Although the story was written in 1904 and that particular personnality disorder was only diagnosed in 1977, Cather's character embodies many of the symptoms listed by the doctors, such as: "highly developped sense of self importance, preoccupation with fantasies of success, belief that he is special, feeling he has the envy of peers, and arrogant behavior." ... The protagonist in Willa Cather story is complex. ...

• Word Count: 886
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In this short story, "Hills like White Elephants", Hemingway relies on the use of symbolism throughout the story to describe a very complex issue that has encountered Jig and The American, the main characters in the story. ... Again, an aspect of the story's setting helps reinforce the main disagreement between the characters and the agonizing choice they will have to make. ... Overall, "Hills like White Elephants" can be a complex story to comprehend, but his use of symbolism allows the reader to relate to the actual events. ...

• Word Count: 814
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In the short story by Gabriel García Márquez called, "A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings" he portrays two brilliant characters known as Spider-Woman, and an old man with huge wings who is also known as an angel. In this short story, it displays some similarities, and differences between the Spider-Woman and the Old man to show their efficiency, and how the characters explore dualities in human life. ... The story shows that the people think the Old Man with Angel wings, not understandable people because he is more complex, and does not tell the people any information about h...

• Word Count: 516
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Flat characters, also known as supporting characters, do not develop fully or express complex emotions. ... When a character undergoes a fundamental change in nature or personality during the story, the character has dynamic style. However, a character without change defines a static character. ... Introducing the personality of the character to the reader in words give or describe the personality of the characters or the words used imply certain things about the character. ... Authors help the reader understand where a character's values lie by using character archetypes or original patt...

• Word Count: 1162
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Even though Georgiana has shown signs of her good qualities in the story like being intelligent and knowing her self-worth, it seems that she is a complex character with incongruent qualities. ... After Aylmer reassures Georgiana that he is confident of finding a way to removing her birthmark, It is this part of the story where Georgiana shows her complex qualities by proclaiming that, "danger is nothing to me; for life is a burden which I would fling down with joy," (Hawthorne 151) and compels her to command Aylmer to, "either remove this dreadful hand or take my wretched life!...

• Word Count: 590
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

This complex tale of corruption during Indira Gandhi's years in office returns once more to the Bombay Parsi community. ... Gandhi's declaration of a state of internal emergency, the book turns first toward the Parsi community in an unidentified city by the sea that resembles Bombay, but its plot opens up to embrace other characters and to expand the settings. ... Instead, he has turned their lives into a metaphor that stands for the human experience: the fears, the joys, the ambitions and failures, the terror and the conflicts, finally the sense of balance that once attained will ...

• Word Count: 4675
• Approx Pages: 19
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

This complex tale of corruption during Indira Gandhi's years in office returns once more to the Bombay Parsi community. ... Gandhi's declaration of a state of internal emergency, the book turns first toward the Parsi community in an unidentified city by the sea that resembles Bombay, but its plot opens up to embrace other characters and to expand the settings. ... Instead, he has turned their lives into a metaphor that stands for the human experience: the fears, the joys, the ambitions and failures, the terror and the conflicts, finally the sense of balance that once attained will ...

• Word Count: 4673
• Approx Pages: 19
• Grade Level: Undergraduate