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Carson McCullers and Katherine Paterson, 2002.
Discusses the work of Carson McCullers and Katherine Paterson in terms of which writer is more realistic in dealing with adolescent identity problems.
650 words (approx. 2.6 pages), 5 sources, $ 26.95
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This three-page undergraduate paper discusses the work of Carson McCullers and Katherine Paterson in terms of which writer is more realistic in dealing with adolescent identity problems. The paper compares their major novels and concludes that Paterson's portrayal of the issue is more realistic than McCullers'.
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"The Member of the Wedding" by Carson McCullers, 2006.
This paper focuses on the symbolic use of music in Carson McCullers' novel "The Member of the Wedding."
1,507 words (approx. 6.0 pages), 3 sources, APA, $ 49.95
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This paper centers on the character of Frankie Adams' incomplete development and the symbolic use of music in Carson McCullers' classic novel "The Member of the Wedding." One of the most important examples of how the author uses music to signify Frankie's development is illustrated through the jazz horn in part one of the book while in part two the music of the piano foreshadows her progression towards maturity. This paper also examines how music signifies Frankie's instability within herself and the world around her.
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"In part two of the novella, the music of the piano also foreshadows Frankie's progression towards maturity. As the neighbor's piano is being tuned, it carries out the sound of interrupted music. With every repeated stop and start, it shows the music is out of Frankie's control. Because the music is disoriented, it represents the unpredictable ways of Frankie not finishing her transition to young adulthood. The musical references symbolize the confusion and chaos Frankie associates with her transition in the world."
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"A Tree. A Rock. A Cloud" by Carson McCullers, 2002.
An analysis of the short story "A Tree. A Rock. A Cloud" by Carson McCullers.
1,316 words (approx. 5.3 pages), 0 sources, $ 44.95
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This paper reviews the short story "A Tree. A Rock. A Cloud" by Carson McCullers. The writer describes the main characters of the story, their interaction with each other and explains their literary roles as defined by the author.
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"There are three central characters, two of whom have minimal dialogue, and only one of whom is given a name. Leo is the owner of the cafe where the story takes place. The newspaper boy who visits the cafe early in the morning while on his rounds is twelve and is never named. The focus is on the drunken man sitting alone at a table, a man who makes a surprising comment to the boy and who then expands on his comment by telling his own story. The situation between the boy and the drunk involves a series of implied contrasts between youth and age, innocence and experience. A secondary contrast is evident between the drunken man and Leo, here between an open and accepting spirit and a closed and angry one. What the drunken man imparts to the boy is a difficult lesson learned, and the rather elliptical way the older man imparts this lesson suggests that the boy will have to learn it for himself, probably through experience, just as the older man has."
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Katherine Paterson and Children's Literature, 2002.
A discussion of the contribution of author Katherine Paterson to multi-cultural children's literature.
2,650 words (approx. 10.6 pages), 10 sources, $ 97.95
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In this analysis, Paterson's work will be viewed as representing a significant contribution to multi-cultural literature in that it requires us to examine our criteria for multi-cultural literature and to see that these criteria extend beyond representations of people of colour, to explore the depth and nature of the forces that connect and divide us as cultural beings.
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Carson McCullers' "The Ballad of the Sad Caf, 2001.
Discusses subject matter & narrative techniques. Outline.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 0 sources, $ 31.95
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" Carson McCullers' story "The Ballad of the Sad Caf?" is written in a non-sensationalistic style, and its narrative voice is omniscient, objective, and descriptive. The subject matter has sensationalistic elements, including questions of sex and violence, but these are muted through most of the story. What the author does is create a strong sense of doom as well as suspense through a number of narrative techniques that on the one hand withhold information for a time to keep the reader interested while at the same time hinting at what is to come so the reader tries always to see the forces at work, to figure out how they will converge, and to recognize revelations as they are made.
The first element that contributes to this sense of suspense is the fact that the story is structured as something..."
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"Sojourner" by Carson Mccullers and "The Lion and The Jewel" by Wole Soyinka, 2000.
An examination of the treatment of the theme of love in the short story by an American and a play by a Nigerian.
2,475 words (approx. 9.9 pages), 2 sources, $ 87.95
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"Love as a theme in literature has a long history, and love can be treated in a variety of ways according to the view of the writer and the nature of the time in which the work is written. Love is treated differently in a short story by the Southern writer Carson McCullers and in a play by Nigerian poet and playwright Wole Soyinka.
In her short story "Sojourner," Carson McCullers presents a character for whom love is a nearly alien concept, though he does not seem aware of the fact. He has failed to find love because he lives on his own, doing what he wants and going where he wants. He selects the name "Sojourner" for himself, meaning a person who stays only temporarily. This is the mode of life selected by John Ferris, a reporter who is also living in Paris. The significance of his designation as sojourner is emphasized..."
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McCullers' "The Member of the Wedding" and Donofrio's "Riding In Cars With Boys", 1994.
This study analyzes the misbehavior of adolescent girls as exemplified by the character of Frankie Addams in Carson McCullers' "The Member of the Wedding" and by the character of Beverly Ann Donofrio in her autobiographical "Riding in Cars With Boys".
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 2 sources, $ 47.95
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"This study will analyze the misbehavior of adolescent girls as exemplified by the character of Frankie Addams in Carson McCullers' "The Member of the Wedding" and by the character of Beverly Ann Donofrio in her autobiographical "Riding in Cars With Boys". The study will consider what makes an adolescent girl a "bad girl" or a "good girl," what leads them to misbehave, how each of the two girls sees herself, how each girl's culture judges her, and how this reader sees each of them.
There are similarities and differences between the two girls in terms of why they are "bad" in the eyes of those around them. They come from very different socioeconomic backgrounds, Beverly from a poor neighborhood, Frankie from a wealthier family with a cook and other conveniences. They live in different era---Frankie in the 1940s of World War II, Beverly in the 1960s, but both eras ... "
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Taming of Katherine, 2002.
Character analysis of Katherine in Shakespeare's "Taming of the Shrew".
1,487 words (approx. 5.9 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 49.95
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This paper examines the character of Katherine; discussing the various techniques used by Shakespeare to establish the theme of the play "Taming the Shrew". It also answers the question whether Katherine was tamed eventually or not.
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"Taming The Shrew by William Shakespeare is a comedy play tactfully and purposely divided into five entertaining acts (Plot Structure). The induction highlights the possible reasons for the play?s existence followed by an introduction all the characters playing a vital role in developing the theme of the play and the development of the gist of the story, in the first act (Plot Structure). The taming (the main purpose of the play) of the female lead begins in the Act II and III with Katherine getting married to Petruchio. The climactic act is the act IV when the aim of cultivating and changing Kate to a productive human being is accomplished (Plot Structure). The final Act V establishes the connection and creates harmony between all the characters of the play and brings forward the implied meaning of Katherine?s portrayal (Plot Structure) as a shrew."
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Constructing Gender Identity in the Poetry of Katherine Philips, 2002.
An analysis of gender identity in several poems by the 17th century poet, Katherine Philips.
1,700 words (approx. 6.8 pages), 0 sources, $ 55.95
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By examining and analyzing several of Katherine Philips's poems, the author of this paper shows how Philips? poetry was most notable for its creative construction of gender and female sexuality, but surmises that the vision was secretly expressed inside the conventional language of female friendship.
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"This is a point in Philips? poetry where she moves into the more conventional realm of Platonic love?a safe and respectable realm in the 17th century?but also a point at which she begins to manipulate her audiences? ideas of what that realm really is. For example, Philips implies that ascending towards Platonic love (i.e., spiritual or ideal love) allows friends or lovers to imagine an alternative reality for themselves, different from the one in which they now find themselves. This realm would give the two women the freedom to live out their ?Fate? (l.7). In fact, in Philips? poem ?To my Excellent Lucasia,? she writes that her connection to Lucasia is ?As innocent as our Design, / Immortal as our Soul? (ll.23-4)."
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Katherine Mansfield and Women, 2003.
A discussion on women's status and sexuality in three of Katherine Mansfield's short stories.
