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Ethics, Violation, and Self Esteem in Clarissa by Samuel Richardson

In eight pages the protagonist's motivations in this 18th century classic novel are examined. Three sources are cited in the bibl...

The Book of Daniel by E.L. Doctorow

In ten pages this paper analyzes the novel's presentations of the government, the social culture during the time period, the prota...

Comparison and Contrast of Men and Dogs

a pack of males, she automatically receives all attention and is often the unwitting recipient of dog-like howls, eye-bulging star...

A Moral Dilemma Exercise in Creative Playwrighting

In six pages a short play involving a protagonist's moral dilemma and whether or not he deliver illegal drugs for someone he respe...

Two Female Characters in U.S. Fiction

5 pages and 2 sources used. This paper provides an overview and a comparison of the lives and characteristics of two central fema...

Qualities of Herman Melville's Billy Budd

In five pages Billy Budd's transcendental nature is examined in terms of the protagonist's exemplification of peacemaking, honesty...

Analysis of 'Solder's Home' by Ernest Hemingway

Kansas City Star, Hemingway himself "left Kansas City in the spring of 1918 and did not return for 10 years, [becoming] the first ...

The theme of insanity in The Yellow Wallpaper

"I must put this away,--he hates to have me write a word." This shows how controlling John is over her as both husband and docto...

'The Purloined Letter' by Edgar Allan Poe

In five pages Poe's detective tale is examined in terms of the protagonist's superior class attitudes that are revealed when he in...

Myth and Its Importance in Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko

In four pages this paper examines the importance of Native American heritage and the protagonist's desire to reconnect in the nove...

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...

Women of Different Eras. Comparing Pride and Prejudice with Bridget Jones Diary

this, then, there are two very different interpretations of the movies effectiveness and its cinematography. And, yet, it achieved...

Statistical Analysis Analyzed

to quantify and compare the sizes of differences between them" (Electronic Statistics Textbook, 2003). The interval scale allows ...

Comparative Analysis Between Governments of U.S. and Mexico

free and fair elections (2003). Although Mexicos history is almost as old as that of the United States, the U.S. government boasts...

Choice or Fate in William Shakespeare's Macbeth

say, shows that how each man reacted to this situation was a matter of choice -- not fate. Traditionally, much of the blame for ...

Comparative Character Analysis of Niobe and Clytemnestra in The Oresteia

of what the Greek gods did to human beings when offended. Niobe was a proud mother of many children and she bragged that she had m...

Alice Munro's Fiction

perspective it is not always easy to analyse Munros work, since the layering of different narrative threads draws the reader into ...

Beloved by Toni Morrison and Protagonist Symbolism

survivor of a slave ship, which crossed the water. With this crossing of the water, vast numbers of people had their way of life c...

Fitzgerald's Short Story, The Rich Boy

This paper analyzes Fitzgerald's short story, The Rich Boy in terms of the protagonist's behavior and refusal to grow up. This si...

David Hare's Play Amy's View

In 6 pages this paper considers the play in terms of a critical, literary historical, and interdisciplinary literary analysis. Th...

Strange Heaven by Lynn Coady

In 5 pages the protagonist's learning experiences both in the mental hospital and beyond as presented in this novel by Canadian wr...

Jean Toomer's Fern and Octavia Butler's Kindred

In five pages these works are considered in terms of their dual protagonists' commonality in the characters of Dana and Rufus in K...

Walker Percy's The Moviegoer and the Horizontal and Vertical Search of Binx Bolling

experiences in pursuing what his aunt had referred to as his "flair for research" (42). He and his partner have enthusiastically ...

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...

Community Reactions in Times of Stress

lasting societal problems. Lewis notes, for example, that in the latter situation: "Social relations...