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Kafka's Metamorphosis: Existentialism

... her. To make things worse, Gregor even goes as far as to lock his own bedroom doors at night. He thinks that his family is content with what he is doing, but the only thing that Gregor accomplishes is to alienate himself from his family. Not only is Gregor alienating himself from his family, but he is also alienating himself from society. Gregor goes on many trips for his job, and instead of going out to meet people, he stays at the motel and does nothing. For this reason Gregor doesn't have a friend or a girlfriend that he can find supp ...

Number of words: 409 | Number of pages: 2

Great Expectations: Life Story Of Phillip Gargery

... of a job to have when you needed money to get by on. Although Joe didn’t make a lot of money, he was a good person at heart. He was my best friend. And my sister didn’t work. She tended to her house, and did work there. Biddy, a friend of the family often helped us out here and there. She taught me how to read and write. I would often go and visit my parent’s tombstones in the local graveyard down by the marshes. On day while I was there, saying hello to them, I was confronted by a very scary man. A man who would soon change my lif ...

Number of words: 1487 | Number of pages: 6

Animal Farm

... the use of such characters as Napoleon, Snowball, Squealer, and Boxer. Napoleon is undoubtedly the most corrupt character in the novel. His brutal methods of ruling the farm draw strange but clear comparison to his human character Joseph Stalin. Napoleon is described as "a large, rather fierce-looking boar, the only Berkshire on the farm, not much of a talker, but with a reputation for getting his own way" (Orwell 25). He dominates the political scene on Manor Farm, controls the education of the youth, and is a brilliant strategist when it ...

Number of words: 1165 | Number of pages: 5

The Importance Of Dreams In Th

... too fragile to move from the shelf. Tom; although the youngest child is the one faced with the most responsibility. He is the one forced to work all day in a shoe factory. He has to give up most of his money to pay the rent for their apartment, and to pay for all of their bills. This is not the life that Tom envisioned for himself. "Listen! You think I'm crazy about the warehouse?. . . You think I want to spend fifty-five years down there in that-celotex interior! with- fluorescent-tubes! Look! I'd rather somebody picke ...

Number of words: 683 | Number of pages: 3

Macbeth - Supernatural Theme

... leads to his downfall. Macbeth further compromises his honor by arranging the murder of his best friend, Banquo. Banquo’s places Macbeth in a precarious situation; he is deeply entrenched in suspicion and there is no way out. Macbeth’s vision of Banquo’s ghost at a royal banquet only drives him closer to insanity. Macbeth has changed dramatically as a character throughout the play. Macbeth was tortured with remorse after Duncan’s murder but upon hearing of Banquo’s successful assassination he is elated. His vaulting ambition was ...

Number of words: 786 | Number of pages: 3

Tom Sawyer And Huck Finn

... Tom tried to trade some of his possessions for a few hours of freedom he had a stroke of genius, instead of him paying people to work for him, he made people pay him to paint. Tom managed this by telling people that it isn't every day that you get a chance to paint a fence and he thought it was fun. He had people begging him to paint by the time that he was finished his story. He would have taken every boy in the town's wealth if he had not run out of paint. On June 17th about the hour of midnight, Tom and his best friend Huck were ...

Number of words: 1703 | Number of pages: 7

Hamlet Literary Analysis

... with the issue of avenging his father’s death. He vows to kill Claudius but then backs out several times. Hamlet’s actions throughout the play support this deceitful nature. His dual personalities are the foundation of his madness. There are many examples that illustrate how Hamlet’s deceitful nature results in a tragedy because of his inability to choose which role to play. In Act One, Hamlet appears to be very straightforward in his actions and his role. When his mother questions him, Hamlet says, "Seems, mada ...

Number of words: 1896 | Number of pages: 7

The City Of The Sun

... order that exists today. Moreover, Campanella’s work reveals the weaknesses that exist in today’s society and its structure. One characteristic of this utopian society is its system of meritocracy. In this system, positions of power are determined by one’s ability and excellence; factors such as gender or social class do not result in positions of leadership. For example, leaders and ministers are chosen according to which individuals learn the greatest number of skills and practices them best. Individuals who work extremely hard and acq ...

Number of words: 679 | Number of pages: 3

All Quiet On The Western Front

... nationalist feelings are present through pride of Paul and the rest of the boys. However at the end of the war many come to the realization of how pointless and horrific war really is. is a novel that greatly helps in the understanding the effects war. The novel best shows the attitudes of the soldiers before the war and during the war. Before the war there are high morals and growing nationalist feelings. During the war however, the soldiers discover the trauma of war. They discover that it is a waste of time and their hopes and dreams of ...

Number of words: 835 | Number of pages: 4

The Turn Of The Screw: A Psychoanalytic Interpretation

... method, that these repressed desires appear in the form of symbols that can be understood through interpretation. Other ways of interpreting these symbols can be as an expression of an author's inferiority complex (A. Adler) or of human desires repressed by society (C.G. Jung). There is also a difference in the approach taken by psychoanalytic critics. For example, those of Freud's generation would concentrate on the author and his state of mind, however, later critics focussed more on an analysis of the characters. A psychoanalytic in ...

Number of words: 1579 | Number of pages: 6

Oedipus Rex

... end they are intrigued by the irony present in the story. For instance when Oedipus pronounces his curse upon the head of King Laius’s murderer in the opening scenes of the play : So will I fight on the gods’ side, And on the side of the slain man! But my curse be on the one who did this, whether he is alone Or conceals his share in it with others. Let him be free of no misery if he share my house Or sit at my hearth and I have knowledge of it. On myself may it fall, as I have called it down! -Oedipus from Oedipus Rex When Oe ...

Number of words: 484 | Number of pages: 2

The Scarlet Letter: Women Liberation

... culture in which he lived, and from his awareness of two of his own ancestors who had presided over bloody persecutions during the Salem witchcraft trials. There is a certain irony in the way in which this concept is worked out in The Scarlet Letter. Hester Prynne's pregnancy forces her sin to public view, and she is compelled to wear the scarlet "A" as a symbol of her adultery. Yet, although she is apparently isolated from the normal association with the "decent" folk, Hester, having come to terms with her sin, is inwardly reconciled t ...

Number of words: 748 | Number of pages: 3

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