150 The Theme Essays, Term Papers and Book Reports
Quest for Fulfillment - Unless by Carol Shields
Unless, by carol shields, is a novel which asks, 'what is goodness and what is happiness?'. Throughout Reta Winter's search for the meaning of goodness, an obvious theme that the novel establishes is searching for fulfillment which is a struggle that the two main characters, Reta Winters and Norah W....
"fair is foul and foul is fair" Macbeth
In Macbeth, one of the most often occurring themes is "fair is foul and foul is fair." This theme occurs during all types of scenes throughout the story, and is mainly centered around the main character, Macbeth. There are other, minor themes such as violence, hallucination, prophecy, that tie into,....
"A Worn Path," Eudora Welty
In "A Worn Path," Eudora Welty implies several times throughout the story that Phoenix Jackson is living a concluding life. She is living on borrowed time, resorts to theft for money, and even accepts handouts for something that does not exist. The theme of denial in Phoenix's head also sh....
100 years of solitude
10/6/06 Brook Power
Seclusion from Society
Solitude is the quality or state of being alone or remote from society. The theme of solitude resonates through this novel not only by the fact that a derivative form of the word solitude is visible on almost every page, but solitude is also de....
A Dolls House by Henrik Ibsen
A DollÂ’s House.
A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen is a powerful play about the struggle of a woman for independence in the 19th century where society was male dominated. Nora is the perfect wife, or as she refers to herself a ‘Doll’. She has had a life of indulgence from her husband and father w....
A Dream Deferred
Set in a cramped apartment in poverty-stricken Southside Chicago, Bill Duke recounts the struggles of five black family members battling against racism to attain middle-class acceptance in 1959. After Walter Younger’s business “partner” skips town with a portion of the family’s $10,000 inherita....
A Farewell to Arms: A look at the structure and style in relationship to a theme
Even though many themes were present in this book, a major theme seemed to
dominate the story. The theme I am referring to is the importance of love and loss in a male-female relationship. These two lovers were so into in each other that they did not need anyone else in their life.
“’WouldnÂ....
A Streetcar Named Desire
The setting of New Orleans is important to the play: The city is one of powerful contrasts: old French architecture and the new rhythms of jazz; a kind of Old World refinement mixed with the grit of poverty and modern life; decay and corruption alongside the regenerative powers of desire and pr....
A Well Lighted Place
Angela Brown Brown 1
Professor Gloria Tidwell
English 102
November 6, 2004
A Clean Well-Lighted Place: Fear of Dying
Death is defined as cold, unyeiding fate that consumes the soul. Death is inevitable to
life. When death takes its tole, one can not defy its complications....
A Womans Place in Shakespeares World
In the Elizabethan Age, William Shakespeare was well-renowned for his many plays. He wrote different genres of plays from comedy, to drama, to romance. There were critics in Shakespeare's day in time that would have a lot to say about his pieces. Some argued that he never wrote anything original,....
A Womens Rath
“Hell hath no furry like a woman scorned.” Truer words have never been spoken in the world of literature. In our modern society some people might believe that “The Bitch” is a new concept. However, female aggression and bitchyness has been around far longer than most people tend to believ....
Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Scandal in Bohemia
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes was written by Sir Arthur ConanDoyle. The novel was first published in 1892. A Scandal in Bohemia was a short story about a woman who has pictures of herself and a high Englishnobleman. She used them to blackmail him. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was a novelist, ....
Alfred Hitchcock
Films were a great form of entertainment from their debut in the early 1900’s and continued to grow more popular over the years. The film making business hit a growth period in the 1920’s. In Hollywood, the assembly line “studio” system of producing a movie was changed and refined, and the famou....
AMANDLA!... AWETHU
Amandla! ... Awethu!
(Power!... To us!)
There were the cries, Amandla! Viva! and joy when these were taken up by the whites, and there were the deep dreamy
intonations of the old-time greetings (Gordimer, 1991: 108-109)
And there we are, crying with them, singing, facing the story, almost a ....
An anlysis of the theme of Illusion and Reality in Othello
An anlysis of the theme of Illusion and Reality in Othello
(Discuss how characters suffer from their inability to perceive the reality situations.)
"Othello" is a play which blends illusions with reality. Another way to say appearance vs. reality is a phrase saying "two-faced." In "Othello", it....
Analyst of the Setting for the
The setting of this play is divided between two realms, both of which affect all its intangible features. The main setting is that of the inside of the Wingfield home. It is a small, lower-middle class apartment with a view of the alley outside the housing complex in St. Louis. The side setting,....
Animal Dreams
Memories and thoughts of the past and the present can control an individual and effect their future and their happiness. Throughout Animal Dreams Codi struggles with untangling her memories of the past in Grace and finding her sense of belonging. Her warped memories and thoughts made her believe tha....
Argumentative essay on great gatsby
The Great Gatsby
There have been many themes discussed in the novel, honesty, vision and the American Dream. The American Dream is a central theme in F. Scott FitzgeraldÂ’s The Great Gatsby. It is best defined as the quest for enormous wealth and material objects; similarly, those who pursue thi....
As you like it - Act 1
In an examination of Shakespeares dramatic methods, discuss how effectively you think Act 1 arouses the audiences interest?In your answer consider: Significant aspects of staging Language including imagery and symbolism Character interactionsThe opening scene, in which there ....
Be Cruel - A Culture Phenomenon
There are a myriad of opinions and theories on the subject of sadomasochism. Facts of course, help to grasp the information needed to gain knowledge of what this secretive world is about and who participates in what most people find offensive and perverted. To analyze this topic, observation is cr....
Behind the scenes is important too
Putting on a play requires great team effort. For each actor on stage there are many people backstage whose work is essential to the performance. Without a spirit of cooperation, the theatre company cannot stretch, grow and feel the exhilaration of the stage. Everyone contributes something special. ....
bio the need the day
Biology (from Greek Βìο meaning life and Λoγος meaning the study of) is the study of life. Biology encompasses a broad spectrum of academic fields that are often viewed as independent disciplines. However, together they address phenomena related to living organisms (bi....
biography of tennessee williams and the theme of duty and responsibility in The Glass Menagerie
The Glass Menagerie
Tennessee Williams, playwright of The Glass Menagerie, was born in Columbus, Mississippi, in 1911 and died in 1984. Tennessee’s name given at birth was Thomas Lanier Williams III. The nickname “Tennessee” was given to him in college. William’s Family had quite an ext....
Black Boy, by Richard Wright
“Analyzing the work of a Black Boy”
During the 19th century the literary movement of choice was naturalism. “Naturalism was a form of literature where writers were influenced by the evolution theory of Charles Darwin”. These writers believed that heredity shaped a person’s character. The Jim ....
Bloody Imagery in Macbeth
Macbeths Bloody Imagery
William Shakespears, Macbeth, is a classic tragedy which significantly uses the image of blood to create desired effects. This repeated thread of imagery is essential for the development of both Macbeth and Lady Macbeth as characters, the creation of a dark and violent atm....
Book Of Romans
The letter written to the Church at Roman is thought of more as theological discourse written by the apostle Paul who identifies himself as the author. It is more than likely that Paul found himself in the vicinity Corinth for a time, probably in about AD 55 to 57 and from there dictated his lette....
Bridges
Bridging the divide
Bridges appeal to the imagination.
By ‘forging’ a bridge, a connection is created between two areas, where there would normally be virtually no contact. Most bridges make a ‘jump’ across water, in which case the form, size and proportions of the object are determined m....
Caliban Upon Setebos and The Blessed Damzozel
In Robert Browning’s “Caliban Upon Setebos,” Caliban, the creature from William Shakespeare’s The Tempest, reveals his views concerning life, religion, and human nature. It is Caliban’s belief that Setebos is the creator of all that exists in his world, except for the stars. The stars are beli....
Carver's Cathedral
Read Raymond Carver’s “Cathedral”. What are the narrator’s tone and voice like? What do they reveal about him? Compare this to the blind man’s voice. Examine how the conversation between the two draw out the themes of the story. Raymond Carver (1938-1988)
In Cathedral, we see a man who is....
Cat's Cradle versus Othello. The theme of love
All men are victims of their own incentives and are inevitable to use their authorities to reach closer to their goals. In the books of “Othello” by William Shakespeare and “Cat’s Cradle’ by Kurt Vonnegut the main characters, ‘Othello’ and ‘John’....
Catcher in the Rye (Family Theme)
The theme of family is shown throughout J.D. SallingerÂ’s book Catcher in the Rye. Holden Caulfield constantly talks about his family and how much he misses seeing them because he is always away at school. His family consists of; Phoebe, his younger sister, D.B., his older brother, his mom....
Centuries of Change - Shaw's play "Pygmalion" and "The Statue"
Are women necessarily inferior to men or should they be treated as objects? Are they maybe even considered objects that can be molded by man, the creator's, ideal? Is this an obstacle that women still have to face in today's society? If we are going by what is being portrayed in cine....
Chinua Achebe - Dead Man's Path
Dead Man's Path
In Chinua Achebe's short story, "Dead Man's Path," Michael Obi, recently appointed headmaster of Ndume Central in Nigeria, Africa he wants things to be perfect for the first visit of his supervisor. Michael Obi builds his garden across the ancestor path of the natives and bl....
Comparative Analysis of Poems -Factory Jungle, The Rope and The Song of the Factory Worker
Comparative Analysis
Poetry can take abstract words and show us clearly what it means. Poetry also gives awareness of a writer's experience, which is expressed through meaning, sound, and rhythm as to induce a person's emotional response. This dissertation shall identify three selected poems, wh....
Comparative essay Arethusa & Death of a Naturalist
The poem Arethusa, from Ted Hughes's Tales From Ovid, is similar to Death of a Naturalist, written by Seamus Heaney in that they both explore a contrast between childhood and adulthood. The theme of rebirth or maturing is present in both of these texts. Puberty is a very important part of a human's....
Compare and Contrast The Seduction by Eileen McAuley and Cousin Kate by Christina Rosetti.
