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The Use of Conflict, Plot and Order of the Story in The Boucherie, a Short Story by Stephanie Soileau (1417 words, 5 pages)

The Boucherie is a short story by Stephanie Soileau that was published in the StoryQuarterly. Stephanie Soileau is a lecturer at Stanford University and she has written numerous short stories, she is also a Truman Capote Fellow in the Wallace Stegner Fellowship Program. She is currently working on a novel ... Read More

The Exploration of Shakespeare’s Presentation of Women in the Plot and Interaction with Male and Female Characters in Othello (1240 words, 3 pages)

Explore the presentation of women in Shakespeares Othello.In Othello, Shakespeare aims to explore the presentation of women through their significance in the plot and their interaction with male and female characters. The power play between male character and their female counterparts such as Othello and Desdemona or Iago and Emilia, ... Read More

The Different Plots and Twists in The Odyssey, a Poem by Homer (1314 words, 4 pages)

The Man of Twists and TurnsThroughout The Odyssey, Odysseus is on his journey for a duration of 20 years, logically leading readers to expect that the main character undergoes some sort of major transition. Although Odysseus endures many trials and tribulations, evidence of actual character development can be difficult to ... Read More

The Adrenaline-Pumping Plot in Need for Speed, a Film by Scott Waugh (1088 words, 4 pages)

Many movies like to concentrate on a certain audience, Need for Speed is a film that connects all audiences. This flick is about a racer, Toby Marshall, seeking revenge through a cross country trip to an illegal race where he meets with his biggest enemy, Dino Brewster. This movie has ... Read More

The Plot, Theme, Symbols, and Foreshadowing in Star Wars Episode 7: The Force Awakens (2009 words, 5 pages)

Star Wars Episode 7 The Force Awakens is the first chapter of the sequel trilogy that takes place in the Star Wars Galaxy 30 years after the falls of Emperor Palpatine and his Empire. The movie begins in the desert world of Jakku shrouded by darkness, the planet that fills ... Read More

Comparing the Similarities and Differences in the Plots, Settings, and Endings Between the Movies The Fault in Our Stars and A Walk to Remember (1299 words, 5 pages)

A Walk in Our StarsIs the movie of The Fault in Our Stars a copy of the film of A Walk to Remember? Many people argue that A Walk to Remember and The Fault in Our Stars are basically the same story, while others argue that they are not. Both ... Read More

The Characterization of Delia and Sykes and Sykes’ Ironic Death as Plot Drivers in “Sweat” by Zora Neale Hurston (666 words, 3 pages)

Sweat EssayIn Sweat, Zora Neale Hurston uses characterization of Delia and Sykes, the symbolism of the house, and Sykes ironic death to tell the story of Delia and Sykes and advance the plot.In the story, Delia is immediately characterized as a hard-working woman by showing her doing laundry though, Any ... Read More

A Plot Summary of the Novel Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (472 words, 2 pages)

Interim Purple Hibiscus Summary The novel Purple Hibiscus begins with the quote, "things began tofall apart at home when my brother, Jaja, did not go to communion and Papaflung his heavy missal across the room and broke the figurines on thetagre". This foreshadows what is going to happen as the ... Read More

A Personal Analysis of the Small Cast and Family-oriented Plot of the Play A Name for a Ghost to Mutter (761 words, 3 pages)

Play-Visit Analysis Extra Credit A Name for A Ghost to MutterA Name for a Ghost to Mutter is a play written by Cyndi Williams and directed by Judson Jones. I attended this play at the Urban Center, a quaint yet homey Midtown theatre, perfect for a play such as this. ... Read More

The Purpose and Goal of Changing the Plot in the Movies (546 words, 2 pages)

The differences between the 1939 James Thurber story The Secret Life of Walter Mitty and the 2013 Ben Stiller movie of the same name are so stark that it is almost insulting to the original work to call this film an adaptation. The original story, first published in The New ... Read More

A Plot Summary and Analysis of the Motion Picture Film American Sniper (1382 words, 6 pages)

American Sniper The motion-picture film, American Sniper was released in 2014, starring Bradley Cooper as Chris Kyle, a US Navy SEAL Sniper. Plot SummaryThe film first starts when Chris Kyle perching on the roof of a tall building in Iraq. Kyle was guarding a U.S Military Convoy, and through his ... Read More

Plot Summary and the Characterization in the Play Medea by Euripides (1687 words, 4 pages)

Medea Study Guide PLOT 1. Once Medea starts speaking, the action begins. Before she starts speaking, the Nurse explains how Medea left her home, family, and friends behind to pursue Jason and how hes left her to marry into the royal family. It is basically the Nurse and the Tutor ... Read More

A Summary of the Plot of Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass (1241 words, 4 pages)

Summary of the Plot of Lewis Carrolls Alices Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-GlassThe story of Alices Adventures in Wonderland, and its following narrative, Through the Looking-Glass, begins with a young girl, around the age of seven years old, named Alice Liddell. On a warm, summer day, Alice is ... Read More

Comparing the Differences in the Plot and Characters Between the Movie The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug and the Novel The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien (1101 words, 4 pages)

The Hobbit The Desolation of SmaugThe movie The Hobbit The Desolation of Smaug is based off of the middle section of the novel The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien. However, there are quite a few differences between the movie and the book. The director, Peter Jackson, made many changes and also ... Read More

The stage is a magic circle where only the most real things happen, a neutral territory outside the jurisdiction of Fate where stars may be crossed with impunity. A truer and more real place does not exist in all the universe. P.S. Baber John Patrick Stanley and David Mamet are ... Read More

