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Richard Wright's Black Boy and William Faulkner's Light in August and Black Identity

white society or in any way "rock the boat". As Jennifer Poulos observes, they are, in particular, taught to be quiet, and to refr...

A Character Study of Fitzgerald's, The Great Gatsby

This paper analyzes characterization and the theme of abandoned ethics seen in Fitzgerald's classic novel, The Great Gatsby. The a...

The Matrix Character of Neo

Reeves plays Neo, a hacker who learns from rebel-rousers Morpheus (Laurence Fishburne) and Trinity (Carrie-Anne Moss) that the wor...

Comparison of Leo Tolstoy's The Death of Ivan Ilyich and Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman

his meaningless and mind-numbing job. Ivan Ilyich becomes aware that something "new and dreadful" was happening to him, somethin...

Emma by Jane Austen, Maturation and Marriage

In 6 pages this paper examines the last novel by Jane Austen and how themes of marriage and maturation are represented in the expe...

Representation of Fascism in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark

believes firmly in her own superiority, which she frequently refers to as her "prime," she does not hesitate to use her influence ...

Reactions to Stress in Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller and A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen

In 5 pages this paper analyzes the different stress reactions of protagonists Willy Loman and Nora Helmer in these social dramas b...

Analyzing Huck Finn

racist and a whole host of other uncomplimentary terms; however, it has been -- and continues to be -- instrumental in describing ...

Thomas Hardy and George Moore's Victorian Fiction and Naivete

In five pages this research paper examines the naivete of the protagonists in Esther Waters by George Moore and Far From the Maddi...

Life Choices in Woody Allen's Crimes and Misdemeanors

In a paper consisting of 5 pages this film is analyzed in terms of how the lies of the protagonist affect both himself and his vic...

Meursault as Society's Threat in 'The Stranger' by Albert Camus

In this paper consisting of five pages the role of the protagonist Meursault and why he is considered to be a threat to society ar...

Life Lessons in Catcher in The Rye by J.D. Salinger

In a paper consisting of 4 pages protagonist Holden Caulfield's psychological awakenings are explored. There are 4 bibliographic ...

Another Ending for The Awakening by Kate Chopin

In 6 pages this paper proposes an alternative ending to this feminist novel in which Edna Pontellier does not commit suicide and i...

Analysis of Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson

personal will can supersede ones background. There are several schools of psychology, each attributing different elements to the ...

Character Analysis of Merle Kinbona in The Chosen Place, The Timeless People by Paule Marshall

In five pages this paper discusses how the protagonist of Paule Marshall's novel reveals to the oppressed people of a fictitious C...

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...

Lear's Life Lessons in William Shakespeare's King Lear

Money, wealth, and power are not the only things in life. He realizes that too late, but he does realize. Lear completes a spiri...

Fantasy Symbolism in Joyce Carol Oates' 'Where Are You Going and Where Have You Been?'

Symbolism used by the author and what it reveals about the childhood of the protagonist are examined in this analysis of Joyce Car...

Being There by Kosinski

I also notice a parallel between the real world painted in this work and real life. The plants are representative of the world, a ...

Ayn Rand's The Fountainhead

In four and a half pages this paper discusses how man's individualistic soul is represented in Ayn Rand's novel in the characteriz...

Men in The Awakening by Kate Chopin

of status that is generally given to males by males. Only a woman could speak so clearly to the manner in which woman question th...

Portrait of a Lady by Henry James and Isabel Archer's Characterization

In 5 pages this paper presents a character analysis of Isabel Archer, the protagonist of Henry James' Portrait of a Lady. There a...

Zora Neale Hurston and Henrik Ibsen on the Individual and Society

In five pages this paper examines the relationship between society and the individual as represented by the female protagonists of...

Richard Wright's Native Son, Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter, and Interpersonal Communication

In five pages this paper examines interpersonal communication within the contexts of protagonists Bigger Thomas in Native Son and ...

Irish Saga Exile of the Sons of Uisliu, Medea Women, and Suffering

In six pages this comparative analysis examines the suffering and fate of female protagonists Dredriu and Medea in these works. T...

Comparing Antigone, Medea, and Nora Helmer

In three pages this paper compares and contrasts three major female theatrical protagonists Sophocles' Antigone, Euripides' Medea...

Homer's Penelope and Sophocles' Antigone

In seven pages this paper compares the female protagonists featured in 'The Odyssey' by Homer and Antigone by Sophocles in a cons...

Refusing Immortality in 'The Odyssey' by Homer

In five pages this essay considers Odysseus' refusal to transform from mortal to immortal in terms of reasons why this stance was ...

Tragic Hero Oedipus in Oedipus the King by Sophocles

evolves to become so much more than he, at first, appeared to be as he came to see the errors of his ways by the end of the play a...

Why the Tragic Hero Label Applies to Oedipus

In five pages this paper argues that the protagonist of Sophocles' play successfully satisfies the classical tragic hero criteria ...