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Main Theme in Flight by Sherman Alexie

He is shot and wakes to find himself in another body, a person in the past. Zits has access to the persons memories and knows the ...

The Theme of Obsession in “Frankenstein”

father, who dismisses them as "trash" with no further explanation (Shelley 51). Frankenstein says that if his father had bothered ...

Revenge and the Law in Beowulf and Njal’s Saga

his murderous attacks upon Hrothgars sleeping warriors. Hrothgar makes it clear that Beowulfs obligation is based not on ties of ...

Something is Rotten in Denmark

to counter the rottenness that has overtaken the land: he makes up his mind to avenge his fathers murder. In his version of the pl...

Revenge of Heathcliff in Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte

In five pages Heathcliff's motivation of revenge is examined in an examination of Emily Bronte's novel. Five sources are cited in...

Revenge in 'The Cask of Amontillado' by Edgar Allan Poe

In seven pages the theme of revenge as depicted in this short story is analyzed as the author's personal commentary attacking the ...

Revenge in 'The Cask of Amontillado' by Edgar Allan Poe II

In six pages this essay considers Montressor's revenge against Fortunato and ponders whether or not he ever feels guilty or remors...

The Bacchae by Euripides

In five pages this research paper analyzes the chorus and its continued deity reverence despite its expressed revenge against its ...

Comparison of Pearl Harbor and September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attacks

the victim in both instances, we realize the actual consequences of our unprepared state. We were sitting ducks in both instances...

'The Cask of Amontillado' by Edgar Allan Poe and Revenge

an ever-present element in "The Cask of Amontillado", Poe manages to keep it just below the surface of the plot until that final ...

Case Studies on Revenge and 'The Cask of Amontillado' by Edgar Allan Poe

In a research study on the factors which lead to acts of revenge, University of Arkansas psychologists tested a number of voluntee...

'Killings' by Andre Dubus, 'The Cask of Amontillado' by Edgar Allan Poe, and Revenge

revenge" (Poe 280). Because Fortunato regarded himself as a most knowledgeable wine connoisseur, Montresor schemed to get him dow...

Greed Themes in The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

mind. This is precisely what Sherlock Holmes does when he and Watson meet the mysterious owner of a cane which came into their po...

Revenge Theme in William Shakespeare's Hamlet

violence unless he is propelled by the heat of passion. From the beginning of the play, Hamlet has doubts concerning the morali...

Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights and the Revenge of Heathcliff

stables, no longer a real member of the family, Catherine still roamed the hills with him, being his companion, and he really her ...

Hamlet by William Shakespeare and the Influence of Seneca

to follow it, which he does. The ghost says that he is Hamlets father, and that he was murdered; further, he says that the crime ...

Comparing Antigone and Oedipus by Sophocles

the disease is the god Apollos punishment because the murder of the kings predecessor, Laius, has not been properly punished. He ...

How the 21st Century Student Would Analyze Hamlet

answer might lie with the inner conflicts that were raging within Hamlet regarding his concept of honor and his desire to o the ri...

William Shakespeare's Hamlet and Revenge

involve whether or not his new step father was responsible for killing his father, but doubts about how vengeance was best played ...

"Medea" - Treatment And Perspective Of Women

as she was forced to come face to face with her own shortcomings, which ultimately cast upon her the tragic flaw that eventually l...

Ethics in "Julius Caesar"

resonates with us today, when we are involved in what seems to be an endless war based largely on the idea that we had to attack s...

Delayed Revenge in William Shakespeare's Hamlet

be condemned if he were killed at prayer. This speaks not only to the strength of religious belief at the time, but to the depth o...

Scorsese/Gangs of New York

the foreign hordes defiling it" (Mattie 215). Cutting slays Vallon, consigns his son to an orphanage, and proclaims his rule ove...

Revenge in Medea by Euripides

by wedding the daughter of Creon, the "lord of this land" (Euripides). As this speech indicates, Euripides begins the thematic c...

Revenge as a Theme in Literature

thou noble youth, / The serpent that did sting thy fathers life / Now wears his crown." Ham. "O my prophetic soul! My uncle?" (I, ...

Edgar Allan Poe, September 11, 2001, Revenge, and Judgment

that "justice" was being defined since 9/11 appears to equate it with vengeance. A headline in the November 16th edition of the ...

Hamlet, Prince of Denmark by William Shakespeare Critically Analyzed

from a popular Icelandic tale in which the lead character by the name of "Amleth" experienced similar events throughout his lifeti...

The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe and Revenge

that "The Cask of Amontillado" centers more around the theme of revenge than do any of Poes gruesome works. "The Cask of Amontill...

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley and Revenge

monster and the monster does as he promised, killing Victors new wife. "Victors ignorance towards his creation, leads to the monst...

Revenge Theme of Hamlet by William Shakespeare

Like quills upon the fretful porpentine. / But this eternal blazon must not be / To ears of flesh and blood. List, list, O, list! ...