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Flawed Characters in Death of a Salesman, Antigone, and Oedipus

been killed and because he is deemed a traitor the powers refuse him a burial. Antigone fights for this cause claiming that her br...

Othello by William Shakespeare and the Character Emilia

or weak, good or evil, redeemed or condemned, honorable or chicken-hearted? The climate of the human condition is what spurs on m...

Comparative Analysis of the Characters in Works by William Faulkner and John Steinbeck

kills them when hes trying to pet them, not realizing his own strength. His strength, in fact, is his downfall - when he first mee...

Lord of the Flies by William Golding and the Characters Jack and Ralph

"Ralph is the evenhanded, honest, thoughtful leader, while Jack is the exact opposite, an unjust, callous dictator. When Ralph is ...

Credibility and Creation of Character in The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer

In eight pages each of the five Canterbury Tales' pilgrim's stories are used in order to examine how Chaucer's employment of langu...

Great Expectations by Charles Dickens and the Character of Pip

those who are less fortunate. When Pip sees a group of starving and shackled convicts, he is appalled by their plight. One convi...

Characters Created by Herman Melville and Nathaniel Hawthorne and the Manifestation of Personal Identity

conflict of his characters. It is recommended that the person who is writing about this topic consider that much of Nathaniel Haw...

Minor Characters in A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway

of reference. The priest represents the possibility of attaining the ideal in life and in love, especially as it applies to the r...

Post 1500 Culture and Character of Western Europe

which European art is typically divide provide handy "signposts" for delineating the course of development for European character ...

DSM IV and Characters in the Film One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

make some conclusions. The DSM-IV diagnostic lists several observable traits usually pertaining to those experiencing a manic epi...

Character Transformation in Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw

the play, for example, as Eliza becomes more independent and rebellious as she gains her polish and veneer, Higgins becomes more b...

The Character of Amanda in The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams

she clearly lives in the past. At the time in which the play takes place Amanda has apparently raised her two children to adulthoo...

Character Analysis of Robert Jordan in For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway

unusual. The Spanish Civil War quickly became infiltrated by foreign intervention on both sides, and indeed has been likened to a ...

Macbeth's Character Traits

battle, but this passive character allows others to control his fate. One cannot deny that Macbeth expresses a unique fascinatio...

Weakness of Character in The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky

In three pages character weakness as it results in disaster is examined within the context of the novel by Dostoevsky. There are ...

Blindness of Shakespeare Characters Gloucester, King Lear, and Othello

jealousy. His inherent nature does not want him to believe such lies. We see this throughout the story as he is constantly confuse...

Character of King John in the Play by William Shakespeare

In ten pages this paper presents a character analysis of King John as presented in the play by William Shakespeare. Six sources a...

Characters of Amory Blaine, Jay Gatsby, and Monroe Stahr as Reflections of F. Scott Fitzgerald

feel of the American youth culture, because he, and through his writing, Amory Blaine, as well, were young men of the time in whic...

Late 19th Century Character Development and the Importance of Landscape

In seven pages this paper discusses how character development during this time period was influenced by landscape in a considerati...

Character Analyses of John Claggart, Billy Budd, and Captain Vere in Billy Budd by Herman Melville

This paper examines these three important characters featured in Herman Melville's novel in five pages. There are no sources list...

Character Analysis of Laertes in Hamlet by William Shakespeare

leaves to France. He gives her advice, as a brother would, and recommends that she be careful with Hamlet and that she must prote...

Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare and the Character of Malvolio

The steward is immediately threatened by anyone who is perceived as funnier or more intelligent than he. Olivia is the only perso...

Lysistrata's Character

In five pages Lysistrata as featured in the famous ancient Greek play is the focus of this character analysis. Three sources are ...

Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and Huck's Character Development

still considers himself superior to black people despite the fact that he himself is part of the lowest echelons of society; he me...

William Shakespeare Characters Antony in Julius Caesar and Iago in Othello Compared

differently in different periods of time, but the man as a writer stays very much the same. The homogeneity of his works is remark...

Character Analysis of Katherina in The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare

In five pages this research paper analyzes the shrewishness of Katherina in The Taming of the Shrew comedy by William Shakespeare....

William Shakespeare's King Lear and the Fool Character

In five pages this paper examines the dramatic function of the Fool in King Lear by William Shakespeare. There are no other sourc...

Character Relationships, William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream and 'the Play Within the Play'

In six pages this paper examines the 'play within the play' involving the character relationships of famous Shakespearean couples ...

Female Characters in William Shakespeare's Othello and Hamlet

In each, their gestures of submission paradoxically enable the expression of desire. This shows female characters that inhabit th...

Honorable, Admirable, and Unchanged Character of Othello

In one page this essay analyzes the last words of Othello and what they reveal about his character. There is no bibliography incl...