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“Perhaps when a man has special knowledge and special powers like my own, it rather encourages him to seek a complex explanation when a simpler one is at hand. ” This quote by Sherlock Holmes, the most famous fictional character of A. C. Doyle, describes not only Sherlock Holmes but also his creator. Sir Arthur…

Nathaniel Hawthorne was born in Salem, Massachusetts in 1804. After his graduation from Bowdoin College in Maine, he quickly became a well-known author of literary tales concerning early American life. Between 1825 and 1850, he developed his talent by writing short fiction, and he gained international fame for his fictional novel The Scarlet Letter in…

Brooks and Heilman wrote Understanding Drama in 1948. Their combined experience and efforts in research of the play, Oedipus Rex, give them the opportunity to become co-authors of their essay. Cederic Whitman, in 1951, also wrote an essay about Oedipus Rex entitled Sophocles: A Study of Heroic Humanism. Being published at Cambridge shows his knowledge…

The concept of sight is one of the major motifs throughout Sophocles play Oedipus the King. The play revolves primarily around series of events caused by many peoples insight or lack there of. Oedipus does not see that he is caught up in a web of cruel destiny that he can not escape. The gods…

MacBethIn The Tragedy of MacBeth, Lady MacBeth has strong id characteristics, and is not well balanced because her superego is severely out-weighed by her id. The id, superego, and ego are the3 parts of a person’s psychological make up, accoring to Freudian psychology. Freud explained that the id is the part of the personality that…

itizenJohn Proctor and John Hale- Good Citizen vs. Good PersonIn The Crucible, Arthur Miller portrays the two main characters, John Proctor and Reverend John Hale as good men. The term good men in this play is ambiguous. Reverend John Hale was a good man in the sense of being the perfect and good citizen of…

In Oedipus Rex by Sophocles, Oedipus tried to make the world that he lived better by trying to kill people that he thought made the problems in the city. He said that he wanted to find the men who were responsible for the plague in the city. Then he would kill them and get rid…

Characterization of Reverend Samuel Parris in The Crucible” by Eric Repas. Throughout “The Crucible,” we are introduced to and follow several important characters that Arthur Miller elaborated upon. One of these characters is Reverend Samuel Parris, a bitter minister who came to Salem for unclear reasons. The reason may have been that he was looking…

Julius Caesar: Marcus Brutus Character AnalysisWilliam Shakespeare’s play, The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, is mainlybased on the assassination of Julius Caesar. The character who was in chargeof the assassination was, ironically, Marcus Brutus, a servant and close friendto Julius Caesar. But what would cause a person to kill a close friend? Afterexamining Brutus’ relationship to…

BILBO BAGGINS: The Hobbit who led the Dwarves to the LonelyMountain to recla im their treasure from the dragon Smaug. He foundthe One Ring in Gollum’s caveGANDALF: The Wizard that accompanies Bilbo and the dwarves ontheir quest. He is well versed in magic spells and often calls uponthem to save his comrades. THORIN OAKENSHIELD: Son…