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Madness in Francis Ford Coppola's Apocalypse Now and Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness

of this mad ivory merchant, Kurtz; as part of his piloting job, he travels deep into the heart of the jungle with the idea of find...

Roughing It with Swan, Twain and the Indians

Northwest Coast by James G. Swain and Mark Twain's Roughing It are two novels which deal with the outdoors and the American west. ...

Othello by William Shakespeare, Direct Prose, and Dramatic Poetry

In a paper consisting of 7 pages Shakespeare's uses of iambic pentameter in his 'good' characters and spoken prose by the 'evil' c...

The Importance of Memory in Beloved by Toni Morrison

While they were feeling the freedom of loving themselves, they were growing in their own appreciation of each other and placing a ...

An Analysis of Campbell's Envy

This story is discussed in depth and the protagonist is examined. This story contemplates Bebe, the character who threatens her te...

Creative Writing Exercise on Personal Character Trait

Jason never listened. He raced after a floating leaf and lost his balance. Ron chased Jasons seemingly lifeless body as it float...

Shakespeare's Use of Emotion in Othello and Macbeth

emotion, to act. But what is Iagos motivation? It could in fact be that he is envious of Othello. At the same time, in reviewing...

Character Analysis of Mabel in D.H. Lawrence's 'The Horse Dealer's Daughter'

feels about herself. Mable, left to pretty much fend for herself after her fathers death, must struggle to maintain the household...

D.H. Lawrence's 'Horse Dealer's Daughter' and the Character of Mabel

she goes about her work and the family talks around her. As one author notes, "None of the sons address the sister as they do each...

Film Portrayal of Schizophrenia

show the director she can be seductive. When he kisses her, she bites him. His anticipation for further sexual intimacy is never r...

Importance of the Fool Character in William Shakespeare’s King Lear: A Critical Assessment

might be King Lear, but if there were no Fool, there would be - in his opinion - no play. In Shakespearean Tragedy, Bradley procl...

Downfall of Othello

well as a "Barbary horse" (I.i.111). As this indicates, the two men are particularly repulsed at the thought of Othello and Desd...

Teaching Character Education

Jean Piaget and also on the philosophy of American educator John Dewey (Barger). This model of moral development pictures children...

Milton/Satan in Paradise Lost

who displays unconquerable courage. In this manner, Milton portrays Satan as a heroic figure, and elicits sympathy for him. As Sat...

Albee: "The Sandbox"

their waste, an interpretation borne out by Grandmas lines: "they ... fixed a nice place for me under the stove ... gave me an arm...

Compton in Faulkner’s Absalom, Absalom! And The Sound and the Fury

them but when you have hated somebody for forty-three years you will know them awful well so maybe its better then, maybe its fine...

Heart of Darkness & Social Expectations

darkest impulses are given free reign. Through the eyes of Marlow, Conrad makes it clear that Kurtzs nineteenth century notions of...

Quotations from Frankenstein

of all, the book begins as a series of letters by one "R. Walton" to "Mrs. Saville"; these letters comprise the first four chapter...

The Kite Runner and Guilt

people in his life one can see why he is in such a labyrinth of personal issues, trying to come to terms with all of it. And at th...

Strength of Love and Tim McLaurin’s Woodrow’s Trumpet

to Southern society but also how the strength of love could unite individuals to meet formidable challenges. His perhaps na?ve an...

Eliot & Thackeray

to the Siren and also in descriptions of her performance of Clytemnestra. Nevertheless, Thackeray leaves her in a life where she "...

Catch 22: Yossarian

immoral and crazy, but it is the character of Yossarian who constantly goes out of his way to avoid his duties, trying to get out ...

And the Shadows Took Him by Daniel Chacon

simply going along with life in many respects until one day his friend, Ricky, tells him about a play he is going to try out for. ...

Secondary Characters in “Ferdydurke” and “The Stranger”

He notes that old women often have big stomachs, while the men are "thin as rakes, and they all carried sticks" (Camus, 1946, p. 8...

“The Stone Angel”

his store, shed find him behind the counter, "bulky and waistcoated, his voice with its Scots burr prompting me when I forgot, and...

Kurtz in Conrad’s Heart of Darkness

central point of the narrative. The company accountant is the first character to refer to Kurtz and he tells Marlow that Kurtz i...

Elinor in Year of Wonders

of creamy silk. A few fine pearls gleamed in her pale hair. But more than her delicate beauty, Colonel Bradford appreciated her su...

Willie Talos in All the King’s Men by Robert Penn Warren

smooth and convincing as he states the following: "If they had politicians back in those days, they said, Gimme, just like all of ...

The Pearl Harbor Diary of Amber Billows

Amber begins to grow up and learn and see the world in a very kind way, thinking more about others than herself in the end. She is...

Austen and Trollope/A Comparison

A 5 page comparison between Jane Austen's Emma and in Anthony Trollope's Can You Forgive Her? The writer argues that each novel il...