The issue of racism is shown through the words and actions of every single character in the play. ... Roderigo, Iago, and Brabantio are three characters that portray racist traits throughout the play. ... Being a minor character that does not have his own opinion, he is clearly persuaded to fall into this racist society. ... Brabantio is a somewhat minor character that is the father of Desdemona and is a somewhat self-important Venetian senator. ... All three characters treat Othello as if he is nothing less then the cultural other. ...

• Word Count: 1002
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

Gaines majored in English and minored in Social Studies and also creative writing. ... Gaines had many goals for his writing and characters in his stories. His beliefs of characters were convincing that reached a peak. ... Gaines depicts the strength and dignity of his black characters in the face of numerous struggles. ... The characters" of Ernest Gaines is serene, considered, and unexcited. ...

• Word Count: 1754
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

The story presents the characters being victimized, be it any from the structure of power paradigm. ... The latter being given minor part though but only her situation completes the circle of reality amongst whites. ... In the character of McLendon's wife, this proves to be true. ... Therefore the dryness and the effects of it are prevalent into the lives of characters. ...

• Word Count: 1257
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Though there was a change after the war, they were inside and Sutpen was now in a chair while Wash was sitting on any piece of scrap left, the change was only minor. ... This illumination of the character of Sutpen helps illustrate the idea that the Civil War did more to expose the fallacies and flaws in the southern chivalric attitude than actually transform it. ... The "Negro" boy is a difficult character to understand; due to his inability to free himself from slavery when the law says he is a free man. ... Faulkner character Sutpen supplied the illustration of the damages that were to s...

• Word Count: 1688
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

With more details in Reservation Blues, Smoke Signals surely did not lag behind with the basic message and theme, even though there were other numerous minor themes for the two together and separately. ... The way the characters try to deal with the theme can be used and is used in real life. ...

• Word Count: 1337
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Heart of Darkness opens on a boat called "Nellie." Marlow and his shipmates, including the narrator whose descriptions of the scene fill the few breaks in Marlow's stories, loll on the deck waiting for the tides of the Thames River to change. To entertain his compatriots, Marlow begins to tal...

• Word Count: 4309
• Approx Pages: 17
• Grade Level: High School