Character College Essays Samples For Students

“Cathedral” is a small, intimate story, one which effectively revolves around two characters – the narrator, a regular average joe, and Robert, a blind man who is an acquaintance of the narrator’s wife. One fateful night, invited over for dinner, the narrator attempts to understand Robert and his way of life, as well as his relationship to his wife. In the process of this, he begins to understand things about himself, life, and Robert that he could not imagine otherwise – this level of understanding is the ‘sight’ that is discussed in the story.

There is a direct discussion of ...

This old house- the heart is a lonely place menagerie by David Sedaris is a subgenre unique in that it takes place exclusively in the human setting. It resembles a genre that relies on supernatural, ironic, or unusual events to guide the plot. It is unlike its parent genre in that it uses these tools not solely for the sake of suspense, but to explore social issues and reveal the cultural character of the personalities involved. The style employs the use of macabre and ironic events to examine the virtues of the relevant victims.

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Colson Whitehead is a well renowned author of all times and has continued to amaze readers with his great talent in writing. In his book, Occasional Dispatches from the Republic of Anhedonia, he sheds light on this guy who is a poker player. Basically the person is not only a professional poker as he participates in other games also. He has a wife and a kid. Part 1 of the book mainly highlights the life of this character and his encounters or rather experiences. He is caught up in his life as a gambler that he forgets his duty ...

Protagonists are regarded as extraordinary people. They share certain characteristics and aim at a particular goal. Oedipus is the main character in Oedipus the king. His downfall comes through his pursuit of knowledge. He is seen as a classic hero through his fatal flaw. His endless determination can be referred to his tragic flaw. Hamlet is the main character in the play. All the actions in the play focus on him. Winston is the main character identified by the readers. He is innocent but surrounded by people of bad character. This paper seeks to establish the goals of three ...

Uri Margolin’s assertion that “an individual's appearance, gestures, mannerism, dress, and natural and human-made environment are indicators for inferences about his or her mental and moral features” essentially claims that readers pick up on who a character is through their outside features as described in the prose (2012, p. 77). However, this assertion ignores the possibility of contrasts, societal pressures, and other factors that can provide needed context for further understanding of their true character. Tess in Tess of the d’Urburvilles, for instance, is a quintessential contradiction – somewhere between rich and poor, sophisticated and simple, strong and ...

Analysis

In this study, one will seek to analyse two movies by Mike Leigh in order to understand a few factors that weigh in on Leigh’s outlook on making a movie. The movies that will be analysed are Secrets and Lies and Happy-Go-Lucky.

The movie revolves around a few characters that are connected by circumstances. A black woman seeks to find her biological mother, who works in a boxing company, after the woman who had adopted her dies. Her biological mother lives with her other daughter and the two of them do not seem to get along well. Her ...

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Questions Related to Ann Beattie’s “Janus,” Kay Boyle’s “Astronomer’s Wife,” and Irwin Shaw’s “The Girls in their Summer Dresses”
- What did Katherine Ames know that was “true” as referenced in the story's ending: “‘Oh,’ said the astronomer's wife in wonder as she stepped into the heart of the earth. She took his arm, knowing that what he said was true” (168).What do Katherine's red slippers suggest about her intentions?'
One the surface, what Katherine is referring to as being “true” is the story that the plumber is telling to ...

French comedy, like comedy of any specific region, has a wide range of subjects and styles from which to draw – some comedies rely more on the physical and slapstick, while others relate more to character-based humor and the everyday absurdity of human interaction. Two French comedies from the 90s and early 2000s encapsulate this divide quite well – 1993’s Les Visiteurs and 2000’s Le Gout des Autres (The Taste of Others). Visiteurs is a goofy, fantastical fish-out-of-water story about a knight and his squire (played by Jean Reno and co-writer Christian Clavier), who find themselves transported from 1123 ...

In the literary works “The American Dreams” by Genghis Lotus and the “city of refuge” by Rudolph Fisher, both authors seem to express the hope in the American Dream that is not easily fazed. The poem is not set in a specific state in America but focuses on the opportunities that are possible for those in America whether born there or migrated in from another country. The short story “city of refuge” is based on an African American who has moved in to New York from North Carolina to escape mob justice for shooting a white man. In the ...

Introduction

Planning is the basic factor that every individual needs to incorporate in his or her everyday activities. Planning is a managerial function that ensures that the manager is aware the objectives that he or she needs to achieve within a set timeline at the minimum cost of time and resources. It is essential for every person to conduct a personal evaluation in a bid to prepare him/her ahead of the tasks awaiting him. I have engaged in several roles responsibilities where I acquired major functions of management. During that period, several senior managers noted my promising performance and coordinating ...

Question: 3. Compare and contrast the underlying themes in another youth/coming of age film from any period with the underlying themes in The Graduate. 
Coming-of-age stories involve a main character's inner growth change. In the literature, these changes can be described by any narrator. However, in a film, it is not easy to portray an action of a character that is internal rather than external. Identify a scene that is viewed in a film showing the main characters internal change is through observation of his/her action. It, therefore follows that the list of themes flows through the coming-of-age story. ...

Oedipus Rex is an astounding and great Sophoclean play which portrays a tragic hero in a unique way. The play was composed during the ancient Greece time when Sophocles took advantage of the using character flaws in the drama. He gave Oedipus the role of a tragic hero to ensure that he captured the attention of the audience. Sophocles’ play was outstanding because the play-watchers felt to be part of it and experienced a catharsis of reactions. At the beginning of the play, Sophocles gives Oedipus a decidedly recognized character with a high sense of intelligence. Oedipus is portrayed ...

“A Raisin in the Sun” is a highly acclaimed play by Lorraine Hansberry. Hansberry has portrayed the life of an African American family in a realistic manner. The portrayal of characters is something that attracts readers and also gives a glimpse of African Americans life in the mid twenties. This paper analyzes the character of Walter Lee, and also talks about different facets of the character.
Walter Lee is the most popular character of the play that has been portrayed as a masculine, caring, ill decisive and confused man. Walter Lee is not satisfied with his current life style ...

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of learning a new language with new characters, in particular Chinese characters, in other words, how do second language adult students acquire knowledge about orthographic characters of a new language system. While past research has shown that adult learners with no previous Chinese exposure learn more effectively by receiving explicit instructions of orthographic rules (Taft & Chung, 1999; Dunlap, Perfetti, Liu & Wu). This study focuses particularly in the semantic rules. Our results support previous results in that those learners who were given explicit instructions of semantic rules did learn more ...

Most folks in the world are disheartened by the bitter fact that evil happens. People are astonishment as to why God can exist and at the same time allow the evil we see and experience each and every day in our environs to prevail (Braine 1-10). They fail to fathom the reason why a capable God would by genuine reasons agree to the notion that the power of choice should be bestowed in humans. They claim that if God is a loving God, he ought to allow his creations to decide if he really hopes to see a world ...

In the passage Spade Archer, Dashiell Hammett uses lengthy description of the physical attributes of characters to create a long-lasting impression on the mind of the reader. For example, the author’s description of Sam Spade is interesting because of the manner in which Sam’s mean-looking frame is brought out. Hammett says, “Spades jaw was long, his chin a jutting v under the more flexible v of his mouth. His nostrils curved back to make another, smaller, v.he looked rather pleasantly like a blond Satan” (2). Apart from grabbing the attention of the reader, the vivid description makes ...

Annotated Bibliography: Definition of a Monster

Introduction
Considering that particular focus of this research is defining what a monster is. The sources incorporated herein essentially work to define the term monster in relation to film literature, and personal perceptions. In a bid to accomplish this, sources that are to be used in the research establishes the chronology of the term monster, culture perception of the term monster, and finally the relation of monstrous characteristics to human behaviour. The most important ideas in understanding the subject of the research evident from the sources below include myths, history of monsters, magic and believes.
Asma, Stephen T. On ...

Introduction

Almost everyone loves to enjoy a weekend getaway in a secluded place once in a while. Such a getaway was what formed the foundation of James Dickey’s novel “deliverance”. The novel features four middle-aged city men (Ed, Drew, Lewis and Bobby) who go rafting and encounter death of a colleague, a broken limb, sodomy and other tough challenges (Dickey). The theme of deliverance is brought out through the character of Ed who takes over leadership and leads his friends to safety.
According to Dickey, deliverance refers to the discovery of adventure, departure from the boredom of a routine ...

The aim of this essay is to present you with the analysis of Bassanio’s character in the Shakespearean play ‘The Merchant of Venice’. The ‘Merchant of Venice’ proves the magique talent of Shakespeare to depict the mystery and paradox which characterizes the mysterious complexity of the human soul. The aim of this essay is to prove the power and talent of Shakespeare to shed light in the mysterious maze of the paradoxes of the human soul through the reflections drawn upon the reading of ‘The Merchant of Venice’ and the specific character of Bassanio. The essay will prove ...

Compare The Hobbit to The Natural, in terms of a main character’s journey from the start of the novel to the end. Both Roy Hobbs and Bilbo Baggins have their “heroic” moments, and both experience quite a different end to their respective journeys. Analyse the two characters in a comparison/contrast, argumentative discussion of where their respective paths diverge.

Introduction

The Hobbit and The Natural are both excellent novels in their own right, and that treat broadly similar themes. Both characters are on a life journey of sorts, Bilbo Baggins is in search of a share of the treasure while ...

“How I Met Your Mother” is an American sitcom that has proven to be a breath of fresh air amongst television viewers. The airs on CBS but reruns of the show are available on online streaming sites such as Netflix and Amazon. Currently in its 9th season, How I Met Your Mother has been met with critical acclaim and has managed to draw millions of viewers every week it is on air. The how airs on Monday in the United states at 8.pm E.T on the CBS network. The show main characters are a group of friends named Ted, ...

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Charles Dickens’ “Oliver Twist” is an 1838 novel. The novel is about an orphan named Oliver Twist who lives in horrible conditions in a workhouse. Later, Oliver falls under the guidance of an undertaker. Unable to endure, he escapes to London where he comes across Artful Dodger, the head of a group of young pickpockets. Oliver’s innocence blinds him from the fact that the activities are illegal. Consequently, he meets Fagin, the group’s senior criminal instructor.
“Oliver Twist” introduces the reader to a myriad of characters; however, Nancy emerges as the ...

Exploring Boundaries: Fashion, Adornment and the Body

Introduction
For many centuries, humans have communicated to each other in the language of dress. Even before an individual talk to another individual on the street, at a party or in a meeting, the person has already declared their age, gender, and class through their attire. Additionally, the person would have possibly announced important information or misinformation, such as origin, occupation, tastes, opinions, current moods, and sexual desires. Individuals may lack the ability to express what they have observed into words, but they have registered information unconsciously about each other. Consequently, by the end of the conversation or meeting, ...

- Thesis Statement
This paper is a comprehensive analysis of the production of the play Measure to Measure by Shakespeare that I watched on Thursday 27th February, 2014 at 2230 hours at The New 42nd Street Studios which belongs to The New Victory Theatre Company.
- Overview
The play that forms subject for this report is entitled Measure for Measure. The theatre company that presents the production of this play was The New Victory Theatre Company which has numerous theatre rooms across the streets of New York including, The Duke on 42nd street and The New 42nd Street Studio. ...

Is the Experience of Happiness Gender Dependent? An Examination of Personality Traits, Happiness, and Gender

Abstract
The concept of happiness is a complex one, which can be influenced by a plethora of variables, and according to some, can be subjective to the individual or even unattainable. Since personality traits are thought to influence the level of happiness one experience, the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire Abbreviated was used to assess the levels of neuroticism, extraversion, and psychoticism among participants, with the Oxford Happiness Questionnaire Short Form used to measure happiness. While females traditionally report higher levels of happiness, the sample in the current study did not mimic the typical results found by other researchers. However, the ...

