Essays Tagged: "reveal"

Oedipus Rex. About the detective process used by Oedipus

Thebes.When Creon brings the news from Delphi, Oedipus has the people listen with him. Here, Creon reveals that Liaus's murderer dwells in the city of Thebes. The plague, sent by the gods, will not s ... follows many steps to discover who the killer is.First, Oedipus commands the citizens of Thebes to reveal any information they have on the murder. As an incentive, he offers amnesty to those who reve ...

(3 pages) 152 0 2.8 Jan/1997

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies

James Joyce

s prose works he used symbols to experience what he called an 'epiphany', the revelation of certain revealing qualities about himself. His early writings reveal individual moods and characters and the ... ual moods and characters and the plight of Ireland and the Irish artist in the 1900's. Later works, reveal a man in all his complexity as an artist and in family aspects. Joyce is known for his style ...

(7 pages) 206 0 4.5 Aug/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors

Letter as a dramatic device in King Lear

William Shakespeare used letters as a dramatic device to reveal the characters' loyalty and betrayal in his play King Lear. The purpose of the letter is to d ... s' loyalty and betrayal in his play King Lear. The purpose of the letter is to develop the plot and reveal the characters' attributes. Three letters help to develop the plot and reveal the characters ... ned to destroy the love of Gloucester for Edgar, so Edmund can get what he wants. This false letter revealed that Edmund wasn't loyal to his family and he betrayed his brother. Another importan ...

(2 pages) 45 0 3.6 Mar/1996

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

The effects of the removal of Religous support (Literature Review)

paper, is the effects which this transition is having on society. This paper is going to attempt to reveal the results, of the removal of religious education and support. The literature involved is go ... nce is a direct result of the removal of religious support and education. It is not one of the more revealing consequences.A poll done by the Angus Reid Group shows that eighty-three percent of Canadi ...

(4 pages) 98 0 3.6 Mar/1997

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

uidelines. By employing the chivalric convention in romantic literature and then going beyond it to reveal other ways of thinking, the writer challenges the very notion of chivalric conventions of the ...

(2 pages) 99 1 4.3 Dec/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry

Review of Jonathan Swift's "Gulliver's Travel"

f Gulliver only brings up Swift's misgivings about humans. The characters that Gulliver reacts with reveal Swift's stance on many moral and ethical issues. One such issue is that of sin. Swift constan ...

(2 pages) 106 0 4.7 Feb/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Personal Financial Success: The Six-Level Pyramid

ing the six-level pyramid to help explain the various building blocks to financial success helps to reveal the development of financial planning and indications, at each level, if instruments that mig ...

(6 pages) 348 2 3.6 Apr/2002

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Katherine Mansfield's "Miss Brill"

o allow the reader to draw his own conclusions about the character. Using these literary aspects to reveal a truth about a character to the reader is often referred to as characterization. Four of the ... e park, this can be seen when she rubs "the life back into [her fur's] dim little eyes". This quote reveal that the trips to the park help to "rub" life back into Miss Brill. The condition of the furs ...

(5 pages) 306 2 3.5 Apr/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

The Character of Amanda Wingfield in "The Glass Menagerie"

ce at about seven am the day after Tom and Amanda get into a major argument. From this scene we can reveal that Amanda's obviously an overstressed and psychotic single care taker with insufficient mot ...

(2 pages) 149 0 4.5 Apr/2002

Subjects: Art Essays > Drama

some of the basic aspects of Scuba diving

gear. The basic principles of diving, and were to go to get certified in scuba diving. It will also reveal some fun things that can be done while diving .The assembly of the scuba gear is very simple. ...

(3 pages) 44 0 4.3 Apr/1997

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sports

Secrets. We Have Them, We Hide Them, but Can We Live With Them? Refers to "The scarlet letter" by Hawthorne

esire to tell the truth and practices the art of deception to hide these secrets. When she will not reveal the father of Pearl, Reverend Dimmesdale says, 'She will not speak.' It is ironic that the pe ... at the person who committed the sin with Hester is the one who announces publicly that she will not reveal the name of the other sinner. Later, Chilling worth wants to know who it is and he says, 'Tho ...

