Essays Tagged: "contrasts"

The many differences between James Steerforth and Tommy Traddles

erences between James Steerforth and Tommy TraddlesIn the novel, David Copperfield, Charles Dickens contrasts many different characters. The main two characters that he contrasts are Tommy Traddles an ... r looks, personalities, and the final results of their lives. For one thing, Charles Dickens contrasts these two characters through their looks. He tells the readers that James Steerforth is an ...

(2 pages) 35 0 4.7 Jan/1996

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

Shakespeare's comparisons and contrasts

Shakespeare's Comparisons and ContrastsThroughout Macbeth Shakespeare uses comparison and contrast to bringout characteristics of ...

(2 pages) 61 0 4.5 Jan/1997

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

Use of Contrasts in Act I of The Tempest

February 9, 1997OAC Writing Assignment #1 - Use of Contrasts in Act I of The TempestWilliam Shakespeare used many different writing devices when he wro ... re used many different writing devices when he wrote his plays. In Act I of The Tempest, the use of contrasts between characters, setting, and ideas were often used to develop the story, and more impo ... an see that Ferdinand did not have a positive outlook and wasn't as optimistic as Gonzalo. From the contrasts between Ariel - Caliban, and Gonzalo - Ferdinand, one develops a character profile of the ...

(3 pages) 82 0 4.5 Feb/1997

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

Macbeth

Macbeth In the play, Macbeth, Shakespeare uses contrasts of nature in various ways. He consistently shows us that Macbeth and his wife's actions go ...

(4 pages) 42 0 4.5 Mar/1986

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

Shakespeare’s Sonnet Number 126

train presents an idea in itself. The poet in the first quatrain bewails his own lot; in the second contrasts that lot with other men's; in the third, thinking of his beloved friend, he rises like the ...

(2 pages) 65 0 3.3 Sep/1993

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

James Bond

This compares and contrasts James Bond over the years -James Bond PhenomenonJames Bond has gone through a lot of chang ...

(3 pages) 106 3 3.2 Feb/1997

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies

War poems

ot weep. War is kind.' As if a child could think that someone who killed his father was kind. Or he contrasts 'virtue' with 'slaughter' ('Point for them the virtue of slaughter') and 'excellence' with ...

(2 pages) 84 1 4.3 Apr/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Poetry

Silence vs sound the paper is about the two movies made from the book dracula by bram stoker one was made in sound and the other was not

ue, no sound and the other was not. These difference, leads to a great number of much more in-depth contrasts that deserve discussion.In making a silent film, a director must rely on sight and a certa ...

(4 pages) 126 3 4.4 Apr/2002

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Genre Study

The Comparison of Karl Marx and Matthew Arnold

Arnold's culture is based on two main aspects, religion and education. Karl Marx, however, strongly contrasts Arnold's ideas. Marx views culture as being derived from the advancement of the sciences.M ...

(3 pages) 69 0 4.6 Jan/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Comparative Philosophy & Ethics

Walt Whitman's view of the Civil War

st and final thoughts regarding what he held as an unnecessary encounter.However, to understand the contrasts between his first, then ultimately conclusive belief, one must delve into his earlier work ...

(3 pages) 142 0 4.0 Jan/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

political Systems: Name three politcal systems around the world and compare and contrast them. Give examples(i.e. countries)

three systems. Each, however, is also unique from each of the others. It is these similarities and contrasts, which will be the topic of this paper.Each of the three political systems noted above is ...

(9 pages) 345 0 4.8 Apr/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays

Symbollism in Hawthorne's"The Scarlett Letter"

prison represents the crime and punishment that was incorporated in the early Puritan life. He also contrasts the prison with the tombstone at the end of the novel by suggesting that crime and punishm ...

(2 pages) 82 0 4.0 Jan/1997

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

Comparing the sonnet "London, 1802" by William Wordsworth, and "The Lamb" written by William Blake

ach element. Each poem has its unique atmosphere or tone. This leads one to be able to identify the contrasts between the meaning and images within the poems.The Romantic elements of "London, 1802" ar ...

(4 pages) 179 0 4.1 Apr/1993

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry

Elizibeth Bishop's thought-provoking poem entitled "Filling Station"

t language levels of poetry with the skill of an artist-- she seems to have an eye for detail as shecontrasts the dark and dim reference of a filling station to a more homey, pleasant atmosphere. Bish ...

(4 pages) 87 0 3.5 Jan/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Poetry

A Comparison Contrast Essay on Perceptions of the Supernatural in lives of Mary Rowlandson and Benjamin Franklin

njamin Franklin will be discussed. Eachwrote a narrative of their life experiences. There aremarked contrasts and comparisons between these twoindividuals related to their perceptions of God.Religion ...

(3 pages) 115 0 4.6 Feb/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

What are the main contrasts to be found in Portugal?

uch as this, one must primarily begin by pointing out that not only does Portugal have a great many contrasts within its land, but also that it contrasts greatly with the other Mediterranean countries ... e country individually, because although some similarities may be noted, there are also a number of contrasts to be made.The area around Coimbra and along the western coast of the country is one where ...

(8 pages) 63 0 5.0 Jan/1997

Subjects: Science Essays > Earth Sciences > Geography

Chaucer and the "House of Fame". Discusses the cultural nature of fame and its textual expression with reference to oral heroic poetry and the modern construction of the canon of English literary trad

hods are constantly appearing; Chaucer is well aware of rapidly changingcommunicative practises and contrasts the preservation of utterance with the longevityof literary texts. He achieves this by dis ...

(8 pages) 64 0 1.5 Jan/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry

The Subjectivity of the Character "Safie" in Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

s in that her subjectivity is more clearly dependent on her religion and the culture of her nation. Contrasts can be made between the Orient and the European society which attempts to interpret it. Of ... though noone would argue the point since Oriental women were viewed as being more oppressed. Strong contrasts can also be made in relation to the differences between Safie's development as a foreign c ...

(8 pages) 73 0 3.5 Oct/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Coppares Canada and Austria. Shows political and cultural similarities and contrasts between two essentially non-connected countries.

ledge into the foreign country (Austria) as well as to show political and cultural similarities and contrasts between two essentially non-connected countries.The War of 1812 / The War of LiberationIn ...

(6 pages) 75 0 4.6 Apr/1996

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

David Black's book "Medicine Man"

cates the reader about the future ofmedicine, it shows how dedicated a doctor must truly be, and it contrasts themedicine of the past with that of the present and future.Aaron Kenigsberg's entire thir ... he most interesting aspects of the book is its description of the currentrevolution in medicine. It contrasts the relative helplessness of Aaron's father, who became adoctor in the late 1960's, to Aar ...

(2 pages) 36 0 3.0 Oct/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers