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An Examination of the Main Characters in the Novel, Shadow of the Dark Queen by Raymond E. Feist (911 words, 2 pages)

"Shadow Of The Dark Queen" by Raymond E Feist, which is part of the "Serpent War" series, is the book I'm doing my book report on. The cover of this book shows a man in steel armour wearing a helmet with horns, sitting astride a brown horse, over looking a ... Read More

A Character Analysis: Oedipus in Shakespeare’s Oedipus the King (1171 words, 2 pages)

Oedipus is a self-confident, intelligent, strong willed man and a great king. Ironically these are the very traits that bring about his tragic discovery. There are many themes in the play that add to his character, which ultimately instigates his own undoing. Going through the play the audience recognises the ... Read More

The Undoing of Macbeth’s Character in William Shakespeare’s Play (609 words, 1 pages)

Macbeth Test 1.) Samuel Johnson wrote, "... though the courage of Macbeth preserves some esteem, yet every reader rejoices at his fall." Do you agree? Support you answer with specific actions in the play. Whether Macbeth's death is mourned or rejoiced depends completely on the reader and his or her ... Read More

An Analysis of the Complexity of the Main Characters in A Streetcar Named Desire, a Play by Tennessee Williams (879 words, 1 pages)

It is the complexity of the main characters and their interactions that make A Streetcar Named Desire a successful and memorable play. The columnist writes of Tennessee Williams, He took the shiny, perfect surface of American life and turned it inside out to show the psychosis underneath. The play is ... Read More

An Analysis of the Character Emily in I Stand Here Ironing by Tillie Olsen (404 words, 1 pages)

I Stand Here Ironing "I stand here ironing and what you have asked me moves tormented back and forth with the iron" (McQuade 73). "She was a beautiful baby. You did not know all those years she was thought homely, or see her poring over her baby pictures, making me ... Read More

Complexity of Characters in Dickens’ Great Expectations, Lee’s To Kill a Mocking Bird and Shakespeare’s Rome and Juliet (588 words, 1 pages)

"Great Expectations", "To Kill a Mocking Bird", and "Romeo and Juliet" are very complex and sophisticated pieces of literature. Each piece of literature has a key character in it. In "Great Expectations" there is Pip, a common boy who gets the chance to become a proper man. In "To Kill ... Read More

The Importance of the Characters of Ike and Bobby in the Novel, Plainsong by Kent Haruf (711 words, 1 pages)

In Kent Haruf's Plainsong, Ike and Bobby are important characters through the story. They are first introduced as being neglected and abandoned by their mother. You soon see how independent they are, as they have a job, and go to school and basically live life without parental help. They face ... Read More

An Analysis of Jaime Escalante’s Character in Stand and Deliver by Ramón Menéndez (474 words, 1 pages)

In the movie "Stand and Deliver", double entendre ran rampant. During an Algebra lesson one day at the beginning of the school year, Mr. Escalante told Angel, a gang member, to 'fill the hole'. Not only was he referring to the hole as an illustration, but also to the hole ... Read More

A Character Analysis: Guy Montag in Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 (419 words, 1 pages)

Life may be confusing to you when your job is to commit arson to any house that has a book in it. At least that's the way it was for Guy Montag. Guy Montag was a fireman and in the future, a firefighters job wasn't to stop fires, but it ... Read More

An Analysis of the Main Characters in Animal Farm by George Orwell (780 words, 3 pages)

Animal Farm Essay The name of the book is Animal Farm, which is written by George Orwell. This book is about a farm with animals who dislike the treatment, and overtake the farm and overthrow the humans of the farm. As the revolution took place, two leaders came about. Their ... Read More

An Analysis of the Book Accounts Settled and the Character Gordon (418 words, 1 pages)

Accounts Settled In the book, Accounts Settled, there is only one major character named Gordon. Gordon is seventeen, six feet tall, and has the beginning of a beard. The main setting is in a forest-filled valley that is a mile from Gordon's home. The story does not give a specific ... Read More

An Analysis of the Characters in A Streetcar Named Desire (883 words, 1 pages)

In A Streetcar Named Desire, several of the characters use illusion to make themselves more sociably acceptable. This is true especially for Blanche Du Bois. She will lie, or "elude" any chance she gets if it will make her look good. Stella uses the "illusion" of a happy marriage to ... Read More

An Analysis of Women Characters in Shakespeare’s Plays (672 words, 1 pages)

Elizabethan society was a patriarchal society in which men took action and responsibility, and women were powerless. How does the position of women in Elizabethan society affect their portrayal in Hamlet? How do you as a member of a 21st century audience, respond to the portrayal of Gertrude and Ophelia? ... Read More

A Character Analysis of the Characters from William Shakespeare’s Play Othello (1636 words, 2 pages)

Women are usually but not always the only victims of the social organisation created by men. In Shakespeare's famous tragic drama, "Othello", numerous characters, both male and female, are represented negatively and through their suffering the audience feels sympathy towards them. Desdemona's rebellion against her family in eloping with Othello, ... Read More

An Analysis of the Character of Torvald in A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen (919 words, 1 pages)

Torvald fascinates beauty and appearances to bring his own character up or to give himself a higher status. Furthermore, his attitudes do not change throughout the story line. Torvald is a follower of the society and he just can't understand the other side of life. Doing into more depth Torvald ... Read More

