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Analysis of the Movie Clueless

impostor of a friend. The heroines role, of course, is defined not only by her own inner convictions but also by those with whom ...

Symbolism in Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter, 'The Minister's Black Veil,' 'The Birth Mark,' and 'Dr. Heidegger's Experiment'

corruption of politics; Colonel Killigrew (whose name in itself is symbolic) personifies the evils of pleasures of the flesh; and ...

Ian Frazier's On the Rez

and singing ancient songs and lose myself in that moment when all the breaths and all the heartbeats become one. What I want is ju...

Salman Rushdie's Midnight's Children

a significance in the fact that precisely at midnight on August 15, 1947, the actual date of independence, two babies would come i...

The Tempest by William Shakespeare and the Natural World's Superiority

In five pages this paper examines how the characterizations of Antonio and Gonzalo represent the superiority of the natural world ...

The Novel Lives of Girls and Women by Alice Munro

the determinedly conventional housewife role that her best friend, Naomi, so enthusiastically adopts and righteously defends. The...

Novel Line in If On a Winter's Night a Traveler

In two pages this paper examines one line from the novel in an analysis of its significants to the characterizations and the story...

Searching for the Past in Flaubert's Parrot by Julian Barnes

In two pages issues relating to searching for the past are examined within the context of the novel and examines the characterizat...

Walter Mosely's American Dream Reflections in Devil in a Blue Dress

In five pages the author's reflections of the American Dream in characterizations of the novel such as that of Easy Rawlins are ex...

The Plague by Albert Camus

In three pages Camus's story is analyzed in terms of characterizations and their meanings especially in terms of quarantine isolat...

August Wilson's Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

In ten pages this play by August Wilson analyzes meaning, setting, and characterizations. There are no other sources cited....

The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper

In ten pages this paper presents the argument that this first romance novel of the American frontier reflects in its characterizat...

Zorba the Greek by Nikos Kazantzakis and the Depiction of Greek Culture

In eight pages this paper discusses how in the plot and characterizations featured in Zorba the Greek author Nikos Kazantzakis dep...

Analysis of A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen

In five pages this paper subjects Ibsen's social drama to a literary analysis that focuses on characterization, plot, and irony. ...

A Severed Head by Iris Murdoch

is blunt when she explains to Martin why their marriage has failed: "Its partly my being so much older and being a sort of mother...

Western Civilization's Failure in Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad

In 5 pages this paper examines how Western civilization's failure is conveyed by Joseph Conrad by the characterization of Kurtz in...

South African Victimization and the Novels of Nadine Gordimer

In twelve pages this paper critically analyzes the novels of Nadine Gordimer in a consideration of characterization and the victim...

Lord of the Flies by William Golding and Inner Human Qualities' Representations

weak compared to the others and his struggle to retain orderliness proves difficult. Similarly, order and democracy within the hum...

'The Sculptor's Funeral' by Willa Cather

by the men on the train platform, and then by the overly dramatic grief of Merricks mother. The contrast between the nature of Mer...

'The Story of An Hour' by Kate Chopin from a Formalist Perspective

women at the time, including women writers such as Chopin (Levy 242). Structure The structure of Chopins short story "The Story o...

Uses of Pairs in Much Ado About Nothing and The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare

In three pages this paper analyzes how Shakespeare uses pairs in order to create structural balance, to assist characterization, a...

Themes of Betrayal and Friendship in 'Othello' and 'Hamlet'

In a research paper that consists of 5 pages, these themes are defined and then throughout the course of the paper they are furthe...

'Much Ado About Nothing' vs. 'Measure For Measure'

This paper consists of 8 pages and examines atmosphere, plot, and characterizations in a comparative analysis. There are 6 biblio...

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...

Fathers and Sons by Turgenev

In six pages this essay analyzes Turgenev's novel in terms of how the nihilistic and pastoral is contrasted with characterization ...

Betty Smith's A Tree Grows in Brooklyn Journal Observations

In eight pages this journal observation critiques and evaluates this novel by Betty Smith in a consideration of setting, plot, ton...

Macbeth by William Shakespeare and the Motifs of Blindness, Sight, Darkness, and Light

In ten pages this paper examines Shakespeare's characterizations of Lord and Lady Macbeth regarding how they enable him to masterf...

Effects of Disharmony and Harmony in 'Romeo and Juliet'

In 6 pages this essay compares and contrasts Act II:1 with Act V:3 as a way of evaluating how Shakespeare attempts to establish ha...

William Shakespeare's King Lear and the Disguise Motif

In five pages this paper examines Shakespeare's use of the disguise motif and how deception and disguises manifest themselves in b...

Summary of Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse Five

to become an optometrist. He falls in love with the daughter of the schools owner, Valencia. However, he soon has a break down bec...