Charlotte Truman
A writer with the aspirations of becoming an intellectual bohemian, among other things in the educational profession.
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The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, TooA candidly frank review of a new guilty pleasure classic. -
Mr. Mom and the Evolution of Housework DivisionIs the work load still the same as in traditional times?
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Gender Roles and in Vitro FertilizationDo women feel that it is their jobs to reproduce?
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The Weight it Carries: Tim O'Brien as a New Classics AuthorUsing The Things They Carried as a catalyst, this essay cites Tim O'Brien's relevance as an author of new classics that transcend publication date. -
Isak Dinesen's Pious PriestA look into the underlying context of characterization in Isak Dinesen's short story.
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Creativity in Non-Fiction Prose: Theory in the ClassroomThis article explores the underrated art of creative non-fiction in English classes.
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The Imagined Fall: Death of a Salesman's Willy Loman in ContextDwelling on a particular passage of Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman, this article breaks down the true nature of the "fallen" father.
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Deconstructing James Joyce's The DeadA interpretive view of the deconstruction of James Joyce's short story, The Dead.
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The Quest for Failure in The Man Who Had All the LuckAnalyzing Arthur Miller's first published play.
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Ambiguity as a Driving Force in Short Story WritingAn analytical comparison of the element of ambiguity in Hemingway's Hills Like White Elephants and Hawthorne's Young Goodman Brown.
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Magda as an Unreliable Narrator in J.M. Coetzee's In the Heart of the CountryWas the heroine of J.M. Coetzee's new classic actually insane?
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Gender, Society, and The PillUsing the film The Pill, an exploit about the birth of birth control, as a jumping off point, this essay delves into the concepts of "doing gender" and male/female stereotypes. -
Fern, Bradstreet, and Dickinson - Public and Private ExistencesA juxtaposition of the concepts of private and public life as displayed through the writings of Fanny Fern, Anne Bradstreet, and Emily Dickinson. -
The Contextual Factors of the Film Pieces of AprilA look into the cinematic techniques and plot of the film Pieces of April. -
The Contextual Factors of the Film Lackawanna BluesA look into the cinematic techniques and plot of the film Lackawanna Blues. -
Viola and Olivia as Parallel Characters in Shakespeare's Twelfth NightAn in-depth look into the juxtaposition of the characters Olivia and Viola in the classic Shakespeare play Twelfth Night, or What You Will
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The Contextual Factors of the Film Classic Cool Hand LukeElements and cinematic factors of the classic Cool Hand Luke. -
The Obstruction of Gods as Found in Medea and Oedipus the KingA comparsion of the interference and relevance of the gods in the Greek tragedies Medea and Oedipus the King. -
Stand and Deliver - a Relevant Film for Education ClassA summary and criticism of the film Stand and Deliver
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Water as a Stimulant in Works by Coleridge and WordsworthThe contextual factors and use of water in Coleridge's The Rime of the Ancient Mariner and Wordsworth's Prelude
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Ezra Pound, Walt Whitman, and Other Quarreling GhostsWas there really a rivalry between literary greats Pound and Whitman?
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Greed and Satisfaction - the Driving Forces in Madame BovaryA look at Gustave Flaubert's character manipulations in his classic work, Madame Bovary. -
The Lust Song of J. Alfred PrufrockContemplations of love vs. lust in T.S. Eliot's The Love Song of Alfred J. Prufrock -
Implications of Darkness in Joseph Conrad's Heart of DarknessA succint look at Conrad's usage of "darkness" and its shades of meaning in Heart of Darkness. -
A Modernized Version of A Midsummer Night's Dream: Shakespeare in 1943A modern take on Shakespeare's classic play, set in Europe during World War II.
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The Influence of Gender in Postcolonial LiteratureWomen in African, Indian, and Caribbean Literary Works
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The Element of Guise in TheTaming of the ShrewA close contextual look at character development versus the "acting" character in Shakespeare's famous comedy.



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