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He does not say, and this is another of the hundreds of loose ends in Hamlet that Shakespeare does not explain. At any rate, Ophe...

In 8 pages this paper examines the concept of the tragic hero in a comparison of King Lear by William Shakespeare and Sophocles' O...

Story from Historical, Social, Cultural, Political and Religious Perspectives Surprisingly, the original idea for West Side Stor...

In a paper of three pages, the writer looks at the topic of the purpose of Hamlet's Ghost. Citing textual evidence, the writer sho...

discussing Othello, Roderigo blatantly refers to Othello in derogatory terms by calling him "the thick lips" which directly single...

Melville: "he was ... a gentleman adventurer in the barbarous outposts of human experience" (147). Melvilles Bartleby the Scriven...

why he engaged in such long sentences. Anyone who has read "Moby Dick," as well as "Billy Budd," will quickly recognize how Melvil...

served to deflect and in part falsify them" (Melville). Now at first look these lines appear to be nothing that would indicate ...

(Melville 2435). The crew were drawn to Billy Budd like a moth to a flame, and Melville wrote, "They all love him... Anybody will...

personal morality were simply accepted, not questioned during their lives. Because American society as a whole had become better...

freely expressing their sinful temptations to the minister. The cause of Reverend Hoopers alienation, it would appear, was not an...

worthy. With the ideals of Enlightenment we are given a much more complex train of thought as one must also examine the good of a ...

continues to build. The task of finding the real answer falls to the captain of the fist ship. What emerges then is a great myst...

conflict of his characters. It is recommended that the person who is writing about this topic consider that much of Nathaniel Haw...

of the lives and social customs of the Marquesas people. The story itself is not just an example of Herman Melvilles fertile imag...

- he refuses to take nourishment or leave his place of business. Instead of taking a sympathetic view of his employee, the narrat...

endeavors to avoid such a punishment by doing an exemplary job. Nevertheless, trouble develops and Billy seeks the advice of an ol...

In five pages this research paper focuses upon the author's use of setting in this short story and how it mirrors the progressive ...

In six pages this paper examines the novel's primary characters and analyzes them philosophically and morally in regards to good a...

In five pages this paper contrasts and compares the enslavement theme within these short stories from the perspectives of the revo...

In seven pages phallic symbolism is considered in a comparative analysis of Melville's 'Bartleby the Scrivener' and Hemingway's 'H...

In 5 pages this paper examines the symbolic parallels that exist between Melville's Billy Budd, the biblical Adam, and Jesus Chris...

In one page this essay discusses how this novel could be interpretated as a story involving moral liability that results from raci...

composition. Among her miscellaneous multitude, the Indomitable mustered several individuals who, however inferior in grade, were...

In eight pages a psychological character analysis of Captain Vere is presented in order to determine the underlying reasons for hi...

In five pages this paper analyzes Captain Delano in terms of his abilities to reason and his denial in a consideration of the igno...

In five pages these works are contrasted and compared regarding human nature with topics of prejudice and cynicism discussed. The...

In ten pages this paper considers the authors' perspectives on reason and emotion as reflected in Ellison's 'Invisible Man,' Hemin...

In five pages this short story is analyzed in terms of contrasting points of view between the salesman of lightning rods and a pro...

In five pages this paper examines the social and economic implications of this short story in a character analysis of Bartleby. T...