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Inhabiting the Myth of Dune

Document abstract : «The structures of everyday life are embodied in patterns that align with an internal concept of the mythic. The extent to which all societies are guided by some sense of the mythic is proportional to a culture's dependence on language, religion, or...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Arrakis as a planet of harsh conditions.. Jessica confrontation with the Shadout Mapes.. The myth that the Fremen are associating with Jessica and Paul.. Jessica's performance of the Sayyadina.. The power of the myth.....»

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Self-awareness: The problem of the self in the work of Samuel Beckett

Document abstract : «We find ourselves in some deeply existential quandary: a problem beyond inquiry or conclusion; a problem that extends into the void of time and space; that avoids the very title of "problem". We are confined to a box, in Endgame, we are on a dead...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Questions in relation to the self-awareness of the characters.. Martin Esslin, in a chapter from The Theatre of the Absurd on Samuel Beckett.. The problem of having a sense of identity when we are not the same at any moment.. The...»

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The feminine power in Spenser's "The Faerie Queene"

Document abstract : «Throughout The Faerie Queene, there are female representations, the most prominent female characters are Una and Duessa, but there are also Errour, Lucifera, Night, Caelia and her three daughters. These female characters exude a certain form of...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. How Archimago tricks Redcrosse.. The feminine power that Una has.. The power that Duessa has over Redcrosse.. Conclusion.....»

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Is "Maurice" a hopelessly flawed text, or a thoughtful adaptation of the novel form to the subject matter and a strong intervention in debates of the time?

Document abstract : «E.M Forster dedicated his novel "Maurice" to a "happier year", affirming his intention of the novel's purpose as an insight into the future evolution of sexual desire and relationships, leading some to attach significance to the text as a...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Forster's self proclaimed significance of the novel as a symbol of the future.. The depiction of a homosexual future as a return from an idealistic past.. The problem of literary history in Forster's aspects of the novel.. Maurice's...»

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Time, space and being in North Indian classical music

Document abstract : «Martin Clayton writes, "the highest aim of our music is to reveal the essence of the universe it reflects" (Clayton 10). To hear North Indian Classical Music is to engage one self in an experience of being in which music becomes an external...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. The basics.. The fluidity of Indian classical music.. The rhythm.. Rasa, Raga and the experience of Brahman Nada.. The Vedas.. Conclusion.....»

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Perceptions of Kali's tongue

Document abstract : «Through the last century the western world has been faced with the relatively new concepts of feminine equality and power. Academia has been influenced by theorists such as Simone de Beauvoir, and more recently Judith Butler, who have created a...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Hindu concept of 'Lajya' and the western idea of shame.. Comparison between the observations of the students and the true legend.. The dominant figure in the image.. The experience of shame that the feminist interviewees are...»

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Forming and performing the female identity in Daniel Deronda

Document abstract : «The Victorian era thrived on ideals; knowing their world is more than knowing the facts of British politics, of documented interactions, or popular amusements, it is striving to understand the light in which they saw themselves, the real or ideal...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. The works of George Eliot and their examination of the way English institutions required performances of nationality.. The most seductive trait of Femininity.. The fascination of Gwendolen's character.. Another aspect of Victorian...»

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Irony in 18th century British Literature

Document abstract : «Philosophers as early as Plato have made distinctions between the mind and body, or reason and material perception, resulting in a dualism of being that has seeped into all aspects of Western Civilization. The cycle of perception and judgment of...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Western intellectual thought .. The central problem in the mind-body relation.. Sexuality within Tristram Shandy.. One aspects of the mind-body problem - the circular correlation between self-perception and world-perception.. The...»

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The young Shakespeare and his contemporaries: reconstructing convention in taming of the shrew

Document abstract : «One purpose of theatre is perhaps to reiterate social phenomena and bring to light aspects of our identity, as an individual, culture, or audience, that have been passed as unquestioned tradition from times when they made sense. The Taming of the...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Modern theories illumination on conventions of the past with temporally disparate ideas.. The process by which society can endow an individual with a constructed identity.. The ideals of gender.. The character of...»

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Review and reinterpretation of Mrs. Dalloway

Document abstract : «Through Space and Time: Reality and Experience in the Modern Age "This late age of the world's experience had bred in them all, all men and women, a well of tears" (Woolfe 9). Modernism marked the collapse of structures that had defined the...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. The characters of Mrs. Dalloway.. Big Ben.. The character of Woolf'.. Clarissa and Peter.. The question of reality and the inability of traditional structures to explain or contain the vastness of life. . Society's attempts to force...»

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"I Am We": The duality of being one

Document abstract : «Who am I? Asked, the response begins: "I am," followed by the concept upon which the individual forms his or her identity. America has built itself upon this exchange; accenting the importance of the "I," of the individual, and his or her ability...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. 'The Law of Life' written by Jack London.. Individual independence of the community and a hunger for the right to be. . The Native American community and its individual members.. Impressions of an Indian Childhood.. Emerson's self...»

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Experience and emptiness in Gary Snyder's "Mountains and Rivers without end"

Document abstract : «Language orders our experience of reality. It establishes a scale of binary opposition dictating where one ends and another begins, clearly defining the relationship between what is and what isn't. This relationship grounds our notion of self and...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Mountains, rivers and a Wandering Poet.. Zen Buddhism and post-structural theory.. Into the mountains.. The grammatical structure of 'Raven's Beak River/At the End'. . Conclusion.....»

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The nature of being and expression in the story of Christ

Document abstract : «History is a story. A man, a woman is a narrative. With each moment of our beings, we sift through the scattered array of images and experiences woven through our discourse to create the illusion of a coherent, cohesive self. And, despite our...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. The story of Christ as our guide.. Christ's character within specific moments according to Rice.. The multiple perspectives of Christ's mother, father, uncles, brothers and even strangers.. Differences between Mailer's book and...»

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Stephen Crane and the Red Badge of courage

Document abstract : «Born in 1871 to a Methodist preacher and social leader, Stephen Crane started his short, but compelling life in the Civil War torn society that was America- or more specifically, Newark, New Jersey. His parents held a belief, commonplace in their...»

Synopsis abstract : «The life of Stephen Crane.. A new technique in literature - naturalism.. Differences in Crane's writing.. The Red Badge of Courage.. The new United States.. Army of the Potomac.....»

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The magic of blood: A review of Glib's book

Document abstract : «The Magic of Blood is a peculiar juju. Early on through the book, it wasn't grabbing me, so I went to a Taco Bell and tried reading it there. I'm a veggie, so the menu didn't offer "greater cultural understanding", but something in Dagoberto's...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. The stories in the first section.. The stories in the second section.. That closes the second section. . the ?literary canon? for fiction.. Conclusion.....»

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Death of a salesman

Document abstract : «Tragedy is defined in literature as "the fall of a worthy, usually noble hero or heroine" and would rely basically on a protagonist who started in a high status in society and would eventually have a downfall as the story progresses ("Tragedy.")....»

Synopsis abstract : «'Death of a salesman' a tragedy.. Characteristic flaw in Willy Lohman. . Definition of a man's success for Willy.. Willy's suicide.. Conclusion.....»

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Satan of paradise lost

Document abstract : «Throughout more than three hundred years of criticism on John Milton's Paradise Lost the character Satan has been a subject of controversy for many reasons and from many perspectives. Despite being God's adversary, Milton shows his readers a...»

Synopsis abstract : «Background on the Satan entities.. Dante's Satan.. Satan appears as the Prince of hell.. Satan and Eden.. Satan's transformations.....»

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On necessity as a defense to homicide in Regina v. Dudley and Stephens

Document abstract : «The present paper asks and addresses the questions: what principles, if any, distinguish Regina v. Dudley and Stephens (RDS) from scenarios in which necessity ought to be a defense to homicide? Were Dudley and Stephens guilty of murder? After...»

Synopsis abstract : «Floodgate necessity scenarios. . Destruction of property to avert peril to a community or destruction of a community to avert peril to a larger community.. Translating ex post RDS into an FN.. Contrasting the ex post and ex ante floodgate...»

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Female protagonists in the sound and the fury and as I lay dying

Document abstract : «"The following Ralph Ellison quote is often found on the book jackets of William Faulkner's novels: "For all his concern with the South, Faulkner was actually seeking out the nature of man. Thus we must turn to him for that continuity of moral...»

Synopsis abstract : «Parallels between 'The Sound and the Fury' and 'As I Lay Dying'. . The significance of the parallels between the male characters.. The female characters of Addie Bundren.. The character of Dewey Dell in As I Lay Dying.. The character of Cora in As I...»

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Adolescence and growth development

Document abstract : «In the realm of mother and daughter movies, "White Oleander" touches base on so many topics in its attempt to create beautiful chick flick as an adaptation of the popular novel that Oprah herself had recommended. The movie itself was moving and it...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction of the film.. Understanding Astrid.. The second foster home for Astrid.. One among top female movie of the decade. ....»

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Homosexuality and deceit within "The Children's Hour"

Document abstract : «The Children's Hour by Lillian Hellman is a cautionary play of how small lies can lead people into ruin and self-destruction. The central issue of homosexuality driven by deceit is the cause of turmoil on the lives of the people of Lancet. A...»

Synopsis abstract : «The element of deception.. The first accusation of homosexuality.. The homosexual lie - its effects on lives.. Martha convinces herself of the lie.. Relevance of homosexuality today.....»

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Points of intersection: A handful of dust and St. Mawr

Document abstract : «In Evelyn Waugh's novel A Handful of Dust as in D.H. Lawrence's novel St Mawr, a common rhetorical layer discusses the search for life's meaning, which in many aspects mirrors Ellington's experience of finding agreeability in music, as well as the...»

Synopsis abstract : «The protagonist in A Handful of Dust.. The characters of Brenda and Mrs. Witt in St. Mawr. . Lawrence's protagonist of Lou and Waugh's protagonist of Tony Last.. Lou Witt's realization on escaping the false illusions that surround life. ...»

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Seamus Heaney's politically poetic voice

Document abstract : «Seamus Heaney is one of Ireland's most prolific poets. He has published thirteen major volumes of poetry to date, and shares the honor of being awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature with fellow Irish writers William Butler Yeats, Samuel Beckett, and...»

Synopsis abstract : «Seamus Heaney.. The critic Elmer Andrews.. Death of a Naturalist and Personal Helicon.. Heaney's political interests as a Roman Catholic and a nationalist.. Bog poems.. Identity crisis.. Heaney as a poet.....»

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Teaching themes of empathy through children's literature

Document abstract : «As Christians we are called to treat all individuals with understanding and compassion, extending to them the same unmerited favor that God has extended to those who follow Him. But how do we extend a sense of understanding to those whose...»

Synopsis abstract : «psychological definition for empathy.. Stories and eliciting emotional responses.. General reading and reading stories with empathetic characters.. Tom's Midnight Garden.. The Secret Garden.. Then There Were Five.. Conclusion.....»

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Real-World relevance of fantastic creation: An examination of "High Fantasy" and the goals of literal and historical writing.

Document abstract : «For the most part, fantastic or otherwise impossible methods of storytelling are ignored in the world of modern and classical literature. In order to accurately appreciate the quandary of the modern "Fantasy" author, one must be aware of the...»

Synopsis abstract : «Improtance of J. R. R. Tolkien's work.. The language.. The sentence structure.. Composition.. Characters.....»

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Petrarch's rime sparse

Document abstract : «The reader of Petrarch's Rime Sparse is compelled as early as the first sonnet to impose narrative onto the poems. In Voi ch' ascoltate in rime sparse il suono, a poet-figure emerges and addresses the reader as he reflects on what he calls his...»

Synopsis abstract : «Fundamental assumptions derived from the two poems.. True and false autobiographical statement. . Did Laura cause the poet to see without eyes?. Poet's emphasis on the truth of the tornare a me(nte) trope. . The timelines within the poems.. Laura...»

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Is "Sicilian truth" an oxymoron?

Document abstract : «Tomasi di Lampedusa's Il Gattopardo is by no means the kind of text that invites the reader to take it lightly and straightforwardly. The subtle irony running through the piece constantly implores the reader to interpret and re-interpret various...»

Synopsis abstract : «Lampedusa's irony on the narrative level.. Partial insight into Tancredi's consciousness.. Truth and interpretation.. Conclusion.....»

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Circumstance in Jane Austen's early novels

Document abstract : «Circumstance and money figure heavily in Jane Austen's first two novels-Sense and Sensibility and Pride and Prejudice-particularly in the way these social and financial considerations impact marriage. They can cause multiple problems, thwarting...»

Synopsis abstract : «Importance of financial and social circumstance while marrying.. The character of Mrs. Dashwood.. Lucy Steele - epitomy of the common belief.. Edward and Elinor's marriage and Miss Steele's and Willoughby's.. Characters from Sense and Sensibility...»

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Troilus' unwilling free will

Document abstract : «Chaucer's "Troilus and Criseyde" consistently and emphatically stresses the absolute nature of courtly love and its proclivity to incite moral responsibility with relation to one's sense of free will and personal obligation. Chaucer toys with the...»

Synopsis abstract : «External influences to which Troilus actively submits.. Pandarus.. The concept of courtly love.. The idea of celestial authority personified as Nature, Love, Fortune, and Fate. . Troilus's passivity in his love affair with Criseyde.. Chaucer's...»

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Denial: Internal struggle of a homosexual

Document abstract : «James Baldwin's" Giovanni's Room" explores the internal struggle of a homosexual in denial. The main character, David, faces an internal conflict that eventually destroys every relationship he encounters in his personal life. His own struggle with...»

Synopsis abstract : «David's sense of isolation in adulthood.. David's sexual development.. David's flight to Europe.. David's sense of normality.. His relationship with Giovanni and his infidelity of Hella.....»

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The Wife of duplicity

Document abstract : «The Wife of Bath's Tale, from Geoffrey Chaucer's "The Canterbury Tales", was a veiled social critique. Her tale was a treatise of social commentaries on the role of gender, the church, and nobility in society. Geoffrey Chaucer used the duplicity of...»

Synopsis abstract : «The Wife of Bath's.. The meaning of the tale.. Symbolism in the Wife of Bath's.. Chaucer and the Church's politics. ....»

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Tool or trifle: The moral question of style

Document abstract : «"You know not what hurt you do to learning that care not for words, but for matter, and so make a divorce betwixt the tongue and the heart." (Roger Ascham) I am thirteen. Almost every afternoon I shove a book in my pocket, a hat on my head, and...»

Synopsis abstract : «My instruction in writing always seemed to contradict my taste in reading. . Morris W. Croll, a Princeton professor - Historian.. The development of theory regarding style.. Should we even be worrying about sty;e? . The problem with scientific and...»

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Death of a Salesman: Tragedy or not?

Document abstract : «The great authors of old, such as Aristotle, Sophocles and Homer, all wrote incredible tragedies that immortalize the classical notion of a tragic hero. But what of today? Are there no tragedies that occur in the society of today? Where is...»

Synopsis abstract : «Willy and Biff Loman go on an archetypal 'voyage of discovery'.. Biff Loman succeeds where his father failed. . Miller's Death of a Salesman.. Sartre says that one who kills himself lies to himself.. Miller's Death of a Salesman, it matters not...»

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But the sun also rises

Document abstract : «In Ernest Hemingway's book, The Sun Also Rises, both the title and epigraph create commentary on the attitude of the characters. By using both a Gertrude Stein quote and a passage from the book of Ecclesiastes, Hemingway shows how his generation was...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. The repetitiveness found in nature.. The flawed standards in judging life. . The Sun Also Rises - search for the meaning of life.. Lessons learnt.. Conclusion.....»

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Modern tragedy-The crucible

Document abstract : «In the history of the theatre, tragedies have always existed as a window to human nature. They depict man at his best, ready to sacrifice everything, even his life for the cause. The different types of tragedy include Sophocles's Greek tragedy,...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction - history of tragedy in theatre.. Authenticity among gross hypocrisy running rampant in Salem.. John's efforts to achieve authenticity.. Motif in The Crucible - moral absolutism.. The permitting factor for the court's moral...»

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American art : An interface with the modern art

Document abstract : «Throughout the history of art, different movements arise as a result of the social, political, economic, and emotional state of mind that both people and nations are experiencing at a given time. Modern art and postmodern art are no two exceptions...»

Synopsis abstract : «Modern art and what it means.. Witcombe notes - 18th century thikers beliefs.. 19th century - exercise of artistic freedom.. World War One left progressive modernism dazed and confused. . Postmodernism.. Postmodernism and modernism.. Witcombe -...»

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Fitzgerald and modernism

Document abstract : «Throughout periods of literature, Modernism has revolted against former social standards and subject matter that is both prohibited and restricted in conversation and literature alike. The early 1900s were a time when writers were determining for...»

Synopsis abstract : «Fitzgerald's portrayal of the 1920s.. Nothing new about first-person narration in the 1920's. . Material Fitzgerald employed to write.. Amory Blaine and Jay Gatsby share similar backgrounds.. Fitzgerald comments on the importance of wealth in...»

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Edgar Allan Poe: The relationship between symbolic imagery and the human psyche in "Metzengerstein" and "A Tale Of The Ragged Mountains"

Document abstract : «Edgar Allan Poe is one of the best known authors in American literature. John Kehoe (1997) discusses Poe's life in his brief biographical article "Edgar Allan Poe." Kehoe explains that Poe is considered to be one of the major literary figures of...»

Synopsis abstract : «History, Narrative, and Authority.. Barbarese - 'Character becomes a densely configured allegorical shape'.. The use of a physical object to allegorize a character's psyche.. Conclusion.....»

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Anne Frank's "The Diary of a Young Girl" and Elie Wiesel's "Night": A literary analysis and comparison of Holocaust literature

Document abstract : «The Holocaust of the 1940s is one of the most abominable periods in world history. Approximately eleven million Jews lost their lives during World War II due to Nazi genocidal policy enforced by Adolf Hitler. Jews were beaten to death, starved,...»

