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Edna and Hester: Two Different Women with Similar Personalities
Essay Grade: 93%   (511 words, approx. 2 pages)
This is an essay comparing and contrasting the characters Edna Pontellier, from "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne and Hester Prynne, from "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin.
Edna Vs. Nora
Essay Grade: 92%   (793 words, approx. 3 pages)
Essay compares and contrasts the character of Edna in "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin with the character of Nora in "A Doll's House" by Henrik Isben.
Educating Rita, An Analysis of the Play
Essay Grade: 86%   (858 words, approx. 3 pages)
Analyzes the Willy Russell play, Educating Rita. Focuses on how Russell uses drama to illustrate the changes in Rita's character. Provides specific examples from the play to support the premise.
Effects of Colonialism in Africa
Essay Grade: 95%   (1,419 words, approx. 5 pages)
Essay, to show the effects of colonialism in Africa, chooses two fictional novels, Things Fall Apart and Arrow Of God to set two examples of main characters, who is being affected by the colonialism in Africa.
Elements of Journalism
Essay Grade: 88%   (1,420 words, approx. 5 pages)
Explains Kovach and Rosensteil's Elements of Journalism. Considers how those elements are used in the book, "A Hope in the Unseen," by Suskind. Describes the moral obligations of journalists.
Elements of Relationships in Short Stories
Essay Grade: 88%   (946 words, approx. 3 pages)
Explains the elements of relationships withing short stories. Uses as a reference, Literature and its Writers, by Ann Charters and Samuel Charters. Offers literary examples to support the thesis.
Elizabeth in 'Pride and Prejudice' and Jane Eyre in 'Jane Eyre'
Essay Grade: 83%   (0 words, approx. 0 pages)
Being published in the nineteenth century in England, the two famous novels Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen and Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte both focus on the issues of love and marriage. Especially, these novels reveal the two characters who are Elizabeth Bennet and Jane Eyre and their significant features in dealing with the trials in their love.
Emma and Clueless
Essay Grade: 86%   (1,263 words, approx. 4 pages)
Provides a comparison of Jane Austin's novel, Emma and Amy Heckerling's film, Clueless, which is based upon the novel. Concludes that when closely examined, one can see how the two main characters in each work are exactly alike except they are matched to their own particular time periods.
Emma and Clueless
Essay Grade: 86%   (743 words, approx. 3 pages)
Describes the similarities and differences between Amy Heckerling's `Clueless' and Jane Austen's novel `Emma,' upon which the film is based. Explores connections between the plot, characters and inevitable human nature.
Emma and Clueless: A Comparative Analysis
Essay Grade: 88%   (1,953 words, approx. 7 pages)
Provides a comparative study of Emma, written by Jane Austen and Clueless, a film written and directed by Amy Heckerling. Explores the values associated with each work. Considers to what extent the study of transformations applies to each work.
Emma and Clueless: Transformations
Essay Grade: 87%   (795 words, approx. 3 pages)
Discusses the contemporary text in Jane Austen's novel "Emma."
Emma and Cluless
Essay Grade: 83%   (0 words, approx. 0 pages)
When we compare the characters in both Emma and Clueless we can see the there are many similarities as well as several differences. There are a number of characters that correspond with each other in both the texts, these being, Emma and Cher, Mr. Woodhouse (Emma's father) and Cher's Father, Mr. Knightly and Josh, Mr. Elton and Elton, Harriet and Tai, Mr. Martin and Travis as well as Frank Churchill and Christian.
Emma Versus Clueless
Essay Grade: 81%   (1,125 words, approx. 4 pages)
Through her film "Clueless," Amy Heckerling successfully transformed the story in Jane Austen's novel Emma to apply to the popular high school culture of 1990s Beverly Hills. Parallels between "Clueless" and Emma exist with regard to character, themes, and plotline; but Heckerling replaced values of class, propriety, and social etiquette with those of materialism, consumerism, and the importance of self-image.
Emma Vs. Cher in the Opening Scenes and Chapters
Essay Grade: 88%   (505 words, approx. 2 pages)
Essay compares the transformation of "Emma" to "Cher" in the opening parts.
Emptiness of Modern Life in Three Works
Essay Grade: 92%   (0 words, approx. 0 pages)
The theme of emptiness and superficiality of modern life in three disparate works of literature: the poem "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" by T.S. Eliot, the film "American Beauty" directed by Sam Mendes, and the song "Fake Plastic Trees" by Radiohead.
Energy as a Word and in Shakespeare
Essay Grade: 83%   (1,301 words, approx. 4 pages)
This is a search through the background meaning of the word using 8 main sources.
English Essay
Essay Grade: 83%   (0 words, approx. 0 pages)
The knowledge and understanding of various contexts of production and reception extend and enhance an appreciation of a text. This is shown in such texts as "A Christmas Carol" and the movies "Oliver Twist" and "Nicholas Nickleby", all which are written by Charles Dickens.
Enjoyment Obtained from Reading Short Stories
Essay Grade: 83%   (865 words, approx. 3 pages)
A variety of elements in a short story can enable the reader to enjoy reading it, whether it is plot, character, style or structure, or level of familiarity with or vicariousness through the story. The reader can also derive enjoyment from challenges offered by the themes or arguments in a story. Examples that bear this out include two Ray Bradbury short stories, "The Pedestrian" and "The Last Night of the World," as well as in Marjorie Barnard's short story "The Persimmon-tree."
Epic Heroes: Gilgamesh and Achilles
Essay Grade: 92%   (0 words, approx. 0 pages)
Both Gilgamesh from the "Epic of Gilgamesh" (Andrew George's translation) and Achilles from Homer's "Iliad" are good examples of epic heroes. These characteristics include a divine ancestry, they both had friends who were like brothers, and they shared the same views on the glory of death.
Epics Vs. Tall Tales
Essay Grade: 75%   (319 words, approx. 1 pages)
This is about how tall tales and epics compare and contrast.
Equus, Cats in the Cradle and Love Song: An Analysis of Humans and Their Environments
Essay Grade: 81%   (1,806 words, approx. 6 pages)
Analyzes the poems Equus, Cats in the Cradle and Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock. Discusses how each poem deals with the theme of humans and their environment.
Escape from Oppression
Essay Grade: 96%   (1,305 words, approx. 4 pages)
Compares two literary works with a common theme. Adrienne Rich's poem, "Aunt Jennifer's Tigers" and Susan Glaspells play, "Trifles" from a feminist perspective.
Essay Compares "Jane Eyre" and "Through the Tunnel"
Essay Grade: 92%   (2,137 words, approx. 7 pages)
Essay consists of a comparison of "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Bronte and "Through the Tunnel" by Doris Lessing.
Essay on Change in Poems by Judith Wright
Essay Grade: 92%   (1,461 words, approx. 5 pages)
The following is an essay on change in Judith Wright's poems of "Remittance Man", "Old House", and "Looking for Alibrandi."
Estrogenic Emotion in Crime and Punishment and The Metamorphosis
Essay Grade: 88%   (0 words, approx. 0 pages)
An analysis of the effects of feminine emotion on characters in the novels Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky and The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka. Such emotion represents the universal act of sacrificing oneself for the betterment of a family unit.
Ethan Frome Vs. Age of Innocence
Essay Grade: 92%   (849 words, approx. 3 pages)
Essay provides a comparison of Ethan Frome and Age of Innocence.
Euthanasia
Essay Grade: 86%   (520 words, approx. 2 pages)
Comparison of euthanasia in "Of Mice and Men" to a doctor performing euthanasia.
Examining the Theme of Sacrifice
Essay Grade: 86%   (1,845 words, approx. 6 pages)
Examines the theme of sacrifice as portrayed in the novel The Great Gatsby, by F.Scott Fitzgerald and the play Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller. Explores how main characters personify the theme. Reveals how each character's relationship with society influences his sacrifice.
Exile in Beowulf and Grendel
Essay Grade: 95%   (1,563 words, approx. 5 pages)
This essay compares the similarities between the exiles of Grendel and Beowulf with perspectives from the books "Grendel" and "Beowulf."
Experience Is the Best Teacher
Essay Grade: 81%   (458 words, approx. 2 pages)
The essay outlines why studying is only part of the complete learning process, using examples from law and real life. Practical experience in a field or subject is the final step in mastering it, because certain tasks cannot be done effectively without practice and hands-on experience.
Exploration in the American Literary Canon
Essay Grade: 92%   (1,053 words, approx. 4 pages)
Examines exploration as a theme in the American literary canon. Discusses early contributors to the canon, including Native American oral traditions, colonial texts and accounts from Spanish explorers and conquistadors.
Exploration of the Common Ground Occupied by the Metamorphosis and the Wasp Factory.
Essay Grade: 88%   (1,346 words, approx. 5 pages)
Explores the common ground occupied by Franz Kafka's "The Metamorphosis" and Iain Bank's "The Wasp Factory." Considers the key theme of isolation in each work and details a clear comparison that can be made from the two stories regarding animal imagery.
Explore the Ways in Which These Two Stories Use the Theme of Love
Essay Grade: 83%   (2,297 words, approx. 8 pages)
In Thomas Hardy's stories, "The Withered Arm" and "The Son's Veto", the theme of love is prominent. Some of this emotion is shown between mother and son, for example Rhoda and her son, whilst some exists between lovers, like Sam and Sophy. Not all the love could be considered as `true' however and some of the characters do not really love each other at all, merely believe that they do.
Exploring Plato's Cave through Camus
Essay Grade: 92%   (845 words, approx. 3 pages)
A comparison between "The Guest" by Albert Camus and "The Allegory of the Cave" by Plato, focusing on the character of Daru.
Exploring the Treatment of Women
Essay Grade: 83%   (1,550 words, approx. 5 pages)
Examines the film The Piano, directed by Jane Campion, and the novels "Nervous Conditions" by Tsitsi Dangarembga and "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy. Considers how both traditional and modern values influence the treatment of women in each work.
Exploring Themes of Culture and Values
Essay Grade: 83%   (1,000 words, approx. 3 pages)
Analyzes The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje and Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad. Explores how each novel evokes the notion that Western culture places high values on the gaining of power, control, wealth, and status.
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