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Comparative Analysis of Homer's 'The Odyssey' and Charles Frazier's Cold Mountain

In five pages a comparative analysis of these works is presented in terms of differences and similarities in characterization, plo...

Strong Women in The Sun Also Rises, My Antonia, Their Eyes Were Watching God, and The Sound and the Fury

In five pages this paper examines the strong female characterizations of Hemingway's Lady Brett Ashley, Cather's Antonia Shimerda,...

Victorian Literature and Women

In five pages this paper discusses how social commentary during the Victorian Age was expressed through female characterizations i...

Character Analysis of Steven Daedalus in A Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Man by James Joyce

In ten pages this paper presents a character analysis of James Joyce's protagonist Stephen Daedalus in a consideration of what is ...

William Shakespeare's Hamlet, William Golding's Lord of the Flies, and Their Parallels

In 6 pages the parallels that exist in these works in terms of literary similarities of allegory, metaphor, simile, irony, personi...

The Lingering Effects of War in 'Snow Falling on Cedars'

This is a 5 page essay that considers the lingering effects of World War II and its impact on the novel particularly in the charac...

'Meneseteung' by Alice Munro

is portraying the denial or the modesty that many in the field possess. But the story expounds on such themes and at the end, the ...

An Analysis of the Batman film

The film Batman, released in 1989, is the focus of attention in this seven page paper that uses no additional sources. Characteriz...

Ulysses by James Joyce and Modernism

In ten pages this paper examines modernism within the context on Ulysses and how James Joyce varies the portrayal of Homer's Odyss...

Igbo Culture, the British, and Okonkwo in Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

of hot yam which its mother puts in its palm" (Achebe 47). In other words, Achebe portrayal of African culture has more nuance t...

James Joyce and D.H. Lawrence Compared

In five pages a comparison is made between A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce and Sons and Lovers by D.H. Lawr...

Women in Medea and Electra

This paper examines the female characterizations in Medea and Electra in five pages. There are 2 sources cited in the bibliograph...

The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler and Uses of Figurative Language

In six pages this paper discusses how theme, plot, and characterizations are developed through the use of figurative language in R...

An Analysis of Fitzgerald's Short Story, Babylon Revisited

This paper examines F. Scott Fitzgerald's story, Babylon Revisited and addresses the themes of characterization and addiction. Th...

Images of Ophelia

In a paper of three pages, the writer looks at Hamlet's Ophelia. Fine art depictions of the character from history are used to exp...

Much Ado About Nothing: The 'Comedy' of Scapegoats

This paper examines how scapegoats propel the comedy of William Shakespeare's play in the characterizations of Don John, Claudio, ...

Chekhov's The Duel, Nature and Atmosphere

This essay pertains the way in which Chekhov uses nature and atmosphere to underscore characterization in The Duel. Seven pages in...

Alexie's "How to Write the Great American Indian Novel" - A Post-Colonial Criticism

In a paper of six pages, the writer looks at Alexie's "How to Write the Great American Indian Novel". The harmful American charact...

Character Study of Hamlet

This essay presents a discussion of Hamlet's character. The writer argues that Shakespeare's characterization of Hamlet focuses on...

Howard Hawks' His Girl Friday (1940)

This essay provides analysis of several aspects of this 1940 screwball comedy directed by Howard Hawks. The analysis focuses on as...

Chaucer's View of Religion, The Canterbury Tales

This essay pertains to the clergy members who are part of Chaucer's band of travelers in "The Canterbury Tales." The writer argues...

Character Studies: Dr. Faustus, Macbeth

This essay discusses the characterization of Christopher Marlowe's "Dr. Faustus" and William Shakespeare's "Macbeth," identifying ...

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

This essay describes how Austen uses characterization and irony in a manner that causes contemporary readers to identify with the ...

Descriptive Language in Fiction

always been in Raleighs room, presumably, but he had never noticed it, hidden as it was behind a chest of drawers, until he was te...

A Film Adaptation/Soldier's Home

adaptation of the Ernest Hemingway short story, directed by Robert Young and produced in 1997. The protagonist of this short film ...

Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin

and achieve the goal of freedom. After Legree learns that Tom encouraged two of his slaves, Cassy and Emmeline to escape, he vows ...

King Arthur and Henry II, Comparing Two Films

such as Eleanor of Aquitaine ("History," 2012). Arthurs pride interferes with his sense of compassion when he sees Lancelot and ...

White Man's Burden, A Film Analysis

of racism. However, viewing John Travoltas portrayal of Louis Pinnock through the stereotype of the "brute Negro," that is the s...

Chang-rae Lee's A Gesture Life, Doc Hata

endeavor to keep the comfort women debate controversial by providing arguments that call into question whether or not the comfort ...

Running in Place by Pamela C. Joern

This essay offers analysis of Pamela C. Joern's short story "Running in Place." The writer focuses on Joern's skill in regards to ...