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Jim Burden in My Antonia by Willa Cather

A character analysis of Jim Burden in My Antonia by Willa Cather is presented in a paper consisting of six pages. Six sources are...

Helga Crane and Quicksand by Nella Larsen

vague in many cases, while at the same time demonstrating their importance in the grand scheme of things within Harlem. Harlem s...

Premise of She Walks These Hills by Sharyn McCrumb

In five pages this 1994 novel's premise is examined and how the background of the author influenced characters and settings are al...

Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson

In five pages this essay analyzes the language, themes, story, and characters found within Marilynne Robinson's novel Housekeeping...

Nick in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf by Edward Albee

In five pages Albee's employment of allusion in his play are examined as they impact upon the Nick character with connections made...

Themes in Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper

In three pages this essay discusses the novels themes and also considers the characters of Cora and Uncas. There is 1 source cite...

Social Conventions and Lily Bart in The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton

In five pages this paper presents a character analysis of Edith Wharton's heroine Lily Bart in The House of Mirth and argues that ...

Saint Maybe by Anne Tyler'

This novel is compared with Tyler's Ladder of Tears and also specifically analyzed in terms of theme, plot, and characters in this...

Easy Rawlins in Devil in a Blue Dress by Walter Moseley

complicity exists in a form based both in professionalism and in the role of individuals as an extension of this community. It ...

Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton

In three pages Frome's character is analyzed as it pertains to his 3 failures. There is no bibliography included....

Entrapment in Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton

In ten pages three main characters are examined in terms of how they reflect Wharton's theme of entrapment in the novel. Five sou...

Overview of Carrie by Stephen King

In three pages this paper examines Stephen King's horror novel with an analysis of how the supernatural is presented along with at...

'Shiloh' by Bobbie Ann Mason

In four pages the short story's conflicts are examined in terms of their character implications. There are no other sources liste...

Happiness Struggle and Conflicts in 'Shiloh' by Bobbi Ann Mason

In a paper consisting of four pages character conflicts as they exist in this short story are considered and through an examinatio...

Tony Hillerman's Skinwalkers and Walter Mosley's Devil in a Blue Dress

In three pages these novels are contrasted and compared in terms of how the plot movement is generated by the characters. There a...

David Mamet's Plays and Use of Profanity

their helplessness and articulates it for us. In an article in Town and Country Monthly, Jonathan Alter observes that "Language, a...

Analyzing 'Sun and Moon by Katherine Mansfield

is assumed that the narrator is offering a truthful representation, but the readers are expected to often "read between the lines"...

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...

Grete Samsa in 'Metamorphosis' by Franz Kafka

beginning of the narrative, Grete is quite concerned about her brother when he is locked in his room, unwilling to let his family ...

Historical Portrayals of Women in Literary Works

This paper contrasts and compares the female characters in The Birds by Aristophanes, Hamlet by William Shakespeare, and Buried Ch...

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...

A Review of A Man of the People by Chinua Achebe

This 5 page essay reviews how the characters Odili, Eunice, Chief Nanga, and Odili prove their value to their community. 1 source ...

Crimson Tide Film Problem Solving and Personalities

Inn five pages this report examines the characters of First Officer Ron Hunter and Captain Frank Ramsey featured in the film Crims...

Explanation and Adaptation of William Shakespeare's Hamlet

In seventeen pagest this research paper commences with an original Hamlet adaptation and then focuses upon contemporary social inf...

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...

Natural World Relationships in La Maravilla by Alfredo Vea Jr. and Fools Crow by James Welch

for those such as Beto and his grandparents who are still willing to see that it is still there. In "La Maravilla," unlike "Fools...

Cinematic Analysis of Dead Man Walking and Schindler's List

This paper examines how character action is used by the director of Dead Man Walking, and commercially motivated criticisms of Sch...

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson

In five pages this paper presents an analysis of the characters featured in Robert Louis Stevenson's famous novel. Two sources ar...

Dreaming in Cuban by Cristina Garcia and the Cold War

In five pages this paper examines how the characters in the novel were affected by the Cold War between the U.S. and the Cuba of F...

'Zorba and the Boss' in Drew Hurley's Distraction

In five pages this play is examined in terms of its eclectic qualities and also examines such characters as 'the Boss' and Zorba t...