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To Kill a Mockinbird
In the widely known novel To Kill A Mockingbird there are two families that are very diverse and are text book examples of complete opposites on the moral ladd
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The Effect of Prejudice on Society
Prejudice stems from many things. It can come from any person at any time. Sometimes it is a part of a person when they are born. A whole town, state,
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The Storm1
i titled mine "Nature's Passion" but you do what you will with it...it hasn't been graded or i'd give you the grade. good luck..............:)
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The Imperial Woman
In 1852, a Manchurian girl, Orchid, clan name Yehonala, was summoned to be viewed by the Emperor of China. On the twentieth day of the sixth moon, the last Em
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the world of freedom
If you have ever opened the midnight color doors, you have been in the world know as DV8. A world within a dance club, where the
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The Scarlet Letter2
The Scarlet Letter, written by Nathaniel Hawthorne, is considered to be one of the greatest examples of true American literature. Its excellency of topic, cha
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to his coy mistress
Andrew Marvell writes an elaborate poem that not only speaks to his coy mistress but also to the reader. He suggests to his coy mistress that time is inevitabl
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The Fall of the American Dream in The Great Gatsby
'THE GREAT GATSBY AND THE FALL OF THE AMERICAN DREAM' The book 'The Great Gatsby' by F. Scott Fitzgerald was an 'icon of its time.' The book discusses topic
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the yellow wallpaper
The Effect of Major Symbolic Elements Women in literature are often portrayed in a position that is dominated by men, especially in the nineteenth century,
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their eyes were watching god
Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God, (1937) presents strong evidence of love as a symbol of a true friendship that lasts forever
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The Characters in Othello
This is main character in the play. He is a Moorish General and head of the army of Venice. He is a warrior, honest, and lov
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themes in odyssey
Skylla: Twelve Legs, Six Heads, and Three Themes When Homer wove the characters of The Odyssey into a story, he undoubtedly left room for interpretation of
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The Notorious Wife of Bath
Upon a first reading of the Wife of Bath’s Prologue, it’s hard not to feel the need to pat her on the shoulder and say
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Tess of the DUrbervilles
Oral: Structure, point of view and narrative techniques in Tess of the d’Ubervilles. Ok well this isn’t really an essay as such
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The Plague
The novel that I chose to do this report on was, "The Plague", by Albert Camus. It is about a plague
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The Extraordinary Wife of Bath
Many characters in The Canterbury Tales are only described in the smallest detail. Only a handful are given a physical description and even fewer are actually
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The Lottery
Shirley Jackson’s, The Lottery, has raised questions in the back of every reader’s mind towards the destructive yet blind rituals of mankind. A reflection o
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The Scarlet Letter3
The virtue of truth and the evil of secret sin are clearly illustrated in the novel, The Scarlet Letter, written by Nathaniel Hawthorne. The three main charac
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To be or not be
They talk about Japanese immigrants who worked on Strawberry plantation fields. They a
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The Handmaids Tale
The creation of Offred, the passive narrator of Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale, was intentional. The personality of
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The Downward Path to Wisdoma review
The Downward Path to Wisdom was, to put it simply, a very confusing story for me to read. I am not exactly sure what message or meaning the author was hoping
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The Use of Forcea review
The Use of Force illustrates very well the feelings and emotions of a normally rational person, who, for any reason, is subjected to a situation that causes m
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The Girls in Their Summer Dressesa review
This story is one that I can certainly understand and have quite intense feelings about. I must hold my tongue, though, as I do not wish to offend, but to ra
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The Sky is Graya review
The story The Sky is Gray was a very interesting and somewhat sad story for me to read. I was very interseted in James and his plight as a young colored boy
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Transcendentalism
Transcendentalism is the belief that matters of ultimate reality transcend, or go beyond, human experience. Transcendentalist thinking began during the Ameri
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The crucible by Arthur miller
English - The Crucible by Arthur Miller The True Devils in Salem In The Crucible by Arthur Miller, the madness o
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The Man who Mistook his Wife for a Hat
Men ought to know that from nothing else but the brain come joys, delights, laughter and sports, and sorrows, griefs despondency, and lamentations.
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the taiming of the shrewcharacter analisis
Katherine: She is called the shrew, even by her father. She is always put second in her
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The Kings of Hamlet
There are many differences between the Kings Hamlet and Claudius with very few similarities. Perhaps the similariti
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themonkeygarden
Aging promotes the loss of childhood and innocence. Little girls go from skinned knees and imaginary friends, to runs in their p
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The Parable of the Cave
"The unexamined life is not worth living," In The Apology, Socrates relates that the mo
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THE LANDLORDS OF THE OCEAN
Have you ever thought about the landlords of the oceans? There is a saying: "Big fish eats the smaller ones." The most powerful
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the dorm room
A room that can be described so much by scent and sight. A room that when approached can give you the fresh smell of charred cigarettes and as you came in
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The Pardoner and The Brothers
Throughout literature, relationships can often be found between the author of a story and the story that he writes. In Geof
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The Simpsons
Cofer, Judith Ortiz. “The Myth of the Latin Woman: I Just Met a Girl Named Maria.” The Bedford Guide for College Writers, wi
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the adventures of huckleberry finn
St. Gregory of Nyassa stated, “It is absolutely necessary that the soul should be healed and purified, and if this does not take place during its life on earth
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The War Of The World
In the society today, it is very common for one to spend his or her time reading. In those types of readings, science fiction stories are one of the most com
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The Bean Trees
In "The Bean Trees," by Barbara Kingsolver, readers are given the chance to see how two characters that have completely different l
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Tuesdays with Morrie
This book is an intriguing description of an old mans battle with death. More specifically that man is suffering from Lou
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The Yellow Wallpaper3
For the women in the twentieth century today, who have more freedom than before and have not experienced the depressive life that Gilman lived from 1860 to 193
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The Fall of the House of Usher Analysis
The mind is a complicated thing. Not many stories are able to portray this in such an interesting man
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the sixth sense
This past weekend , I went to see a movie at the near theater to my house .“ The Sixth Sense “ It is some kind of psychologi
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the giver
GIVER. SHE IS ALSO THE AUTHER OF MANY
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The role of the narrator in Oroonoko
In Oroonoko, Behn establishes her authority within the opening lines and consistently reminds her audience of her position as narrator by mentioning her person
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The Feeling
The final whistle blew. The game was tied, and the winner was yet to be decided. We all knew that the fate of the game was to be determined by penalties, a so
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The Short Happy Life of Frances Macomber
That Which was Happy was Very Short in Duration In Ernest Hemingway’s story, “The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber,” Francis Macomber, according to Hemin
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To build a fire
Human history is littered with example where a few individual risked life and limbs to venture into the unknown, which then came to be discovered, thanks to th
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The Narrative Voice of Huck Finn
Huckleberry Finn provides the narrative voice of Mark Twain’s novel, and his honest voice combined with his personal vulne
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The Importance of Being Earnest
While reading the play The Importance of Being Earnest, one serious theme that I noticed was the consistent act of deception throughout the enti
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THe unraveling of Hamlet
Hamlet (c. 1600) is perhaps the most famous of all the tragedies created by William Shakespeare. The main character – Hamlet -- may be the most complex and co
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The Bluest Eye
Beauty is something that a lot of people in life strive for, because everyone has fitted in their mind what exactly beauty is. People know that it can help
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Theme in Macbethblood
Though only written in three weeks and full of loose ends, Shakespeare’s Macbeth is full of the lessons of life. There are also many themes included in
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The Great Gatsby Distortion of the American Dream
The American Dream as it is Portrayed in The Great Gatsby Picture this, a person graduates from high school with honors, goes to college and graduates at the
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The Metaphysical Occurrences in Macbeth
The Metaphysical Occurrencences In Macbeth The Three witches in the tragedy Macbeth are introduced right at the beginnin
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The Scarlet Letter vs The Crusible
When the topic of a Puritanical society is brought up, most people think of a rigorous, conservative, highly devout society. While this may have usually be
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The Time Machine by HG Wells
Time travel. An idea that has fascinated mankind for all eternity. The shear idea of voyaging through the fabric of time is both an intriguing and exhila
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The Magic Barrel
Who else from any Jewish - American authors can translate Yeddish for the American readers so colorfully and honestly? Who else can represent the reality of J
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The Picture of Dorian Gray
Art, what is Art? It is an ambiguous matter: without an exact form, an exact meaning. Does it have any rules or restrictions? However, it can be a great influ
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The Declaration of Language
[WR122 paper, using Jefferson’s "Declaration of Independence" as a model]-RJ
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The Scarlet Letter4
“Wilt thou let me be at peace, if I once tell thee?” asked Hester. In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter, life is centered around
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Tom Sawyer
Book Report #4 Ben Mark Twain’s, The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer,
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The Awakening
Throughout Kate Chopin’s, The Awakening, numerous scenes of birth and renewal are depicted. Various symbols placed throu
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the grapes of wrath
John Steinbeck’s purpose in The Grapes of Wrath The Grapes of Wrath entails a story of perseverance in dealing with oppressive labor conditions faced by migr
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The Great Gatsby1
The Great Gatsby, a novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald, is set in 1922 in the New York City area.
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Time The Final Frontier
The temporal world in which we live encompasses everything we know. All of our knowledge comes from a trust of five and a half billion people that have no ide
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the letter and human frailty
Nathaniel Hawthorne, the author of The Scarlet Letter, tells a tale of human frailty and sorrow through each and every characte
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The Eyes of the Dragon
The book that I read was The Eyes of the Dragon. The author was Stephen King. It was published in 1987. Stephen King grew up in Maine and has lived most of
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The Theme of Goodness in To Kill a Mockingbird
The Theme of Goodness in To Kill a Mockingbird What is goodness? The American Heritage Dictionary defines goodness as “the state or quality of bein
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The Hall of The HArt
Herot, a large, majestic, fictional mead hall, is often the stage for much of the action in the medieval epic Beowulf. Built by the eve
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The Epic Story of Beowulf
In the epic story of Beowulf, the hero is Beowulf. He shows physical strength in the story by defeating Grendel. In line 219 of Grendel’s mother, it tells
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The Almond Tree
Poetry is often written as a result of reflecting on an intense emotional experience or a significant event.
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The Very old man with enormous wings
Response to essay on "The Very Old Man With Enormous Wings" What does this piece reveal about people's attitudes towards religion? Why do
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The Pearl
The Pearl by John Steinbeck is the story of an intrepid man named Kino and the dilemma that he goes through when he finds a pearl. For the
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To Kill A Mockingbird
The book To Kill a Mockingbird was written by Harper Lee. It was published in 1960 then it went on to win t
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The Battle of Gettysburg
I have chosen to write about the battle of Gettysburg, because I found the American Civil War very interesting and I want to know more about th
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The Raging Inferno
CRUEL PUNISHMENTS OF SINNERS IN THE RAGING INFERNO Dante Alighieri was born in Florence,
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The Mysterious Life of Jay Gatsby
The story occurs some time during the twenties, in a little rich branch off Long Island, New York in two neighborhoods cal
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The Holocaust VS The Crucible
Hitler believed in ethnic cleansing. He wanted the non-white race to disappear. To him non-whites were an inferior race. Individuals of Jewish descent were
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The Holocaust VS The Crucible1
Hitler believed in ethnic cleansing. He wanted the non-white race to disappear. To him non-whites were an inferior race. Individuals of Jewish descent were
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Tom Buchanan Example of Arrogance
The 1920’s, ten years of thriving life in America. People living the good life and people living in the slumps. East Egg, the prominent community of the old ri
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The Bell Jar
“The Bell Jar”, which is written by Sylvia Plath, indicates that patriarchal society has many effects on women. Men have
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the road not taken
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The Scarlet Letter Pearl
In The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, many of the characters suffer from the tolls of sin, but none as horribly as Hester's daughter Pearl. She a
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the prince and the pauper
The Prince and the Pauper On an autumn day in the ancient city of London, in the second quarter of sixteenth century, a boy was born to a poor family of the na
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Three things I want to change this semester
Three Things I Want To Change This Semester I want to do well this semester so I can be proud of
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the perfect villain
Kate Chopin’s novel The Awakening relates the emotion-driven story of Edna Pontellier. Her story
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The Quiet American
Graham Greene’s The Quiet American is a story about love. The main focus of this love is from Pyle and Fowler to Phuong. Through the novel Fowler and Pyle ba
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the Great Gatsby
The wealthy lifestyles of the Buchanans and Miss Jordan have morally corrupted their lives. Money has created boredom for them. Their ways of perceiving l
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The Yellow Wallpaper4
Throughout history people have always seemed to follow what notions that were considered “cool”. Though I doubt that 
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The Bottomless Pit Woyzeck
Topic# 1: A commentator has remarked, “ Clearly Buchner considered that while social revolution might help the Woyzeck’s of the world, it could hardly save the
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The Great Gatsby2
The Great Gatsby is considered a masterpiece full of controversy about the 1920's life style. Fitzgerald uses symbolism to express in a more detailed way this
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The Sun Also Rises
People often mentally distance themselves from their peers do to flaws and irregularities that they may suffer from. In The Sun Also Ris
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THE CHANGING ROLES OF WOMEN IN LITERATURE
THE CHANGING ROLES OF WOMEN IN LITERATURE The changing role of women in literature from the late 8th century B. C. to the 4th century A. D. is evident in
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totaltarian society
Living in a society with limited freedom of expression is not, in any case, enjoyable. A Totalitarian society is a good example of such a society, because alth
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Types of Writing
Despite all of the increasing technological advances, writing is still a main form of communication. Beginning in grammar school and continuing thr
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Thoreau and Emerson
Transcendentalism is used frequently as main topics in the stories “Nature” and Walden. These two themes are heavily concentrated on though these two stories a
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Transcendentalism1
The writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson dealt with three aspects of transcendental thought, which consisted of spiritual, philosophical, and literary content. In
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the joy luck club
THE BLUEST EYE The Bluest Eye is a complex book. Substance wise it is a disturbing yet relativ
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the value of letters in Pride and Prejudice
The Value of Letters in Pride and Prejudice In writing, one can express feelings they can never convey aloud. Letters allow one to reveal their thoug
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The Way of the World
The Way of the World is a comedy of manners in five acts by William Congreve.
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The Myth of King Arthur
There has been a lot of material written about King Arthur and his court. He has been a popular figure in literature for over 800 years. People believe he
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The allegory of Young Goodman Brown
In Hawthorne’s “Young Goodman Brown,” the characters and settings are used to show allegory. The characters and setting are used in metaphor to represent some
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The Chrysanthemums1
The Chrysanthemums, by John Steinbeck, is set in the beautiful valley of Salinas, California, during a time when California was the land of plenty. A place
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The Lottery1
Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery" portrays a small town in which the citizens gather for a yearly lottery. Unlike the "typical" lottery, this is not one you woul
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The Value of Dreams
Dreams are vital to the life of every person. Without dreams, there is nothing to plan or look forward to; therefore, no reason to live. The Younger family
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the grapes of wrath1
The Grapes of Wrath is a novel by John Steinbeck that exposes the desperate conditions
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The Past Is the Present
After World War One, there were many changes occurring in the world. Man’s inherent need to follow tradition was now being challeng
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To Kill A Mockingbird1
In Harper Lee’s book, To Kill A Mockingbird, there are many examples of racism. During this time in history racism was acceptable. Racism is a key theme in he
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things fall apart
Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group, Inc.
