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In ten pages this paper discusses Langston Hughes' 1930 novel debut and analyzes the author's use of speech to convey 'black humor...
In five pages this paper discusses women, their roles and functions in this tragic play by William Shakespeare. Three sources are...
In five pages Sylvia Plath's poetry is considered in an analysis of reader experiences and how their tragic elements differ from t...
as used in Sojourner Truths Aint I a Woman, becomes a persuasive technique which unites all women regardless of their color (also ...
Aeschylus introduces a complete reversal of gender roles, placing the character of Clytemnestra in a ruling role over Argos in the...
In two pages the relationship between Laertes and Hamlet is considered in a discussion of their similiarities and differences as r...
only as a representation of misconstrued appearance. As time progresses, Othello - quite arguably the only character with a stell...
In a paper of eight pages, the writer looks at "Things Fall Apart". Tragic aspects of the novel are emphasized. Paper uses five so...
prophet points an accusing finger at Oedipus. In a rage, Oedipus accuses the prophet of being paid by someone to say such things, ...
our power to exact our revenge? Perhaps, she suggests, there is some medium-ground that would do a little of both without going t...
the contractors were building shoddy buildings, and nobody was getting reported for any of it. Of course Guttierez had no knowled...
Verona, Italy, where a feud has broken out between the families of the Montegues and the Capulets. The servants of both houses ope...
but on their bonds with other men who guarantee their honor and reputation" (Bloom 89). This is demonstrated through the characte...
and gagged her and pulled a plastic garbage bag over her head before leaving her in a locked bathroom. Putman suffocated. As a r...
with him are Piggy, the most intellectual of the boys; Simon, the most spiritual, and the twins Sam and Eric, who are later referr...
Rome itself is portrayed as moving from a society dominated by heroes, such as Julius Caesar and Pompey, to one which is more frag...
to life, he rejects it, hoping that the life he has brought into the world will simply die, erasing his mistake (Madigan 48; Franc...
others, or more intelligent than others. In short, there must be some element which somehow sets him above the average man, but ye...
her husband in their youthful days. She loves Polixenes as a brother because he is the best and oldest friend of her husband. In t...
not fixd His canon gainst self-slaughter! O God! God! How weary, stale, flat, and unprofitable Seem to me all the uses of this wor...
in ego-stroking, and Lears youngest daughter, Cordelia, will have none of it. She tells her father quite simply, "I love your Maj...
almost always determined to meddle in the business of the divine or the immortal. As a result, there is never a truly positive out...
In five pages this essay examines what tensions led to the disintegration of the Macbeth marriage within the context of William Sh...
In eight pages singer Hector Lavoe's tragic life and contributions to Latino music are examined. Six sources are cited in the bib...
Oscar often refers to "filthy lucre" (Lawrence 922). His mother explains that luck is "what causes you to have money. If youre l...
a marvelos contrast in dark and light, which is aptly used in a good deal of his plays. Both in Romeo and Juliet and in Othello, t...
In nine pages this paper examines how sacrifice is used in the Greek tragic works Agamemnon, Medea, Antigone, and 'The Odyssey' an...
that the fact that death is common does nothing to diminish Hamlets grief. Hamlet picks up her use of the words "seems," however, ...
acts cowardly. Much of this comes from predictions of three witches, and after the deaths begin, the witches make further predicti...
psychological and emotional loss she withstands. It ultimately comes to pass that Electra begins to plot Clytemnestras death to h...