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The Portrayal of Women in the Stories of Gawain and Beowulf

The writer argues that the women in these two works are portrayed as passionate but uncontrollable forces that must be tamed by me...

Contrasting and Comparing Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and Beowulf

Gawain is presented with similar atrocities and the same type of need for retribution, though his choice of actions and his determ...

Comparing and Contrasting Achilles and Beowulf

The writer compares and contrasts Achilles, a hero from Greek mythology, with Beowulf, the hero of the Old English epic poem. The ...

Managing and Treating Sexual Offenders

reentry of certain criminal populations into the general society. When sexual abusers, for example, are reintroduced into society...

Redefining Marriage in Persuasion by Jane Austen

of the aristocracy-represented by her family-and Anne develops relationships with the middle class. The middle class characters h...

Analysis: Henchard in The Mayor of Casterbridge

The writer argues that Hardy deliberately makes the character of Henchard disagreeable for the purpose of illustrating that he cre...

Analysis of The Native by Thomas Hardy

This 2 page paper discusses Thomas Hardy's novel The Native. The writer argues that Hardy sees man as living in a universe that is...

Character Analysis of Bigger Thomas in Wright's Native Son

The writer of this 5 page paper argues that Bigger Thomas, the protagonist of Richard Wright's Native Son, committed murder from f...

Character Analysis of Alex and Angel in Tess of the D'Ubervilles

This 5 page paper compares and contrasts the characters of Alex and Angel, the two central men in Hardy's Tess of the D'Ubervilles...

Feminism and Social Elements in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

This paper examines Shelley's novel from a feminist perspective. The author argues that the novel served as a platform for Shelle...

Dracula as a Victim of Society

The writer argues that Dracula can be seen as a victim of society. The writer also describes the close relationship between the li...

African Women and their Changing Roles

people, the Khoena, were "irredeemable savages" while to "black nationalist writers, such as Khoena historian, Yvette Abrahams, sh...

Louis-Ferdinand Celine's 'Journey To The End Of The Night'

In 4 pages, this paper argues that the main character Bardamu is representative of an anti-hero as well as an autobiographical por...

Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka

In five pages this paper argues that this story by Kafka represents a creationist evolution allegory. One source is cited in the ...

Two Literary Portrayals of Racism and Oppression

This paper offers a discussion that answers the question of whether or not a caste system that is racist in nature can be perpetur...

Magical Realism in the Works of Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Rudolfo Anaya

In six pages the genre dubbed as 'magical realism' is examined through the works of One Hundred Years of Solitude and Bless Me, Ul...

Love and Marriage as Depicted in A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen

In five pages this paper argues that love is not always a marriage prerequisite as portrayed in A Doll's House. There are no othe...

Antigone's Childish Defiance and Pointless Death in the Play by Sophocles

In six pages this paper examines the childish and irrational behavior of Sophocles' female antagonist and argues that fate plays n...

First Feminist Perspective in Antigone by Sophocles

In five pages this paper argues that Antigone is the first feminist work. There are no other sources listed....

Heroism in Antigone by Sophocles

In five pages this paper argues that for readers of the 20th century Creon and Antigone appear more like victims than heroes in th...

Free Will or Determinism in Oedipus the King by Sophocles

In five pages this paper argues that instead of free will Oedipus is instead controlled by determinism in this tragic play by Soph...

Why the Tragic Hero Label Applies to Oedipus

In five pages this paper argues that the protagonist of Sophocles' play successfully satisfies the classical tragic hero criteria ...

Responsibility for One's Actions and 'Prometheus Bound' by Aeschylus

In five pages this paper analyzes whether Aeschylus's title character is in some way responsible for his dilemma and argues that h...

Hero Justification of Odysseus in 'The Odyssey' by Homer

the examples of the main characters, a certain amount of wit and common intelligence is necessary to possess as an essential work ...

The Concept of the Best Society

She is disgusted by the fact that she must respond to the blackmailer, but also proud that she has defended her husband and her li...

Sam in Fugard's Master Harold...and the Boys

son, Hally, who is young and in desperate need of both attention and guidance. In this regard, Sam plays the role of a surrogate ...

The Use of Utilitarianism in Corporate America

This 8 page paper explains the theories of both Bentham and Mill, and argues that corporate America should embrace a mild form of ...

Sonnet 34 by William Shakespeare

This denial of friendship prompts the poet to allude to the language of the Gospels and the denial of Peter towards Christ (Comm...

Capitalism and How It was Saved by FDR

as many of his critics argued (Schlesinger, 1998). Before Roosevelt took office, the country had suffered a depression about eve...

Media Coverage and the Consumption of Alcohol

alcohol as a positively valued activity (Snyder, et al, 2000). In other words, drinking, as it is portrayed in ads for wine, liquo...