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…If ever there are two opposite themes offered in the telling of one tale, it is in Herman Melville's short story, "Bartleby the Scrivener". As his perspective swings between the objective and subjective, so swings the theme from comedy to tragedy…

…a terrific love story, one filled with broken hearts and broken dreams. It's a rousing drama about patriotism and heroics. Furthermore, it's an engaging tale of friendship and the lengths one man is willing to go for another. All of these themes…

…Poe was a literary master with the emotions of his readers. He could make a reader feel anything he wanted to with just a few sentences. Through the stories “The Black Cat” and “The Tell-Tale Heart”, he takes the reader through the emotions of his…

…that Emperors, kings, artisans, peasants, big people, little people - at the bottom we are all alike and all the same; all alike on the inside and when our clothes are off, nobody can tell which of us is which (Budd, Tales 516). This work effectively compares all…

…The Hobbit: A Dragon's Curse. "In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit" (P.1). This is how J.R.R. Tolkien starts his world renown book The Hobbit, published in 1966. This book is a tale of a small hobbit named Bilbo and his ever-memorable journey…

…"In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit" (P.1). This is how J.R.R. Tolkien starts his world renown book "The Hobbit", published in 1966. This book is a tale of a small hobbit named Bilbo and his ever-memorable journey through the evil world during…

…is that the mice were brown; she gives more description to the tailor in this tale. In The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies, the only animal she gives a description of is the mouse that helps rescue the bunnies. "I can tell you her name, she was called Thomasina Tittle-mouse…

…no more ..." Content & imagery The poem shows the intensity of first love and the passion we derive from it. It is like the author tells us his personal tale of when he was struck with first love. Since that day he has never been the same. The only…

…for a religion, seeing as it is just a collection of stories and tales. If one were to read the entire Book of Psalms, apparently he would have a revelation and realize the flaws of his innate religious character. The psalms “allow our hearts to listen to the word…

…apart Miss Fellows by telling her she was gay. Despite these crude acts of unkindness, on the inside, Maxine is very kind-hearted. With a little bit of persuasion on Shannon's part she finds it in herself to allow Hannah and Nonno to stay for a few nights…