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Pere Goriot ( Honore De Balzac ), 1997.
Examines plot, characters & themes of novel critiquing French social class conflict.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 1 source, $ 39.95
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" In Balzac's P?re Goriot, the glittering world of the wealthiest Parisians is sharply contrasted with the poverty of those who live at the Maison Vauquer. But this is not a contrast between two unconnected phenomena. Between this house and the most fashionable quarter of Paris, the Faubourg Saint-Germain, stretches a range of invisible but clearly understood steps. The two locations are the opposite ends of the phenomenon known as Parisian society. In P?re Goriot, Balzac exposes the connections between them and the struggles of his characters to gain or retain positions on the rungs of the social ladder.
Of course, thousands of people in Paris were poorer than Madame Vauquer's lodgers. But her house represents the lowest point on the economic scale for those who had, or hope to have..."
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Paul Valery's "Introduction de la Methode de Leonard de Vinci", 2002.
This paper compares a quote taken from Paul Valery's "Introduction de la Methode de Leonard de Vinci" and to Salman Rushdie's "Haroun and the Sea of Stories".
1,090 words (approx. 4.4 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 38.95
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This paper reviews the specific pieces by Valery and Rushdie and other pertinent supportive material. The paper concludes that Valery was a man of words who often felt that those who used them didn't know their power. The author feels that Valery knew the power of words but often felt the "gift" to write was not empowering.
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"His quote, "Beauty is a way of death. The novelty, the intensity, the strangeness, in a word, all the values of shock supplant it", can be likened to the hunter who loves the hunt more than the eventual catch. So it is with words for Valery. It is the process, the thinking, the effort that fascinates him?not the work itself. Perhaps that is because he left the world of literature for the analytical and precise world of science."
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Balzac's Views on Family, 2005.
Describes Honore de Balzac's views on the family and how he expressed these views in his work.
2,176 words (approx. 8.7 pages), 4 sources, APA, $ 67.95
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This paper looks at how Balzac used his works to express his views regarding French social life, particularly in relation to families. The paper examines "Cousin Bette", "Father Goriat", and "Lost Illusions". By using these sources, the paper demonstrates Balzac's belief that modern society, with its greed, corruption, and temptation, threatened the basic family structure, making families into monetary units of far less importance than they had been in previous days.
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"In Cousin Bette (Balzac, 1991), the main character, Lisbeth "Bette" Fischer, is a homely, middle-aged spinster who has lived her whole life in envy of her pretty cousin Adeline, who is married to Baron Hector Hulot DErvy, a prestigious military and government official who does not make a lot of money and is a complete womanizer. Hector has a slew of mistresses, despite his wife?s loyalty and devotion to him. Their daughter, Hortense, develops a crush on Bette?s "boyfriend," Wenceslas Steinbock, a young Polish sculptor, and marries him, convinced that his dreams of becoming a rich artist will someday come true. Bette, still wounded by her years as the homely cousin, decides that the Hulot family has upstaged her too many times and concocts an elaborate revenge scheme."
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Austen and Balzac, 2002.
A comaprison between the literature of Jane Austen and that of Honore de Belzac.
650 words (approx. 2.6 pages), 2 sources, $ 26.95
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This paper analyzes why Jane Austen concentrates so much on dialogue and personal interaction in "Pride And Prejudice" whereas Honore de Balzac in "Pere Goriot" focuses on social description.
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Realism, Romanticism, and Naturalism, 2006.
A comparison and analysis of the works of Honore de Balzac, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and Gustav Flaubert and how they reflected the literary movements of Realism, Romanticism, and Naturalism.
935 words (approx. 3.7 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 33.95
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This paper summarizes, compares and analyzes works by Honore de Balzac, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and Gustav Flaubert. The paper explains that all three authors wished to encourage their readers to live their lives more fully and in a more heightened fashion, by becoming more conscious of the details of the world around them, but that each author had his own unique approach to doing this. The paper illustrates their different approaches through analysis of a work from each of the authors.
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"To teach the reader to be a more critical reader of society, throughout Balzac's story, to underline the realistic nature of the tale, Balzac functions as an authoritative commentator on the society and behavior of the world he creates for the reader: "I forgave her stifled laugh." (Balzac 4) Even a reader unfamiliar with the society of Balzac's Paris can appreciate the spectacle of pampered daughters kept by an ugly and social-climbing man, daughters whose manners are taught and forced, rather than natural, although at times Balzac's presence as a narrator can feel oppressive, rather than merely instructive."
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Illusions, 2002.
This paper discusses the theme of illusions in two texts, "Jude the Obscure" by Thomas Hardy and "Lost Illusions" by Honore de Balzac.
1,790 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 57.95
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This paper introduces, discusses, and analyzes "Jude the Obscure," by Thomas Hardy and "Lost Illusions," by Honore de Balzac. Specifically, it compares the theme of illusions in these two texts, citing textual evidence. The author discusses how the two protagonists, Jude and Lucien, are spurned into action because of their illusions; however, along their journeys of becoming a poet and a scholar, Lucien loses his illusions, whereas Jude does not. The writer concludes that although there is nothing wrong with illusions, the works both seem to say that when you use them to dominate and rule your life, you will ultimately fail.
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"Poor Jude, he is a tragic victim of his illusions from the first page of "Jude the Obscure" until the last. Everything he has sought in his life has been nothing but an illusion. From the moment his teacher leaves Marygreen and tells him about the university in Christminster, Jude is doomed. He longs to study at the university, and this is his first illusion, that Christminster is the wonderland where his future will become complete. His aunt adds to the already growing illusion, by telling him he should have gone with the schoolmaster, and education runs in the family."
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Caricatures of Honore Daum, 2002.
Discusses the work of Honore Daumier, the French caricaturist.
1,650 words (approx. 6.6 pages), 3 sources, $ 62.95
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This six-page undergraduate paper discusses the work of Honore Daumier, the French caricaturist and lithographer who shot to fame in the 19th century with his satirical caricatures. The artist is known for his caricatures that ridiculed the political figures and highlighted the social injustices prevailing in France during his time.
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"The Romance of the Rose" by Guillaume De Lorris and Jean De Meun, 1993.
A look at the duality of men's attitudes toward women (worship vs. contempt) in the novel about the Middle Ages.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 1 source, $ 39.95
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"This study will analyze the duality of men's attitudes toward women as portrayed by Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun in The Romance of the Rose. The study will consider the reasons that men worshipped women while at the same time having contempt for them, and will explore how this duality of attitude and practice helped shape the code of chivalry which men lived by during the Middle Ages.
In the Introduction to the book, we read that the story is told rather straightforwardly: "A Lover wishes to win his Lady (the Rose); her responsiveness (Fair Welcome) encourages him; her sense of modesty (Shame) fends him off; the dominance she exercises upon him (Danger --- a French form of the Latin word dominarium meaning 'domination') blocks his advance. Modern readers, accustomed to similar Freudian abstractions, can hardly..."
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"Eugenie Grandet", 2008.
A review of the novel "Eugenie Grandet" by Honore de Balzac.
1,232 words (approx. 4.9 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 41.95
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This paper discusses how in "Eugenie Grandet", Balzac demonstrates an extensive knowledge of social and historical trends as well as a genius for metaphor, imagery, and insights into human nature. It examines how Balzac depicts provincial life in France as backward and out of touch with urban trends while Paris is portrayed as an advanced commercial society and how this historical pattern represents much more than mere contrast between urban and rural, and becomes a symbol for the context in which Eugenie is situated.
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"The person who exhibits the courage and stamina to oppose Grandet is his daughter Eugenie. In order to portray this opposition, Balzac used the analogy he introduced at the beginning of the house in ruins and desolation. The impetus for Eugenie's emotional awakening is her cousin Charles, and the symbol used is the Garden. First of all, Eugenie is initially portrayed as docile and as corresponding to the most traditional social expectations. A painter of the period would have observed in Eugenie "a typical example of Mary's celestial purity in this world, who expects all women to have those modestly proud eyes perceived by Raphael" (Balzac 57). "
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Urban vs. Rural Characters in Balzac's "Lost Illusions", 2000.
This paper studies the contrast between the Parisian and the provincial characters in Honoree de Balzac's novel "Lost Illusions".
1,276 words (approx. 5.1 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 43.95
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This paper focuses on Balzac's depiction of urban vs. rural characters in "Lost Illusions". The writer cites examples from the text to support the argument that Balzac believes that Paris is a corrupting influence on the way of life in the rural French provinces. The paper also examines the novel's main characters in order to support this argument.
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"The problem begins with the provincial characters? fascination with Paris. There is within the provinces a certain inferiority complex that leads its citizens to believe that everything in Paris is somehow better than anything in the provinces. In every realm of life provincials try to emulate their Parisian cousins. Thus, it is in an effort to duplicate Parisian society?s elitism with regard to persons from rural areas that Angouleme?s ?society? looks down on citizens from the lower-class town of L?Houmeau. When Lucien says that he has been invited to Madame de Bargeton?s salon, David responds in surprise, ?But there?s a wider gulf of prejudice between you and her than if she were in Pekin and you in Greenland!? Because they fully believe in the superiority of Paris to their own home, the provincials mimic the urban culture, oftentimes resulting in the degradation of their ethics."
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Two Spanish Dramas, 2001.
Compares the theme of honor in Lope de Vega's "Fuente Ovejuna" & in Tirso de Molina's "The Trickster of Seville." Common characteristics & differences.
