Summer Essays and Research Papers Page 2

Lottery By Shirley Jackson In many stories, settings are constructed to help build the mood and to foreshadow of things to come. “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson is a story in which the setting sets up the reader to think of positive outcomes. However, this description of the setting foreshadows exactly the opposite of what…

Summer Of My Germin Soilder CN – Can you tell me the first time you met Anton. What was it like? PB – I first heard his name when some soldiers told my father that he was the only English speaking German. When I saw him he was different from the others. He did not…

The most striking feature of Tennessee Williams Summer and Smoke as performed at the Guthrie Theater was the transformation of the characters. There are several elements that reflect this transformation. These elements are set, costumes and character mannerisms, which are all symbolic. As a result of these complexities, the audience is exposed to a very…

The First Battle of Manassas On a hot summer day in July of 1861 there stood about 30,000 Union troops lead by General Irvin McDowell ready to march out and capture Richmond and end the war. For the troops were young volunteers and thought that the battle would only last one day. But they were…

In the summer of 1978 three teenagers, Judy Ulrich along with her sister Lynn Ulrich and their cousin Donna Ulrich were tragically killed in an auto accident. The vehicle they were driving in a 1973 Ford Pint burst into flames along the U.S. Highway 33 near Goshen, Indiana. The death of these young girls along…

A Mid Summer Night’s Dream Film Analysis A Mid Summer Night’s Dream Film Analysis A Mid summer Night’s Dream is another entry into Shakespeare’s recent rebirth on film. Michael Hoffman’s film dose not stay true to the text, but he must take liberties to allow for this classic story to be entertaining to today’s audience….

Cinema Paradiso Cinema Paradiso In the film “Cinema Paradiso”, Toto, the main character, is a lost child without a father to provide a male role model. The story begins after Toto is informed of the death of his dearest friend, Alfredo. At this point, Toto is a mature man and a successful film director, having…

In “The Yellow Wallpaper”, by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, the dominant/submissive relationship between an oppressive husband and his submissive wife pushes her from depression into insanity. Flawed human nature seems to play a great role in her breakdown. Her husband, a noted physician, is unwilling to admit that there might really be something wrong with his…

Ever since I was a little girl I dreamed about traveling overseas. Strange lands, exciting places, and new cultures have always fascinated me. I’ve always wondered what it would be like to speak another language, to grow up learning different customs, or to live in a completely different way than I do now. This past…

Of Plymouth Plantation by William Bradford, The General History of Virginia, New England, and the Summer Isles by John Smith, and The Tempest by William Shakespeare, seem to have one thing in common in that they all touch upon the aspect of life in the new world. While The Tempest alludes to the new world…