YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :A Comparison of Two Literary Protagonists
Essays 931 - 960
exploration of human feelings and emotions. In the poem, Inscriptions, to which the first lines are: HOPES what are they?--B...
him completely off-guard, Othello is completely unprepared for the "depth and intensity" (Vanita 341) of his love. Just as his pu...
men. It is their rules and their decisions that determine how women should act and what role they can play in society. Antigones ...
arms off and place them somewhere, nor did she wage a real battle on the high window. Even the terms high window and shadow can be...
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...
knowledge and hands; while Werther kills himself with a pistol because he cannot stand to share the same lifetime with the woman w...
continues to build. The task of finding the real answer falls to the captain of the fist ship. What emerges then is a great myst...
first he must prove himself worthy of trusting: "My gentleness and good behaviour had gained so far on the emperor and his court, ...
must reach unto" (Shakespeare I, i). When the two meet in the next scene we note that Lady Anne has absolutely no feelings for ...
walls, the ebon blackness of the floors, and the phantasmagoric armorial trophies which rattled as I strode, were but matters to w...
not large enough and therefore in these situations, generally speaking, those who abuse the system tend to sponsor or foster a gre...
jealousy. His inherent nature does not want him to believe such lies. We see this throughout the story as he is constantly confuse...
There is much more use of the present and present perfect tense in her writing. Like the child that she was at the time, the reade...
At the conclusion of the poem, the Green Knight informs Gawain that his actions were the direct result of the commands of the conn...
of sympathy it is first necessary to understand that the classification of "Othello" as a "tragedy" is, of course, not to be confu...
involves not only examining the authors words for literal meaning, but also considering the meanings behind symbolism and imagery....
o his." (Harte NA). We find the following lines to be incredibly colorful, illustrating that Harte clearly made use of the color a...
Little Women centers on the four March sisters; Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy; all of whom are proper young ladies with a proper...
not know when to stop. Faustus is not happy with the knowledge he has obtained. He feels there is more. He is much like an addic...
goading and nagging, contributed to Macbeths downfall; however, when one examines the play that the main impetus to Macbeths actio...
obviously take the most tragic of subjects and place the words in a way that would make us, the reader, want more, and yet cause u...
is filled with allegorical references to the time of chivalry and has been described as an allegorical epic. As outlined in the i...
father who controlled every aspect of her life. When she married bank employee Torvald Helmer, she was merely exchanging a father...
a very unexpected place: her fears. She is so terrified that life is simply going to pass her by that the thought nearly paralyze...
quest as being somehow representative of the times in which he lived. Through the use of exaggeration, Cervantes is basically say...
truncated at some point in the past by an Ellis Island clerk, Fogelman thus becomes Fogg. Fogg is an orphan in search of his fath...
he must assassinate Hoederer. Hoederer is a admirable Communist leader whom Hugo likes and respects for his political ideas. Hugo ...
this argument with great compassion. While Homer develops a sincere admiration for Dr. Larch, he disagrees with abortion because ...
in the Italian ambulance corps during World War I. Henry meets and falls in love with Catherine Barkley, a British nurse. Soon af...
stone, but by the relation of human being to human being" (71). She then takes on the voice of an advocate for the rights of wome...