Analysis

The keyword Analysis is tagged in the following 10 articles.

Rhetorical Analysis: Pauline Inklings in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

June 22, 2010 - 1549 words | Opinion » Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson proves to be an enduring literary illumination into the human psyche. This little novella, published as a Christmas story in 1886, took some of the first steps into early Modernism and provided the... Read Article »

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Shakespeare's Apemantus: The Amazing, Changing Flat Character

March 4, 2010 - 1419 words | English » Shakespeare

In William Shakespeare's The Life of Timon of Athens, the character Apemantus is a Cynic philosopher, who delights in presenting the truth to other characters in the most offensive manner possible. He is a secondary character, but an indispensible one. Apemantus provides... Read Article »

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Innovation or Desperation: David Bowie's "Little Wonder"

February 26, 2010 - 2786 words | Music » David Bowie

Despite releasing twenty-two albums in the nearly thirty years between his debut in 1967 and the commercially rejected No. 1 Outside, the general opinion of David Bowie in 1996 was that, though a living legend, he had not recorded anything worthwhile since his 1980... Read Article »

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Bram Stoker's Dracula: A Reflection and Rebuke of Victorian Society

February 25, 2010 - 4196 words | Literary Criticism » Bram Stoker

Bram Stoker’s now legendary novel, Dracula, is not just any piece of cult-spawning fiction, but rather a time capsule containing the popular thoughts, ideas, and beliefs of the Victorian era that paints an elaborate picture of what society was like for Bram Stoker... Read Article »

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Analyzing Reader-Response in J.D. Salinger's "The Laughing Man"

February 25, 2010 - 3310 words | Literary Criticism » J.d. Salinger

J.D. Salinger’s “The Laughing Man” is a classic frame story which displays the parallels between a storyteller and his real life. The narrator of the story, along with his friends, acts as the “readers” of this story and respond... Read Article »

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It's All Over Now, Baby Blue: Psychoanalyzing Connie in Joyce Carol Oates's "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?"

February 24, 2010 - 1809 words | Literary Criticism » Joyce Carol Oates

It is perhaps an understatement to say that the character Connie in Joyce Carol Oates’s short story “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” has a lot of issues. Oates has provided the perfect character to undergo a healthy dose of psychoanalytic... Read Article »

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An Analysis of Billy Wilder's "Double Indemnity"

December 14, 2009 - 1636 words | Film and Cinema » Billy Wilder

In her article “Visual Pleasure and the Narrative Cinema”, Laura Mulvey describes a way of analyzing and understanding cinema from a feminist and psychoanalytic perspective. A very similar approach is taken by Molly Haskell in her review of Hitchcock&rsquo... Read Article »

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An Insatiable Hunger: A Literary Analysis of Richard Wright's Autobiography, "Black Boy"

December 8, 2009 - 2080 words | English » Richard Wright

The autobiography Black Boy, by Richard Wright, is a tale of hope and determination. It catalogues Wright’s life growing up as an African-American in Jim Crow South, depicting the economic and social struggles that were stereotypical for African-Americans at... Read Article »

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Literary Analysis: Turn of the Screw

November 24, 2009 - 989 words | English » Henry James

In “The Turn of the Screw,” Henry James presents to the reader a story that seems as factual as the recorded ghost sightings that were a major influence for this novel. However, upon further investigation, the reader may begin to wonder about the narrator... Read Article »

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"Telepathic Shock" and "The Rush of It All:" Jack Kerouac's Use of Language in On the Road

November 16, 2009 - 4936 words | English » Jack Kerouac

Jack Kerouac once wrote, “It’s not the words that count but the rush of what is said." In a graduate class focusing on the origin, art, and development of effective language, choosing a man of letters who, by his own admission, seemingly overlooks... Read Article »

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