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That Hideous Strength by C.S. Lewis, Mark and Jane

to study ideas. His greatest shortcoming in this respect is that he is rather obtuse and it is quite difficult for him to have an...

Central Characters, the Ideals of Strength and Devotion in Dancer in the Dark and Breaking the Waves Films by Lars von Trier

are based on a childrens story which made an impression on him when he was a child. The childrens story is a tale in which "a litt...

Characters Myrrha and Byblis in Ovid's Metamorphoses

that Byblis argued with herself that such desires were acceptable to some degree: "Twas thought no sin to wonder at his charms,/ H...

Claudius's Character in William Shakespeare's Hamlet

wife. Claudius states, "Though yet of Hamlet (the late king was also named Hamlet) our late brothers death/The memory be green" (I...

Characterization of Mrs. Ramsay in To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf

cannot go when he obviously want it so badly. James feels that his fathers sarcastic rejection of the idea of visiting the lightho...

Dracula by Bram Stoker and the Themes of Sexuality and Perversity

antagonist, Count Dracula that encompasses both sexuality and perversity. In the oft-analyzed Chapter III, the unconscious Harker...

The Little Foxes by Lillian Hellman

try" (207). As this exposition suggests, Marshalls presence as an outsider to the dynamics of the Hubbard family and as an outsi...

Darkness at Noon by Arthur Koestler and the Themes of Deformity and Injury

The reason Koestler has given these injuries to the man who once led the revolution is that he is now aged, useless, and must serv...

Characters of Bertha and Clarissa Dalloway in Katherine Mansfield's Bliss and Virginia Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway

who thinks about her own weaknesses, yet also truly sees what she perhaps should be. We note how Clarissa, though strong and se...

Characters of Othello by William Shakespeare

romantic experience and worldly sophistication, he easily falls victim to his insecurities. He is a proud man and anything that t...

Sofia in 'The Color Purple' by Alice Walker

is told that Sofia is a woman who does not know her place. She should not be allowed to talk back to her husband, or state her own...

Flawed Arguments and Opponents of Same-Sex Marriage

purpose" (Cross, 2002). Opponents to same-sex marriages also oppose gay activists appeal to pity in regards to their arguments. Th...

Snow Falling on Cedars by David Guterson and the Character of Ishmael

man who may have once possessed dreams, but today is an angry and bitter individual. "He was a man of thirty-one with a hardened f...

Andrea in Carmen Laforet's Nada

and overcome her family and poverty. Andrea is in search of self definition at this point, though she is not consciously aware of ...

Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad and Race Construction

helmsman awfully... Perhaps you will think it passing strange, this regret for a savage who was of no more account than a grain of...

Charles Frazier's Cold Mountain and Minor Characters

and they offer comfort and information, as in Adas case. Minor characters have the dual purpose in this book of offering more info...

The Wanderer by Susan Creech

and Grand Manan Island. From this point, The Wanderer sets sail for England. Sophie writes that, after a week and a half, they had...

Literary Periods Romanticism, Realism, Neo-Classicism, and Modernism

As the Renaissance reflected the continued influence of the Crusades, it also sprouted a period of romanticism that was more than ...

Joseph Conrad's The Heart of Darkness and the Character Shifts of Marlow

back to tell the tale. He is older than his years, and his words are full of sadness and bittersweet regret(Adelman). His experien...

Tales of Devious Caribbean Women by Hispanic Authors

became increasingly diffident towards him" (Ramirez 79). Yet, when the manager asked the narrator what Francoise was saying, he wo...

Flawless Film and Character Polarization

except that they happen to live very close to one another in the same building and they are thrown together for a simple reason, t...

Psychoanalyzing Characters in 'Dangerous Minds' Film

techniques inclusive of innovative ways to motivate students. She also addresses other issues that the students face in their dail...

Funcitons of Characters Desdemona, Othello, and Iago in Othello by William Shakespeare

heart. His insecurities are compounded by the dark color of his skin, which makes him a social outsider. Therefore, when he meet...

Josiah Royce's California A Study of American Character

than favorable. Royces work set out to discover all aspects of California and its history, to discover "the dark side of Californi...

Character Analysis of the Old Man in 'The Pardoner's Tale' by Geoffrey Chaucer

told that Death took his life. Quite in the drunken state they vow to find Death and to make him pay. They find directions to wh...

Euripides' Iphigenia at Aulis and Staging

The scene opens with Menelaus and the Attendant coming on stage. The Attendant sees Agamemnon approaching and says to Menelaus, "M...

Strong Character Deterioration in William Shakespeare's Hamlet

of him, his semblable is his mirror; and who else would trace him, his umbrage, nothing more" (Shakespeare 202). Hamlet is resigne...

Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman and Willy Loman's Ignorance

is doing is supporting him and encouraging his dreams, although they are false. Because of this sort of set-up we are immediatel...

Flaws in Characters Vivian Bearing, King Oedipus, Willy Loman, and Othello

bodies in its past, the King confidently reassured his ailing people, "My search has found one way to treat our disease - and I ha...

The Apple Tree Dutch Medieval Morality Play

their apples will find himself stuck fast to the tree until Open Heart releases them ("Apple Tree" 453). God agrees. 8. ACTIONS ...