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Student Essay Rewrite on F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby

beautiful Daisy Buchanan. His enigmatic behavior and opulent lifestyle are designed to impress Daisy and bring her back into his l...

An Idealistic Literary Vision of America

two people who hold true to the notion that determination and hard work can get you ahead in the world of the American ideal. Gats...

Bernice Bobs Her Hair and The Great Gatsby

certain light. The narrator to tells us that, "Ive heard it said that Daisys murmur was only to make people lean toward her; an ir...

Willy Loman as Both Victimizer and Victim in Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller

a job he has obviously done for decades. This image is one that induces sympathy and empathy and thus presents the reader or viewe...

Flaws in Characters Vivian Bearing, King Oedipus, Willy Loman, and Othello

bodies in its past, the King confidently reassured his ailing people, "My search has found one way to treat our disease - and I ha...

Symbolism and Characterization in The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

As such he makes a very good narrator. He also cares about people, which also makes him a reliable narrator. This is good because ...

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald and Water Imagery

pursues a materialistic dream that is draped in romantic expectation. Nick comes to feel that Gatsbys misplaced idealism and roman...

Defining an 'Antihero' in Literature

rules that serve as a compass for the character when facing great and insurmountable odds. Willy had no moral code. He worshiped m...

Miller and Lodge's Characterizations

to be popular. It can be said to be part of the human condition. But, it can also be said, that Willy Loman, the sixty something t...

Waste Land in the Works of Mason and Fitzgerald

to him. He merely knows that without his job he is lost, but he doesnt have the insight to look inward for the answers....

The Element of Tragedy in Miller's Death of a Salesman

we know Frank would have fired him long ago, or at the very least, not promoted him. In this we see Willy blaming his new boss for...

Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller and its Themes

included intelligence, depth, compassion, and integrity. It was now a dream that focused primarily on material success and the dre...

1974 Film Version of The Great Gatsby

shirts and strolls her through his kitchen. There, we see Daisys hand trailing along a large work table...the elegant chandeliers ...

Willy Loman's Tragic Fate in Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller

importance to his life, telling her, "Youre my foundation and my support" (18). Everything he did was ultimately rooted in love f...

Essay Considering Man's Struggles Within

us are perhaps afraid to pursue the thing that would make us the most happy but is likely to also be the most risky. We may fear ...

Arthur Miller's Tragedy Death of a Salesman

dramatic action by the end of the play (cathartic release), and falls into two parts comprising a complication and a d?nouement(El...

Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller and its Tragic Hero Willy Loman

a tragic character as he remembers events from his past and why things went wrong. Through this process, he seems to be losing tou...

Cyril Connelley on F. Scott Fitzgerald's Fiction

family that was better off than his own. In order to make something of himself he began to write articles for various magazines. H...

Character Development of Nick Carraway in F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby

on the world scene. And, we know that the one individual who could perhaps sway him from his innocent and noble ways is Gatsby him...

Father and Son Relationship Between Willy and Biff Loman in Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman

to gain his own independence despite his fathers quelling influence; however, this is never to be for the thirty-four-year-old ner...

Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman from a Marxist Perspective

Loman has limited intelligence or at least that seems to be the case; the point is arguable however. The story itself, as origin...

Compare and Contrast Oedipus Rex and Death of a Salesman

is that so many people believe in ideals like Willys. In the end, what is show is that a man with so much potential ends up losing...

Fiction of the 20th Century and the City

the city may appear attractive and it certainly attracted Nick, it is hollow. He expresses this by returning home to the midwest. ...

Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller and the Loman Family's Symbolism

finally come to terms with the reality of the situation. Happy, of course, is a chip off the old block, confined into his narrow a...

Father and Son Willy and Biff Loman in Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller

of how they look at the world. For the two sons this image is different. Biff is the intelligent brother who is often angered a...

Alcohol and F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby

different than those who attend his party and do little more than drink and let loose. With such a setting, as one of the most ...

Family Theme in Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller

excuses for that sons pathological misbehavior; he virtually ignores his second son; hes a real bastard to friends, neighbors and ...

Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman and the Thematic Importance of Setting

and two shabby suitcases" (15). In all honesty, this is all this author states concerning the staging of this play. However, we ca...

Not So Tragic Death of a Salesman

("Introduction"). An example of this might be the concept of the senseless murder. Some suggest that this is an oxymoron. After al...

Three Film Classics and Social Issues

love, but have to ultimately abide by their previous obligations, as they are both happily married. Death of a Salesman (1985, pro...