Essays 1981 - 2010
In five pages this title character is examined in terms of her powerful characteristics of honesty, courage, and outspokenness as ...
(Miller PG) This move away from benevolence, as interpreted in Death of a Salesman, has caused considerable harm to mans reputati...
is no more deep than what lies beneath the layers of his skin -- an aspect of his personality that is readily recognized by all; i...
Crito by Plato is the subject of this paper, which takes the form of an overview of what the author's characters concluded. This p...
yours. Stand still, shut your eyes, and wait." I did, and something began to happen. The air began to hum.. I tried to open my ey...
episode at some point in life. Depression often hits the elderly more than any other age group; however, with each passing ...
In five pages these stories are analyzed in terms of their similarities and differences and literary elements such as themes, char...
Henry V is evaluated as a historical figure as well as a character in the Shakespearean play by his name. Personality characterist...
In three pages this research paper contends that the playwright conceived of Medea as a character that would inspire sympathy in a...
Rasselas by Samuel Johnson and Frankenstein by Mary Shelley offer a study in Neoclassicism and Romanticism, respectively. This pap...
In five pages the novel's three female characters are contrasted and compared in terms of their similarities and significance. On...
sense to their world. In fact, the lack of sense serves as the only unifying factor that does, in its own twisted way, make sense....
In five pages this paper discusses the representation of reality and fiction in literature in an examination of Chekhov's The Thre...
her time between home and school. But when her parents decide to marry her to Hussein, her only a choice is to submit to their wis...
In a paper consisting of six pages these character driven short stories Updike's 'A and P,' Hawthorne's 'Young Goodman Brown,' and...
This essay contrasts and compares J.D. Salinger's coming of age novel Catcher in the Rye with Harper Lee's account of a Southern c...
effect, there is a cause and for every cause, there is an effect. Paul is greatly effected by what his mother does and how she fe...
entertainment itself. The chorus both commented on the events and participated in them, so that it was both involved in the action...
In a paper consisting of 5 pages this film is analyzed in terms of how the lies of the protagonist affect both himself and his vic...
In 5 pages this paper discusses the achievements of Hosea Easton, an African American abolitionist author in a consideration of su...
In a paper consisting of seven pages the strength of character that it took to survive Auschwitz and those both great and small, o...
In five pages the author's Russian atheism and socialism conflict is examined within the context of the novel's 6 characters. The...
In five pages this essay compares and contrasts the character of Martin in Glory with the life of author Nabokov in a consideratio...
She is disgusted by the fact that she must respond to the blackmailer, but also proud that she has defended her husband and her li...
This paper provides a synopsis and overview of Marquez's classic novel, Love in the Time of Cholera. The author notes Marquez's u...
a man so much that she would do anything for him-- lie, cry, and eventually die. In many ways, Queen Jocasta submits fully...
In five pages this paper analyzes whether Aeschylus's title character is in some way responsible for his dilemma and argues that h...
In six pages these stories are compared and contrasted with regard to the portrayal of character rebellion in each. There are no ...
In a paper consisting of five pages connections are established between Miguel de Cervantes' Don Quixote and Paul Auster's City of...
The writer examines several of Shakespeare's plays (King Lear and The Tempest), as well as Fuente Ovejuna by the Spanish playwrigh...