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Ambrose Bierce, Stephen Crane, Nature and Salvation

In five pages this paper discusses how nature adaptability influences a character's salvation in 'An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridg...

A Discussion of Those that Attempted to Help Holden in The Catcher in the Rye

at the prep school. In the beginning of the novel we see that Holden admires this man to some degree. Just prior to leaving his pr...

A Comparison of Huck Finn and the Misfit From A Good Man is Hard to Find

footsteps. This is demonstrated through the parallels between Huck and his father. In the part of the novel where Huck is abducted...

Sophocles vs. Jean Anouilh's Character Interpretations of Antigone

actions is shaped by the other characters around her. Creon is of particular importance in shaping the character Antigone in both...

An Analysis of Comedy Of Errors

This seventeen page paper analyzes the intriguing characters in Shakespeare's Comedy of Errors. The paper emphasizes the critical...

Analysis of William Shakespeare's Hamlet as a Religious Play

In five pages this research paper considers the religious aspects of Hamlet by William Shakespeare in an analysis of Hamlet's acti...

William Shakespeare's Historical Play 'Henry IV' Part I

This paper consists of 10 pages and considers the characters' many contrasts in terms of the play as well as their creation. Ther...

Ophelia's Character in Hamlet by William Shakespeare

In five pages this paper analyzes the character of Ophelia and the role she plays in this tragedy in terms of how other characters...

The Character of Troy Maxson in August Wilson's Fences

if you could play ball then they ought to have let you play...Come telling me I come along too early. If you could play...then the...

'Ideal' Parson in Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales

Its almost as if Chaucer chose to include the Parson as a character in order to foil the other characters. In other words, its as...

Circumstance and Characterization

from his self induced stupor. Chris stood and glared at the man. The dim light offered little definition to the mans face, but the...

The Awakening and Gender Criticism

page of fax.) Likewise, Teresa de Laurentis argues that Edna, in rejecting the "biological" definition of the feminine gender, al...

Stage and Screen Adaptations of Hamlet by William Shakespeare

identity. It is interesting to note that as he pulls on his "cloak of madness" that his true intellect becomes completely clouded ...

Pat Conroy's Novel The Prince of Tides Compared with 1991 Film Adaptation

the event of Savannahs hospitalization after a second suicide attempt and Toms journey to New York to assist her psychologist, Dr....

Philosophy of Forrest Gump

Forrests mother has been able to instill a quiet sense of self worth in Forrest. Despite what anyone says to him, Forrest knows wh...

Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens and Memory

her different from others and what is the significance of that difference? In general, Dickens takes little Nell and her grandfat...

Searches in 2 Films by Orson Welles

series of flashback scenes, it becomes apparent that Kane, though quite wealthy, does not know who he is anymore. Having risen fro...

Evil and Characterizations in William Shakespeare's Macbeth

travelling with Banquo, a general in the army, meets three witches. MACBETH Speak, if you can: what are you? First Witch All...

The Mysterious Will Ladislaw

much loved by a young baronet, Sir James Chettam, she marries instead the Reverend Edward Casaubon, who is much older than she is,...

Uncle Tom in “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”

their slaves to do so; they decide to sell Uncle Tom, who is middle-aged at the time, and a young boy named Harry, who is the son ...

Beloved and Personal Demons

She has attempted to find a place in herself wherein she can survive and go on despite her actions. It is a very cloudy place that...

Why I Identify with the Disney Character Goofy

friendly and happy. The image of fun is helped with the movement of the character. Although presented as an animal, Goofy was actu...

Virginia Woolf’s Descriptions of Literary ‘Beacons’ Antigone and Desdemona Applied to Nora in Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House

heroine is willing to risk her life by defying King Creon in order to give her warrior brother Polynices the proper burial he was ...

Dante's 'Inferno' and Chaucer's Pilgrims

have been a part of hypocritical ways will be confined. Likewise, the idea and notion of lust is a level of hell where those who h...

Orlando Character in As You Like It by William Shakespeare

is off to university, but Oliver has deprived Orlando of schooling and keeps him living and working on the family, actually Oliver...

Tragedy in Death Of A Salesman and Antigone

This 5 page paper focuses on the lead characters Antigone and Willy Loman then branches out to ancillary characters to establish h...

William Faulkner's The Sound and the Fury and Absalom, Absalom! and Behavior of Middle-or Upper-Class Southern Women Miss Rosa, Miss Quentin, and Mrs. Compson

beginning, she lacked that all-important female role model. From the moment of her birth, Miss Rosa has been incapable of fitting...

The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass The Themes of Change and Freedom

5 pages and 1 source used. This paper provides an overview of the central theme of Frederick Douglass' Narrative in the Life of F...

Hamlet by William Shakespeare and the Character of Laertes' Function

In 5 pages this paper considers this supporting character's role in an analysis of Laertes' purpose and plot function. There are ...

A Midsummer Night's Dream and The Twelfth Night - A Look at the Fools

This research report examines the fool character in each of these Shakespearean works. How these are important characters is highl...