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The Stranger Exestentialism
"It has been said that Camus '…was haunted with the notion that our world is a universe which has no place for us, in which our life makes no sense…"
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The Atlanta Exposition Address
The Atlanta Exposition Address is the fortieth chapter of Booker T. Washington’s autobiography. This autobiography was calle
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The Crucible The Tragic Hero
A tragedy should bring fear and pity to the reader. A man in this tragedy not should be exceptionally righteous, but his faults should com
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the blue hotel
Inbox Compose Addresses Folders Options Help Compose [ Directories | Egreetings™ ]
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tvthe other parent
Is it parents’ fault or children’s that they sit hours in front their big glowing box mesm
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The Necklace
Mathlide Loisel is a character who has much pride in her. It is her motivation to act throughout the story, and it is the key to her downfall. Mathl
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Thomas Harris
Thomas Harris is a man with many tallents, an a keen intrest in writing. He earned a major in English, he has written for many newspapers and is most known for
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The Chocolate War1
" Do I dare disturb the universe"(172). With these words Robert Cormier clearly shows his purpose for writing The Chocolate War. He writes it to give insigh
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Tobias George Smollett
Tobias George Smollett (1721-1771), Scottish novelist, was born in Dalquhurn, Dumbarton County Scotland. Smollett was born beneath a plane
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The Struggles of Life
Everyone is faced with struggles in life, whether physical or emotional. These struggles
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The Branded Mother and her Throwaway Child
The Branded Mother and her Throwaway Child The Scarlet Letter is a story of hypocrisy and punishment. The strict Puritan
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the downfall of macbeth
In Macbeth there were a few factors that contributed to the degeneration of the Macbeth character. There were three
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The Imperialistic Views of Robinson Crusoe
The Imperialistic Views of Robinson Crusoe In Robinson Crusoe, Daniel Defoe illustrates the beliefs of a 18th century British citizen. Robinson Crusoe, st
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The Scarlet Letter5
Nathaniel Hawthorne's background influenced him to write the bold novel The Scarlet Letter. One important influence
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The Cherry Orchard
There is a convincing debate whether The Cherry Orchard is a tragedy or a comedy. Chekhov strongly argues that the play is a comedy and should be
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The Genius of Shakespeare
Past, Present, and Future: Finding Life Through Nature William Wordsworth poem “Lines Composed a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey” was included as the last i
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The Lottery2
THE BLACK BOX: SYMBOLIC OF DEATH AND FADED TRADITIONS While the setting of Shirley Jackson’s
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the great gatsby
The Great Gatsby F.S. Fitzgerald, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1925. pp 182
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The Yellow Wallpaper The Cast of Amontillado
The Yellow Wall Paper/ The Cast of the Amontillado
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Term Paper
Boredom and Its Victims in Arthur Miller’s The Crucible When bored, people tend to portray or act differently to either attract attention or change socie
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the good earthwang lung
A simple, hardworking Chinese farmer is all he is. But there is more to this simple farmer, he is not just a com
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To Kill a Mocking Bird
In the classic novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, there are two families that are textbook examples of complete opposites
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The Lady With the Dog
In the beginning of the story, Chekhov begins with the simple line, “It was said that a new person had appeared on the sea-front…” This
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the mayor of casterbridge
Many believe that a human's personality determines their place in life. In the Mayor of Casterbridge, Thomas Hardy explores the role of character in determinin
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the old man and the sea
The old man and the sea was written by Ernest Hemingway and was published in 19
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The Great GatsbyThe American Dream
The Great Gatsby - The American Dream The Great Gatsby, a novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald, is about the American Dream, and the downfall of those who attempt to
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The Hobbit
There are lots of people in the story, so it is sort of hard to follow. In the beginning there is an introduction where the author tell
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TS Eliot mood and theme
WITH REFERENCE TO THE LOVE SONG OF J. ALFRED PRUFROCK AND PREDULES. DISCUSS HOW T.S. ELIOT CONVEYS MOOD AND THEMES. Both Prufrock and Preludes are based
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toys in the hands of an ego tripped boy
Little Toys in the Hands of an Ego Tripped god Well, let me introduce myself; my name is Chris Rodgers and as a child I was rather cleaver and many times extr
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The Educated Man
John Henry Newman, the author of the essay entitled “The Educated Man” begins his essay in a way that was very contradicto
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Time and Guilt
In Tillie Olsen's narrative "I Stand Here Ironing," I interpreted that there was a reflection of the loss of time and the sense of gui
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The Short Happy Life of Francis McCamber
In Ernest Hemingway’s “The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber” the true character which is fit to qualify as the code hero is Francis Macomber. It is no
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The Bell Jar Cancer versus Depression
Integrated into the story of The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath is a "case history" of a depression patient, from it's subtle beginnings to it's terrifying conseque
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tv and movie violence
“Nearly four decades of research on television viewing and other media have documented the almost universal exposure of U.S. child
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the Awakening
There are many important paths that we must follow on our journey through life. We follow the path without questioning its intent. The path informs us when we
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the human and the divine
Through out history, as man progressed from a primitive animal to a "human being" capable of thought and reason, mankind has had to thro
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The Brute
In Williams’ “A Streetcar Named Desire”(Williams 2008-2075; additional references by page number only.) the characters are extremely physical. The most physic
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The Glass
The play The Glass Menagerie, by Tennessee Williams, Williams uses many symbols which represent many different things. Many of the s
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the guilt of killing the innocent
"A conscience cannot prevent sin. It only prevents you from enjoying it"
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The Glass
The play The Glass Menagerie, by Tennessee Williams, Williams uses many symbols which represent many different things. Many of the s
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the life and world of al capone
Report By, Adam Monteverde
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The Doll
This short story, "The Doll" is about poor out of work okies back in the early 1930's looking for any type of job they can find, so they can g
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the heath
The entire opening chapter of The Return of the Native is devoted to a lengthy description of Egdon Heath, the setting of the novel. The heath must be signific
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The Symbolism of Young Goodman Brown
“The Symbolism of Young Goodman Brown” Nathaniel Hawthorne is a nineteenth-century American writer of the Romantic Movement. Hawthorne was born is Salem,
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The Cask of Amontiallo
In the short story "The Cask of Amontillado," Edgar Allan Poe writes in first person point of view, from the perspective of Montresor, the diabolical
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The Black Cat
"The Black Cat" Essay The Romantic period has numerous characteristics that help to distinguish it from other literary periods. A large majority of the pieces
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the great gatsby the american deam
he Great Gatsby - The American Dream The Great Gatsby, a novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald, is about the American Dream, and the downfall of t
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The Ideals of Jonathan Swift
The tale of Gulliver’s Travels can be described as a written criticism of the society in which Swift lived. In each of the
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the lottery
Gothic is defined as “a style of fiction that emphasizes the grotesque and the mysterious.” Similar to the works of Edgar Allan Poe, many o
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The Character Macbeth in the Play Macbeth
Just so you know i made an 85 on this so you may want to look over it The character Macbeth in Shakespeare's play Macbeth
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The Glass Meragerie
“The Glass Menagerie”, is a adorable little play written be Tennessee Williams. The play takes place in tiny apartment, behind an ally,
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the purpose of a narrator
"The role of the narrator influences the type of relationship we have not only with him or her but also with the story" (Landy 75). This quote was taken from o
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The Aventures of Huckleberry Finn Comparison and Contrast Es
To turn Jim in, or not to turn Jim in, that is the question that Huck is faced with in Th
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the Beaux Stratagem
The Beaux Stratagem is a play that places a pair of presentable yet impoverished London gentlemen, named Aimwe
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the biosphere
The biosphere is part of the earth in which life exists. It is 20 km thick from the bottom of the ocean to the lower atmosphere. It consis
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The highs and lows of a true greek hero
Heroes are almost perfect people. Odysseus was a great Greek Hero. Just like all of us though, he had exceptiona
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The Great Gatsby3
The Great Gatsby, a novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald, is about the American Dream, and the downfall of those who attempt to reach its illusionary goals. The attem
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The Sun Also Rises1
The Hemingway Hero Prevalent among many of Ernest Hemingway's novels is the concept popularly known as the "Hemingway hero", an
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The True Tragic Hero in Sophocles Antigone
Antigone, is the drama written by Sohpocles. There is still a great debate on who is the true tragic hero in Sophocles' Antigone, Creon or Antigon
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The Fire Next Time
…turning to that man on his right, he began to speak of the white devils…What ha
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The Death of Ivan Illych
The short story, "The Death of Ivan Ilych", written by Leo Tolstoy, is about the reactions of a man and his friends to his suffering and death. Everyone
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The Great Gatsby4
As children, we have all dreamt of money, being rich; owning an extravagant mansion, magnificent cars, and being married to a prince or princess. Basically,
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The Crucible by Arthur Miller
The purpose is to educate and display to the reader the hysteria and inju
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To Kill a MockingBird
Thesis Statement: Much emphasis has been placed upon the intellectual and emotional growth which Scout achieves in this novel, but she is not the only characte
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The Scarlet Letter6
In Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter, the letter "A" changes it's meaning many different times. This change is significant.
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theodore roosevelt
“The life of Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) was one of constant activity, immense energy, and enduring accomplishments. As the
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The Types of Ruin a Revolution in Animal Farm
The Types to Ruin a Revolution in Animal Farm There are the infamous examples of Stalin and Hitler in history in which
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the argument of the poem
Andrew Marvell in “To His Coy Mistress,” presents an argument of love to readers. The argument comes from the speaker, a ma
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The Crucible A Tale of Two Trials
A political cartoon shows a massive stone wall surrounding tall office buildings which bear labels of "Department of Energy," "Defense Department," "National S
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The House of Bernarda Alba A contribution of NonVerbal Elem
The non-verbal elements of a play are crucial in setting the mood and tone of the production. These features subtly provide the audience with important infor
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The night nurse
After reading Joyce Carol Oates story, “ The Night Nurse,” revenge is what is found. This story starts off by a woman by
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The Moral Progression of Huckleberry Finn
The Moral Progression of Huckleberry Finn The main character of Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn undergoes a total moral transformation upon having to make lif
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The Last Splash
My mother made me take swimming lessons every spring so that I would be able to enjoy my summer by the pool safely. There was always a fea
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The Dead
James Joyce’s “The Dead” begins at the annual 1904 Christmas party given by the Misses Morkans, Miss Kate and Miss J
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the ecological self
Diversity is a whirlwind of color through a society. There are no two people in the world that are exactly alike. Individuality distinguishes one person or thi
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the ecological self1
Diversity is a whirlwind of color through a society. There are no two people in the world that are exactly alike. Individuality distinguishes one person or thi
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the ecological self2
Diversity is a whirlwind of color through a society. There are no two people in the world that are exactly alike. Individuality distinguishes one person or thi
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The Romantic Poets and the role of Nature
The Romantic Poets: and the role of Nature The poetry of the English Romantic period (1800-1832), often contain many descriptions, and i
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Tribulations
He always loved his gin in the morning, noon, and night; it came to him like water and it was impossible for him to leave home without it. No one could ever sw
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The Crucible Essay
Giles Corey, Rebecca Nurse, and John Proctor all have something in common which endanger them when the witch-hunt begins. The play, The
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The Gift Of The Magi
In the short story ³The Gift of the Magi², by O. Henry, the couple, Mr. and Mrs. Dillingham Young sacrificed their most prized possessions for one another.
