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Sylvia Plath's Poetry Experience

In five pages Sylvia Plath's poetry is considered in an analysis of reader experiences and how their tragic elements differ from t...

African American Literary Movements

as used in Sojourner Truths Aint I a Woman, becomes a persuasive technique which unites all women regardless of their color (also ...

Laertes and Hamlet

In two pages the relationship between Laertes and Hamlet is considered in a discussion of their similiarities and differences as r...

Comedy, Appearances, and Reality in Othello by William Shakespeare

only as a representation of misconstrued appearance. As time progresses, Othello - quite arguably the only character with a stell...

Classical Greek Literature and Women's Tragic Marriages

Aeschylus introduces a complete reversal of gender roles, placing the character of Clytemnestra in a ruling role over Argos in the...

William Shakespeare's Hamlet in Film

stunning performance as Ophelia and at the time she was not as well known as she is today. However, when Charlton Heston appears o...

Depiction of Women in Hamlet by William Shakespeare

In five pages this paper discusses women, their roles and functions in this tragic play by William Shakespeare. Three sources are...

Not Without Laughter by Langston Hughes

In ten pages this paper discusses Langston Hughes' 1930 novel debut and analyzes the author's use of speech to convey 'black humor...

Sophocles' Antigone and August Wilson's Joe Turner's Come and Gone

This paper focuses on tragic form as is represented by these works. Neither nobility nor commoner enjoys immunity from tragedy. ...

Characterizations in Hamlet and As You Like It by William Shakespeare

In five pages the ways in which the modern world is reflected within the tragic and comic characterizations William Shakespeare cr...

Othello by William Shakespeare and the Tragic Flaw of Love

love of Othello for Desdemona, while it seemed to hold such optimistic promise in the beginning, was so excessive, it blinded him ...

Character Analysis of Hamlet

In five pages this paper analyzes Shakespeare's tragic protagonist in terms of the Prince's godlike view of himself. One source i...

Wuthering Heights' Cathy and Heathcliff and Their Dissatisfaction with Self

In five pages the tragic flaws of these Emily Bronte characters as revealed to be their dissatisfaction with self are examined. T...

The Tragic Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller

In ten pages this report discusses the play's tragic characteristics that exist despite its twentieth century setting and the ways...

Insights into Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller

In five pages the American Dream and its deceptiveness as depicted in Miller's tragic drama are examined. Three sources are cited...

Romeo's Fatal Flaw in Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare

In five pages this paper analyzes Romeo Montague's fatal personality flaw as depicted in the tragic play Romeo and Juliet by Willi...

Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman, Tragedy and Economics

In six pages Miller's play is examined in terms of the tragic consequences that resulted from the American Dream of economic prosp...

Oedipus the King by Sophocles and Fate

murder, Oedipus remarks, absentmindedly, "Strange, hearing you just now . . . my mind wandered, my thoughts racing back and forth"...

Comparative Analysis of Juliet and Ophelia

and these women. As far as Ophelias true experience with Hamlet is concerned, the audience "can only speculate about the exact n...

Imagery in William Shakespeare's Hamlet

believing in ghosts was akin to presuming that Satan had taken on the appearance of the dead so as to overtly jeopardize the decea...

'Untrue' Polonius in William Shakespeare's Hamlet

In five pages this paper assesses Polonius's advice to his son Laertes 'This above all: to thine own self be true' with in the con...

Tragic Flaw of Prince Hamlet

In six pages William Shakespeare's protagonist is analyzed in terms of his emotional extremes, which collectively represent his tr...

Relationships and Love in 'Porphyria's Lover' by Robert Browning and Othello by William Shakespeare

This paper contrasts and compares how relationships and love are thematically represented in Robert Browning's poem and William Sh...

The People Of 9/11

rarely the one(s) to actually suffer the injurious act; rather, terrorists have learned it is much more effective to their cause t...

Death of a Salesman's Willy Loman as a Poor Role Model for Biff and Happy

model to his boys of what a successful and well-respected man should be; however, the legacy he left as a father was a model of ho...

Chopin’s Tragic “Hour”

The Awakening is a brilliant study of a womans gradual realization of how stifling her life is, and what happens when she refuses ...

Othello's Elements of Tragedy

Bards most impressive works, and for many, the archetypal ideal of a narrative "tragedy". The reason behind Othellos reputation is...

Enlightenment Views of the Reason vs. Emotion in Phadra by Jean Racine

reason for his hasty departure - his forbidden love for Aricia, the lone surviving member of the royal family Theseus defeated. A...

The Tragedy of Africa

ancient history; he was assassinated in 1961) find it very poignant: there is a stark contrast between what he hopes to accomplish...

"Things Fall Apart" - The Tragic View

In a paper of eight pages, the writer looks at "Things Fall Apart". Tragic aspects of the novel are emphasized. Paper uses five so...