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A Comparison between the Benjy & Quentin sections of The Sound & the Fury.
... , lost touch with the reality of the world around them and became lost in a haze of self-absorption. This self- ... the grounding for these beliefs. The Civil War and Reconstruction devastated many of these once-great Southern families economically, socially, ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American
Forces of Corruption in "The Great Gatsby" by Fitzgerald
... reality of the obsession he allows to corrupt his life. Gatsby's character is probably the single most important factor in the story of ... is his obsession with a woman of Daisy's nature. Determined to marry her after returning from the war, he is blind to ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald
A biography of John Greenleaf Whittier and an analyzation of his writing styles and one Poem in Particular, "Telling the Bees"
... reality of the inevitability of death." Whittier observes the eternal cycle of nature, but treats the bees as symbols of immunity to the pains of ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Poetry
'Eighteenth century literature is united in its common concern with the meaning of virtue in a changing world.' Statements relevance to Pope's 'The Rape of the Lock' and Richardson's 'Pamela'
... consider the reality of Pamela's unfailing virtue and whether it is just a ploy in manipulating Mr. B. The only view of Pamela ... changing from what was commonly known due to the end of the Civil War and the Glorious Revolution. These texts were a reflection ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American
William Golding's "Lord of the Flies".
... of the irony in Lord of the Flies. The dead parachutist, a casualty of war, served to show a meaning of confusion in the book. After the start of ... of the Flies, Golding depicted irony throughout the story with the boys on the island to serve as a reality ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American
The essay is on Charles Dickens' novel, "A Tale of Two Cities". It describes the theme, "People must retore into a new life by sacrificing, instead of follwing the path of hatred and murder."
... creating the reality of hell. Yet they can transform all of that and try to find harmony in the midst of war. To ... Madame Defarge and the revolutionaries corrupted themselves and adulterated each of their lives in France. Meanwhile through love Dr. Manette' ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors
Literary Analysis of "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald the author utilizes symbolism and the characters of his novel to portray the hollow nature of the upper class.
... . To live with the harsh realities of the world, Daisy wishes that her child would never know of them. Thus, never hurt by ... War before the Depression, when the United States was in a boom. The novel features a group of people who reside in the outskirts of ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Analysis of "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge"
... on the setting if they do not know historical facts and years of war times. Other than that, the story is clear and concise. It is ... The flashback may make the story seem a little longer, but in reality it all happens very quickly. The story is written in a ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American
Research Essay on Crane's Maggie a Girl of the Streets
... now grown to be quite attractive, even amidst her harsh reality of poverty and abuse. She is quiet and kind, keeping to ... continues to affect millions of children each day. One example of an extreme case of poverty is Germany after World War II. The people ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American
How did T. S. Eliot's "The Journey of the Magi" and "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" reveal some of the major concerns of its context?
... reality of life. Prufrock's obsession with triviality, pretentious concern for image and inability to engender love is a reflection of Modernism which believed the decline of ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Poetry