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American Dream of Willy Loman in Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman

Prize as well as the New York Drama Critics Circle Award when it was produced and published in 1949....

Philosophy as the Practice of Death by Plato as Evaluated by Descartes

This research report looks at how Descartes would feel about Plato's ideas. Would he agree with Plato in his ideas about death? Th...

'Thanatopsis' by William Cullen Bryant

In six pages this once influential poem is examined in terms of its celebration of nature's solace triumphing over death fears tha...

Fiction and the Portrayal of Management Leadership

In nine pages this paper examines the leadership of characters depicted in 'The Moviegoer' by Percy, 'Shooting an Elephant' by Orw...

Arthur Miller, William Shakespeare, Sophocles and Consideration of the Individual and Fate

In 5 pages this paper examines the individual and a fate he cannot control in an analysis of Death of a Salesman, Macbeth, and Oed...

Characterization of Addie Bundren in William Faulkner's As I Lay Dying

In five pages this paper examines the impact of Addie's death at the beginning of William Faulkner's As I Lay Dying to present the...

Literary Considerations of Greed

typical, but maybe too stereotypical. He is someone who today would appear on The Jerry Springer Show. His life has always been dy...

Compare and Contrast Two Arthur Miller Plays

This 6 page paper discusses the Arthur Miller plays Death of a Salesman and A View from the Bridge. The writer argues that in both...

Death Penalty and the Views of Immanuel Kant, John Stuart Mill, David Hume, and Plato

In seven pages this paper analyzes the views of these philosophers as they relate to the death penalty. Six sources are cited in ...

Murder Aftermath Scene Act II, Scenes ii and iii Analysis in Macbeth

In a paper consisting of five pages the revelations contained in the scenes after King Duncan's death regarding character relation...

Seeing Themselves and Others in Stories 'Miss Brill' and 'Young Goodman Brown'

In 5 pages the employment of symbolism in these 2 stories are discussed in terms of how the respective characters evaluate themsel...

Overview of the Elian Gonzalez Case

In five pages the case of the 6 year old Cuban refugee is examined in terms of whether or not the boy should haver received politi...

Emily Dickinson's Poem, After Great Pain, A Formal Feeling Comes

This paper provides a reading of the Dickinson poem, 'After Great Pain a Formal Feeling Comes. The author contends that Dickinson...

Death and Sex Symbolism and Themes in 'Patriotism' by Yukio Mishima and 'A Rose for Emily' by William Faulkner

Throughout the story, the reader is forced to determine just which gender Emily actually represents. Additionally, it becomes cle...

The Myth of the American Family as Discredited in Death of a Salesman and An American Beauty

play, if we only look at the man, Willy Loman, and examine him from his perspective, concerning his hopes and desires for himself ...

The Amadou Diallo Shooting From a Functionalist Perspective

This paper addresses the 1999 shooting death of Amadou Diallo and subsequent acquittal of all police officers involved. The autho...

Religion and Romance in John Donne's Poetry

In six pages this report discusses how religion manifests itself in John Donne's love poetry with the soul's passions and spiritua...

Characters and Plot from Miller, O'Connor and Plath

audience must be moved by Willy Loman, a 63-year-old man who has become tired of chasing the ever-elusive American Dream, always f...

Comparative Analysis of Revolution in Literature

In five pages Georg Buechner's Danton's Death is compared with Arthur Koestler's Darkness at Noon. Two other sources are cited in...

Relationship Between Tazio and Gustav von Aschenbach in Death in Venice by Thomas Mann

In five pages this paper discusses Aschenbach's obsession with Tadzio in this analysis of Death in Venice by Thomas Mann. There a...

More to Poet Ted Hughes Than Being the Husband of Sylvia Plath

In ten pages this paper discusses the poetry of Ted Hughes, Poet Laureate of England until his 1998 death at age sixty eight. Six...

Determinate Proposal on Death Penalty Propensity and a Juror's Gender

juror was a woman. Although only one woman serving on the panel of one jury in only one of the many criminal cases tried daily th...

Gender and the Death Penalty

In a paper that contains seven pages the capital punishment issue are examined in terms of gender differences with a consideration...

Death, Racism, and T.J. Hickey

between police and Aborigines when they can die at the hands of law enforcement without ever having been physically touched. This...

Circumstances Surrounding the Death of Moliere

himself as a producer/director/writer of plays. He leaned heavily upon his loose ties with the Court and as such managed to wrest ...

Two Examples of Madness in Literature

loves to write, and obviously sneaks off to do because we are reading about it. Writing is her passion and while it is seen as an ...

6 Hummingbird Corporation Stories of William Heyen

man who goes to England on holiday, rather than accompany his family on a trip to the beach. While in Europe, the man is struck by...

Family Theme in Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller

excuses for that sons pathological misbehavior; he virtually ignores his second son; hes a real bastard to friends, neighbors and ...

Preschool Children and Explanations of Dying and Death

go to sleep (VanClay, 2004; Vernon, 2002). As LesStrang said: "Grandpa did not go on a long journey; he did not pass on; he is not...

Miles' Death in Henry James' The Turn of the Screw

alternates between believing him an angel and, conversely, possessed. Thus, Krieg, in his criticism, suggests: The governesss per...