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Power and Patriotism in Henry IV and Richard II by William Shakespeare

reappear in the Henry plays. They change their political allegiance, and the audience is constantly being prepared for that change...

Realists: Mark Twain and Henry James

and he used to fetch him down town sometimes and lay for a bet" (Twain). Smiley was a character who would trick others and come ou...

Henry Ford as He Appears in Doctorow's Ragtime

to society is well known and many see this as admirable. Yet, there are some critics. Not everyone agrees that capitalism is the b...

Characters Who Are Trapped

tells her that if she does marry this man, Morris, she will never receive any money from him, her father. Up till this point Cath...

Relationships Between Sons and Their Mothers in "The Glass Menagerie" and "Hamlet"

Young Prince Hamlet of Denmark has been dealt two blows in rapid succession. First, while away at college, he learns his father h...

Tragic Hero King Lear

Lear," Lear chooses the love and respect of his children as the highest good, and so can only suffer from loss of their love and r...

'Breathtaking' King Lear by William Shakespeare

In six pages this paper examines the significance of taking a breath in this analysis of King Lear by William Shakespeare. There ...

Analysis of Tom in "The Glass Menagerie"

her thumb. The character description of Tom tells us that is "A poet with a job in a warehouse. His nature is not remorseless, but...

Oedipus & Creon as Rulers

is to preserve the "state," that is the authority of the state, as opposed to having genuine feeling for the welfare of the people...

Act III, Scene 4 of King Lear by William Shakespeare

psychologist points out that Edgar discusses his own case lucidly, while indulging in unlimited incoherence in regards to everythi...

The Tempest by William Shakespeare and Prospero

In seven pages this paper analyzes the character of Prospero featured in William Shakespeare's final play and how this protagonist...

Fourth Act, First Scene of The Tempest by William Shakespeare

a rare and precious gem. Ferdinand does fall in love with Miranda, as was Prosperos plan all along, and is willing to stay with th...

The Secret History by Donna Tartt and Henry's Suicide

relationships. We often think we know someone only to realize when tragedy strikes that we dont really know them at all. Such wa...

Strategy of Prince Hamlet of Denmark

of his day to day life that he would never be able to keep his plans from her. So, he has decided that he must pretend to sever th...

Shakespeare/Sonnets 73 and 130

and Shakespeares use of metaphor achieves his purpose very well, particularly in the lines that refer to comparing a ladys breath ...

O. Henry & Hemingway, Plus A Little on Faulkner

waiter, like the old man who is their customer, has no connections in the world. While Della and James have love and a deep inti...

Comparative Analysis of Characters Mark Antony and Caius Cassius in William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar

meant he was not "someone to take seriously" as a threat to his power (Derrick 14; McMurtry 41). Others seriously underestimate A...

Classic Literary Poets, Searchers, Lovers, and Heroes

In six pages this paper examines these character genres and how they occasionally have coincided or overlapped throughout literary...

Iago and Hannibal Lecter Evil Characters

In three pages these evil characters from William Shakespeare's Othello and Thomas Harris's Silence of the Lambs are compared. Th...

Hamlet by William Shakespeare and the Sympathetic Character of Claudius

In five pages five scenes from the play are presented in an argument that Claudius is in fact a sympathetic character in William S...

Scenes from Shakespeare

In five pages this paper discusses characters and themes in certain scenes from William Shakespeare's plays Troilus and Cressida, ...

Hamlet by William Shakespeare and the Characterizations of Laertes and Prince Hamlet

In five pages these 2 characters featured in William Shakespeare's most famous tragedy are contrasted and compared. There are no ...

William Shakespeare's The Tragedy of Richard the Third and the King's Treatment of Women

In seven pages this paper considers Queen Elizabeth, Queen Margaret, and Lady Anne in terms of how they are treated by Richard III...

Iago's Character in William Shakespeare's Othello

In five pages this paper examines how Iago is able to psychologically manipulate others in this character analysis of the antagoni...

Macbeth and the Supernatural from a Critical Standpoint

begins to see things. Macbeth imagines that he sees a bloody dagger floating before him. This serves to show the state of mi...

Exercise in Dante's 'Inferno'

commit a sin where he would go to held under Dantes model, it seems that he might be found in Limbo. At the same time, the truth i...

Identity Searches in Literature

A.E. Housman. They are both young men who die before they age, before they have perhaps achieved a powerful greatness it would see...

Tragedy of William Shakespeare's King Lear

Cordelia do? Love, and be silent" (Shakespeare I i). She is completely dismissed by her father, yet she still succeeds in becoming...

Contrasts in William Shakespeare's Othello

"cannibals" and the "Anthropophagi." Captured by enemies, he endured slavery, it is clear that Othello suffered and accomplished ...