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Literary Tools in Thurber's, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

This paper addresses literary elements such as character development as seen in James Thurber's story, The Secret Life of Walter M...

'The Odyssey' by Homer and Sports

Antinoos and Eurymakhos, presided" (IV 654-657). In this way, sports is used as competition for a womans hand in marriage. The c...

Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare and the Character of Malvolio

The steward is immediately threatened by anyone who is perceived as funnier or more intelligent than he. Olivia is the only perso...

'Indian Camp' by Ernest Hemingway and the Theme of Coming of Age

may have relevance to the overall plot. What seem to exude from this short story are the elements of pain and fear....

Comparing the Rococo and Sensibilte Genres of Art

The author discusses how works of arts from these different eras are indeed different genres. Greuz's "Broken Eggs" can ...

Marijuana for Medical Purposes

In ten pages this paper argues in favor of a medical need for marijuana to be legally used citing the similar character properties...

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...

Uncle Vanya by Anton Chekhov

In a paper consisting of five pages the playwright's life is discussed and then his play is examined in order to determine that 'U...

Marriage in Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility

In five pages this paper examines the importance of marriage to the female characters in Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen. Th...

Edmonia Lewis's 'Hagar'

This reaction paper consists of 5 pages and considers the emotional responses generated from this biblical character immortalized ...

Local Dialect in Pudd'nhead Wilson

A 5 page consideration of the use of local dialect in Mark Twain's Pudd'nhead Wilson. The focus is on the character Roxanne. Ba...

The Element of Tragedy as Presented in Oates' Short Story Characters

Joyce Carol Oates intertwines the element of tragedy in The Crying Baby, The Passion of Rydcie Mather and Where areYou Going? Whe...

Critical Character Analysis of Huck Finn

In seven pages this paper presents a character examination of Huckleberry Finn and critically analyzes the adventures the novel pr...

The Personification of Arch Romantics by Shakespeare's Orsino, Jay Gatsby, Gilbert Markham, and Emma Bovary

In five pages this report argues that the literary views of longing and love have long shaped conventional attitudes and examine t...

A Review of Bleak House by Charles Dickens

This 6 page essay focuses on the characters Mrs. Pardiggle and Mrs. Jellyby. 2 sources....

8 Stages of Development by Erik Erikson

In ten pages the 8 developmental stages of Erik Erikson are discussed and then 1 is applied to a film or TV character. Three sour...

Spiritual Emptiness in The Rocking Horse Winner, by D.H. Lawrence and A Good Man is Hard to Find, by Flannery O'Connor

by the lack of ethical integrity, which seemed to be a byproduct of industrial society. The wheels of progress, in Lawrences view...

Realism Elements of Theodore Dreiser's Novel Sister Carrie

The realism aspects of Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser is the focus of this analysis consisting of 5 pages which includes social...

Characters of Athene and Poseidon in Homer's 'The Odyssey'

In five pages these characters as they are featured in Homer's epic are examined in terms of how they contribute to the tale overa...

Yoda's Wit and Wisdom

The Star Wars character is examined in an overview of Yoda's wisdom with comparisons made to Chinese legends in six pages. There ...

Relationships in Mordecai Richler's The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz

The importance of relationships in the development of the protagonist's character is the focus of this analysis of The Apprentices...

An Analysis of Lois Lowry's Novel, The Giver

unit. The governments interpretation of freedom was that its responsibility was to "free" people from the responsibility of memor...

William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice and the Character of Shylock

anti-semitism. Religious: The Christian church of the period inherited all the accumulated "demonization", which had occurred ar...

The Tradition of Heroes in Literature

This paper discusses the elements necessary to creating a heroic character in literature. The author examines heroic protagonists...

Classic Literary Poets, Searchers, Lovers, and Heroes

In six pages this paper examines these character genres and how they occasionally have coincided or overlapped throughout literary...

The Rain God: A Desert Tale Viewed Critically

members of the Angel clan, as well as Mexican-American men and women. Gender restricts personal choices, and influences not only ...

A Review of A Woman of Independent Means

This 7 page essay analyzes world and personal changes and eventsthat affect the character Bess Steed Garner. 1 source is cited....

Life and Writing Style of John Steinbeck

In general (which is unjust), Steinbecks novels are classified as social novels dealing with the economic problems of rural labor,...

The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway

During his convalescence, Hemingway attempted to exorcise his private demons by trying to put his observations of the war onto pap...

Character of Tom Sawyer in Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

In five pages this paper discusses the last half of this Mark Twain novel in an analysis of the role the Tom Sawyer character play...