Essays Tagged: "Jealousy"

Greek Mythology. The Ancient Gods.

heart. The Greeks believed in manlike deities as well, whom were capable of spite, favoritism, and jealousy. The only difference being their ability to perform supernatural powers and immortality.The ...

(4 pages) 155 0 4.1 Mar/1995

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies

Sons and Lovers - D.H. Lawrance

e in his own relationships. Paul's relationship with Miriam is plagued by his mother's disapproval, jealousy, and Miriam 's own spirituality.Paul's relationship with Miriam is one where the love is no ...

(3 pages) 99 0 5.0 Jan/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

David Copperfield is a novel of "Passionate jealousy, sniveling hypocrisy, cold hearted, sexual degradation, sexual exploitaion and much morefff

'David Copperfield' is a novel of "Passionate jealousysniveling hypocrisy cold hearted fraud, sexual degradation, selfishexploitation and much mor ... ke to give a few examples that show how the terms applied actually relate to the novel. 'Passionate jealousy,' this can be seen majorly in Uriah Heep who throughout the entire novel displays a strong ... eeable therefore he applies to most negative words used in the discussion title. One example of his jealousy was when he thought that David was trying to steal the love he dreamed of: Agnes. So Heep f ...

(5 pages) 78 1 4.5 Nov/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Charles Dickens

Jealousy in Julius Caesar

JealousyJealousy causes many of the characters in The Tragedy of Julius Caesar to commit dangerous a ... ny of the characters in The Tragedy of Julius Caesar to commit dangerous and foolish acts. Cassius' jealousy drives him to kill Caesar. All the conspirators, except the noble Brutus, kill Caesar becau ... eatened by his power. Brutus is the only conspirator who murders Caesar for more honorable reasons. Jealousy is a very important theme in this play.Cassius feels very threatened by Caesar's power. He ...

(2 pages) 57 1 4.3 Nov/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare

A Midsummer Nights Dream. The Resolution.

is the strange relationship between Oberon and Titania, the ruling fairies. Because of his untamed jealousy over Titania's new servant, Oberon orders Puck to sprinkle love juice in Titania's eye and, ...

(2 pages) 84 0 3.4 Feb/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare > A Midsummer Night's Dream

Sir John Falstaff's influence on Prince Hal in "I Henry IV"

arries a dignified presence in the mind's eye; and in him, we recognize our internal admiration and jealousy of the rebellious dual personality that we all secretly wish for. The multi-faceted Falstaf ...

(4 pages) 43 0 4.0 Aug/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare

My Perception of William Shakespeare's Othello

and Irene Jacob. Yet, with its intoxicating mix of love, sexual passionand the deadly power of jealousy, Shakespeare has created an erotic thriller based on a humanemotion that people are all ... something particular about his character which makes him make this quickchange? I believe that 'jealousy' is too simple of a term to describe Othello. I think that Othello'srapid change from lo ...

(10 pages) 308 2 4.4 Apr/1995

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare

Commentary of the play "Amadeus"

"The play 'Amadeus' is mainly concernedwith the destructive nature of jealousy"This passage is all too true, both in Peter Shaffer's 'Amadeus' and in life in general. How ... mself. Not only did God double-cross Salieri, but he did it using this "obscene child". It was this jealousy and the rage it inspired that caused Salieri to attempt to kill Mozart by starving him of w ...

(2 pages) 187 4 3.7 Jan/1997

Subjects: Art Essays > Drama

"My Oedipus Complex" by Frank O'Connor. Point of view essay. Includes other elements of a story such as theme.

Complex, Frank O'Connor writes of a young child who is forced to deal with issues of confusion and jealousy through a first person point of view. Through O'Connor's elements of facetiousness and tru ...

(1 pages) 11584 0 3.9 Mar/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

The Oedipus Complex

this stage boys seek genital stimulation and develop both unconscious desires for their mother and jealousy and hatred for their father, whom they consider a rival. It was said that boys felt guilt a ... oys between the ages of 3-6 have strong feelings of desire to their mothers and hostile feelings of jealousy to their fathers. These studies have found that the boys repress these memories because the ...

