Character Essays

Oliver Twist is a novel teeming with many closely interrelated ideas. There is a preoccupation with the miseries of poverty and the spread of its degrading effects through society. With poverty comes hunger, along with Dickens’s notion that a misguided approach to the issues of poverty and homelessness brings many …

Definition This is the process or revolution that involves change in social and economic status of the ordinary and fundamentally less technologically endowed society to a society that is depended on technology for production (Majid, 2004). Industrialization is a process that has been there since time immemorial.  However, early industrialization …

Introduction             Troy Maxson is the central character in August Wilson’s play Fences.  He is a 53-year-old African-American, a descendant of African slaves in America.  Troy is a father of two sons by two women.  The first is Lyons, a 34 year old jazz musician who is the son of …

The character of the inspector is successful in conveying Priestley’s moral message in which we are each to take into account of our responsibilities for our own actions and that we should also take responsibility for each other. The inspector gets this point across by creating sympathy and admiration for …

 “The Lesson” is written from the point of view of the protagonist, Sylvia, as she looks back on one memorable and definitive moment during her childhood. In this story, she recalls the summer the summer she was put under the care of a certain Miss Moore. Unlike the other people …

Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck’s 2007 Academy Award-winning German film, takes its readers’ imagination, as the title suggests, in the “Lives of Others.” The story, magically filled with enticing characters and thought-provoking plot, further takes the audience in a rollercoaster of suspenseful, ethically exacting drama. The director and writer, von Donnersmarck, …

Analyse how one main character changed to become more admirable In the novel “Mister Pip” written by Lloyd Jones, the protagonist of the novel Matilda has faced many challenges through the novel which she has lost a lot of her world. This includes *her mother and possessions which creates one …

Shakespeare’s characterization of Gertrude and Ophelia in Hamlet is paradoxical as it challenges as well as complements the contemporary social traditions and norms. Gertrude is the best example of this paradox that is manifested through her extraordinary supremacy over all the major characters of Hamlet, her influence in the court …

            Often times, classical literature achieves its timeless, famous status through the integration of remarkable characters.  Of course, the methods used to form such characters are usually quite complex, but not always so.  For example, one might look at the character of Helen of Troy, from Homer’s great poem, The …

            Tennessee Williams’ “The Glass Menagerie” has achieved a firmly established position in the canon of American plays. However, the play itself is traditionally misunderstood or distorted in terms of analysis of key topics and characters. From my standpoint, Tom, and not Amanda, though she is a powerful and striking …