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Arnold Friend in 'Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?' by Joyce Carol Oates

his deceptiveness, and the danger the ensuing adventure holds for her become more understandable when Friend is viewed as the mani...

Marxist View of the Misfit Character in 'A Good Man is Hard to Find' by Flannery O'Connor

to save her family. Perhaps she can convince him not to kill anyone, but instead, she only pleads for her own life without much re...

Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House and Marriage

When he comes back out he says "Has my little spendthrift been wasting money again?" (Ibsen). From this simple beginning we alre...

Comparing Antigone and Oedipus by Sophocles

the disease is the god Apollos punishment because the murder of the kings predecessor, Laius, has not been properly punished. He ...

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...

Othello by William Shakespeare and the Antagonist Iago

Iago and others are not around, we know that Iago is a liar. Our first true indication of how Iago plans to use Othellos love a...

An Analysis of All's Well That Ends Well

the ribald joke or two. Of course, considering that the entire play revolves around Helenas ability to get her promised husband in...

A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen and Nora and Torvald Helmer

beginning of the story she is simply a doll, a pretty thing that plays her role as the good wife and mother. As one author notes, ...

Early Modern Society of France and Men's and Women's Status

a patriarchal world would be a gross understatement and one that would also be staunchly supported by the likes of both Bertrande ...

Impact of Adultery in The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

to delve deeper into their own spirituality. Thus, each of the four major characters are guilty of acquired knowledge which stems ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

The Importance of Harley in O'Dell's Back Roads

of things then he can feel justified in being angry at his mother for leaving him as the father and provider of the children. Be...

Kindred by Octavia E. Butler and Rufus and Dana's Relationship

small boy, but to insure my familys survival, my own birth" (29). Through the next several years, Dana returns to the Weylin plan...

Torvald Helmer in A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen

the complete ignorance that the male of Torvalds type had toward women during this time in history. They are seen as incapable of ...

An Analysis of Mansfield's 'Miss Brill'

This paper provides an analysis of this short story in terms of theme, symbolism, and character development. This four page paper ...

Enkidu and Gilgamesh

king, but not necessarily a good king. Such a man demands fear from his subjects, oppressing them and insisting on his selfish exp...

Lena, the American Dream, and Willa Cather's My Antonia

seeing her dressed up for she was obviously a young woman who was bare foot and bore unkempt hair. When the conversation progre...

Tertius Lydgate and Dorothea Brooke in Middlemarch by George Eliot

perform surgeries. However, as philanthropic as Lyndgate sounds, his true colors would seem to be shown in his marriage t...

Early French Modern Society and a Hypothetical Debate on the Status of Women and Men at the Time

woman. She was portrayed as being virtuous, committed to her family, and obstinately determined to succeed in her tasks. Davis nee...

Don Quixote and the 'Impertinent Curiosity' Tale

It comes to pass that Don Quixote and some of his friends are staying at an inn, and the innkeeper is nearly as...

Analyzing A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry

This is his attempt at asserting himself and struggling to find his own way. Clearly he is trying to gain his independence but th...

Cotter's England by Christina Stead

be at odds with the prevailing stereotypes concerning lesbians at this time. In the same letter, Stead writes, "I detest Lesbians;...

Identity in 'Omeros' by Derek Walcott

visionary odyssey that actually takes him beyond time and space. In this odyssey he finds himself connecting with the history of h...

Psychological Analysis of the Film Leaving Las Vegas

1996, p. 3), which she accepts as a way of demonstrating her unconditional support of him and his intention to literally drink him...