(4 pages) 70 0 4.5 Nov/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Ernest Hemingway's "For whom the bell tolls"

ars to be an action packed war novel. But underneath all the action there are underlying ideas that reveal much about how war changes a man and causes him to realise the importance of time.Hemingway r ... raction between the major characters. Hemingway shows that war brings about a personal change, that reveals much about man's individuality and that time is limited.Hemingway reveals much about the ind ...

(5 pages) 85 0 4.6 Dec/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors > Ernest Hemingway

Humanity's ability to act foolish, a theme in "The Pardoner's Tale" from Chaucer's "The Canterbury tales"

quer Death and instead deliver it upon each other, as well as the prologue which precedes the tale, reveal the truthfulness of the aforementioned statement as it applies to humanity in general and the ...

(4 pages) 110 1 3.4 Nov/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > "Canterbury Tales" by Geoffrey Chaucher

Courage and Cowardice in A Doll's House, Ghosts and Hedda Gabler

as its driving force, its successor, Ghosts, uses one of cowardice. Mrs. Alving's early failure to reveal her husband's true character and actions to his children provides the "tragic flaw" for the o ... s a slightly different tack. Here the motivating incident -- Dr. Stockmann's courageous decision to reveal that the baths are poisoned -- appears during the first act, rather than before the opening c ...

(3 pages) 169 0 4.1 May/2002

Subjects: Science Essays > Genetics & Genome Projects

How will our future be? discribes the future perspective in short for computers and internet

ture is heading seems to be very clear but as before things may change. The time to come will never reveal itself until it has actually been. From this point of view I will try to describe the way I s ...

(3 pages) 154 0 3.0 Jan/1996

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science

Creon's Defense to Oedipus's Accusations and Their Relevance to the Ambivalence Nature of the Kingship

ponsibility to the people and because of the effects of the position on the king's character. Creon reveals such ambivalent thoughts towards the kingship in his speech defending himself from Oedipus's ... fending himself from Oedipus's conspiracy accusation in Oedipus the King; these ambivalent thoughts reveal much about the nature of the kingship, especially in conjunction with Creon's later actions i ...

(5 pages) 58 0 3.4 Oct/1996

Subjects: Art Essays > Drama

The Worst of Them All. An essay on "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne

ter her confession, she bears her punishment alone, even when the entire town is calling for her to reveal the other guilty party. She remains faithful to Arthur Dimmesdale, a commendable quality. Eve ... faithful to Arthur Dimmesdale, a commendable quality. Even when Dimmesdale himself beseeches her to reveal the sinner, she steadfastly refuses in silence.The Reverend Mr. Dimmesdale bend his head, in ...

(5 pages) 63 0 5.0 Apr/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Analytical paper on "The Rubiyat of Omar Khayyam"

ot only does the poem provide us with a compelling surface story, but a second look at the text can reveal a rich collection of seperate meanings hidden in the poem's objective descriptions and sprawl ...

(6 pages) 48 0 3.0 Feb/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

The Domestic Violence Cycle

crying you ask her, "What happened, why are you crying?." She pulls the sleeveof her shirt down to reveal her shoulder and upon your eyes you see a black and bluecircle just a bit bigger then a grown ... ers footsteps in doing these crimes. If a child is not exposed to this as a child, maybeit won't be revealed as an adult. This domestic violence cycle needs a kink in the chainfor it to stop. Whether ...

(6 pages) 200 1 3.0 Feb/1997

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Issues

A. E. Housman's 'To an Athlete Dying Young'

death of a young athlete as told from the point of viewof a friend serving as pall bearer. The poem reveals the conceptthat those dying at the peak of their glory or youth are reallyquite lucky. The f ... ying Young'provides the reader with an understanding of Housman's view ofdeath. Additional readings reveal Housman's attempt to convey theclassical idea that youth, beauty, and glory can be preserved ...

(7 pages) 205 0 4.7 Nov/1994

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature