Essays Tagged: "Isabel Allende"

"And of Clay We are Created" by Isabel Allende.

dAnd of Clay We Are CreatedMagical realism is reality mixed with a touch of non-reality. This makes Isabel Allende's stories interesting and unique. Magical realism consists of many characteristics of ... ics of which are identified in "And of Clay We Are Created."Although some might not consider one of Isabel Allende's stories "And of Clay We Are Created" to be a magical realism story, many factors pr ...

(2 pages) 50 0 4.3 Dec/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > World Literature

This paper is on "The Judge's Wife" it is about two close knit families, are broken because a conflict reflecting personal value breaks these ties.

Close Knit FamilyIn Isabel Allende's short story, "The Judge's Wife" the idea of family togetherness seems to be a main ... , as well, and his action will become a catalyst for destroying both families.The first family that Isabel Allende introduces the reader to is the family of Judge Hildago, which consists of his wife, ... of life and death, but one should do whatever he/she can to help one another out.Work CitedAllende, Isabel. "The Judge's Wife". Literature and the Writing Process.Elizabeth McMahan, Susan X Day, and R ...

(3 pages) 73 0 1.0 Dec/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Discuss how the composer uses techniques in order to portray a physical journey to the responder with reference to IMmigrant CHronicles by Peter Skryznecki and 3 other related texts

urneys over Land and Sea from Voyages, A Smithsonian Libraries Exhibition and City of the Beasts by Isabel Allende it is clear that they all show the way in which we are able to gain and develop our k ... eral hundred years ago, are worthwhile in increasing our knowledge.The novel, City of the Beasts by Isabel Allende, is a bildungsroman for the protagonist, Alex Cold. As Alex embarks upon his journey ...

(7 pages) 173 0 3.0 May/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > World Literature

This is an essay regarding the theme of symbolism in Rosario Ferre's work The Youngest Doll. The specific theme is the use of dolls as a representation of women.

shows this with the dolls as well, the author believes women to be held down by society.2. Isabel Allende uses magical realism throughout "The Little Heidelberg," to enrich the theme of love ...

(2 pages) 29 0 4.5 May/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > World Literature

Hortensia's Decision

d us interacts. We follow the common saying, "Monkey see, monkey do." In "If You Touched my Heart," Isabel Allende uses the character's personal backgrounds and upbringings also adding the society the ... t to drive her to be with Amadeo because he was the only one who never loved her at all.In the end, Isabel Allende shows how Hortensia and Amadeo through their upbringings justified how they acted tow ...

(3 pages) 13 0 0.0 Nov/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Discussing symbolism in the "lesson" by Toni Cade Bambara, And of Clay are we created by Isabel Allende and Hills like white elephant by Ernest Hemingway.

s a device that evokes more than a literal meaning from a person, object, image or word. The author Isabel Allende in his short story, "And of Clay are we created," Toni Cade Bambara in "The lesson" a ...

(4 pages) 49 0 3.0 May/2005

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

"Vendetta" and "The Schoolteachers Guest"

sonal forces with the way the two women got their revenge."The Schoolteachers Guest" was written by Isabel Allende and was set in Agua Santa, in the south of America, in the early 1800's. In the schoo ...

(16 pages) 41 0 5.0 Mar/2006

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > World Literature

"House of the Spirits": The importance of Esteban Trueba in the novel.

House of the Spirits was a powerful novel set in a Hispanic world written by Isabel Allende. The overall story is about three generations of extraordinary women, their life stor ...

(2 pages) 35 0 4.3 May/2006

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

The comparison between "The House of Spirits" by Isabel Allende and "The Hero of our Time" by Mikhail Lermontov

Esteban Trueba, from "The House of the Spirits" by Isabel Allende, and Pechorin, from "A Hero of Our Time" by Mikhail Lermontov, both appear to be Byro ... le to change their lifestyle and attitude. It can't be helped of how they react in their situations.Isabel Allende and Mikhail Lermontov uses characterization of Pechorin and Esteban in order to show ...

(5 pages) 26 0 3.0 May/2006

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > World Literature

Role of Fate in 'The House of the Spirits' by Isabel Allende and 'The Chronicles of a Death Foretold'by Gabriel Garcia Marquez.

consequence, it is fate. Fate plays a very distinct and vital role in 'The House of the Spirits' by Isabel Allende and 'The Chronicles of a Death Foretold' by Gabriel Garcia Marquez.On the first insig ...

(6 pages) 49 0 4.2 Jun/2006

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > World Literature

Comparison: "The House Of the Spirits" and "The Outsider"

The two novels that I will compare in this literary essay will be "The House Of the Spirits",by Isabel Allende, and "The Outsider", by Albert Camus. In "The House Of The Spirits", there are many t ...

(4 pages) 27 1 2.3 Aug/2006

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > World Literature

Travel to Chile

of how little I really comprehended of myself before I came here.In her memoir My Invented Country, Isabel Allende writes, "In my case, [nostalgia is] not so much wanting to live in Chile as it is the ...

(3 pages) 10 0 5.0 Feb/2007

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

The roles of domineering heads

They are both domineering. They are both oppressive. They are both despotic. Esteban Trueba, in Isabel Allende's The House of the Spirits, and Mama Elena, in Laura Esquivel's Like Water for Chocol ... Esteban and she dies, and later disappears still mean and controlling as usual.Works Cited Allende, Isabel. The House of the Spirits. Trans. Magda Bogin. New York: Bantam Books, 1982.Esquival, ...

(4 pages) 13 0 0.0 Feb/2008

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

Comparing Greed Allende And Garcia Marquez

ive Essay The House of the Spirits No One Writes To the Colonel The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende and No One Writes To the Colonel by Garcia Marquez are stories of many similarities. ...

(6 pages) 6 0 0.0 Feb/2008

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

La búsqueda de poder y sus consecuencias

nada de unas personas. La dictadura que describen Bárbara Délano en ?Presuntamente? y Isabel Allende en La casa de los espíritus tiene su raíz en la búsqueda del pod ... cute;rquez 341) Esto es un pequeño ejemplo de la dictadura en una escala grande que describe Isabel Allende y Bárbara Délano y es cierto que está en el camino a la dictadur ...

(4 pages) 12 0 1.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Poetry

Short Story Analysis: "The Judge's Wife" by Isabel Allende

Short Story Analysis: "The Judge's Wife" by Isabel AllendeLife is full of unexpected surprises and sometimes we can find ourselves in unpredicta ... uld you do? Would you run, hide or fight the armed gang members? Casilda, the main character of the Isabel Allende's story "The Judge's wife", the young woman stuck between life and death, did not hav ... children. She prayed and waited, she found the solution.Even though it sounds scary and thrilling, Isabel Allende did not write a detective story, she created a beautiful and extraordinary story abou ...

(4 pages) 32 0 5.0 Oct/2008

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Poems & Short Stories

The Schoolteacher's Guest

about murder the writer is really trying to write about the community and how it works. The author, Isabel Allende, focuses more on dealing with politics, history and social institutions. I think the ...

(3 pages) 14 0 0.0 Oct/2009

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

The Strength of Women in One Hundred Years of Solitude and the House of the Spirits

th of women in One Hundred Years of Solitude and The House of the SpiritsGabriel Garcia Marquez and Isabel Allende both give women strong leadership roles in their novels, as in One Hundred Years of S ... it takes for women to be fully able to run their households and their families.Works CitedAllende, Isabel. The House of the Sprits. Trans. Magda Bogin. New York, New York: The Dial Press, 2005.Marque ...

(7 pages) 23 0 0.0 Jun/2010

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > World Literature > Authors