European Literature Essays and Term Papers

Many critics like William Deans Howells; T.S. Eliot etc. have called Jonathan Swift the greatest writer of prose like T.S. Eliot says that "Swift, the greatest writer of English prose, and the greatest man who has ever written great English prose." …

Lear is a detailed description of the consequences of one man's decisions. This fictitious man is Lear, King of England, who's decisions greatly alter his life and the lives of those around him. As Lear bears the status of King he is, as one…

of mind and emotion, in his novel, A Tale of Two Cities. Dr. Manette, Charles Darnay and Sydney Carton are given second chances as their lives are resurrected. The story begins with Jerry Cruncher telling the Tellson's banker, Jarvis Lorry to meet…

play with a greater impact and a mystery of hidden meanings. Among the images Shakespeare uses are that of death, mainly the deaths of Old Hamlet, Polonius, Ophelia, Laertes, and Hamlet himself, respectively--all of which highlights the tragedy that…

IV, the character Hal, the Prince of Wales, undergoes a transformation that can be characterized as a redemption. Shakespeare introduces Hal, in the opening act as a renegade of the Court. His avoidance of all public responsibility and his affinity…

one idea is clear: if the review was written more than five or ten years ago the essay is likely to be exclusive when it comes to the women in Shakespeare. Little attention had been given to the women of Shakespeare prior to the seventies feminist…

to be trapped in the same circumstances in relation to Hamlet.         Gertrude, Hamlet's mother and the Queen of Denmark. She is married to the present King, Claudius, who is suspected by Hamlet to have killed his father, King Hamlet, who…

similar outcomes in his works. Many of his plays utilize trickery and disguise to accomplish similar endings. Trickery plays a major role in The Merchant of Venice and drives most of the action, while mistaken identity, specifically Portia's disgui…

2) Main Characters: Three Rioters: these are three drunken Flemish boys who are also obviously very greedy. Old man: no one is really sure who he is. Some say he is just an old man and he is not important to the story. However, he could also be…

        Othello, by William Shakespeare, is perhaps not as exciting as a ravishingly sexy poster of Laurence Fishburne and Irene Jacob. Yet, with its intoxicating mix of love, sexual passion and the deadly power of jealousy, Shakespeare has…