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A Comparative Analysis of William Faulkner's 'Barn Burning' and Amy Tan's 'Two Kinds'

The way in which protagonists in these respective short stories discover they are different than what their parents want them to b...

'A and P' by John Updike and the 2 Worlds of Sammy

In 5 pages John Updike's short story is examined in an analysis of the protagonist Sammy being caught in the middle of 2 worlds. ...

Milkman Character in Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison

must be left on a shelf, out of reach and safe from being broken. Macon Deads desire for a slice of metaphoric pie--the American ...

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...

David Lurie in In the Beginning by Potok

David was well aware of his shortcomings in the eyes of the robustly healthy bullies. His own frail health prevented him from tak...

Hagar Shipley in The Stone Angel by Margaret Laurence

In five pages this report provides a character analysis of protagonist Hagar Shipley featured in The Stone Angel by Margaret Laure...

Hermmann Hesse's Govinda and Siddhartha

In 6 pages the novel Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse is examined in this comparative character analysis of the title protagonist and G...

Analysis of The Guide by R.K. Narayan

attached to temple dancing that associated it with prostitution. Prior to his prison term, Raju was an actual guide, giving peop...

Man's Fall in the Works of Amelia Lanyer and John Milton

In two pages this paper contrasts the depiction of man's fall in Salve Deus Rex Judaeorum by Amelia Lanyer and the ninth book of P...

William Dean Howell's Silas Lapham

In five pages this paper discusses William Dean Howells' The Rise and Fall of Silas Lapham in an analysis of the protagonist. The...

Hamlet Character in William Shakespeare's Tragedy

In ten pages this paper presents a character analysis of Shakespeare's innovative portrayal of the tragic protagonist. There is t...

The Aeneid by Virgil

In three pages a character analysis of the protagonist Aeneas in Virgil's 'The Aeneid' focuses upon his heroic characteristics. I...

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...

Emma Bovary Characterization by Gustave Flaubert

to note that Charles, Emmas husband, is little more than window-dressing, in her elaborate fantasies, a sort of necessary accessor...

Flaubert's A Sentimental Education

friendship that endures, but had been weak and strong at different times in the lives, largely due to circumstance. Prior to the n...

Why Homer Was Murdered by Emily in 'A Rose for Emily' by William Faulkner

such. We had long thought of them as a tableau, Miss Emily a slender figure in white in the background, her father a spraddled sil...

Clever Women in Modern Detective Fiction

the standard framework for a mystery detective novel, each of these works share similar themes that are indicative of current Amer...

Robert Duvall's Film The Apostle and Erich Fromm's Personality Theory

characterization of evangelical minister-turned-apostle illustrates the fundamentals of Fromms personality theory, and how it can ...

Janie in Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston

provide Janie with financial security. Many women, less independent than Janie, would suffer and endure. Janie leaves with another...

Hester Prynne in The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

In eight pages this character analysis of Hawthorne's protagonist considers her role and the social conflict she represented. Fiv...

Tolerance Perspectives of Mary Shelley and William Godwin

In five pages a protagonist analysis of Frankenstein by Mary Shelley and The Adventures of Caleb Williams by William Godwin serves...

Analysis of 'A Rose for Emily' by William Faulkner

In five pages this paper examines the conflict between protagonist Emily Grierson and her hometown in an analysis of this short st...

J.D. Salinger's Writings

feel strong emotions? We may also speculate whether his indifference to peoples opinions is not actually a means of hiding his fe...

Character Analysis of Maggie A Girl of the Streets by Stephen Crane

In six pages this paper presents an analysis of the protagonist featured in Stephen Crane's Maggie A Girl of the Streets. There ...

Freudian Morality in Death in Venice by Thomas Mann

In three pages this paper discusses Freudian morality within the context of protagonist Gustav von Aschenbach in this analysis of ...

Father and Son Willy and Biff Loman in Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller

of how they look at the world. For the two sons this image is different. Biff is the intelligent brother who is often angered a...

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...

'A Worn Path' by Eudora Welty and Point of View

other characters in this story perceive Phoenix, essentially judging her based upon her external characteristics. The hunter is n...

Character of Moll Flanders

In nine pages Defoe's protagonist is the focus of this character analysis. Eight sources are cited in the bibliography....

A Character Analysis of Fagin and Oliver in Oliver Twist

Oliver, the protagonist, is analyzed along with Fagin. There is a sense that realism has been left by the wayside in this eight pa...