The theme of love has been explored throughout history within many different poems. The language, mood, style and structure can differ from poem to poem as they have all been written by different poets and in different times. The two poems “The Seduction” and “Cousin Kate” may have been written ....
Compare the presentation of the James Bond Genre in the three cinematic Trailers for Die Another Day
Compare the presentation of the James Bond Genre in the three cinematic Trailers for “Die Another Day”
All three trailers from “Die Another Day” use cinematic conventions usually associated with the Bond films, guns, girls and cars. All the films show the Bond icons, they are like trademarks ....
Comparison and Contrast - Robert Browning
Comparison and contrast of Robert BrowningÂ’s
“Porphyria’s Lover” and “The Laboratory”
Much like how brothers differ and yet share an uncanny resemblance, so does poetry. “Porphyria’s Lover” and “The Laboratory” share the same author and consequently the author’s unique writing style....
Comparison of Love in "A Worn Path"
Comparison of Love
In “A Worn Path” Eudora Welty focuses on the main character, Phoenix Jackson, and her journey to get her sick grandson’s medicine. Throughout this story we see that the theme of this short story is perseverance and dedication. In “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s da....
Critical Analysis Essay of Shakespeare's A Midsummer NightÂ’s Dream
During this essay, I will be speaking about the theme of ShakespeareÂ’s A Midsummer NightÂ’s Dream. The theme of this book is the powers of love, which can be very dangerous especially when someone is unwanted by their true love. I will be looking at some of the key elements inside of this theme suc....
Curlews Cry Analysis
"The Curlew's cry" is a story about fighting emotion, and self-conflict. The reason why I say this is because Sheila is alone waiting for her lover Neil who is at work on a North Sea off shore oil rig, to come to Canada where Sheila is. Neil sends her letters very often that are very detai....
Dead Man's Path:
In Chinua Achebe's short story, "Dead Man's Path," Michael Obi, recently appointed headmaster of Ndume Central in Nigeria, Africa he wants things to be perfect for teh first visit of his supervisor. Michael Obi builds his garden across the ancestor path of the natives and blocks the entrance to ....
Deconstructing Whos Afraid of Virginia Woolf
In Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf there are many themes that can be recognized differently by different readers. The theme of competitive masculinity appears throughout the story as Nick and George interact. The reader sees both Nick and George representing two competing masculine forces that are tr....
Desire: An analysis
Desire is a compelling and multi-faceted emotion, and it serves as the thematic string which runs through and connects three different plays - A Streetcar Named Desire, The Love of the Nightingale, and Hippolytus. However, the fact that they share this theme certainly does not mean that it is int....
Devastating Events Happening to Families
You may be a victim of losing someone very close or you know someone that lost someone that was close to them. As in Mukhergee’s “The Management of Grief”, there are many families that are struck with a disaster. As in Flannery O’Connor “A Good Man is Hard to Find”, the family is struck with....
Development of Pips character in Charles Dickenss Great Expectations
The Development of PipÂ’s character in Great Expectations.
The psychological development of PipÂ’s character in Charles DickensÂ’s Great Expectations can be identified and examined as results of his changing circumstances. Through out the novel, themes of self-improvement, ambiti....
Different percpectives can be applied to Gwen Harwoods poems
Gwen HarwoodÂ’s poems are a reflection of their context, which includes religion, music and literature. They are mature and deeply personal evoking a sense of identity and incorporating common themes such as the loss of innocence and the inevitable passage of time. The poems, Father And Child (I & I....
Discuss how the theme of class is developed through pips visit to satis house in Great Expecations
Discuss how the theme of class is developed through Pips visit to Satis House
The theme of class is developed through Pips visit to Satis house by highlighting a contrast between a Victorian Aristocracy class and a Victorian working class, which Pip belongs to. Great Expectations is a Bildungsroma....
Dr jeckyl and Mr hyde essay-How does Athur miller create contrast between jekyle & hyde
How and why does Robert Louis Stevenson create a contrast between Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde? What does this have to say to a modern reader?
Robert Louis Stevenson was born in Edinburgh on November 13, 1850. The novella, ‘The strange case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde,’ was written over a hundred years....
effects of theocracy: The Crucible by Arthur Miller
When you read a play write, such as The Crucible by Arthur Miller, it makes you wonder the different themes it manifests. It shows, betrayal, love, jealousy, etc. The theme that I believe is the most important is the effects of theocracy; because in Salem, religion was the only unity they had for th....
Emerson's Individualism
Emerson's "transcendentalism" is essentially a romantic individualism, a philosophy of life for a new people who had overthrown their colonial governors and set about conquering a new continent, in hopes of establishing new and unique views. Though Emerson is not a traditional philosopher, the tend....
Existentialism at its best
Realism is a literary movement which originated in the United States and Europe in the eighteenth century. It represents the human condition of middle and working-class individuals struggling to survive, often in order to instigate reform. Realism can also be defined as a theory of writing in whi....
Feet
Commentary ‘Feet’
The major ideas that will be examined in this commentary will be the narrator, the subject matter, the themes and the language used to sharpen our understanding of the passage. Our perspective is changed from an emotionally difficult situation by means of different themes and ....