1,610 words (approx. 6.4 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 55.95
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This paper looks at three of Katherine Mansfield's short stories: "Bliss", "Je Ne Pane Pas Francais" and "Life of Ma Parker". It examines Mansfield's style, sense of realism and themes and her psychological understanding of issues confronting women.
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Lady Anne and Katherine, 2002.
This paper compares and contrasts the courting of Lady Anne by the Duke of Gloucester in William Shakespeare's play "Richard III" with the courting of Katherine by Petruchio in the play "The Taming of the Shrew".
2,150 words (approx. 8.6 pages), 9 sources, $ 80.95
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This paper compares and contrasts the courting of Lady Anne by the Duke of Gloucester in William Shakespeare's play "Richard III" with the courting of Katherine by Petruchio in the play "The Taming of the Shrew".
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Innovatory Devices of Style in Katherine Mansfield's "Bliss", 2000.
An evaluation of the importance of innovatory devices of style observable in Katherine Mansfield’s "Bliss" as an example of Modernist literature.
1,470 words (approx. 5.9 pages), 2 sources, $ 48.95
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This essay explores and evaluates Katherine Mansfield?s literary style with reference to her short story Bliss. It discusses the ways in which Bliss demonstrates her desire to break with the past and experiment with new methods of writing. The paper evaluates the story as an example of Modernist literature and reviews Mansfield ?s importance in the Modernist movement. The paper also provides a detailed analysis of Mansfield?s original and distinctive delivery of the short story.
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"An important figure in the modernist movement, Katherine Mansfield was a highly experiential writer who sought to find new ways of representing the world. The beginning of the twentieth century was a time of terrific change due to technological advances, scientific theories and capitalism. The First World War compounded this disturbance and literally shattered the universal values which held society together. Society was left fragmented and disillusioned and the Modernists felt that the traditional mode of representing the world in literature, specifically realism, was outdated and no longer appropriate. Mansfield ?s short story Bliss, 1918, demonstrates the desire to break with the past and experiment with new methods of writing which would express this transformed society more aptly."
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"Katherine", 2002.
A literary analysis of "Katherine" by Anya Seton, focusing on the diction used in the work.
650 words (approx. 2.6 pages), 1 source, $ 26.95
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This essay analyzes the diction of "Katherine" by Anya Seton in terms of whether the language is concrete or abstract, whether the words have interesting connotations, whether the diction is formal or colloquial and what inferences can be drawn about the speaker from the word choice of the speaker.
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Katherine Mansfield, 2002.
An analysis of the theme of lonliness in five of Katherine Mansfield's short stories.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 5 sources, $ 35.95
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This essay briefly discusses five short stories of New Zealand author, Katherine Mansfield, including "Mrs. Brill," "The Doll House," "Marriage a la Mode," "The Garden Party," and "The Woman at the Store." The essay specifically discusses the common theme of loneliness in each of the stories.
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Desire and Sexuality in Katherine Mansfield?s Short Stories, 2002.
This paper looks at Katherine Mansfield?s short stories and the ways in which they portray the nature of sexuality in the early twentieth century.
1,209 words (approx. 4.8 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 41.95
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The writer discusses sexual symbolism, human behaviour and foreshadowing in these short stories. The paper explores the impact sexuality had on society, and the ways in which society affected women in relation to sexuality.
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"Almost to the end of the text her mysterious feeling of Bliss, for which she finds no outlet, drives Bertha. Mansfield explains this Bliss to the reader through the nature of Berthas actions, Bertha transfers her energy from arranging fruit, to tending her daughter but neither creative nor motherly actions can relieve her. Her duties as mother, housewife and decorator are not enough to fulfil her. Signs of sexuality materialize in this scene. The bowl of fruit sits full and ripe, ?stained? with pink as a symbol of fertility as well as temptation. The grapes still covered in bloom remain untouched, as Bertha is sexually unawakened. Bertha looses herself within the image of the fruit and its sensual nature, yet jerks herself back into reality. She contradicts the earlier sensual imagery with a superficial comment on the carpet. This pattern of indulging in her sexuality and then recovering herself is repeated throughout the text. She turns away from the two stray cats courting and is more likely to accept pictures of beauty such as the Pear Tree, or Pearl as sexual before she does the more animalistic images of sex."
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