.... common man is as apt a subject for tragedy in its highest sense as kings were. On the face of it this ought to be obvious in the light of modern psychiatry, which bases its analysis upon classic formulations, such as the Oedipus and Orestes complexes, for instances, which were enacted by royal beings, but which apply to everyone in similar emotional situations. Not Exclusive More simply, when the question of tragedy in art is not at issue, we never hesitate to attribute to the well-placed and the exalted the very same mental processes as the lowly. And finally, if the exaltation of tragic action were truly a property of the high-bred character alone, it is inconceivable th ....

.... grew to a point where he was willing to severely injure Finny for being too perfect. Unfortunately for Finny, Gene succeeded. Finny's seeming perfection, his strong beliefs, and his ability to forgive trace his development throughout the novel. Finny's seeming perfection was the basis for Gene's resentment towards him. Gene thought that everything Finny did was perfect, which just upset Gene all the more. Finny was so perfect that he didn't care what others thought, like when Finny wore a pink shirt as an emblem after the bombing of central Europe. " '...Pink! It makes you look like a fairy!' 'Does it?' He used this preoccupied tone when he was thinking of something ....

.... after the death of Enkidu shows that Gilgamesh has changed. Gilgamesh becomes frightened when he realizes that he isn't immortal. After the death of Enkidu, Gilgamesh tries to find immortality by trying to cross the ocean to find it. He sounds pathetic as he rambles of his reason for trying to find everlasting life. His state of being at this part in the book, which is the end, is completely different from his arrogant beginning of this epic. Gilgamesh has gone from arrogant to scared. Second, the death of Humbaba changes Gilgamesh. Humbaba is evil. Many people who live in the city of Uruk fear Gilgamesh. Most would say that Gilgamesh himself is, in fact, evil ....

.... with New England businessmen, wives, children, and friends that spark the themes in his novels. Some say that his work is “cryptoautobiographical” (The American n.pag.) considering his bouts with publishing companies, homosexuality, alcoholism, and family. Others say that he is a “short story writer that failed at trying a novel”(Beacham 236). Some criticize his work for lacking a climax and plot making for an uneventful story line. Clearly one thing holds true. Cheever depicts life in American suburbs with humor and compassion in a way that no other can compare to. Cheever is a self-expressive author who voices his opinion through writing quite effectively. In his ....

.... Earnshaw. A wonderful lady he took kindly to. Fortunately she took a liking to him. Heathcliff left the moors for three years to make a name for himself, and make some money. When he returned he saw Catherine, his true love married to his half-brother. Heathcliff in turn married Isabella, whom he did not love, for reasons unbeknownst to me, other than to tick Edgar off. He plotted revenge on his brothers, and friends in order to get both Thrushcross Grange and the story's namesake Wuthering Heights. When Heathcliff died, I imagine that he was very sad that his plan did not work out. I'm sure he would have changed his ways if he knew the outcome. Or maybe not ....

.... and withhold the secret of his sin from being known. As his conscience continues to consume all that is his very essence, Arthur Dimmesdale illustrates Hawthorne’s theme of a sin-stained conscience and redemption only through truth. The novel begins to delve into the heart and conscience of Arthur Dimmesdale when Roger Chillingworth questions him about his thoughts on sinners and their secrets. Feeling full well the torment of his own secret, Arthur proclaims that those who hold such "miserable secrets…will yield them up that last day…with a joy unutterable." By this expression, Arthur offers a glimpse into his tortured heart and shows how heavy a burden his ....

.... exhibited to the reader. Meaninglessness is perhaps the most predominant theme of The Wall and is especially prevalent in Pablo's thoughts. OM page 292 Pablos states, "How madly I ran after happiness, after women, and liberty. Why? I wanted to free Spain, I admired Pi y Margall, I joined the anarchist movement, I spoke in public meeetings: I took everything as seriously as if I were immortal. At that moment I felt that I had my whole life in front of me and I thought, "It's a damned lie." It was worth nothing because it was finished." In this passage Pablo realizes that his entire life has been a continuous sequence of events and eventually the outcome must be the ....

.... so they kept his secret between the two of them. Together the conceived a child, Pearl. Everyone specified to her as a demon baby. Roger Chillingworth, a knowledgeable man, was Hester’s prearranged husband. Chillingworth had been unseen by Hester for two years and returned to find his wife in public humiliation. Each one of these characters has a different aspect upon one another. A brave lion, Hester Prynne stood publicly on the scaffold of sham to face her criticism and punishment alone. Forced to tell who fathers her child, Hester denies the town of the knowledge and replies, “Never, it is too deeply branded. Ye cannot take it off. And would that I might endure ....