In the novel The Life and Crimes of Harry Lavender written by Marele Day, distinctive voices are created through the creation of voices depicted through various literary techniques. ... Marele Day has used a range of literary techniques including first person narration and phrases to successfully create an interchange of unique characters. ... The character Claudia is initially portrayed as a typical forties, hard-boiled detective. ... Day is creating a complex character and an interesting voice to express the flexibility and multifariousness of women in today's society. Day has created...

• Word Count: 1571
• Approx Pages: 6

Perhaps I could ask you to suspend your judgements until the end of my lecture to weigh your opinion in light of well-known literary critics both ancient and modern such as Aristotle, A.C. ... First of all there is a tragic hero of high status, who is noble but eventually undone by character flaw- hamartia. ... The order is obtained as the nation is now ruled by the three noble, loyal characters of the play- Albany, Kent and the new found King, Edgar, setting the nation into orderliness and initially Lear earns respect from the audience before he dies, leaving the final mood optimistic. ... ...

• Word Count: 1659
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

This love is the reason for the tragic development of the story; all the other themes like hate, revenge and death (among others) derive from this love between the two main characters. ... Most characters in the novel also suffer the love or lack' of love. ...

• Word Count: 2324
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Herman Melville's "Bartleby, the Scrivener" is a classical literary example of a person playing the role of a minority. In this story, Melville portrays five characters working in a law office. ... This is evident immediately, "Ere introducing the scrivener, as he first appeared to me, it is fit I make some mention of myself, my employees, my business, my chambers, and general surroundings; because some such description is indispensable to an adequate understanding of the chief character about to be presented" (Melville 1086). ...

• Word Count: 2175
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School