An Analysis of the Character of Randall P. McMurphy in the Film, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1976 words, 3 pages)

The character of Randall P. McMurphy in Ken Kesey's acclaimed film, 'One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest', displays characteristics that are commonly associated with being both a psychopath and a saviour. The film is set in an American mental institution in the early 1960's, which means that the attitudes of ... Read More

An Analysis of the Morality of the Character of Jay Gatsby (798 words, 2 pages)

This question about Gatsby is hard to answer, and it is wondered whether he is a moral person or not. They are many reasons for both sides of the story. To support that he was an immoral man it is said that he made his living in a unlawful manner, ... Read More

Dialogues Between Characters in Susan Glaspells Trifles (815 words, 2 pages)

Short Answer 1- In Susan Glaspells Trifles, the dialog between characters creates the deep meaning of the story. The attitudes of the men is much different than that of the women, thus adding to one of the major themes. The speech of the women when they are alone conveys a ... Read More

A Character Analysis of the Novel “To Kill a Mockingbird” (436 words, 1 pages)

Superlatives no longer mean much to this venerable classic, and it was one of the best novels I think was ever written. So I'm more interested in describing what makes the book work. Humour is one crucial factor. By never succumbing to the pretentious grandiosity that has plagued many a ... Read More

An Examination of the Character of Atticus Finch in the Novel, To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (481 words, 1 pages)

Atticus Finch is a widower or 50 and the father or two children. His character can best be summed up as a man whose character is nearly the complete opposite of the general population of the town and indeed, many white people who lived in the southern states of America. ... Read More

A Comparison of the Characters of Tom Buchanan and Jay Gatsby in the Book, The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (825 words, 1 pages)

Tom Buchanan and Jay Gatsby have many similarities and many differences between them. They both are depicted in many different ways in the book "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tom and Gatsby are two people of different stature and are viewed in various ways by multiple people. Even ... Read More

A Comparison of the Main Characters in All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Remarque and the Wars by Timothy Findley (1765 words, 2 pages)

By Muhammed Khan Erich Remarque's All Quiet on the Western Front and Timothy Findley's The Wars are considered by many to be two of the best novels ever written on The Great War. The novels revolve around Paul Baumer, a 19-year-old German, and Robert Ross, a 19-year-old Canadian, going off ... Read More

An Analysis of the Character of the Duke in the Play, Measure for Measure by William Shakespeare (1511 words, 3 pages)

The character of the Duke is portrayed by Shakespeare as a very complex, hypocritical and contradictory character. To many critics, he is conveyed as a Machiavellian Prince, using others for his own political ends, and to some critics, a God-like figure, testing the pathology of power in Vienna. Despite these ... Read More

Lady Macbeth, the Frightening Female Character in the Play, Macbeth by William Shakespeare (873 words, 1 pages)

In the play "Macbeth" written by William Shakespeare, Lady Macbeth is one of Shakespeare's most famous and frightening female characters. At the beginning of the play, Lady Macbeth is introduced as a dominant, controlling, cold-blooded wife with an obsessive ambition to achieve kingship for her husband. Her personality begins to ... Read More

An Analysis of the Relationship of Characters in Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky (1170 words, 2 pages)

To be human is to be full of contradictions. In the novel Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky, the relationship between a young man that commits a murder and his friends and family is explored. The characters that Dostoevsky creates are filled with beautiful contradictions that make them all the ... Read More

Psychological Disharmony in Shakespeare’s Characters: Antonio from the Marchant of Venice and Hamlet (1145 words, 2 pages)

Both plays introduce the main characters Antonio and Hamlet as melancholic, a psychological disharmony seen throughout both plays. Antonio precise melancholy is never established, but it can be taken as a premonition of the suffering he endures in the course of the play. He lacks interest in romance and although ... Read More

Indecisiveness in the Characters in the Novel, Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton (1867 words, 3 pages)

Indecisiveness In the novel, Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton, we are introduced to characters whom are indecisive. The dilemmas these people face cause them to make rash, and even painful decisions. People in general want to be happy, yet they have a hard time, just like the characters, in making ... Read More

The Theme of Death in the Characters of Mercutio, Romeo and Juliet (313 words, 1 pages)

The theme of death is portrayed many times by the characters Mercutio, Romeo, and Juliet. The first instance of this theme was in act 3 when Mercutio challenged Tybalt to a sword fight. 'Ask for me tomorrow, and you shall find a grave man.'(3.1.104) Also as Mercutio is dying he ... Read More

An Analysis of Female Characters in the Odyssey by Homer (1212 words, 2 pages)

In the Odessey, Homer has focused on the masculine characters as the most prominent. This is to be expected when one looks at the time period in which he lived, but there are some notable exceptions of some outstanding female characters. This does not mean that women were the focus ... Read More

A Recollection of My Recent Encounter with Suspicious Characters (1042 words, 2 pages)

The most valuable gift It only takes a few seconds to realize how under-appreciated the gift of life really is. I can still remember the exact moment in which I began to understand that life is the most valuable gift that I have ever been given. Never again since that ... Read More

Published: Friday 25th of January 2013