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Themes of A Tale of Two Cities

The idea of sacrifice is the focus of attention in the context of this thoughtful analysis of this Dickens tale. Darnay and Carton...

'The Horse Dealer's Daughter' by D.H. Lawrence II

In five pages the story's juxtapositioning of the subconscious and conscious of main characters Jack Fergusson and Mabel Pervin is...

Analysis of Tess of the D'Ubervilles by Hardy

This 4 page essay explores the development of the title character of Tess in Hardy's Tess of the D'Ubervilles. Bibliography lists ...

Elizabeth Lavenza in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

This paper addresses the importance of Shelley's character Elizabeth Lavenza. This three page paper has one source listed in the ...

Dual Psychology in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson

In nine pages this paper analyzes the dual psychology of the relationship between the featured characters in this novel by Robert ...

Dorothea in Middlemarch by George Eliot

In nine pages a character analysis of Eliot's protagonist is presented in a discussion of how limitations define her. There are n...

The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde and The Misanthrope by Moliere

This paper contrasts and compares the characters of Cecily and Alceste in five pages. Two sources are cited in the bibliography....

Analysis of Old Mortality by Sir Walter Scott

In five pages this early 19th century historical fiction novel is analyzed in terms of the freedom struggles of the Covenanters ...

Proverbs and Palm Oil in Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

In ten pages six passages of the text are critically analyzed in order to reveal the significance of proverbs in character communi...

Okonkwo's Aggression in Achebe's Things Fall Apart

5 pages No outside sources cited. This paper relates the nature of Achebe's character Okonkwo, who demonstrates distinctly aggres...

Conflict in the Works of Ngugi Wa Thiong'O and Bessie Head

In five pages the interpersonal conflict theme as it manifests itself in 'The Return' and 'The Collector of Treasures' is discusse...

Happy Days by Samuel Beckett

the direction of Winnies loneliness becomes clear. Willie is, as far as we can see, the only person in her life. She desperately...

How Ann Radcliffe Responded to Lewis in The Italian

In a paper consisting of three pages the argument is presented that The Italian was in response to The Monk by Lewis and offers ch...

Le Morte D'Arthur by Malory and The Faerie Queen by Spenser and Characterization

In six pages the fully developed characters Malory features are contrasted with Spenser's stiff stereotypes in order to perpetuate...

Barbarians and Civilization

In five pages J.M. Coetzee's Waiting for the Barbarians is considered in terms of civilization concepts as revealed by the charact...

Protagonist and Antagonist in 'A and P' by John Updike

In one page this paper examines the short story by John Updike in an identification of its protagonist and antagonist characters. ...

Erich Maria Remarque and Maximilien Robespierre Compared

This research report compares and contrasts these two historic French figures. Different ideas about each of these characters are ...

The Modern World and the Legacy of Antigone

In six pages the ways in which Antigone handles with what is an impossible choice and how it serves in developing true moral chara...

Shakespeare's Hamlet Act II, Scene II

The scene in which Hamlet meets with the Players and the reaction to these Players are the focus of this paper consisting of five ...

The Classic Film Casablanca

The writer explores the plot, characters, setting and other elements of the 1942 classic film Casablanca, starring Humphrey Bogart...

Conflict and Emotion in Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter

This five page paper addresses the themes of conflict and emotion experienced by Hawthorne's characters in The Scarlet Letter. The...

Gaelic Ulster Mythical Cycle

In six pages this paper discusses the Ulster Cycle in a consideration of characters, tales, legends, and myths. Ten sources are c...

Transcendent Laura Wingfield in The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams

The character of Laura and the purpose she serves in Tennessee Williams' play The Glass Menagerie are analyzed in a paper consisti...

Chin P'ing Mei's The Golden Lotus

In five pages this paper reviews the text and considers what cultural aspects are revealed about society as well as what is symbol...

Evil Characterizations in Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter and Herman Melville's Billy Budd

In eight pages this paper examines the evil that manifests itself in the predatory characters of Roger Chillingworth in The Scarle...

Mythic Figures Teiresias and Oedipus

In five pages this paper discusses how these characters featured in Oedipus Rex by Sophocles can be describes as mythic because th...

Epistolary Novel Pamela by Samuel Richardson

In six pages this 18th century epistolary novel is examined in terms of how the author moved the plot along and developed characte...

Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare and the Fool Feste

but around him revolve some of the most significant issues of this extremely complex play. Feste, whom George Steiner calls "Shak...

Chapters Twenty Two and Twenty Three of Waterworks by E.L. Doctorow

In five pages this paper discusses the author's uses of literary techniques and the development of characters in these 2 Waterwork...

Mrs. Wilcox and Margaret in Howard's End by E.M. Forster

family, she does not fit in with the typical representation of such a lifestyle; indeed, it can be argued that she fits in more re...