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Evil Characterizations in Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter and Herman Melville's Billy Budd

In eight pages this paper examines the evil that manifests itself in the predatory characters of Roger Chillingworth in The Scarle...

Mythic Figures Teiresias and Oedipus

In five pages this paper discusses how these characters featured in Oedipus Rex by Sophocles can be describes as mythic because th...

Erich Maria Remarque and Maximilien Robespierre Compared

This research report compares and contrasts these two historic French figures. Different ideas about each of these characters are ...

The Classic Film Casablanca

The writer explores the plot, characters, setting and other elements of the 1942 classic film Casablanca, starring Humphrey Bogart...

Conflict and Emotion in Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter

This five page paper addresses the themes of conflict and emotion experienced by Hawthorne's characters in The Scarlet Letter. The...

Gaelic Ulster Mythical Cycle

In six pages this paper discusses the Ulster Cycle in a consideration of characters, tales, legends, and myths. Ten sources are c...

Transcendent Laura Wingfield in The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams

The character of Laura and the purpose she serves in Tennessee Williams' play The Glass Menagerie are analyzed in a paper consisti...

Chin P'ing Mei's The Golden Lotus

In five pages this paper reviews the text and considers what cultural aspects are revealed about society as well as what is symbol...

Comparing Daisy from The Great Gatsby with Amanda from The Glass Menagerie

flower, hence the name chosen for her by the author; however, a brightly appealing as she might be on the outside, she harbors the...

Epistolary Novel Pamela by Samuel Richardson

In six pages this 18th century epistolary novel is examined in terms of how the author moved the plot along and developed characte...

Protagonist and Antagonist in 'A and P' by John Updike

In one page this paper examines the short story by John Updike in an identification of its protagonist and antagonist characters. ...

Characterization and Irony in A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams

In six pages this paper examines irony as it shapes character development and relationships. Five sources are cited in the biblio...

The Death of Artemio Cruz by Carlos Fuentes

war, he also lost the only woman who ever loved him. Fuentes has him pay for his greed and love of power in that all of the subseq...

Henry Fielding's The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling and Sophia's Characterization

In five pages this paper examines the duality of Sophia's character as both a position and an independent female in this novel by ...

Mrs. Wilcox and Margaret in Howard's End by E.M. Forster

family, she does not fit in with the typical representation of such a lifestyle; indeed, it can be argued that she fits in more re...

Society in the Novel Great Expectations

hostile, choosing to abide by his inner instinct and institute avoidance. "Better not try to brew beer there now, or it would tur...

The Iliad, Aeneid and Heroism

Heroism is the focus of this paper on these two classic works. Achilles and Hector, in addition to Aeneas and Turnus are character...

The Lesson by Toni Cade Bambara

features suggest, Miss Moore, first of all, does not try to change her appearance to meet white standards, hence, her hair is "nap...

Positive Perspective on the Presidency of Lyndon B. Johnson

Thanks to his experience and his resolve he was able to stand up valiantly even in the face of many negatives. Prior...

Hero or Fool 'Young Goodman Brown'

to be happening is that he feels he is risking his soul. If this is the case then a hero would emerge victorious in some way, havi...

A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest Gaines and Subjectivity

man, such as Jefferson. In essence, Jefferson is content to die and be considered a hog, while Grant is eager to be nothing more t...

An Analysis of The Kite Runner

in the same way that Afghanistan has endured invasion after invasion; and the way that Hassan fell and took Amirs courage with him...

Gender, Women, and 2 Plays by William Shakespeare

the perspective of the other characters, they are acting as men, not women. This scenario is intriguing for its points out, within...

The Depiction of Troy in The Iliad and in Film

is not identified as a goddess except for when a servant speaks to Achilles about the legends that have begun to be spun concernin...

Charles Dickens' Estella and F. Scott Fitzgerald's Daisy

none of the women in Gatsby are particularly likeable, but even so, the book retains its power. Daisy Buchanan Lets start with Da...

The Magnificent Seven Film and the Cowboy Mentality

clearly an attempt to redefine the modern cowboy for modern audiences by penetrating the invincible stereotype and revealing vulne...

Comparative Analysis of Sophocles' Antigone and Lorraine Hansberry's Raisin in the Sun

this retaliation against his brother whom Polyneices felt had stolen the throne from him. Both brothers are killed in battle, one ...

Analyzing Mrs. Kearney in Dubliners by James Joyce

1984). They are "depicted as powerless, passive, and silent or, if they do act, as monstrous; Mrs. Mooney, after all, has the sens...

The Cell Film and Costuming

sees a boy, Carls character as a child. She is dressed in a skirt and a top, very casually, as she would dress perhaps every day i...

Eugene O'Neill's Long Day's Journey Into Night and Past Guilt

women but prostitutes" ("Eugene (Gladstone) ONeill"). These are exactly the same people that ONeill puts on the stage. We might ...