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Kurtz as Hero in The Heart of Darkness

that would make him a hero. He does not make powerful decisions and he does not truly step outside any realm within himself or soc...

The Problem of Free Will and How It is Treated in Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House

will is responsible for the subsequent chain of events. Therein is the problem of free will. If it in fact exists, how...

Othello as a Tragic Aristotelian Hero

in the audience, because the audience members can see themselves as part of this chain of cause-and-effect (McManus). Lets very b...

Four ‘Ghostly’ Commands in William Shakespeare’s Hamlet

not he possesses the courage to commit murder. His fear and susceptibility to depression often paralyze his movements to a point ...

The Modern Vampire

nails and fangs that are in the middle of his mouth like a rodents, instead of on the sides like on a Halloween mask" (Ebert). For...

Queen Gertrude in William Shakespeare's Hamlet

wicked wit, and gifts that have the power, So to seduce!--won to his shameful lust, The will of my most seeming-virtuous queen" (A...

Oedipus and Antigone

her. Antigone The second question involves characters in the story of Antigone. The characters under discussion are Antig...

Sigurd and Achilles and Their Deaths

destroy Sigurd. She says that she has a favor to ask and makes the king promise that he will keep his word. He does, and asks her ...

Gertrude and Ophelia

father in the dust" (Shakespeare I i). She also tells him that he should not make his mother worry so. In short, her role is to be...

Em in "Earth Abides"

university-trained expert in his field. And yet he finds that intellectual learning is not very important in this world, whats nee...

The Position of Women in "Hamlet" and "To the Lighthouse"

Ramsay is not really a monster, but he is an autocrat who is cold and so detached from his family that he doesnt seem to realize h...

Oedipus and Lysistrata: Tragedy and Comedy

they can stop the men from going off to war and would ultimately bring some peace. The premise of the story is a tragic one, in th...

Hamlet and Oedipus as Avengers

both royalty, they have both been told by an outside agency to look for a murderer in their midst, and in both cases, the agency t...

Titus Andronicus as Tragic Hero

In this introduction to the character of Titus it is obvious that he is well regarded and that he has a reputation of being a nobl...

Ophelia in Shakespeare’s Hamlet

This will sorrow Hamlet greatly and make him feel guilty, perhaps the only time he feels guilty, in his actions towards her....

Critiquing the Critic: Henry Mackenzie on "Hamlet"

Mackenzie is also correct in attributing his hesitation to an overly sensitive nature; Claudius remarks on this when he says that ...

Cooperative Principle, Developed by H.P. Grice

This paper pertains to Grice's Cooperative Principle, which is explained, along with its associated maxims. The writer then uses t...

King Claudius and Machiavelli

This essay pertains to the anthropocentric worldview of King Claudius in Shakespeare's "Hamlet" and Machiavelli, drawing on his te...

Social Interactions in Hamlet

This essay pertains to the thematic content of Shakespeare's play and provides insight into the relationships that Hamlet has with...

Women’s Television Programming

Television has played a critical role in womens...

Hamlet/The Ruse of Insanity

ghost is the specter of his father, condemned to suffer "sulphurous and tormenting flames" (I.v.7) because he died without having ...

Ibsen and Shakespeare/Doll's House and Much Ado About Nothing

in order to obtain the loan. At this point in the nineteenth century, married women were not allowed to own property or carry out ...

Political Theme in Zhang's Hero

film Hero, released in 2002 and costing $30 million to produce, is the most expensive film in the history of the Chinese film indu...

The Heroic Qualities of Odysseus

suitors, who grossly outnumber him. Odysseus himself vows that he will fight "while Ive got arrows to defend me", committed to the...

Oedipus Tragic Hero or Pervert

were associated with him. Indeed, his story continues to deeply impact our emotions even today. Aristotle posited that a tragic ...

"Hamlet" - Symbolism and the Theme of Justice

poor state of the realm, it is suggested that some deep essential cause rather than mere circumstance is to blame for the decay of...

Hamlet and the Attractive Prospect of Suicide

his mother Queen Gertrude announces she eloped with Claudius, her brother-in-law who will now succeed Hamlet Sr. as King. The Pri...

Hero and Leander/Marlowe

of the youth that generate that this assessment, that is, his pleasant smile, his eyes, etc. There is a allusion to Narcissus, who...

"Hamlet" and Suicide as an Important Theme

not fixd His canon gainst self-slaughter! O God! God! How weary, stale, flat, and unprofitable Seem to me all the uses of this wor...

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...