Synopsis abstract : «Ruth Wood (2007) explains that the reading of Anne Frank's diary.. Elie Wiesel also writes passages that are shocking for readers.. Daniel R. Schwarz (1998) discusses the ethical reading techniques.. There are many similarities between Anne Frank's...»

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Mind control and nineteen eighty-four and brave new world.

Document abstract : «Dystopia is, "an imaginary place or state in which the condition of life is extremely bad, as from deprivation, oppression, or terror." (Dictionary) In Aldous Huxley's Brave New World, and George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-four, we are introduced to...»

Synopsis abstract : «Nineteen Eighty-four, as a totalitarian dystopia, explored the insidious mind control methods of Big Brother. . In Brave New World, while mind control was as important as it was in Nineteen Eighty-four.. Drugs are also a useful controlling tool in...»

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Literature's ladder

Document abstract : «Each age of British Literature- from Romanticism to Post-Modernism, can be seen as a rung on a ladder that ushered in the next age. As each age instigates, encourages, and nourishes change and progress, a new age is ushered in. And just as one can...»

Synopsis abstract : «Romanticism was an extremely important catalyst to change. . Following Romanticism, there is Realism. . Modern writers wrote about the inner, psychological aspects of humankind.. Modern novelist Virginia Woolf also brought us a new method of...»

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Facing adversity : Women and religion in Alice Walker's "The Color Purple"

Document abstract : «Alice Walker's "The Color Purple" is one of the most well known novels in contemporary literature. This book places the author among the top literary canon of American writers. Since its first publication in 1982, the novel continuously gains both...»

Synopsis abstract : «Alice Walker initially introduces readers to Celie.. After Celie's mother dies, her father gives her away in marriage.. Celie begins to liberate herself from the dogmatic and deeply embedded images of religion.. Celie can now see past the rigid...»

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Unifying mankind through asexuality and abstraction

Document abstract : «The unprecedented bloodshed, terror, and violence that blanketed Europe during World War I left the people at the War's end saddened and detached, and the world, "chaotic and fragmented" (Tepper, p.79). Over ten million people had died, had been...»

Synopsis abstract : «Abstraction in The Waste Land.. Eliot achieved abstraction through the medium of asexuality.. Asexuality allowed him to disconnect from the notions of fertility and birth.. For Eliot, Teiresias symbolized the unification of the two sexes.. The...»

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Portrayals of traditional and contemporary views on marriage in Postwar Vietnam through modern Vietnamese literature

Document abstract : «Marriage is a historically worldwide phenomenon. However, different times and cultures hold distinct views towards marriage. What constitutes a traditional or untraditional marriage varies greatly from culture to culture and even from time to time...»

Synopsis abstract : «Establishing traditional and contemporary Vietnamese perceptions.. Traditional marriages in Vietnam are rapidly declining. . The discrepancy between the data collected in the statistics and the information gathered in interviews.. The mother's...»

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The lady of Shalott" by William Holman Hunt

Document abstract : «To begin, the referenced version of Hunt's The Lady of Shalott holds a history and meaning unparalleled to most paintings. Most significantly, this was the final painting completed by Hunt before passing away in 1910 (Stilo, par. 2). The finished...»

Synopsis abstract : «The painting was officially finished in 1892.. The unique form of the poem was not the only element of The Lady of Shalott that was discussed in Punch.. Signs of the female recoil start to become apparent.. With such modern, radical ideas of...»

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Take that Baudrillard: The absurdity of narrative and the possibility of meaning in Candide

Document abstract : «Voltaire has been said to have been mocking Leibniz's popular theory that "whatever is, is right," (Pope, l.294) in Candide. While that is true, it only scratches the surface. The more significant fact is that the language and logic with which...»

Synopsis abstract : «Leibniz's theory is exhibited as ridiculous and indigestible from the get-go.. El Dorado offers the concession; it is as perfect as could be.. Jean Baudrillard and his concept of the ?murder of the real? .. the reader finds that the disproof of...»

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Empire of the Sun by James Graham Ballard

Document abstract : «Jim, an eleven year old boy, and his parents are living in a wealthy European area in Shanghai during World War II. The novel begins the evening before the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor. Most of the European families had already been evacuated from...»

Synopsis abstract : «Everywhere in the city people were watching movie reels of the war. . Behind Dr. Lockwood's estate was the Hungjao airfield where the Chinese faught the Japanese in 1937 trying to keep them from reaching Shanghai. . Jim woke up in his room on the...»

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Humor as a Mask for Anguish in I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

Document abstract : «As the quote from The New York Times points out on the back cover of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Maya Angelou's novel is "Simultaneously touching and comic." Through language, choice of detail, and the story itself, Angelou introduces humor and...»

Synopsis abstract : «One source of anguish that Maya tries to tickle with humor is her position as an African American.. Maya's grandmother (Momma) is at the center of another African American-white encounter.. Another source of anguish for Maya is her looks.. Maya's...»

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Jo Shapcott's Mad Cow

Document abstract : «Jo Shapcott is considered to be a contemporary British poet with traits of a Desperado poet. I explore the literal and figurative meaning of the cow in some of her Mad Cow poems as well as the issues that have influenced the usage of this persona. ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Abstract.. Introduction.. Critical Perspective.. Interpretations of the Mad Cow.. Analysis of Selected Poems.. The Mad Cow in Love.. The Mad Cow Talks Back.. The Mad Cow Tries to Write the Good Poem.. Overview of the Selected Poe...»

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Political Aesthetes: Emily Mann's Execution of Justice and the Identity Crisis of Documentary Theatre

Document abstract : «The documentary theatre, unlike conventional theatre, defines itself in terms of actuality, authenticity, and verifiability. Reality plays draw their power and identity from their use of "actuals," authentic materials such as transcripts,...»

