Guilt Transformation and Redemption -A Character Analysis of Charlie in Fitzgerald＇s＇Babylon Revisited

Babylon Revisited is F.Scott Fitzgerald＇s most renowned and most considered work of short fiction.In the short story ＂＇Babylon Revisited, ＂F.Scott Fitzgerald generally centers on a theme of defining American character.The central figure in Babylon Revisited, Charlie Wales, serves as the lens through which readers observe the events of the story and the life that once thrived in Paris.The controversial questions are also explained in this paper.     

A Character Analysis of Charlie in Fitzgerald’s Babylon Revisited

Babylon Revisited is one of Fitzgerald’s greatest stories. In this story, the protagonist Charlie comes to Paris to get custody of her daughter Honoria from his wife’s sister Marion, to whom the child is entrusted after Charlie fell apart several years ago. However, he is prevented by his late wife’s sister Marion for her selfishness and jealousy. Perhaps, Fitzgerald wants us to question whether Charlie is really prepared for parenting. The story hints that he isn’t, because it provides many hints that he has not separated himself enough from his past bad habits.     

The Analysis of Scarlett’s Character

Scarlett,the heroine in Gone with the Wind,is always the disputed figure in the academic world.She gathers kinds of traits in herself,including contradiction intricacy and diversity.Then,Scarlett is a person not only selfish and rebellious,but also in the pursuit of equality and independence.What she eagerly seeks in her life is genuine love.To begin with her unique thought and conception,this thesis analyzes the characteristics of her self-assurance and self-reliance represented behind her selfishness and rebellion.It makes emphasis on the profound changes Scarlett has in terms of belief and self-value when she experiences the baptism of the Civil War.The process that she changes from a spoiled noble belle to an independent and confident businesswoman indicates the self-awareness of women has wakened up.     

Imperfect Emma:An Analysis of Emma’s Character Flaws

Emma is the heroine of one of the novels written by Jane Austen(1775-1817) who is among the most widely read writers in English literature.In the novel,also named Emma,Austen portrayed Emma as a young,pretty and smart gentlewoman,yet she was not a perfect or flawless character.She dose not seem to have any sense of her own limitations.Her self-conceit and meddling nature are two of her most fatal character flaws.In this article,we will give a detailed analysis of Emma’s flaws supported by various incidents as the novel progresses.We will also find out the two major factors that contribute to develop these character flaws,which are the negative effects caused on her by people very close to her and also the society of her time.     

A Character Analysis on Fleur in Erdrich’s Tracks

This paper analyses the central female character Fleur in Erdrich’s novel Tracks.It discusses her mysterious power and abilities to save her family and land,challenging the White mainstream culture on the reservation.Unlike Pauline goes to extremes and converts herself into a Catholic believer,Fleur holds fast to the old Chippewa way and acts by her own will both as a powerful Chippewa woman,Indian traditionals defender and a great mother.     

A Unity of Contradictions-An Analysis of Jane Eyre’s Character

Charlotte Bronte’s masterpiece Jane Eyre creates a bright figure in the world’s literature, attracting readers of generations all through the globe with her character of both unconvention and convention, which is a unity of contradictions. In this paper, the author presents the analysis in two parts: Jane Eyre’s childhood in Gateshead, and Jane Eyre’s schooldays in Lowood, drawing a conclusion finally that the two aspects of Jane Eyre’s nature-unconvention and convention are indispensable for portraying the heroine.     

Lear——A Combination of Justice and InjusticeAnalysis of Lear’s Character in King Lear

With no knowledge of justice, Lear makes a serious mistake in judgment. If one cannot manage the relationship between justice and injustice; particularly, if a ruler always thinks the justice should serve him but forgets he should as well obey the social disciplines; balance justice and injustice, this ruler will destroy his country. Only After a violent journey, Lear recognizes that he has misused justice and he bears responsibility for both his own problems and for those of others who suffers equally. He has learned that no one is above justice. The whole process makes Lear regret and remorse, which at the same time combines his justice and injustice.     

The Purity of Tess-An Analysis of Tess’s Character and Inner World

Tess is endowed with many shining virtues. She is innocent, honest, kindhearted, etc. She has great consciousness of self-esteem and pride. Among all, Tess is pure and has noble spirit of self-sacrifice and devotion. Suffering successive setbacks, Tess still dreams of happiness and keeps loyal to her love. In her pure heart, the longing for goodness never stops or dies.     

An Analysis of Kurtz’s Moral Transformation in Heart of Darkness

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An Analysis of the Dual Sides of Shylock’s Character

The Merchant of Venice is one of the most outstanding comedies of Shakespeare. The story happened in Venice in 16th century. Shylock is a typical character in this play. Shylock was looked down upon and humiliated by Christians as a Jew. Shylock, who found everyone in that society was against him, felt him isolated by Christians in Venice. But it is true that as a usurer, shylock was greedy and miserly, he lost kindness and reason; Shylock was oppressed and humiliated as a Jew. This paper focuses on the dual sides of Shylock’s character. On one hand he is miserly, unfeeling, vicious and sly; on the other hand, he is oppressed and humiliated.     

A Simple Analysis of Elizabeth and Darcy’s Marriage in Pride and Prejudice

Marriage is the main idea of Jane Austen’s novels. The novel reflects the ideal marriage views by describing several different marriages. It reveals a real marriage should be based on love, actual need, morality and equality. It creates a contrast between a successful marriage and an unsuccessful one. Elizabeth and Darcy’s marriage is considered as a successful one. In fact it embodies the author’s own concept of marriage, it is a fault to get married for only money and social status, but it is also foolish without thinking of these factors.     

“Man Shall Find Grace”: A Biblical Reading of the “Eternal Providence” in Milton’s Paradise Los

John Milton introduces the Biblical world into literature. Some modern critics think that in Paradise Lost, Milton makes Satan a hero while God a tyrant, yet, adopting the original Biblical perception, the reader will see the "Eternal Providence" of God and will agree that Milton has succeeded in justifying God as a Father Who says "Man Shall Find Grace". A Biblical reading of this epic will be done by focusing on its detail contents.     

The Awakening of Female Consciousness:Analysis of Jane Eyre’ s Character

Jane Eyre is the masterpiece of Charlotte Bronte,who was a famous British woman novelist.In Jane Eyre,the author describes a heroine Jane Eyre who shows her rebelliousness to the indifferent and unequal society in her time and revealed the tragic life of common people,especially of women and children,under Capitalism.Meanwhile,this novel also provides such an important theme that women should enjoy an equal position with men both in family and social life.The heroine Jane is neither beautiful,nor rich,but her rebellion,independence and her pursuit of love strike us deeply.Jane Eyre sets a good example for women.Therefore,Jane Eyre becomes the typical figure with female consciousness.This paper is to analyze the typical character in Jane Eyre from the different periods of her life and conclude that Jane comes to self consciousness in this process.From the analysis of Jane’s splendid character,we can see the awakening of female consciousness in that period of time.     

Jane Eyre’s Character Displayed in Her Experience of Marriage and Love

Charlotte Bronte is a famous English woman novelist in the 19th century.Her masterpiece Jane Eyre creates a bright figure in the world’s literature,attracting readers of generations all through the globe with her character of both unconvention and convention,which is a unity of contradictions.In this paper,the author presents the analysis in two parts:Jane Eyre’s convention presented in her experience of marriage and love,and Jane Eyre’s unconvention presented in her experience of marriage and love,drawing a conclusion finally that the two aspects of Jane Eyre’s nature-unconvention and convention are indispensable for portraying the heroine.     

The Factors of Both Romanticism and Transcendentalism in Emily Dickinson’s Character

Emily Dickinson is one of the most widely read and well-known American poets. Although there were just seven poems published during her lifetime, she was brought to many people’s attention. Some people believe that Dickinson is a real romantic but others think she is a transcendentalist. However, both the factors of romanticism and transcendentalism can be seen in her character indeed. Romantic factors include individualism in her personality and her escaping from society. Transcendental factors are oversoul and mysticalness. If all the factors are taken into account, Emily Dickinson can fall into the category of both romanticism and transcendentalism.     

Tragic Character Results in Tragic Life——A Brief Analysis of “Hamlet”

As one of Shakespeare's the four famous tragedies,Hamlet is the most remarkable one. This article aims to analyze the tragedy aspects in Hamlet from the aspects of plot,character and conflict. In Hamlet,it described a disordered world where there was discrepancy in ideality and reality,and also a world with strong self-consciousness,which reflected the main parts uncertainness and complication in the period of Renaissance.On behalf of humanists,Hamlet confirms human's value and dignity,and also the wisdom and power,but faced with the evil reality,all his dreams are destroyed completely. He just gets the spiritual victory with the cost of his life. As the mitigation of the time,Hamlet shows that it is destined for humanists to fail and result in tragic life.     

Children’s and Adults’ Views of Punishment as a Path to Redemption

The current work investigated the extent to which children (N=171 6- to 8-year-olds) and adults (N = 94) view punishment as redemptive. In Study 1, children—but not adults—reported that “mean” individuals became “nicer” after one severe form of punishment (incarceration). Moreover, adults expected “nice” individuals’ moral character to worsen following punishment; however, we did not find that children expected such a change. Study 2 extended these findings by showing that children view “mean” individuals as becoming “nicer” following both severe (incarceration) and relatively minor (time-out) punishments, suggesting that the pattern of results from Study 1 generalizes across punishment types. Together, these studies indicate that children—but not adults—may view punishment as a vehicle for redemption.     

A Psychological Analysis of Laura’s Personality in Katherine Mansfield’s The Garden Party

This paper explores Laura’s inner world, applying Freud’s theory of the unconscious and the structure of the mind,Jung’s idea of archetypes, and Lacan’s concepts of the three orders. The story in The Garden Party depicts, in the movement toward adulthood, how Laura feels, thinks and acts under the drive of the id, and the adjustment of the ego and the superego. Laura’s psychological development indicates Laura has a healthy personality. She can confront her imperfection in her growth.