Essays Tagged: "young woman"

"Paper Pills" by Sherwood Anderson

falling in-love. The story begins with a description of Doctor Reefy and a brief description of the young woman. Then he tells the reader about the "twisted apples" (71)that represent doctor Reefy.And ... devastated about his wife passing away that he did not care about him self for over ten years. The young woman was well off and needs to find a husband to help her take care of the farm that she inhe ...

(2 pages) 43 0 3.9 Sep/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Sex in Advertising

ome a major sellingmethod in the society we live in today. It began sixty years agowhen a beautiful young woman introduced the first windproof lighterand a new wave of advertising emerged - The Pinup ... ck (Baltimore Sun; pg 2G). Calvin Klein, an American clothingmanufacturer that courts the glamorous young, drew great disgraceand shame earlier this year for some particutlarly gamine youth whololled ...

(11 pages) 658 1 3.4 Dec/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Communication Studies > The Media

Why Eveline Chose Dust in "Eveline" by James Joyce

In the short story, "Eveline," James Joyce introduces us to the life of a young woman named Eveline. She has the opportunity to escape with Frank, the man she thinks she love ... d to go for Harry and Ernest, because she was a girl." These beatings by their father when they are younger make easier for Eveline's brothers to leave the house, unlike Eveline who, because she is th ...

(3 pages) 206 1 4.3 Nov/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

The Crime at Compiegne

ding England's dreams of hegemony over France. The crimes and eventual triumph of this most amazing young woman are better understood when applied to Dostoevsky's 'extraordinary man' theory.Dostoevsky ...

(3 pages) 37 0 4.0 May/1996

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

Romeo And Juliet

l explore how Juliet transforms from an obedient, nondependent child into a very independent mature young woman. I will focus on the soliloquy and discuss how the audience relates to dramatic Juliet a ... have towards such a big event; she shows very little emotion or feelings towards it. Juliet is very young and at the start of the play that is evident but as the play progresses it is harder to accept ...

(9 pages) 262 5 3.6 Apr/2002

Subjects: Art Essays

"Canterbury tales" by Geoffrey Chaucer

directly opposite intheir appearance, as well as their beliefs and behavior.Tess D'Urberville was a young woman who had a youthful andfresh beauty. Tess had an angelic look and a delicate face whichma ... ish in that way. For example, she married for money and sex-money from the old men and sex from the young men. She justifiedthis by saying, 'Why take the trouble and provide them pleasureunless to pro ...

(3 pages) 79 1 4.8 Jan/1997

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

Justice for All

When we are young, most of us are somewhat naive. We are inherently taught that good will always triumph over ev ... .' This is a place where one should feel truly safe.As I walk inside the cold and quiet building, a young woman is talking with the circuit court clerk. She is very innocent looking, with blond hair a ... looking, with blond hair and a petite figure. She seems to be getting more upset by the second. The young lady finally erupts, yelling and almost crying. Her ex-husband has not paid her child support ...

(2 pages) 61 0 3.0 Jan/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

Paranoia in "Hands", by Sherwood Anderson "Eveline", by James Joyce and "Summer Solstice, New York City" by Sharon Olds

e past, touch people. A terrible fear of what a small touch could lead to. In the story 'Eveline' a young woman is confused about what to do with her life. Whether to go with a man she thinks she love ... ulders and the touching of hair were a part of the school Master's effort to carry a dream into the young minds.'(p. 884) This is a man that was run out of a town for something that was not a bad thin ...

(5 pages) 63 0 3.0 Jan/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Symbolism in "The Glass Menagerie" by Tennessee Williams

re-war depression era; his mother, a southern belle desperately clinging to the past, his sister, a young woman too fragile to function in society, and himself, a struggling young poet working at a wa ...

(4 pages) 429 1 4.2 Nov/1996

Subjects: Art Essays > Drama

Character Analysis of Maggie Johnson in "Everyday Use" by Alice Walker

as Alice Walker drew portraits of three women in a family in "Everyday Use". Maggie Johnson was the youngest of the two daughters, and her older sister Dee had gone to college and hadn't been home in ... s side, to make a life for herself that seemed suitable for her. In this story, Maggie is a fragile young woman, however a strong character that is opposite of her sister Dee, who underestimates Maggi ...

