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Essays 1891 - 1920

Chilean Torture and Death and the Maiden by Ariel Dorfman and The Postman by Antonio Skarmeta

it comes to writing about the issues of Chilean torture for which they are so well known. Both Skarmetas The Postman and Dorfmans...

Society in the Novel Great Expectations

hostile, choosing to abide by his inner instinct and institute avoidance. "Better not try to brew beer there now, or it would tur...

Ma Joad in The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

In seven pages this paper examines the significance of Ma Joad in Steinbeck's classics novel in an analysis of her character and w...

Comparing Daisy from The Great Gatsby with Amanda from The Glass Menagerie

flower, hence the name chosen for her by the author; however, a brightly appealing as she might be on the outside, she harbors the...

Henry Fielding's The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling and Sophia's Characterization

In five pages this paper examines the duality of Sophia's character as both a position and an independent female in this novel by ...

The Iliad, Aeneid and Heroism

Heroism is the focus of this paper on these two classic works. Achilles and Hector, in addition to Aeneas and Turnus are character...

Protagonist and Antagonist in 'A and P' by John Updike

In one page this paper examines the short story by John Updike in an identification of its protagonist and antagonist characters. ...

Characterization and Irony in A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams

In six pages this paper examines irony as it shapes character development and relationships. Five sources are cited in the biblio...

Communication Failures in McCullers' 'The Heart is a Lonely Hunter'

This paper contends that the six main characters in this novel suffer from an inability to communicate with one another. This fiv...

Loman and Gatsby Compared and the American Dream Evaluated

Willy Loman in Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman is compared and contrasted with F. Scott Fitzgerald's Gatsby character. The Ame...

The Death of Artemio Cruz by Carlos Fuentes

war, he also lost the only woman who ever loved him. Fuentes has him pay for his greed and love of power in that all of the subseq...

The Secret Sharer by Joseph Conrad Analyzed

Though not his most famous work, Joseph Conrad's The Secret Sharer is a showcase for the author's command of language. This paper ...

An Analysis of John Barth's Short Story, Lost in the Fun House

This paper explores various elements of the short story, including character and story development. This seven page paper has no ...

Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler

In six pages this novel is analyzed in terms of its style, language, setting, conflict, character, and theme. There are no other ...

Female Oppression and Self Liberation in Mother Courage and Her Children, Tartuffe, and The Rover

reason for the rather wimpy Mariane. Dorine appeals to Orgon to preserve his daughters happiness and when he refuses to listen, s...

Natural Born Killers Film by Director Oliver Stone

In five pages this 1994 film is analyzed in terms of story with character, cinematics with editing, and meaning with theme. Three...

Overview of Upton Sinclair's The Jungle

In five pages this paper presents an overview of the story and characters featured in Upton Sinclair's The Jungle. There are no o...

The Wilding of America by Charles Derber

and this becomes a motivation that people pursue over and above everything else. Derber asserts that we distance ourselves from s...

Marlow in Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad

the fact that the universe makes perfect sense if only one views it from the proper angle (McLynn PG). Basically, it is the langu...

Richard Wright's Native Son

In ten pages this novel is analyzed in a consideration of aesthetics, strengths, weaknesses, development of character, and the aut...

Candide by Voltaire and Romance

In five pages this paper discusses how social hypocrisy is satirically represented by Voltaire in the romantic behavior of the cha...

Esperanza in Sandra Cisneros' The House on Mango Street

In five pages this paper presents a character analysis of Esperanza featured in Sandra Cisneros' The House on Mango Street. There...

Analysis of Native Son by Richard Wright

This paper consists of five pages and analyzes the conflict, theme, setting, and character of Native Son by Richard Wright. Six s...

Friendship in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

This 7 page paper examines the friendship between Huck and Tom in Twain's classic novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, and ar...

The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne and Head vs. Heart

In 5 pages this paper offers a character contrast of 'evil' Roger Chillingworth who leads by his head and 'good' Hester Prynne who...

Overview of Documentary Television

to make it irrelevant whether or not the details are portrayed correctly. The distinction between narrative and fiction is that n...

Dr. Rank and Nora in 'A Doll's House' by Ibsen

The common theme of keeping secrets links these two characters in this five page paper. There are no other bibliographic sources ...

Cora and Sam Behaviors in To Dance with the White Dog by Terry Kay

In five page this paper presents behavioral theory applications to the characters Cora and Sam in To Dance with the White Dog by T...

Evil Characterizations in Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter and Herman Melville's Billy Budd

In eight pages this paper examines the evil that manifests itself in the predatory characters of Roger Chillingworth in The Scarle...

Mythic Figures Teiresias and Oedipus

In five pages this paper discusses how these characters featured in Oedipus Rex by Sophocles can be describes as mythic because th...