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Identity and Influences of Culture and Society in the Characters of Heathcliff, Catherine, and Edgar in Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights

years of heartache and turmoil. With Catherine the daughter of a proud land owner and Heathcliff a rugged but humble lad brought ...

Importance of the Unknown Letter Writer in 'Her Letters' by Kate Chopin

However, it is clear from the opening section of the narrative that the unknown writer of the letters has seen a very different...

Double Lives in Charles Dickens' Great Expectations

illustrating how misery is a product of human actions. This book can be said to have more dark overtones than those of some of h...

Oedipus the King: Character

intelligent man, a man of integrity, and a man who is willing to seek answers, even if those answers point to him as the problem. ...

Holden and Huck in Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger and Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain II

This paper consists of a four page comparative analysis of characters Holden Caulfield and Huck Finn. Seven sources are cited in ...

Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn and Kate Chopin's NegCreole II

Both works focus on an important racial figure as a primary element in the development of the plot. The relationship between Huck...

Asylums and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey

In five pages this paper considers the practice of institutionalizing people who are mentally ill but still capable of functioning...

Simon and Emily in Our Town by Thornton Wilder

In six pages an analysis of these characters featured in Our Town by Thornton Wilder is presented. Seven sources are cited in the...

Religious Thematic Analysis of The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

In seven pages this research paper discusses The Grapes of Wrath in a thematic analysis of the portrayal of religion and sin in a ...

Overview of Carrie by Stephen King

In three pages this paper examines Stephen King's horror novel with an analysis of how the supernatural is presented along with at...

An Analysis of The Merchant's Tale in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales

This essay presents in in depth analysis of The Merchant's Tale. The author presents a synopsis of the story, the theme of sarcas...

The use of symbolism in the novel Jane Eyre

This paper analyses color symbolism in Charlotte Bronte's novel with particular reference to the relationship between red and fire...

The Role of Women in The Knight's Tale of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales

This paper presents a critical analysis of womens' roles as seen in The Knight's Tale of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. The author a...

Hard Times by Charles Dickens

Education is discussed in this general analysis of this classic work. Mr. Gradgrind is a character given much attention in this th...

Themes of A Tale of Two Cities

The idea of sacrifice is the focus of attention in the context of this thoughtful analysis of this Dickens tale. Darnay and Carton...

Gustave Flaubert's A Simple Heart and Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights

In four pages these works are compared in an analysis of the themes, plots, and major characters of each. There are no other sour...

Character Destiny and Scenes of Clerical Life by George Eliot

one has. Thus, it would seem, based on the two stories that Eliots assertion that character is destiny is not necessarily a univer...

Analysis of The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros

In five pages this paper discusses character, meaning, and settings in this analysis of Sandra Cisneros' novel. There are no othe...

Prospero in William Shakespeare's The Tempest and Don Quixote in Miguel de Cervantes' Don Quixote

In this research paper the differences and similarities between these characters are examined in an analysis of the assertion, 'Do...

In God's Country 'So Far From God'

This is a paper consisting og 5 pages that features Ana Castillo's novel and supplements the analysis of environment and culture a...

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Doestoevsky

In two pages the murder scene's significance and an analysis of Raskolnikov's character are considered. There is no bibliography ...

Biff in Death of a Salesman

sons that they need to look good, be friendly, and essentially to be what he is not. He has always possessed many different notion...

Nora in A Doll’s House

her husband. She has little identity and really does not seem interested in finding much of an identity. However, as the story evo...

The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck and American Transcendentalism

The American transcendentalism philosophy and how it is represented by the character of Jim Casy are discussed in this analysis of...

Minor Characters in 'The Metamorphosis' by Franz Kafka

all, concerned with business profits, not with the welfare of his employees. The manager wastes little time in reminding Gregor o...

The Odyssey by Homer: Penelope

is important for it illustrates one of the reasons why the hero is determined to go back. Because she is honorable and admirable t...

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...

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...

Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad and Race Construction

helmsman awfully... Perhaps you will think it passing strange, this regret for a savage who was of no more account than a grain of...

Charles Frazier's Cold Mountain and Minor Characters

and they offer comfort and information, as in Adas case. Minor characters have the dual purpose in this book of offering more info...