The Art Movements Pictorialism and Straight in the Works of Such Photographers as Szarkowski, Cappa and Plotnikova (780 words, 5 pages)

Critical Issues in Modern and Contemporary Art Midterm Essay 1Photography finds itself in the duality between expression and capture. A camera can capture raw reality or an impossible fantasy, the history-making moment or an emotional communication. Photographs can be documentation but also art, something unique to the media, but this ... Read More

Time Travel as a Plot Device in Kindred, a Novel by Octavia Butler (1083 words, 4 pages)

Time Travel as a Literary Device in KindredTime travel is a plot device almost as old as science fiction itself. It seems that as soon as we have permission to create whatever technology we want we are using it to explore and change the past and future. From Star Treks ... Read More

The Correlation Between Perspective and Plot Details in Sonny’s Blues, a Short Story by James Baldwin (1002 words, 3 pages)

The relationship between Point of View and plotcharacters in Sonnys BluesAuthors often use point of view in their writing to emphasizes, show, or give extra meaning to a carefully crafted work. Not all authors use point of view in the same manner or to emphasize the same aspects or plot ... Read More

An Analysis of the Amazing Visuals and Weak Plots of the Movie Mad Max: Fury Road (2281 words, 6 pages)

Mad Max Fury Road is an action film directed by George Miller, and is the fourth movie of the Mad Max franchise. Although this movie is named after Max, a mad man who was captured by Immortan Joe, it is more about a woman character named Imperator Furiosa. Furiosa is ... Read More

An Analysis of William Shakespeare’s Play Much Ado About Nothing and Its Characters and Plot (1414 words, 4 pages)

Much Ado About NothingFor a play to be considered a Romantic Comedy it must fit several criteria. The first is having a rather simple plot with complex characters. Much Ado About Nothing is a story of friends visiting other friends, love at first sight, a trickster trying to ruin that ... Read More

The Purpose Behind the Play Macbeth by William Shakespeare in Relation to the Gun Powder Plot (1047 words, 4 pages)

Although most students do not question the purpose behind Macbeth or even what this play might mean, I have reason to believe that not only was Shakespeare reflecting on an event, but he was also replaying this event the way he would have had it. I also believe that because ... Read More

My View on Art and Pollock’s Painting and a Discussion on How Plotnius, Kant, Heidegger Would Access It (1233 words, 2 pages)

Painting A When walking into an art museum one may ask the question, What is art? There is not just one answer to this question. Everyone has a different meaning of what art is to them. The same thing can be said in regards to beauty. There are several things ... Read More

Comparing the Similarities and Differences in the Plot, Characters, Setting, and Theme in the Movie She’s the Man and William Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night (1353 words, 4 pages)

The contemporary movie Shes the Man is a loose adaption of the Shakespearean Play Twelfth Night. The adaptation of the play into the movie, Shes the Man, only makes the movie more relevant to modern thought and ideas. The movie and the play seem very different at a glance but ... Read More

An Analysis of the Plot, Characterization, and Themes Addressing the Vietnam Era in Across the Universe, a Musical Romantic Drama Film by Julie Taymor (1416 words, 4 pages)

Across the Universe EssayAcross the Universe is an American musical romantic drama film directed by Julie Taymor. When it comes to films, it is often hard to represent a certain Era or time period in a thorough way while trying to tell a story. The movie Across the Universe does ... Read More

A Reflective Essay on the Plot in The Series of Unfortunate Events, the Hostile Hospital (361 words, 1 pages)

Reflective EssayIn The Series of Unfortunate events, The Hostile Hospital, the characters contribute to the plot in an excellent way. If you have read the other stories before you would know that Violet, Klaus and Sunny travel to different places to find out the meanings of the this secrets that ... Read More

A Report and Analysis on the Plot Driven Stories of Portable Literature (638 words, 2 pages)

Stories are often categorized as plot driven or character driven, and many literature textbooks (like Portable Literature) place stories into Plot or Character sections as a method of studying these specific characteristics of fiction. Obviously, though, both characteristics are necessary (along with many others) for a story to exist it ... Read More

The Impact of Social Roles and Social Status on the Characters and Plot of William Shakespeare’s Play King Lear (1253 words, 3 pages)

In the tragic and multi-themed play King Lear by William Shakespeare, the extensive use of social roles and social status, two distinct concepts, tremendously impact the characters and the plot of the play. Specifically, Regan exemplifies the abandonment of social roles, and Edmund represents the stigma of social status. The ... Read More

An Analysis of the Strong Plot in Lunch Lady and the Cyborg Substitute, a Novel by Jarrett J. Krosoczka (1587 words, 5 pages)

The graphic novel Lunch Lady and the Cyborg Substitute has a very detailed plot. Throughout the novel, the plot develops until the Lunch Lady defeats the Cyborg Substitute with the help of a few students. In the beginning of the novel, it becomes clear that there is something strange about ... Read More

The Significance of the Character of Hamlet in the Plot and Themes of the Play Hamlet by William Shakespeare (474 words, 2 pages)

Discuss the extent to which Shakespeares Hamlet is about Hamlet.Shakespeares Hamlet depicts theme such as fate, deceit and procrastination through many characters such as Claudius, Hamlet and Ophelia. However, it is Hamlet who really gives significance to the plot and to the major themes which will be discussed in this ... Read More

A Plot Summary and Analysis of Hard Times by Charles Dickens (1441 words, 5 pages)

The monster of Fact and that of FancyOnce upon a time there was a little girl who lived with her poor father in a village. Her name was Cecilia but her father called her Sissy. He loved his little girl so very much and always did his best to provide ... Read More

Published: Friday 25th of January 2013