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"A Christmas Carol", 2005.
This paper examines Charles Dickens' novel, "A Christmas Carol" and illustrates how it provides many similarities to his own life.
1,575 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 5 sources, $ 62.95
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The paper evaluates the significance of Charles Dickens' own life circumstances relative to his famous novel, "A Christmas Carol." The paper points out the speculation that much of his own life is represented in the novel's story, which emphasizes the importance of the primary characters whom he provides with vivid descriptions in different ways.
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"Charles Dickens wrote his famous novel "A Christmas Carol" with a number of personal life experiences and issues in mind. His own life was filled with challenging ordeals and circumstances, which provided much fodder for his literary career. Specifically, "A Christmas Carol" serves as one of Dickens' most masterful achievements and his strong dedication to his craft is in part a testament to the experiences of his life. This novel continues to be loved and admired by many, particularly during the Christmas season, when there is particular attention paid to this story. The following discussion will demonstrate that Dickens' novel provides many similarities to his own life, addressing parallels between some of the challenges of his circumstances and their relationship to the story presented in the novel."
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A Christmas Carol, 2004.
An analysis of Charles Dickens's famous novel, "A Christmas Carol".
1,410 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 46.95
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In "A Christmas Carol", Charles Dickens's skill with humor and character analysis is especially evident. This paper discusses how, at the beginning, the reader comes to dislike Scrooge for his miserly ways, but when he is changed by the visit of the ghosts of Christmas present, past, and future, the reader becomes sympathetic with his plight. It also looks at how Dickens provides a psychological explanation for Scrooge's bitterness and desire to live apart from the rest of the world, while paving the way for his reform.
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"One of Charles Dickens? most famous stories that has been adapted many times for the stage and screen is A Christmas Carol, first published in 1843. This beloved classic has become a tradition of Christmas and Dickens? skill with humor and character analysis are especially evident in this tale. At the beginning, the reader comes to dislike Ebenezer Scrooge for his miserly ways, but when he is suddenly confronted first by the ghost of Jacob Marley and then by the ghosts of Christmas past, present and future, the reader?s sympathies take on an entirely new meaning. Dickens provides a psychological explanation for Scrooge?s bitterness and desire to live apart from the rest of the world while also paving the way for his eventual reform."
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Industrialization in "A Christmas Carol", 2002.
This paper introduces, discusses and analyzes the book "A Christmas Carol," by Charles Dickens.
1,754 words (approx. 7.0 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 56.95
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This paper analyzes Dickens' famous novel and looks at how it describes the changing society of Victorian England. It specifically looks at the reality of industrialization and urbanization and how it is used as a backdrop theme in the novel.
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"Charles Dickens wrote this enduring classic in 1843. It was a time of economic depression in Europe, and famine in Ireland. At the time, celebrating Christmas was just coming into fashion again. The Puritans banned Christmas celebrations in the mid 1600s, and by the time Dickens wrote the book, Christmas was being celebrated again, but "mainly by the gentry, the old country families such as the Wardles in Dickens "The Pickwick Papers," but the new industrial, urban population resulting from the Industrial Revolution would not have had Christmas traditions" (Glancy 58)."
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Dickens and Christmas, 2008.
An analysis of the narrative mode in Charles Dickens' Christmas stories "A Christmas Carol" and "The Pickwick Papers".
2,062 words (approx. 8.2 pages), 2 sources, APA, $ 65.95
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Through an analysis of the distinctions and commonalities between the respective voices of the narrators, the characterizations of the protagonists and eventual moral underpinnings of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" and "The Pickwick Papers", this paper discusses an evident proclivity for similar narrative conceptualizations even though his approaches to storytelling are quite different from one another.
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"In A Christmas Carol, the narrator immediately reveals himself as an important player in the events at hand. The story is unique for its appeal to the supernatural and for its presentation to a mortal character of many visions which should be unknown to the pedestrian soul. It is therefore of great use that these extraordinary comprehensions of the character are given introduction by a narrator that appears both eerily aware of the events unfolding around Ebenezer Scrooge and yet intimately inserted in the action by way of his firsthand self-acknowledgement. At the story's start, the narrator provides insight into this paradox by beginning with an expression of his certainty that Marley is truly dead. This reinforces a parallel in the relationship between the narrator and Scrooge himself, who will soon be faced with a similarly insistent awareness as to the deadness of his mentor and business partner. "
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German-American Christmas and Easter, 2005.
Explains that the German-American migration brought several aspects of today's culture with it. Many holidays and holiday traditions can be traced back to Germany, including Easter and Christmas.
2,900 words (approx. 11.6 pages), 9 sources, APA, $ 85.95
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This paper discusses the traditions of Easter and Christmas, and the traditions that were brought from Germany: the Easter bunny, the Christmas tree, and even holiday sweets, all come from Germany. The history of the holidays and specific traditions are all examined, as well as people, places, and dates.
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"German beliefs and customs have an undisputed impact on American life. Millions of immigrants emigrated from Germany into the United States since the founding of America. German Americans played an instrumental role in the success of life on the new continent. It was only natural that the early settlers retained their German customs. These customs have become integral into American life, and now shape many special events American celebrate. Many German beliefs have assimilated into mainstream culture, and are rarely seen in everyday society. Holidays in particular are important holdouts of a??Old Worlda?? customs, because they are religiously preformed, and passed down from generation to generation. Can you imagine a Christmas without a Christmas tree? Can you think of Easter without the Easter Bunny? Easter and Christmas are just two examples of the many holidays that German Americans have played an important role in forming."
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Christmas Trees, 2003.
Provides a history of the marketing and commercialization of Christmas trees.
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 4 sources, $ 23.95
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Discusses the origin of marketing in Great Depression. Examines the notion of selling trees to the mass market, its development into a multimillion-dollar industry., and the roots of the Christmas tree tradition in the pre-Christian era.
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"Christmas tree farms and the aggressive marketing of trees, began in the United States during the Great Depression. According to Jones (2001), it was then that nurserymen could not sell ..."
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"Skipping Christmas", 2002.
An analysis of John Grisham?s novel "Skipping Christmas".
1,085 words (approx. 4.3 pages), 7 sources, APA, $ 37.95
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This paper critically describes the strengths and weaknesses of this novel, including those by published critics. The paper also compares this Grisham novel to his others and to other Christmas theme novels.
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"John Grisham has been a number one best selling author for years. Known for his suspense yarns about the legal profession and the block busting movies that ensue his novels, such as The Client, he stepped away from that genre with ?Skipping Christmas.? Released in November 2001, this novel is a light-hearted farce of a man fed up with the norm of his life, and tries to step away from it all by skipping the holiday fanfare, and instead take his wife on a cruise. It is a very enjoyable read and remained on the best seller lists long after the holiday season was over. Grisham has obtained the fame and glory that few writers experience. His books are sold everywhere, from posh bookstores to the local market down the street."
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Analysis of "The Christmas Quilt", 2005.
A review of "The Christmas Quilt" by Jennifer Chiaverini.
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 0 sources, $ 26.95
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The paper offers an overall analysis of Chiaverini's most recent book, "The Christmas Quilt." The book recounts the story of an older female quilter who is forced to reconcile with the memories of her past. The recurring motifs are the themes of family and quilting. The paper examines the written quality of the work, themes, and recommends it to new readers.
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"Jennifer Chiaverini's work, The Christmas Quilt, is part of a series of works themed upon quilting entitled the Elm Creek Quilts novels. This very recent work (Fall 2005) centers on the character of Sylvia Bergstrom Compson, an older female quilter who would like to spend a quiet, unnoticed Christmas holiday season, but whom is forayed instead into her personal 'ghost of Christmas past,' through her family heritage. Sylvia is a reoccurring character of Chiaverini, and she appears in multiple of her many works. Other major characters include her friend Sarah (fellow quilting partner), and her husband, who did not feel inclined to celebrate Christmas with their own family. The setting of the tale is Christmas at Sylvia's family home; although most of her family members are long gone from this world, they reappear through the sudden discovery of a surprising family heirloom--an unfinished quilt."
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"The Nightmare Before Christmas", 2003.
a critique of Burton's musical "The Nightmare Before Christmas."
2,300 words (approx. 9.2 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 79.95
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This paper is a critique of Tim Burton's fantastical animated musical, "The Nightmare Before Christmas." It discusses the film's themes, imagery and use of music. The paper expands on the visual qualities of the film.
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"This paper is a critique of Tim Burton's fantastical musical film, "The Nightmare Before Christmas" released by Touchstone Pictures. This stop-motion animation disguises a quite conventional story about conformity and keeping to the status quo as a tale of ..."
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Themes in Charles Dickens's Work, 2004.
An analysis of three literary works by Charles Dickens, "Oliver Twist", "Nicholas Nickleby"s and "A Christmas Carol"s focusing on the common themes in these works.
1,000 words (approx. 4.0 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 35.95
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This paper introduces, discusses, and analyzes three works by Charles Dickens: "Oliver Twist"; "Nicholas Nickleby"; and "A Christmas Carol". The paper discusses the use of prevalent themes throughout the three works. There are many themes present in these three works by Charles Dickens, from good versus evil to the plight of London's children and good triumphing in the end. However, the main theme in these three works is industrialization and the urbanization of society. Each represents "modern times" in Dickens's day and the way the poor were treated in a continually industrializing society.
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"Each of these touching and classic Dickens' novels is the story of triumph over evil, but they all also chronicle the life of the poor in England's increasingly mechanized and industrialized society of the 1800s. In "Oliver Twist," Dickens portrays the fate of many orphans who were forced to work for their keep even at young ages. Actually, the "poor laws" forced entire families to break up and fend for themselves, as this historian notes, "Forced to leave their homes and sell their possessions, many families found themselves unable to get out of the workhouse once they were in it (and they were separated, with husbands, wives, and children sent to different places)" (Glancy 42). Dickens' hoped to make the plight of the poor more well known and understood with all three of these books, and "Oliver Twist," which first appeared in serialized form, really did bring the plight of the poor home to the world's readers."
