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Wages of Whiteness, 2008.
This paper reviews and discusses the book 'The Wages of Whiteness' by D.R. Roediger.
1,069 words (approx. 4.3 pages), 13 sources, APA, $ 37.95
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The writer of this article discusses that in the work 'The Wages of Whiteness', the author, Roediger, explores the relationship between the growth of America's working classes and the social construction of prejudice behaviors or racism. The writer notes that the author structures the book chronologically, looking historically at the history of racism and working classes within the United States. The writer discusses that the primary premise behind the work is that white workers throughout history demanded or pushed for higher wages than their minority or African-American counterparts. The writer concludes that there is no doubt left in the mind of the reader that subjects of whiteness and discrimination continue within the United States.
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"To support these arguments the author utilizes many resources, both primary and secondary. Much of the secondary information acquired by Roediger comes from his work with the Organization of American Historians, a select society that won Roediger a prize for his fervent work toward social equality. From the very first pages of the work, Roediger references tales of prejudice, by describing the experiences of two white boys, stating one carried a knife referred to as a "nigger gigger" which emphasizes the predominance of racism during the time periods the book reflects on. Kathleen Cleaver, who provides the introduction to the work, notes Roediger explores racism during the early years of US history, arguing that people cannot defend working class racism by reviewing socio-economic status only or alone. The same is true of students with economic advantages. Cleaver goes on to point out Roediger's belief that certain ideologies and psychological mythologies underpin many stereotypes against minorities, specifically Afridan Americans. These "ideologies" resulted in further classification of people of different color, enforcing pre-existing stereotypes about the ability or inability of any one class of people."
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Gender and Sexuality in Medieval Literature, 2008.
The paper examines women and sexuality in Giovanni Boccaccio's "The Decameron" and Visnu Sarma's "The Pancantantra."
1,799 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 57.95
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The paper presents the hypothesis that, contrary to the opinions of several modern historians, the writings of Giovanni Boccaccio's "The Decameron" and Visnu Sarma's "The Pancantantra" represent accurate medieval thought regarding the status and treacherous nature of women. The paper shows how there are vast similarities between the women portrayed in Boccacio's work and those portrayed in "The Panchantantra", with both presenting a decidedly male perspective. The paper relates that the Panchantantra is stronger evidence that these attitudes prevailed in society and were not merely the views of the author himself.
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Boccacio: An Exploration in Florence, Italy
Sexuality in the Panchantantra
Conclusion
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"Giovanni Bocaccio lived in the early to mid 1300s. He was embroiled in the precarious glory that embodied the city of Florence, Italy during that time. Boccacio's works provide the reader with a candid glimpse of politics, morality, and gender roles of the time. There are several differences between beliefs about sexuality in Boccacio's time and in the modern era.
"The first difference is the modern stereotype that males are more likely to experience insatiable sexual desire than women. During the Middle Ages, it was believed that women were much more susceptible to sexual desire than men. Men were considered to be more rational and closer to the spiritual realm than women. Women were considered to be carnal and materialistic, even if they were nuns."
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Homer and Dante, 2008.
A comparative analysis of the quest of the hero in Homer's "The Odyssey" and Alighieri Dante's "The Inferno".
1,364 words (approx. 5.5 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 45.95
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This paper discusses how in Homer's The Odyssey" and Alighieri Dante's "The Inferno" we see the universal quest of the hero. It looks at how "The Odyssey" is an epic adventure that would certainly be deemed heroic in its very being. In comparison, it discusses how "The Inferno", is less overtly so and how it is more of a personal journey, told in first person by the writer himself, Dante Alighieri. The paper contends that the theme for both is one of transformation and enlightenment. Both "heroes" of these stories had a need for personal fulfillment and reunification with their own spirit.
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"One of the striking differences in these two quests is that one is full of a pantheon of gods and goddesses and the other is full of people. Homer gives us a lesson in Greek mythology and introduces us to many of their gods, yet they are somehow familiar. These gods have all too human attributes of love, greed, jealously, pride and so on. They are in essence human except for the fact that they are immortal and have power over nature. This reminds one of Jungian Archetypes, large scale emotional and psychological myths that represent the subconscious in human beings (Jung), except that these gods have the power to make their needs a reality, while humans may only be able to dream about it. However, this dreaming, these myths, reveal a panorama of psychological depth that is unattainable otherwise. "
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Lieutenant Jimmy Cross, 2008.
A character analysis of Lieutenant Jimmy Cross in Tim O'Brien's "The Things They Carried".
1,863 words (approx. 7.5 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 59.95
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The paper presents the thesis that Tim O'Brien's "The Things They Carried" depicts Jimmy Cross' journey from boyhood to manhood and reveals a character marked by youth's naivete, unshared love, war, death and the feeling of guilt. The paper discusses the common features he shares with other soldiers regarding his young age, his lack of experience and his misinterpretation of the war. The paper also considers the differences between Jimmy Cross and the other soldiers, Martha's mark on Lieutenant Jimmy Cross and how Lieutenant Cross copes with the death of Ted Lavender.
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Similarity to other soldiers
Differences between Jimmy Cross and the other soldiers
Martha's mark on Lieutenant Jimmy Cross
Lieutenant Cross' coping with the death of Ted Lavender
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"The Things They Carried is the first of a series of short stories that depict soldiers' lives during war times. The stories are based on author Tim O'Brien's own experience with war and his own charter is sometimes included in part of the writings. The short story revolves around a platoon of soldiers fighting in Vietnam and the things they carry with them (not only the actual things but also what they carry in their mind)."
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"Phenomenal Woman", 2008.
An analysis of Maya Angelou's celebration of womanhood and blackness in "Phenomenal Woman".
3,111 words (approx. 12.4 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 90.95
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The paper discusses how Maya Angelou in her four-poem collection "Phenomenal Woman" reflects the same enthusiasm for the self and elation that is present in the works of the American national poet, Walt Whitman. The paper analyzes how Angelou makes an unforgettable statement in favor of the belief in the self as the most important creed in the lives of black women. The paper portrays how Angelou's poetry is an art and an important teaching, with almost healing properties for the black audience that has to live under the shadow of the oppressive past.
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"Maya Angelou's short collection of poetry, entitled Phenomenal Woman: Four Poems Celebrating Women, is, as the subtitle indicates, a celebration of womanhood. Angelou's poetry breathes forth the same enthusiasm for the self and the same elation that is present in the works of the American national poet, Walt Whitman. Just as Whitman sings the national self as well as the transcendent self in all its possible forms, Angelou sings her pride of being an Afro- American woman. Her poetry has obvious social and feminist implications, but at the same time, a transcendent meaning and a universal message are inherent in the poems."
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Dichotomy of the Apollonian and Dionysian, 2008.
A comparison of the Apollonian and Dionysian dichotomy of Frank O'Hara's poem, "Homosexuality" and Stephen Dobyns' poem, "Counterparts."
809 words (approx. 3.2 pages), 0 sources, $ 28.95
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This paper discusses and compares the Apollonian and Dionysian dichotomy of two 20th century poems - Frank O'Hara's "Homosexuality" and Stephen Dobyns' "Counterparts." The paper uses these poems to show how a dichotomous conception of Apollo and Dionysus is rather limiting from the standpoint of literary analysis. It discusses how considering the intertwining of Apollonian and Dionysian tendencies is the only way we can adequately grasp a poet's mythical conception of the universe.
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"At first glance, O'Hara's poem seems to have nothing whatsoever to do with the subject of homosexuality. As one penetrates below the surface of the poem, however, it becomes readily obvious that, without making any explicit references to homosexual practices, "Homosexuality" is in fact an homage to the Dionysian celebration of life that has traditionally been an integral part of the gay lifestyle. Dionysus has traditionally been aligned with the idea of joyful excess, drunken revelry, and, in art and literature, formlessness. The speaker in the poem feels unable to contain his own soul, and so he lets it drift off and intends to follow it on its unpredictable journey."
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Civilization and Barbarism, 2008.
A look at the true nature of man in Jack London's "To Build a Fire", Mark Twain's "Huckleberry Finn" and Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery".
1,653 words (approx. 6.6 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 53.95
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This paper looks at how the true nature of man, one of barbarism, is depicted in three works: Jack London's "To Build a Fire", Mark Twain's "Huckleberry Finn" and Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery". More specifically, the paper describes how the traveler challenges nature in Jack London's "To Build a Fire" and how Tom and Huck run of with a group of friends to become a barbarous, bloodthirsty gang of thieves in Mark Twain's "Huckleberry Finn". The paper also describes the population's barbarous nature with their need for the lottery in Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery". The paper shows how these three authors all highlight how the modern world is never far from its barbarous past, no matter how civilized human beings pretend to be.
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"The path that modern people walk, across the balanced precipice between civilized and barbarous is frequently fictionalized. For many authors and readers alike the need to remind one's self of the precarious nature of the human condition comes as a reminder of older wisdom, that of the barbarian and newer realities, those of the modern world. Modern man, by most accounts is simply balancing the fact that he or she is a barbarous animal living within the confines of modern conveniences."
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Heinrich Heine and the German Language, 2008.
This paper looks at the foundations of literary German, through a study of Heinrich Heine's work "Religion and Philosophy".
1,267 words (approx. 5.1 pages), 2 sources, APA, $ 42.95
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Considering Heinrich Heine's work "Religion and Philosophy", this paper shows that Luther unleashed not only a true religious revolution in Germany, but that this was corroborated with and triggered in itself a literary revolution. The writer discusses Heine's belief that the new religion that Luther promoted in Germany had one substantial literary characteristic: it was German and in German, which meant that the Bible and service needed to be in German. The writer maintains that this was perhaps the foremost contribution Luther made to German literature and literary language, marking the beginning of literary manifestations in German language. The writer concludes that Heine's constant references throughout his book to the importance of Luther as a literary revolutionary show that the impact of his revolution by far left the simple sphere of politics or religion and laid the foundations of literary German.
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"Undoubtedly, Luther's religious revolution had enough force so as to propagate itself as a literary revolution as well. This was done in several ways, first of all by simply creating the use of German language as a mean of communication. In the 16th century, this is of utmost importance, as it subsequently gave way to the birth of the German nation in its respective European territory.
"However, even more than that, Luther actually produced literature, with his poems and songs and was a generous source of inspiration for his own contemporaries, but also for the German poets to come. It is no wonder that Heine, one of the greatest German poets of all, recognizes Luther as one of his own important predecessors and advices all writers that his language and the words he has introduced are there to stay and need to be used, as rejuvenating as they are."
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Responsibility and Guilt, 2008.
An analysis of the themes of responsibility and guilt in "All My Sons" by Arthur Miller, "Long Time since Yesterday" by P. J. Gibson and "The Kidnapped Wife and the Dream Helper" by Susan Hazen Hammond.
1,061 words (approx. 4.2 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 37.95
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This paper relates that a contrastive analysis of the two plays, "All My Sons" by Arthur Miller and "Long Time since Yesterday" by P. J. Gibson and the short story entitled "The Kidnapped Wife and the Dream Helper" by Susan Hazen Hammond, reveals that, despite the entirely different backgrounds, these three works share common themes: responsibility and guilt. In particular, the paper looks at how the main characters of the three stories are all confronted with the consequences of a past decision, for which they have to pay the price.
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"Miller's play is very similar with respect to its main theme. Joe Keller also makes an economical decision at one point in his life: being in charge of the military equipment of the Air Force planes during the Second World War he provides the army with 121 defective cracked cylinder heads. As a result, twenty one of the planes crash and all the pilots die. Thus, faithful to the American Dream of prosperity and wary of his family's finances, Joe knowingly ignores the possible consequences of his act. Years after this tragedy, Joe is still in denial, refusing to acknowledge any personal responsibility or guilt. Thus, the structure of the play is almost identical with that of the short story previously discussed. Joe refuses to take responsibility in two situations, not just one: first for the pilots, and then for the death of his own son, Larry who commits suicide out of shame for his father's immoral act. The self-interest and selfishness are also present in Miller's play. "
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Greek Mythology, 2008.
This paper looks at Greek mythology and discusses the Greek system of gods and goddesses.
2,093 words (approx. 8.4 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 65.95
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In this article, the writer first explains that Greek mythology is a collection of stories by ancient Greeks about their gods and heroes. The writer notes that these stories include myths of the origin of the world, an attempt to understand and interpret the universe and the origin of the world in human terms. Many of these stories have been passed down from ancient times and in more than one version. The writer discusses that ancient beliefs eventually mixed with legends from Greek kingdoms and city-states and myths from other tribes. Together, they evolved into this body of stories that were accepted by most Greeks. These myths were transmitted from generation to generation for hundreds of years in the form of spoken tales. It was not until the Classic Period that these stories were put down in written form. The writer looks at the Greek system of gods and goddesses and concludes that traditional literary mythology reflected an increasing dissociation from actual religious practice.
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"The leader was Zeus, the god of the sky, the weather, thunder, lightning, and the father of all mortals and immortals. His wife and sister was Hera. Poseidon, his brother, was god of the seas and shaker of the earth or earthquakes. Athena was the goddess of war, of crafts and of wisdom, the wisest of the gods and goddesses. Apollo was the god of light and order, of both plague and healing who foretold the will of Zeus, his father. His twin sister, Artemis, was goddess of childbirth and all wild animals. Aphrodite, a daughter of Uranus, was the goddess of erotic love. Hermes was the guide of souls in the underworld and the god of sleep and dreams. Demeter, the symbol of Gaia, was goddess of the earth and vegetation. His mother Persephone was a sister of Zeus. Dionysus was th god of madness, frenzy, of wine and the theater. Hephaestus was the god of fire and of the crafts. And Ares was the god of war and the only son of Zeus and Hera. Hades was not among the 12, but he was the ruler of the underworld."
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'The Island at the Center of the World', 2008.
A critique of Russell Shorto's book "The Island at the Center of the World".
1,327 words (approx. 5.3 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 44.95
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This paper introduces and analyzes the book "The Island at the Center of the World: The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan and the Forgotten Colony that Shaped America" by Russell Shorto. The paper explains that the main thesis of Shorto's book is the early history of New York, focusing specifically on the New Netherlands Dutch colony and its influence on the city and state of New York. The paper concludes that Shorto's book is an interesting and informative text on early New York history that offers up information not as common as many other history texts.
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"This books contribution to the issue of United States history is great. In fact, it looks at an area of American history that is often forgotten or overlooked, and helps show how the Dutch influence in New York has permeated many things we take for granted today in society, such as using Santa Claus as a Christmas symbol, and how Dutch politics helped influence the Revolutionary War and revolutionary ideals (Shorto 314-315). This book shows how American settlement in New York began as a scheme of the Dutch West India Company to gain control over more land and riches they could export to Europe, and how pervasive these companies were in settling (and subjugating) nations and peoples around the world. We often think that most people came to America to gain religious freedom (and many did), but they also came hoping to find prosperity and even great wealth by discovering new items to export to Europe. New Amsterdam was a settlement created out of commerce, rather than religious survival, and that is an important distinction to remember in American culture and history. As far as weaknesses, if there are any weaknesses in this book, it may be the way the author attempts to "tell a story" in a nonfiction text, such as the beginning when he speculates about Henry Hudson's travels in London. Historians might not approve of this approach, because it cannot really be historically verified, but I think it made the book more interesting and appealing to the lay reader. You do not have to be a student of history to appreciate this book, and that means that it is appealing to more readers and more people may read it and learn more about American history."
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Defeating Dracula, 2008.
An examination of the ways that one could find and destroy Bram Stoker's vampire, Dracula.
2,244 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 69.95
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This paper discusses Bram Stoker's famous vampire, Dracula. It specifically focuses on ways that a vampire can be defeated. It compares modern audiences' familiarity with the traditional means of fighting and killing vampires with the ways presented in the book. The paper then examines Dracula's strengths and weaknesses and develops the writer's plan for finding and destroying the vampire.
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"I also have reservations about including Seward in the hunting party. At first blush, seems as if he would be helpful in a vampire expedition. After all, he studied Renfield, and would be able to recognize the same type of influence and infatuation if Dracula chose another minion. However, one might hesitate before choosing Dr. Seward for such an expedition because of his reliance on chloral to sleep. (Stoker, 161). Dependence on any drug is a potentially fatal weakness, and Dracula appears adept at exploiting personal weakness. Therefore, Seward could possibly be a liability in hunting. However, if one were to be certain that Seward did not use any drugs while on the expedition, his experience would prove invaluable. After all, Seward saw the steps that Van Helsing took to counteract Dracula's impact on Lucy. Therefore, if Van Helsing were to fall victim to the vampire, the hunting party might still have some chance of success."
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Twain's "Good Little Boy", 2008.
A description of the concepts of reward and punishment in Mark Twain's story, "Good Little Boy."
1,662 words (approx. 6.6 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 54.95
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This paper discusses Mark Twain's story, "Good Little Boy." It describes the plot of the story and the motivation of Twain in writing it. The paper compares the idea of the good little boy encountering troubles with the concepts and religious beliefs of Twain's time. It also discusses how the reader may be disappointed with the outcome of the story and why this would be so.
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"The boy goes on to realize that everything turned out the opposite of the way it was depicted in his church literature. It wasn't the good little boys who were rewarded and never broke their legs or had bad things happen to them, but the other way around. He saw that when he tried to do good, bad things happened to him. When he tried to help people or animals, they weren't grateful and blessed him. They were angry and he was the one who got hurt. When he tried to instruct the boys who were disobeying the law, he was punished, but he was still determined to be good."
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"The Republic", 2008.
An analysis of the theme of justice in Plato's "The Republic".
793 words (approx. 3.2 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 28.95
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This paper discusses how the main concern of Plato's "The Republic" is justice. The paper notes that the term 'justice' had often been used as morality or, in other words, moral behavior had been described in terms of justice. In fact, Plato, Socrates and others apply the term justice to morality on many occasions. However, today, justice and morality are considered two different things. They may be connected to each other but cannot be used interchangeably. The paper examines how, in contrast, this is not the same with Plato and this distinction is important when examining how Glaucon in "The Republic", describes injustice as immoral behavior and calls it injustice.
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"Socrates refuses to accept this logic and said that only an immoral person would be so deluded. If a person commits acts of injustice because he cannot be seen, he is still hurting his soul and that's the worst thing anyone can do to himself. But his views are again rejected by Adeimantus who supports Glaucon and says: "Both Glaucon and I, Socrates, are saying to you, "My friend, we can start with those original heroes whose writings are extant and end with our contemporaries, but we find that not a single one of you self-styled supporters of morality has ever found fault with immorality or commended morality except in terms of the reputation, status, and rewards which follow from them." (p. 55)"
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"Somewhere I Have Never Traveled", 2008.
An analysis of love as a transforming force in E.E. Cummings' "Somewhere I Have Never Traveled".
1,062 words (approx. 4.2 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 37.95
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This paper discusses how Cummings' poem, "Somewhere I Have Never Traveled", offers a compelling depiction of love as a total, transforming experience that has a life and death power over the person that is in love. It examines how the power of love, although immeasurable, is subtle as the power of nature and its influence on the lovers is overwhelming and how the poem thus translates the experience of love as one of the most crucial elements in the life of man. It also looks at how the significance of the poem resides primarily in the fact that it offers an insight into the way in which love acts as a commanding force on man, being part of the intimate rhythm of life, along with birth and death.
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"First of all, love is apt to transform the self and to penetrate into its innermost recesses. The woman lover to whom the poem is addressed as well as love itself are seen as agents or mysterious forces. The first line hints at a displacement of the self through a miraculous, previously unknown experience or sensation: "somewhere i have never traveled, gladly beyond any experience". The idea of a journey into the unknown suggests the overpowering and new sensations brought by the intrusion of love into the poet's life. The next two lines emphasize powerful mastery of love, which is able to 'enclose' or entrap the poet's self: "in your most frail gesture are things which enclose me, /or which i cannot touch because they are too near." "
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Frankenstein, 2008.
An analysis of the relationship between creator and creation in Mary Shelley's book "Frankenstein."
1,047 words (approx. 4.2 pages), 2 sources, APA, $ 36.95
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This paper discusses the relationship between the doctor and his creation in "Frankenstein," by Mary Shelley. The writer examines how it parallels the relationship between God and man and God and Satan in the Bible, being sometimes a father-son and sometimes a creator-creation one. The writer discusses how Frankenstein's creature, like Satan after being rejected by his creator, becomes angry and embittered and blames others for his own choice of evil over good. The writer concludes that the overwhelming regret and remorse shown by both Dr Frankenstein and his creation seems to reflect Shelley's belief that God created the human race with a conscience and a sense of guilt that would always restrain mankind from attempting to become God.
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"Dr. Frankenstein's creature finds himself in much the same circumstances, pursuing a crash course with the doctor, haunted by the fact that his creator is so horrified that he wishes he had never created him. The creature, throughout the entire story seeks to justify his existence through acts of violence directed towards those individuals the doctor loves most. It's ironic that the creature seems to be espousing the principle, 'if you won't love me, you won't get to love anyone else.'"
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Emile Zola's "Nana", 2008.
A discussion and review of the book "Nana" by Emile Zola.
965 words (approx. 3.9 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 34.95
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This paper introduces and analyzes the book "Nana" by Emile Zola. Specifically, the paper discusses mid-19th century society and its values as they are depicted in the first five chapters of the book. The paper notes that "Nana" is a critique on Parisian society during the Second Empire, and it shows a society that is self-adsorbed, shallow, and devoid of just about any intellectual thought. The paper comments that it is a sad society, concerned more with how people look and who they know than anything else, and it is quite clear Zola does not approve of this decadent and disappointing society.
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"According to Zola, the values of society during this time leave much to be desired. The theater owner puts Nana on the stage for her "other good points" rather than her talents. Zola writes, "'Must a woman know how to act and sing? Oh, my chicken, you're too stoopid. Nana has other good points, by heaven!-- something which is as good as all the other things put together. I've smelled it out; it's deuced pronounced with her, or I've got the scent of an idiot'." The audience recognizes she is terrible, but when one member shouts, "Bravo!" the entire city embraces her, even though she has no talent."
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Oedipus and Fate, 2008.
An examination of the struggle between fate and man's will in Socrates' story "Oedipus".
982 words (approx. 3.9 pages), 0 sources, $ 34.95
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This paper discusses the story of "Oedipus" and the struggle that the character Oedipus encountered between fate and his own will and determination. The paper shows how the more Oedipus tried to avoid his fate the more it became a reality. The paper also discusses the symbolic reasons that Oedipus blinded himself and the choices that he made in order to punish himself.
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"Oidipous's multiple identities integrated when he struck himself in the eyeballs with a pair of gold-wrought pins. He initiated his own blindness when faced with a dilemma--he couldn't look at his children in the present life and couldn't bear seeing his parents in the afterlife. In an attempt to escape the realities of grief and despair he could have killed himself but instead he chose blindness. This way he could stay alive, not have to see his children, and still evade seeing his parents in the afterlife. In lines 1322-1323 one might interpret that Oidipous experienced a significant milestone by inflicting his own blindness. "But the murderous hand that struck me was no one's but my own..." At this point he comes to the realization that God did not inflict this pain upon him--he struck his own eyes on his own accord. He demonstrates that he is able to confront his misfortunes and be a peace with God; therefore, the two conflicting axes are fate and man's will. Throughout the literature these two axes are directly related--constantly interchanging with one another."
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'Josephine: A Life of the Empress', 2008.
This paper discusses the work 'Josephine: A Life of the Empress' by Carolly Erickson.
2,700 words (approx. 10.8 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 80.95
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In this article, the writer introduces and analyzes the book "Josephine: A Life of the Empress" by Carolly Erickson. Specifically, the paper contains a review and summary of the book. The writer explains that "Josephine" covers the life of de Beauharnais Bonaparte, the Empress of France and wife of Napoleon. She was born Yeyette Tascher in Martinique, and she grew to be one of the most well-known and powerful women on earth. The writer notes that it was not an easy journey, which is one of the things that makes this central character so important and so interesting. How she came to be Empress is almost a fairy tale story, but her fall from grace makes it more of a melodrama and tragic tale of woe. The writer maintains that the author handles both quite well, for the most part.
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"Josephine was Empress, but Napoleon never trusted her or loved her completely again. She gave up her lover, but he was still bitter, and he often treated her with cruelty or patronization. He took mistresses, treated her harshly, and criticized her for aging after she turned forty. As Napoleon gained more power, he became more ambitious, more dictatorial, and crueler, certainly to his wife.
"Josephine discovered him with another woman, and he became so furious he struck her and threatened to ban her from his homes. He actually told her that when she was no longer politically suitable for him, he would abandon her, and because she had nowhere else to go, now that she had abandoned her lovers, she stayed on. It was a low point in her life, and in their relationship."
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