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Dionysus and the Nature of This Greek God's Character

a variety of stories in a variety of ways. First, Dionysus is a contradictory god. He does things that might surprise people bec...

History of Literature and Changing Character Gender Roles

around the world. This is evidenced in the Pelasgian Creation. In the Pelasgian myth, Eurynome was the Goddess of All Things,...

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott and the Character Jo

the following excerpt when Jo and her sisters are talking about how hard they each work and how they want to spend the money they ...

Fyodor Dostoevsky's The Brothers Karamazov and the Character of Ivan

all-knowing, loving God. In the chapter entitled, "The Brothers Make Friends," Alyosha and Ivan are talking and Ivan goes off on a...

1964 Film Fail Safe and the Character of the President

man who feels he must do everything himself. He is seeking the advice of others, and balancing that advice with perhaps gut feelin...

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain and the Character of Hank Morgan

he is bound to a stake at the center of a seated multitude, walled in by four thousand people who have come to watch him be burned...

Okonkwo and the Minor Characters in Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

it was meant to preserve" (Achebe 33). Ezeudus point is that customs do change and that the practice was consciously altered by th...

The Hours by Michael Cunningham and Virginia Woolf's Character

why a person acts the way he or she does, how one attributes moods, feelings and emotions, the way in which one interacts with ano...

Character of Jim and the Views of Mark Twain on Slavery in Huckleberry Finn

time and thus see the attitudes of Twain. First we see that Huck is very disturbed by the fact that Jim has runaway. Jim is truly ...

The Yellow Wallpaper and The Story of an Hour and the Female Characters they Include

world that she is a success. This character then stands as a powerful example of women from that era who were given few choices b...

Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain and Character Development

adventurous spirit that is within man, and certainly within Huck, that allows him to pursue adventure with such fervor. Of course,...

Jane Austen's Works and Character Development

an ideal society of the time. The primary focus of the novel is on romance as it involves two sisters. There is Marianne and El...

F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby and the Character of Jay Gatsby

and honor were really worth possessing. The Great Gatsby In first discussing Fitzgeralds story we look at the man who is Gats...

Flawless Film and Character Polarization

except that they happen to live very close to one another in the same building and they are thrown together for a simple reason, t...

Joseph Conrad's The Heart of Darkness and the Character Shifts of Marlow

back to tell the tale. He is older than his years, and his words are full of sadness and bittersweet regret(Adelman). His experien...

Franz Kafka's 'Metamorphosis' and the Symbolism of Characters and Plot

rest of the family. There is a picture of a women wrapped in furs, which hangs on one of the walls in Gregors room. This may be...

Psychoanalyzing Characters in 'Dangerous Minds' Film

techniques inclusive of innovative ways to motivate students. She also addresses other issues that the students face in their dail...

Funcitons of Characters Desdemona, Othello, and Iago in Othello by William Shakespeare

heart. His insecurities are compounded by the dark color of his skin, which makes him a social outsider. Therefore, when he meet...

A Character and Thematic Comparison of Desiree's Baby and Antlers

knowledge that Desiree has gone to her death, even though Arnaud will have to cope with a revelation that shakes the foundations o...

Malevolent Characters and the Catalysts Represented by Their Actions

her own backbone and eventually would have left Torvald. Krogstad does not purposely cause the marital strife, some would argue, b...

William Shakespeare's Hamlet and the Characters of Ophelia and Queen Gertrude

have a woman who does not necessarily understand what is going on with Hamlet. Both of them are deeply concerned with Hamlets ment...

Hostess Character in Henry the Fifth by William Shakespeare

a purpose that is perhaps very subtle. In the beginning of this play we know that there is great tension between England and Fr...

Creative Characters

it is difficult to explain the tears that course down the proud lions face, or to see the shaggy mane grow coarse from grief. Stro...

Jane Eyre's Character

feelings for her, and she knows that she feels the same. However, she knows that, though she loves him, he will never leave his wi...

Character Adjustment to Slavery in Octavia Butler's Kindred

person or another, manipulate this situation or another, all in an attempt to ensure her birth. Through all of these mysterious ti...

Minor Characters in Willa Cather's The Professor's House and William Faulkner's The Sound and the Fury

story (Sparknotes). Her husband is Roskus, a man who suffers greatly from rheumatism, a condition that will kill him. T.P. is...

Character Development of Edna Pontellier in 'The Awakening' by Kate Chopin

(Chopin Chapter VII). She then meets Robert and her life takes a powerful turn. Not only does she engage in a very passionate a...

Characters in Literary Works Contrasts

success and leading a happy life. Willys attitude toward being liked and being popular do not change at all. This is evident when ...

Movies and How the Dracula Character Has Evolved

Transylvanian aristocrat remained unchallenged for nearly twenty-seven years, and it was not until 1958, when the British actor Ch...

Classic Literature's Portrayal of Male Characters

In five pages this paper evaluates the realistic depiction of male characters in literature past and present in a consideration of...