The Grand Torino is the story of an older man and his interactions with his new neighbors in the Detroit suburbs. The main character is a stereotypically grumpy old widower, and the new family that moves in near him is a family of Hmong immigrants; minority immigrants from Asia. The community is tight-knit, and very cloistered. Within the movie, there is conflict between a gang of young Hmong adults and the immigrants that have moved in next to the main character; slowly, the main character begins to win the trust of the Hmong community for chasing off the gangs, ...

Is the Experience of Happiness Gender Dependent? An Examination of Personality Traits, Happiness, and Gender

Abstract
The concept of happiness is a complex one, which can be influenced by a plethora of variables, and according to some, can be subjective to the individual or even unattainable. Since personality traits are thought to influence the level of happiness one experience, the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire Abbreviated was used to assess the levels of neuroticism, extraversion, and psychoticism among participants, with the Oxford Happiness Questionnaire Short Form used to measure happiness. While females traditionally report higher levels of happiness, the sample in the current study did not mimic the typical results found by other researchers. However, the ...

Introduction

The book Moonwalk by Susan Powers has categorically portrayed the subject of bodies and identities in all manner of sense. Such is an explicit manner in which the text tries to bring out the natural being of situations, conditions and people to be seen in a real physical manner that does not exist in our case here.

Discussion

The text gives a vivid description of situations and people that makes us come up with imaginative or pictorial identities of persons within the text. The text can make a constructive difference in a manner of description of individuals in way we ...

Introduction

The novel titled “Devil in a Blue Dress” is the work of Walter Moseley as an adaptation of the 1940’s detective series that features a prominent post-World War hero known by the name of Rawlins. As readers label the novel as hard-boiled, it is interesting to see how the novel came to be called in such term. Devil in a Blue Dress is difficult to understand because of its unusual conventions and narratives. The approach to writing in the novel encompasses on repetitive themes and tropes.

The Different Tropes

One of the many tropes in evident in Mosley’s novel is ...

It has been observed that teenagers take bad decisions especially when they are in bad company. Teenagers do not take bad decisions because they are vulnerable but they deliberately smoke, consume alcohol and have unprotected sex. This trend has been emerged as a major concern for parents and they are unable to understand how to solve it. This paper intends to discuss how teenagers take bad decisions and further discusses the major factors that are responsible for such bad decisions.
John Updike in the story, A&P portrays how a teenager’s bad decision can land him into weird situation. ...

The role of Roman virtue of clementia, which is synonymous to mercy or pity, in Vergil’s Aeneid has never really been extensively discussed. However, the term has been brought up in connection with the actions of Aeneas in books 10 and 12, and is very important for the general characterization of Aeneas. It should be noted that clementia was probably not one of Vergil’s favorite words since it appears just once in Aeneid, and then at 2.603-603, surprising it appears as inclementia, which is synonymous to unmerciful. Thus, it can be assumed that Vergil had never intended ...

The society, today, is facing an integrity dilemma as people aspire to succeed through whatever means (Lunsford and Ruszkiewicz 179). It is one thing to identify what is right from what is wrong and another thing to decide the choice between doing right or wrong. This ethical dilemma finds its way into the college classroom as students are unable to weigh the options when it comes to the path towards academic success. Many students end up choosing the easier path involving cheating and plagiarism rather than hard work to attain good grades. It is, therefore, evident that the only ...

Introduction

The main antagonist in the Theban plays, Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus and Antigone, Creon undergoes a major character transformation. This is clearly indicated in the three roles he takes up in respective plays. In Oedipus the King, Creon is the loyal brother-in-law who is accused by the former of murder. He is depicted as a lover of his family and of the people of Thebes. In Oedipus at Colonus, this nature slowly fades away and he becomes devious and deceptive. As a king, Creon, a noble statesman finds himself between a rock and a hard place while ...

Description Claim

The part in question begins on a night when Nina sleepwalks and heads to the terrace where Lucy follows her. Nina points out to Lucy that somebody is coming and that she is obliged to go and meet him in person. We are then taken to another scene at the Bremen harbor where we are shown the Demeter sailing into the port. Reinfield is locked up in a cell at the Sanitorium where he attempts to escape by climbing out through the window. The film is in the form of silent film, and the narrations, and explanations reveal that ...

Aristotle’s criteria for judging characters are Justice, Law, The good, Happiness, Human nature, Virtue, Wealth, Prudence, Friendship. If I have to combine all these criteria only one character comes in my mind, that will be James Bond. Bond, a Secret Service agent was a character composed by Ian Fleming based on a number of commandos. Till date many actors acted in Bond series movies in which my personal favorite is Pierce Brosnan, an actor, producer and environmentalist. The characters that he acted resembled patriotism for his country and to bring back justice and law. His movies have been ...

Characters in a musical are a useful media through which the composer communicates his message to an audience. The message is put in context for it to resonate/ relate with the target audience. The methods used to package the message in the song are varying. Some composers and directors opt for the explicit representation of situations, as they would be, while others seek to imply an underlying message within their musical works. In the context of a musical, the composers and directors package songs that carry individual messages, while also making sense when evaluated together within the musical. Each ...

Presentational devises are important components of production. The most commonly used presentational devised in production are; light, camera shots and in some instances computer graphic distortion. Presentational devises mainly strive to make the audience understand a production better. Ideally, there are many elements that cannot be brought to light for the audience without the use of presentational devises.
Light as a presentational devise in production is normally used to help the audience conceptualize and perceive the mood in a house or the mood of a character. Gloomy moods are most commonly depicted through the use of deem light. A ...

The book was first published in 1931. Its major focus is the turning point of an unhappy love relationship. The main character, Phil, falls victim to a love triangle where her lover leaves him for a relationship with another lady. This happens after his efforts to persuade her to stay with him hit a dead end. The lady’s relationship with another woman is not directly mentioned in the book because in the 1930s people did not speak about lesbianism just like they did not speak about abortion. Throughout the book there are several speculated woman to woman relationship. ...

When people start living together and share some specific ideology and interests, society is formed. People have a tendency to interact with one another and the exchange their ideas and thoughts on several issues. Due to Such interactions, society, more or less, starts behaving and thinking in a specific way. Society categorizes several ideas as good, bad, necessary, and unacceptable (Jackson). It is not essential that what society believes is right or ethical; it may even be completely unethical. The same trend has been portrayed in Shirley Jackson’s story, "The Lottery”.
Jackson, through her words, portrays the dilemma ...

The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” by Eliot

Thomas Stearns Eliot was an American-British scholar. The man was a jack of all trades with influences as an essayist, publisher, social and literary critic, playwriting and a major poet of the twentieth century. His work has been widely admired with the peak being the Nobel Prize in Literature, an honor that was granted upon him in 1948 in appreciation of his pioneer and outstanding contribution and influence on the present-day poetry. Other pieces of work written by the poet include the Waste Land, Murder in the Cathedral, The Hollow Men and Four Quartets among others. The love Song ...

Ambrose Bierce's "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” is one of the most important American short stories. Set during the American Civil War, it narrates the tale of a Southerner who is hung for treason after trying to go against the Union. Throughout the whole tale, this character, Farquhar Peyton, is seen longing for liberty as he is alienated to Southern aspirations, which serves as a sharp counterpoint to the situation of slaves in the Confederate States.
One of the main motifs of the story is the main character’s yearning for freedom. From the beginning paragraph, Farquhar’s ...

The role of class, wealth and social standing in the play

Blanche DuBois and Stanley Kowalski are the major characters in this play that portray wealth, class and social standing. This plays displays a great variance between two worlds; the upper and the lower class. The most evident difference between Blanche and Stanley’ world is their divergent backgrounds. From the beginning of the play, one is able to immediately recognize that the names DuBois and Kowalski are complete contrast of one another. It is from this point that the author of this play began to mould personalities. It is correct to assume DuBois is the renowned aristocratic name while Kowalski ...

Blessed Teresa of Calcutta was born on 26th August 1910 in Albania. She was an Indian Roman Catholic sister who is known for establishing many organizations and projects across the globe. she received many awards during her lifetime with the most honorable being the 1979 Nobel Peace Prize.
Teresa of Calcutta is a person of good character following many awards, a good reputation she created to her subjects as well as to her acts of mercy, motivation and development. Her good character is known to date since people consider her as a humane person because of her care for ...

Grimm: Season 3

During the 3rd season, the series is staged in such a way the Nick appears to be dead. This happens at the beginning of the series. There have been many comments in relation to the fugue state of Nick. Part of the audience enjoyed this part while the rest are not happy with it claiming that the movie will be boring and a cliché if this continues throughout the movie.
One interested fun is seen to describe the reason behind this claiming that it is as a result of Nick’s Super hearing. To him this is like a ...

Is Swift a Misogynist? Discuss the Representation of Women in “The Travels”

Introduction
“Gulliver’s Travels” by Jonathan Swift is one of the greatest satirical works that had ever been composed. Swift satirized his contemporary politics, religion, and Western Culture through strange people whom Gulliver had met up with during his voyages. He satirized politics through Lilliputians, religion through big and little endians, and Western Culture through Brobdingnagians. He also satirized the status of women in society who were considered as mere objects and he never failed to express his own view about women and their rights and duties. He gave less importance to feminine characters in his masterpiece, which is ...

The name of Oscar Wilde is perhaps on the top when it comes to literature messiahs. The literary work in discussion here is Wilde’s “The Importance of Being Earnest” that was first premiered in 1895 at St. James’s Theatre in London. The play depicts the setting in London and the countryside in England. All in all, the play is a portrayal of the nineteenth century Victorian society and the writer has written it in the form of a quirky romantic comedy using intelligent and sharp satirical language.
John Worthing is the leading character of this play as ...

D.H. Lawrence "Piano"
The title of the selection is "Piano" and the author is D.H. Lawrence. First publication date was in 1919.
The poem is set in the dusk, and the place is cozy without external distractions, so that the main character can indulge in thinking about past. The singing of a woman takes him back to memory that is pleasant. The room where they are located is comfortable, so that he can relax enough to receive mental images.
The main character is a man who is grown-up but feels nostalgic about his past. He how safe and protected ...

Article Summary: The Biblical Context of “Ethan Brand”

This article by Stock (1965) discusses the short story “Ethan Brand: A Chapter from an Abortive Romance” by Hawthorne (1850, 1852), specifically considering the Biblical context. He states that the story’s primary source is the Bible, and that whilst the most obvious biblical allusion is “to the concept of the Unpardonable Sin”, closer perusal of the tale shows that there are other, more complex allusions, the main one associated with the narrative of Cain and his character as encapsulated in legend (p.115).
Stock also notes that Hawthorne’s choice of the name Ethan positions the character in a ...

Both Margaret Edson and Susan Glaspell can be considered feminist playwrights. Both women explored a number of themes that plague women in difficult situations. One of the fundamental themes of both plays is loneliness; although both authors develop this theme differently, the intersection of womanhood, loneliness and isolation is one of the most important thematic interactions within both plays.
Wit by Margaret Edson tells the story of a woman who is diagnosed with cancer. This, in and of itself, can be quite an isolating experience; when the main character is diagnosed with cancer, she begins to quote Donne’s ...

In the history of human civilisation, theatrical performance was one of the ways of sending a message from authors to a target audience. The mean of sending this message was an actor and his ability to create a contact with the audience, to make his acting credible and understandable for the target audience in a specific context of performance. The aim of this essay is to explain what it means to perform on stage and how our perception of it has changed under the influence of the contemporary theatre-makers.
Looking through critical reviews of different plays, one can come ...

The understanding of this character depends on the insight it holds throughout the story line. The responsibility of the two families comes upon the very character. The vision of the individual that responsibility earns one a respect to live for others and the story line, both beautifully describe how the character’s expression. The relation with her mother house of this character has a deep influence on the way this character evolves this story. The relation with Jamila is really important. The painting that was presented in the end, to the academy, was a classical caption of the characters ...