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The Lottery3
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tracy chapman
In Nineteen Eighty-eight Tracy Chapman released her self titled debut album that retraced echoes of racial difference throughout time. When release
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The Things They Carried a story by Tim OBrien
How does death affect the behavior of people? Although death affects everyone’s behavior differently, knowledge of one’s imminen
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The Nymphs Reply to the Shepherd
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The Revealing of Evil and Loss of FaithL Nathaniel Hawthorne
"Young Goodman Brown" by Nathaniel Hawthorne is a story about revealing true evil and the loss of one man's faith.
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The Importance of Home
The place where you hang your hat, where the heart is, is a link to the past, and through its door one walks into the future: home can be many things t on
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Transcendentalism2
Transcendentalism was a literary movement in the first half of the 19th century. The philosophical theory contained such
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the swimmer
In the short story “The Swimmer”, John Cheever uses symbolism quite often. It is used to reveal
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The Crucible
Arthur Miller's The Crucible is a drama based upon the 1690's Massachusetts witchcraft trials. The Crucible tells of the havoc wrought in early Salem when so
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The Time Machine
There are three working theories the “Time Traveler” developed upon his visit to the distant future. The first is the laziness of what h
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The Mission
There are three working theories the “Time Traveler” developed upon his visit to the distant future. The first is the laziness of wh
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The Power of Love in Wuthering Heights
Many readers argue that Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte is anything but a romance. Although it does not follow the conventional form of the Victorian Romanc
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The Art of the Essayist
“Commerce is unexpectedly confident and serene, alert, adventurous and unwearied.” (84)
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Things fall apart
When a person purchases a new novel, play, or short story, he or she does so because of some interesting word, phrase, or topic on its cover. These words, ph
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The Native American Culture in The Red Convertible
The Native American Culture in "The Red Convertible" In the short story "The Red Convertible," by Louise Erdrich, the author, contrasts the old way of life
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Team work
Working Successfully Through Teamwork Every human process is a key success factor. Every one has been important since people first formed organizations
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the tragic hero in antigone
The Tragic Hero in the Play Antigone Antigone, which was written by Sophocles, is possibly the first written play that still exists today (www.imagi… 1). T
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The Sun Also Rises2
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The Hobbit1
Don’t judge a book by its cover. This famous phrase can very well be applied to the hobbit a small human like creature t
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tragedy
"I prefer not to," also tells the reader about Bartleby isolating himself. The
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The Heavy Bear Who Goes With ME
Alcohol, probably the oldest drug known, has been used since the earliest of societies for celebration, rituals, and oth
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The Yellow Wallpaper5
“The Yellow Wallpaper” A major theme in “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman is that solitary confinement and exclusion from the public results
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Transformation by Marry Shelley
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The Right to Be Free
In the novel A Lesson Before Dying, although Grant is an educated black man in the era of a racist society he has struggles
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The Use of Metaphors in Kafkas Metamorphosis
In two ways, change is brought about in The Metamorphosis. The first is by allowing time and circumstances determine one’s decisions. The next way is by usin
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Thw Wife of Bath Chaucers Feminist Character Sketch
In the medieval period when women were viewed as property, held to sexual double standards and considered to be little more than heir-makers, Chaucer wrote a r
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The Blind Nature of Oedipus
One of the main themes in Oedipus the King is blindness. Not jus
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Tale Of Two Cities Comparison of Charles and Sydney
Charles and Sydney Charles Darnay and Sydney Carton, two charachters in A Tale of Two
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Philosophers, historians, authors, and politicians have spent centuries pondering the relationship between citizens and their government. It is a question tha
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The Stranger1
The way a person reacts to ordinary situations determines the opinions of ot
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The Chrysanthemums
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The stranger
My father once said, "If you cannot love, then you cannot live." In the novel The Strang
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the Great Gatsby1
In his Jazz Age novel, The Great Gatsby, Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald portrays society as snobs who bask in the wealth of the age. The novel was written in th
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THE ROCKING HORSE WINNER
"The Rocking-Horse Winner" by D.H. Lawerence talks about a family who lived in style, but always had anxiety in their house. There was never enough money. The
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to kill a mockingbird
In 'To Kill a Mockinbird' by Harper Lee, I believe that the title of the novel was very significant. It is significant due to th
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The Lottery4
In many stories, settings are constructed to help build the mood and to foreshadow of things to come. "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson is a story in which the
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The Stranger2
In The Stranger Camus shows that Meursault can find his true identity only throu
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The moon is down
BASIC STRATEGIES FOR EFFECTIVE STUDIES Effective learning depends upon good study habits. Efficient study skills do not simply occur; they must first be l
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The chosen
One of the most emotional scenes from Chaim Potok's The Chosen is when
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The nineteenth century and Abraham lincolns second inaugural
The American Renaissance is a time that American writers received more recognition as to the quality of their works. Before this time scholars looked
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to be or not to be a knight
To be or not to be… a Knight truly is the question presented through this story, which is a tale of Gawains trials an
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their eyes were watching god1
The novel, Their Eyes Were Watching God, written by, Zora Neale Hurston, was full of imagination, imagery and phrasing. Janie’s character and dialogue seemed
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
In the novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain a young boy by the name of Huckleberry Finn learns what lif
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The merchant of venice
In this world, there are many aspects of blindness whether it is mentally or physically. Either way, each blindness brings out the disability in each person.
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Thomas Stearns Eliot
Thomas Stearns Eliot was born to a very distinguished New England family on September 26, 1888, in St. Louis, Missouri. His father, Henry Wa
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The Log Cabin in Shiloh
Many assumptions can be made about what the log cabin symbolizes or what its significance is in the story. However, one correlation stands out stronger than a
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The Witches In MacBeth
The witches in Macbeth serve to advance the story, reveal human weakness, heighten the tension and give the audience a hint of things to co
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The Catcher in the Rye The Nature of Societal and Individual
In a perfect world, everyone would be happy with the way they are and everyone would accept the differences of others. Unfortunately, the world we live in is
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The Jungle1
A French philosopher once said that the greatest tyranny of democracy was when the minority ruled the majority. Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle gives the
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The Giver
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The Life and Tragedy of Jack Kerouac
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The Cathedral
Plato’s “Myth of the Cave” and Carver’s Cathedral provide insight into parallel words. The protagonists in each story are trapped in a world of ignorance beca
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The Lord of the Flies
In Wiliiam Golding's book The Lord of the Flies, two running themes are innocence and the loss of it and the fear of the unknown.
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The Perversity of the Congo
In the novel Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad one of the major themes is the perversity of the Congo. What is good and evil in the European world becomes d
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The American Scholar by Emerson
The American Scholar by Ralph Waldo Emerson In the essay the American Scholar, Emerson portrays the scholar as a person who learns from three main things
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The Things they Carried
The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien Tim O'Brien's The Things They Carried is not a novel about the Vietnam War. It is a story about the soldiers and their
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The Joy Lack Club Review
"Blow from the South. The wind leaves no trail. Throw sand from the East to distract him. Blow, blow, blow. He cannot see. He is blind now. Make him lean away
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The BFG
Beginning: My book is about a Big Friendly Giant (BFG) who goes around every n
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The rime of the ancient mariner
In Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness, there is a great interpretation of the feelings of the characters and uncertainties of
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the crucible1
Back in the 1950's, when insecurity permeated the air, and people were ruled by fear, Arthur Miller wrote a play, which defined the line between insecurity an
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The Great Gatsby5
In the book, The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, certain characters developed so that they contradict another character pers
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thoreau
In Henry David Thoreau’s infamous novel “Walden”, we are shown endless paradoxes that stem from the author’s deep and insightful views into nature’s univers
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Truth in The Water Works and In Cold Blood
In E.L Doctrorow’s novel, The Waterworks, Mr McIlvaine suggests that some stories were, “not... reportorially possible... that there are limits to words in a n
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Taoism
The original form of Taoism is sometimes called philosophical Taoism or classical Taoism. Taoism never even had a name until Buddhism came to China. It was n
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The Life of Winston Churchill
Winston Churchill, born on Nov. 30, 1874, at Blenheim Palace, the famous palace near Oxford built by the nation for John Churchill, 1st duke of Marlborough, th
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Themes of Invisible Man
1) Balancing social and personal responsibility The central problem the narrator encounters throughou
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Transcendentalism3
“Go find some twigs to make a splint quickly!”said the guide Chris, with a low tone.
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The Assistant
Throughout Bernard Malamuds, beautifully written, The Assistant there were references to cultural icons or to religious symbols that sometimes represent
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The Yellow Wallpaper A Study of Insanity
For the women in the twentieth century today, who have more freedom than before and have not experienced the depressive life that Gilman lived from1860 to 1935
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The Great Gatsby6
Throughout the course of any literary work many of the characters go though some sort of a change. These changes maybe life lessons which are necessary to obta
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To kill a mocking bird1
To Kill A Mocking Bird deals with many primal and basic lessons in human nature. The book exposes many issues that affect most people throughout their lives. S
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Their Eyes Were Watching God
This paper will tell the reader about all aspects of the numerous problems that are presented in Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watch
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The Masque of the red death
In "The Masque of the Red Death", Poe leads one event into another often. He uses much symbolism, and in the paragraphs below, I will
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TotalitarianismAnimal Farm
Totalitarianism has become a fact that can hardly be ignored. During World War II when Hitler had total control to the Russia of Stalin and later Soviet leade
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The Courage to Stand Alone
In the 1950’s, Reginald Rose penned his masterpiece, 12 Angry Men. This play introduces us to twelve men of various statures.
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Taliesin West
Do you have a living room in your house? A carport? Does your house have an "open" floor plan? If so, then the way you live is be
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The Unwanted Child
THE SILENCE OF MARY’S HUSBAND AND HOW IT WILL INEVITABILITY EFFECT THEIR MARRIAGE “The Unwanted Child”, by Mary Clearman Blew, is a look into the life of th
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The Life of Esperanza
In The House On Mango Street Esperanza reveals personal experiences through which the reader is able to determine what kind of person she is; her views on life
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The Most of It
“He thought he kept the universe alone,” too most people the thoughts of being alone are very frightening. It is human nature to search for companionship. I
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to kill a mockingbird1
To Kill A Mockingbird To Kill A Mockingbird is a perfect example of an unsubstantiated judgment or an opinion about an individual. T
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The Godfather comparison between the novel and the film
Literature/Movie Comparison: The Godfather The Book and the movie of The Godfather have their similarities and differences that I will be focusing on. The
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The Green Mile
Stephen King wrote The Green Mile. The Green Mile comes in either the series or one big book. There are six books in the series. The names are 1. The two dea
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THOMAS MORE
Sir Thomas More was born in London in 1478, and died on Tower Hill in 1535, along with Bishop John Fisher of Rochester. In 1935 he was canonized, along with Fi
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thoreau1
Most people think Thoreau to be in the shadow of Wordsworth. Thoreau strongly seeks to evade Emerson wherever he cannot revise him directly. Only "Walden
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THOMAS MORE1
Thomas More was a humanist with a true love for learning. Known as a leader, he recognized that leadership is a
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Traditional vs Progressive Education
The debate of Traditional vs. progressive education has been going on since the first school was built. Both sides has it’s ups and downs,
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the great gatsby1
The Great Gatsby: Unfaithfulness and Greed The love described in the novel, The Great Gatsby, contains "violence and egoism not tenderness and affection
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The Mystic Ocean
Sarah stood at the top of the cliff, her toes curled around the edge of the jagged rocks. She glanced briefl
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the Great Gatsbysuper notes automatic A
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The Flea by John Donne
John Donne was born into an old Roman Catholic family. At age 11 he entered the University of Oxford, where he studied fo
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THOMAS MORE2
At the last debating whereof he made such arguments and reasons there against, that the King's demands were thereby overthrown. So that one of the King's
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Time in Wilderian works
According to Hall the experience of time "varies in detail from class to class, by occupation, and sex and age within our own culture". (Hall, 1984: 133) Thus
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Testing the Boundaries of Algerian Conventional Society
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The Horse Dealers Daughter
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The Lords of Discipline
“I wear the ring and return often to the city of Charleston, South Carolina, to
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The Character of the Pardoner in Chaucers Canterbury Tales
The Pardoner's Tale is arguably the finest short narrative in Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. The tale of three men that attempt to kill Death, but inste
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to build a fire
Everyone at some point in time, tries to accomplish feats that are almost near impossible. Warnings from
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Three Cheers for John
Modern day feminists’ enjoy looking into the past to find examples of female oppression. Thi
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Telivision Drama
The viewer positioning in television dramas play a very important and critical part in how the drama is portrayed to the audience, and hence this gives an idea
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The Death of Ivan Ilych
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The Old Man And The Sea
¡§The Old Man and the Sea¡¨ is a heroic tale of mans strength pitted against forces he cannot control. It i
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The American Dream
During the Roaring Twenties, American lifestyles changed dramatically. Money was abundant and people were going out and having fun. All o
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The Cherrry Orchard symbolic meaning
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To Kill a Mockingbird1
Racial categories are created in the film To Kill A Mockingbird through a complex societal hierarchy founded in difference. Although all of Macon county live
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the great gatsby2
In one of the greatest works of the Twentieth Century, "The Great Gatsby" by F.Scott Fitzgerald, there are many dynamic and upright characters, which greatly a
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To kill a moking bird
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things they carried
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The Season For Divorce
The wedding date is set, the values are made, and the rings are picked out, for celebration that will bring two people together for life. It is a step that t
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the Crucible vs Clinton
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Tartuffe
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TS Eliot
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The birthmark
Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote a time of great change in America. In the mid-nineteenth century, Americans began to experience a shift in focus from the once strin
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The Color Purple
The novel, The Color Purple, is an epistolary novel. In the letterforms, Alice Walker gives several ideas, such as, friendship, domination,
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The Light in the Darkness
Author James Conrad, in his short story “Heart of Darkness,” uses light in an attempt to symbolize the civilization of the Europ
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The Crucible1
The Salem witch-trials, are an historic event that occurred during the Puritan era. It was the witch-trials that decided the fate of so many
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The Scarlet Letter7
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the poety of sarah hannah
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The Three Faces of PSYCHO
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The Importance of NonConformity The Crucible
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The Moonstone
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The Crucible by Arthur Miller1
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The Catbird Seat
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The Dead Child
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the story of an hour
Kate Chopin was a Victorian writer; whose writing manifests her life experiences. She was not happy with the principles of t
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The Crucible2
A crucible, as defined by the Merriam-Webester Concise Electronic Dictionary, is “the state or fact of being tested (as by suffering)”,
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The Glass Menagerie
Tennessee Williams describes Jim the gentleman caller as ‘the long delayed but always expected something that we live for’. This idea
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The Evolution Of Huckleberry Finn
“It was easier to recognize the traits that Twain was contemptuous of, since the entire book was supposed to satirize s
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The Bell Jar1
People's lives are shaped through their success and failure in their personal relationships with each other. The author
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Teen Violence
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To Kill a Mockingbird2
In 1960, Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird was first published. The book was published in the middle of the civil rights movement (Jones 53). The novel ha
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Things Fall apart
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to kill a mockingbird2
Jean Louise "Scout" Finch and her brother, Jem, live with their single lawyer father, Atticus who is extremely bright and fair. One summer, they meet and becom
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The Outsiders
The book took place in rural Vermont with a young Shaker boy named Rob Peck. The novel was basically abo
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“The Glass Menagerie” is a play that contains intense human feelings; frustration, shyness, regretfulness, anger, and sadness. The play
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The awakening
Edna is married to a man who expects perfection of her as a wife. He does so mostly because of the image he need
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To Kill a Mockingbird A Discussion of Major Themes Within th
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transcendentalism in dead poets society
Transcendentalism emerged as a philosophical and literary movement during the nineteenth century which focused on intuition and the individual conscience. Es
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The Divine Comedy Essay
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The Canterbury Tales Women
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Two Hearted River
In this story Nick and the fish at the bottom of the river share many similarities. Of course the do not look alike but they seem to think the same in a way.
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The Great Gatsby, a novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald, is about the corruption of the American Dream, and the downfall of those who attempt to attain its illusionar
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The Sun Also Rises3
The Sun Also Rises is a novel that depicts the “lost generation” of adults that live in the years following the Great War. These individuals have lost their
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The Lottery5
When you hear the word lottery, what first comes to your mind? Winning a large sum of money probably comes to mind before being stoned to de
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the crucible2
The Crucible, a play by Arthur Miller that was first produced in 1953, is based on the true story of the Salem Witch Trials of 1692
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The Great Gatsby Dreams
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The Stranger3
The Macmillan dictionary for students defines “stranger” as: 1. Person with whom one is not acquainted or familiar. 2. Foreigner, outsider, or newcomer. 3. One
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The Dynamics of Sarty
In the story Barn Burning by William Faulkner, the character Colonel Sartoris Snopes, nicknamed Sarty, displays many different and interesting traits. Most of
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The Go Between
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the awakeningcomedy and tragedy
Comedy and tragedy have always been separation into separate genres. Certainly most tragedies had comedic moments, and even the craziest comedies were at times
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The Logistics of a Lesson
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the americam dream
People may say that the definition of the “American Dream”, means to be wealthy, others may argue that it means to be healthy. Most p
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The Child by Tiger
The idea Miss Watson has of Huck Finn being a dirty, nasty, vulgar little boy who smokes, swears, and stays away from Sunday school is not a justifiable descri
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The Scarlet LetterSymbolism
The Scarlet Letter is a book of much symbolism. One of the most complex and misunderstood symbols in the book is P
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The conflict of Self
The best way to sum up Nel and Sula lies in a quote from the novel Sula. Morrison tells the reader that two very different black girls grew up in the Bottom.
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The Seafarer and the Wanderer
Anglo-Saxon elegies deal with male camaraderie and the bond between man and his creator. Although there are many elegies, The Seafarer and The Wanderer are tw
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the color purple
Gender roles play a very important role throughout “the Color Purple.” Each character in this book are very different from
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The Crucible3
In The Crucible by Arthur Miller, some of the characters showed courage when the live’s of their loved ones were at risk.
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The Pearl1
Character Analysis of Kino from "The Pearl" Kino, a character from the story "The Pearl," is a prime example of a developing character. From the start thro
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tale of two cities
In "A Tale of Two Cities" Charles Dickens created two of the most contrasting characters ever put into a book. One is the bloodthirsty Madame Defarge, and
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The Tragic Hero
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The Things They Carried Tim Obiran
Tim O’Brien’s “The Things They Carried” is a tale that deals not only with the physical risk of war, but also with the emotional effects it has on the young s
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Themes in Escape from Warsaw
A widely used literary term that typically portrays a particular theme in a novel is the symbol. Nowhere is this more apparent than in Ian Serrailier’s Escape
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themes in The Sun Also Rises by Hemingway
One theme that I found recurring throughout the novel, The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway, was love. Lady Brett Ashley was a beautiful woman who seemed t
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the black
Here is a tale of an incredibly courageous black stallion. Down on Hopeful farm there is a guy named Alec Ramsay
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Tale of two cities
In the fictitious novel Tale of Two Cities, the author, Charles Dickens, lays out a brilliant plot. Charles Dickens was born in
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The Rainmaker
Enticing readers and basically giving people something good to read, John Grisham is an established star in literature. What makes his boo
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The Effect OF The Supernatural Upon Events In Shakespeares M
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The scarlet letter
Death, deceit, beauty, and love: These are some of the many themes of Hawthorns The Scarlet Letter. The most visible theme in this novel
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Transcendentalism, in philosophy and nature, is the belief in a higher reality than found in sense experience or
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the giver1
What would your life be like in a utopian society? Jonas knows what it is like. He has lived in one for twelve years. At the age of twelve he is chosen to be
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Thoreau
Henry David Throeau’s continuous life theme was his struggle to survive in the world without selling out like he felt most of society had a
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Touch the Dragon
I enjoyed Touch the Dragon, and throughout made little connection with Karen's realisations, observation
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The Sun Also Rises4
E Ernest Hemingway uses a male perspective to reflect his narrative throughout “The Sun Also Rises”. For the most part this novel centers on masculinity and t
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the oresteia
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The Veil of the Minister and Goodman Brown Nathaniel Hawthorne’s short stories “The Minister’s Black Veil” and “Young Goodman Brown” are two stories that are
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The Gift Of Acabar
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Two Sided Fallacy
The focal point of this essay is to define the life of Dr. Henry Jek
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The Loman Family and Their Problems of the Spirit
“The Loman Family and Their ‘Problems of the Spirit.’ In his 1950 Nobel Prize acceptance speech, William Faulkner lamented the dearth of “problems of the s
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The Misogyny of the Artist as a Young Man
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The Necklace1
Guy De Maupassant’s short story “The Necklace” tells of a woman’s intense desire of becoming associated with the upper class and how it ultimately brings abo
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The Wasteland
“ Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion, but an escape from emotion; it is not the expression of
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The Professors House
In Willa Cather’s The Professor’s House, we see a changing persona in Godfrey St. Peter. Early in the story, St
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Tonys Story
In Tony's Story, Leslie Marmon Silko uses Leon, Tony, and Teofilo to explain the genuine reality of the cop. The genuine reality of the cop is it is an "it,"
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The Cask of Amontillado
In Edgar Allan Poes’ The Cask of Amontillado , the narrator, Montresor, had successfully carried out the execution of his greatest enemy, Fortunato. By readi
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The Lottery6
This story reveals how selfish people can be in the society. In "The Lottery" villagers are an isolated group of individuals who could
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The Bird Eye View of the World
Barbara Kingsolver’s book High Tide in Tucson: Essays from Now or Never is a collection of twenty-five different essays. They
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To Kill A Mockingbird Esaay
Many people are categorized according to their social status. Social status is consisting of wealthy people, then middle-class,
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The yellow wallpaper
The Effect of Major Symbolic Elements Women in literature are often portrayed in a position that is dominated by men, especially in the nineteenth century, wom
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The Puritans
When the 16th-century Reformation took place three distinct sectors of reformation developed: the German, the Swiss (including France) and the English. Of thes
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To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf Transcending Death
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The Canterbury Tales
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Thou Shall Not Hypocrisy in the Church
As we grow up, we have instilled in us certain morals and values. We attend church weekly, and find trust and peace in our minister. We try to mold
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True Ambition
That formidable force that makes one believe that one needs what one usually only desires; that mind-set that is really more of an entity that sits on ones sho
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The meal a poem by susan e berger
Fear, anxiety, and shame, these are just a few of the emotions
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The Mask
Every minute of every day people wear a mask. A mask to hide the true identity of their feelings. The 1896 poem "We Wea
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The Things They Carried
Cultural Analysis of The Things They Carried - Tim O’Brien As a soldier, the equipment you carry into any conflict has two purposes. One purpose is to kill
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The Chrysanthemums by John Steinbeck
In John Steinbeck’s short story The Chrysanthemums a struggle for equality is portrayed through the character Elisa Allen.
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The Lord of the Flies1
"The Lord of the Flies is a picture of our society today." Discuss the statement and show the way the statement applies
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the great gatsby3
In the book the Great Gatsby, none but a few people had the idealistic “American Dream”. To some characters it see
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The Yellow WallPaper
In “ The Yellow Wall-Paper”, by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, the main character was described as a little insane woman. In the beginning of
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the cather in the rye
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Third time is a Charm
Their Eyes Were Watching God, by Zora Hurston is narrated in the eyes of a black woman named Janie. Janie was brought up in the
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the glass manegerie
In “The Glass Managerie”,by Tennesee Williams, symbols are used to describe the characters in the play. Laura, a very frail and insecu
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The Epitome of Evil
The Epitome of Evil. The Anglo-Saxon epic Beowulf is the most important work of Old English literature, and is well deserved of th
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The epitome of evil
The Anglo-Saxon epic Beowulf is the most important work of Old English literature, and is well deserved of the distinction. Th
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The Hardships of Hemingways Heros
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This boys Life
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the devil made me
In short stories, I have learned that there is much more than what meets the eye. Nearly everything in the story has meaning. All I have to do is try to find
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The Character Change of Oedipus
The character Oedipus in Sophocles’ drama Oedipus the King goes through an unfortunate but necessary ch
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The Rainmaker1
In layman’s terms a “rainmaker” is a legal case that brings in a huge sum of money for the lawyer and the lawyer’s client. John Grisham uses th
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The Scarlet Pimpernel
In Chapter One, the aristocrats, traitors to France, were trying to get through the Barricades so they w
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The Maltese Falcon
A Unique Setting in the Changing World of Early 20th Century Detective Fiction The Pacific coast port city of San Franc
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the importance of being earnest
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TickTockMan
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The Crucible Act 4
It’s sad to see how the town is falling apart because of these trials. “Cows are wandering loose, crops are rotting in the fields, and or
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the epic traditon in Gosta Berling saga
The epic tradition in “Gösta Berling’s Saga”. Having been born and bred in Värmland, Selma Lagerlöf is conversant w
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The great Gatsby
There are five principal terms of bibliographical description: edition, printing (or impression), issue, and state. These terms are used so carelessly by book
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The Fall of the House of Usher
During the nineteenth century, literary writers were encouraged in transcen
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The Scarlett Letter
The novel, The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne is an intriguing account of a Puritan community that experiences a break
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The Scarlett Letter1
The novel, The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne is an intriguing account of a Puritan community that experiences a break
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The Flies
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The Traveler
Homosexuality has always and everywhere existed. Nazis considered homosexuality as a tendency that could not be changed. It was assumed that a ho
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The Outsiders1
In this book analysis, about the book “The Outsiders” by S. E. Hinton I will discuss character and plot development, as
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Things Fall Apart1
"It is the woman whose child has been eaten by a witch who best knows the evils of witchcraft." That simple saying can best relat
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The Motif of Windows in Madame Bovary
Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert is a novel about a woman who is never satisfied. She is always searching for something new, and when she finds that, she qui
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The Smuggler
Victor Cannig’s “The smuggler” is a fictional story of two well respected men on Small Island. Tasso a
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The Plantation Mistress
The Plantation Mistress is written by Catherine Clinton. Her purpose of writing is to inform readers the chaotic lives of the white female gender in the slave
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The Crucible Essay1
It is a play with tremendous feelings with many inside twists hidden in the archives of the true story. It is a play with emotional feelings, feelings of ange
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The letters that seemed to heal
I stared into Joey’s tear-filled eyes. We sat on the cold cement of my driveway and a soft wind blew my long hair across my emo
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The letters that seemed to heal1
I stared into Joey’s tear-filled eyes. We sat on the cold cement of my driveway and a soft wind blew my long hair across my emo
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The Perfect Man
All men desire and aspire to be something more then they are, whether it is, stronger, better looking, or more intelligent. One character
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the towering inferno
The Role of Women in The Odyssey Women form an important part of the folk epic, The Odyssey. Within the story th
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The Great Gatsby7
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The Wars
If you took a sensitive caring person and set them in the midst of a chaotic area, what do you think would, happen? Would these person adapt to this area, and
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The Knights tale
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Tennysons In Memoriam
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the signalmen and The Demon Lover compare and contrast essay
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Tarzan of the Apes
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The Old Red Rocking Horse
Gifts that have sentimental value are worth more than diamonds. As I sit here looking at my old wooden rocking horse that my gra
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The Cask of Amontillado
In the opening of this story, you can tell that the character of Montressor is seeking revenge against a man he considered to be his friend. Montressor desc
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to kill a mockingbird3
A) We all know that good literature expresses a theme. This is definitely the case in “To Kill a Mockingbird”. Harper Lee plays with various universal them
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The Awakening1
Kate Chopin’s novel “The Awakening” is full of symbolism. In each chapter there is a central symbol that adds to the meaning of the story. Small symbols throug
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tyrtd
I will never claim to be an expert as an undergrad at anything, but in my personal opinion, McCarthy is not the son of Faulkner in the Southern Literary Renais
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the tradegy of fifth business
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Thoreau1
Thoreau is an example of self-reliance as defined by Emerson, and shows this b
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The Crucible John Proctors Decision to Die Was Justifiavble
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trifles
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The Odyssey
The lessons that Odysseus learns on his way home to Ithaka will allow him to get back to being a good, father, and leader of his civilization. He needs to rel
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Trancendentalist Ideas
The great transcendentalist had ideas and thoughts that were, at the time, thought to be crazy. Both Emerson and Thoreau focused o
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The Keen Hamlet
Of all of Shakespeare’s characters that I have studied thus far, Hamlet is an enigmatic standout. The complexity of so intriguing a character as Hamlet commen
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The Formuliac Narrators of Edgar Allan Poe
The respective narrators in Edgar Allan Poe’s The Tell-Tale Heart and The Black Cat are nameless characters around whom each story revolves. This is just as
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The short story
A short story is, by definition “an invented prose narrative shorter than a novel usually dealing with a few characters and aiming at unity of effect and
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the lost of paradise
Epic Characteristics of Milton's Masterwork, Paradise Lost pic Characteristics of Milton's Masterwork Paradise Lost is one of the finest exampl
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The Crucible
In 1692, in Salem Massachusetts, the superstition of witches existed in a society of strong Christian beliefs. Anybody who acted out o
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Twelfth Night
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Transendentalism through Franklin Emerson and Thoreau
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The Nature of Lucy
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The Drug Debate
For over twenty years the drug debate has been argued over and over. The drug war in the United States has been historically seen
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Tritram Shandy
Chaucer’s Wife Of Bath, Allison, is a very interesting character. She almost seems to be an early feminist, but is not by her own words. She has her own au
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The Conflict in the Short Story Hands
"Hands,” by Sherwood Anderson, is a story that seems to be stripped of sentimentality, yet conveys emotion. Anderson tells the somber story of a misunderstood
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Things fall appart
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The Old Man and the Sea
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The Difference Between Blades and Blades
Hockey is a sport of finesse, toughness, and speed all wrapped up by player talent. Hockey can be played on any surface, though ice and hard rubber "roller tu
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The Chocolate War2
The Chocolate War is a book written by Robert Cormier. It is about a teenaged boy named Jerry and his life as an individual at an all
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The Value
There is a priceless respect that everyone in the world possesses, and that is the respect of a person’s honor. A person’s honor is
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The Value of Honor
There is a priceless respect that everyone in the world possesses, and that is the respect of a person’s honor. A person’s honor is s
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The Cask of Amontillado Hop Frog
Montresor effectively fulfilled the first criterion of revenge, which was to punish the victim. Fortunato was punished for his insulting actions upon Montres
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Tell Tale Heart analysis
“The Tell-Tale Heart” by Edgar Allen Poe deals with a man’s mental deterioration and his descent into madness. The story focuses on the narrator and his obses
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The Wy he loved was the way he wrote
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The hardy boys demolition mission
I am most similar too Joe Hardy in the book The Hardy boys: the demolition mission by Franklin W. Dixon. First of all we are both simili
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Transcendetalism The New Religion
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The Melting Pot
In our society today America consists of a lot of different people. All of these people are of different cultures, race, and religions. Even
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The Influence of the witches and Lady Macbeth on Macbeth
The combination of the influence of the witches and the influence of Lady Macbeth on Macbeth are what precipitate the tragedy. The witches’ initial prophecies
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The Price Of Eating From The Tree
The struggle for power is an age old one, indeed. Opposing nations vying for control of a province, officials seeking powerful positions against equally c
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Toni Morrisons Novel Sula
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theme on emily dickison
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The Fall of the House of Usher1
Regarded as his “most famous piece of fiction,” “The Fall of the House of Usher” inspires the usual horror found in most works by Poe. Every aspect expected f
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The Patience of Penelope
Essay: “ The Patience of Penelope” Do you believe that “true love” is Eternal? Would you be able to wait for your “true love” to arrive or would you s
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Those Winter Sundays
Guilt is the central theme of the poem, "Those Winter Sundays." Upon reading this emotionally steering poem, it leaves the reader reminiscing of one's ow
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the grapes of wrath2
Through such hardships as the Depression, the Dust Bowl summers, and trying to provide for their own families, which included the search for a safe existence,
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The Mayor of Casterbridge
In The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy, a person’s future lies in the hands of his or her past actions. The intelligent or
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THe Cherry Orchard
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Tender is the Night
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the call of the wild
John Griffith London, the illegitimate son of Professor of Astrology father and an emotionally distant mother, was born January 12, 187
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Teddy as a Christ Figure
In "Teddy" by J. D. Salinger, Teddy is illustrated as a Christ figure. Many aspects of his life are similar to those of Jesus’. Salinger created in Teddy a mir
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The Crucible4
In the play, The Crucible, written by Arthur Miller, Americans face pressure to conform in the town
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the american dream
