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Chaucer and His Characters

In five pages The Canterbury Tales are considered in terms of what they reveal about the author, his compassion, humor, thoughts a...

Lysistrata's Character

In five pages Lysistrata as featured in the famous ancient Greek play is the focus of this character analysis. Three sources are ...

Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and Huck's Character Development

still considers himself superior to black people despite the fact that he himself is part of the lowest echelons of society; he me...

Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare and the Character of Malvolio

The steward is immediately threatened by anyone who is perceived as funnier or more intelligent than he. Olivia is the only perso...

Character Analysis of John Yossarian in Catch 22 by Joseph Heller

is his life at risk every time he goes out on a bombing mission. His commanding officer, Colonel Cathcart, is constantly voluntee...

New Criticism on the Character of Daisy in F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby

In five pages the new criticism of this classic old character is discussed in terms of its patterns of cause and effect, compariso...

Bleak House by Charles Dickens and the Character Esther Summerson

In six pages a character analysis of Esther Summerson is presented within the context of Dickens' novel. Eight sources are cited ...

William Shakespeare Characters Antony in Julius Caesar and Iago in Othello Compared

differently in different periods of time, but the man as a writer stays very much the same. The homogeneity of his works is remark...

Characters by Trillin and Pham

Both Andrew Pham (Catfish and Mandala) and Calvin Trillin (It's Just Too Late), main characters die. This paper compares and contr...

Ethan Frome Character Analysis

It means that anyone is capable of killing for example. In any event, in using this definition, it seems more likely that indeed,...

Plot and Character Analysis of 'A Rose for Emily' by William Faulkner

no one save an old manservant -- a combined gardener and cook -- had seen in at least ten years" (Faulkner). To the outside wor...

Alice Walker's The Color Purple and Character Growth

In five pages this paper examines the growth of characters Albert and Celie as a result of their experiences as presented in The C...

F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby and the Character Nick Carraway

In five pages this paper presents a character analysis of Nick Carraway as featured in The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. T...

'Old Bull Lee' Character in On the Road by Jack Kerouac

representation of his quest for authenticity among Americas "outsiders," he presented an example of how his artistic and literary ...

Character Comparison in King Lear and Heart of Darkness

quite obvious, if one probes them more deeply, these characters reveal striking similarities worthy of analysis. Charlie Marlow i...

William Faulkner's Character Joe Christmas and his Labels

lives, and all this really comes out as people and their relationships to the place that formed them (Smith ppg). Duality shown i...

William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice and the Character of Shylock

anti-semitism. Religious: The Christian church of the period inherited all the accumulated "demonization", which had occurred ar...

Characters of Athene and Poseidon in Homer's 'The Odyssey'

In five pages these characters as they are featured in Homer's epic are examined in terms of how they contribute to the tale overa...

'The Odyssey' by Homer and Characters Penelope and Athena

more fidelity than did her missing husband. However, while Penelope is keeping Odysseus home fires burning, it is Athena to whom ...

Character of Tom Sawyer in Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

In five pages this paper discusses the last half of this Mark Twain novel in an analysis of the role the Tom Sawyer character play...

A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen and the Character of Nora

In five pages this paper examines this strong and unconventional female character. There are no other sources listed....

Fourth Chapter of Frankenstein by Mary Shelley and the Character of Dr. Victor Frankenstein

In 5 pages the changes in Victor Frankenstein's personality as he becomes obsessed with being god like that occur in the fourth ch...

Comparing Moral Characters in 'Sir Gawain And The Green Knight'

that anyone had truly doubted his mortality any time prior - and renders him just as vulnerable as any other man. Indeed, this pa...

Tom's Character in The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams

In five pages this paper presents a character analysis of Tom as featured in Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie. Two sources...

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...

A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen and Nora's Character

In seven pages this paper presents a character analysis of Nora Helmer as featured in Henrik Ibsen's social drama A Doll's House. ...

A Character Analysis of Victor Frankenstein in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

The way in which Victor Frankenstein is presented in the first few chapters of the novel and whether he is depicted sympatheticall...

Edna Pontellier and the Character Crafting of Kate Chopin in The Awakening

In five pages this research paper examines how Chopin carefully crafted protagonist Edna Pontellier to be the central focus of her...

Characters in Fifth Business by Robertson Davies

In five pages this paper examines Robertson Davies' novel in terms of the characters it features. There are no other sources list...

Major Female Characters in Mohicans and Van Winkle

Women had few meaty roles in early American literature. This report deals with Cora and Alice Munro from The Last of the Mohicans...