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A Comparison of Willy Loman and Jay Gatsby in the Events of their Lives. (1287 words, 2 pages)

Willy Loman in Death of a Salesman and Jay Gatsby in The Great Gatsby dedicate their lives to searching for different versions of the American Dream, but because they have distorted views of themselves and the world they live in, neither is able to reach his goals. Gatsby's only motivation ... Read More

Analysis of the Character of Tess in Tess of the d’Urbevilles, Novel by Thomas Hardy (704 words, 1 pages)

Tess of the dUrbervilles is solely about Tess - her personality, trials, growth, and development. While many novels concern the interaction of characters, this novel concentrates almost single mindedly on the life of its heroine Tess. The other characters are important only to the extent that they affect Tess' fate. ... Read More

An Analysis of Sunset Boulevard by Willy Wilder (968 words, 2 pages)

Film noir means "Black Cinema," it was a French label given to a Hollywood genre that developed in the 1940s and ended around 1958. The word black to describe this genre lets many darker things be explored in these movies. The 1950 film Sunset Blvd. by Billy Wilder fits the ... Read More

An Analysis of Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy (1182 words, 2 pages)

Sue, Jude and the Society that Killed Them In Jude the Obscure, Thomas Hardy presents two characters whose dreams and ambitions ultimately end in ignominy and failure. The society around them, and their inability to merge into it, causes this downfall. More specifically, Jude is unable to fulfill his dreams ... Read More

An Analysis of the Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy (1340 words, 2 pages)

Mayor of Casterbridge One of the most striking aspects of the novel, The Mayor of Casterbridge, for example, is the role of festival and the characters' perceptions of, and reactions to, the festive. The novel opens with Henchard, his wife and baby daughter arriving at Weydon-Priors fair. It is a ... Read More

Defying Rules and Customs of the Repressive Victorian Society in Thomas Hardy’s Jude the Obscure (465 words, 1 pages)

Hardys Use of Jude and Sue in Jude the Obscure In Jude the Obscure, Thomas Hardy presents the characters Jude Fawley and Sue Bridehead, who violate the conventions of the repressive Victorian society while attempting to follow their natural instincts. By studying the novel, one sees that Hardy's intentions in ... Read More

Cultural Issues in Willy Russell’s Play Educating Rita (1440 words, 6 pages)

Educating Rita deals with many cultural issues. Some of these are addressed in a serious manner, while others are presented humorously. By such cultural issues, the play is given an ambiguous tone, with a mood which is serious yet in many places comic. By examining examples of both comic and ... Read More

The Use of Subtexts in Die Hard, the Movie Starring Bruce Willis (993 words, 2 pages)

Die Hard, the original in the series, stars Bruce Willis as John McClaine, and Bonnie Bedelia as his wife, Holly McClaine. The movie is about a group of terrorists who take over the building where Holly works in L.A., so that they can rob the company of 600 million worth ... Read More

Willy, the Tragic Hero of Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman (1632 words, 2 pages)

Essay Death of A Salesman By Arthur Miller We can't all become what we want to be and further more, others can't become what we want them to be. In the play Death of A Salesman by Arthur Miller, Willy wants to become a very successful, big, respected salesman. But ... Read More

Hiding the Truth: A Paper on Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman Character Willy Loman (668 words, 1 pages)

Hiding the Truth Many people like to live in an illusionary world, which they know is not true. One example is when a lazy, obese man looks in the mirror and he sees a different, well-built man. This illusion is apparent to him, but uses it as a cover up ... Read More

Epiphanies of Willy Loman and Nora Helmer in Death of a Salesman and A Doll’s House (1528 words, 2 pages)

Willy and Nora Tragic Heroes or Home-wreckers? No one has a perfect life. Despite what Aaron Spelling and his friends in the media might project to society today, no ones life is perfect. Everyone has conflicts that they must face sooner or later. The ways in which people deal with ... Read More

Wuthering Heights is an extremely well-written and complexly structured novel. It is the only novel written by the Victorian writer, Emily Bronte besides her poems. It is also, considered highly original and deeply tragic. This novel is about the relation between Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff, the orphan boy brought to ... Read More

A Review of Thomas Hardy’s “The Man He Killed” (1990 words, 3 pages)

In The Man He Killed, Thomas Hardy uses the possibility that two men could be friends or have some sort of relationship to show how war makes no sense. One of the men shoots the other all because they had enlisted on different sides in a war. That man realizes ... Read More

A Biography of Thomas Hardy (716 words, 2 pages)

Tess Durbeyfield, is a timeless heroine portrayed with qualities which Thomas Hardy felt to be most perfect, admirable, and ultimately tragic in womankind (Hardy 80-85). In Hardys Tess of the DUrbervilles, Tess, the most memorable of all his characters, is described throughout the novel with essential purity(80). In writing this ... Read More

Old Age is Natural to William Shakespeare, Agonizing to Thomas Hardy, and Depressive to Robert Frost (1114 words, 4 pages)

When self reflecting what old age means, the assumption came to mind ofsomething that physically happens over time, to prepare for the end oflife. After reading Sonnet 73 by William Shakespeare, I look into myglass by Thomas Hardy and To Earthward by Robert Frost, I found that myassumptions were omitting ... Read More

About a Girl: Lana Hardy (387 words, 2 pages)

My name is Lana Hardy, and Im turning 15 this year. My birthday is on October the 26th and Im very excited. Im from a very lovely city in Syria. I had to move to Dubai after what happened in my country. This is my second year living in Dubai ... Read More

An Analysis of The Return of the Native Analysis by Thomas Hardy (3320 words, 10 pages)

In the 1800s men had more power over women, who didn't typically standup to their husbands. In the novel The Return of the Native by ThomasHardy, Eustacia had more power over men because of her wealth andbeauty, and other women were threatened by her because of her socialstatus and her ... Read More

Comparing Hardy and Hopkins (1041 words, 4 pages)

Thomas Hardy and Gerard Hopkins are two Victorian poets with a strong love for nature, but two very strong opposing views on the Christian religion. This is evident in their works, sometimes its subtle, and at other times it is direct. Each relate to human emotion, hardships and pains but ... Read More

Willy Lowman’s Loss of Self (998 words, 4 pages)

Just be yourself. It is a phrase that is often said to those who long for acceptance. It is clear that Willy Loman, the main character in the Pulitzer Prize-winning play Death of a Saleseman, by Arthur Miller, struggles with that concept. Willy Loman is a troubled man who is ... Read More

Character Analysis of Willy Loman in Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller (862 words, 3 pages)

Success is the attainment of wealth, position, honors, or the like.Throughout Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller, Willy chases concreteevidence of his worth and success. He is absorbed by the very physical,material results of Ben's diamond mining hard work and strives tocertify his own life by declaring concrete success. ... Read More

Character Analysis of Willy Loman in Death of a Salesman (865 words, 3 pages)

Published: Friday 25th of January 2013