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A Literary Analysis of the Main Character Celie in the Color Purple (1967 words, 4 pages)

By Alice Walker1. The main character in The Color Purple is a young black Georgia girl named Celie. She is uneducated and uses a non-standard dialect when writing and speaking. She was born into a poor family. Her mother was ill much of the time, and there were too many ... Read More

The Intriguing Agendas of the Characters in The Crucible, a Play by Arthur Miller (1443 words, 5 pages)

The Crucible, a play by Arthur Miller that was first produced in 1953, is based on the true story of the Salem Witch Trials of 1692. Miller wrote the play to parallel the situations in the mid-twentieth century. Some characters in the play have specific agendas carried out by their ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of the Characters in the Crucible by Arthur Miller (504 words, 1 pages)

Of the characters in Arthur Miller's "The Crucible," Mary Warren, a minor character, is actually one of the most important, dynamic characters. She goes from being a lonely, shy, frightened teenager to being a brave witness with a backbone, in court. But her change is short-lived, however, and she retreats ... Read More

A Character Analysis on Nick’s Father in Indian Camp by Earnest Hemmingway (757 words, 1 pages)

Indian CampAnalysis of Nicks FatherIn Earnest Hemmingways story Indian Camp, from his first book In Our Time, there is a character named Henry refereed to in this story as Nicks father. Nicks father is a doctor. A closer look at Nicks father reveals that he is quite a paradoxical figure. ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of the Main Character in the Epic of Gilgamesh (734 words, 3 pages)

The Epic of Gilgamesh The main character in the book The Epic of Gilgamesh is Gilgamesh himself. In the beginning of the book one realizes that Gilgamesh is an arrogant person. Gilgamesh is full of himself and abuses his rights as king. He has sexual intercourse with the virgins of ... Read More

An Analysis of the Character of Alice, the Wife of Bath in The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer (459 words, 1 pages)

Many characters in The Canterbury Tales are only described in the smallest detail. Only a handful are given a physical description and even fewer are actually given names to go by. A character that has a most descriptive detail and also one, whom has a name, is Alice, the Wife ... Read More

Symbols That Are Used to Describe the Characters in the Glass Managerie (1209 words, 2 pages)

The Glass ManagerieIn The Glass Managerie,by Tennesee Williams, symbols are used to describe the characters in the play. Laura, a very frail and insecure character from the play, lives in a world of illusions. Crippled with one leg shorter than the other from a childhood illness, she lives her life ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of the Characters in the Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerlad (1439 words, 3 pages)

The great GatsbyIn F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby" Tom Buchanan's attitude toward the other characters demonstrates his true personality. There are many things that make up his character which cause him to carry on in this manner.His attitude stems from the way he was brought up by his parents, ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of the Characters in the Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (1439 words, 3 pages)

THE GREAT GATSBYIn F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby" Tom Buchanan's attitude toward the other characters demonstrates his true personality. There are many things that make up his character which cause him to carry on in this manner.His attitude stems from the way he was brought up by his parents, ... Read More

The Significance of Marie’s Character in the Outsider by Albert Camus (1328 words, 2 pages)

The purpose of this essay is to bring to light the significance of Marie as a character in Albert Camus, The Outsider. Through analysis and criticism, this essay endeavors to reveal her importance as an aid to the better the readers understanding of the personality of Meursault, the protagonist of ... Read More

The Emotionally Strong Character of Chana in the Book, If I Should Die Before I Wake by Han Nolan (653 words, 3 pages)

In the book if i should die before I wake, the author, Han Nolan, portraysChana to be a very strong person emotionally. Chana's strength is shownthroughout the book from losing her family one by one, to the consequencesdealing with escaping Lodz. Chana lost her father first he was shot byNazis.(16-18) ... Read More

An Examination of the Character of Fagin the Jew in Charles Dickens’ Oliver Twist (2125 words, 4 pages)

Dickens and "The Jew"Was Charles Dickens being anti-Semitic when portraying the character Fagin as "the Jew", in his classic story Oliver Twist, or was he merely painting an accurate portrait of the 19th Century Jew in England? Some critics seem to believe so. Though there are no indications of neither ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of Female Characters in Sula by Toni Morrison (1504 words, 2 pages)

Many works of contemporary American fiction involve one individual's search for identity in a stifling and unsympathetic world. In "Sula," Toni Morrison gives us two such individuals. In Nel and Sula, Morrison creates two individual female characters that at first are separate, grows together, and then is separated once more. ... Read More

An Analysis of the Four Characters in The Matchmaker (786 words, 2 pages)

The Matchmaker has four main characters Mrs. Dolly Levi, Mr. Horace Vandergelder, Cornelius Hackl, and Mrs. Irene Molloy. Each character has his or her own personality, but one thing that each character has in common is that they want some type of adventure or change in their life. How they ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of the Character Emma in Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert (751 words, 1 pages)

Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert is a novel about a woman who is never satisfied. She is always searching for something new, and when she finds that, she quickly leaves it to search for yet one more thing. Throughout the novel there is a constant reference to windows. This motif ... Read More

The Character’s Beliefs About Life in Thw Beast in the Jungle (776 words, 1 pages)

The Beast in the Jungle is a vivid tale of two friends lives intertwined and lost through their own beliefs composed by Henry James. The story is through the perspective of the main character, John Marcher, who believes his life is destined towards an unknown disaster. Through curiosity that turned ... Read More

Views on Sin in an Array of His Characters in The Scarlet Letter (590 words, 1 pages)

Samantha SuderEssayAP Eng. 11Scarlet Letter EssayIn the novel The Scarlet Letter Hawthorne displays his view of sin in an assortment of his characters. Through Hester Prynne, he explains her sin of adultery and how she becomes stronger by it. Reverend Dimmesdale deals with his sin of adultery personally because he ... Read More

Mirrors That Gives Readers a Window to the Character’s Soul (1355 words, 5 pages)

The Scarlet Letter Reference to MirrorsNathaniel Hawthorne has a sufficient reason for repeatedly making reference to mirrorsthroughout his refined novel, The Scarlet Letter. The use of mirrors in the story serve a beneficialpurpose of giving the reader a window to the characters soul. The truth is always portrayed inthe authors ... Read More

A Descriptive Character Analysis of Jake Barnes in The Sun Also Rises (678 words, 1 pages)

The Sun Also RisesPeople often mentally distance themselves from their peers do to flaws and irregularities that they may suffer from. In The Sun Also Rises Jake Barnes constantly seems to be distanced and un willing to accept the people and environment that he lives in. The impotence that Jake ... Read More

Character Analysis on the Taming of the Shrew (362 words, 1 pages)

The Taming Of The ShrewCharacter Analyses Katherine She is called the shrew, even by her father. She is always put second in her fathers eyes, next to her sister. She alters dramatically from an ill mannered shrew to a obedient and happy wife when she discovers her husband cares enough ... Read More

The Importance of the Character of Hester Prynne in The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne (1257 words, 3 pages)

Hester PrynneNathaniel Hawthornes The Scarlet Letter, a dark tale of sin and redemption,centers around the small Puritan community of Boston during the 17th century. In the midst of this small community is Hester Prynne. She is a woman that has defied the Puritans, taken the consequences and in the end ... Read More

An Analysis of the Character of the Protagonist in The Yellow Wall Paper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1504 words, 7 pages)

The Yellow Wallpaper An Escape Into InsanityIn The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, the unnamedprotagonist is suffering from postpartum depression, which is caused by therapid changes in levels of hormones such as estrogen, progesterone andthyroid due to the birth of a child. This depression can be brought on bystress ... Read More

An Analysis of the Main Character in The Yellow Wall-Paper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman (656 words, 1 pages)

In The Yellow Wall-Paper, by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, the main character was described as a little insane woman. In the beginning of the story, although she was suffering from a continuous nervous breakdown, her mental condition was not so serious and deep. She had a good family, nice house, and ... Read More

An Analysis of the Main Characters in Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird (1164 words, 6 pages)

To Kill A MockingbirdThe book To Kill a Mockingbird was written by Harper Lee. It was published in 1960 then it went on to win the Pulitzer prize in 1961 and was later made into an Academy Award winning film. Harper Lee always considered her book to be a simple ... Read More

An Analysis of the Main Character and the Themes in Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness (1011 words, 5 pages)

Heart of Darkness In Joseph Conrad's book Heart of Darkness the Europeans are cut off from civilization, overtaken by greed, exploitation, and material interests from his own kind. Conrad develops themes of personal power, individual responsibility, and social justice. His book has all the trappings of the conventional adventure tale ... Read More

The Effects of the Journey on the Main Character in Heart of Darkness (1729 words, 3 pages)

In this paper I will show the effect the "Heart of Darkness" had on Kurtz in the stages prior to, the Kurtz in transition, and at the end of his journey.The Kurtz prior to his journey was a man with a noble heart. We learn about Kurtz prior to his ... Read More

Character Analysis of Allison in Geoffrey Chaucer’s the Wife of Bath (799 words, 3 pages)

Chaucers Wife Of Bath, Allison, is a very interesting character. She almost seemsto be an early feminist, but is not by her own words. She has her own authoritarian viewson marriage, Scripture, and husband domination. Alison is one of the only characters whoactually reveals herself openly, through her prologue. She ... Read More

An Analysis of the Transformation of the Main Character in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson (825 words, 2 pages)

Jud Van MatreEng 12 HonorsPeriod 2November 3, 2000"The Two-Faced Citizen"The focal point of this essay is to define the life of Dr. Henry Jekyll, and the transformation he went through in becoming Edward Hyde. Dr. Henry Jekyll is a physician in London. He is very well respected and is currently ... Read More

In this story Nick and the fish at the bottom of the river share many similarities. Of course the do not look alike but they seem to think the same in a way. They both have reasons to be where they are.The first one is I think they are both ... Read More

A Comparison of the Characters of The Canterbury Tales’ the Knight and Beowulf from the Epic Poem Browulf (579 words, 2 pages)

The Canterbury TalesCharacterKnightBeowulfQuest- fights religious wars- fights for god- fights for the good of others- kills evil things- fights in order to have bragging right- fights for the good of othersSocietys View- most admired person of all the tales- seen as a hero- seen as boastful and overconfident- seen as ... Read More

Published: Friday 25th of January 2013