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Creon and Oedipus in Oedipus the King by Sophocles

one to conclude that determinism plays a significantly essential role. Were Oedipus and Creons lives determined or were the...

A Review of Brothers and Keepers by John Edgar Wideman

A 5 exploration of the the character of John and his self reflection on his own freedom as it contrasts with his brother being inc...

New Criticism on the Character of Daisy in F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby

In five pages the new criticism of this classic old character is discussed in terms of its patterns of cause and effect, compariso...

Comparison of Vaudeville Slapstick Comedy of Laurel and Hardy and Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot

This paper contrasts and compares Samuel Beckett's characters Didi and Estragon in Waiting for Godot with Laurel and Hardy in six ...

Comparative Analysis of the Characters in Homer's 'The Odyssey' and Dante's 'The Inferno'

a commonplace story already familiar to his listeners, he could (and did) omit much of the unnecessary backstory (with respect to ...

Comparative Analysis of Guy de Maupassant's 'The Necklace' and Kate Chopin's 'Story of an Hour'

These short stories are contrasted and compared in six pages with characters, themes, and endings analyzed. Six sources are cited...

Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman on the Stage and on TV

and character. Miller seems to have conceived of Death of a Salesman as a twentieth century tragedy in the tradition of the ancie...

House of Sand and Fog by Andre Dubus

some never seem to get anywhere finically, Massoud has his problems. It seems that he is victimized by American society, as he nev...

Katharina v. Petruchio in William Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew

In five pages these leading characters in Shakespeare's comedy are contrasted and compared. There are no other sources listed....

Nora, Antigone and Hippolyte

In a paper consisting of five pages these female characters are compared and contrasted in terms of their focus and personal devel...

Characters and Plot from Miller, O'Connor and Plath

audience must be moved by Willy Loman, a 63-year-old man who has become tired of chasing the ever-elusive American Dream, always f...

Comparative Analysis of Scout in Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird and Mick in Carson McCullers' The Heart is a Lonely Hunter

In 10 pages this paper contrasts and compares the characters of Jean 'Scout' Finch and Mick Kelly in these novels in terms of the ...

Frank Serpico and Willie Stark

in New York City after he testified before an investigatory commission on bribery and graft he had witnessed among officers for th...

Comparative Analysis of Modernist Literary Characters in D.H. Lawrence's 'The Horse Dealer's Daughter' and Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness

In five pages modernist literature is examined in a contrasting and comparison of the characters Mabel featured in 'The Horse Deal...

Henry James's Daisy Miller and William Shakespeare's Hamlet

In two pages this paper contrasts and compares Daisy Miller and Hamlet in terms of character identity. There are no other sources...

Literature and Free Will

with the famous line: "None of them knew the color of the sky" (PG). The introduction is chilling. Why would no one know the color...

Civilizing the Characters of Galadriel in The Great Gilly Hopkins and Mary in The Secret Garden

In eight pages this paper contrasts and compares how throughout the course of each novel these characters become more socialized a...

Comparison of Characters in William Faulkner's 'Barn Burning' and Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman

there is an appearance of such. While Lomans life is all about lies and innuendo, Snopess emotions are simply lacking. He is just ...

Characters in All the King's Men vs. The Sound and the Fury

success is also her own. Jacks mother dotes on him, and in turn, she becomes the center of his universe. However, Jacks mother a...

William Shakespeare's Use of Fools in Comedies A Midsummer Night's Dream and Twelfth Night

In five pages the characters featured in these plays are contrasted and compared. Five sources are cited in the bibliography....

Characters Pyle and Tunner in The Quiet American and The Sheltering Sky

These novel characters are contrasted and compared in five pages with their responsibility for suffering and innocence evaluated. ...

Bessie Head's 'Maru' and the Characters of Moleka and Maru

In five pages these characters featured in Bessie Head's story are contrasted and compared. There are no other sources listed....

Jay McInerney's Bright Lights Big City

In five pages the novel's three female characters are contrasted and compared in terms of their similarities and significance. On...

Comparative Analysis of 'Dreamhouse' by Alison Habens and 'Alice in Wonderland' by Lewis Carroll

The satirical 'Dreamhouse' is compared and contrasted with the whimsical nature of 'Alice' in terms of character plot twists in th...

Henry the Fourth Part One by William Shakespeare and the Characters of King Henry and Hotspur

In 5 pages these warrior characters are contrasted and compared within the context of Shakespeare's play in terms of their speeche...

Comparative Analysis of Francis Ford Coppola's Film Apocalypse Now and Joseph Conrad's Novel Heart of Darkness

Development in the Book and the Movie Marlow and Willard each see themselves as men of action. Both believe themselves to b...

Analyzing the Cowardly Lion, Scarecrow, and Tin Man from the 1939 Film The Wizard of Oz

These characters as they are depicted in the film are compared and contrasted in a paper that consists of five pages. One source ...

Achilles and Odysseus

A 5 page comparison of the characters in Homer's Odyssey and Iliad. The author contrasts qualities such as heroism and humanism. ...

Easy Rider

This 5 page paper delineates the importance of political expression as it manifests in this blockbuster movie. Mainstream cultur...

The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne and Head vs. Heart

In 5 pages this paper offers a character contrast of 'evil' Roger Chillingworth who leads by his head and 'good' Hester Prynne who...