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Creon and Oedipus in Oedipus the King by Sophocles

one to conclude that determinism plays a significantly essential role. Were Oedipus and Creons lives determined or were the...

'The Awakening' by Kate Chopin and Protagonist Edna Pontellier

Acting out her intimate desires may have given her a moments retreat from what she so seeks to leave behind, yet the overall effec...

William Wordsworth and the Characterization of 'the Old Huntsman'

In 5 pages this paper examines William Wordsworth's poem 'Simon Lee' in a character analysis of the old huntsman. There are 5 sou...

Medieval Marriage and Women's Roles in 'The Clerk's Tale' by Geoffrey Chaucer

In eight pages this character analysis of Griselda in 'The Clerk's Tale' by Geoffrey Chaucer discusses how she reflects Medieval p...

Joseph Heller's Catch 22 and Morality

In five pages this paper discusses morality with regard to Catch 22 in a character analysis of Yossarian. One source is cited in ...

Sophocles' Antigone and the Character of Haemon

In five pages this paper presents a character analysis of Haemon as a reflection of wisdom and his wisdom while also serving at th...

Interchangeability of Homer's Heroic Hektor

In six pages this character analysis of Hektor in 'The Iliad' by Homer reveals how he is a hero who also happens to be human and h...

Character of Tamima in Death in Beirut by Tawfiq Awwad

Some might contend that Tamima was responsible for her own discontent, in that she was the one who fought for gender equality....

Lorraine Hansberry's 'A Raisin in the Sun' and Eternal Hope

fact deliberately so. Hansberry does not leave it there, however. Though the play seems to be going headlong in that direction fo...

Thornton Wilder's The Bridge of San Luis Rey and Irony

depicting what he discovered about each of the victims. The first of these characters is the Marquesa, who is the daughter of a we...

Yossarian in Joseph Heller's Catch 22

in a most hideous way, Yossarian pleads with Doc Daneeka to ground him on the basis of insanity. Doc Daneeka replies that Yossaria...

Analyzing Bastard Out of Carolina by Dorothy Allison

In fact, Bastard Out of Carolina is very much the story of her own life (Dorothy Allison Talks About Working Class Guilt). Allis...

Arabian Nights and Days by Naguib Mahfouz

plagued with corruption. Gamasa Al-Bulti is the chief of police, at least at first, and he delves into the underworld. Yet, while...

Dr. Josef Breuer's Character

international field (Sharp PG). Born in Pecs, Hungary in 1902, Breuer studied at Allami Foreaiskola, at Pecs, and at the Bauhaus...

Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman and Linda Loman

for all, for life itself. And Linda has a heart full and hands outstretched to give back to life the love it gives her" (OBrien Bi...

Female Protagonist in Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf

his own resulting suicide because he believes his life is not worth living (which, in many ways, parallels Clarissas own ambivalen...

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte and Religion

it will, it is indebted to him" (xi-xii). Charlotte Bronte believed that religious attitudes fell into two distinct categories -...

Heroism and Primitivism in Character Studies of Gilgamesh and Enkidu

combat and claiming the right to sleep with any woman before her marriage" (Sparknotes). While Gilgamesh is handsome if not beauti...

'Everyday Use' by Alice Walker and the Character of Dee

her arms and legs, eyeing her sister with a mixture of envy and awe. She thinks her sister has held life always in the palm of one...

A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen and a Heroic Assessment of Nora

as "little skylark twittering." Her husband calls her "little featherbrain," "little scatterbrain," "squirrel sulking", and "song ...

Isabelle Allende's The House of the Spirits and the Character of Clara

relatively quiet, yet ominous woman. We note that she is clearly a very "mysterious person, which attracts Esteban to her and w...

The First Man in Rome by McCullough

this Mariuss evil twin? The characterization of Gaius Marius is above all well done, as were the characterizations of many other...

Slave Owners in Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe

Tom rescues his daughter (Little Eva) from a drowning death. St. Clare is one who believes in paying his debts and, in fact, promi...

Ishiguro's The Remains of the Day and Silence

who were in service to the aristocratic families came to define themselves through their identification with those families, to th...

Uhry's Driving Miss Daisy

by employing a chauffeur. Miss Daisy has strict ideas of what is right and proper, and having been brought up in Jewish social cul...

Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton

In five pages this analysis of Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton focuses upon the characters' lives. There are no other sources cited....

A Comparison of Two Major Characters in Literature, Sophocles' Antigone and Shakespeare's Hamlet

the king is furious at his sons interference. The king asks if the reason he has come was to save Antigone. His foreknowledge, whi...

Analysis of William Shakespeare's Hamlet as a Religious Play

In five pages this research paper considers the religious aspects of Hamlet by William Shakespeare in an analysis of Hamlet's acti...

Hawthorne's The House of the Seven Gables With a focus on Hepzibah

how deceiving appearances can actually be, and also illustrates how despite the rapid change from old-world values to modern sensi...

A Look at Miss Havisham in Great Expectations

This character is contemplated as this Charles Dickens work is carefully evaluated. Various details are relayed about the characte...