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Essays 1981 - 2010

'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....

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...

Film Reviews of Chinatown

In five pages this paper examines original reviews for the 1974 Chinatown and include such topics as character and setting. Five ...

Rome and Pax Romana

Romans and the Germans were able to defeat the invading Huns. Yet four years later, Rome was sacked once more. In 476AC Odoacer ...

The Song of Roland and Its Interpretation

In nine pages this paper analyzes this Medieval literary work in a consideration of plot, characters, and message. There are no o...

Babylon Revisited by F. Scott Fitzgerad

leaves a card where he might be reached if any of the "old regulars," should drift in. But Paris is quiet now; the same places ar...

Frankenstein as a Tragic Figure?

In five pages this novel by Mary Shelley is analyzed in order to determine whether or not the character of Frankenstein qualifies ...

'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...

Ernest Gaines's The Sky is Gray and Conflicts

In five pages the character conflicts developed within the story are examined. There are no other sources listed....

Death of a Salesman - Willy Loman and the Betrayal of the American Dream

This 6 page paper discusses the concept of true and false values in the play Death of a Salesman. The writer argues that Willy Lom...

The Moral Influence of Huck on Tom

This 5 page paper discusses the influence the character of Huckleberry Finn has on his friend Tom Sawyer in Mark Twain's classic n...

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...

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"...

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...

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...

Pompey in Antony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare

In five pages this paper analyzes the importance of the secondary character Pompey in Antony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare....

Asher Lev's Journey and the Ideology of James Hillman

In six pages Chaim Potok's Asher Lev character is applied to an examination of the ideology of James Hillman with religion and chi...

References to Hamlet and Hercules in The Father by August Strindberg

this paper discusses how women behave and the Captain's character in this analysis of August Strindberg's play The Father with ref...

Is Okwonko a Sympathetic Character in Things Fall Apart?

In five pages the character of Okonkwo is analyzed in terms of whether or not he can be regarded as sympathetic and also assesses ...

'Indian Camp' by Ernest Hemingway

his physician father to perform a Caesarean on a pregnant squaw. Dr. Adams describes the serious medical situation in clinical, m...

Cathedral by Raymond Carver and the Blind Man Robert

In five pages this short story by Raymond Carver is examined in an analysis of the blind character Robert and what he symbolizes. ...

Dave Saunders in 'The Man Who Was Almost A Man' by Richard Wright

all, it appears that the author addresses social stratification by putting the protagonist in this particular setting. What the p...

Biographical Overview of Colin Powell

strife ("Powell," 2001). One would think that Powell, because he is a minority, might be the one to turn things around. He did. He...

Opposite Characters Zorba and the Narrator in Zorba the Greek by Nikos Kazantzakis The Antithetical Characters, the Narrator and Zorba in ' “Zorba the Greek”

as action vs. inaction, doer vs. writer and philosopher, and primitivism vs. modernism. The erudite English narrator of Zorba the...

Analysis of August Strindberg's The Father

Circe and Medusa. In The Father,...

Comparative Analysis of Children's Novels Sachar's Holes and Baum's The Wizard of Oz

is also something of a loner, not being part of the popular set at his school. These themes with regard to the definition of a mai...

Chekov's 'The Bear'

In this paper consisting of 5 pages, situations, dialogues, and characters are considered as is the comedic content that also exis...

Oliver Stone's Natural Born Killers and Criminological Theories

commit violent criminal acts" (Nottingham Screening DNA: Exploring the Cinema-Genetics Interface). Furthermore, according to "gen...

Religious Undertones in The American by Henry James

In five pages this paper examines how religious undertones are presented in Newman's character in this consideration of The Americ...