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Comparison of Hamlet by William Shakespeare and Oedipus the King by Sophocles

In eight pages the protagonists of each play are compared and contrasted in terms of desire for truth, changes, and the collision ...

Fyodor Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment and Raskolnikov

In six pages this paper presents a protagonist analysis of Raskolnikov featured in Crime and Punishment by Dostoyevsky. One sourc...

Psychoanalyzing the Film Good Will Hunting

In five pages the protagonist of the film is subjected to a psychoanalytic discussion that includes issues of abandonment and the ...

Tragic Flaw of Prince Hamlet

In six pages William Shakespeare's protagonist is analyzed in terms of his emotional extremes, which collectively represent his tr...

Analysis of Hamlet's Melancholy

In five pages William Shakespeare's Hamlet is examined in an analysis of what is represented by the melancholy character of his pr...

Fates Victimized Oedipus

In five pages Sophocles' Oedipus is examined in terms of the relationship between the fates and the protagonist in a consideration...

Tragically Flawed Heroes in Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe and Oedipus Rex by Sophocles

This paper contrasts and compares the tragic flaws of Achebe and Sophocles' protagonists in 5 pages. There are no other sources l...

Literature and Social Outcasts

In seven pages this paper social outcasts Daisy Miller, the protagonist featured in the title of Henry James' novella and Holden C...

Strong Women in Ellen Glasgow's Barrow Ground and Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God

In six pages this essay compares and contrasts these two female authors' depiction of strong women protagonists in their respectiv...

Crying of Lot 49 by Pynchon and Paranoia

In three pages this paper examines protagonist Oedipa Maas' paranoia and argues that it is an understandable reaction given the po...

Action or Inaction in William Shakespeare's Hamlet

In five pages this paper evaluates whether the protagonist of William Shakespeare's play represents a man of action or if inaction...

A Man for All Seasons by Robert Bolt and Thomas More

In five pages this paper presents a protagonist analysis of Sir Thomas More featured in Robert Bolt's A Man for All Seasons. Ther...

A Worn Path by Eudora Welty

This 5 page paper argues that Phoenix Jackson, the protagonist of Eudora Welty's story A Worn Path, is mentally ill. The writer al...

Tragic Hero Okonkwo in Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

life determined or was it the result of free will? In establishing the answer to this question, it is essential that one understa...

A Personal Matter by Kenzaburo Oe

In five pages this essay examines this Japanese novel's narrative with an emphasis on the character of Himiko, the girlfriend of t...

'The Rocking Horse Winner' by D.H. Lawrence

In five pages this paper evaluates the luck of Paul, the protagonist in this short story by D.H. Lawrence. Six sources are cited ...

Marlow and Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness

In five page this paper examines the novel in terms of its themes, conflicts, and the protagonist Charlie Marlow. Three sources a...

Oedipus and Hamlet Characterizations

his mother, he fulfills the prophesy. As Oedipus tells the story, one gets the sense that he is more than just a character. He is ...

Gustave Flaubert's Madame Bovary and Faithfulness

we learn that she began to take an interest in Catholicism, but this opportunity to adopt a genuine faith soon gave way to a passi...

Analyzing Milos Forman's Film Amadeus

film, which is told via flashbacks by Salieri, who is in an asylum after attempting suicide, and concentrates on the final ten yea...

The Tempest by William Shakespeare and Prospero

In seven pages this paper analyzes the character of Prospero featured in William Shakespeare's final play and how this protagonist...

Joe Christmas in Light in August by William Faulkner

black as synonymous with good and evil that immediately plunges Joe into an emotional turmoil, from which he never completely dise...

5 Novels on Central American Childhood Experiences

butchery of the horses to try and rip off chunks of horsemeat to take back to feed his family....

Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged

specifically chosen to hold the heavens on his shoulders for eternity perhaps. He was later turned to stone. Some legends, however...

Jose Ortega Y Gasset's Revolt of the Masses and Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman

any true vision or drive. He was, in many ways, nothing but a limited man in the position of a salesman. He could not grow with th...

Comparision of Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God and Thomas Hardy's Jude the Obscure

modest eyes" (Hardy, 2002). As this suggests, Sue was highly conflicted over gender roles from the time she was first aware them. ...

'Outsider' Status of Othello

of Venice is highly revealing of his character. This characterization is vital to the internal logic of the play because the trag...

Charles Johnson's Middle Passage A Journey

freed black man and has just hopped onboard a slaving ship headed for Africa. The ships captain is a dwarf named Ebenezer Falcon, ...

Evil Theme in William Shakespeare's Macbeth

thoughts terrify him. The fact that Macbeth is thought of as a loyal and noble person at the beginning of the play is made eviden...

The Divine Comedy, Man's Search for Understanding and Truth Represented by Dante

also called La Commedia (The Comedy) by Dante. In the poem, the poet Dante, travels to hell (Inferno) then purgatory (Purgatorio) ...