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'A Worn Path' by Eudora Welty and Point of View

other characters in this story perceive Phoenix, essentially judging her based upon her external characteristics. The hunter is n...

Comparing the Characters of Gilgamesh and Charlie Marlow in Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad

...preserve me!"(Tablet IX, Column I, 3-12). This forces him to begin to consider his own mortality, and for the first tim...

Marx Brothers' Duck Soup and King Lear by William Shakespeare

In five pages this report compares Groucho Marx' character Rufus T. Firefly in the 1933 film Duck Soup with William Shakespeare's ...

Granny's Last Days in 'The Jilting of Granny Weatherall' by Katherine Anne Porter

In 5 pages this paper examines how the protagonist planned to die with dignity in Katherine Anne Porter's 1939 short story. There...

The Mountain and The Valley by Ernest Buckler

In five pages this text is examined within the context of the community not being willing to face emotional issues along with the ...

Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes and Heroism

In 5 pages this paper examines Cervantes' heroic protagonist and how defies the cynics in his depiction of him. There are 7 sourc...

August Wilson and Leo Tolstoy

This 4 page paper compares and contrasts the protagonists of The Death of Ivan Ilyich by Leo Tolstoy and Fences by August Wilson. ...

Men and Understanding Life in Ernest Hemingway's A Farewell to Arms and The Old Man and the Sea

In six pages this paper examines these novels' male protagonists and their ability to accept the brutality of life. There are no ...

Kate Chopin's 'The Awakening' and the Quest for Identity, Love, and Liberation

than matron, she needed to attach a descriptive label to herself which belonged to her alone, and to no one else. It becomes evid...

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte and the Theme of Class

In a paper consisting of 8 pages the theme of class and how it is represented in Bronte's title protagonist in terms of establishi...

Slow River by Griffith and Search for Identity

In 10 pages this science fiction text is examined regarding the identity search of the protagonist. There are 2 sources cited in ...

William Shakespeare's Macbeth and Hamlet Similarities and Differences

In five pages this paper presents a comparative analysis of these two Shakespearean tragedies in terms of their similarities and d...

Apocalypse and King Lear by William Shakespeare

In seven pages this paper examines how the apocalypse is symbolized in the flawed pagan King Lear, who is the protagonist of Shake...

American Dream in Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman II

II, Miller was able to show that the American Dream as a way of life is a sham -- and why. Death of a Salesman tells the story of...

Changes Undergone by Macbeth in William Shakespeare's Tragic Play

is perhaps the worst mistake he could have made. He was not a man of murder, or a man who lusted after power. But, his wife was bo...

Freud's Drive Theory and the Film Antwone Fisher

progress over time underscores the influence that early childhood experiences have on the way in which an adult learns to function...

Byronic Hero Neo in The Matrix

his control, or often, the hero will choose this separation for himself. Neo lives in a chosen isolation, but he also chooses to f...

Sammy in 'A and P' by John Updike

Especially when he speaks of Stoksie, in this example: "I forgot to say he thinks hes going to be manager some sunny day, maybe in...

The Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Nature

In a letter to his friend Wilhelm, dated May 4, 1771, Werther expresses regret over breaking a young woman named Lenores heart. A...

William Shakespeare's Macbeth and Hamlet A Comparative Analysis

harrow up thy soul, freeze thy young blood, / Make thy two eyes, like stars, start from their spheres, / Thy knotted and combined ...

Obsessions of Dunstan Ramsay

bullet for him. Of course, in general, snowballs are rather harmless but ice and snow can be deadly for pregnant women, particular...

Jackie Kay's 'Trumpet'

The world as a whole, in fact, was not privy to that information. It would only be when Joss died and his body was processed thro...

Funcitons of Characters Desdemona, Othello, and Iago in Othello by William Shakespeare

heart. His insecurities are compounded by the dark color of his skin, which makes him a social outsider. Therefore, when he meet...

Graham Greene's The Destructors and D.H. Lawrence's 'The Rocking Horse Winner'

world, in which society is restructuring itself after the devastation of the war - a devastation which T, at least, seems to feel ...

Aristotelian Ethics and Groundhog Day

with pleasure, which is why they "love the life of enjoyment" (Aristotle). Considering this stance, the next development in the m...

Insanity in Comparative Literature

freedom as expressed in The Awakening is a freedom from rules, expectations and people. Yet, other types of freedom had also been ...

Joseph Conrad's The Heart of Darkness and the Character Shifts of Marlow

back to tell the tale. He is older than his years, and his words are full of sadness and bittersweet regret(Adelman). His experien...

Compare and Contrast: Eudora Welty and Flannery O'Connor

grandson. It is clear that she has done this many times before. At some point in the past, several years ago at least, the boy acc...

Unconventional Women in Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, and Emma by Jane Austen

pleasantly perched atop the social ladder, she picks and chooses with whom she associates. Her values, as well as those of her be...

Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller and the Conflict of Dream vs. Reality

and reality. Willy personifies a person who wants certain things from life but is his own biggest obstacle to obtaining them. Th...