Synopsis abstract : «Tensions were growing in San Francisco as the gay community expanded.. Commissioned in 1982 by the Eureka Theatre in San Francisco to address a subject relevant to the area.. Difficulties with delving into the intricacies of theories on documentary...»

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The Poetic Practice of Alexander Pope: The Authoritative Voice of Reason and the Expulsion of Pride of Man

Document abstract : «Alexander Pope was a poet greatly concerned with perception: his perception of God and his fellow man, and how he was perceived by others, both personally and as an artist. Despite his physical maladies, he saw himself as a great poet, destined for...»

Synopsis abstract : «Alexander Pope was a poet greatly concerned with perception.. The term ?true taste? seems somewhat ambiguous.. Pope has no qualms about matching every insult given to him with a cutting remark in return.. Instead of demanding why perfection was not...»

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The Rhetoric of the Personal and Pictorial: Portrayal of the Self and the Abstract in Young, Gray, and Collins

Document abstract : «Following the ethical and didactic works popular in the early eighteenth century, which offered a view of Man as an imperfect but scientific being in search of meaning in a universe created by a perfect God, a crop of poets emerged who wrote instead...»

Synopsis abstract : «Suvir Kaul described the poetic climate in which these poets arose.. Young's Night Thoughts are quite literally poems.. Just a few years after Young's publications of the Night Thoughts, Thomas Gray wrote and published his ?Elegy Written in a...»

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Coleridge and the Poetic Imagination:The Link Between True Life and True Poetry

Document abstract : «There is no single theme that pervades every one of Coleridge's many poems, but a body of motifs relating to familial relationships and friendship imbue both his conversation poems, such as Frost at Midnight and The Eolian Harp, and his "mystery"...»

Synopsis abstract : «Coleridge explored idealized familial relationships in Frost at Midnight.. Born in 1772, the youngest of Reverend John Coleridge's ten children.. Coleridge analyzes the Lyrical Ballads, his collaborative effort with Wordsworth.. Coleridge attempts...»

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Mingled Voices: The Communication between the Contrary Natures of Blake's Songs of Innocence and Experience

Document abstract : «In his "Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience, books of children's poems" written and illustrated by himself, William Blake explores human perception and the contemporary social milieu, focusing on the transience of opinion and the variability...»

Synopsis abstract : «Following the emerging tradition of writing individually disseminated by poets.. His poems tend to revolve around a few key themes and symbols which focus these lessons for the reader. . This narrator is not so accepting of his fate.. The account of...»

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Into the Darkness: Marlow's Discovery of the Relationship between Darkness and Civilization

Document abstract : «In his novel Heart of Darkness, published in 1902, Joseph Conrad explores the deepest reaches of the African continent, and at the same time, the innermost secrets of human nature. The novel is narrated mostly by Marlow, a seaman known for his...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. If these men are pilgrims at all, their god is the 'flabby devil'. Mr. Kurtz: The most perfect example of this loss of civilization. Marlow's meeting with Kurtz. His loss of civilized behavior . His sins and the darkness within his...»

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Fruitless Labor : Love and Marriage in Joyce's Dubliners

Document abstract : «In his first novel, a collection of short stories meant to express the paralytic nature of turn-of-the-century Dublin, James Joyce establishes an image of the Irish urban center as a degenerate bed of unhappiness, deprivation, depression, and...»

Synopsis abstract : «Dubliners expresses an evolution of love which progresses from innocent infatuation.. One reason why Dublin's emotional life is so stunted - adults are already too scarred from youthful encounters.. The development of romance in Dubliners.. The idea...»

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Cyrano de Bergerac hubris and hamartias

Document abstract : «He has no mortal enemies; his only adversary is death and even then, defeat inevitable, he surrenders gracefully. There is yet forgiveness in his eyes as he is stripped of all dignity. He has nothing to lose except his pride and life; his pride he...»

Synopsis abstract : «He has no mortal enemies.. Cyrano is a man of great integrity.. Cyrano does not have anything to sacrifice.. Tragic flaw Cyrano possesses is he is unable to forgive.. Cyrano has the greatest tragic flaw of all: he gives, but never receives...»

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Not Worth Laughing About: Anti-Semitism in The Merchant of Venice

Document abstract : «As time changes, so do the interpretations of Shakespeare's dramas. Newer productions are supposed to appeal to modern audiences by reflecting current attitudes and cultural beliefs. Anti-Semitic viewpoints existed long before Shakespeare and his...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. The strong focus on the many aspects of Jewish culture. Theodore Komisarjevsky's 1932 staging of Merchant. Komisarjevsky's attempt to overshadow the anti-Semitic undertones of Merchant. Shylock: Not just an ambiguous...»

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"A Hideously Difficult Task": An Exploration of American Racial Identity through the Works of James Baldwin

Document abstract : «In a style similar to other minority works of literature, James Baldwin's writing encompasses the recurring theme of identity-what it means and from where it originates. This theme stems from incomplete identity of the black American community....»

Synopsis abstract : «?Stranger in the Village? and The Fire Next Time were written almost ten years apart.. One of the many problems that blacks face in America is the impossibility for them to identify with any group other than themselves.. Baldwin was the literary and...»

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Critical Analysis of "Goblin Market"

Document abstract : «Sylvia Plath once said, "The blood jet is poetry, and there is no stopping it." This was true for many poets, and especially true for Christina Rossetti. Rossetti had poetry in her blood, art in her veins. When she first wrote "Goblin Market" in...»

Synopsis abstract : «Barthes was a writer and French critic from Paris. . The notion of the fallen woman stems from the biblical depiction of Eve.. Is assigning an author really an imposition?. Barthes implyies that to incorporate any aspect of the author's life into...»

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Trans formative Exile: Coriolanus' Lack of Evolution During his Banishment from Rome

Document abstract : «When the people of Rome exile Coriolanus, he seeks refuge in Antium, throwing himself before his longtime enemy, Tullus Aufidius, and offering himself as a weapon against Rome. Although he has fought countless times for Rome, bringing himself to the...»

