… by physical ability or intellectual achievement; however, it may also be measured by strength of character, and in this realm humans may often fall short. Weakness of character, shown through various character flaws, causes most of the hardships…

… people would think this term simply means the protagonist of a story that ends in a tragic way. But this interpretation is not entirely true. In fact, a tragic hero is indeed the protagonist of a tragedy, but the more important part is that…

… people allow their definition of “success” to de driven by someone or something else (status quo), for in Ragged Dick by Haratio Alger written in 1868, the protagonist Dick also last known as Richard Hunter looked at what someone else thought of a succes…

… belongs to his time and that much of that time is dead, extinct, and never to be made alive again. What was alive in it, lives through him...2 --John Masefield Geoffrey Chaucer1s world was the Europe of the fourteenth century. It…

… other groups for various reasons, but these attempts have been marked by the human race's refusal to allow such systematic extermination to occur. Unfortunately in 1994 the global community collectively turned a blind eye toward the slaughter…

… most people live life wherever faith takes them and deal with situations morals and ideals as they come and go, some establish themselves and their lives as heroes and embody a set of beliefs that time technology or the way of life…

… “The Dead” begins at the annual 1904 Christmas party given by the Misses Morkans, Miss Kate and Miss Julia. This is also considered a yearly reunion. The party consists of many family members and friends many of whom dislike one another, particularly…

… Macbeth finds himself a nervous wreck, going over all the legitimate reasons not to kill Duncan before he actually goes through with the assassination. The following quote is taken from lines 7-28 during Act 1 scene 7. “But in these cases we…

… and the individual is a theme portrayed throughout Twain's Huckleberry Finn. Huck was not raised in accord with the accepted ways of civilization. Huck faces many aspects of society, which makes him choose his own individuality over civilization.…

… the subject of platonic justice and its goodness to its self arise and are discussed amongst Plato and his peers. At the beginning of The Republic, Plato asks the fundamental question of what is justice? Looking to define the ideal state of justice,…