Force of Friendship in Of Mice and Men
The Force of Friendship
Whether or not people choose to recognize it, we have been given a gift unlike any other. What we do with it and how we utilize it is a decision to be made solely by ourselves. You cannot comprehend the true extent of this gift unless you have directly experienced it. It....
Frank O'Connor - my oeidpus complex
My Oedipus Complex
Frank O'Connor is generally regarded as one of the century's great short storywriters. Indeed Yeats remarked of him that he was "doing for Ireland what Chekhov had done for Russia." He chiefly concerned himself with what he called the "literature of submerged population groups"....
Frankenstein
The novel begins in a frame narrative: Robert Walton, the captain of a ship, recounts his adventures through a series of letters to his sister back in England. Walton encounters Victor Frankenstein in the seas near the North Pole and is told his story, and the major part of the novel consists of Fra....
frankenstein vs. the crucible
Compare the theme of justice and the scenes of trial in at least two literary works you have read.
This essay intends to compare the theme of justice and the trial scenes in two literary works which I have read. The books chosen are Mary Shelley´s Frankestein and Arthur Miller´s The Crucible.
....
Frost Poem Analysis
Nathan Waid
Mr. Keeney
A.P. English
Case Study of Frost
Frost wrote many poems in his day. They were about many different topics. They had different rhyme schemes, different syllable patterns, and different meanings. They came in many different sizes also. This is a case study of 16 different....
Garden of Eden Parables: The English Tour of Italy
The drive down to the city of Montalcino may even be enough to understand Italy. Between there, and the neighboring town of Siena, one begins to understand the necessity of a stick shift. The S-curves of the road wind gracefully--unlike their straight and bored counterparts in the New World—and, so....
Glazed Realities
For as long as I can remember, people have always searched for a way to escape. Escaping from one's reality is a form of relief and serenity. The theme of escape is best reflected in The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams. Each character in this story uses escapism in their own, unique way. ....
Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby was written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, published by Charles Scribners Sons, and copyrighted in 1925. The book takes place mostly in a small town near New York known as West Egg during the 1920s.One of the main characters of the novel is the narrator of the book, Nick Carraway. He rel....
Gwen HarwoodÂ’s poetic treatment of age and youth
2006 HSC: to what extent has your personal response to the poetry been shaped by the enduring power of HarwoodÂ’s poetic treatment of age and youth?
Support your evaluation with a close analysis of two poems by Harwood.
Personal response to any text, and particularly poetry, is shaped by many ....
Hamlet
The drama titled “Hamlet, Prince of Denmark” by William Shakespeare is considered to be one of his most well known and most quoted plays. I consider it one of Shakespeare’s finest works in his writing career because of its themes, its characters, its setting and most of all how Shakespeare gets ....
Hamlet
ShakespeareÂ’s Hamlet
William ShakespeareÂ’s Hamlet is a literary work well known by all. Out of all ShakespeareÂ’s literary works this is one of the best and most well known tragedies he has written. The date it was written however has always been debatable. Nevertheless, the work was created som....
Hamlet Analysis Appearance vs reality
Appearance vs Reality
Possibly the best piece of writing ever done by William Shakespeare, Hamlet, is a classic example of a tragedy. In all tragedies the hero suffers, and usually dies at the end. Romeo and Juliet commit suicide, Brutus falls on his sword, and like them Hamlet dies by getting c....
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
J. K. Rowling
April 4, 2006
Purchased at Target
870 Pages
Literary Element- Characterization
When we last left Harry Potter at the end of Book 4, he had just watched a close friend murdered, his arch nemesis restored to power, and his whole school loo....
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
The movie ‘Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban’ is a very interesting, entertaining and imaginative movie. The main character is a boy named Harry Potter who is a wizard. He attends a school called for wizards called ‘Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry’. The type of conflict in this....
Hatred
Friendship and Hatred in A Seperate Peace
The line between friendship and hatred can sometimes be very unclear. Where exactly does one cross over this line? Could it possibly be when one discovers envy within himself for his friend, or is it when he begins to wish he is somewhere other....
Hong Kong Disney
Hong Kong Disneyland opened September 12, 2005. The park is Disney's fifth "Magic Kingdom"- style park, and the company's first theme park in China. It is the 11th park worldwide (the other parks are in France, Japan and the United States). It is by far the smallest Magic Kingdom Park, lacking popu....
Houseman’s “To an Athlete Dying Young”
A. E. Houseman starts his poem “To an Athlete Dying Young” talking about the moment after winning the race. The townspeople carried him on their shoulders and cheered all the way home. In the second stanza, the poet uses the line “Shoulder-high we bring you home” (line 6) in an unusual way to e....
How does John Steinbeck show the theme of loneliness in the novel Of Mice and Men?
The novel Of Mice and Men was written by John Steinbeck and tells the story of George Milton and Lennie Small, two migrant farm workers in California during the great depression. The great depression was a period of time in the 1930s when immigrants all dreamt of a better life in America. The nove....
How Shakespeares Techniques in Hamlet link to the themes
The Revenge Tragedy, Hamlet, by William Shakespeare has rich, varied language which links closely to the themes. Written over 400 hundred years ago Hamlet is the tale of a young princes struggle to revenge his fathers death by killing his uncle. Techniques such as Soliloquies, Patterns of Imagery, ....