In The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald uses many repeated references to time in order to draw attention to the so-called "American Dream", which is somethin
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The Analysis of Ode to the West Wind
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The Tragedy of Edgar Allen Poe
Edgar Allan Poe is one of the leading figures of American literature. He is known as a poet and a critic, but is most famous as the first master of the short s
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the songbirds dollhouse
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The Advantages of Reading
There are many good reasons for learning how to read. Many people think that it isn’t important to know how to read. There ar
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The dream
A dream is defined as a condition or achievement that is longed for; an aspiration. Throughout the book the “Great Gatsby” we see the dream of one man, Jay Ga
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The Scarlet Letter8
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television
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Titubas Journey
Every person has a journey that they must travel throughout their life to help discover themselves and the world around them. In Maryse Conde’s I, Tituba, Bla
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The Fall of the House of Usher2
Death is defined as, "The termination or extinction of something." Edgar Allen Poe uses this description in "The Fall of the House of Usher" in different wa
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The Pardoners Tale Deception and Foolishness
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to be a writer
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THE OPINIONS AND REMARKS FOR UNDERSTANDING James Joyces Arab
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television as a social power
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The Dead1
The Dead" is a story saturated in music. In it, the Morkan women - Aunt Julia, Aunt Kate, niece Mary Jane, all music teachers - are giving their annual Yuleti
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the lottery1
Subtlety plays a most significant role in the setting of “The Lottery.” The setting set forth by Shirley Jackson in the beginning of the short story creates a
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The Significance of Virgil in the Inferno
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The Hero Within
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The Rocking Horse Winner
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The Crucifixion in the Dream ofthe Rood and Julian of Norwic
The crucifixion of Christ is treated differently within the bodies of Old English and Middle English literature. The values of each era's society are superimpo
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The Glass Menagerie1
Everyone has their own world in which they indulge themselves in whether it is real or just a fantasy. In The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams, eve
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The novel I read was The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton. My copy of The Outsiders was published in 1997, but the original was first published in 1967, both by Vi
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The Road Not Taken
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Theme and its Importance
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The Pearl2
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the great gatsby4
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The Effectiveness of Symbolism in The Scarlet Letter
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The Things They Carried1
Tim O'Brien's The Things They Carried is not a novel about the Vietnam War. It is a story about the soldiers and their experiences and emotions that are
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The things they carried
Tim O'Brien's The Things They Carried is not a novel about the Vietnam War. It is a story about the soldiers and their experiences and emotions that are
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The Change
In this essay I am supposed to discuss a project or activity that best represents me. I thought about this for a while, and I decided I would talk a
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The effect of symbolism on character in The Glass Menagerie
Symbolism is a major aspect in Tennessee William's famous play, "The Glass Menagerie." On the surface, the short slice of life story seems to be simple. Howev
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In Harper Lee’s book, To Kill A Mockingbird, there are many examples of racism and injustice. During this time in history, racism was acceptable
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the dead
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The Crucible5
The play, The Crucible, is one with a vast amount of strength, and intelligence. The play is one in which a small suburban town in Massachusetts
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The Jungle2
“The Jungle is perhaps the most brutal novel ever written in America. It is one long scream of pain and tragedy” (Cook 117). The novel shows the reader how h
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the racism in huckelberry finn
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the conection between Amy Tan and the characters of The Joy
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the invisible man
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The Iron Curtain
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the dragon cant dance
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the sun also rises
6. The Sun Also Rises is narrated by one of the characters, Jake Barnes. Discuss what difference that makes to the development of the nov
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The importance of the character of Marie in The Outsider
The purpose of this essay is to bring to light the significance of Marie as a character in Albert Camus’, ‘The Outsider’. Through analysis and criticism, this
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The Pardoner as Representative of the Church
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Miss Harper Lee has chosen Scout as a first person narrator in this story. This narrative technique has many strengths and some weaknesses. Scout is a bright,
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The Life and Times of Holden Caufield
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The Scarlet Letter9
Some stories contain one main theme and/or symbol, whereas others may contain many themes and/or symbols. There were many themes and sy
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The Moral of Everyman
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The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail
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ted hughes
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transcendentalism
Transcendentalism was an important movement in literature that occurred during the years of 1836-1860. Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau were the b
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The Byronic Hero
John Wilson wrote, “It is in the contrast between his august conceptions of man, and his contemptuous opinions of men, that much of the almo
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The Grapes of Wrath1
At the onset of The Grapes of Wrath we see the Joad family struggling just to keep their immediate family together. They are focused on just themselves. The
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The Attempts Made
Death of a Salesman, by Arthur Miller, is a play depicting one man, Willy Loman, in his attempt to achieve the American Dream while liv
892
The emnity of man
In the Lord of the Flies, William Golding reveals, through the characters in his novel, the extent of evil in human nature and the comp
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the house on mango street
We are all affected by cultural standards that our own society imposes to us as what is perceive to be normal and acceptable. In
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The Importance of Setting in a Short Story
Setting is the psychological time or place in a story. Setting plays an important role in the success of stories. Three examp
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th emerchant of venice
In the Dukes opinion (Act iv, Sc.1) Shylock is “… an inhuman wretch.” Do you agree? Do you feel that Shylock receives, “justice” at the end of the play?
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The Importance of Setting in a Short Story1
Setting is the psychological time or place in a story. Setting plays an important role in the success of stories. Three examp
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The Importance of Setting in a Short Story2
Setting is the psychological time or place in a story. Setting plays an important role in the success of stories. Three examp
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Thomas Edison
The cheerful girl with bouncy golden curls was almost five. Waiting with her mother at the checkout stand, she saw them:
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Thomas Edison 1
The cheerful girl with bouncy golden curls was almost five. Waiting with her mother at the checkout stand, she saw them:
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Toni Morrison
“......her perspective is rooted in her experience, and that as we immerse ourselves, as readers, in the milieu of her novels, we need insight into h
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The return of doris day
Throughout time, the struggle between good and evil has carried, in situations pertaining to both social and personal moral
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The Scarlet Letter Scaffold
Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter, centers its plot, setting, and characters around the unifying scaffold. With each encounter a
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The Use of Dialectic to Define Justice
Through the use of Socratic dialogue, Plato has an advantage at obtaining answers by refuting other philosophers. Plato is able to achieve an answer to the qu
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The Aeneid Books IIII
What makes Aeolus go along with Juno’s plan to destroy the Trojans? In the beginning of The Aeneid we learn that Juno, the queen of
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transcendentalism1
Transcendentalism is a philosophy that was made popular in the early 1800’s by Henry David Thoreau and Ralph Waldo Emerson, two New England authors.
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The pearl
Kino, a poor Indian fisherman, lives on the Gulf of California with his wife Juana and son Coyotito. Their simple hut is made of brush, and the
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taming of the schrew
The Taming of the Shrew: A Perceptual Ability Test A recurrent theme In Shakespeare’s plays is the idea that things are not always what they seem. The Tamin
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the ghost
William Shakespeare’s Hamlet is a tragic story involving themes of sanity, revenge, mourning, chaos, and also the interactions and conflicts among these the
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the ghost1
William Shakespeare’s Hamlet is a tragic story involving themes of sanity, revenge, mourning, chaos, and also the interactions and conflicts among these the
1918
The Great Gatsby11
The American Dream is based on the belief that anyone can succeed in life by his or her own skill and effort. The Great Gatsby, is a novel about what happene
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the flea Vs To his coy mistress
Seduction has been the game most played through out the centuries, as males attempt to convince and invite females into their beds. In Marvell's "To
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The scarlet letter1
The novel The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne was an objective description of the life of Hester Prynne, an adulteress. The novel does not go into speci
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The Accident
It was a typical August afternoon for Florida. Temperatures simmered in the eighties and the humidity was so thick you could cut it with a knife. My mother
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The Real Raven
In the poem, “The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe, a simple bird harasses the narrator. The bird, a raven, enters through the window that the narrator opens in ord
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the fate in hamlet
The concept of Fate plays an important role in the play Hamlet, especially in relation to the character Hamlet. In the beginning of the play, the forlorn Ham
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the killing of mudeye
This novel is about the killing of a small adolescent troubled boy whom was labelled Mudeye because he was a real victim. I think t
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The Crucible essay
During the Salem witch trials of 1692, many innocent people die as a cause of being accused of witchcraft. In this time period where people believe the most o
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the great gatsby5
Imagine that you live in the nineteen twenties, and that you are a very wealthy man that lives by himself in a manchine, on a
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The Crystal CAve
If the name Merlin were spoken, many would immediately connect the name to the legendary magician that served King Arthur. Many variations of this legendary
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The Crystal Cave
If the name Merlin were spoken, many would immediately connect the name to the legendary magician that served King Arthur. Many variations of this legendary
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The Life You Save
Use of Symbolism in “The Life You Save May Be Your Own” The symbolism that Flannery O’Connor uses in “The Life You Save May Be Your Own,” illustrates the s
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The Picture of Dorian Gray1
The myth of Narcissus is a good illustration of the damage that total self – love can do to a person. There is a misconcep
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The American Character during the Puritan Era
An American is one who is either a European or a descendant of one. In the early 1600s, the Puritans left England in hope of a better government, a reformed s
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The Great Gatsby12
In today’s society, people use money in many different ways. The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzge
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The TellTale Hearl
The Tell-Tale Heart, by Edgar Allan Poe, is written in the first person. This is proven because “I” is used to tell the story. This story
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The Heat is On global warming
Gelbspan, Ross. The Heat is On. Cambridge, MA: Perseus Books, 1998. “Global Warming”. Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia. 2000 ed.
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