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"The theme of honor lies at the heart of Lope de Vega?s ?Fuente Ovejuna? and Tirso de Molina?s ?The Trickster of Seville.? In fact, the chief protagonists of the two plays, Commendador Fernan Gomez and Don Juan possess the common sin of dishonoring young women. While they are considered ?honorable? in aristocratic circles because of their fighting prowess or their ranking, they both abuse the high esteem or the honor generally associated with their titles. However, the issue of honor does not only involve men in aristocratic circles. For a woman, honor is associated with guarding her virginity. Yet, the connotation of the word ?honor? also refers to the integrity of character of every individual regardless of gender or position. The comparison of these two plays will illuminate the complete definition of the word ?honor.? "
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Writings by Cabeza de Vaca, 2005.
Examines how Cabeza de Vaca?s narrative, "The Relation of Ivar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca", provides rare glimpses of Indian culture and way of life that no longer exist today.
1,417 words (approx. 5.7 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 47.95
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This paper focuses on how Ivar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca's "The Relation of Ivar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca" has historical significance by providing examples from the text and citing outside sources. This paper shows how important de Vaca?s book is as he gives his account of the lives of the Indian tribes in the 1500s. Since these Indians had an oral tradition instead of a written one, information about these tribes, and especially the role of women within these tribes, would not exist today without de Vaca?s book.
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"Unlike many other cultures in that time, women had a voice and held some power in their society, making them more equal in power with men than in other cultures. Many traders were women as ?women of several native groups?performed roles as traders, guides, and peacemakers? (Wade 339). Essentially, de Vaca was a man doing women?s work, but it showed him moving from one role to another. This knowledge is important because it shows the roles that the women and men had in their culture and ?the flexibility of the native social structure of groups classified as gathering and hunting societies? (Wade 339)."
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'Don Quijote de la Mancha', 2006.
A review of 'Don Quijote de la Mancha' by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra.
1,783 words (approx. 7.1 pages), 0 sources, APA, $ 57.95
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This paper reviews the life of Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, born 1547 in Alcala de Henares, Spain and how he used his experiences to write the book 'Don Quijote de la Mancha'. According to the paper, while the old fashioned ideals of chivalry, romance and aristocratic justice were steadily becoming hackneyed in burgeoning renaissance Spain, Cervantes took out his pen and wrote the relished story of 'Don Quixotes', the vivacious man from La Mancha whose imagination was as wild as the embraced socio-cultural history of the nation.
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"This lackluster punctuation of daily duty was of no surprise to Cervantes, whose own personal histories were none too different. After the publication of his first literary work, "Serenisima Reina En Quien Se Halla," dedicated to the birth of Phillip II's second daughter, Cervantes spent his young years under the tutelage of Diego de Urbina aboard the royal Marquesa. In 1571, Cervantes was ill with malaria when his ship was attacked, and imbued with the same raptured infatuation for antiquarian ideals of nobility, he stood valiantly strong with his shipmates. "Cervantes is stricken with malaria but, in spite of high fevers, fights heroically from the bow of the ship, in the 'greatest moment that past centuries have seen and which those to come have no hope of seeing." At the battle of Lepanto, the event was less colorful; he was an injured, low-ranking shipman with little hope for career advancement and the ideals of a hero less applicable in the reality of a fighter struggling for one side in a bloody role for national cultural definition."
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Simone de Beauvoir, 2002.
Discusses the life and philosophy of Simone de Beauvoir with special emphasis on de Beauvoir's relations to existentialism.
1,400 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 3 sources, $ 53.95
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This essay considers the life and philosophy of Simone de Beauvoir. A brief overview of de Beauvoir's life is offered here, followed by a critical consideration of de Beauvoir's relations to existentialism.
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"Hernando de Soto and the Indians of Florida", 2002.
A review of "Hernando de Soto and the Indians of Florida" by Jerald T. Milanich and Charles Hudson.
924 words (approx. 3.7 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 32.95
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This paper examines how "Hernando de Soto and the Indians of Florida" by Jerald T. Milanich and Charles Hudson which chronicles the expedition of the titular Spanish explorer through which what was to de Soto?s eyes a New World and to the Native inhabitants a homeland. It analyzes how the New World that promised to enrich de Soto and his nation of Spain ultimately proved the cause of his demise and how de Soto?s expedition, more importantly, caused the demise of the Native way of life of those whom de Soto engaged in combat and in contact with. It looks at how the authors Milanich and Hudson attempt to present a more three-dimensional, non-European counter and compliment to de Soto?s work through the use of archaeological evidence.
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"Milanich and Hudson do not take issue with the characterization of de Soto as a man bent on personal enrichment as well conquest, though they do view his reportage of his encounters with interest as well as trepidation. But their new archeological information regarding Native life provides the ?other side? that has so long been missing from accounts of de Soto?s expedition. Providing this ?other side? is particularly important, given that de Soto?s relationship with the Native Americans were more often than not, adversarial. Relying solely upon de Soto?s accounts as an objective source is not unlike relying solely upon the winning side?s words in evaluating a war."
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