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Regret in Dickens' and Bronte's Work, 2007.
This paper studies the theme of regret in 'A Christmas Carol' by Charles Dickens and 'The Tenant of Wildfell Hall' by Anne Bronte.
1,218 words (approx. 4.9 pages), 2 sources, APA, $ 41.95
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In this article, the writer points out that both Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol' and Anne Bronte's 'The Tenant of Wildfell Hall' feature the theme of regret within the novels' respective narrative contexts. The writer discusses that in both novels, a single adolescent decision on the part of the protagonist irrevocably changes the life of the central protagonist. The writer looks at how Ebenezer Scrooge's decision not to marry and to withhold his affections and friendships from others, causes Scrooge to lose the woman who loves him, as he focuses only on accumulating money, not on pleasure. In contrast, the writer looks at how Helen Huntington's decision to marry causes her to regret most of her youthful existence as a young married woman. The writer notes that Helen's husband's decision to engage too fully in life and to indulge in worldly excesses also changes his entire life, robbing him of his youth and life in the same way Scrooge's existence robbed him of the better part of his life.
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"Helen ignores her aunt, and grows enamored of the undisciplined Arthur Huntington. Arthur is attractive, not just because of his chestnut curls, but also because he is exciting, forbidden and drinks deeply from life. Later on, Arthur's indulgence in alcohol will prove to be his undoing, as well as fragment his family. Helen becomes miserable married to Arthur, who often abandons her to London to spend time with his equally undisciplined friends. She refuses to let her aunt see her misery as much as possible because she knows that her aunt's warning about Arthur has come true.
Helen's tale suggests that in a person's life, many paths lay before the individual that can lead to many potential futures. However, if a person chooses the incorrect path out of folly, when young, there is no way to retread that path. Arthur squanders his inherited fortune, youth, and a beautiful and rich wife because of his determination to live life to the fullest, and dies a young and untimely death."
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They Wouldn't be Home by Christmas, 2005.
A look at the ways in which World War I differed from prewar expectations.
920 words (approx. 3.7 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 31.95
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This paper discusses the ways in which World War I differed from its prewar expectations. Emphasis is on the prewar assumption of a quick decisive war; why this was believed and why it was wrong. It also considers new weaponry, railroads and industrial capacity and their consequences.
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Freud and Carl Jung on Ebenezer Scrooge, 1994.
A psychological analysis of Charles Dickens' character from "A Christmas Carol" and his melancholy, introversion and dreams.
1,800 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 5 sources, $ 63.95
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"This paper is an analysis of Ebenezer Scrooge, the protagonist of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol from the perspectives of both Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung. Scrooge serves as a classic example of Freud's melancholic and Jung's introverted thinking type. Scrooge's "cure," occurring as he takes himself through his own version of dream therapy, provides an excellent example of both therapists' views about the nature of dreams. Scrooge's dreams are filled with rich Freudian possibilities for analysis and offer an example of Jung's opinion of the predictive nature of dreams. This analysis allows us to examine some of the ways in which Freud and Jung's theories of the psychology of the human mind come together and differ.
Published in 1843, A Christmas Carol introduced Dickens' literary case ..."
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Joyce Carol Oates, 2007.
An analysis of two of Joyce Carol Oates' stories; 'Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been' and 'Heat'.
2,581 words (approx. 10.3 pages), 9 sources, MLA, $ 78.95
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The paper examines Joyce Carol Oates' short stories that deal with children or adolescents and unexpected threats and peril: 'Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been' and 'Heat'. The paper discusses Joyce Carol Oates' own experiences and her social and political viewpoints and concerns. The paper shows how her narrative style is authentic-sounding and fully convincing. The paper demonstrates how Oates is a feminist and how her feminist concerns are apparent within both stories. The paper also analyzes how Oates is both a nostalgic and a realistic writer.
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"For the narrator of "Heat" herself, life after the twins' violent death has simply gone on, with relative non-eventfulness and, ironically, what now triggers her distant memories of the twins and their horrible deaths is when she herself now goes to the area of the icehouse in order to make love. Violence and death was once, the narrator knows, literally "right around the corner" from where she now enjoys the ecstasy of lovemaking, but at the same time the memory of the Kunkel twins' fateful afternoon nearby, so long ago, though it remains sharp and vivid is also, somehow, at the same time, distant and surreal."
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Carol Tavris, 2002.
This paper discusses Carol Tavris the female psychologist.
2,400 words (approx. 9.6 pages), 6 sources, $ 89.95
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This paper discusses Carol Tavris the female psychologist. The witty Carol Tavris is the author of many books. Her work on critical theory, anger and gender issues is famous. Although she offers inspiring information about anger and how people deal with it, she has been considered unnecessarily feminist in her psychology of women's issues. She was the pioneer of the critical thinking theory in psychology and continues to work as a teacher, writer and lecturer of psychology.
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