Abstract
One of the most engaging and entertaining comedic couples in any of the works of Shakespeare, is that of Beatrice and Benedick in "Much Ado About Nothing". Both Beatrice and Benedick are essences, they are the progenitors of the cliches of the woman-hater turned lover and the ice-queen turned golden-heart. Both of them experience a very similar sequence of events, both work with their respective tutee's in love in the same way, and both come to realize their love for each other through tricks played upon them by their own friends. In this, Benedick and Beatrice are really the true soul-mates of the story in that they truly seem to be of the same cloth and of the same heart - two halves of the same whole. Their change from enmity to love covers the course of the entire play and, in many ways, is much more engaging, funny, entertaining, and ultimately rewarding than that of Hero and Claudio. It is the purpose of this paper to explore that relationship as it changes over the course of the play, "Much Ado About Nothing".

Tags:much, ado, about

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This paper analyzes the relationship between Benedick and Beatrice in William Shakespeare's play "Much Ado About Nothing" and shows how whenever the two come together, they seem to have a fight through their witty insults. The paper further shows how both Benedick and Beatrice seem to avoid marriage until Claudio and Don Pedro, their friends, play a trick to make the two fall in love with each other. The paper then illustrates how Beatrice and Benedick change their attitudes towards the idea of marriage and towards each other at the end of the play.

From the Paper
"While Claudio and Don Pedro play a trick on Benedick in Act II scene iii, Ursula and Hero do the same on Beatrice in Act III scene i. Those tricks are intentioned to make the two fall in love with each other. The audience knows that neither Beatrice nor Benedick wants to get married. Their friends' trick is useful at the end. They are both deceived to believe that one is in love with the other. In that case, Cahn states that the play's "...title word "Nothing" may be taken as a pun on "noting," or overhearing, {since] much of the action involves eavesdropping and the partial discernment of truth" (Cahn 629). Moreover, one must note that the overheard conversations are enough for both."

Tags:Claudio, Don, Pedro, marriage, courtship, wit

Abstract
This paper discusses and reflects on the wife of Bath from Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales" and Beatrice from "Much Ado About Nothing." The writer of this paper takes the reader on an exploratory journey in which the characters are compared and contrasted. The main question is: Are the two women feminists? The writer addresses this topic in detail.

Abstract
This paper analyzes Beatrice Webb's writing on society that illustrates how it embodies and/or extends the views of others of her era such as Karl Marx and Jane Austen. It also discusses Webb's concern with labor and her socialist philosophy.

From the Paper
"The views of Beatrice Potter Webb on society were in large measure an extension of social views espoused by Jane Austen and economic views of social structure derived from Marx's views on capitalism."

Tags:gender, industrialism, socialism, capitalism, Marx, Austen, labor, women

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The paper shows how the characters Tess in "Tess of the Duberville" by Thomas Hardy and Beatrice in "Rappaccini's Daughter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne are both victims of man's ego and immorality resulting in the loss of their innocence, dooming them to a tragic fate. Both stories revolve around the love of the women and their losing of this love, because of the immoral plans and actions of a third person.

From the Paper
"Both books "Tess of the Duberville" and "Rappaccini's daughter" are written in the third person and contain even amounts of dialogue and description. Thomas Hardy has been more descriptive than Hawthorne has, while Hawthorne's work is more didactic.

"Tess of the Duberville is different from most other books as in this case the campaign of the protagonist begins with an event in her life which is generally treated as fatal and as the end. In this case, when the book ends, Tess is a superior human being in the eyes of the reader because she bounces back from this virtual finality to find true love."

Tags:John, Durbeyfield, Reverend, Clare, Padua, Baglioni

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The paper discusses April's experience with ridicule and harsh treatment from many people, from her childhood to her adult life. It then discusses how April used this negative behavior from others and how it turned April from a weak woman to someone having an iron will. The theme of how the common, everyday person can overcome great odds is the overall theme of the book, and the main focus of the paper.

Tags:analyzes, april, heroic, iron, society, uncaring, will

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The paper examines Shakespeare's play "Much Ado About Nothing" and presents the argument that Beatrice and Bendick will have a much happier marriage than the one between Hero and Claudio, even though they move toward their love slowly.

From the Paper
"Shakespeare's "Much Ado About Nothing" illustrates the haziness and trials of true love. In the play we are presented with two very different sets of lovers. Beatrice and Benedick insult and tease each other mercilessly, all the while proclaiming that marriage is not for them. Hero and Claudio fall instantly in love, however, their love is easily disrupted by the forces of rumor, gossip and mistrust."

Tags:love, rumor, hearsay, gossip, suspicion, wit, marriage, wantonness, Hero, Claudio, Benedick, Beatrice

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The paper looks at how in "Behind the Urals", American John Scott chronicles his experiences in the communist Soviet Union during the early 1930s. The paper then discusses how two famous British socialists, Sidney and Beatrice Webb, visited the Soviet Union during this time and returned to Great Britain with a positive view of Communism. The paper explains that the programs and policies that were instituted in the Soviet Union led to drastic improvements to the quality of life that was in stark contrast to the struggling British lower class. The paper therefore shows why the Webbs strongly believed that Communism was built to last although the flaws in these beliefs are clear today.

From the Paper
"The Soviet Union underwent a complete political restructuring after the Bolshevik Revolution and its subsequent transition to a communist state. Among these changes were the implementation of universal healthcare, free education, free childcare facilities, paid maternity leave, and lengthy paid vacations. Scott writes of a summer when he "received [his] twenty-five days' annual vacation, increased by ten days' back overtime" (95). Further, Scott explains that various provisions were made for workers. Scott describes the conditions in industrial facilities to be superior to those in the United States. He states that industrial plants were "better equipped than any single shop in the General Electric Works in Schenectady" (103). The working conditions in the Soviet Union were also a stark contrast to the tremendously poor working conditions in the contemporary British factories that the Webbs were familiar with."

Tags:quality, of, life, employment, education, healthcare, Great, Britain

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This paper discusses two paintings in the Everson Museum of Art in Syracuse, NY: Beatrice Wose Smith's painting "Little Falls," an oil painting of the town of that name in upstate New York, and Miriam Beerman's "Ghetto Documents Drawing," of a Holocaust victim. The author describes the lines, structure and color of both paintings and their emotional impact on the author as well as on two other visitors to the museum. The author also explains why both should be museum pieces, in the author's opinion. Images of the paintings discussed are included.

From the Paper
"I believe this painting has intrinsic value because of the fact that it obviously meant something to the artist because she came from the area and it also is a beautiful piece of art. This painting in my opinion does belong in a museum because of the artist's talent and its amazing beauty and also because it is a piece of Central New York history. I think this painting shows today's society that all they have to do is stop and look around because everyday life is art."

Tags:representational intensity symbolize, domestic violence, irregular battered suffering

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This paper examines in-depth the thrice-revised fictional work of Beatrice Culleton Mosionier's writings concerning the issues of a most unusual family. This book is influenced by events in the author's life including rape and alcoholism giving the novel an authenticity that is often mistaken for autobiography. This paper also touches on the issue of foster care which as been improved as a result of "In Search of April Raintree."
Topics covered in this report include:
Thesis Statement
Construction of the Work
April and Cheryl, the Early Years
The Hardening Years
The Maturing Years
The Rape Scene
Michael Creal - Critical Essay
Helen Hoy
Bibliography

From the Paper
"Rape of women and children has long been glorified in literature and popular media. When Culleton wrote this book, the largely white, middle-class feminist movement was beginning to speak of such things frankly and openly. Culleton's book, with its matter of fact, almost dispassionate rendering of the rape scene, reminded all women that misogyny is compounded by racism. With profound understatement, Culleton reminds people everywhere of what it is to be an Aboriginal woman in Canada."

Tags:rape, women, foster, care, alcoholism, review, literature, cheryl, suzack