How Zeffirelli and Luhrmann interpret Shakespeares opening scene of Romeo and Juliet
For this essay I will be telling you about how both Luhrmann and Zeffirelli interpret the opening of the tragic love story Romeo and Juliet in two different ways. Both Zeffirelli and Luhrmenn interpret this in two different ways. They do this by using the 'ancient grudge' between the two families of....
Hucks view on society in the novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
"Who dah?" This is Jim's first line, which is also the novel's first line of dialogue. It's a good question for Jim to ask
because one of the greatest issues raised in the novel is "who is there" as far as Jim is concerned -- a human being or a piece of property? What makes Huck decide to "go to h....
Iago: Analyse his characterisation in Othello
Write a critical response whereby you analyse the characterisation of Iago.
How does Shakespeare create a vengeful, malicious character in Acts 1 & 2?
From this characterisation, what themes are raised?
From the very beginning of ‘Othello, Iago demonstrates one of the main themes of the play ....
Independent reading assignment
Independent reading assignment
Title of book: “Go Ask Alice”
Sept. 16–Dec. 25
Go Ask Alice opens with issues that are as relevant to teenagers today as they were in the 1960s. Alice is a perceptive, sensitive, and insecu....
Innovations of the Walt Disney Compnay
Abstract
There are several characteristics that a company must have in order to be recognized and noted as an innovative organization. Since the founding of the company more than eight decades ago, the Walt Disney Company has mastered incorporating many aspects of innovation into its business str....
Is Censorship Justified?
Ever wondered the reason behind racial discrimination, sexual discrimination, children committing crime or violence? The main reason is that censorship is not properly imposed or there is a need of censorship in the society. Censorship is the suppression of ideas and information that certain people....
Is It A Chocolate Sale...Or A Chocolate War..??
Chocolate "sale" or.....chocolate "war"? Although you describe this novel as being mainly based on simply the chocolate sale, the correct answer is more like the war of the chocolate sale. Already from the opening page of this exclusive book, where quarterback Jerry Renault is clobbered by a relentl....
Islam: The religion of peace and harmony
Islam, a Religion of Peace, Progress and Harmony
And
The Image of Bangladesh as a Moderate Muslim Nation
1. Introduction.
Never before in the history of mankind was the need for peace and harmony felt so keenly as at the present times. The events of 9/11 in New York, the bomb blast in Madr....
Janaderiya Festival - Tourism in Saudi Arabia
Janaderiya Festival - Tourism in Saudi Arabia
Introduction to Janaderiya
The festivals National Heritage and Culture organized by the National Guard in Janaderiya historic occasion each year in the field of culture and an indication of the deep concern our leadership wise heritage, culture, trad....
Jane Austen
Jane Austen Thesis
Jane Austen is an important writer of the early 1800's that uses her writing to point out the social views of the time. All of Jane Austen's novels seem to have the important themes of social status and romance, or love. In her books Jane Austen points out her views on these....
john donne's "a valadiction: forbidding mourning
John Donne’s “A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning” is a poem from the speaker to a woman that he loves. The speaker must leave, while the woman that he loves must remain at home. This poem is written to provide the speaker’s lover with a type of reassurance that their love will remain strong. The....
John Updike’s “Separating”: A Family in Transition
In John Updike’s “Separating” we witness the emotional impact that the dissolution of a marriage has on a family. The theme of this story centers on family dynamics and how those dynamics are affected in a situation such as divorce or separation. Separating brings to the surface many issues tha....
Lantana Ray Lawrence - Essay
“From your study of the film, what life lessons emerge from Lantana and how are these ideas conveyed to the viewing audience.”
From Ray LawrenceÂ’s text of Lantana emerge life lessons, which are explored by the interpretation of themes presented within the intertwined plot. An exploration of the ....
LAW & ORDER (TV series)
A. AGURTO
CRM325/ Criminal Investigation
Topic: TV series (Law and Order) & Movie (Red Dragon) Synopsis.
Professor: Michael J. Scott.
Criminal investigation is a process in which pieces have to be put together for them to make sense either by obtaining physical evidence or by interviewing....
Lesson by Toni Cade Bambara
The short story "The Lesson" by Toni Cade Bambara is a motivational one for adults as well as children. The theme of the story is analyzing the effects of socioeconomic class differences throughout America, and the way an educated black woman uses her education and experiences to educate the childr....
lit. analysis of the good earth by pearl s. buck
These first three chapters sketch the character of Wang Lung and the circumstances in which he lives. He is a modest farmer, who earns just enough to live on, but not much more. He husbands his resources carefully, and does not like to waste anything. As a peasant, he has no experience beyond the li....
Looking for Alibrandi
Looking for Alibrandi is a film charged with emotional energy. Josephine Alibrandi, a spirited young women coming into the world tries to escape her claustrophobic family traditions, insisting that she can free herself and be the master of her own destiny as she begins a journey of self discovery. T....
