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Analyzing Mrs. Kearney in Dubliners by James Joyce

1984). They are "depicted as powerless, passive, and silent or, if they do act, as monstrous; Mrs. Mooney, after all, has the sens...

The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer

was no rule of law in the country (Kidder, 2003). This is an example Farmers character. He would fight for the rights of the poor ...

A Comparison of Two Christian Tragedies

representative of the many generations of Church representatives that have pummeled the Ojibwe with its Christian doctrine. Endri...

Faulkner, Poe, and Chopin Bringing Characters to Life

did not allow her to be an individual. This offers us a subtle vulnerability that all people possess to some extent. And that vuln...

Literary Comarison of John Cheever's Stories 'The Housebreaker of Shady Hill' and 'The Worm in the Apple'

modern-day utopias that seemed to have the best of everything. There were sporting events, community activities, performing arts,...

'Fifty Grand,' 'The Natural History of the Dead,' and 'Hills Like White Elephants' by Ernest Hemingway

several symbolic connotations in this name, primarily the contrast to the happy little dance called the Jig and the fact that she ...

Ivan Ilyich and Socrates

from the fact that I realized that I knew nothing. A man of my era named Chaerephon once asked the Oracle at Delphi is there w...

Sam in Fugard's Master Harold...and the Boys

son, Hally, who is young and in desperate need of both attention and guidance. In this regard, Sam plays the role of a surrogate ...

Edgar Allan Poe versus Arthur Conan Doyle

In six pages this paper compares Poe's 'The Purloined Letter' and 'The Murders in the Rue Morgue' with Doyle's 'The Adventure of t...

Creative Writing Exercise on Personal Character Trait

Jason never listened. He raced after a floating leaf and lost his balance. Ron chased Jasons seemingly lifeless body as it float...

Summer Vacation Exercise in Creative Playwrighting

In six pages this original play that is based upon a genuine news story discusses a sexually compromising situation involving a ma...

The Importance of Memory in Beloved by Toni Morrison

While they were feeling the freedom of loving themselves, they were growing in their own appreciation of each other and placing a ...

Character, Setting, and Culture in 'A Pair of Tickets' by Amy Tan

In five pages this story featured in The Joy Luck Club is analyzed in terms of the connection that exists between characters and c...

Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson

In five pages this essay analyzes the language, themes, story, and characters found within Marilynne Robinson's novel Housekeeping...

Film Portrayal of Schizophrenia

show the director she can be seductive. When he kisses her, she bites him. His anticipation for further sexual intimacy is never r...

An Analysis of The Merchant's Tale in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales

This essay presents in in depth analysis of The Merchant's Tale. The author presents a synopsis of the story, the theme of sarcas...

Marriage in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales -Merchant and Wife of Bath

A paper comparing and contrasting the views of marriage by two of Chaucer's characters in The Canterbury Tales, the Merchant and t...

Character and Symbolism in 'Araby' by James Joyce

In seven pages this paper examines the character and symbolism featured in this story by James Joyce. Seven sources are cited in ...

Change in Character at the Conclusion of Candide by Voltaire

In five pages this paper discusses how the 'happy' novel conclusion was the result of story and character changes. There are 2 so...

Comparative Analysis of The Destructors by Graham Greene and Paul's Case by Willa Cather

In six pages these stories are compared and contrasted with regard to the portrayal of character rebellion in each. There are no ...

Comparative Analysis of Ernest Hemingway's 'Soldier's Home' and Herman Melville's 'Bartleby the Scrivener'

In five pages Hemingway's Harold Krebs is compared with Melville's story narrator in an argument that asserts that confrontation f...

The Master Builder by Henrik Ibsen

In five pages this paper is analyzed in terms of characters and the female characters' role, symbolic elements, and themes such as...

Characters of Blanche Du Bois and Stanley Kowalski in A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams

see a subtle hint that Stanley, while something of a macho male, is one who is not ignorant about the ways of people. He sees thei...

Sad Stories of Love: Tristan and His Parents

one last time. As this indicates, the love of Tristans parents is similar in intensity to that of Tristan and Isolde. As with the ...

Guilt and Grief in The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold

how to save her legs and he and Buckley become almost inseparable. However, in the background, Jack makes it clear that he still c...

Epic of Gilgamesh and the Character Enkidu

wild state Enkidu represents the noble savage, the noble animal that is pure of spirit and strong. He was to balance out the negat...

An Analysis of The Lovely Bones

is the protagonist in the story for it is her story we are essentially watching, although we are watching it often through the liv...

Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev's Fathers and Sons

this novel within an American historical time frame it would have been published while some were embroiled in the Civil War, and o...

Queer Reading Analysis of John Logan's Never the Sinner

A queer reading of this text by John Logan focuses on character presentation and motivations in seven pages....

Character Analysis of Philip in Where Angels Fear to Tread by E.M. Forster

to others had amused him, but it was disheartening when used against himself" (Forster, chapter 5). We are constantly remi...