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Heroism in Antigone by Sophocles

In five pages this paper argues that for readers of the 20th century Creon and Antigone appear more like victims than heroes in th...

Tragedy in Oedipus the King by Sophocles

In five pages this essay discusses the tragic elements of Oedipus the King in terms of plot, the Chorus' role, plot elements, and ...

Tragedy of the My Lai Massacre

In sixteen pages the Vietnam War's My Lai massacre is discussed. Six sources are cited in the bibliography....

Tragedy of Flight 800

In eight pages the tragic crash of Flight 800 is examined in terms of causes and changes in rules and regulations that resulted fr...

Controversy Over the Titanic Tragedy

In eight pages this essay considers the 1912 Titanic sinking in a consideration of its controversy, the unexpected nature of the t...

Dustin Hoffman as Willy Loman in the Film Adaptation of Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller

In five pages the television version of Miller's tragedy featuring Dustin Hoffman is compared with the original play that starred ...

The Pearl by John Steinbeck

In five pages The Pearl is discussed in a character analysis of Kino, the tragedy that befell, and the resulting evil, hardship, a...

American Tragedy in the Novels of John Steinbeck

In five pages this paper discusses how the American tragedy concept is thematically manifested in the writings of John Steinbeck. ...

Clyde Character in An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser

In five pages this report presents a character analysis of Clyde as featured in Theodore Dreiser's novel An American Tragedy. The...

Problems Associated with Adapting Novels into Films

This paper examines the problems involved in transferring novels from print to the big screen in twenty seven pages and includes s...

American Literature and Multiculturalism

In five pages this paper examines how multiculturalism is represented in such American literary works as The Souls of Black Folk b...

Arna W. Bontemps' 'A Summer Tragedy'

In five pages a biography of this predominantly children's author is provided as well as an examination of his adult fiction work....

Sight and its Irony in Oedipus the King by Sophocles

the god Apollo sees" but Teiresias has not come (Sophocles 36). This initial perception of Teiresias capacity and Oedipus convict...

'The Haunted Palace' by Edgar Allan Poe

This paper consisting of six pages examines the grotesque implications of what the writer describes as a 'poetic tragedy' in this ...

'Mission Control - Politics, Not Size, Is the Real Threat to Megaprojects at NASA' Article Reviewed

In five pages this report discusses the decision making that led to the tragedies of NASA's Apollo I, Apollo Thirteen, and Challen...

Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors and the Element of Tragedy

An analysis of the element of tragedy in Ephesus as presented in this classic work by William Shakespeare. The author of this pap...

Hamlet's Comedy Provides Relief

remark that Laertes and Ophelia had been discussing Hamlet, Polonius starts into a long dissertation on Ophelias lack of experienc...

Dramatic Structure in William Shakespeare's Hamlet

five-act pattern. The setup creates the plays "world", introduces us to the characters, and lays the groundwork for some of the c...

Soliloquy Analysis of 'To Be or Not to Be' in William Shakespeare's Hamlet

Ophelia in the process. The burden of these struggles is more than the emotionally fragile prince can bear, and when he utters th...

A Comparison of Two Characters in Shakespearean Literature

This paper compares and contrasts the character Miranda, from The Tempest, with Ophelia of The Tragedy of Hamlet. This five page...

Significance of King Claudius in Hamlet by William Shakespeare

In six pages this paper analyzes the importance of Claudius to this William Shakespeare tragedy and also considers how his charact...

Ophelia's Character in Hamlet by William Shakespeare

In five pages this paper analyzes the character of Ophelia and the role she plays in this tragedy in terms of how other characters...

Hamlet by William Shakespeare and Queen Gertrude's Character

and quite unthinkingly into a marriage to his murderer, and was able to ignore the facts and clues that encircled her, pointing to...

Hamlet Character in William Shakespeare's Tragedy

In ten pages this paper presents a character analysis of Shakespeare's innovative portrayal of the tragic protagonist. There is t...

Hesitation of Hamlet in Murdering His Uncle King Claudius

In nine pages this paper examines why Hamlet delayed killing the conspiratorial Claudius in William Shakespeare's tragedy Hamlet. ...

Madness Feigned or Real in Ophelia and Hamlet

In twelve pages this paper discusses the presentation of madness in Shakespeare's tragedy as genuine in the character of Ophelia a...

'Hearing,' Hamlet and His Father's Ghost

In nine pages this paper discusses how Shakespeare emphasized 'hearing' throughout the course of this tragedy and how it affects t...

Ghosts of William Shakespeare's Hamlet and Elizabethan Superstition

Elizabethan superstition with regard to ghosts helps to fuel the supernatural inferences in Shakespeares Hamlet, because the two e...

Identity Search of the Protagonist in King Lear by William Shakespeare

In five pages this paper examines how King Lear's identity search fuels the plot for this Shakespearean tragedy. There are no oth...

Psychological Impact of the Witches in Macbeth by William Shakespeare

In eight pages this paper examines the witches from a psychological perspective in an analysis of their role in this Shakespearean...