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The Film White Mile and Analyzing Dan's Behavior

This 1994 film analyzes the character's behavior through a discussion of Needleman's perspective, the Aristotelian system, and Dil...

Characters Who Die in William Shakespeare's Hamlet

In five pages this paper examines Hamlet's role in the deaths of certain characters in terms of whether or not he actually caused ...

Act I, Scene iii Analysis Othello by William Shakespeare

In five pages this scene's functions and effect on the play are analyzed in terms of what is revealed about character or character...

The Attitudes of Magda Trocme and Reverend Trocme in 'Lest Innocent Blood Be Shed'

In this 3 page essay that discusses Philip Hallie's text, the characters' attitudes about God and their motives are applied to the...

Nancy in Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens

In fourteen pages this paper presents a character analysis of the realistic character of Nancy featured in Oliver Twist by Charles...

Guinevere's Role in Arthurian Legend

This discussion examines the manner in which the legend developments the character and role of Guinevere and how it changed over t...

Dreaming in Cuban

Cristina Garcia looked at three generations of Cuban women in her book Dreaming in Cuban. This summation and analysis focuses on p...

Choices and Sense of Duty in Ghosts by Henrik Ibsen

In nine pages this play analysis examines how the major characters' sense of duty is represented by their choices. Four sources a...

Character Development In Macbeth

This paper examines various aspects of the character Macbeth in Shakespeare's play. The author discusses lust for power, loss, ga...

World Dissatisfaction in J.D. Salinger's 'Catcher in the Rye' and Gustave Flaubert's 'Madame Bovary'

In a 5 page paper, the characters' dissatisfaction with the world that has rendered their lives meaningless is explored. There ar...

Analysis of the Fool in in William Shakespeare's King Lear

In four pages this character analysis of the fool character in King Lear makes reference to Shakespeare The Invention of the Huma...

William Faulkner's The Sound and the Fury and Absalom, Absalom! and Behavior of Middle-or Upper-Class Southern Women Miss Rosa, Miss Quentin, and Mrs. Compson

beginning, she lacked that all-important female role model. From the moment of her birth, Miss Rosa has been incapable of fitting...

The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass The Themes of Change and Freedom

5 pages and 1 source used. This paper provides an overview of the central theme of Frederick Douglass' Narrative in the Life of F...

Hamlet by William Shakespeare and the Character of Laertes' Function

In 5 pages this paper considers this supporting character's role in an analysis of Laertes' purpose and plot function. There are ...

Irony in the Greek Tragedy Oedipus the King

In four pages this paper discusses the dominance of the all powerful Greek mythological gods within the context of this tragedy by...

Oedipus the King by Sophocles and the Ancient Greek Gods

In three pages this report analyzes the power of the ancient Greek mythological gods in this consideration of Oedipus the King by ...

4 Western Literary Works and Free Will

In 6 pages the theme of free will as it appears in Devil in a Blue Dress by Walter Mosley, King Lear by William Shakespeare, Docto...

Classical Greek Literature and Women's Tragic Marriages

Aeschylus introduces a complete reversal of gender roles, placing the character of Clytemnestra in a ruling role over Argos in the...

Literary Classics and Human Nature

In five pages this paper examines how human nature is featured in classic literary works by Homer, Sophocles, Dante Alighieri, and...

Oedipus Rex by Sophocles and Motifs of Sight, Blindness, Darkness, and Light

In 5 pages the recurrences of these motifs in the dramas of ancient Greece are examined in this work by Sophocles. There are 3 so...

Sophocles, Williams and Society Considering Society and Times in Sophocles' "Oedipus the King" and Tennessee Williams' "The Glass Menagerie"

The mores of society are frequently presented in theatrical productions of the time. This paper describes Oedipus Rex by Sophocles...

Heroism and its Characteristics

In 5 pages this paper examines how the characteristics of heroism are defined in such literary works as A Simple Heart by Gustave ...

Arrogance and Oedipus Rex

In eight pages this paper argues that the King is victimized by his own arrogance in a consideration of how the theme of hubris or...

Literature and Free Will v. Fate

In 5 pages this paper examines this thematic conflict as it is represented in A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen, Macbeth by William S...

Literature and Social Isolation

In seven pages this paper considers how social isolation is represented in Philoctetes by Sophocles, Apology by Plato, and Night b...

Philoctetes by Sophocles

In five pages this paper examines the cunning Odysseus in this work by Sophocles. There are no other sources cited....

Ancient Greece to the New Testament and Dreams, Oracles, and Prophecy

In eleven pages this paper discusses the concepts of interpreting the future through prophecy, by the prophets, and through dreams...

Oedipus the King by Sophocles and Fate

murder, Oedipus remarks, absentmindedly, "Strange, hearing you just now . . . my mind wandered, my thoughts racing back and forth"...

Nora, Antigone and Hippolyte

In a paper consisting of five pages these female characters are compared and contrasted in terms of their focus and personal devel...

Justice and Oedipus the King by Sophocles

In five pages essay examines how justice is conceptually portrayed in this tragic play by Sophocles. There are no other sources ...