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Okonkwo

This paper contends this important character from Chinua Achebe's novel mirrors the impacts of colonization. There is one source ...

"Winter Dreams" by F. Scott Fitzgerald

This essay offers a summary and discussion of themes and characters in "Winter Dreams," a short story by Fitzgerald. Three pages i...

Who's to Blame? Failure of the Bovary's Marriage

This essay examines the question of who is to blame for the failure of the marriage between Emma and Charles Bovary. The writer pr...

Archetypes, Pride and Prejudice

This essay presents a discussion of the characters in Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen from the standpoint of viewing them as ar...

Irony Within Chopin's The Story of an Hour

This 3 page paper gives a example for verbal, situational, and character types of irony. This paper includes three instances in th...

Considerations in Adult Learning

This 3 page paper compares commonalities between today's adult learner and those delineated by the character Jesse Hallman in the ...

"Barn Burning" by William Faulkner

This essay pertains to Faulkner's short story "Barn Burning" and focuses on the character of Abner Snopes. The writer argues that ...

Hero's Cycle and Lord of the Flies

This essay presents the argument that in William Golding's Lord of the Flies, the character of Simon is congruent with Joseph Camp...

"The ABC of Aerobics" by Peter Meinke

This essay presents a character sketch of the narrator in "The ABC of Aerobics," a poem by Peter Meinke. Three pages in length, th...

"Death of a Salesman" by Arthur Miller

This essay briefly summarizes the plot of MIller's play "Death of a Salesman" and then analyzes the Willy Loman's character. Three...

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

This essay presents the argument that Frankenstein's monster in Mary Shelley's novel is a sympathetic, sensitive character who is ...

The Stranger and Interpreting Meursault's Actions

In a paper of three pages, the writer looks at Camus' "The Stranger". The character of Meursault is explored in depth. Paper uses ...

"Coming, Aphrodite!" by Willa Cather

This essay offers analysis of "Coming, Aphrodite!" by Willa Cather, focusing on how each of the major characters define and percei...

Hamlet and his Foils

This essay pertains to the characters in "Hamlet" who act as foils to the protagonist. Ten pages in length, six sources are cited....

Ordinary People and the Kubler-Ross Model of Grief

In a paper of five pages, the writer looks at Guest's "Ordinary People". Kubler-Ross's model of grief is used to analyze the novel...

Images of Ophelia

In a paper of three pages, the writer looks at Hamlet's Ophelia. Fine art depictions of the character from history are used to exp...

Enlivening American History

This paper reviews the book A Young People's History of the United States. Written by Howard Zinn, this book provides an interest...

A War Movie and Gardner's Leadeship

that Gately was flying with a chipped vertebrae and was in severe pain. One of Gardners leadership attributes is physical vitality...

Why I Want to be an Actor: Chasing the Dream

A young man's description of wanting to be an actor in a consideration of imagination, training, developing character, and stage p...

Good Country People

it is interesting that this name is actually a variant of the name Helga, which means "holy." Joy represents the kind of dichotom...

A Comparison, Willy Loman and Blanche DuBois

A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams, and Willy Loman, in Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller, are two of American thea...

The Dynamic Presence in Little Women, Jo March

This essay pertains to the way in which Jo March is portrayed in "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott. The argument is presented th...

Social Work Film Analysis, Requiem for a Dream

This essay analyzes Darren Aronofsky's 2000 film "Requiem for a Dream" and discusses how its characters illustrate the effects of ...

Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller

This essay pertains to "Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller" and presents a complete overview of the play that discusses its feat...

Norris' The Octopus

This essay proposes that the character of Presley in "The Octopus" by Frank Norris can be understood as quintessentially American....

Analysis: Last Chapters of John K. Toole's Novel

This 3 page paper gives an overview of the final chapters in A Confederacy of Dunces. This paper includes elements of Goffman's co...

Uncle Tom's Cabin, Eliza and Marie

This essay pertains to two women characters, Eliza Harris and Marie St. Clare, who are featured in "Uncle Tom's Cabin." The wrier ...

To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf

This essay pertains to Woolf's novel and how the three main characters are presented within the context of the novel's main themes...

Howard Hawks' His Girl Friday (1940)

This essay provides analysis of several aspects of this 1940 screwball comedy directed by Howard Hawks. The analysis focuses on as...

She Stoops to Conquer by Oliver Goldsmith

This essay focuses on the 1773 play by Oliver Goldsmith, "She Stoops to Conquer," which is an eighteenth century play that is stil...