(6 pages) 472 0 4.5 May/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Explication of 'Bridge of Sighs' by Edgar Allan Poe includes an excerpt of the poem

s Hood is with certainty the best poem I have ever read. A reflective work, it tells the story of a young woman without a love in the world, but suggests there was a passion behind her dramatic suicid ... ent guesses/Where was her home?' (ll. 34-35) bring up the question of the reason for this beautiful young woman's death. Stanzas eight and nine, with their seemingly erratic rhyme and number of feet c ...

(5 pages) 72 0 4.4 Feb/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Poetry

"Eveline" by James Joyce, -- A Character Analysis

imid, scared, perhaps even terrified -- all these describe Eveline. She is a frightened, indecisive young woman poised between her past and her future.Eveline loves her father but is fearful of him. S ...

(3 pages) 222 1 5.0 Jan/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

All About Eve

About Eve, (directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz and released in1950), Eve Harrison (Anne Baxter) was a young woman with evil running throughher veins. She wanted to be 'somebody' and chose to get there t ...

(3 pages) 70 0 4.5 Feb/1996

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

This is an essay on one of my favorite books written by one of the greatest authors Ray Bradbury.

ing in his environment, this makes his life hollow. Then we are introduced to Clarisse McClellan, a young woman who opens his mind, teaches him to walk in the rain and rub dandelions under his chin. M ...

(3 pages) 55 0 3.8 Aug/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

"Shiloh"

"Shiloh" by Bobbie Ann Mason represents a change over the course of a young woman's life. Bobbie Ann Mason use Norma Jean to help clarify that relationship can fail and t ... change in today's relationships. Mason uses the Character Norma Jean, who was forced to marry at a young age, sees a new path as the modern days draw near. Norma Jean, is a dynamic character, she is ...

(4 pages) 174 2 3.5 Sep/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Masters of the prose: James Joyce Essay connecting various Joyce works together by different literary techniques and also offers summaries of a few works.

EvelineJames Joyce's Eveline is a story about a young woman, Eveline Hill, who being discontented with her life decides to elope with a man whom she ...

(9 pages) 284 1 4.3 Oct/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors

Chekhov's short story, The Betrothed

Chekhov's short story, The Betrothed, is about a young woman who leaves home days before her wedding in search for a different life. The life of this ... literature of the earlier part of the century. Karamzin's Poor Liza also illustrates the fate of a young woman and if put side by side with The Betrothed, will trace the liberation of women of that t ...

(5 pages) 31 0 5.0 Oct/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Analysis of "The River-Merchant's Wife: A Letter," by Ezra Pound

tter," by Ezra Pound is not only a letter from a woman to her husband, but is also a narrative of a young woman's sex life. It tells of a river merchant's wife's feelings on sex throughout her life an ... from her own oblivious world, it is safe to assume that sex was still taboo to the river merchant's young wife. The poem expresses that taking part in the act of sex was embarrassing to her: "I never ...

(4 pages) 97 0 4.6 Nov/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Poetry

The work of photographer Lauren Greenfield and her project "girl Culture"

discussed her inspiration for 'Girl Culture' as and interest in understanding what it means to be a young woman today or in the past. She focused on the way girls lives have changed so drastically fro ... y girls lives have changed so drastically from the beginning of the 1900s till today. A century ago young women spent time in school, helping their mother, and in leisure activities such as reading, w ...

(1 pages) 42 0 4.4 Dec/2002

Subjects: Art Essays > Works of Art

Contrasts the conclusions of "The Jewelery" by Guy de Maupassant and "No One's a Mystery" by Elizabeth Tallent

tory about the rivalry between two scientists that ultimately causes the destruction of an innocent young woman. Hawthorne creates a symbolic relationship between Rappaccini's garden and the Garden of ... the night nurse, Harriet Zink. Grace's innocence is that of ignorance. She was so blinded, as most young girls are, by popularity and acceptance that she failed to recognize what type of impact one's ...

(3 pages) 36 0 2.3 Mar/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers