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Essays 361 - 390
This essay pertains to the characters in "Hamlet" who act as foils to the protagonist. Ten pages in length, six sources are cited....
This film review primarily profiles the film's protagonist, Edward R. Murrow, using an existential perspective. The writer argues ...
This essay pertains to William Faulkner's short story "Barn Burning," and the changing attitudes of its 10-year-old protagonist Sa...
This essay pertains to "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" by Jeff Kinney. The writer argues that comedic effect is achieved by keeping the voi...
This essay describes how Austen uses characterization and irony in a manner that causes contemporary readers to identify with the ...
This essay pertains to "Fences" by August Wilson. The writer focuses on the relationship between protagonist Troy Maxson and his s...
This essay pertains to Shakespeare's King Lear and Dante's Inferno and the impact of exile on the protagonists. Four pages in leng...
and he refuses to do so. Mary Kate abides by her brothers wishes, which confuses and frustrates Sean. The plot complications tha...
are giving in to another, and also demonstrating how they are not necessarily self confident or overly concerned about themselves ...
more than the all-too common story of a girl seduced and abandoned by a worthless man, it is a lecture that runs nearly 150 pages ...
one of the most frequently anthologized stories in English, and one of the most popular. Its blend of horror, mystery and irony ar...
story is a folktale, and begins with a farmer who promises his employee he will give him a heifer in exchange for his work, then t...
52). Close examination of "Story of an Hour" reveals the manner of Louise Mallards death, i.e., murder, and also the message that ...
is a classic "quest" tale; the description of a mans journey through a strange new world, in this case, Detroit, Michigan. This pa...
Necklace" is present the narrative within the context of the readers understanding of Mathilde Loisels character, who is described...
of the regimen of behavior that is required to obtain and maintain a position on the upper rungs of the social ladder. Ivan does n...
that he dies of a broken heart. The relationship among art, passion and intellect is really the heart of the story. Mann has very...
friendship that endures, but had been weak and strong at different times in the lives, largely due to circumstance. Prior to the n...
photogenic, but air-headed newscaster. Additional cast members were Valerie Harper, as Marys best friend Rhoda; Cloris Leachman, n...
to parade as white folds illustrates how she wanted her kindred to be just as proud of their true racial roots as they were with t...
of Western superiority, is the only correct view. By this novels end, it is clear that what Price calls "faith" is rather cultur...
expression. He had no desire to become an actor, any more than he had to become a musician. He felt no necessity to do any of thes...
the law. It would be an impossibility, no matter what the prediction, that this would happen. However, in the case of Oedipus, he ...
Henrys voiceover narration.3 This narration gives the viewer insight into Henrys motivations. This narration conveys Henrys childl...
circle. It soon becomes apparent that everyone with whom Sharon and Frank come into contact know the rumor and believe it. This cr...
in a particular human being, but it recognizes that a set of behaviors, socioeconomic status, biology and so forth create predicto...
unnamed narrator in this short story. First of all, Oates employs a postmodernist structure in order to convey this girls story,...
pictured offering ironic commentaries on sculpture and art, with his conversation peppered with "allusions to Samuel Johnson, Sain...
problems of Susanna. Susanna is diagnosed as having borderline personality disorder. Susanna is suffering from hallucinations. For...
reacts to the presence of the men by eating two of them, Odysseus attacks and manages to blind Polyphemus by stabbing him in his e...