Literature Essays and Term Papers

much-discussed story, offers a glimpse at spare prose and understated dialogue that represents Hemingway's mastery of style. The story is told entirely through dialogue in a conversation between a young woman and a man waiting for a train in Spain.…

is based on, and Charles Dickens' Great Expectations, is no different. One of the major themes in this novel is ambition and self-improvement. Dickens uses this as a universal idea for his novel, and from this theme he gets his title of Great Expectatio…

that is the only way to happiness. However, usually, the real path to happiness is through compromise between love and money. This is the situation in Jane Austen's novel Pride and Prejudice. Austin first shows us two unsuccessful marriages to…

everyday. People tend to put pressure on others to force them to make the wrong decisions. In Macbeth's case, Lady Macbeth is highly responsible for the evil doings of Macbeth, by forcing him to make the wrong choices, which puts his leadership at…

and his wife act after they have committed their crimes. It is their guilt that drives them both mad. Before they have even killed Duncan, Macbeth feels guilty and considers backing out of the murder, but Lady Macbeth won't let him. Once again Macbeth…

containing all kinds of plots and murders. The characters that are killing and are planning murders are all very deceiving and treacherous. Two of the most dangerous criminals in this play are Lady Macbeth and her husband. Together they commit the…

that could separate him from his family and friends forever, he demonstrates a strength that not too many characters possess, courage. When Odysseus spends several years with the goddess Calypso without knowing if he might ever escape, he reveals…

19th century masterpiece, The Scarlet Letter, is sin, both openly confessed and hidden, and the very real consequences for those who sin. The setting takes place during the Puritan rule of Boston, Massachusetts. There were much harsher consequences…

"Action!," on the set of The Last Samurai, he wasn't kidding! Though the human aspect lifts the epic film far above the standard action flick, this massive production is filled with impressive battle scenes and sword fights. As American military man,…

their relationship by only seeing their differences. By the end of the book they find their common ground. The change and growth the characters experience is a process of particular interest. Throughout the book, there are many changes in the main…