Essays Tagged: "attributes"

Gwendolyn Brooks

mitations imposed by prejudice. These aspects, such as strength and finesse, are among Brooks great attributes. Worthy of exploration, Brooks powerful and haunting techniques can be separated and expl ... mitations imposed by prejudice. These aspects, such as strength and finesse, are among Brooks great attributes. Worthy of exploration, Brooks powerful and haunting techniques can be separated and expl ...

(9 pages) 132 1 3.9 Nov/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry

Letter as a dramatic device in King Lear

in his play King Lear. The purpose of the letter is to develop the plot and reveal the characters' attributes. Three letters help to develop the plot and reveal the characters of Edmund, Gloucester, ...

(2 pages) 45 0 3.6 Mar/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare

Drama: An Unforgettable Setting

relating to each other, the chosen actor will take on the role of the fortunate friend, suggesting attributes of common magnitude. The actor picked for Adam Pangie will be John Malkovich, the actor f ...

(2 pages) 55 0 4.7 Sep/1996

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

Seinfeld

e that Seinfeld takes the term sitcom to another level. This is accomplished by exhibiting the many attributes of the show. Seinfeld contains many characteristics of a great situational comedy.The rea ...

(2 pages) 253 4 4.1 Oct/1996

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies

Realists/Naturalists in Literature: Cather, Crane, Twain, and James

ing half of the story, Rosicky's doctor informs him his heart is not in the shape it used to be. He attributes this to the amount of time Rosicky spends in his fields, working as a farmer. When Rosick ...

(4 pages) 197 0 4.4 Mar/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors > Mark Twain

Pakistan/Research paper outlining general information on the country. Got an A on it.

PakistanThe rich, cultural history and the domestic location are interesting attributes that Pakistan has to offer.Pakistan's history is full of culture. For example, although P ...

(3 pages) 346 5 4.2 Apr/2002

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

The Defining of a Nation

ssible to give a few characteristics that, to me, provide meaning to my country.One of the greatest attributes of America is the people that populate its vast lands. From the beginning of America's yo ...

(4 pages) 70 0 4.8 Jan/1996

Subjects: Law & Government Essays

Old Testament Vs. Hellenic Text Divine Intervention

he range and complexity in human affairs that these interventions occur have similar, yet different attributes. Both texts describe divine intervention as a way of explaining 'why things happen(ed) an ...

(4 pages) 64 0 3.4 Dec/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Christianity

My search for a meaningful existence

ry recently, I was not consciously aware that I was guilty of having any of these wholly pejorative attributes, because I had unconsciously suppressed my inherent will to attain a meaningful existence ... ry recently, I was not consciously aware that I was guilty of having any of these wholly pejorative attributes, because I had unconsciously suppressed my inherent will to attain a meaningful existence ...

(19 pages) 453 0 3.3 Oct/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy

"The Painted Door" by Sinclair Ross

o, the denouements of short stories frequently remain inconclusive and unfulfilled. Together, these attributes add to the action and intriguing character of this genre of literature.An essential eleme ... en. It is unclear whether she is awake or dreaming. The spectre of John then appears. At first, Ann attributes this to a dream, because she knows that the house is completely isolated. Then, she is pr ...

(4 pages) 173 0 4.3 Oct/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

The Old. A literary analysis of Hemingway's "A Clean Well Lighted Place"

l a character's personality. In the short story, A Clean, Well-Lighted Place, Hemingway exposes the attributes of his characters through narration and dialogue. The older waiter's characteristics are ...

(2 pages) 100 0 4.3 Jan/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors > Ernest Hemingway

Personal Views About Stereo Typing

actice, one looks at a other, and begins to make generalizations about any physical or intellectual attributes one may possess, and then classes them into a certain category. Adopting stereotype ideas ...

(6 pages) 199 2 4.2 Oct/1997

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community

The Ideal American. A philosophical essay relating Malcom X's teachings to the average american

gative. A gas guzzling, beer drinking, loud, and highly violent culture are some of the more common attributes dumped on America. It's the mass murders, militia standoffs, and government scandals that ... orally pure, or patriotic.for being the morally pure, upstanding American citizen. Instead, certain attributes of his life and it's effects, qualifies him as a different type of an ideal American.Whil ...

(7 pages) 174 0 4.5 Apr/1997

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy

Devolpment of Desire. Comparision between Odyssey, Beowulf, Knight in the Cart

throughout literature, has a direct relationship with the development of western civilization. The attributes a warrior holds, fall respectively with the attributes that each society held as valuable ... .Sir Lancelot becomes the final touch to the evolution of the warrior. He is a warrior with all the attributes of the warriors before him. He has the skill of Odysseus with control of his emotions, th ...

(14 pages) 97 0 4.4 Dec/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Are Criminals Born or made

father of Modern Criminology', Cesare Lombroso believed that particular physical characteristics or attributes could predict criminality, creating a 'born' criminal. This was, he theorised, a result o ... en has been furnished to us by anOceanic idiom. "In the first volume Lombroso mentions the physical attributes of the born criminal, but in the second volume he wrote of certain analogies, which he be ...

(8 pages) 561 3 4.3 Sep/2002

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law

how female characters in the Odyssey are important and help the story progress

d a profound effect on the plot. They wielded their influence through typically feminine skills and attributes: seduction, supernatural powers, intelligence, and beauty. Some of the women of The Odyss ...

(5 pages) 228 3 3.7 Oct/2002

Subjects: Humanities Essays

This reviews Didion's characterization of the Santa Ana winds in her essay "The Los Angles Notebook."

iction. Didion also justifies her characterization through the structure and tone of her essay. She attributes the acts of individuals all over the world on the effects of wind. She claims that certai ...

(2 pages) 41 0 3.6 Oct/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors

Gender Roles in "The Tree of Red Stars".

to Magda's character.In her critical study The Fiction of Sex, Rosalind Miles lays out some of the attributes of traditional masculine and feminine roles. For women, these attributes include: sensiti ...

(6 pages) 55 0 3.0 Nov/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > World Literature

A Biographical View of "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott

ards Victorian societal ideals are demonstrated, as well as the similarities and differences of the attributes she gives to the novel's characters and to the actual members of her family.One of the mo ... ected male confidant who encouraged and admired her writing abilities and who valued the many noble attributes she had to offer. The older German professor seems to fit this role for Jo, perhaps a rol ...

(7 pages) 56 0 5.0 Dec/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

"Love is Not All: It is Not Meat Nor Drink," a sonnet by Edna St. Vincent Millay - Explicated

scheme. The persona conveys what things love is not in the first six lines. The persona states the attributes that love lacks; that it cannot protect, shelter, or nourish the human body. We think we ...

(3 pages) 170 0 2.8 Dec/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Poetry