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Eating Scene in Great Expectations
Essay Grade: 89%   (849 words, approx. 3 pages)
An eating scene in the book Great Expectations by Charles Dickens.
Edgar Allan Poe "The Cask of Amontillado"
Essay Grade: 83%   (391 words, approx. 1 pages)
Analyzes the story, "The Cask of Amontillado", by Edgar Allen Poe. Provides a brief plot description and answers the question, Little is described about the motive causing Montresor to seek revenge on his friend, what does this add to the plot?
Editor's Memo On Great Expectation Ending
Essay Grade: 90%   (807 words, approx. 3 pages)
Dicken's Great Expectations was written with two alternate endings. This essay is told from an editor's point of view on which ending should be published.
Elements of the Author's World Present in Utopian Fiction
Essay Grade: 81%   (0 words, approx. 0 pages)
A look at how certain utopian and dystopian fiction use elements of the author's society to demonstrate flaws in that society with consideration of works such as Samuel Butler's 'Erewhon' and George Orwell's '1984'.
Elie Wiesel's Faith in "Night"
Essay Grade: 81%   (342 words, approx. 1 pages)
Elie Wiesel's autobiography "Night" shows how his faith evolved, his doubts and turning back to God, during his family's time in a Nazi concentration camp.
Elie Wiesel's Struggle for Survival in the Nazi Death Camps in "Night"
Essay Grade: 92%   (1,282 words, approx. 4 pages)
The autobiography "Night" by Elie Wiesel describes his and others stuggles to survive the Nazi concentration camps of World War II. It describes the torture and horror the Jews faced in these death camps.
Elizabethan Poetry
Essay Grade: 92%   (707 words, approx. 2 pages)
Names the major poets of the Elizabethan age, including Edmond Spenser and William Shakespeare, and briefly describes their works. Details the age's revival of the old and classical literature of Greece and Rome.
Empathy in Oedipus the King
Essay Grade: 88%   (1,311 words, approx. 4 pages)
Evaluates how empathy is created, used, and entwined in Sophocles, "Oedipus the King."
Enduring Love
Essay Grade: 86%   (2,575 words, approx. 9 pages)
Essay provides an analysis of "Enduring Love" by Ian Mcewan.
Enemy of the People
Essay Grade: 79%   (580 words, approx. 2 pages)
A personal opinion on the work.
Epic Conventions of The Odyssey
Essay Grade: 86%   (680 words, approx. 2 pages)
In the epic The Odyssey, Homer uses epic conventions to enrich the story. Three of the main epic conventions are epithets, deus ex machina or divine machinery, and flashbacks. Flashbacks assist in the plot development, epithets define characters, and all three conventions serve to immortalize Odysseus.
Epic Hero - Beowulf
Essay Grade: 86%   (726 words, approx. 2 pages)
Explores the character of Beowulf as an epic hero. Describes the qualities of an epic hero and examines the Anglo-Saxon tradition of epic heroes.
Epictetus XXVIV
Essay Grade: 86%   (487 words, approx. 2 pages)
Essay consists of a discussion regarding Epictetus XXVIV.
Escape and Variety
Essay Grade: 98%   (1,897 words, approx. 6 pages)
Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale highlights the human need for variety, freedom and respect among a dystopian society.
Escher
Essay Grade: 86%   (718 words, approx. 2 pages)
Essay provides a description of the character of Escher.
Esmat's Journey
Essay Grade: 86%   (395 words, approx. 1 pages)
A character analysis of how the lead character (Esmat) responds to suffering.
Esperanza Rising
Essay Grade: 75%   (177 words, approx. 1 pages)
In the historical fiction book, Monoz Ryan, Esperanza is a rich girl from Aguas Calientes in Mexico. She lived with her mom, dad and grandmother who she called abuelita on the grape vineyard her father owned.
Essay of Definition: Mercy Killing
Essay Grade: 86%   (442 words, approx. 2 pages)
The definition of a mercy killing and its relation to Steinbeck's, "Of Mice and Men."
Essay on "The Basement Room"
Essay Grade: 92%   (941 words, approx. 3 pages)
Essay on "The Basement Room" by Graham Greene. It targets the topic of the loss of innocence.
Estella's Inner Beauty
Essay Grade: 81%   (453 words, approx. 2 pages)
How Pip feels about Estella's personality.
Everyman
Essay Grade: 90%   (860 words, approx. 3 pages)
A discussion of the morality play "Everyman" and the tyranny of the Catholic church.
Evil in "MacBeth"
Essay Grade: 89%   (4,595 words, approx. 15 pages)
Essay describes how an atmosphere of evil is created in the first two acts of "MacBeth" by William Shakespeare.
Evil in "the Iliad", "things Fall Apart", and "the Epic of Gilgamesh"
Essay Grade: 92%   (1,505 words, approx. 5 pages)
I would like to explore the themes of evil that appears in Things Fall Apart, The Epic of Gilgamesh, and the Iliad as well as explain what evil is. I will also discuss the evil characters of Paris, Gilgamesh, and Okonkwo and compare their importence in the given story. I will then compare entities that embody and represent evil in their respective tales. In the end, I will explain why evil is needed to maintain a counterbalance of good. This will show how evil is important to society and to humanity.
Evil Is Absolute in "Beowulf"
Essay Grade: 88%   (849 words, approx. 3 pages)
Evaluates the epic poem, Beowulf. Discusses the nature of evil as described in Beowulf. Considers the occurrences of absolute evil as opposed to relative evil.
Examine and Account for Attitudes Towards Race in Act I
Essay Grade: 95%   (2,403 words, approx. 8 pages)
Essay examines and accounts for attitudes towards race in Act I in William Shakespeare's "Othello."
Excursion or Redemption?
Essay Grade: 87%   (1,023 words, approx. 3 pages)
Based on the book Kim by Rudyard Kipling. The essay evaluates the themes, motifs and significant events in the book.
Existentialism and Freedom in The Plague and The Stranger by Albert Camus
Essay Grade: 92%   (1,493 words, approx. 5 pages)
This essay examines the concepts behind two of Albert Camus' most popular works, The Stranger and The Plague. Highlights his themes of freedom, the absurd, the meaninglessness of life and the existential philosophies that run through these works.
Exploring Settings in the novel Eva Luna
Essay Grade: 96%   (885 words, approx. 3 pages)
Examines how the setting of the novel "Eva Luna" by Isabel Allende develops meaning.
Exploring Social Issues Through the Drama of Plays
Essay Grade: 93%   (854 words, approx. 3 pages)
The exploration of social issues through the drama of plays such as "Oedipus the King" by Sophocles.
External Forces and Their Power over Aeneas' Expedition
Essay Grade: 92%   (1,054 words, approx. 4 pages)
About how outside forces affect Aeneas on his journey in The Aeneid by Virgil.
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