Literature Review Essays & Research Papers

Lucas Reilly's Article: 'The Optimal Time to Dunk an Oreo'

2 Pages 797 Words

In his article ‘The Optimal Time to Dunk an Oreo, According to Science’, Lucas Reilly brings us a roundup of scientific research of just how long our cookie/biscuit should remain in the milk, including an actual physics equation and a university-approved chart. This piece of writing explores Washburn's/Fisher's equation, how the equation works, and how it benefits us as readers....

Literary CriticismLiterature Review

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Essay on ‘Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry’

2 Pages 751 Words

‘Roll of Thunder Hear my Cry’, is an interesting story written by Mildred D. Taylor. A story of courage, love, and pride, are the three words displayed on the front cover and are also the three words most people would describe in this story. The story is an award-winning best-seller book and is definitely a must-read book. The story displays...

Literature ReviewShort Story

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Human Experiences in The Boy in the Striped Pajamas and War Photographer

2 Pages 1059 Words

Human experiences can be fraught with danger and trauma, however, can still lead to self-growth and understanding. Human experiences are deeply embedded throughout texts to display and to emphasize how characters interact with each other. In ‘The Boy in the Striped Pajamas’, the director describes the three human experiences shown in the three characters: Bruno, Shmuel and Bruno’s father. The...

Literature ReviewMovie Review The Boy in The Striped Pajamas

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Art History: Historical, Social, Economic, Political Implications

3 Pages 1494 Words

Introduction The main topic to be discussed in this synthesis paper will be the Historical, Social, Economic and Political Implications of Art. Through the various given readings, specifically 5 readings related to the topic, the determining of main arguments in each reading by carefully deconstructing the readings and gathering salient information on it. The order of each reading to be...

Art HistoryLiterature ReviewModern Society

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Analytical Essay on Periodization of Art History

5 Pages 2380 Words

Schapiro: ‘By style is usually meant the constant form – and sometimes the constant elements, qualities, and expression – in the art of an individual or a group’. Barthes: ‘Style excuses everything, absolves us from everything, notably any historical reflection; it imprisons the spectator in the servitude of a pure formalism’. The above two quotations give, firstly, a working definition...

Art HistoryLiterature ReviewPerspective

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Analytical Essay on Manifestos and Movements in Art History

3 Pages 1489 Words

The influences for my own manifesto begin with manifestos by; Wassily Kandinsky and Franz Marc’s “Preface to Der Blaue Reiter Almanac” (1912), Vincente Huidobro “We Must Create” (1922), Barnett Newman “the sublime is now” (1948) and Claes Oldenburg’s “I am for an art” (1961). The fundamentals of these manifesto’s wish for exploration of endless possibilities, a desire to be the...

21st Century Art HistoryLiterature Review

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The Main Ideas Of The Story The Cask Of Amontillado

2 Pages 767 Words

The catacombs that Fortunato is led through are damp and dark, giving an eerie presence. The ancient catacombs are covered in nitre, the “white web-work which gleams from [the] cavern walls” (1), while the floor is scattered with bones, the air even having a particularly putrid smell. Such a mood creates both apprehension and suspense for the readers in the...

Literature ReviewThe Cask of Amontillado

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