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"The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym," by Edgar Allan Poe

One of Edgar Allan Poe's least known works is the author's only attempt at a novel, The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket. This essay serves to familiarize students with the basic elements of the plot, the historical influences that led to the novel's creation, and the critical reception it has received.

Education Themes in Children's Stories

Discuss the themes of Education in Heidi (1880), Pinocchio (1881), and Through the Looking-Glass (1871). Some of my questions include: - How is education described differently or similarly in the three stories? - How do children learn in these stories? - How should children be taught according to the stories? - How are t

Emotions Described in Beowulf

Revenge is a strong motivator in "Beowulf." Who is motivated by revenge in this poem? Is revenge depicted negatively, positively, or ambivalently? Do the characters in Beowulf appear to be as driven by emotion as characters in those other texts? Who seems motivated by emotion? Which emotions are the most powerful in this te

Charles Dickens' Female Characters

Charles Dickens uses marriage as a vehicle for explaining how strong female characters were able to thrive in a male dominant society. This paper examines how the personality traits of his characters clearly align with the struggle for power between men and women and highlights the strengths of several of the female personalitie

Rogerian Essay Ideas, Resources, and Structural Tips

The Rogerian assignment directions are as follows: First, choose a topic of interest that has two opposing sides. Research that topic in order to specify the topic's scope, so it can be easily discussed in an essay. The following overused topics may NOT be used in your essay: gun control, abortion, capital punishment, gay ma

Issues Facing the International Community

"Clash of the Titans," by Fareed Zakaria In regards to this essay, let the reader know why you chose this particular essay. Does this essay discuss an issue that is facing you currently? Next, discuss whether or not your essay is peer-reviewed. How do you know? State

Alice Walker's 'Everyday Use': Characters and Culture

In Alice Walker's story 'Everyday Use', describe Dee and Maggie. How are they different, both physically and mentally? How have their lives been different? How do they change during the story? What is the significance of the title "Everyday Use"? Discuss what Alice Walker could have been implying by using this title.

Analyze a Short Story by Tim O'Brien

This analysis will cover how to analyze a short story by Tim O'Brien. The story is from his collection The Things They Carried and the story is called On the Rainy River. The example will show you how to take a story apart in a step by step process. The process is one that works well for most undergraduate courses in English lit

Amory Blaine's Character

This solution chooses a character from the novel, "This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald." It then briefly explains what makes that character uniquely American. It alludes to some facts that show Amory's example of the American spirit.

Historical Article related to Fitzgerald's This Side of Paradise

Find an article about a historical event occurring within the ten years prior to "This Side of Paradise." Please cite this article in your post and provide a link, if appropriate. Discuss how this event impacted the work you are reading. The effect may be subtle. For instance, there may be no mention of war, and yet you may reco

Negative Effects of Pesticides on Honeybees

Topic question: Should pesticides (spray used for destroying insects) be used on farms? Instructions: You will organize an argument against the use of pesticides on farms because it is harming the bee population. Read the evidence below and then organize your argument. EVIDENCE 1 Negative Effects of Pesticides In

Literary Devices

1. Which of the following best defines parallelism? A. The use of symbols and figures of speech B. The repetition of a grammatical structure or arrangement of words. C. The use of words or phrases with emotional associations D. The expression of the same idea in different words. 2. Statements such as always, everybody, an

Hero's Journey


Review of conclusion, character and symbols in the Scarlet letter.

Scarlet Letter Question 1 The novel ends with a chapter entitled "Conclusion." What is the reason for this particular chapter? How did it affect you the reader? Does it add to the overall quality of the book? If so, how? If not, why not? Scarlet Letter Question 2 Three characters in the book-Mistress Hibbins, Governor B

Assessing The Scarlet Letter

Please help with the following problem. Hawthorne begins with a very long introductory chapter entitled "The Custom House." From your reading of this chapter and the first eight chapters of the book, what purpose does "The Custom House" seem to serve? Justify your answer with specifics from the book.

Twain Analysis-

What is Mark Twain saying about "Man."? What does he think of man? How does he define Man? (See attached file)

King Arthur's Family Tree is included.

The solution to this problem contains a power point which is based on Mallory's text. Also included in the same power point presentation are family trees, which show relations of Lancelot, Galahad, Percival, and King Pellinore. The power point, when viewed as a slide show ,will roughly follow the chronological order of the tex

Book of Judges

For OTA 104150 Mr. Mark House: We were so impressed with your assistance that we requested your help on one last question our study group is thrashing out. We wondered whether the Book of Judges shares a common theme [things like ideas, structure, language, etc] with other Old Testament books and supposing that it does....

Madame Bovary

1. Identify Four Characteristicts of Nineteenth Century Realism, and show how these are dealt with in Madame Bovary? 2. What is the importance of the "clubfoot episode" in Madame Bovary? What do we learn from the actions of thte participants and from Flaubert's style of using detail? 3. Discuss the Sybolism of wedding bo