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two people who hold true to the notion that determination and hard work can get you ahead in the world of the American ideal. Gats...

As such he makes a very good narrator. He also cares about people, which also makes him a reliable narrator. This is good because ...

less than legal involvement. But, for the most part that did not matter, for the premise of the book, in relationship to acceptabl...

example, how he constantly throws huge parties that are very elaborate and clearly of wealth. Yet he never really attends them. He...

move comfortably in the social circle of people like the Buchanans. Fitzgerald shows us all the trappings of wealth: the gorgeous...

the four most important symbols are the characters names, especially the women; the green light on Daisys dock, the so-called "val...

America in the 1920s" (Gibb 96). Gatsby is, in many ways, the epitome of new growth and renewal and thus of a metaphorical landsca...

shirts and strolls her through his kitchen. There, we see Daisys hand trailing along a large work table...the elegant chandeliers ...

basis for Nicks disillusionment with the decadence of east coast American society (Fitzgerald 3). Gatsbys pursuit of the American ...

he comes back to try and win Jonquil again, and by then he is a success; in addition, he has made his fortune in civil engineering...

her well-loved eyes" (Fitzgerald 111). As this suggests, Gatsbys many possessions and signs of extreme wealth are not important ...

about the characters thoughts and motivations. So we are going to read the story and see what happened through Nicks eyes, which m...

for traditional values and is attracted to the fast-life epitomized by Jay. Nick comes to understand that Gatsby, rather than the...

she is essentially immersed in her role. But, as the story develops we begin to wonder if all of these characteristics of being ch...

the complete ignorance that the male of Torvalds type had toward women during this time in history. They are seen as incapable of ...

of society with fewer rights than a woman was a child. Torvald would welcome his wife home from a shopping trip with condescendin...

She relies on him for everything, from movements to thoughts, much like a puppet who is dependent on its puppet master for all of ...

serves to foil Nora in Acts I and II by tearing down Noras optimistic attitude with her own weighty pessimism. Mrs. Linde has not...

she develops the illusion of her identity slowly vanishes. She is slowly seen as an intelligent woman who desires more from life t...

"Two years later the masterpiece Brand was produced and shortly after, he left Norway, spending the better part of his life in Ita...

normal and average. Nora is a woman who is seen as nothing more than a simple creature. Her husband often refers to her in cond...

and changes his mind. He will not sacrifice his only daughter because of Menelaus unfaithful wife. (The impetus behind the Trojan ...

beginning of the story she is simply a doll, a pretty thing that plays her role as the good wife and mother. As one author notes, ...

as "little skylark twittering." Her husband calls her "little featherbrain," "little scatterbrain," "squirrel sulking", and "song ...

particularly like the characters of Christine and Krogstad, especially since Krogstad is essentially blackmailing Nora, we see tha...

coincidence and picturesque contrast" (A Dolls House) punctuated by his use of language plays a significant role in identifying No...

This paper analyzes characterization and the theme of abandoned ethics seen in Fitzgerald's classic novel, The Great Gatsby. The a...

same as if it were a dolls house, it is built on illusion and fantasy. Within the dolls house Nora become the doll, possibly livin...

hand, is a model of blunt decorum and steadiness, a man ruled by his class and conventions rather than feeling: basically, a guy ...

few minutes I was going to enter into their lives, and no one would ever know or disapprove" (Fitzgerald 61). He soon finds that...