Essays Tagged: "central character"

Henry Lawson and Barbara Baynton: a comparison of the treatment of women in the works of these two early Australian authors.

whore, (The Faces in the Street, The Captain of the Push). The Drover's Wife is unusual in that the central character is a woman. In few words it manages to capture the courage, humour and strength of ... ies deal with nameless bushwomen left by their husbands to run the households in their absence. The central theme of each is the same; lone mothers battling an enemy to save their children and themsel ...

(4 pages) 58 0 4.3 Apr/2002

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Women's Studies

To Kill A Mockingbird by John Grisham, speaks of racism

from the norm, and acted unlike most others in his community, can be compared to the motive of the central character in the novel, A Time To Kill, written by John Grisham. The comparative character, ...

(4 pages) 61 0 5.0 Jan/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee

Sylvia Plath

ook at her childhood and personal experiences removes some element of mystery from her writings.One central character to Sylvia Plath's poems is her father, Professor Otto Emile Plath. Otto Plath was ... es, 52-66) The novel is semi-autobiographical, describing a young woman's tragic coming of age. The central character, a schoolgirl prodigy, Esther Greenwood, makes her way to adulthood in spite of pe ...

(4 pages) 177 0 4.0 Feb/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Poetry

To Kill A Mockingbird, written by Harper Lee

anding, the Maycomb court room,and the Radly house. The time period of this bookwas around 1935.The central character, and the narrator of thisbook is Jean Louise Finch, also known as Scout.Throughout ...

(4 pages) 62 0 5.0 Nov/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee

Gatsby's Dream. The central character of F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby"

Jay Gatsby, the central character of F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby symbolizes the American dream. The Ameri ...

(3 pages) 221 1 4.6 Feb/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald

"Gulliver's travels" by Jonathan Swift. a critical and insightful work satirizing the political and social systems of eighteenth-century England

rder to witness this evolution of presentation, one need only observe the development of the work's central character, Captain Lemuel Gulliver, as Swift has designed his novel in such a way that, as h ...

(3 pages) 163 2 5.0 Jan/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

"Stereotyped Women in Advertising"

the home), roles (professional, domestic), product type (home, child, outdoor, car), and gender of central character and whether or not they had a spouse and/or children present. My secondary researc ... d on was setting. I found a great difference in the setting of commercials depending on whether the central figure, if they were alone, 87 percent of the time they were outside the home. If they were ...

(7 pages) 429 2 3.9 Jun/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology

How McBeth views the relativity of things in the play.

the author is determined to present a character internally torn and tragically flawed. Macbeth, the central character in the play, and a relatively good man, is told the future by three witches. His c ...

(3 pages) 32 0 5.0 Dec/2002

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

"The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Discusses the American Dream in the Great Gatsby

. Scott Fitzgerald's novel The Great Gatsby each work for their own American Dream. Jay Gatsby, the central character of the novel, has worked from nothing to become a very successful man. Jay is succ ...

(4 pages) 379 1 4.2 Dec/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald

To Kill a Mockingbird - Book Report

ding, the Maycomb court room, and the Radly house. The time period of this book was around 1935.The central character, and the narrator of this book is Jean Louise Finch, also known as Scout. Througho ...

(4 pages) 108 0 3.9 Jan/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee

This essay discusses Goethe's inaccurate definition of a soul and how a new definition makes Hamlet a "soul unfit" for revenge

vents that occur during one's lifetime. However, when one looks at Hamlet throughout the play, his central character, which is comprised of his emotional and moral nature, is certainly not static and ... at Goethe describes is the core of a person that determines how they act and think. To Goethe this central part of a human being is evidently constant throughout a person's lifetime and does not chan ...

(8 pages) 60 0 4.7 Mar/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors

"The Revolt of Mother" by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman

ory with the question"Father!""What are them men diggin' over there in the field for?" asked by the central character Sarah Penn. Her response given by her husband was "I wish you'd go into the house, ...

(5 pages) 181 0 3.0 Apr/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Shakespeare´s presentation of Ophelia in the world of 'Hamlet'.

Even though Ophelia is not the central character in the play 'Hamlet', she is still an important one. Since Shakespeare wrote the p ...

(8 pages) 122 0 4.3 Apr/2003

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

Analysis of a Current TV Comedy Show, Seinfeld.

ecific element that makes Seinfeld such a successful comedy is that of characterisation. The show's central character is Jerry (played by Jerry Seinfeld), a stand-up comedian who spends his time float ...

(5 pages) 169 4 3.9 May/2003

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies

Gatsby's Pursuit of Dream.

n is the conviction that material wealth alone can bring that dream to fulfillment. Jay Gatsby, the central character of F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, symbolizes the American dream during th ...

(3 pages) 85 0 5.0 May/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Charles Dicken's "Great Expectations" in movie format.

ortune to mind. We now should get the idea of the type of story this is going to be. Pip who is the central character in the story is trying to imagine his parents; he hasn't seen them because they di ...

(5 pages) 56 1 4.3 May/2003

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

The Advantages and Disadvantages of being an Outcast in John Steinbeck's "The Grapes of Wrath" and in "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne.

ir homes and travel to California to find work in order to survive. In contrast, Hester Prynne, the central character in The Scarlet Letter, is shunned by her puritan colony after shaming her husband ...

(7 pages) 28 0 4.0 May/2003

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

Factors That Cause Macbeth's Downfall .

situation through a series of unfortunate events. In the play Macbeth, by William Shakespeare, the central character, Macbeth, is a good example of this. Macbeth has many forces behind him that lead ...

(4 pages) 55 0 3.7 May/2003

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

Copenhagen - Heisenberg's dilemma: Friendship vs Patriotism.

cerns the race to build an atomic bomb in the second world war, in particular the motivation of the central character, Werner Heisenberg, who was in charge of the Nazis' nuclear program. Bohr, despite ...

(7 pages) 42 0 4.0 May/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Essay question: Assess the evidence fot and against teh central character of 'Strange Objects', Steven Messenger, having a psychological disorder.

ked but few are answered. One of the questions raised in the novel concerns the mental state of the central character, Steven Messenger. Steven's behaviour throughout the novel gives reason to believe ...

(4 pages) 46 0 3.3 Jun/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > World Literature