Synopsis abstract : «Trained by his mother, Volumnia, to cherishs glory and valor above all else.. Claudius wants Hamlet far away from Elsinore so that he cannot kill Claudius.. Coriolanus is bent upon wreaking vengeance on the city he once called home.. Coriolanus...»

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Essay on Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead

Document abstract : «William Shakespeare is among the most notable playwrights of all time. Some of his works have been so popular that they have been turned into modern movies, aimed at attracting a new generation to this author's works. While Shakespeare has been able...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. Production the size of a ping pong table. The use of characters from Hamlet. the lack of a positive opinion. Stoppard's movie version of his hit play . The inability of this film to capture the attention of the general...»

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Sir Thomas Wyatt : Lord of Sonnets

Document abstract : «Sir Thomas Wyatt was a cornerstone of the development of British Literature, and his works influenced the art of literature and made it what it is today. He introduced the sonnet into English civilization, and thus set up the building blocks for...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction . The Early Years of Thomas Wyatt. Life from 1503 to 1521. 1525 to 1542. His affect on writing after his Death. Collection of some of Wyatt's Works. Wyatt's works. Works of some he influenced. Conclusion....»

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How does Shakespeare use or abuse the conventions of romance in as you like it?

Document abstract : «The world of Shakespearean comedies is undoubtedly romantic, poetic and idealized. As You Like It is no exception in this respect. Romantic in all aspects, especially form and spirit, the play presents before you a world of love, of deceit, of...»

Synopsis abstract : «When we say that As You Like It is romantic in form, it should rush to our mind that the classical rules of dramatic composition, like the observance of the unities, are not at all regarded in its composition. . This romantic-poetic world of...»

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The Sage: Don Quixote

Document abstract : «Don Quixote, titular character of Cervantes' famous novel is certain that a scribe who is recording all of his actions will make him famous in history. Such a scribe, in the Quixotic sense, does not really exist, but Cervantes fulfills the role. If...»

Synopsis abstract : «Montaigne devotes a little bit of time to discussing his own modest experience with the power of imagination but for the most part his examples are taken from far-off places and times. . Cervantes shows how differences in language can completely...»

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Writing Ethically: Essays of John Edgar Wideman and Jane Tompkins

Document abstract : «The essays "Our Time" by John Edgar Wideman and "Indians': Textualism, Morality and the Problem of History" by Jane Tompkins are both written by people who are telling stories about experiences that are not their own. Wideman is writing about his...»

Synopsis abstract : «After consulting both primary and secondary sources on the matter, Tompkins finds consistent problems. . The perspective Wideman has as Robby's brother is different from his perspective as the narrator, which allows Wideman to distinguish his own...»

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Judgment and Portrayal of Character in the "Love Suicides" and "What the Seasons Brought the Almanac Maker"

Document abstract : «The two narratives of "What the Seasons Brought the Almanac Maker" by Saikaku and the "Love Suicides" by Chikamatsu present variegated looks at the complications of love and society and the need for harmony between the two. Both are prime examples...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. Ugliness and the implied good character. Theatre and rousing some sparks of human feeling in Moemon. Tokubei's comment on theatre. Conclusion. Works cited....»

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Power and Sexuality in "Leda and the Swan" and "Goblin Market"

Document abstract : «Duality and opposition are forces that play beneath the surface of both William Butler Yeats' "Leda and the Swan" and Christina Rossetti's "Goblin Market", two poems that focus on sexuality while incorporating animal figures as holders of power,...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. The animals: The swan and the goblins. The animals: Separate from the value system. Looking at one of the binary figures in each poem. The fruit of 'Goblin Market' . The ending of each poem and the question posed. Conclusion. Works...»

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All in the Family: The Economics of Interpersonal Relationships in the Gulag

Document abstract : «The synopsis on the back cover of Alexander Solzhenistyn's One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich claims that it is "the harrowing account of one day in the life of a man who has conceded to all things evil with patience, dignity, and enduring...»

Synopsis abstract : «Solzhenitsyn's text continually persuades the reader that the prisoners within the camp have established social networks and hierarchies.. The result of meager food rations and long hours of labor is the development of tightly controlled mutualisms...»

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The Epileptic Loophole: Self-control and the Judiciary in Dostoevsky's The Brothers Karamazov

Document abstract : «Epilepsy and the punitive system-two seemingly unrelated items that Fyodor Dostoevsky juxtaposes in order to make a point about Russia and the futility of the judiciary. In his giant oeuvre The Brothers Karamazov, Dostoevsky exemplifies the tension...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. Smerdyakov's condition. His disease of impulsivity . Conclusion. Works cited....»

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The Crucible Character Analysis : Abigail Williams "A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing"

Document abstract : «In any unfavorable situation, we seek a solution and if there is none, then a way out. When one of main characters of Arthur Miller's The Crucible finds herself in a vulnerable position, she not only manages to escape her problems, but also succeeds...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. Abigail's main motivation. Her crucible . Conclusion. Reference....»

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A critical review of 'A New Birth of Freedom: Lincoln and the Coming of the Civil War by Harry V. Jaffa

Document abstract : «A New Birth of Freedom: Lincoln and the Coming of the Civil War by Harry V. Jaffa is the long awaited sequel to the author's 1959 book, Crisis of the House Divided. Although the specific objective of the A New Birth of Freedom is to examine...»

Synopsis abstract : «With the realization that Jaffa spends so much of he text focusing on Lincoln as a scholar, this investigation seeks to provide a clear understanding of Lincoln in this light. . Jaffa goes on to argue that Lincoln's interpretation of the Declaration...»

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Hospitable Hosts, Educated Elites: Relativism vs. Absolutism in the writings of Alberuni and Ibn Battuta

Document abstract : «In exploring nations and cultures outside of their own, Alberuni and Ibn Battuta encountered ideologies, customs, and practices that stood in opposition to the beliefs and ways of life they personally upheld. Faced with foreign behavior and thought,...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. Relativism and the sciences of numbers and measurement. Relativism when discussing the 'educated' Hindu. Ibn Battuta's relativism: The level of personal security. No special claim to objectivity. Conclusion. Works cited....»

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Harold Pinter and the absent 'Center'

Document abstract : «At the very beginning there is the structure. The structure is a skeleton, the premise, the base on which the flesh is arranged, systematically, so that a body maybe created. It may not always make itself palpable but if there is a structure then...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. The 'Absolute' and the Central Absence.. Pinter: Unapologetic about the apparent lack of a concrete closure in his plays. The Pinter'esque Masks.. The Known and the Un-Known: Pinter's Character Division. Onstage and off: A Pinter...»

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Nietzsche and the Mother: A Contrast to Kantian Enlightenment

Document abstract : «To what extent does Nietzsche impose his ideals on the reader or create an open and flexible world-view? Upon closing his arguments in On the Genealogy of Morals Nietzsche imagines a reader asking him "'What are you really doing, erecting an ideal...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. Nietzsche's critique of the history of religious guilt. Examining the religion of the nobles. The rhetorical brilliance of the passage and the creation of a remarkable synthesis of ideas. Conclusion. Works cited....»

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Heteroglossia and Shelly's Frankenstein

Document abstract : «According to M. M. Bahktin, heteroglossia is the use of different novelistic modes of expression (authorial speech, narrators, inserted genres, speech of characters, dialogue, etc.) to express and represent the diversity of social speech types and...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. The letters from minor characters of the novel. The monster's tale . Conclusion. Bibliography....»

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Fidelity and Infidelity (to Tolstoy's Novel) in Duvivier's and Zarkhi's Anna Kareninas

Document abstract : «A viewer watching the 1948 and then the 1967 film versions of Anna Karenina (directed by Julien Duvivier and Aleksandr Zharkhi, respectively) for the first time might think that there is much in common between the two films. They look very similar,...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. Behind the Scenes: Adaptation, censorship and production. The root of this stereotype . Literalism and interpretation. Horse racing and ballroom scenes. Conclusion. Bibliography....»

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Society Woman: Days of a Russian Noblewoman

Document abstract : «The memoirs of Anna Evdokimovna Labzina, a noblewoman during the reign of Catherine the Great, might be expected to contain numerous references to the salon of St. Petersburg and the fashions of the time. Titled Days of a Russian Noblewoman, her...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. Trying to understand her husband's nature. The move to Siberia . The role of an obedient 'orphan' . Her old-fashioned beliefs . Her old-fashioned practices . Labzina's insights into the Freemasons. Disregarding Labzina for her...»

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Subplot and Plot: The Commentary of the Madhouse on the Castle in Middleton and Rowley's The Changeling

Document abstract : «In the seventeenth-century Jacobean revenge tragedy The Changeling, Thomas Middleton and William Rowley present two seemingly separate worlds in both location and action. The main plot is characterized by the locale of the castle in Alicante, ruled...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. Beatrice's desire for Alsemero. De Flores' transformation . Isabella: The wife of the madhouse's doctor. The players in both the main plot and subplot . Beatrice's own inability to act reasonably. Conclusion. Works cited....»

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The Absent Wife and Mother as the Source for the Downfall of a Family and Kingdom in Shakespeare's King Lear

Document abstract : «In King Lear, Shakespeare incorporates a theme that is prevalent in many of his other works, that of family structure, specifically, absent wives and mothers. The nonexistence of King Lear's wife and his daughters' mother also implies the absence...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. Declarations of love in order to attain the rightful portions of the kingdom. King Lear's rejection of Cordelia . The absence of a nurturing wife. The negative use of the word 'mother'. Balancing masculine and feminine traits....»

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The Workshop

Document abstract : «Writing is not for the faint-hearted. Writers do the hard work of expelling ignorance, trying to change the way people think while taking in every chance to learn about the lives of others. The business of fiction is people, but in order to write...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. The brilliance of the workshop . The paragraphs relating only to prose-writing. Valerie Brelinski's workshop . The reason why writers attend workshops. A surprising outcome of the workshop. Conclusion. Bibliography ....»

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The Scarlet Letter : Exposition

Document abstract : «America's Declaration of Independence gives all men an equal and unalienable right to the pursuit of happiness and this right cannot be usurped by any other principle unless the latter is governed by free will. However, because free will is subject...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. Individualism. Potential. Perspective. Conclusion. Citation....»

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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest : A Study of Tragic Characters Using "Cool-Hand Luke"

Document abstract : «Arthur Miller once wrote that the reason so few tragedies exist is because the world is in lack of heroes and the common man thinks too little of himself to be otherwise. The reluctance to be anything more than ordinary is attributed to the inherent...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. Hamartia. Expectations. Death and effect. Conclusion. Citations....»

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The Sufferings Endured by Griselda and Custance in The Clerk's Tale and The Man of Law's Tale

Document abstract : «In both The Clerk's Tale and The Man of Law's Tale, the major female characters, Griselda and Custance, find themselves in positions of immeasurable suffering, and both meet their challenges with immeasurable virtue. These tales are meant to act as...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. The most socially aware of the pilgrims. Griselda's agreement to the terms. The perfect wife. Conclusion. Works cited....»

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Morality and the Relationship Between the Pardoner's Prologue and Tale

Document abstract : «Based on his proclaimed 'theme,' Radix malorum est Cupiditas, the Pardoner seems a worthy teller of a moral tale, but based on his description of himself and his work, he seems the least able of the pilgrims to truly appreciate morality. His...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. The Pardoner relishing his lifestyle. The nonchalance over dishonesty . Ambiguity is the prevailing sentiment. The Pardoner's return to his tale. The Pardoner's use of his own Prologue . Conclusion. Bibliogra...»

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Chaucer's Presentation of Marriage and Love in The Wife of Bath's and The Franklin's Tales

Document abstract : «In both the Wife of Bath's Tale and the Franklin's Tale, the Breton lai romances of the Tales, as well as in the Wife of Bath's Prologue, Chaucer explores the roles and rules of love and marriage for the medievals. Through the Wife of Bath's...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. The instance when the Wife finds love. The status quo of the Wife. Love and marriage manage in Franklin's Tale. Creating an illusion that will hide the rocks from view . Concluison. Bibliography....»

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Charles Dickens Essay : Philosophical, Psychological, Sociological Issue

Document abstract : «A great burden for human beings is to carry ourselves the way we want others to see us. Though each governed by a private set of beliefs, no man is an island for a reason, as we are subject to natural instinct, which compels us to strive for...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. Pip's want for Joe to improve. The role of social classes in the relationship between Pip and his uncle. Pip's attempts to climb the ladder of society . Pride as the byproduct of the natural accumulation of personal...»

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Othello and Ethics of Care

Document abstract : «While considering the time period and by closely evaluating how events and people play against each other, Shakespeare's Othello can be considered a full bodied and consummate feminist work. In fact, Shakespeare's close and dramatic critique of a...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. Calling Iago a care ethicist. A richly feminist work. Othello's tragic failure. The essential goal of feminism. Conclusion. Works cited....»

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The Violence of Childhood

Document abstract : «Being an adult usually implies that you have a power of perspective, that is, to see things in a larger system and then to understand these things as being symptomatic of this system. Naturally, children lack this ability and their sense of reality...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. The most poignant strength of the poem . The poem 'A Sad Child' by Margaret Atwood. The lack of compassion in Atwood . Conclusion. Works cited....»

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Uncontrollable Urges: Women's Frightening Presence in Classical Athenian Drama and it's Reflection on Athenian Society

Document abstract : «In classical Athenian society, anxiety about gender roles abounded, as women were regarded dichotomously as pillars of purity as well as receptacles and originators of filth, both moral and physical. Many ancient sources, often funerary monuments or...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. Aristotle: Women are capable of virtue. Their political clout or social control. The great contradiction with women. Man's ambivalent feelings about women . Medea's most well known monologue. The opening of the play. Conclusion. Works...»

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Comedy in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales: 'Moral' Pilgrims and the Stories They Tell

Document abstract : «Viewed in a certain light, Chaucer's Canterbury Tales offers a realistic slice of life from a diverse cross section of fourteenth century English society. Represented among the travelers are members of all three estates, the church, nobility and...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. The fabliau plot in the Miller's tale. The lover's role. Nicholas' alleged astrological education . The two clerks seeking lodging in the miller's house . Conclusion. Bibliography....»

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The Necessary Female Perspective in To Kill A Mockingbird

Document abstract : «If a producer was to make an adaptation of Harper Lee's, To Kill a Mockingbird and wanted to extricate Miss Maudie's role from the film, not only would the dynamic of the characters be irreparably damaged, but the film would also be excluding one of...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. A woman as progressive as Miss Maudie . Aunt Alexandra's vision . The role that flowers play . The female perspective in To Kill a Mockingbird. Conclusion. Works cited....»

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Sal Paradise and the False Dream of America

Document abstract : «American literature reveals a counter-culture of identity which undermines and even contradicts the popular optimism of national identity. Part of this undermining takes place in the ideologies of American literary characters, or in their "imaginary...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. Feeling the pull of her own life . Dean's nostalgia . Sal and Blackness. Becoming familiar with the agency . Conclusion. Works cited....»

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The Trees: Jupiter and Mercury Destroy the City of Phrygia

Document abstract : «Rife with evil, the town needed to be destroyed. Piety had built Phrygia, but gluttony, unfaithfulness, and greed had razed the now repugnant country. Disgusted by the drinking orgies, sexual perversions, and absence of worship, Jupiter and Mercury...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. Turning the town to ashes. Baucis and Philemon. Welcoming the guests. Conclusion. Works cited....»

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Hamlet: Playing a Role

Document abstract : «One of the most prominent themes in "Hamlet" is acting. Its uses and abuses are constantly remarked on by Hamlet and other characters. Hamlet's view of play-acting is a complicated one; sometimes he admires it, but at other times he is disillusioned...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. Imagining the distress the actor would show. A trait Hamlet would have benefited from. Aspects of playing and playmaking . The ghostly king . Conclusion. Works cited....»

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Melts in your Mouth: A Look at Humbert Humbert's Lolita

Document abstract : «Humbert, throughout Lolita, creates an inescapable defeat through his interactions with Lolita and his antagonist, Clare Quilty. These interactions contradict his early confidence in possessing Lolita. These characters consciously threat Humbert's...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. Wanda's confession that she can only love for a finite amount of time. Humbert's humiliations throughout Lolita . Severin's maintaining a last glimpse of empowerment. Conclusion. Works cited....»

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Investigating Madness Within Power Structures

Document abstract : «Kafka's The Metamorphosis is full of power structures that dictate the actions of each character. Each character finds him or herself in a role of accountability and responsibility that dictates how he or she acts, particularly towards other...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. Personal freedom within the mind . Turning points where the family turns on him. Determining whether or not he is well or even sane. The loss of individuality . Gregor's submission even as he is turned upon. Gregor's family's showing...»

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Eying Down Sanctuary: A Study of the Effects of Representation upon Readers

Document abstract : «Laura Tanner, in her Intimate Violence, points out that, while reading, one becomes detached from victims of violence in particular texts such that the reader is able to observe the act of violence without suffering its consequences (Tanner, 9)....»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. The representations of violence . The first point of Tanner's outline of representation . Opportunities for the reader to empathize with Temple through sympathetic eyes. The absence of the actual rape scene. Conclusion. Works cit...»

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Sex With Necks: An Investigation of Phallic Imagery

Document abstract : «In literature, the vampire bite is often interpreted as a symbol of coitus between the vampire and his or her victim. However, when one takes a closer look into the anatomy and functions involved in the sex of particular blood-sucking scenes found...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. The anatomy between Dracula and each girl. Creating two sexual orifices out of a sexless canvas. Conclusion. Works cited....»

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Stein's Translation of Art to Literature

Document abstract : «Because Gertrude Stein works within the medium of writing instead of painting, it is easier for her audience to view her separate from Cubism or Post-Impressionism though it still stands that they influenced her. She shares many values and ideals...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. Reproducing visual life. The if-then clauses. Relating colors to words . Conclusion. Works cited....»

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