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Analysis: Grandfather in “Everything is Illuminated”

any muscles (Foer). Grandfather worked all his life, mostly at farming, but now "he is retarded and lives on our street" (Foer 4)....

Blood In, Blood Out

applied to the characters at different times, but the two that seem most effective are Merton, and Shaw and MacKay. The term "Amer...

Michael Corleone as the Psychological Center of the Hospital Scene

service. The police made them leave about ten minutes ago" (Dirks, 2008). The tension is high as Michael suddenly realizes what th...

Alifa Rifaat's "Another Evening At The Club"

long as he can maintain he position of self-imposed eminence. Because Samia cannot remember where she left her very valuable ring...

Waiting for Lefty

have "been kicked around so long were black and blue from head to toes" (Odets 7). But, he offers the point that if anyone strikes...

Allegory and Exemplum in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales

are knit by Chaucer into a complex tapestry in this allegorical tale, illustrating the instability of lifes joys, but also the sam...

Children And Literature: Learning About Themselves In A Book

are learning that every living being sometime, somehow, some way ultimately dies. Fairy tales have long utilized this concept as ...

Go Tell it on the Mountain by James Baldwin

time which has caused him to think of himself as incredibly special: "In this world John, who was, his father said, ugly, who was ...

The Aeneid by Virgil

In three pages a character analysis of the protagonist Aeneas in Virgil's 'The Aeneid' focuses upon his heroic characteristics. I...

The Possessed by Fyodor Dostoevsky

In five pages the author's Russian atheism and socialism conflict is examined within the context of the novel's 6 characters. The...

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Doestoevsky

In two pages the murder scene's significance and an analysis of Raskolnikov's character are considered. There is no bibliography ...

Shepard, Ibsen, Hare, and Shakespeare Character Sketches

is certain he will. Nora then discloses how she borrowed the money for their trip to Italy and has been struggling to pay it back ...

A Synopsis of Gabriel Garcia Marquez's, Love in the Time of Cholera

This paper provides a synopsis and overview of Marquez's classic novel, Love in the Time of Cholera. The author notes Marquez's u...

Analysis of The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros

In five pages this paper discusses character, meaning, and settings in this analysis of Sandra Cisneros' novel. There are no othe...

Lazarillo de Tormes Character Analysis

In eight pages the Spanish literary character Lazarillo de Tormes is analyzed. There is no bibliography included....

Responsibility for One's Actions and 'Prometheus Bound' by Aeschylus

In five pages this paper analyzes whether Aeschylus's title character is in some way responsible for his dilemma and argues that h...

Telemachus in 'The Odyssey' by Homer

In two pages this essay provides a character analysis of Telemachus in an assessement of his maturity. There are no other sources...

Hero Justification of Odysseus in 'The Odyssey' by Homer

the examples of the main characters, a certain amount of wit and common intelligence is necessary to possess as an essential work ...

Creon as an Idealist and Statesman in Antigone by Sophocles

In three pages this paper presents a character analysis of Creon in Antigone by Sophocles and discusses his roles to Zeus and to t...

Irony in Othello by William Shakespeare and Oedipus Rex by Sophocles

In five pages this research paper examines how irony is used in these tragedies in a comparison and contrast of characters and the...

Reaction to Germinal by Emile Zola

Rasseneur, a former miner who was fired for participating in a previous strike. He is more of a reformer than Lantier. And Lanti...

Louis-Ferdinand Celine's 'Journey To The End Of The Night'

In 4 pages, this paper argues that the main character Bardamu is representative of an anti-hero as well as an autobiographical por...

A Summary of The Song of Roland (Chanson de Roland)

it is possible that the poet telling "The Song of Roland" was using the character of Charlemagne to represent Christianity as it m...

Eskimo by Alice Munro

In three pages this essay concentrates on some elements of the inner lives of the characters to assess how the reader is impacted ...

Camille by Alexandre Dumas

The characters and plot of this play are analyzed in this essay consisting of five pages. There is no bibliography included....

Change in Character at the Conclusion of Candide by Voltaire

In five pages this paper discusses how the 'happy' novel conclusion was the result of story and character changes. There are 2 so...

'Beowulf' and King Hrothgar's Character

In three pages this essay analyzes the Medieval epic and argues that the most human character is Hrothgar. There is no bibliograp...

Contrasting and Comparing Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and Beowulf

Gawain is presented with similar atrocities and the same type of need for retribution, though his choice of actions and his determ...

Okonkwo's Aggression in Achebe's Things Fall Apart

5 pages No outside sources cited. This paper relates the nature of Achebe's character Okonkwo, who demonstrates distinctly aggres...

Conflict in the Works of Ngugi Wa Thiong'O and Bessie Head

In five pages the interpersonal conflict theme as it manifests itself in 'The Return' and 'The Collector of Treasures' is discusse...