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Female Sexuality and Victorian Society in Bram Stoker's Dracula

An analysis of Bram Stoker's Dracula exploring how the novel depicts Victorian expectations of female sexuality through characters Mina, Lucy, and Count Dracula.

Literature

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Essay Undergraduate 2,414 words

Corrupted Longing: Symbolism and Moral Decay in Gatsby

Analyze Great Gatsby symbolism — the green light, Eckleburg's eyes, and the Valley of Ashes — as a moral architecture exposing the American Dream's class

Literature

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1,012 words

Alex Keegan's perspective on novels, short stories, and writing as craft and art

In his article, "The Short and the Long of it," novelist and short story writer Alex Keegan discusses the difference between writing novels and short stories, as well as the stereotypes that go along with those writings.

~6 min read

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2,340 words

Problems with bilingual education: Transitional versus immersive approaches

According to its website, this is "a journal that is published three times each year and covers a wide range of topics relating to bilingual education, bilingualism in society, and language policy in education.

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1,614 words

U.S. democracy promotion policy and obstacles to democratic reform in Iran

"God has planted in every human heart the desire to live in freedom'- the belief of President Bush made it clear the American perspective of devising a strategy for democracy in the Middle East confronting the obstacles of reform, the allies of terror along with anticipation of high standards from…

~9 min read

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1,200 words

Invisibility and identity in Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man

Callahan, John F. "Before Publication." In Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man: A Casebook. New York: Oxford University Press, 2004.

~6 min read

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Essay Undergraduate 2,400 words

The Gilded Lie: Gatsby's Dream and Its Collapse

Analyze how Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby critiques the American Dream through Gatsby's pursuit of Daisy, the green light symbol

Literature

~12 min read

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1,556 words

Moral arguments in the abortion debate: fetus rights and utilitarian defense

Abortion has always been a case of debate in history, because of the numerous implications this issue has. It relates not only to the rights of the mother, but, even more important, to the rights of the unborn child. Additionally, abortion provides an unwanted means of late contraception.

~8 min read

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1,379 words

Nature and nurture in predicting adult criminal behavior

This debate will perhaps, never end. In the early part of the twentieth century, nature was supposed to win out. The execrable notion of eugenics, where criminals, homosexuals and some of society's misfits were sterilized so that they would not pollute the gene pool was popular.

~7 min read

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1,305 words

Critical analysis of scholarly writing and the digital divide

Prompt: One of the great breakthroughs in the past 50 years has been the widespread availability of the personal computer. This powerful learning tool has revolutionized everything from commerce to education and changed the very way everyone conducts his or her daily lives.

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