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Literature and Free Will v. Fate

In 5 pages this paper examines this thematic conflict as it is represented in A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen, Macbeth by William S...

Sophocles, Williams and Society Considering Society and Times in Sophocles' "Oedipus the King" and Tennessee Williams' "The Glass Menagerie"

The mores of society are frequently presented in theatrical productions of the time. This paper describes Oedipus Rex by Sophocles...

Heroism and its Characteristics

In 5 pages this paper examines how the characteristics of heroism are defined in such literary works as A Simple Heart by Gustave ...

Society, Man and Destiny

In ten pages this paper evaluates the extent of man's power over his fate within the literary contexts of 'Epic of Gilgamesh,' 'Th...

Literature's 'Three Unities'

A deetailed description of the 'three unities' as they are manifested within William Shakespeare's King Lear and Sophocles' Oedipu...

Shifting Media Formats Comparing News on the Web by Comparing Five Web Sites

these sites are similar. For the purposes of this paper five such sites were visited with the intent of comparing and contrasting...

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...

Death in Chopin’s The Story of an Hour

her emotions to get the better of her. But, then again, if one looks back in history, at the time this story was written, that hea...

Pygmalion's Liza Doolittle in the Context of Early Twentieth Century Britain

panacea when it came to womens rights. Liza was caught in this time period where she wanted to strike out on her own but was held ...

The Shipman in The Canterbury Tales

way down the social ladder. The Shipman, i.e., the "sailor," is placed between Chaucers description of the Cook and the "Doctor of...

Congreve and Pope: Resistance to Marriage

draws a moments air independent on the bounty of his mistress. There is not so impudent a thing in nature as the saucy look of an...

Naming Conventions in "Beloved"

harrowing existence would lead a mother to that sort of desperate act. But still, no matter why she did it, and even if death is b...

Beloved and Personal Demons

She has attempted to find a place in herself wherein she can survive and go on despite her actions. It is a very cloudy place that...

The Mysterious Will Ladislaw

much loved by a young baronet, Sir James Chettam, she marries instead the Reverend Edward Casaubon, who is much older than she is,...

Uncle Tom in “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”

their slaves to do so; they decide to sell Uncle Tom, who is middle-aged at the time, and a young boy named Harry, who is the son ...

Why I Identify with the Disney Character Goofy

friendly and happy. The image of fun is helped with the movement of the character. Although presented as an animal, Goofy was actu...

Virginia Woolf’s Descriptions of Literary ‘Beacons’ Antigone and Desdemona Applied to Nora in Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House

heroine is willing to risk her life by defying King Creon in order to give her warrior brother Polynices the proper burial he was ...

Moral Crises in “Huckleberry Finn” and “Silas Lapham”

We learn that he forced his partner, Mr. Rogers, out of the business just as it was becoming successful; Lapham and his wife run i...

Henrik Ibsen: Developing His Characters

leaves, but in Hedda, both Eilert and Hedda die. In his introduction to The Feast at Solhoug, which came in for its share of cri...

Lord of the Flies: Jack & Hitler

but he was placed in charge of hunting. Jack then pushes this role to the limit, getting more and more boys to join him in an incr...

"Obasan"

work on a road gang, where his frail health will ultimately doom him, the girl is raised by her aunt and uncle, and it is this aun...

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...

Analysis of Tom in "The Glass Menagerie"

her thumb. The character description of Tom tells us that is "A poet with a job in a warehouse. His nature is not remorseless, but...

Danny Zuko From The Movie Grease

for constant friendship and status both in the group and in the school. The group gives each member protection from being alone an...

Personal Fulfillment in 'Rabbit, Run' by John Updike

(in the context of marriage), religion cannot be sexual. "Sexuality may be spiritual, but spirituality may not be sexual, it seems...

Research Proposal: Nick in "The Great Gatsby"

his personal life, and physically; hes a bigot, hes a racist, and he has a mistress who he makes little effort to hide from his wi...

Persuasiveness of Iago in William Shakespeare's Othello

lines of the opening curtain, Roderigo says "Thou toldst me thou didst hold him in thy hate" (I, i, 7), to which Iago replies, "De...

A Character Analysis from The Kite Runner

to torment me anew. Suddenly the air in Rahim Khans little flat was too thick, too hot, too rich with the smell of the street" (H...

Hawthorne's The House of the Seven Gables With a focus on Hepzibah

how deceiving appearances can actually be, and also illustrates how despite the rapid change from old-world values to modern sensi...