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The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare and the Characters Lorenzo and Jessica

rescue her from her loneliness. With Jessica the first hint of desire or romance comes when she asks Launcelot to give Lorenzo a n...

Twelfth Night, Role Playing, and Disguises

this theme together" (Universe). In combination with this theme, the theme of foolishness, is the theme of disguise. In summari...

Thematic Analysis of 'The Lamb' and 'The Tyger' Poems by William Blake

A relevant phrase in literature that relates to the overall concept of good versus evil in Blakes work is that of the human...

Character Analysis of Simon in Lord of the Flies by William Golding

thus, can also be seen as representing motherhood and domesticity. From this point on the boys become increasingly more primitive....

Ethics and Religion According to Augustine and Aristotle

not make up an ethical life. Rather, he based his ideas on his own ideas concerning reason, but he did so within the context of hi...

That Evening Sun by William Faulkner, Nancy and the Children

In four pages That Evening Sun by William Faulkner is examines in a consideration of the interaction between the children and Nanc...

William Wordsworth and Geoffrey Chaucer

life was perhaps like in Medieval times. Looking at each individual story, however, would take a considerable amount of time an...

An American Literature Study

There is no question that Bradford was a Puritan, and as such, offers his religious views and interpretations throughout his writi...

Renaissance Play The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare

to be entertained as well. They began putting out what were known as mystery plays, passion plays, morality plays and miracle play...

William Wilson's The Truly Disadvantaged, Class and Race

underclass continues to multiply in inner-city neighborhoods (White 28). For one thing, Wilson notes, the reason for the w...

Author's Word Choices and Altered Impressions of Characters

his speech has often included long pauses with "ummm" or "well" or some other phrases to fill the void, the actual speech between ...

1971 Film Production of Macbeth by Director Roman Polanski

air. Banquos reaction to Macbeth taking their pronouncements seriously is one of mocking disbelief, as if to say, "you believe tha...

Evil as Defined by 19th Century English Romantic Poet William Blake

abnegates any evil whatsoever. Blake seems to believe, as one can readily determine from a study of his other works, that evil is...

William Faulkner's Short Story 'Dry September'

beating his wife which illustrates a theme of the helpless, and perhaps primarily the helplessness of women in society controlled ...

A Review of The One Minute Manager Meets the Monkey

news item which it is likely that the vast majority of those in the audience will recognize. For example, recent news stories of c...

Lord of the Flies by William Golding and Inner Human Qualities' Representations

weak compared to the others and his struggle to retain orderliness proves difficult. Similarly, order and democracy within the hum...

Strategy of Prince Hamlet of Denmark

of his day to day life that he would never be able to keep his plans from her. So, he has decided that he must pretend to sever th...

Richard and Richmond's Speeches in Richard the Third by William Shakespeare

and one in blood establishd; One that made means to come by what he hath, And slaughterd those that were the means to help him; Ab...

Poetic Explication of 'Sailing to Byzantium' by W.B. Yeats

of art that lives forever and offers youth and vitality and passion. One critic indicates that, "This contrasts the sensual world...

Analysis of the Style of 'Sonnet 130' by William Shakespeare

5 I have seen roses damasked, red and white, 6 But no such roses see I in her cheeks; 7 And in some perfumes...

Hamlet as a Reflection of Past and Present Times

is murdered, his mother Queen Gertrude remarries Hamlet Sr.s brother Claudius only three months after her husbands slaying, and Ha...

King Lear by William Shakespeare and Precepts of Niccolo Machiavelli

the consequences of these actions. King Lear is an eighty-year-old English monarch who is preparing for retirement. His major di...

Nineteenth Century Surveyor and Contemporary Map Inventor William Smith

rocks carefully and diligently (University of California/Berkeley, Museum of Paleontology). While examining the rocks, Smith had ...

Eighteenth Century Analysis of Poems "Little Black Boy" by William Blake, "Holy Willie's Prayer" by Robert Burns, and "We Are Seven" by William Wordsworth

teachings of his devout mother. Through this relationship, he establishes his own identity as an African American, and comes to r...

Paternal Influence in Tennessee Williams' Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and Hedda Gabler by Henrik Ibsen

In five pages this paper examines how the characters of these plays are influenced by their fathers and paternal sins. There are ...

Comparison of Poems 'To the Evening Star' by William Blake and 'It is a Beauteous Evening' by William Wordsworth

In five pages this paper contrasts and compares these poems in an analysis of each poet's voice and how it is influenced by imager...

Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie, e.e. cummings' 'somewhere i have never traveled' and Fragility

In 4 pages this paper examines the power of fragility as represented in this play and poem. There are 4 sources cited in the bibl...

Illusion and the Staging of Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie and Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman

In 10 pages this paper examines how in each of these plays staging is used to convey the illusions of their characters. Nine sour...

Elements of Tragedy in The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams, Hamlet by William Shakespeare, and Oedipus the King by Sophocles

This paper examines 3 tragic elements in an analysis of Amanda Wingfield, Prince Hamlet of Denmark, and King Oedipus of Thebes fea...

Human Conflict and Faith in William Blake's 'Introduction,' William Wordsworth's 'Tintern Abbey' and Alfred Lord Tennyson's 'In Memoriam'

poetic boundaries; not only does the reader surmise that the author is wholly attentive to his craft, but he also is privy to the ...