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Dreaming in Cuban

Cristina Garcia looked at three generations of Cuban women in her book Dreaming in Cuban. This summation and analysis focuses on p...

Nancy in Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens

In fourteen pages this paper presents a character analysis of the realistic character of Nancy featured in Oliver Twist by Charles...

World Dissatisfaction in J.D. Salinger's 'Catcher in the Rye' and Gustave Flaubert's 'Madame Bovary'

In a 5 page paper, the characters' dissatisfaction with the world that has rendered their lives meaningless is explored. There ar...

Analysis of the Fool in in William Shakespeare's King Lear

In four pages this character analysis of the fool character in King Lear makes reference to Shakespeare The Invention of the Huma...

William Faulkner's The Sound and the Fury and Absalom, Absalom! and Behavior of Middle-or Upper-Class Southern Women Miss Rosa, Miss Quentin, and Mrs. Compson

beginning, she lacked that all-important female role model. From the moment of her birth, Miss Rosa has been incapable of fitting...

Choices and Sense of Duty in Ghosts by Henrik Ibsen

In nine pages this play analysis examines how the major characters' sense of duty is represented by their choices. Four sources a...

Character Development In Macbeth

This paper examines various aspects of the character Macbeth in Shakespeare's play. The author discusses lust for power, loss, ga...

Comparative Analysis of Achilles and Hector in 'The Iliad' and Penelope and Odysseus in 'The Odyssey'

Two characters from each of Homer's epics are compared in five pages in order to ascertain which is the most heroic of the charact...

Great Expectations by Charles Dickens and Characterization

In a paper consisting of 5 pages rounded characters versus flat characters are considered within the context of Dicken's novel as ...

The Character of Count Vronsky in Anna Karenina

enjoys with any other friends and social acquaintances. Yet in virtually every social circumstance, Vronsky is there. He begins ...

Orlando Character in As You Like It by William Shakespeare

is off to university, but Oliver has deprived Orlando of schooling and keeps him living and working on the family, actually Oliver...

Women Compared in Defoe and Diderot

Women were simply sex objects, even when they were the main characters, in the beginning of the novel. This paper compares the mai...

Tragedy in Death Of A Salesman and Antigone

This 5 page paper focuses on the lead characters Antigone and Willy Loman then branches out to ancillary characters to establish h...

A Midsummer Night's Dream and The Twelfth Night - A Look at the Fools

This research report examines the fool character in each of these Shakespearean works. How these are important characters is highl...

Pre Meiji Japan, Literature, and Feudalism

In five pages this paper considers feudal Japan in a comparative analysis of two works of literature Donald Keene's Anthology of J...

Copyright Issues 'Popeye is Not a Mickey Mouse Affair'

In a paper consisting of 12 pages that consider the longstanding arguments that fictional characters should not be copyrighted thr...

The Ethical Issues Raised in the Film Wall Street

character: Gekko cannot perceive of any moral way of doing things and instead relates his job, his life, and his pursuits to his ...

The Impact of World War II on Literature

first novel, Tales of the South Pacific (Macmillan, 1947) (Meador 14). This book, which was based on actual World War II experienc...

Hemingway's Loneliness in For Whom the Bell Tolls

In five pages this novel is analyzed in terms of the character's loneliness and how they mirror the author's own. Five sources ar...

Jay Gatsby's Desire for Daisy Buchanan in The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

In seven pages this essay analyzes the motivation behind the title character's obsession with Daisy Buchanan and what she represen...

Edna Characterization in The Awakening by Kate Chopin III

In two pages this paper discusses the character's true self understanding and how it evolves throughout the course of the novella ...

The Nettie Character in The Color Purple by Alice Walker

This is a character analysis tha consists of four pages and argues how Nellie is one of the only characters that possess strong et...

A Description of The Wife of Bath in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales

the Wifes character, she obviously liked drawing attention to herself. Additionally, since the kerchiefs were of the "finest wea...

Character Analysis of Alex and Angel in Tess of the D'Ubervilles

This 5 page paper compares and contrasts the characters of Alex and Angel, the two central men in Hardy's Tess of the D'Ubervilles...

Power in Lord of the Flies by William Golding

In five pages this paper analyzes how power determines character in this overview of Lord of the Rings by William Golding that com...

A Look at Miss Havisham in Great Expectations

This character is contemplated as this Charles Dickens work is carefully evaluated. Various details are relayed about the characte...

Friendship in Oliver Twist

Whether the characters are friends are enemies are discussed in the context of this research analysis. Several characters are anal...

Leontes in A Winter's Tale by William Shakespeare

In five pages Sicilia's King Leontes is analyzed in terms of his character's functions in Shakespeare's tragedy. Five sources are...

Comparative Analysis of Francis Ford Coppola's Film Apocalypse Now and Joseph Conrad's Novel Heart of Darkness

appears to be an observer in many ways, merely retelling a tale, Willard is a man who is driven by some uncontrollable force. It i...

Ambrose Bierce, Stephen Crane, Nature and Salvation

In five pages this paper discusses how nature adaptability influences a character's salvation in 'An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridg...