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Self Discovery Journey in The Unlikely Ones by Mary Brown

In four pages this essay examines the female protagonist's journey towards self discovery in The Unlikely Ones by Mary Brown. The...

Epistolary Novel and Fair and Tender Ladies by Lee Smith

who never writes back -- she says that the name of her would-be friend ?tastes sweet in my mouth like honey or cane or how I pictu...

Narrators' Growth in The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald and Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson

In 6 pages this paper discusses how the narrators of these respective texts managed to develop their own individuality through the...

Interpreting 'Jilting of Granny Weatherall' by Katherine Anne Porter

In six pages death and dying are explored within the context of Porter's text the protagonist's love and unresolved plot conflict ...

Analysis of The Awakening by Kate Chopin

children, worshiped their husbands, and esteemed it a holy privilege to efface themselves as individuals and grow wings as ministe...

Comparison of John Locke and Thomas Hobbes

In twelve pages this paper examines man's nature in a contrast and comparison of Second Treatise of Civil Government by John Locke...

Identity Quest in Go Tell It on the Mountain by James Baldwin and 'The Heart of a Woman' by Maya Angelou

In 5 pages this paper contrasts and compares how these works depict their respective protagonists' identity quests. There are no ...

Sensuality and the Senses in Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert

In four pages this paper discusses the protagonist's life struggles and the social limitations that oppressed women during this ti...

Concept of Community in Richard Wright's Native Son and John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men and The Grapes of Wrath

In a paper consisting of 15 pages the concept of community is examined within the context of these novels from the perspective of ...

Overview of Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

In a paper containing six pages the protagonist's inability to handle the dissolution of his beloved Ibo culture after the takeove...

Othello's Disintegrating Spirit in William Shakespeare's Tragedy

In six pages this research paper on Othello by William Shakespeare focuses upon the protagonist's spiritual disintegration. Five ...

Changing Personality of Timon in Timon of Athens by William Shakespeare

Ini five pages this paper focuses on the third act of this Shakespearean play in an analysis of the protagonist's complete change ...

Soul Torn Between Mephistopheles and Gretchen in Faust by Goethe

Gretchens hand. The other couple is directed to pass by in the stage notes, and Mephistopheles and Martha take their place. Meph...

Comparison of Aeneas and Odysseus

In five pages this paper compares and contrasts Virgil's protagonist Aeneas from 'The Aeneid' with Homer's protagonist Odyssey in ...

Joyce Chopra's Smooth Talk Film and Joyce Carol Oates' 'Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?'

attracts someone she doesnt anticipate -- an considerably older man named Arnold Friend. Vaguely sinister from the beginning, Arno...

The Use of Dialect by Swift, Blake and Conrad

Joseph Conrad's use of dialect and other literary techniques was influenced by many writers who came before. This paper links his ...

A Comparison of The Green Berets and Casualties of War

days on the battlefield seemed to be but a dim memory. The Korean War was Americas first unpopular war where there were no victor...

Elie Wiesel's Character as a Hero Analyzed

personal codes (much like Hemingways did) which serve them in good stead when faced with insurmountable dangers. Along their journ...

Supporting Female Characters in The Awakening by Kate Chopin

the narrator informs the reader, looks at his wife as she were a "valuable piece of personal property" (Chopin 4). It is largely E...

Writing Style and Protagonist of The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien

from the text. However, the traumatic experiences that torture him do come out, but, they do so slowly, in bits and pieces. Somet...

A Comparison of the Dream of the Rood and Caedmon's Hymn

He demonstrated this to the abbess and many learned men, and was requested to abandon the secular life and join the monastery, whe...

Historical Significance of Charlotte Perkins Gilman's 'The Yellow Wallpaper'

relationship between Gilmans story and the reality of late-nineteenth century life for American women. Shortly after the America...

Henry Fleming's Insignificance in Stephen Crane's Red Badge of Courage

In five pages this paper discusses how the setting emphasizes the protagonist's insignificance in this work by Stephen Crane. Ther...

The Jolly Corner by Henry James

In five pages this paper examines the protagonist's doppelganger searches and the emotions that are experienced as a result. Ther...

Harriet Jacobs' Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl

In five pages this text is compared with Olaudah Equiano's novel and analyzed in terms of answering questions pertaining the audie...

Critically Assessing Sammy in John Updike's Short Story 'A and P'

The protagonist's intelligence as perceived by the reader draws conclusions about Sammy's actions in this paper containing five pa...

Short Story 'The Death of Ivan Ilych'

on his knee, leans over him, putting his ear first higher then lower, and performs various gymnastic movements over him with a sig...

The View from a Bridge by Arthur Miller

In five pages this paper examines the tragedy of the protagonist's failure to face his own feelings as portrayed in Arthur Miller'...

Disempowerment and Disassociation in John Updike's 'A Short Easter'

A thematic analysis of 'A Short Easter' by John Updike focuses upon the protagonist's lack of empowerment and disassociation in a ...

'Wendy' Needed by Peter Pan

As well see in this paper, there are many "Wendys" and "Peters" in the world - the Peters need to be taken care of,...