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Huckleberry Finn: Conduct Disordered Adolescent, Emerging Sociopath, Or American Hero?, Robert J. Golonka

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In a “Notice” to the first edition of his Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain warned: “Persons attempting to find a motive in this narrative will be prosecuted; Persons attempting to find a moral in it will be banished; Persons attempting to find a plot in it will be shot” (Twain xxv). Critics have generally paid little attention to these cautionary remarks. In the one hundred and three years since its publication, Twain's novel has enjoyed major critical acclaim. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn has also been the subject of considerable critical debate.

The purpose of this investigation will be t …

Parenthetic Function, Characterization, And The Voice Of Authority In "The Ring And The Book", Bonita Bernadine Dattner-Garza

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Who was the masked man in Alexander Dumas’ The Iron Mask? What were the circumstances that led up to his entrapment in the mask? Most of us are fascinated by the mystery that surrounds the use of masks. The ancient Greeks used masks in their dramas to create expressions of sorrow, anger, joy, etc. Masks enabled actors to hide their true selves -- actors merely playing a part. One of the basic character types in Greek drama was the trickster who pretended to be ignorant, “thereby provoking somebody else to reveal his most ludicrous side” (Jones and Wilson 194). In …