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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...

A Synopsis of Gabriel Garcia Marquez's, Love in the Time of Cholera

This paper provides a synopsis and overview of Marquez's classic novel, Love in the Time of Cholera. The author notes Marquez's u...

Macbeth and the Supernatural from a Critical Standpoint

begins to see things. Macbeth imagines that he sees a bloody dagger floating before him. This serves to show the state of mi...

Paternal Influence in Tennessee Williams' Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and Hedda Gabler by Henrik Ibsen

In five pages this paper examines how the characters of these plays are influenced by their fathers and paternal sins. There are ...

Place and Self Themes in E.J. Gaines' A Lesson Before Dying

not part of the solution. He begins to understand that change does not happen in one fell swoop, but that it is a slow process, mu...

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...

Absolute Monarchy is More than Absolute Power

the public what to think. If the people, in their entirety, consider a man to be a base coward and the king declares him to be a...

Grendel by Gardner

of empathy or sympathy for mankind. He is not a man; he is a monster. And yet, he is a confused monster. "Ah, the unfairness...

Hamlet, Oedipus, and the Theme of Illusion v. Reality

Therefore in righting him I serve myself"(Sophocles, li 223-225). This opening monologue serves several functions and shows quite...

Analysis of A Dream Play by August Strindberg

of human beings. Each character comes with their own subplot in which a facet of human existence is discussed and examined. S...

Comparison of Chinua Achebe and Laura Esquivel

a failure, his life becomes dominated by fear that "he should be found to resemble his father" (Achebe 13). Repeatedly, Achebe sho...

King Lear, Beowulf, the Concepts of Kingship and Hero's Downfall

In five pages these literary characters are contrasted and compared in terms of their deaths with the concept of kingship and what...

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...

A Summary of The Song of Roland (Chanson de Roland)

it is possible that the poet telling "The Song of Roland" was using the character of Charlemagne to represent Christianity as it m...

The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde and The Misanthrope by Moliere

This paper contrasts and compares the characters of Cecily and Alceste in five pages. Two sources are cited in the bibliography....

Analysis of Old Mortality by Sir Walter Scott

In five pages this early 19th century historical fiction novel is analyzed in terms of the freedom struggles of the Covenanters ...

Proverbs and Palm Oil in Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

In ten pages six passages of the text are critically analyzed in order to reveal the significance of proverbs in character communi...

Okonkwo's Aggression in Achebe's Things Fall Apart

5 pages No outside sources cited. This paper relates the nature of Achebe's character Okonkwo, who demonstrates distinctly aggres...

Conflict in the Works of Ngugi Wa Thiong'O and Bessie Head

In five pages the interpersonal conflict theme as it manifests itself in 'The Return' and 'The Collector of Treasures' is discusse...

How Ann Radcliffe Responded to Lewis in The Italian

In a paper consisting of three pages the argument is presented that The Italian was in response to The Monk by Lewis and offers ch...

Le Morte D'Arthur by Malory and The Faerie Queen by Spenser and Characterization

In six pages the fully developed characters Malory features are contrasted with Spenser's stiff stereotypes in order to perpetuate...

'The Horse Dealer's Daughter' by D.H. Lawrence II

In five pages the story's juxtapositioning of the subconscious and conscious of main characters Jack Fergusson and Mabel Pervin is...

Elizabeth Lavenza in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

This paper addresses the importance of Shelley's character Elizabeth Lavenza. This three page paper has one source listed in the ...

Dual Psychology in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson

In nine pages this paper analyzes the dual psychology of the relationship between the featured characters in this novel by Robert ...

Camille by Alexandre Dumas

The characters and plot of this play are analyzed in this essay consisting of five pages. There is no bibliography included....

Scientific Knowledge and Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne

In six pages this report analyzes Verne's text in terms of how scientific knowledge influences plot, character, and subplots. Fou...

Damien by Herman Hesse

In four pages Damien is reviewed in a consideration of novel characteristics, meanings, metaphors, structure, character, and theme...

A Look at Figaro

Figaro, the work and the character, are discussed. This Beaumarchais work is contemplated in four pages and utilizes four referenc...

Women's Roles in A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen and Tartuffe by Moliere

In four pages female characters Nora and Pernelle in these two plays are contrasted and compared in an examination of the role wom...

Reaction to Germinal by Emile Zola

Rasseneur, a former miner who was fired for participating in a previous strike. He is more of a reformer than Lantier. And Lanti...