In "The Jilting of Granny Weatherall- by Katherine Anne Porter, the character Granny is stubborn. She is a crabby old grandma that believes she is in good standings to go to heaven, when in fact, she covers up that she is scared of dying. ... She even yells at the doctor that he is wasting his time on her and she is wasting her money on him. ... Later, the text states that "Granny felt easy about her soul-, implying that she seemed certain she had a free ticket to heaven. ... The most important person to her seems to be this George character. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

In his play, "The Glass Menagerie", Tennessee Williams uses the imagery of a glass unicorn to help convey the emotional anguish of the character, Laura. ... Later, Amanda's critical remarks toward her son, Tom provokes an argument and Laura nearly cowers as she watches her brother and mother yell at one another. ... Amanda then feels free to belabor her worries of Laura's future, she expresses how "it frightens her terribly how she just drifts along." (1463). ... Amanda refuses to accept Tom's realistic analysis of Laura and goes on about her grand plans for the gentlemen caller...

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• Grade Level: High School

Through the Lafayette plantation and Shola, the characters Nunu, Joe, and Shango are introduced. These characters are all a major component in the role of Mona's transformation. Each character represents a symbol and element of African American culture. ... In the beginning of the movie, the audience was told that Nunu murdered her old master through staring and words. ... He is the contrast of the story, free and restless. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

The Crucible made a statement for the subject of the free man's fight against emotional terrorism to put him down. ... Heilman states that Miller, turned to more vigorous characters who cause suffering rather than uncomprehendingly suffer, he portrayed an evil rooted in human nature overwhelming the community, he made advances toward complexity of motive, and he began to discover inner division (160). ... The Crucible has a narrator, a voice not a character, that tells us about the characters and the action and helps us to understand the moral implications. ...

• Word Count: 11015
• Approx Pages: 44
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Analysis After Ralph's tense, exciting stand against the hunters, the ending of Lord of the Flies is rife with irony. ... Now, when all he can do is struggle to stay alive as long as possible, a deus ex machina (an improbable or unexpected device or character that suddenly appears to resolve a situation) appears, at the last possible moment, in the form of the naval officer who brings the boys back to the world of law, order, and society. ... Free from the rules and structures of civilization and society, the boys on the island in "Lord of the Flies" descend into savagery. ... Much of ...

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• Grade Level: High School

A Developmental Analysis Of The Main Character In The Book "When I Was Puerto Rican" By Esmeralda Santiago Negi's childhood home in Macun was in a community which had few ties with the rest of society. ... This role limited Negi's free time to be able to go outside and explore herself and her surroundings. ... She had to become "mami" in her absence and take on the roles of the head of household, which was a lot of pressure for a 10 or 11 year old. ... They were able to be free, play alone; they didn't have to share clothes, beds, toys or parents. ...

• Word Count: 4765
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

To begin, the theme of identity in society is developed through the characters of Hester, Mr. ... The next character that helps show identity in society is Mr. ... Another theme that is developed through the use of characters is the nature of evil. ... We also see the evil in Pearl as she gets older and learns about the scarlet letter and that Mr. ... This unhappy person had effected such a transformation by devoting himself, for seven years, to the constant analysis of a heart full of torture, and deriving his enjoyment thence, and adding fuel to those fiery tortures which he analyzed and glo...

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While the mainstream press sucked up, perhaps the most cogent analysis of the Coulter phenomenon appeared in a Commentary review by the nonconservative magazine's managing editor, Gary Cohen. ... Leaving aside Goldberg's evident grudge against his old colleagues, his claims about liberal slanting on the networks and in newspapers were swiftly exploded by more careful researchers. ...

• Word Count: 7521
• Approx Pages: 30
• Grade Level: Undergraduate