Essays on Literary Genres

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The Appropriation of Perrault’s "Bluebeard" in Carter’s "The Bloody Chamber" and "The Piano"

4 pages / 1749 words

The fairy tale of Bluebeard has fascinated writers, filmmakers, photographers, and artists throughout history and across national boundaries. Coming from the European oral tradition, the first, and most famous, written version is Charles Perrault’s La Barbe Bleue, published in 1697. Developing a tale of a...

Fairy Tale Piano The Bloody Chamber

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Social Behavior in Saramago’s Blindness

5 pages / 2165 words

Jose Saramago’s Blindness depicts a world suddenly stricken by a blindness epidemic. As an inexplicable wave of blindness spreads, society fragments and people freely express an “animalistic” form of human nature in face of the increased pressure for survival. The characters’ responses to their blindness...

Literature Review Novel

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Proverbs and False Comfort in Blindness

3 pages / 1338 words

In Blindness, Jos? Saramago questions the morals innately present in human nature through characters who ignore or misuse the advice provided by sayings. By inserting old, vague, and contradictory proverbs, Saramago demonstrates that in bewildering times, sayings become a comfort rather than actual guidance. He...

Literature Review Novel

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The Beautiful Ambiguity of Blankets

2 pages / 815 words

“The Beautiful Ambiguity of Blankets: Comics Representation and Religious Art”, written by the University of Florida’s Benjamin Stevens, provides a great deal of insight into Craig Thompson’s 2003 autobiographical graphic novel Blankets. Stevens’ analysis focuses on characteristics of the novel such as style, the search...

Novel

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Good Intentions Gone Wrong: The Connecting Factor of "Best Worst American"

4 pages / 1626 words

Across generations, language barriers, and cultures, there is one question that has stood the test of time: does the intent of our actions really matter if our actions have the impact of furthering the marginalization or oppression of those around us? Jamie Utt addresses this...

Science Fiction

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Robert Frost and Ted Hughes: Journeys in "Out, Out," "Daffodils," and "Red"

2 pages / 1067 words

By embracing the concept of a journey, we frequently reach our destination with a greater understanding of ourselves and current surroundings. After scrutinizing the concept of journeys it has become self evident that our lives can be quite capricious so it is crucial to value...

Daffodils Poetry Robert Frost

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"Frederick Clegg is a Failed Man": Punishments in The Collector

2 pages / 782 words

John Fowles’ 1963 novel The Collector is a deeply disturbing, intensely psychological book based around the principles of beauty, power, control, and class. The story follows Fred Clegg through his capture and abuse of Miranda Grey, an attractive young art student from London. Fowles reveals...

Literature Review Novel Punishment

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Love and Alcohol in Raymond Carver's Beginners

2 pages / 876 words

In Raymond Carver’s short story “Beginners,” the use of alcohol is the most apparent and important image and helps show the characters’ true feelings about their love life. Through the characters’ consumption of alcohol, we are able to see their eventual confusion and simplification of...

American Literature Poetry

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Dorothy Allison’s Creation of The Post-modern Appalachian Woman

3 pages / 1440 words

Dorothy Allison’s novel Bastard Out of Carolina tells the story of ‘white-trash’ girl Bone Boatwright and her “no-good, lazy, shiftless” family (3). The novel explores some of the most common myths and realities plaguing the Appalachian region such as poverty, incest, and domestic abuse. Specifically,...

Literature Review Novel

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The Art of Acting: Character and Social Class in Behind a Mask

2 pages / 1047 words

Louisa May Alcott’s novella “Behind a Mask” portrays a protagonist who uses her acting skills to move up in society from a governess to a lady of British aristocracy. An article written by Elizabeth Schewe titled, “Domestic Conspiracy: Class Conflict and Performance in Louisa May...

Novel

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Two-faced: Characterization in Bad Haircut

2 pages / 944 words

Tom Perrotta’s Bad Haircut is a collection of short stories about Buddy, a boy growing up in New Jersey in the 1970s. In these stories, Perrotta often introduces characters who bear false facades that do not resemble their true selves. Later on in the book,...

Literature Review Short Story

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Healing Humanity and Other Recipes

2 pages / 907 words

Introduction Pope Francis said, “He -Jesus- does not stand a safe distance and does not act by delegating, but places himself in direct contact with our contagion” (Francis, 2014). In this quote, Pope Francis notes how Jesus selflessly gets directly involved in the earthly turmoil....

Fairy Tale

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George F. Babbitt and Women: a Vicious Cycle of Dissatisfaction

8 pages / 3423 words

In his book Babbitt (1922), Sinclair Lewis presents George F. Babbitt, a tormented man anchored in the Roaring Twenties. Firstly described as an active citizen who is pleased with his job, his Club and all the thriving technological developments of his time, the protagonist of...

American Culture Novel

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Dai Sijie’s Creation of Beauty

2 pages / 791 words

Beauty – in its physical embodiments – is one of the most important overarching themes of Dai Sijie’s novel Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress. Dai creates a sense of beauty in the novel by highlighting the beauty of the characters, the place and the...

Beauty Literature Review Novel

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Lorde and Master: Confrontation, Context, and Scholarship for "Power"

4 pages / 2000 words

In 1973, a 10-year-old African American boy named Clifford Glover was shot and killed by Thomas Shea, a policeman for the NYPD. In the days that followed, riots and protests tore through the surrounding area in Queens. Then, a year later, Shea became the first...

Poetry

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The Man and God in The Atonement

4 pages / 1676 words

“I have said, Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the most High”-Psalms 82:6 Made-to-order essay as fast as you need it Each essay is customized to cater to your unique preferences + experts online Get my essay It is an impossible...

Atonement Novel

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Parallel Experiences Shape Atonement

4 pages / 1635 words

In a very meta fashion, Atonement repeatedly places emphasis and raises questions about the significance and the role of the writer in literature. By eventually revealing that Briony has been the one penning the story all along, readers are left doubting nearly everything they have...

Atonement Character Fiction

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The Dangers of The Imagination in Atonement

4 pages / 1605 words

In Atonement, Ian McEwan suggests the dangers of confusing our fantasies with reality; that we have become so accustomed to choosing to see what we wish to see rather than reality and this leads to destruction in our lives. Our refusal to accept or want...

Fantastic Novel

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The Meanings of Atonement

5 pages / 2158 words

“I put it all there as a matter of historical record… We will all only exist as my inventions. No one will care what events and which individuals were misinterpreted to make a novel… How can a novelist achieve atonement when… she is also God?...

Narrator Novel