Essays Tagged: "she left"

Georgia O'Keefe

tion to this case was Georgia O'Keeffe, who captured the attention of the world with her paintings. She was the only female of her generation to be accepted as a professional artist. Art critic Henry ... but one portrait of herself worth talking about, O'Keeffe got a hundred....Everybody knew the name. She became what is known as a newspaper personality." Georgia O'Keeffe knew exactly what she wanted ...

(3 pages) 351 7 4.1 Nov/1996

Subjects: Art Essays > Artists

Antigone

Polynices' burial. Antigone disobeyed him, performed the rites, and was condemned to death for what she had done.Now the question arises, 'Did Antigone take proper action?'. Was it just to go against ... question arises, 'Did Antigone take proper action?'. Was it just to go against her Uncle Creon's wishes and go ahead and bury the brother that was to be left out for the vultures? Would it be better ...

(5 pages) 112 0 3.9 Nov/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies > Greek Language & Literature

Loneliness, one of the main emotions Of "Mice and Men" by Steinberg

he doesn't live with the white people and is usually alone all day. Curley's Wife islonely because she's always around the guys, looking for Curley or looking for somethingthat she left there as an e ... lonely character is Curley's wife. Curley's wife is found running aroundlooking for Curley. Mostly, she's trying to find someone to talk to. She would usually onlysee Curley after he was done with his ...

(3 pages) 57 0 4.3 Oct/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors > John Steinbeck

The Themes in "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee

and time period influences herwriting. Like her father and Atticus Finch, Lee went on to study law. She left school in 1950 so that she could go toNew York and become a writer. 'Her law studies proved ... because law cases are an excellent source for story ideas' (Matuz 239). When her fatherbecame ill, she was forced to split her time between New York and Monroeville, Alabama. 'In her native town shew ...

(4 pages) 121 0 1.6 Feb/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee

Use of color in Toni Morrison's "The Bluest Eyes"

hio to begin their life together. Through Cholly, Pauline hoped to find those colors of beauty that she left 'down home'.For a while she did find her colors, her beauty, in the eyes of Cholly. He rele ... e.To make up for this neglect and her own insecurities, Pauline sought comfort through movies. Here she would sit and watch the perfect 'white' world of Hollywood. Here she would find her colors on th ...

(6 pages) 183 1 4.2 Nov/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Jack The Ripper-From Hell

road nude, one women was found in her home.Mary Ann "Polly" Nichols, age 42 was one of his victims. She left her husband and had five kids. In the East side of London at 4:00 A.M. Whitechapel police f ... don at 4:00 A.M. Whitechapel police found Polly's body on the side of the street. Her throat was slashed two times, left to right, she had been stabbed in the groin two times, her breast had been cut ...

(4 pages) 57 0 4.7 Jul/2002

Subjects: History Term Papers

A biography of Kate Chopin

n named Thomas O'Flaherty and her mother was an American-French woman named Eliza Faris O'Flaherty. She had four other brothers and sisters. Her sisters died as infants and her brothers before they tu ... ers died as infants and her brothers before they turned 25.When Kate was five and a half years old, she was sent to Sacred Heart Academy, a catholic boarding school. Two months later, her father died ...

(2 pages) 95 0 2.6 Sep/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Biographies

The Veggie Guy-very short story about a guy, a girl, a patty melt, and homemade pop rocks

there he was slicing some tomato on the white Formica countertop behind the Plexiglas sneeze guard. She stopped dead in her tracks as the door jingled to announce her entrance and quickly turned and r ... ntrance and quickly turned and retreated out of site. Did he see her? Was he the same obsessive guy she left 6 years ago? Had he changed? Should she leave? NO!!! Carrie pulled at the tail of her blous ...

(4 pages) 36 1 2.7 Mar/2003

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

Dorthy Parker's life and writings.

ting in the 1920's. Her style of writing was edgy and glamorous considering the time frame in which she was writing. Her writing was often sarcastic and not appreciated by many critics and readers at ... arker was born on August 22, 1893 and was considered " a late arrival" in a loveless family (cite). She was hired by Vogue a few months after she turned the age twenty-one. Around the 1920's she becam ...

(3 pages) 57 0 3.0 Apr/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors

"The Remains" of the Day by Jaros"aw Michalski

ff, the elderly butler plans to meet the former housekeeper - Miss Kenton (at present Mrs Benn, for she left to get married several years before the World War II). He claims to be traveling for solely ... s especially visible in a scene where Miss Kenton enters Stevens' room and sees him reading a book. She insists on being told what kind of a book it is, and, seeing that the butler is not willing to t ...

(7 pages) 51 0 5.0 Jun/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > World Literature

Short Story.

when Lucy was running late for school. School holidays were now over and it was her first day back. She arrived at school and realised she was now sitting in the corridor waiting to see the Principal, ... itting in the corridor waiting to see the Principal, of all days today had to be Lucy's worst.There she sat, waiting. Shivers running up and down her spine, she'd never been to the principal's office ...

(5 pages) 66 0 4.0 Jul/2003

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

The Vision of Mary HEaton Vorse, brief biography and my opinion

merica's most influential writers, activists, and journalists. Mary Heaton was all of those things. She was born in New York City on October 11th, 1874. She grew up during the Gilded Age and did a lar ... a lot and Mary learned to speak French, Italian, and German fluently. Later, despite her mother's wishes she left her home in Massachusetts and came to Greenwich Village in NYC and became a writer in ...

(2 pages) 22 0 3.0 Dec/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

THe Twelve-Rib Shop.

elve-Rib ShopEveryday Grandma Rosie wakes up at 5:30 in the morning. That is except for Sunday when she attends church with her two grandchildren, Alice and Johnny. Their mom gave birth to them when s ... ch with her two grandchildren, Alice and Johnny. Their mom gave birth to them when she was young so she left them with Grandma Rosie and ran off to Las Vegas. She never did like New York City. Grandma ...

(3 pages) 15 0 0.0 Dec/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Language Studies > Writing

Third Story Pancake short story about a woman pancaking a man...

Third Story PancakeOne day, on a September afternoon, Molly was called to her job. She left in such a hurry she forgot to lock her door. After she left her apartment, Tom sneaked into ... valuable things.Molly Katherdral was 19 years old, weighed 122 pounds and was 5 feet 9 inches tall. She worked at a hospital in Williams, Pennsylvania. Molly lived on the top floor of a three story ap ... convicted of murdering his family but escaped on his way to death row.Molly headed home early. When she reached her room, she startled Tom with the sound of her key in the door. He wasn't expecting he ...

(2 pages) 24 0 4.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

Their Eyes Were Watching God (Comparison essay)

The the novel "Their eyes are watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston. Janie was themain character. She was so simlar to Jane from "Jane Erye" by Charlotte Bronte. They both didwhat they believed that ... ong sense oftheir identity.Janie, knowing that her life would get no where with Logan, nevertheless she left him.She had no clue what beholds her future with a man that she doesn't as know well. It mu ...

(2 pages) 82 0 3.9 Apr/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

"So Much To Tell You" Written by John Marsden. This book is on the difficulties a handicapped teenager has to face. It is written in the form of diary entries.

on would suffer and eventually come to a standstill.In a way, Marina's education was at a halt when she was in the hospital, as she was learning nothing. She left to Warrington, her boarding school, a ... l, as she was learning nothing. She left to Warrington, her boarding school, and almost immediately she began to communicate by writing in her diary which she used as an outlet for bottled-up emotions ...

(4 pages) 36 0 3.8 May/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Hera queen of the gods.

Hera is the queen of the Olympian deities. She is a daughter of Cronus and Rhea, and wife and sister of Zeus. Hera was worshipped as a goddess ... ird daughter of Rhea and Cronos. Like her brothers and sisters (all but Zeus and possibly Poseidon) she was swallowed by her father as she left her mother's womb, and regurgitated later when Rhea got ... ry says that a man named Temenus raised Hera, and that he gave her three names. As a maiden, before she married Zeus, he called her Girl (Kore). When she married Zeus, he called her Adult (this being ...

(2 pages) 42 1 4.7 Jun/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays

Kidnapped Subject: Creative writing

isa shouted to John as the car drove away. The sun had already disappeared from the sky by the time she arrived home. Lisa unlocked her front door and went inside. The house looked just like she had l ... nt inside. The house looked just like she had left it. Her horror book lay on the table, just where she left it, waiting for her to read the last pages. Lisa locked the door and threw the keys onto th ...

(2 pages) 69 1 5.0 Jun/2004

Subjects: Art Essays

Prisoners of War - Chapter 34

round her house. It seemed different, almost strange to be back here after so much time spent away. She shrugged it off and went upstairs to take a shower.Her father had lectured her the whole ride ho ... ured her the whole ride home, and made her promise to swear off all drugs for the rest of her life. She did it, but planned to continue using anyway. Maria had given her number to her before she left ...

(18 pages) 22 0 4.0 Aug/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

My life

"I hate my parents! They are so strict, and they never seem to understand me! What am I gonna do?!" she told her friend while getting her books from her locker. I was walking down the hallway thinking ... er books from her locker. I was walking down the hallway thinking of how innocent and inexperienced she was, how she had never confronted the harsh, real world face to face, how she thought her parent ...

(6 pages) 109 3 3.9 Sep/2004

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