… writers is William Shakespeare. Shakespeare has always been able to create interesting characters and one of the reasons they are so interesting might be that they are complex people with their inner selves differing from their outer selves.…

… is it and how does it effect his surroundings and how does it effect Hamlet himself? What is the outcome of his flaw? Hamlet has a tragic flaw in his personality and behavior. His flaw is that he is overly concerned with death and tragedy. This…

… of Bath's Tale In reading Geoffrey Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales," I found that of the Wife of Bath, including her prologue, to be the most thought-provoking. The pilgrim who narrates this tale, Alison, is a gap-toothed, partially deaf seamstress and widow…

… the play [King Lear] hangs on the first two scenes not just the plot but the values as well.'         'King Lear, as I see it, confronts the perplexity and mystery of human action.' (Shakespeare's Middle Tragedies, 169) As the previous…

… explored in a literary work. Justice - King Lear is a brutal play, filled with human cruelty and awful, seemingly meaningless disasters. The play's succession of terrible events raises an obvious question for the characters--namely, whether there…

… main character Angel Clare perpetuates a virginal/pure dream-reality of Tess Durbeyfield. Hardy displays, tragedy by showing Angel?s struggle between illusion and reality, not only with Tess, but also with his pre-misconceptions of the lives…

… meanings and deceptions are conglomerated in such a way that a literary cycle is circumvented. The literary cycle by definition is the conveyance of a theme through consistent usage of literary devices through out a literary work. By doing so, Shakespea…

… It focuses on Iago's words to Othello, "O, beware, my lord, of Jealousy. It is the green-eyed monster." in act 3, scene 3 and just how important this warning was not only for Othello, but also for Roderigo and for Iago.         Before considerin…

… the Flies by William Golding illustrates how civilization is merely a facade to mask society's underlying instinct of evil. With set rules and regulations of how one must act ethical behavior, is oftentimes only a forced intrusion of civilization, rather…

… The Characters Madame Bovary, written by Gustave Flaubert was considered very controversial when it was first published. The novel was actually tried in a court of justice for obscenity, because it was alleged to be concerned with adultery and contain…