Essays Tagged: "fictional"

Hamlet and Gertrude, love or hate

uation would be enough to bring great depression to even the strongest of souls but for Hamlet, the fictional prince of Denmark in Shakespeare's play of the same name, this is not his imagination but ...

(4 pages) 97 0 4.4 Jan/1996

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

A Watership Down by Richard Adams. This essay compares the functions of the rabbits to those functions of our society, making it more than a children's story.

originally created for the author's children on a car trip to Stratford. The story is not merely a fictional adventure created for children though. It has many aspects that reflect the modern world, ...

(3 pages) 97 1 4.2 Mar/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Eddie Vedder is a Vampire?

iric state. Either he has become a vampire, he believes himself to be a vampire, or he is leading a fictional double life, from which he draws inspiration for his lyrics.What exactly is a vampire? Num ...

(7 pages) 48 1 3.4 Jul/1997

Subjects: Art Essays > Music History & Studies > Performers & Composers

book burning and censorship in Ray Bradbury's futuristic fiction "Fahrenheit 451"

breed to believe thatbooks are evil things. However, just as in all situations of this kind real or fictional, there is acertain spark misssing in life. We see it in George Orwell's 1984 and we also s ...

(3 pages) 146 1 4.2 Jan/1995

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

This essay was written about George Orwell's novel 1984. It has a small biography, a synopsis, theme, structural feature, literary merit, and 3 references

, and achieved successes as abrilliant writer.2. SynopsisThe novel takes place in a theoretical and fictional dystopiantotalitarian society. The story begins in London on April 4, 1984after an atomic ...

(4 pages) 138 0 4.8 May/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

"The Andromeda Strain" by Michael Crichton, a science fiction book

The Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton is a science fiction book aboutthe fictional 'first crisis' in the biological field. The book starts out bypointing out that technology ...

(4 pages) 79 0 4.6 May/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

"One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest" by Kesey. A bitter commentary on the condition of the American society

shes this theme through the brilliant manipulation of setting. Kesey uses the specific setting of a fictional mental asylum to represent the non-specific realities of the real world. The literary term ...

(6 pages) 111 0 5.0 Feb/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

The Life and Works of Charles Dickens

g up in a poor family or having the life of a pauper in a big city. In these tales, though at times fictional, Dickens seems to portray his life as a child through his books. The time period about whi ...

(9 pages) 144 2 5.0 Dec/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Charles Dickens

Reader Response to "Canterbury Tales" by Chaucer

In his prologue, Geoffrey Chaucer introduces all of the characters who are involved in this fictional journey and who will tell the tales. One of the more interesting of the characters include ... t is today, and he was simply giving the people an ideal character to admire. He never intended his fictional star to be interpreted as a reality, and he was only giving his readers what they wanted. ...

(3 pages) 59 0 3.0 Nov/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > "Canterbury Tales" by Geoffrey Chaucher

General George A. Custer comparred to one of his soldiers.

as viciously ambushed by Indians for no apparent reason. During elementary school we are taught the fictional side of history, the history that made Americans great. We have to do our own research to ...

(7 pages) 57 0 4.7 Apr/1996

Subjects: History Term Papers

General George A. Custer comparred to one of his soldiers, Frank Finkel

as viciously ambushed by Indians for no apparent reason. During elementary school we are taught the fictional side of history, the history that made Americans great. We have to do our own research to ...

(7 pages) 37 0 3.0 Apr/1996

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Essay on Themes Presented in Song Lyrics: Lord of the Flies by William Golding (Please ask for me to e-mail the original if you like it, as most errors in it are caused by the website).

procrastination, and societal decline.Corrupt leadership is a common theme, encountered not only in fictional realities, but those of the world that we are confined within day-to-day. Chapter eight pr ...

(4 pages) 62 0 1.9 Jun/2002

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Language Studies > Writing

"Civil Disobedience" vs "Huck Finn" (a contrast between authors and ideas)

rnment. Mark Twain was another writer during a somewhat later time period than Thoreau. Twain was a fictional writer, however his stories were based upon real life ideas and experiences. In on of his ...

(2 pages) 84 0 3.7 Jun/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors

The effects and Implications of Sin in The Scarlet Letter: This is an essay about how sin effected the different characters in The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne.

is story deals with problems of secret sin and the guilt of a tortured conscience. Hawthorne uses a fictional symbol and a fictional woman to weave a tale with ageless significance. The Scarlet Letter ...

(3 pages) 246 1 4.3 Sep/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne

This is an essay about the symbolism regarding the roles of Women In Ralph Ellison's 'Invisible Man'.

ole of the Invisible man's victim. For example, the Sybil character is literally trying to create a fictional role-playing situation of the rapist and his victim. The stripper's role at the smoker was ...

(6 pages) 131 0 4.0 Oct/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

How does Robinson Crusoe recall and represent his younger self to an imagined reader?'

The story of Robinson Crusoe although a fictional tale is rooted through the experiences of Alexander Selkirk and various other contributors ... t contains realms of social, moral and theological ideas as well as parts Defoe's life and Crusoe's fictional life. Even though the twenty-eight years Crusoe spends on his island appear to mimic in so ...

(5 pages) 70 0 4.3 Nov/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Bless Me Ultima, Rudolfo Anaya

hat the main character, Antonio, feels and you see what he sees. The book goes from being a normal, fictional reading to an actual experience through the author's eyes. You can't help but wonder if wh ... mbine to make a literary masterpiece. The many realistic aspects of this novel balance out the very fictional aspects to make the reading more believable. When you can feel all of the different emotio ...

(2 pages) 69 0 5.0 Nov/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Nella Larsen's novel "Quicksand" defies any stereotypes about black women during the Harlem Renaissance.

life, yet is constantly unsatisfied with her available roles. I was personally offended when this fictional woman, Helga Crane, was given opportunity after opportunity, first a decent job at a well- ...

(4 pages) 78 0 4.6 Dec/2002

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Women's Studies

The Nine-Year-Old He Carried: Linda's role in Tim O'Brien's They Things They Carried.

oldiers like himself in the Vietnam War. Though the reader learns that the majority of the story is fictional, the overall message is powerful. To achieve this, O'Brien uses a mix of narratives, perso ...

(6 pages) 186 1 4.5 Dec/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

Analysis of STORY OF AN HOUR by Kate Choplin

In 1894, Kate Chopin wrote, "The Story of an Hour." In this fictional tale the author describes the experience of Louise Mallard, a woman with heart trouble, im ...

(5 pages) 341 0 5.0 Jan/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers