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Richard Cory and Abraham Lincoln, 2007.
A review of the poem, "Richard Cory" by Edwin Arlington Robinson, drawing comparisons between Richard Cory and Abraham Lincoln.
997 words (approx. 4.0 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 35.95
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This paper introduces, discusses and analyzes the poem "Richard Cory" by Edwin Arlington Robinson. Specifically, the paper compares and contrasts Abraham Lincoln with Richard Cory in the poem. According to the paper, these are two very different men, but they share some common elements.
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"Why did Richard Cory kill himself? The poem does not really answer this, but the poet insinuates that Cory seems to have everything, but it is not enough to make him happy. He is "rich as a king," but that is not the only thing that matters in life, as this poem shows. Happiness comes from contentment and satisfaction with your life and what you do. It seems that Lincoln was probably happy. He was doing an important job, and he had a family that loved him. He never had a lot of money, but he seems as if he was content with his life. In this, he was different than Cory. He would not have chosen to end his life the way Cory did, because he was content, and because he had important responsibilities. Maybe Cory was unhappy because his life was empty, and he did not have important responsibilities, and that would be a big difference between Cory and Lincoln. Lincoln was a success and he worked hard. Cory did not have to work, and he did not seem to have anything to motivate him or make him proud. Lincoln did, and so he had a reason for living, while Cory did not."
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?Richard Cory?, 2002.
A review of the poem ?Richard Cory? by Edwin Arlington Robinson.
568 words (approx. 2.3 pages), 0 sources, $ 20.95
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The paper analyzes the four-stanza, sixteen-line long poem ?Richard Cory? by Edwin Arlington Robinson about the suicide of Cory. It examines how Robinson employs simple but well-chosen words to illuminate the title character and illustrate the tension between Richard Cory?s inner and outer worlds. It discusses the use of the first person plural pronoun, ?we? to identify with the ?people on the pavement? and how it lures the reader into identification with the general populace enabling the reader to perceive Richard Cory through the people?s eyes, rather than the poet?s.
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"Robinson places far more attention on the actions of Richard Cory than he does on the populace because the poem characterizes Cory. But the working class people who come into contact with Cory color their perception of the ?clean favored? man. ?We the people on the pavement...thought that he was everything,? because Cory seemed to glow. His presence evoked a sense of quiet envy, of respect and admiration. ?We people? lived ?down town,? a visible and metaphoric distinction from the uptown, well-educated milieu of Richard Cory."
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"Richard Cory", 2003.
Analysis of the poem "Richard Cory" by Edward Arlington Robinson.
735 words (approx. 2.9 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 26.95
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This paper is a literary analysis of the poem "Richard Cory" by late eighteenth century poet Edward Arlington Robinson. The paper discusses the popularity of "Richard Cory", mainly because of the brief and simple plot and the familiar human characteristics which Robinson incorporates into the poem.
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"The succinct, simple plot of ?Richard Cory? contributes to its circulation among generations of readers. Even some of the lower class people are able to read Robinson?s poem because it does not contain the confusing poetic fluff common to the late 1800?s. ?But poems, like people, sometimes suffer from what familiarity so often breeds. This is especially true if the work appears to be fairly simple and uncomplicated? (Anderson 1). People of all classes can also relate to Robinson?s poem because all humans know failure and its characteristic feelings. ?The characters of works like ?Richard Cory? are faced with failure and tragedy? (Peschel 1). Robinson?s failures may be personal, or he may write about failures he witnesses his family suffer through."
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?Richard Cory?, 2006.
An analysis of Edwin Arlington Robinson and his poem "Richard Cory".
1,115 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 5 sources, APA, $ 38.95
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This paper explains the tragic family life that Robinson had - filled with illness and death of family members. It analyzes his poem "Richard Cory" and discusses whether this poem was about a specific family member or not.
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"Robinson's philosophical perspective came to combine the idealism of the waning Romantic Age with the dark pessimism of the dawning century. While he believed ardently in the divine spark within all man and nature, he inevitably found that spark clouded with what he called "the black and awful chaos of the night." His attitude is not surprising, because of his failed romances, poetry neglect and alcohol in his family. His mother shockingly died from black diphtheria. His brothers, Dean and Herman died from alcohol and drug addictions. His father's health started declining and he finally died. Most of the family finances were loss, as well as his own prolonged frustration and poverty."
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"J. Alfred Prufrock" and "Richard Cory", 2001.
This paper is a literary comparison between two poems by T.S. Eliot and Edwin Arlington Robinson.
865 words (approx. 3.5 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 30.95
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This essay examines the different ways in which both Robinson and Elliot lead their readers to understand the desperation that their title characters feel in "Richard Cory" and "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock?, respectively. The author compares the different ways in which the poets differentiate alienation.
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"While Corey appears to us as a character driven to death by loneliness combined with the inner demons that haunt each one of us, Prufrock seems like the kind of character who will spend his entire life worrying about what other people think, but be in the end just a little too convinced of his own importance ever to consider suicide. While Corey spends his time making others happy, Prufrock spends his time making himself unhappy."
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Theme of Death in Three Poems, 2006.
A review of "Richard Cory" by Edwin Arlington Robinson, "My Last Duchess" by Robert Browning and "We Real Cool" by Gwendolyn Brooks, focusing on the theme of death in each.
1,855 words (approx. 7.4 pages), 0 sources, $ 59.95
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This paper reviews and discusses the three poems "Richard Cory," "My Last Duchess," and "We Real Cool". The paper focuses primarily on the theme of death, prevalent in all three.
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"The narrator in a poem is the character whose voice is telling the story and through whose eyes we see the characters and action happen. The narrator is not necessarily the poet, although because of the use of "I" or "we," it may seem that way sometimes. In the poem "Richard Cory," the narrator is a male who is part of a group of males in a town or village ("on the sidewalk"), whom now we might say are boys who "grew up in the streets." They are probably about the same age as Richard Cory. The situation is one in which common, working people are observing a privileged person. "
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A Poetry Comparison, 2002.
This paper compares and discusses the following poems: ?Sonnet 18? and ?Sonnet 130? by William Shakespeare, ?Richard Cory? by Edwin Arlington Robinson, and ?Resume,? by Dorothy Parker.
1,927 words (approx. 7.7 pages), 0 sources, $ 61.95
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This paper successfully gives a detailed practical criticism on four well-known poems. A summary of each poem is given, followed by various literary devices including: alliteration, symbolism, tones, rhyme, allusion. The writer compares and contrasts the two Shakespeare Sonnets.
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"This sonnet at first seems very different from the previous sonnet. At first, it seems as if Shakespeare is talking about someone he definitely does not love, with all the negative comparisons. Again, the theme of this poem is love, but it looks at it from a different angle. We do know by the end, that the writer is in love with his ?mistress,? but it is not quite the flowery language of the previous poem, it is tongue-in-cheek. ?And in some perfumes is there more delight, Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks.?
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Richard the Lionheart, 2004.
An analysis of the life of King Richard the Lionheart.
2,739 words (approx. 11.0 pages), 24 sources, MLA, $ 81.95
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This paper explains that the figure Robin Hood is based on a real person, a king of England to be precise. The paper claims that an examination of the life of King Richard, better known as Richard the Lionheart,will reveal the real tale of Robin Hood. The paper presents a biographical tale of the life of King Richard. The paper contends that it is Richard's positive traits and goals that people remember about him; it is his virtue and heroism that lives in storybooks. Though the fairytale has changed and gained an element of fiction, the paper explains that the truth of Richard's conquest is evident.
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"Most people remember the character of Robin Hood from children's stories. When they think of him they recall a hero who "robbed from the rich and gave to the poor." What most people do not know is that the figure Robin Hood is based on a real person, a king of England to be precise. That character is King Richard I, better known as King Richard the Lionheart. Although Richard I did not, by the standards of the day, steal from "the Rich," historians have found a distinct connection between the lives of the two characters. Robin Hood lived during the 13th century, exactly one year after the time of King Richard's reign. Also, it is evident in the stories of Robin Hood that his main political goal is to "restore Richard to the throne after Prince John usurped it." Although most people are probably unaware of the connection between the two heroes, King Richard I had a very fascinating and interesting life. "
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"Richard III", 2005.
An analysis of Shakespeare's play, "Richard III", focusing on the relationship between the Duke of Buckingham and Richard.
2,143 words (approx. 8.6 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 67.95
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This paper concentrates on exploring why the Duke of Buckingham helped Richard III as extensively as he did to lie, cheat, steal, and murder his way to being king. It also explores why Buckingham left Richard III at a certain point after he was asked to arrange for the murder of Edward. The author argues that Buckingham left Richard not because of his conscience regarding the murder of the boy, but out of a fear that by helping the tyrant to gain his power, he would not get anything in return but his own death.
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"Shakespeare?s ?Richard III? was a play in the series of historical texts that also includes ?Henry IV.? With these texts, the author left the convention of setting his plays is exotic places like Athens and Italy, and concentrated on the theme of English history. Richard III was a monarch who is shown in Shakespeare?s ?Richard III? to have lost touch with reality more than a little bit in his quest for power, which has corrupted him deeply. At the end of the play there is little that can be done to redeem Richard III, such is his rejection of morality and his overriding ambition. These qualities caused Richard III to murder many of his own family members, and throughout the play he treats everyone as either someone to use or a potential threat. One of the people whom Richard III used was the Duke of Buckingham, who became his right-hand man during his quest for the throne."
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William Shakespeare?s ?Othello? and ?King Richard III?, 2003.
This paper compares William Shakespeare?s villains, Iago from ?Othello? and Richard III from ?King Richard III?.
1,490 words (approx. 6.0 pages), 6 sources, APA, $ 49.95
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This paper relates that Shakespeare?s primary intent in ?Othello? was to develop the villainous character of Iago, whose motives are represented as being highly complex and ambiguous, but villainous in the extreme. The author points out that Richard is shown to be a villain of the highest caliber, whose power-mad lust for the crown compels him to confirm his claim that, ?I am determined to prove a villain?. The paper concludes that Shakespeare portrays Iago and Richard in much the same light, as sociopaths who view others as merely objects representing obstacles in their path to fame and glory, which makes them villains by any definition.
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"However, much like Richard, Iago?s ambition is the source of his villainy rather than his resentment at being overlooked for promotion, sexual jealousy or the racial prejudice he had consistently faced; rather: ?A man motivated by simple jealously and hatred would have no such need. He is not inspired by pure evil and desire to torment Othello either. In reality, Iago?s main motivation, born out of an inferiority complex, is a desire to heighten his sense of superiority and power.? According to Agrawal, Samuel Coleridge?s phrase, ?. . . motive hunting of motiveless malignity,? may best describe Iago?s strange actions and behavior. ?Motive hunting? exactly describes Iago?s soliloquies. He continuously ponders over and tries to understand his emotions. It is clear that he wants to torment and destroy Othello. However, he is not sure of the motivations underlying that desire.? "
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The Two Richards, 2001.
This essay is a comparison of Shakespeare's "Richard III" and Tey's Richard III in her novel "The Daughter of Time".
865 words (approx. 3.5 pages), 2 sources, APA, $ 30.95
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This paper explores the differences between William Shakespeare?s account of Richard III and Josephine Tey?s account of the same. The author discusses such differences as historical accuracy, the protagonist?s motivations and the differences in the plots.
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"Shakespeare?s descriptions of Richard III have been the most popular historical account. He describes Richard to be a physically deformed individual with his deformities eating away at his mind and soul turning him into a loathsome character. Moreover, he depicts Richard to be greedy for throne so much so that he went about on a murdering spree. In Shakespeare?s account, Richard killed his own brother George whose turn it was in the line of succession within the House of York. Moreover, he had the queen's brothers, Rivers and Gray and his wife Anne murdered too with the aid of the conspiratorial Buckingham."
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'Richard III', 2006.
A review of 'Richard III' by William Shakespeare.
1,219 words (approx. 4.9 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 41.95
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This paper takes a look at William Shakespeare's play 'Richard III' and two movie versions based on this play. According to the paper, 'Richard III' is both a tragedy and a historical account of the short career of the last medieval English king. The paper discusses how Shakespeare's 'Richard III' depicts Richard and his "reign of terror" both unflatteringly and beyond historical accuracy.
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" In the movie version, "Looking for Richard," Al Pacino creates, directs and stars as Richard III's obsession for power, lust and betrayal through the streets of New York to the birthplace of Shakespeare to an emotionally charged production of Richard III (Richard III Society 1996) It is a presentation of Shakespeare with an untraditional format more accessible to the modern audience and with which this modern audience can relate better. The cast includes Estelle Parsons as Queen Margaret, Alec Baldwin as Clarence, Kevin Spacey as Buckingham, Winona Ryder as Lady Anne and Aidan Quinn as Richmond. Al Pacino also puts in the enthusiasm and help of Sir John Gielgud, Sir Derek Jacobi, Kenneth Branagh, Vanessa Redgrave, James Earl Jones and Kevin Kline in an attempt at making everyone enjoy Shakespeare and his tales truly timeless in exploring human nature. This version is different from the first two interpretations in that Al Pacino and his actors needed to break down the barriers, which render Shakespeare's history complicated and intimidating. Al Pacino allows his viewer to go behind the scenes and witness the actual process of acting. The heavier aspects of the play are made mild by informal shots of actors dealing with their roles in either a comic or heated forum. Al Pacino's methods of analysis are insightful, amusing and engrossing. He transcends the barrier between actors and their audience as he stands in London's legendary Globe Theater and the halls of New York City's Cloisters Museum (Richard III Society)."
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Richard II: A King?s Demise, 2002.
A review of the demise of the king in William Shakespeare's "Richard II".
1,906 words (approx. 7.6 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 60.95
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This paper argues that the demise of William Shakespeare's "Richard II" was not due to Bolingbroke's invasion of England but due to Richard's own failings to act as an appropriate king. It develops the idea that Richard's character failures, his passivity and inability to act decisively, result in his loss of kingship. It examines how his numerous failures as king, such as his disconnection from his people and land, contribute to his removal form the throne. It shows that despite Bolingbroke's presence in the play, Richard's downfall is ultimately his own doing.
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"William Shakespeare?s Richard II, is the dramatic portrayal of a king?s downfall. The action of the play surrounds the deposition of an anointed but unworthy king, Richard II. Although he is stately and poetic, he fails miserably in his public role as a king because he is disconnected from his land and its people. Consequently, he is overthrown by his cousin Bolingbroke and eventually assassinated. However, despite Bolingbroke?s connection to Richard?s removal from the throne, Richard?s fall ultimately is a result of his own inability to perform the duties of kingship. His continuous passivity and readiness to succumb to despair prove to be his definitive weaknesses and result in his final defeat. Richard is not fit to be king."
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King Richard and Prospero, 2004.
An analysis of discourse between the characters, King Richard II and Prospero, in plays by William Shakespeare.
1,453 words (approx. 5.8 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 48.95
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When considering matters of discourse in William Shakespeare?s plays, "The Tragedy of King Richard II" and "The Tempest", King Richard displays stronger leadership skills because he always speaks with eloquence. King Richard speaks with a grace and style that cannot be matched by Prospero. This paper examines how speech is an important part of how a leader is perceived through King Richard and Prospero.
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"This soliloquy also illustrates how Richard has come to terms with the fact that he is not destined to be king, as he once believed. He has resigned himself to the fact of how he must live out the rest of his life. This soliloquy is beautiful and heart wrenching. It is through Richard?s speeches that Shakespeare is able to make Richard stand out. King Richard would be an ideal candidate for any political position in the world today. He was always able to deliver moving speeches and this is a valuable asset to any king. In fact, it is proof that a man?s words can carry him far even if they cannot save his life."
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Shakespeare's "Richard III", 2004.
Analysis of Shakespeare's play, "Richard III", and how the main character is able to win over the hearts and minds of the audience in spite of his evil nature.
1,710 words (approx. 6.8 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 55.95
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This paper describes the four techniques used by Richard, in William Shakespeare's play, "Richard III", to win the love of the audience. Eliciting the audience's sympathy and then their collaboration, Richard's ability to charm and manipulate the audience depends are various elements; each is cited as a technique used by Richard to gain the audience's devotion.
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"One of Shakespeare?s most memorable characters is a villain who will always be remembered for his outstanding intelligence, political intensity, and incredible language skill. Richard, Duke of Gloucester, a devilish man, who murders anyone who stands in his way, even innocent people. We ask ourselves how could anybody with a hypocritical, and deceiving nature win the hearts of the audience of so many generations: for at-least most part of the play. It is agreed then that normally one such a person would horrify and disgust one and all. However, Richard (I stress not King Richard) which will be clarified by the end of this essay; mesmerizes his audience with sly skill. He captures sympathy in his audience by convincing them that his physical deformities should excuse him of committing evil crimes. His alluring use of language is like a spell that is cast over the audience and sustained from the beginning of the play until Act IV. Richard is then able to charm his audience into a partnership of evil and corrupt manipulation. Moreover, Richard, distinguishable than any other villain, and deserves his title because of the four most vital techniques that he uses: through these techniques he is able to win the love of the audience. There are four specific techniques that are used by Richard, which will be explained in-order of importance throughout the essay. The key idea is that each technique adds to, enhances, and strengthens the effect of the situations and outcomes- to whoever is participating in the play (audience, characters etc.)."
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