Lord of the Flies
Lord of the Flies was written by Wilson Golding and was first published in 1959. It is a novel about a group of kids who were traveling in a plane that crashed on a desert island. It is an adventure story.William Gerald Golding was born on September 19, 1911, in Cornwall, England. His father was a s....
Love: Looks or Words? Romeo and Juliet
"O, speak again bright angel, for thou are as glorious to this night being over my head, as a winged messenger of heaven." These are the words of Romeo as he stands outside of his beloved Juliet's bedroom. Having fallen in love at first sight, Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet set the stage for the ....
Luck, free will, fate, and a search for true happiness
Candide by Voltaire, just like VirgilÂ’s Aeneid, HomerÂ’s Iliad, and even ShakespeareÂ’s Romeo and Juliet are stories that are closely related, given the fact that all of them present issues regarding fate versus free will, luck and the accomplishment of ultimate contentment. Luck, many would say is....
Lucky Winner: Irony Shirley Jackson ‘The Lottery”
Shirley Jackson’s short story “The Lottery” portrays an annual event that has been a tradition as old as the town itself. Mary Kittredge describes “The Lottery” as “a beautifully imagined, sparely and gracefully day on a lovely June morning, the citizens of a tranquil village gather in the tow....
MalibuÂ’s Most Wanted (2003) & Bulworth (1998)
MalibuÂ’s Most Wanted (2003) & Bulworth (1998)
These two films are very much similar because they contain similar social themes as well as racial ones. Racial prejudice is very much an important medium for the message in both movies. Although both movies contain laugh out loud, outright humor, t....
Mass Hysteria in The Crucible
Mass hysteria is a major reaction to the breakdown of a society. Mass hysteria is a condition in which large groups of people exhibit the same state of violent mental agitation. One example of mass hysteria can be found during the Middle Ages. 1347 through 1352 was a time of death and despair. The b....
me and the terrible two by ellen conford
The story took place in a small town somewhere in the Western Hemisphere.
Main Characters and their characteristics
Dorrie Kimball
A girl who was left by her best friend which is now having trouble with her new neighbors. Chairperson of their classroom committee for the Book Week.
Marlene Dre....
Medicine Man
“The Medicine Man”
The Medicine Man is a movie that is about a doctor who is racing against time to find a cure for the disease of the century, “Cancer”. The movie also does a very good job of explaining the five themes of geography. The themes of geography include Location, Region, Human-Env....
Menace II Society Review
Directed by twin brothers, Allen and Albert Hughes, “Menace II Society” portrays the violent summer of 1993, as experienced by African-American men in the projects of Watts, California. This paper displays how “Menace II Society” portrays how the absence of a positive father figure in the lives....
Merchant of Venice
The Merchant of Venice is a play both about love and hate. Shakespeare illustrates the theme of hate most prominently through the prejudices of both Christians and Jews and their behaviour towards one another. The theme of love is shown amongst the Christians, in the love of friendship and marital l....
Merchant of venice - contemporary themes
Explore the important themes of the merchant of Venice and the ways in which Shakespeare portrays them
In the play, the merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare, themes evident include that of human relationships, anti-Semitism and Monetary importance. Shakespeare weaves these reoccurring themes....
Michael Longely
Michael Longley is an Irish poet from Northern Ireland. As a poet Longley would at first seem to be in an almost Dr. Jackal and Mr. Hyde scenario. He writes his poems in two different personas. One is used for the tranquil poems such as â€~Carrigskeewaunâ€TM. In these poems....
Michael Morpurgo Kensukes Kingdom
“Kensuke’s Kingdom” Personal Study
Michael Morpurgo, “Kensuke’s Kingdom” describes the different states the relationship between Michael and Kensuke goes through to develop the thematic development of a parent and child relationship. The theme of a parent and child relationship has been appli....
Michelangelo
Michelangelo
<~His Life and Times~>
His Life and Times
He worked from a scaffold, on his back, with paint dripping into his face and eyes, and muscle cramps in his extended arm and his back. He seldom stopped to eat, munching instead on a piece of stale bread he took to the scaffold with him. A....
Micro Economics
Micro Economics and Macro Economics:
Micro economics is the concept of individual economy that is individual consumption, individual investment and individual savings where as Macro Economics deals with the economic behavior as a whole. As for example, national income, GDP, GN....
Moral decay in The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby is a story of the ill-fated love between a man and a woman set in 1922 America. There are several prominent themes running throughout the story including dreams and honesty. However, the most pervasive theme in The Great Gatsby is moral decay. In fiction, honesty is usually a reflec....
Most Dangerous Game
Richard Connell, a well known novelist and playwright, is the author if the short story, "The Most Dangerous Game" which has proven to be a literary masterpiece. Its first edition was published in 1924 by Collier's Weekly and won the O. Henry Memorial Prize. "The Most Dangerous Game&....
Most Important Theme of The Great Gatsby
In The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald there are many themes such as time and honesty (or the lack there of), but out of all of these themes the most important is dreams. The theme of dreams covers so much of the storyÂ’s main ideas (such as the deterioration of the American dream, time and dish....
My Nanna
HOLLAND, PARIS AND BELGIUM TRIP
It was Wednesday 17th June 2002. Finally the day had come. The feeling of excitement and anticipation was overwhelming. I had been picked just over six months beforehand. I was going to Holland, Paris and Belgium with my school. One whole week with all my frie....
“My Papa’s Waltz”: Theodore Roethke’s personal story
Waltzes are not technically difficult dance, and they are set to lighthearted, easily accessible music. It is a dance filled with swift gliding turns and a smooth gliding beat. A dance is said to bring two people closer together, as it did in Theodore Roethke’s “My Papa’s Waltz”. Roethke’s p....
One ASEAN at the heart of dynamic Asia
ONE ASEAN AT THE HEART OF DYNAMIC ASIA
The world has become increasingly globalised where countries seek to escalate their common influence by promoting regionalism. Asia is the largest continent in the world and Southeast Asia itself has become one of the regions with highest socioeconomic growt....
One Hundred Years of Solitude
One Hundred Years of Solitude narrates the inseparability of the past, present and future in the imaginary town of Macondo, Columbia and the folks who established it, the Buendias. Macondo used to be secluded from the outside world but during a time-span of one hundred years that was joined by birth....
othello by william shakespeare
In all of ShakespeareÂ’s great novels there are many experiences, tragic or otherwise that one can learn from. ShakespeareÂ’s novel Othello is not an exception this rule. Throughout Othello there are many examples of mistakes made by the characters that a reader can learn fr....
Plainsong
PLAINSONG
By Kent Haruf
In the book Plainsong by Kent Haruf, the story proves the phrase “no man is an island”; it shows you that whether or not you want to be, you are dependent on others. Throughout the book you see the constant theme of people realizing that you can’t always make i....
postmodernism in english literature
Postmodernism as a literary trend appeared in 1970s. Their concept of the world differs greatly from the previous ones.
- Postmodernism worked out the principles of new historism. All historical facts are false. The history is what we imagine about it.
- After all the catastrophes of the 20th ce....
Prejudice
Prejudice is the act of separating two distinct things by sex, age, culture, etc. in a negative manner. The three essential characters, who, in reality, are innocent, are victims of prejudice in Maycomb County. In the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, the three mockingbirds, Boo Radley,....
Pride and prejudice - reality inside the fiction
Pride and prejudice was first published in the early 19th century. With the impact of the industrial revolution, the 1800s was a time of change in England. Even though pride and prejudice is a novel, we are able to see the imprint of the reality almost everywhere. However, Jane Auste....
Pride and Prejudice - reality inside the fiction
Pride and prejudice was first published in the early 19th century. With the impact of the industrial revolution, the 1800s was a time of change in England. Even though pride and prejudice is a novel, we are able to see the imprint of the reality almost everywhere. However, Jane Auste....
Puerto Rican Artists
Latin America
September 20, 2005
Exploring Art and Artists in
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico today is caught between two diverse cultures and is constantly under scrutiny and judgement of visitors with only a scant understanding of the island and its people. Outsiders and especially mainland Americ....
Raymond Carver's
Read Raymond Carver’s “Cathedral”. What are the narrator’s tone and voice like? What do they reveal about him? Compare this to the blind man’s voice. Examine how the conversation between the two draw out the themes of the story. Raymond Carver (1938-1988)
In Cathedral, we see a man who is....
Ripping Emotions in ShakespeareÂ’s Hamlet
In ShakespeareÂ’s Hamlet, the young prince Hamlet suffers from an internal conflicting as he is forced to decide whether to do the right thing or immediately obtain revenge upon his uncle Claudius. All throughout the play Hamlet is in a constant struggle with deciding whether to act on behalf of the....
Roald Dahl: Author Study Project
Roald Dahl
Illustrated By: Quentin Blake
GeorgeÂ’s Marvelous Medicine
The Enormous Crocodile
Most Scrumdiddlyumptious Storyteller
Article by: John Keats
BY: Moinuddin Tinwala
Table of Content
1. Thesis StatementÂ…Â…Â…Â…Â…Â…Â…Â…Â…Â…Â…Â…Â…Â…Â…Â…Â…Â…..Page 1
2. Biographical par....
Robert Browning
Robert Browning is an author in which very few people have heard about. During his later years he was often referred to as Elizabeth BarrettÂ’s husband. You can learn more about his background and how his life influenced his literary career in the field of poetry, as evident in the poem “PaulineÂ....
Robert Browning
Robert Browning
Robert BrowningÂ’s poetry was some of the greatest written during the Victorian Era of literature. His style was mainly composed of the dramatic monologue, the style that he is most famous for. The major themes he included in his poetry were corruption, success, insanity, and love....
Robinson Crusoe
Robinson Crusoe was written by Daniel Defoe. The novel was firstpublished in 1719. It tells the story of a young explorer who becomes maroonedon a deserted island. His experiences of the island change his outlook on life. Daniel Defoe was a short story writer that came from an poor family.Defoe ....
Romeo and Juliet - the dramatic significance of Act 1 Scene 5
Romeo and Juliet is a play by William Shakespeare concerning the fate of two young lovers who would do anything to be together. It is, perhaps, the most famous of his plays and undoubtedly the most famous love story in Western history. In this essay I am going to show that Act One Scene Five is on....
Satire, Irony and Humor in Romantic Comedies
Romantic stories typically inflict strong emotions and allow the viewer to relate the incidences of the plot to their own lives. Rarely are romantic plots devised with the primary intent to be satirical, humorous or ironic, however these are key secondary devices, which impress interest upon the vi....
Save the Last Dance
This movie was off the hook! First of all, these are the type of movies that should be known to mankind. Save the Last Dance, is a blend of love and romance with a little piece of hate crimes, racism, and of course most definitely violence. Well to tell you the truth, most of the people dont like lo....
Save the Last Dance
The movie, Save the Last Dance, goes along with all of our discussions and conversations about the visual difference between the black and white cultures and the stereotyping that Hollywood does of the two cultures. The movie shows the difference in the two cultures, according to Hollywood.you have....
Scarlet Letter: Movie Vs. Novel
Films of this age are often criticized for lacking ‘substance’ and compensate for this discrepancy with explosions and elaborate camera work. Books, on the other hand, demand a bit more respect from the general public. Many believe that concocting a script is an unsophisticated mode of writing....
Schinder's List
SchindlerÂ’s List
Book Report
By: Kevin Hill
Part 1.
A. Plot
The plot of the story SchindlerÂ’s List is about a greedy war profiteer who learns what is becoming of the Jewish race and starts a factory to save them by buying them from the Nazis to work there for food and shelter.
Sc....
Shakespeares sonnets
Introduction
Shakespeare's sonnets are a collection of 154 poems that deal with such themes as love, beauty, and mortality. The Sonnets were written over a number of years, possibly beginning in the early 1590s.
In a Shakesperean sonnet, poets often divide its 14 lines into 3 quatrains, followed....
shakespears sonnets
ShakespeareÂ’s Sonnets
The theme that is running throughout ShakespeareÂ’s, The Sonnets starts from the first sonnet and is worked throughout the rest of the book in all the sonnets. To waste self-consumption and virtue is the idea that Shakespeare touches on by using many different literary te....
Shall I Compare Thee To A Summers Day
William Shakespeare's eighteenth sonnet, Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day? is one of his most famous sonnets. Shakespeare's eighteenth sonnet compares his beloved subject to a 'summer's day' but it is about an unrequited love. The theme of love is present throughout the sonnet; however it may ....
Silver Wing
Silver Wing
The setting of this book takes place somewhere farther up north, but gradually travels to the south. The time of this book is unsure, but it seems to be in or near the present. The plot of this book is basically about a bat who gets separated from his colony and has to make his way d....
Smirnoff Naturalz Marketing plan
Marketing plan
Smirnoff Naturalz
Smirnoff Naturalz is an alcoholic beverage with an assortment of exceptional natural flavors. The beverage will have a much lower calorie count and carbohydrates.
I. Mission and purpose
Smirnoff Naturalz is a product extension of Smirnoff inc. Smirn....
Spinsterhood in Nineteenth Century America
Reflecting on her single life, Catharine Sedgwick wrote in her diary: "I certainly think a happy marriage the happiest condition of human life ... [I]t is the high opinion of its capabilities which has perhaps kept me from adventuring in it."(n1) This entry epitomizes the seemingly paradoxical conne....
Stephen King
Stephen Edwin King is one of today's most popular and best selling writers. King combines the elements of psychological thrillers, science fiction, the paranormal, and detective themes into his stories. In addition to these themes, King sticks to using great and vivid detail that is set in a r....
Streetcar Named DEsire Critical Essay
February 26, 2006
Streetcar Named Desire- Critical Essay
Melissa Beaudoin
1. Write down and look up any words for which you do not know the meaning.
Prefaced: preliminary statement or essay introducing a book that explains its scope, intention, or background and is usually written by the auth....
Summary On John Steinbecks short story flight
The theme of John Steinbeck's short story "Flight" is based on a mestiso man named Pepe Torres . Pepe Torres is the oldest of Mama Torres's three children . Unlike Rosy and Emilio , his sister and brother , Pepe has no responsibility he is lazy and does not fish much . Instead , he spends ....
Synopsis: Much Ado About Nothing
Much Ado About Nothing shares a theme common to Shakespearean Comedy: a romance is disrupted, but love triumphs. However, unlike such earlier works as The Two Gentlemen of Verona and A Midsummer Night's Dream, this play is a comedy of character, rather than of situation; its major development—the d....
The American Dream
The American Dream; a Reality
“Now, I say to you today my friends, even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream. I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its cree....
The American Dream in The Death of a Salesman
The impending failure of the American dream was as much on the consciousness of Americans in the 1950’s as national security is today. This fear came about as a result of the Depression that was just recently ended by a world war. Also communism was seen as the new enemy – which was the anti-thes....
The Bean Trees
This is my second book report which I chose to do on the book, The Bean Trees, written by Barbara Kingslover. I loved this book about a young woman in the 1980’s named “Taylor Greer”, but in the beginning of the novel was called Marietta. Taylor was stuck in a no good town where nothing would bec....
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