle royal scene of Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man

Document abstract : «The most predominant theme in a noel full of them-Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man-is that of vision. More specifically, in Ellison's novel, how characters in the novel see the world reflect the prejudices and inaccurate perceptions of the society in...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. The individuals the narrator encounters.. Ellison's opening paragraph.. An ironic use of the word spook. . Arguments of critics.. F.H. Langman's argument that the novel does not cohere in a satisfying way.. Critic A. Robert Lee on...»

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Transformations of literature: Augustine’s ‘Confessions’ and Virgil’s ‘Aeneid’

Document abstract : «Both St. Augustine's Confessions and Virgil's epic The Aeneid marked a new direction in literature for the West. Each one was inspired by the works of previous authors, but was willing to forge a new literature for their times. In the Aeneid, Virgil...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. The Aeneid.. The standard invocations of the epic. . Themes of destiny.. The uses of a term that can be translated to mean 'imperial'.. The Punic Wars.. Augustine's Confessions.. His difference with Virgil.. A completely different...»

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The theme of isolation in Kafka's 'The Metamorphosis'

Document abstract : «Franz Kafka's novella The Metamorphosis concerns a traveling salesmen named Gregor Samsa who "[awakens] from unsettling dreams one morning" and "[finds] himself transformed into a monstrous vermin" (Kafka 7). Gregor is late for work, and he gripes...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. The most peculiar element of the story.. Martin Greenberg's essay 'Gregor Samsa and Modern Spirituality'.. Greenberg's analysis.. A clearer explanation of the nature of Gregor's 'hunger'.. The spiritual struggle in Gregor's inner...»

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Common reading proposal 'Tell them who I am: The lives of homeless women' by Elliot Liebow

Document abstract : «Many colleges and universities have implemented common reading programs for college freshmen. Many times, it is up to the libraries discretion as to what book is chosen for this program. Sometimes libraries themselves initiated the common reading...»

Synopsis abstract : «Background.. Books sent to the students beforehand.. The book I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou.. Scope of proposal.. Recommended freshman common reading.. Volunteer practicum at a homeless women's shelter.. Aimulated or actual budget...»

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Unity and divergence: The literary philosophy of Samuel Taylor Coleridge in opposition to the English romantics

Document abstract : «Many of the words used by S.T. Coleridge to express his critical philosophy of literature are familiar. He writes of metaphysics as well as aesthetics, beauty and pleasure, and above all, unity. His definitions of these terms, however popular the...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Samuel Taylor Coleridge's point of origin.. Unpacking the layers of Samuel Taylor Coleridge's theories of creativity.. This understanding of nature and self.. The empiricist model of the tabula rasa.. The central focus of Coleridge's...»

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Reasonably wrong: The underground man's inferiority complex

Document abstract : «In Fyodor Dostoevsky's Notes From Underground, desire is shown to be a more important force of human nature than reason by observing how the Underground Man makes decisions. Understanding that he suffers from an extreme case of inferiority complex...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. The characteristics of inferiority complex.. Sensitivity towards criticism. . A hypercritical attitude. . Inappropriate response to flattery.. Feelings of persecution.. Having negative feelings towards competition. . Conflict raging...»

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The effects of knowledge on happiness and freedom

Document abstract : «Upon reading The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, Oedipus the King, The Crying of Lot 49, and Dostoevski's "The Grand Inquisitor on the Nature of Man", I find that a common theme links their ideas together. As the four stories progress,...»

Synopsis abstract : «Political theory.. The case of Frederick Douglass.. Education made him a happy and free. . The nature of freedom and its relationship to happiness and knowledge.. The narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass.. Do slaves live in a state of...»

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Frankenstein and King Lear: A look into religion, politics and literature

Document abstract : «Religion has foundation in our lives whether we choose to identify it or not. By recognizing the literary works of Mary Shelley and Shakespeare, we can intellectually inherit the limitations of our power as human beings and the important role the...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Shakespeare's conception of tragedy in King Lear.. An insintric quality of Shakespeare's plays.. King Lear's battle with the limitations of his own mortality.. King Lear's decission to retire.. The coming of the storm.. The idea of...»

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Jihad vs. McWorld: The new world disorder

Document abstract : «Jihad vs. McWorld was written by Rutgers University Political Science professor Benjamin R. Barber. The author is widely regarded one of the nation's foremost scholars on democracy. He has written Strong Democracy, in which he explains that economic...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. The birth of McWorld.. The vertical integration of media.. One of the more unique cases - China.. What's so threatening about soft drinks and satellite dishes.. The prognosis in Jihad versus McWorld.. The most blatant opposition to...»

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Racial stereotypes and their role in the concept of Manifest Destiny by Justin Herndon

Document abstract : «The modern connotations of the concept of "Manifest Destiny" are generally of two diverging camps; One is a romanticized image of devout pilgrims, such as the Mormons, who left the crowded and sinful cities of the East for the freedom of the West,...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Preceding ideologies on expansion.. Preceding ideologies on race.. Manifest destiny itself.. Evaluations.. Conclusion.....»

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Out of the garden: Examining the true origins of Genesis

Document abstract : «"And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul." Genesis 2:7 (Holy Bible, King James Version). Ever since that first breathe, man has been questioning the ways...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. In the beginning.. The story of creation.. The purpose of this research.. Common views.. Creation defined.. Literature review.. New perspectives.. Literal meaning.. Importance of religious study.. Existence before creation.. Relating...»

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Just vengeance or righteous follies; which Hamlet did you see?

Document abstract : «William Richardson describes Hamlet's character as one "moved by finer principles, by an exquisite sense of virtue, of moral beauty and turpitude." (Hoy 147) Richardson goes on to say that a man like Hamlet "will find [his sense of moral excellence]...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. G. B. Harrison's explaination of various facets of Hamlet.. Harrison's analysis of Hamlet's character.. Fredson Bowers focus on one line of Hamlet's after he has killed Polonius.. The specific use of the word 'scourge'.. The film...»

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William Blake's "Wall of words" on circular reasoning

Document abstract : «"And the salt ocean rolled englob'd." (Blake Pl. 28.23) The previous line comes from one of Blake's prophetic works, "The First Book of Urizen," and is very typical of a Blake ending. More than a century before Stanley Kunitz was born, Blake had...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. The ending line from 'The First Book of Urizen' and a quality of Blake's work.. 'Songs of Innocence and of Experience' and the direct tradition of the emblem-books.. The purpose of Blake's paintings.. Disproving Billigheimer's...»

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The logic of justifying utilitarianism actions in Koestler's "Darkness at Last"

Document abstract : «Arthur Koestler in Darkness At Noon, explores the utility of totalitarianism through the fictional life of Nicholas Rubashov, a lifelong, loyal member of The Party who has recently been hauled into jail under dubious charges. Rubashov has spent his...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Utilitarianism and machiavellianism.. Koestler's exploration and struggle with the two ideologies in Darkness At Noon.. The cornerstones of Machiavelli's argument.. Qualities a prince needs to possess in order to gain and maintain...»

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How Kate Chopin's 'The Awakening' contributed to the evolution of feminism

Document abstract : «Kate Chopin was an integral part of the evolution of feminism, providing early 20th century readers with feminist literature that is still highly respected and studied today. Although it is easy to approach her work, and all such work, work with...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Understanding the feminist theme in The Awakening.. The missing message.. The character of Edna.. Participate in frank talk.. A warning to women.. No sexual urges - except where they would produce a child. . Conclusion.....»

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Heaven and hell: Aldous Huxley opens the doors of perception

Document abstract : «Unlike any other mammal on earth, man possesses the unique ability to traverse various levels of the mind in order to alter and create his own perceptions of reality. Unlike any author in modern literature, Aldous Huxley charts man's explorations...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Huxley's travel to the inner mind.. Huxley's experiments with mescaline.. Descriptions of heavenly other worlds in folklore and religion.. The mescaline visionary experience - similar to another visionary, the artist. . Self-simulated...»

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American Jews and politics in the selected works of Philip Roth and Joseph Heller

Document abstract : «The works of Joseph Heller and Philip Roth are frequently inhabited by American-born Jews. In The Counterlife Roth discusses the association between the American born "Diaspora Jew" to the State of Israel. In Plot Against America it is the reaction...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Inhabited by American-born Jews.. The characters - revealed to consider themselves Jews.. The Counterlife.. The main character.. Nathan's brother Henry.. Nathan at the Wailing Wall.. Plot Against America.. The main character -...»

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Books that shaped our history of the Vietnam War

Document abstract : «As long as there is war, and as long as the printing press continues to exist, there will be books about war. Yet as media proliferates, the content of these books changes dramatically. With the dearth of eyewitness accounts of earlier wars, save...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introductions.. The Vietnam War.. Platoon.. Born On The Fourth Of July.. The Best And The Brightest.. McNamara's In Retrospect.. Addition to the nation's understanding of the Vietnam War.. Greene's The Quiet American.. Conclus...»

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The Bell Jar

Document abstract : «In the Bell Jar, Plath explores the marginalization of women. Her fiction, grounded in her own experience, permeates with that experience, revealing not only her commentary, but positions devolved into their most rudimentary parts, as to give the...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Gender inequalities - the extent to which a woman must go through if they are to pursue a highly paid career.. Subservience for Esther.. Doctor Nolan's representation of the successful businesswoman.. The inequalities and modes of...»

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Perfecting the Human race: Creator, thy name is Man

Document abstract : «Since many believe the notion that a higher power than man, "God," created mankind, it is assumed that this undertaking can only be performed by God, and therefore anyone else attempting such a task would be blaspheming his efforts. The Promethean...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. The notion of a higher power than man.. Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstein - classic example of the Promethean myth.. Nathaniel Hawthorne's Rappaccini - more frightful depiction of scientific experimentation.. Dr. Eldon Tyrell of...»

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Radical poetry: William Blake and the fight against oppression

Document abstract : «The industrial revolution. The term conjures up images of unstoppable progress, the advancement of mankind, economic expansion, and technological achievement. At the same time, it also drags up such sights as the oppression of the common man,...»

Synopsis abstract : «William Blake – one man against the world.. Early childhood visions.. Blake and the French Revolution.. People's perception of Blake.. The question – 'Holy Thursday'.. Description of initial attacks on capitalism and...»

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Asserting women's intellectual legitimacy through coercive subtlety: An analysis of the narrative voices of Anne Bradstreet and Susanna Rowson

Document abstract : «During the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, women in America were dominantly expected to be ethical, simple-minded, and largely uneducated members of their community. As a result, female writers would often face strong social scrutiny based on...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Women in America during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.. The trials of Anne Hutchinson.. Anne Bradstreet's poetry.. The publishing of The Tenth Muse.. The Prologue - defending the abilities of women in artistic...»

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Alice in Plato land: The allegory of wonder

Document abstract : «For millennia, philosophers from Plato to Descartes to Wittgenstein have argued over the nature of reality, its objectivity and apprehendability. Alice in Wonderland explores the nature of reality using logic, philosophy, and mathematics. The...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. The cave.. Plato use of the allegory to explicate his theory of Forms.. Properties of the forms.. Forms in Alice and Wonderland.. Alice's reasoning.. The caterpillar.. Grasp of the underlying reality or truth.. Con...»

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Privilege does not pacify: Phillis Wheatley's writing protests slavery despite status

Document abstract : «Phillis Wheatley was brought to New England in 1761 to be a slave. While not every detail of Phillis' life is known, she is considered to have had a good life for someone who was legally property. The Wheatleys encouraged her education and later her...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Phillis Wheatley's arival in New England.. the colonists fight for sovereignty.. colonists and slavery within America.. Phillis Wheatley and a paradoxical New England.. Susana's want for Phillis to conduct herself in the proper manner...»

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Self reliance as a means to discovering identity

Document abstract : «According to Ralph Ellison, identity is the American theme. This sentiment explains why his highly acclaimed novel, Invisible Man, features a nameless protagonist trying to discover who he is. Ellison also insists that "the nature of our society is...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Dr. Bledsoe instruction to the narrator to drive Mr. Norton.. Dr. Bledsoe assumtion that the narrator knows how imperative it is to limit what Mr. Norton sees.. The narrators respect for Dr. Bledsoe.. Trip to New York as a fresh...»

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Peyton Place: The Author, the bestseller and the legacy

Document abstract : «Artistic masterpieces can evolve from any genre. Pablo Picasso's abstract paintings are revered by some as just Leonardo Da Vinci's telling portraits are. The same principle can be applied to works of literature. Frontier adventure stories and...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Artistic masterpieces.. Metalious - the woman responsible for sparking controversy in 1956.. Historical factors in Metalious's authorship and the impact Peyton Place on its readers.. The country's temporary encouragement of women...»

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Sight and reality in Chestnutt's "The Conjure Woman"

Document abstract : «There has always been a fundamental distinction between reality and how our mind represents reality. What we see and observe (external sight) comes into conflict with what we interpret and feel (internal sight). Charles W. Chestnutt's The Conjure...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Charles W. Chestnutt's The Conjure Woman.. The main theme of sight and its relationship to representation and reality.. Chestnutt's collection of tales.. Representations of reality and subjective reality.. Subjective realities -...»

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Finding the man in the golem: Perfection through the word in Gustav Meyrink's "The Golem"

Document abstract : «The Golem, according to legend, is a man-made creature, constructed out of wax, inanimate until a written Cabalistic scripture is placed in its mouth. Without the written word, the physical form of the Golem remains a mix of primal elements; without...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. The Golem according to legend.. The narrators waking up as the Pernath.. The Ibbur.. Pernath's own personality - parallel to that of the Golem.. Meyrink's use of 'verbal language' early in The Golem.. Pernath's spiritual...»

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The repression of memory in witchcraft study

Document abstract : «The readings for this week focused around the different approaches to the historical study of witchcraft and witchcraft trials: rationalism versus romanticism. Rationalism focuses more on historical and archeological studies in its attempt to...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. M.J Kephart's article 'Rationalists vs. Romantics among Scholars of Witchcraft'.. The beginnings of anthropology's influence over historical witch-hunt.. Kephart's succeess - application of the functionalist principles to accusations...»

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Elsie Venner: A destiny of obscurity

Document abstract : «In it's own words, the novel Elsie Venner, written by Oliver Wendell Holmes, has been called "A Romance of Destiny" (Title), "a medicated novel" (Preface 1), and a "test [of] the doctrine of 'original sin' and human responsibility" (Preface 1). I...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. The novel Elsie Venner.. Oliver Wendell Holmes - celebrated physician and professor.. The begining of the novel - brief description of the Brahmin Caste of New England.. Mr. Bernard Langdon.. His intrigue with the girl, who never...»

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'The oval portrait' and 'The birthmark': An insight to an era

Document abstract : «Documents, records locked away in vaults, and history books are all excellent way to learn about the past. These are all ways that facts can be found, but that is only part of what can be discovered about past. Literature gives an insight into the...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. The popularity of Edgar Allan Poe and Nathaniel Hawthorne.. Georgiana in The Birthmark.. The artist in The Oval Portrait.. The artist and Aylmer.. Beauty as a curse in The Oval Portrait and The Birthmark.. The occupation of both the...»

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Edgar Allan Poe: The man inside his work

Document abstract : «The life of Edgar Allan Poe can easily be found throughout all of his stories and poems. It would be unfair to say that Poe only wrote autobiographical fiction, but his work does parallel his life. His life was a perfect match for great fiction. ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. The life of Edgar Allan Poe in his stries.. His life after the death of Virginia.. His training at West Point reflecting in Black Cat.. Red Death. . Poe's about death.. Annabelle Lee - the most disturbing poem that Poe wrote.. The...»

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The parallel tragedies of Lily Bart and Tess Durbeyfield: An examination of Edith Wharton's The House of Mirth

Document abstract : «Edith Wharton's The House of Mirth and Thomas Hardy's Tess of the d'Urbervilles are powerful examples of the American and British realist novel. Both depict the harsh Victorian society in which women were held to unattainable standards of...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Lily Bart and Tess Durbeyfield - very different characters.. 19th century England and America - very few rights for women.. Lily Bart's death and its relation to events occurring with Bertha Dorset.. Bertha's use of Lily to her...»

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Hemingway's art of anxiety: The visual-to-verbal relationship in "The Sun Also Rises"

Document abstract : «Hemingway's style depends upon vividness and exactness of visual detail to create the atmosphere of modernism which permeates his works both large and small. Though this richness is due to influence from other writers of the modernist period (as...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Dependance in Hemingway's style.. Understanding why Cezanne is important in The Sun Also Rises.. Hemingway's use of Cezanne's landscape.. Cezanne's rendition of still life. . Hemingway's use of artistic techniques.. Use of both...»

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The traveling musician as the other in two of Eudora Welty's short stories

Document abstract : «Eudora Welty was a writer who sought to identify her native Mississippi in terms of her concept of place. By focusing so often on place, Welty often used the concept of outsiders to emphasize the nature of the place in which the outsiders have come...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Eudora Welty was a writer.. Understanding Welty's use of the musician as outsider.. The most popular entertainments in post-war through Depression era.. The tent-repertory or simply 'tent show'.. Popularity of 'tent show'.. The...»

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The eccentrics of Margery Kempe, an aspired Saint

Document abstract : «Margery Kempe, the daughter of John Burnham, a popular mayor of Bishop's Lynn, England, was born in 1373. Although she could not read or write, Kempe dictated a biography of herself to be written, that begins with her marriage at the age of "twenty...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. The begining of Margery Kempe's biography.. The spiritual life of Margery Kempe.. Margery - considered eccentric by her contemporaries. . The distance that Margery has to ‘travel' in comparison to the life of a true medieval...»

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The Peanut-Crunching Crowd and the Rubber crotch: How Sylvia Plath's legacy has suffered by the hands of sexism, over-eager feminists, schadenfreude, and gender politics?

Document abstract : «O'Rourke goes on to say that although poems like "Daddy" or "Lady Lazarus" seem "crudely self-involved," the majority of Plath's poetry is abstract, symbolic, and in general quite distant from the confessional poets with whom she is grouped. ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Plath's poetry - abstract, symbolic and distant from the confessional poets.. The sexist dismissal of Sylvia Plath's work.. Domesticity and family as political minefields for a female poet.. The role of Plath's husband in bulding her...»

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The (Wo)Man of our dreams: Gender-bending in Takarazuka

Document abstract : «An extraordinarily attractive actor, with large, dark eyes fringed by long lashes and chiseled features, suddenly appears on an audience walkway ("silver bridge"), much to the delight of adoring fans (Brau 88). With arms extended widely, the actor...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. the magical world of Takarazuka.. The myth of a purely innocent, asexual performance.. The original intention behind the Takarazuka Revue.. Critics Karen Nakamura and Hisaka Matsuo's agreement with Kobayashi's assessment of...»

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Is she fact or fiction? : Blurring boundaries in Angela Carter's 'Nights at the Circus'

Document abstract : «In Nights at the Circus, Angela Carter succeeds in creating a heroine so untraditional, so much larger than life in both physique and personality, that the topic of who Fevvers is and what she represents is discussed even more by critics than it is...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Fevvers's wings, her large size and lack of refinement.. Carter uses Fevvers and other characters on the margins of society to draw readers into their identities.. Explosive actions orchestrated by Fevvers.. An illusion of wings and a...»

