C.R The Wild Duck The contrast between realism and idealism is a central theme depicted in Ibsen's play, The Wild Duck. Both opposing forces of thought are represented by various characters in the play. Gregers Werle is characterized as the quintessential self-righteous idealist throughout ...
Father-daughter relationships are of the most central issues examined in many plays. Two of these include Proof, by David Auburn, and Trail of Her Inner Thigh, by Erin Cressida Wilson. In comparing these two plays, many differences are evident. One of the most prevalent of these disparities is ho...
English 305 Asian-American Film The Joy Luck Club A Semiotic Critique The Joy Luck Club as an exercise in semiotic critique. Luckily, the film lends it's self very well this discipline. There are four main subjects of the semiotic method: Rhetorical is the film's intentional meaning or messag...
The Color of Water tells the remarkable story of Ruth McBride Jordan, the two good men she married, and the 12 good children she raised. Ruth, born Rachel Shilsky, a Polish Jew, immigrated to America soon after birth; as an adult she moved to New York City, leaving her family and faith b...
Alice Walker is a child of sharecroppers who raised cotton in the rural South. Walker suffers from a blinding injury to her right eye that causes her to become shy and withdrawn, much like the character of Maggie in this story. Alice Walker's, "Everyday Use," explores an African-American family expl...
Catcher in the Rye The American Dream for family will greatly vary between people, as it should. Throughout the novel you can see how Holden's attitude and relationship vary greatly between family members. This book takes you to every side of the spectrum from friends to enemies. This would not be...
An Analysis of Catcher in the Rye The protagonist, Holden Caulfield, interacts with many people throughout J.D. Salinger's novel The Catcher in the Rye, but probably none have as much impact on him as certain members of his immediate family. The ways Holden acts around or reacts to the various m...
Women are portrayed differently in literature depending upon the societal customs and the acceptance of women in the culture of the author. Although this is true, it is only partially so. An author is not obligated to write about his customs and norms, and in fact may use completely different ones i...
What is the American family? This question was answered by John de Crevecoeur, in "what is the American?" (1782), when he said: "I could point out to you a family whose grandfather was an Englishman, whose wife was Dutch, whose son married a French woman, and whose present four sons have four wives ...
