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A Biographical View of "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
... Alcott shouldered during her lifetime can also be found within much of the storyline of the novel. In addition, the author's attitudes towards Victorian societal ideals are demonstrated, as well as the similarities and differences of the attributes she gives to the novel's characters and ...
A brief book review of Sky Lee's novel: "Disappearing Moon Cafe." It discusses the main character Kae's rejection of Chinese Patriachal values.
... and create. Why do you want to deny? Women's strength is in the bonds they form with each other..." When Kae notifies Hermia of her plans to come and see her in Hong Kong, Hermia responds by ...
"Of Mice and Men": Naturalism
... and experiences they them selves have been through. In the novel of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck, he portrays elements of naturalism through his very own sights and experiences. During the depression John Steinbeck got a first hand dose of what it meant to deal with sordid aspects of ...
"I'm A Fool" by Sherwood Anderson
... Fool" by Sherwood Anderson takes the reader into the mind of a lying, ambivalent, uneducated and somewhat foolish youth. It is a story of a foolish incident in which he lies to a beautiful girl ...
Temptation and desire in Pearl Buck's book "The Good Earth."
... beautiful concubines who he "thought were pictures of dream-women."(176) Wang Lung has a clear struggle with his traditional values and his temptations as depicted here, "Well, and if (Wang) were not the man he was, a good and working man, a man with wife and ...
How do both Carhlotte Brontë and Daphne du Maurier explore the dificulties faced by two young women in "Jane Eyre" and "Rebecca"?
... and situations more clearly. Naturally, there are some differences between the novels. Mrs De Winter is obviously seriously insecure. Although she is reasonably sensible, she does not react very well when placed in a new and ...
The writings of Edgar Allen Poe vs. Stephen King.
... to kill them and they wind up dying painful deaths. Poe and King also differ in their style of writing. King believes that dressing up the vocabulary by using more superior and complex words is a bad thing where as Poe uses as many different forms of the language that ...
Theme Analysis of Beowulf.
... of how fundamental Christianity is to the poem. It does not strike anyone as a thoroughly Christian work. The atmosphere of much of Beowulf is dark and pagan. There are many references to an impersonal fate that controls the destinies of men ...
Macbeth - The Effect of the Witches Prophecies.
... And make my seated heart knock at my ribs, Against the use of nature? (1.3.130-137) Macbeth, now with ambition, is determined to make these prophecies come true for him. With the thought of being King of Scotland, the only thing ...
This is a literary review of the epic poem Gilgamesh. This essay ties the story of Gilgamesh into the definition of heroism.
... of Uruk's flocks... who hoards the girls of other men for his own purposes?" (21). Enkidu was made to match Gilgamesh in strength and whit and ...