Many themes can be established from this story, one that is hidden deep in the text, and not implied for children, is the theme of sexuality throughout this story. ... The only kind of love that he knew how to give was maternal love. ... "She also said she would give him a kiss if he liked, but Peter did not know what she meant, and he held out his hand expectantly" (Barrie 1004). ... To me, this whole thing played out as Peter's last cry for help to have his love, Wendy, back. ... To me, this was like their week of romance together. ...

• Word Count: 3144
• Approx Pages: 13
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

People may well think of Romeo and Juliet to be "the greatest love story ever told", due to their rather vague knowledge of the passion shared by the two main lovers. ... /Prodigious birth of love it is to me, /That I must love a loathed enemy." ... One of the major themes of Shakespeare's imagery is that of light. ... In contrast, though, there is also the recurring theme of dark imagery. ... "Nurse, come back again, /I have remembered me, thou's hear our counsel." ...

• Word Count: 2945
• Approx Pages: 12
• Grade Level: High School

What relevance does a story hold if there is no tragedy to draw out the sympathies of one's audience? Suffering allows the auto biographer to hold his audience in relative awe over the central theme of his work, the discovery of an unknown experience, an unknown life. Through the theme of suffering, the true relevance of the autobiography, as a genre of literature, emerges. ... Within the genre of autobiography, suffering provides the strongest medium for the theme of self-discovery. ... However, it is important to understand the motion of the theme of self-discovery for both the author ...

• Word Count: 3189
• Approx Pages: 13
• Grade Level: High School

The story of the fiery girl Carmen and her jealous lover Don Jose begins in Seville, about 1830 (Bleiler 40). ... Morales is also a corporal in the army as well, giving new phrase to the word flirtatious. ... Don Jose hurls himself on top of her body and shouts to the guards take me for I"m the one that has killed her. ... Many of the themes in the opera were thought to have been profane; women smoking, drinking and dancing for men in taverns. ... Almost everyone knows the dramatic, emotional, musical story o...

• Word Count: 2531
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School

"The victor belongs to the spoils" -Anthony Patch (p.188) "There is only one lesson to be learned from life... That there's no lesson to be learned from life." -Gloria Pa...

• Word Count: 2828
• Approx Pages: 11
• Grade Level: High School

The story begins in the warm-weather months and ends in autumn. ... She immediately writes a letter to Madame Valmonde, saying, "My mother, they tell me I am not white. Armand has told me I am not white. ... Themes Racism and Gender Bias Like many other American men of the mid-nineteenth century South, Armand Aubigny bases the worth of a person primarily on his or her race and gender. ...

• Word Count: 2905
• Approx Pages: 12
• Grade Level: High School

"The importance of being Earnest- can be regraded as a comedy although it has more serious and dramatics themes. ... After talking one by one about the characters on "The importance of being Earnest-, I think it's the moment to talk generally about what do they mean in the story. ... Apart from this, from my point of view the story becomes more and more interesting as the play goes on. ... Now I will tell the story in a few words: Algernon Moncrieff prepares for the arrival of his aunt, Lady Bracknell, and her daughter, Gwendolen, in his stylish and artistic London flat in 1895. ...

• Word Count: 3629
• Approx Pages: 15
• Grade Level: High School