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Early existentialism in Julius Caesar

Document abstract : «There is a saying among political scientists that the citizens of a nation deserve their leader. In other words a dictator or tyrant will never appear out of a vacuum, but as the result of countless historical events, and as an expression of the...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. The worldly turmoil all around.. The conflict with Brutus.. The miscalculation of Brutus.. His inner anguish following the murder.. The little optimism to be salvaged from the play.. How Shakespeare's play was ahead of its time....»

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Archetypal criticism - Hamlet, Prince of Denmark

Document abstract : «Hamlet, Prince of Denmark by William Shakespeare is one the most acclaimed and widely read pieces of literature in the history of Western civilization. It is the story of a young prince named Hamlet who must battle his adversaries and his own...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Archetypal criticism as one avenue in a vast array of critical approaches towards literature.. The character of Hamlet.. The Lord of the Rings - Frodo.. A tragic hero - a common character in tragedies which originated from Greek...»

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Searching for success : My i-search paper

Document abstract : «Being able to choose a research topic presented a special opportunity and also a harrowing realization that being interested in a wide array of topics, narrowing in on one would be a difficult task. I knew that I would have to spend many hours...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Searching.. Findings.. Conclusion.....»

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Masculine and Feminine ideology in the Knight's and Squire's tales

Document abstract : «Chaucer's inclusion of a father-son relationship-represented by the Knight and the Squire-demands an analysis of their inherent connection, their individual characterizations and the themes they represent in their Tales. Each must consciously or...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. The main source of conflict in 'The Knight's Tale'.. Admonishment of the superlative reverence of male friendships.. The successful female friendship and bond created between Canacee and the falcon.. The tales of the Squire and the...»

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Erupted states, Corrupted hearts, Disrupted narratives: Sleep and Sleeplessness in Hamlet and Macbeth

Document abstract : «In so many plays, Shakespeare's night crawls with offending shadows. Though the witching hour sees graves' tenants off to their malicious machinations, humans take refuge in cozy beds. Sleep can thus protect mankind from wandering evils, but further...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. The crucial conclusion about sleep and its similarity in Macbeth and Hamlet.. Catalogues sleep's virtues and restorative benefits in Macbeth.. Summoning of ghosts, witches, and other such things in Shakespeare's world.. Inefficient...»

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The reality of perceiving environment

Document abstract : «"Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird" by Wallace Stevens presents the reader with exactly what its title expresses-thirteen distinct perspectives all involving a blackbird in some form. These perspectives each provide a kind of brief snapshot...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Stevens' illustration of a break in the role of the blackbird and the reality presented to the reader.. Section IV - the speaker relating the blackbird to his own relationship to the world. . presentation of a meta-commentary in...»

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Strategies to increase performance of Delmonte Garage: Literature review

Document abstract : «Globalization has brought about myriad changes on our planet-some frightening and tragic, others moving and magical. However, this paper will not be addressing those larger issues, important as they may be. Instead it will look at microcosm of those...»

Synopsis abstract : «Abstract.. Introduction.. Initial appraisal of source material.. Business and marketing strategies.. Human resource management and reward strategies.. Historical connections.. Conclusions and recommendations.....»

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Garcia girls

Document abstract : «Throughout time, people from many different religious and cultural backgrounds have relied on language to communicate effectively with one another. Although there are thousands of various languages, the goal within each is usually the same: to...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. The Garcia girls forced integration into American culture.. Yolanda's belif and dependance on words.. The character of Sofia.. The cahracter of the eldest sister, Carla.. Sandra's returns to the Dominican Republ...»

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Feral women: Female characters in Wuthering Heights, The Moonstone, and Hard Times

Document abstract : «Once upon a time, not so very long ago, women had no place within the pages of fiction. Indeed, men were usually the sole creators of literature; women, on the other hand, were silent (those few women who did choose to write were often forced to...»

Synopsis abstract : «The trapped heroines: Catherine and Louisa. . The exiles: Sissy and Rosanna.. The public servants: Nelly and Rachael.. The scapegoats: Isabella and Rachel.. Conclusion.....»

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