(8 pages) 217 1 4.6 Feb/1997

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sex & Sexuality

Three elements of destructive Relationships in "Wuthering Heights" by Emily Bronte

en leads to separation or hostility. Other situations may develop between two friendsthat stem from jealousy, desire for revenge, uncaring parents, etc. Emily Brontë'sWuthering Heights displays s ... ructive relationships. Three ofthese are uncaring parents, marriage without knowing the person, and jealousy.Uncaring or unsympathizing parents are shown throughout this story to be anelement of destr ...

(3 pages) 116 0 4.5 Jan/1997

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

The downfall of Madame Loisel in Maupassant's 'The Necklace'

Jealousy and envy are among the greatest of sins and have been the down fall of many. Maupassant's ' ... een the down fall of many. Maupassant's 'The Necklace' is the story of a woman who is overcome with jealousy and envy. Mathilde Loisel feels she has been cheated by life from all of the wonderful thin ...

(3 pages) 145 0 3.7 Nov/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Abigail's desires and actions. Main characetr in Arthur MIller's "The crucible"

he destruction of many people in the town ofSalem. This character is Abigail Williams. In the play, jealousy, and self-interest are the two characteristics that are seen constantly throughout theplay. ... time something major happens.After her affair and failure with voodoo, she was overcome by loveand jealousy, and she was willing to do anything to get John back to her ownself. Since she was overcome ...

(3 pages) 61 0 3.0 Nov/1996

Subjects: Art Essays > Drama

A review of "A Seperate Peace" by John Knowles

ame good friends, or so Finny thought. Gene, unfortunately, was bitten by the green-eyed monster of jealousy. Gene just couldn't come to grips with the idea that a person of Finny's stature would want ... nny all you had to do was play to win at a sport. Unfortunately, this all added up to a point where jealousy overcame Gene and caused him to injure Finny. Gene and Finny had started a Super Suicide So ...

(4 pages) 60 0 4.5 Jan/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

"Love" in "Narcissus and Goldmund" (a novel by Herman Hesse)

rstanding andrespect of the other person must be developed. There should be no instances of immaturejealousy or pointless wishes. Each person must revere the other for who they are, andexpect nothing ...

(5 pages) 34 0 4.6 Sep/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Stoker and Yeats. About Irish fiction, and how it relates to the philosophical and political atmosphere of Ireland around the turn of the century

in their works of fiction. These include Stoker's Dracula and Yeats' On Baile's Strand and The Only Jealousy of Emer, and these works show the authors' differences in ideas on how to deal with this th ... d kings and giants, but the waves have mastered him, the waves have mastered him!" (43).In The Only Jealousy of Emer, Yeats further expresses his idea that suppressing or avoiding the demonic is not a ...

(10 pages) 91 0 2.6 Nov/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

"Of mice and men" by Steinbeck, a novel which explores the burdens of responsibility as much as it awards.

o target Lennie as a'frustration' and subsequently attacks him with no real valid reason apart from jealousy and spite. The last option concerns Candy and Crooks to an extent. They live a fairly meani ...

(4 pages) 49 0 3.0 Jan/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors > John Steinbeck

Lobito

ir family, inmy family my dog Lobito is the clown. He has got to be the funniest dog alive. From hisjealousy fits, and his way of picking fights with the rest of the dogs to his no stop playingwith hi ... ook that says how am I doing?Well that's not the worst part, the worst part is when it comes to his jealousy. It couldbe said that Lobito has this idea that he's number one, and he's got this idea for ...

(7 pages) 40 0 4.6 Feb/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

A Seperate Peace. The question asks how Gene's paranoia and jelousy ultimately brought about his betrayal of Finny. Includes direct quotations from the novel.

He fails to see and understand the true friend that Finny is until it is too late. Gene's anger and jealousy manifested itself in his subconscious as he jounced the limb of a tree that Finny was stand ... anoia are ultimately the factors which seriously jeopardize Finny's well being. Gene's paranoia and jealousy are what ultimately brought about his betrayal of Finny.Gene's paranoia and jealousy were c ...

(2 pages) 49 0 3.3 Aug/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

The theme of the epic poem Beowulf

d Heorot, a huge mead-hall, and one night without warning, Grendel attacks the hall, because of his jealousy of human society. Grendel is a hideous monster, similar to a troll or an ogre. He envies th ...

(3 pages) 88 0 3.0 Oct/2002

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies > Greek Language & Literature