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Lucy in the Heat of Despair by Jamaica Kincaid

even "seeing" that in marrying a man, Lucy would not be happy (81). Lucy understands then that her mother is only concerned with L...

The Cherry Orchard by Chekhov and Stage Props THE USE OF THEATRICAL DEVICES IN CHEKHOV'S THE CHERRY ORCHARD

save their farm from subdivision additional layers of clothing can be added. The scarf is an indicator of his desire to place a st...

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...

Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare and the Fool Feste

but around him revolve some of the most significant issues of this extremely complex play. Feste, whom George Steiner calls "Shak...

Mrs. Wilcox and Margaret in Howard's End by E.M. Forster

family, she does not fit in with the typical representation of such a lifestyle; indeed, it can be argued that she fits in more re...

Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler

In six pages this novel is analyzed in terms of its style, language, setting, conflict, character, and theme. There are no other ...

The Wilding of America by Charles Derber

and this becomes a motivation that people pursue over and above everything else. Derber asserts that we distance ourselves from s...

The Death of Artemio Cruz by Carlos Fuentes

war, he also lost the only woman who ever loved him. Fuentes has him pay for his greed and love of power in that all of the subseq...

Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck and the Characters of George and Lennie

In six pages this paper provides a character analysis of George and Lennie as featured in John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men. Six s...

Ma Joad in The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

In seven pages this paper examines the significance of Ma Joad in Steinbeck's classics novel in an analysis of her character and w...

Transcendent Laura Wingfield in The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams

The character of Laura and the purpose she serves in Tennessee Williams' play The Glass Menagerie are analyzed in a paper consisti...

Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand

In eight pages this play is analyzed in terms of how love is approached by the characters and the significance of 'willful blindne...

Raymond Carver's 'So Much Water So Close to Home'

In five pages this short story is analyzed in terms of setting and character development. There is no bibliography included....

Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder

A thematic, structural, plot, setting, and character analysis of Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder is presented in 5 pages...

'The Country Husband' by John Cheever, Confusion, and Conformity

In a paper consisting of 5 pages the ways in which suburban conformity are condemned are examined in a character analysis of Franc...

'Bartleby the Scrivener' by Herman Melville

In five pages this paper examines the social and economic implications of this short story in a character analysis of Bartleby. T...

Hagar Shipley in The Stone Angel by Margaret Laurence

In five pages this report provides a character analysis of protagonist Hagar Shipley featured in The Stone Angel by Margaret Laure...

Jon Williams' 'Taking Care'

Jon Williams' story 'Taking Care' is analyzed in terms of the story itself as well as the character development in five pages. Th...

Clytemnestra's Character in Aeschylus' Agamemnon

agamemnon.html). Throughout the first part of the play, Clytemnestra appears to be a long-suffering (due to her husbands absence...

Candide by Voltaire and the Travelers in Nature

In five pages this paper assesses the relationship between the travelers and nature in the satirical Candide by Voltaire in an ana...

David Lurie in In the Beginning by Potok

David was well aware of his shortcomings in the eyes of the robustly healthy bullies. His own frail health prevented him from tak...

Natural Born Killers Film by Director Oliver Stone

In five pages this 1994 film is analyzed in terms of story with character, cinematics with editing, and meaning with theme. Three...

Order in the Character of Macon Leary in The Accidental Tourist by Anne Tyler

In five pages a character analysis of Macon Leary focuses upon how he thematically represents order and systems. There are no oth...

Richard Wright's Native Son

In ten pages this novel is analyzed in a consideration of aesthetics, strengths, weaknesses, development of character, and the aut...

Marlow in Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad

the fact that the universe makes perfect sense if only one views it from the proper angle (McLynn PG). Basically, it is the langu...

Analysis of Native Son by Richard Wright

This paper consists of five pages and analyzes the conflict, theme, setting, and character of Native Son by Richard Wright. Six s...

Protagonist Randle McMurphy in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey

In 6 pages a character analysis of Randle McMurphy is presented and his sacrifice in the name of asylum inmate freedom is discusse...

Hermmann Hesse's Govinda and Siddhartha

In 6 pages the novel Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse is examined in this comparative character analysis of the title protagonist and G...

Esperanza in Sandra Cisneros' The House on Mango Street

In five pages this paper presents a character analysis of Esperanza featured in Sandra Cisneros' The House on Mango Street. There...

Setting and Character in Kim by Rudyard Kipling

In ten pages this paper analyzes Kim by Rudyard Kipling in terms of setting and character. There are no other bibliographical sou...