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Children's Literature, Transformation and the Quest

In five pages this paper examines the protagonist's quests and how they transform them in a comparative analysis of the children's...

A Historical Critique of 'The Yellow Wallpaper'

This paper of 7 pages chronicle's the female protagonist's descent into madness due to the oppression of the patriarchy and its in...

Self Definition Quest of Janie Crawford in Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston

In a paper consisting of two pages this paper discusses how the action of this novel by Zora Neale Hurston is propelled by the pro...

Strange Heaven by Lynn Coady

In 5 pages the protagonist's learning experiences both in the mental hospital and beyond as presented in this novel by Canadian wr...

Jean Toomer's Fern and Octavia Butler's Kindred

In five pages these works are considered in terms of their dual protagonists' commonality in the characters of Dana and Rufus in K...

Walker Percy's The Moviegoer and the Horizontal and Vertical Search of Binx Bolling

experiences in pursuing what his aunt had referred to as his "flair for research" (42). He and his partner have enthusiastically ...

The Book of Daniel by E.L. Doctorow

In ten pages this paper analyzes the novel's presentations of the government, the social culture during the time period, the prota...

Qualities of Herman Melville's Billy Budd

In five pages Billy Budd's transcendental nature is examined in terms of the protagonist's exemplification of peacemaking, honesty...

Analysis of 'Solder's Home' by Ernest Hemingway

Kansas City Star, Hemingway himself "left Kansas City in the spring of 1918 and did not return for 10 years, [becoming] the first ...

'The Purloined Letter' by Edgar Allan Poe

In five pages Poe's detective tale is examined in terms of the protagonist's superior class attitudes that are revealed when he in...

Myth and Its Importance in Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko

In four pages this paper examines the importance of Native American heritage and the protagonist's desire to reconnect in the nove...

The theme of insanity in The Yellow Wallpaper

"I must put this away,--he hates to have me write a word." This shows how controlling John is over her as both husband and docto...

Self Discovery Journey in The Unlikely Ones by Mary Brown

In four pages this essay examines the female protagonist's journey towards self discovery in The Unlikely Ones by Mary Brown. The...

Epistolary Novel and Fair and Tender Ladies by Lee Smith

who never writes back -- she says that the name of her would-be friend ?tastes sweet in my mouth like honey or cane or how I pictu...

The Summer After the Dark by Doris Lessing and Culture

In twelve pages Western society and cultural roles of women are discussed within the context of Lessing's novel with other critica...

An Epistolary Novel The Color Purple by Alice Walker

In a paper that consists of five pages the ways in which the novel's format represents a series of letters that have been written ...

Structure and Struggle in Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison

In four pages this 'nightmare' tale examines the protagonist's struggles and also analyzes the novel's structure. Three sources a...

A Moral Dilemma Exercise in Creative Playwrighting

In six pages a short play involving a protagonist's moral dilemma and whether or not he deliver illegal drugs for someone he respe...

Chinese Culture and Spring Moon by Bette Bao Lord

In five pages story is discussed in terms of the ways in which the protagonist's perceptions and actions reflect the author's own ...

Ethics, Violation, and Self Esteem in Clarissa by Samuel Richardson

In eight pages the protagonist's motivations in this 18th century classic novel are examined. Three sources are cited in the bibl...

Social Class Status and Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert

In five pages this paper examines the protagonist's obsession with changing her social class throughout the course of Flaubert's n...

Opera Significance in Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert

In five pages this paper examines the protagonist's destiny foreshadowing offered by the operatic presence of Lucie de Lammermoor ...

Othello's Disintegrating Spirit in William Shakespeare's Tragedy

In six pages this research paper on Othello by William Shakespeare focuses upon the protagonist's spiritual disintegration. Five ...

Changing Personality of Timon in Timon of Athens by William Shakespeare

Ini five pages this paper focuses on the third act of this Shakespearean play in an analysis of the protagonist's complete change ...

Oedipus the King, Othello, Reality and Appearances

In a paper consisting of three pages the protagonist's distinguishing between appearances and reality is assessed in these works b...

Comparison of Aeneas and Odysseus

In five pages this paper compares and contrasts Virgil's protagonist Aeneas from 'The Aeneid' with Homer's protagonist Odyssey in ...

Joyce Chopra's Smooth Talk Film and Joyce Carol Oates' 'Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?'

attracts someone she doesnt anticipate -- an considerably older man named Arnold Friend. Vaguely sinister from the beginning, Arno...

Soul Torn Between Mephistopheles and Gretchen in Faust by Goethe

Gretchens hand. The other couple is directed to pass by in the stage notes, and Mephistopheles and Martha take their place. Meph...

The Film The Glass Shield and Decision Making

In five pages a protagonist's difficult decisions are examined within the context of the 1994 movie with an analysis of ethical co...

Identity Quest in Go Tell It on the Mountain by James Baldwin and 'The Heart of a Woman' by Maya Angelou

In 5 pages this paper contrasts and compares how these works depict their respective protagonists' identity quests. There are no ...