Dusham is a little boy who is beginning to discover and recognize happening around him. From his morning rituals to his improving ability to discern between happiness, sadness and different actions of emotions are portrayed in different contexts. For instance, in one line, Dusham knew how the sun felt against his skin, or in another where Dusham began recognize his relation with his name. He is somewhat of a liking to his grandmother, who deems him to be different from his failing father, and Dusham clearly recognizes this conflict. Further into the story, Dusham’s growth is discussed with ...

The Visitor is an incredibly strong character-based drama, centering around a fantastic led performance by Richard Jenkins as a tremendously relatable man dealing with a loss of self and a lingering sense of mortality as he contemplates middle age. His interactions with the Syrian immigrant couple who come to occupy his house with him – Tarek and Zainab – form the heart of the film, providing a very heartfelt look into the kinds of scenarios that come with the specter of illegal immigration and post-9/11 Islamophobia. As Walter learns to talk and connect with these immigrants, Walter finds a new way ...

As the Christmas season approaches, children all around the world are mostly thinking and talking about Santa Claus, wondering if they have been good enough to earn a Christmas gift or not. The very mention of Santa Claus brings to mind a heavy-set man, with a long white beard, and a potbelly dressed in red and white with a red sack that contained Christmas presents for children, that made the deliveries on the eve of Christmas day. Some people believe that Santa is real, some believe that he is only a tale told to children to make the Christmas ...

According to National Institute of Mental Health, schizophrenia is a constant, severe, and immobilizing brain disorder. Schizophrenic people may hear voices that others do not. They think that people have the power to read and control their minds or are involved in plotting against them. They may also converse in a nonsensical manner. They may remain in a standing or sitting position without talking or making movements. In many cases, schizophrenic people appear to have a perfect personality until they start sharing their thoughts with others. This brain disorder also affects the family members and society. This is because ...

Archetypes are one of the main components of every literary piece. Understanding the function of archetypes and their contributions to literature is important in order to fully understand and analyze a piece of literature. Tracing the origin of archetypes will lead us to the discovery of its connection with one of the pillars of psychology: the Jungian Analysis.
The term archetype comes from the junction of words “arch,” which means chief or principal and the Latin word “typus,” which translates to the English words images and impression (Archetypal Criticism 1). The etymology of the word archetype suggests its superior ...

August Wilson met success as a play writer after experiencing various odd jobs and dropping out of school after facing intense racism. In a way, the drama is a personal piece of expression for him. The Piano Lesson focuses on the lives of two siblings and an ancient family heirloom dating back to their great grandfather’s time. The drama revolves around their bickering over the piano that what should be done with it. Boy Willie and Berenice, the two siblings, and their story focuses on the migration of Africans and the problems they faced during whole life but ...

Characters in any piece of literature carries the message or at times they act as guides for a particular message. Additionally, it will be easier to determine the significance of these characters through the way they conduct themselves in the novel. Therefore, this paper will focus on the significance of the main characters in the novel “The Journey to the West.”
Notwithstanding, characterization will be discussed based on the novel, “The Journey to the West.” This literature is considered to be one of the greatest classical novels. The literature was initially published in the 1590s during Ming Dynasty. The ...

The hard-boiled detective seems a decidedly modern invention – the noir gumshoe who cynically navigates a world that seems to conspire against him, working his way through a seedy culture that he can capitalize upon. With hard-boiled detectives in film and literature, there is often a measure of moral ambiguity, as the main character is conflicted between what he does for a living and who he wants to be, or is otherwise blind to the harsher truths that surround him. Roman Polanski’s classic 1974 noir film Chinatown certainly fits this description, with Jack Nicholson’s Jake Gittes being a ...

Introduction

Myth, particularly in the Greek tradition, places a great significance on place and location – cities such as Thebes, Athens and Crete are given almost mythical importance of their own through their roles in the characters’ journeys. In the case of Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex, Thebes is both the setting and the goal of the story – Oedipus’ loyalty to Thebes, a suffering city, provides a complex goal and metaphor for Oedipus’ own journey to the truth of his own existence and past with King Laius. Thebes is just as much of a character in Oedipus Rex as Oedipus himself or any ...