Replacement Study Guides, Literature Essays

Filter Your Search Results:
  • The Replacement

    Type:
    Views:

  • God in Jane Eyre

    Type:
    Pages:
    Words:
    Views:

    In the novel Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte God becomes the symbolic father brother and caretaker of Jane This motif or idea first appears when Jane sits on the deathbed of her close friend Helen and asks Where is God what is God Ch IX Helen responds My maker and yours who will never destroy what he created Ch IX At this moment the idea is suggested that a tangible personal relationship with God may be had and it becomes the basis for much of Janes reasoning throughout the novel To Jane God offe

  • Self-Interest in The Kite Runner

    Type:
    Pages:
    Words:
    Views:

    The Kite Runner demonstrates that people are motivated more by self interest than by honour Discuss The Kite Runner written by Khaled Hosseini is a novel written about a boys life It shows many characteristics of people and how they behave The Kite Runner has many examples of people being motivated by their own self interest rather than honour This is shown in many circumstances and for many different reasons it defines the characters as real people making choices that are made by people in eve

  • Breakdowns as a Theme in Things Fall Apart

    Type:
    Pages:
    Words:
    Views:

    Things Fall Apart The theme of the book Things Fall Apart which focuses on the breakdown of a society as well as the main characters personal breakdown stems from many conflicts of interests and misunderstandings throughout the book There is not one single moment in the book where everything falls apart but many times throughout In the beginning a lot of problems arise from Okonkwos anger problems and his inability to see others views His ignorance is what ultimately leads to his exile from his

  • Greed and Envy in The Necklace

    Type:
    Pages:
    Words:
    Views:

    The Necklace In the story The Necklace the authors theme seems to be that greed and envy can lead to destruction Another main point in the story is that luxury is not everything That seemed to be the problem for Madame Mathilde because she seemed to want everything and was not satisfied with what she had In this paper I will show how the author demonstrates that dishonesty envy and greed can lead to bigger problems by the use of characters plot symbolism and various devices The Necklace begins

  • Romanticism in The Fall Of The House Of Usher

    Type:
    Pages:
    Words:
    Views:

    In Poes The Fall of the House of Usher the narrator first views the house of Usher and perceives a mystery incapable of being solved Foreboding imaginings keep coming into his mind in spite of rational thinking and reasoning As he says there are things beyond our ability to rationalize He rationalizes that if he could look at things differently or in a brighter light he might be able to change it but when he looks into the lake he sees with even more fear before a mirror image of the house in a

  • Shug and Celie in The Color Purple

    Type:
    Pages:
    Words:
    Views:

    The effect of Shug Avery on Celie In Alice Walkers The Color Purple Shug Avery is one of her most vibrant characters Shugs first impression in the novel is that of a negative one she is insulting and arrogant However the key to Shugs character is the element of surprise Shug awakens love and self esteem in Celie and in return Celie awakens generosity in Shug Walker uses both of them help each other become what they really need to be Both Celie and Shug were very oppressed people Celie was oppre

  • Characters in Silas Marner

    Type:
    Pages:
    Words:
    Views:

    In the book Silas Marner there are many positive characters along with negative ones In my opinion Silas Marner was my favorite character in this book because he should how much one persons actions can effect other people and I think he shows how it effects people because at first when his supposedly best friend William Dane commits a crime and then places false evidence blaming Silas for the crime After that he changes completely Second when someone else steals his gold he changes again but th

  • Commentary on Othello

    Type:
    Pages:
    Words:
    Views:

    Othello Beginning with the opening lines of the play Othello remains at a distance from much of the action that concerns and affects him Roderigo and Iago refer ambiguously to a he or him for much of the first scene When they begin to specify whom they are talking about especially once they stand beneath Brabanzios window they do so with racial epithets not names These include the Moor I i 57 the thick lips I i 66 an old black ram I i 88 and a Barbary horse I i 113 Although Othello appears at t

  • Commentary on Othello

    Type:
    Pages:
    Words:
    Views:

    Othello begins on a street in Venice in the midst of an argument between Roderigo a rich man and Iago Roderigo has been paying Iago to help him in his suit to Desdemona But Roderigo has just learned that Desdemona has married Othello a general whom Iago begrudgingly serves as ensign Iago says he hates Othello who recently passed him over for the position of lieutenant in favor of the inexperienced soldier Michael Cassio Unseen Iago and Roderigo cry out to Brabanzio that his daughter Desdemona h

Filter Your Search Results: