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The Death of Doris Duke, 2006.
Examines the mystery surrounding the death of tobacco heiress, Doris Duke.
874 words (approx. 3.5 pages), 9 sources, MLA, $ 31.95
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Doris Duke was christened the "richest woman in the world" at the age of twelve when her father, James B. Duke, founder of the American Tobacco Company, passed away. On October 28, 1993, Doris Duke was murdered in her Beverly Hills estate. This paper examines the mystery surrounding the strange death of Duke and role that her butler, Bernard Lafferty played (or did not play) in her murder.
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"In addition to Tammy Payette's affidavit causing a stir throughout world, it also caused a stir at the Los Angeles Police Department. They launched an investigation into Miss Duke's death. Unsettled about the murder investigation, Lafferty "relinquished control of the Duke estate" (CBS 2 News 3). With the battle over the will concluded a large percentage of the money went to charities for such things as abused animals and children."
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Doris Lessing's "The Old Chief Mshlanga"., 2002.
A critical review of the short story: "The Old Chief Mshlanga," by Doris Lessing.
600 words (approx. 2.4 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 21.95
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The purpose of this paper is to introduce and discuss the story "The Old Chief Mshlanga" by Doris Lessing. It deals with issues such as what kind of dominance is sought, to what degree victims collaborate in their own destruction, the views of the oppressed and the oppressor. It concludes by exploring the kind of future that this work seem to predict.
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"This short story is really an autobiographical work, discussing the author's experiences while living in the white dominated society of Rhodesia, in southern Africa. The main characters of the tale are the Jordan family, who seek to take over native lands, because they need them for white colonization. The family, just like all the colonists, seeks to dominate, and eventually eliminate the natives from the area. They do not care where they go, just as long as they leave, and leave the colonists alone. "Conflicts with the Jordan family perhaps incur and certainly expedite the re-settlement. A dispute over village goats that trample the Jordan's farm ensues between Chief Mshlanga and Nkosikaas' father after Mr. Jordan confiscates the goats" (Hurley)."
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Doris Lessing's "To Room Nineteen", 2002.
This paper provides a critical review of the short story by Doris Lessing, focusing on the theme of the conflict between reason and emotion.
840 words (approx. 3.4 pages), 0 sources, $ 29.95
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Starting with the first lines of the story, the paper shows how the characters in the story suppress emotions and over-emphasize intellectuality. It explores the dynamics of Mathew and Susan?s family in light of this overemphasis. It discusses Susan?s oppressive life as a housewife and the various means she employs in her quest to escape this life. The demons that plague Susan are studied and the paper concludes with a look at the significance of the man in the garden.
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"Throughout the first half of the story, Susan and Matthew do everything their minds tell them to do. They each have a sensible number of affairs, marry at a sensible age, and produce a sensible number of children. At no time during the story is there any mention of love for the children, and the only mention of love for each other is in an intellectual context. It comes as Lessing tries to impart what accounts for their so-called success: ?Their love for each other? Wall, that was nearest it?.Yes, it was around this point, their love, that the whole extraordinary structure revolved.? Family and home are usually not referred to as ?structure.? Obviously, the Rawlings? regard for love, family and prosperity comes purely from an intellectual place."
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Doris Lessing, "The Golden Notebook", 1999.
A critical review of the novel's plot, characters, themes and process of subverting traditional novel's structure & formulation.
2,025 words (approx. 8.1 pages), 4 sources, $ 71.95
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"Doris Lessing's The Golden Notebook, a novel about the process of subverting the traditional novel, is the embodiment of the new type of fiction envisioned by its protagonist. For the novelist Anna Wulf the problems of achieving authenticity in life and in fiction are inseparable. Her compulsive desire to write fiction is constantly frustrated by her inability to produce work that imposes order on a world that she sees as descending into chaos. Such a fiction will provide a new way of viewing the world but it cannot be achieved, she feels, because she cannot impose such order on her own life--the source material for this transcendent fiction. Anna fears that the inability to achieve authenticity in her own life--demonstrated by her inability to get an ordering grip on it--means that she will never be able to write this type of book. Lessing's novel, with its multiple ..."
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The Duke of Gloucester, 2005.
An analysis of the character of the Duke of Gloucester from William Shakespeare's "Richard III."
950 words (approx. 3.8 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 33.95
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This paper examines how although Shakespeare's Richard III, The Duke of Gloucester, may not bear much resemblance to the real life King, in character and appearance, in the play, he is certainly the most dominant and a fully developed figure that serves as both the protagonist and villain of the play. It discusses whether "Richard III" can actually be called a tragedy since the protagonist appears less a tragic figure and more a vain, cruel and malicious king who was ruthlessly ambitious and killed people not for the love of his country, as most other tragic kings did, but to advance his own objectives.
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"As in all Shakespeare tragedies, the ghosts of those he conspired against and killed visit Richard III. They admonish him and foreshadow his death. This happens a day before his army is to clash with Lancastrian heir, Henry, Earl of Richmond's forces. while the ghosts of his victims haunt Richard, Richmond is praised as the rightful ruler. The ghosts tell him to 'live and flourish!' [5.3.131] and instruct him to, 'Arm, fight and conquer, for fair England's sake.' [5.3.150]. Though Richmond's army is no match for Richard's in term of size, yet the former has divine support. Bosworth Field serves as the last battleground for Richard as Richmond manages to bring an end to Richard III's terrifying reign by slaying him: 'Now civil wounds are stopp'd, peace lives again.' [5.4.53]"
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The Duke of Marlborough, 2003.
A discussion of John Churchill, the Duke of Marlborough, and the role he played in England's Glorious Revolution.
2,181 words (approx. 8.7 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 68.95
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This paper focuses on John Churchill, the Duke of Marlborough, and his influence on the Glorious Revolution. The paper discusses how Churchill was loyal to British king, James II, and details the reasons he would eventually defect and join the ranks of William of Orange, such as the Bloody Assize, Lord Delamere, and policies against James II's Catholicism.
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"John Churchill, who would later become the Duke of Marlborough, rose to prominence in England during the Glorious Revolution of 1688. The Glorious Revolution (led by William of Orange against James II) ended Catholic influence in England and assured control of England by Anglican Protestants. Many would argue that although it was actually William of Orange that led the Glorious Revolution, it was Churchill?s influence and ultimately his defection that made the revolution a success. History shows us that this was almost certainly the case, but it is somewhat unclear why Churchill (a favorite of James II) broke ranks and joined the cause of William. Although James II and his openly Catholic policies had much to do with Churchill?s defection, they may not have been his only reasons for doing so."
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Narrative Development of Russian Monarchs - Nicholas I and the Grand Duke Michael, 2002.
An examination of the growth of the monarchy in Russia with a focus on the spy vs. spy birthing in the Russian empire.
4,876 words (approx. 19.5 pages), 8 sources, APA, $ 124.95
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This paper studies the nature and nurture of the Russian Monarchy under the upbringing of Catherine the Great and her Stoic / Enlightenment based moral values. Focusing on the developmental complexities of the social and family unit which brought around the four most well known of the Russian Royals, Alexander I, Constantine, Nicholas I and Michael, this paper follows up the effects of a family unit oriented upbringing with strong liberal and republican beliefs that gripped the Russian Royal family in it?s later years through Catherine as a matriarchal influence to these four, and Paul as a patriarchal leader. The psychological scarring left upon Nicholas on seeing his fathers demise at the hands of his own courtiers demonstrated a manipulative effect on his reign. Also demonstrated in this paper is the fact that regardless of liberal beliefs, the people?s agenda quite often defies what intellectually could be classified as the best system of government for them as demonstrated through the coup de etat against Paul and the Decembrist rebellion.
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"Nicholas and Michael never knew their illustrious grandmother as they were too young to have true or strong memories of her as she died when they were still youths, and they also lost their father at the early age of five and three respectively. That is not to say that her rearing did not still influence them, indirectly, throughout their adolescence. Nicholas had reported to have vague memories of Paul and considered his sudden death at the hands of his own courtiers to be the most traumatic moment or envisagement in his life until his own accession and the Decembrist revolt. Thus, for both Nicholas and Michael, their mother was the primary force behind their upbringing with strong matriarchal influence from their grandmother Catherine the Great and her philosophies."
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Duke Ellington, 1989.
Examines career & musical accomplishments of the musician/showman and his style to popularity.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 7 sources, $ 47.95
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"This paper will discuss the career and musical accomplishments of Duke Ellington, the renowned musician and showman who proved to the world that jazz could and should be considered as a serious form of music. Edward Kennedy Ellington, who was later to be known as "Duke," was born to a middle-class family in Washington, D.C. on April 29, 1899. Growing up in comfortable surroundings with plenty of love and attention, the young Ellington received much encouragement which helped him to embark on a creative career. In fact, "marked as a special child, he started on piano at seven and soon cultivated the poise, flair for leadership, and ducal charm that earned him his title" (Sales 78). The love and support he received in his early life gave Ellington an unshakable faith in himself. He soon developed a goal to become truly great at something; by the time (...)"
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" The School that Refused to Die" by Daniel L Duke, 1999.
Reviews work on history of Thomas Jefferson (VA) High School from 1930s to 1990s. Administration, desegregation and economics.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 1 source, $ 47.95
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"The problems of public education in America have been given much attention in recent years, but few real solutions have been developed. In his book The School That Refused to Die, Daniel L. Duke tells the story of one high school that had the same menu of problems facing other schools across the country, from court-ordered busing to achieve racial balance to budget problems. Duke writes a history of the school from the 1930s to the present and shows how the institution was shaped, what forces were involved in shaping it, and how the institution was challenged by changing social, economic,and cultural factors over that history. The change that Duke sees as bringing the most tension to this school was desegregation. The school, Thomas Jefferson High School in Richmond, Virginia, also known throughout as Tee-Jay, is well-known to the author because he not only graduated from.."
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"Wine", 2006.
Uncovers the truth behind intangible relationships in the story, "Wine" by Doris Lessing.
1,389 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 0 sources, $ 46.95
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Wine" by Doris Lessing deals with the differences between men and women as it applies to sexuality, personality and evaluation or understanding of certain situations. It brings to light our societal stereotypes (as they were in the late fifties when this piece was written and even as they appear now), and our failing appreciation of one another as separate genders. The paper shows that with the use of merely one man and one woman, Lessing builds a path, based on both misconception and misunderstanding, that leads to a doorway into what she conceives is the truth about the depth any heterosexual relationship can actually achieve.
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"Even later yet, the woman refuses to follow his cue when he raises his glass of wine for a toast, though only the moment before she had loved him wholly. Unlike the couple first seen coming from the hotel, they now seem out of sync, uncoordinated, and almost strangers to one another. First, they had looked at ease and comfortable with each other, now they seem as they are simply coping. However, this is but a tidbit of their true personalities. The main course of their dysfunctional relationship is shown through their parallel memories."
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"Jailed for Freedom", 2002.
A review of the book "Jailed for Freedom: American Women Win the Vote" by Doris Stevens and its revised and abridged version, edited by Carol O'Hare.
760 words (approx. 3.0 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 27.95
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The paper discusses the book "Jailed for Freedom: American Women Win the Vote" the electric story of the battle for suffrage, written by Doris Stevens in 1920, a leader of the National Woman's Party (NWP) in that era. The paper then reviews a new, abridged version of the book, edited by Carol O'Hare and shows how this author has changed the book to suit popular audiences more than the academic ones.
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"Originally brought into a memoir as the history of the National Woman's Party, the revision of the 1920 edition made its timely appearance in the year celebrating the 75th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th amendment. O'Hare editions aim to keep the narration lively, and to maintain flow and continuity. Yet it is an attempt to retain the integrity of the original in tone and content. The introduction is a capsule to the history of the women's suffrage movement and the leaders? strategies and personalities.
"Despite the fact that this edition makes a truly heroic story accessible to a larger audience beyond the college classroom, O'Hare has edited out the ?minute detail of legislative politics, author bias, and verbiage,? leaving a vivid partisan account that clearly conveys the excitement of both battle and victory."
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Narrative Style in Literature, 2008.
A comparison of the narrative style used in "To Room Nineteen" by Doris Lessing and "Cathedral" by Raymond Carver.
1,015 words (approx. 4.1 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 35.95
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This paper compares and contrasts the use of point of view in "To Room Nineteen" by Doris Lessing and "Cathedral" by Raymond Carver. The paper describes the plots and the characters of each story and discusses and compares the narrative style in the two works. The paper then focuses on what the choices of narrative style portray about the story and how this affects the reader's perceptions.
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"Thus, even more so than having an affair, Lessing's wife realizes that she cannot go on living a double existence, one existence characterized by an absence of autonomous identity and one in a room by herself, in Room Nineteen. She is 'cheating' on her husband--with herself, by enjoying her solitude. Finally, Susan lies on the bed in her room, smells the sex of other people in the stale motel sheets and she chooses to annihilate herself, a scene that would be unbearably painful if the reader identified with her as completely the reader inevitably identifies with Carver's first-person narrator. Thus Lessing's use of a third-person narrator deliberately creates distance, and encourages the reader to see Susan as a case study that shows the limits of female existence as fully human beings with an identity beyond sexuality. Carver in contrast encourages the reader to identify with the narrator, as the narrator identifies with the blind man, because the story is about an internal shift that occurs within the narrator, and about a case study of humanity."
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?To Room 19?, 2003.
Examines the use of setting in Doris Lessing's novel.
963 words (approx. 3.9 pages), 1 source, $ 34.95
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Susan Rawling, the main character in Doris Lessing's short story "To Room 19", fights against her inner emptiness and the roles she is supposed to play as a mother, a wife and a house manager. The paper shows how, in order to express this psychological process, Lessing progressively describes the different views the character has of her surroundings - such as the starkness of her white house, the big and "wild" garden and, finally, "Room 19", to demonstrate how these settings influence her troublesome emotional status.
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"Aiming to forget about herself and where she comes from, she decides to have a place "where she could go and sit, by herself, no one knowing where she was" (p. 674). Then, she starts to isolate herself in a hotel room - room 19 - so as to unchain herself from her duties as Mrs. Rawlings. There, at last, Susan can have a setting of her own where she does not have to think about anything, but only observe the time passing by, with neither past nor future. She is totally empty there, "feeling emptiness run deliciously through her veins like the movement of her blood" (p. 6 80). These journeys, which range from one to five times a week, last (for) a year. These days of loneliness enable Susan to "play her part" as a mother and wife easily since she is not Mrs. Rawlings anymore, she is an impostor, completely detached from this family."
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God's Divine Grace, 2005.
A comparative analysis of Doris Betts' "The Ugliest Pilgrim" and Flannery O'Conner's "Good Country People".
1,444 words (approx. 5.8 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 47.95
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This paper examines how in Flannery O'Conner's "Good Country People" and Doris Betts' "The Ugliest Pilgrim" symbolism is displayed in a number of ways. It confronts the symbolism behind certain objects in both stories, and reveals the true identity of the characters.
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"In a relationship between O'Conner's own Roman Catholic religion in her position in a by and large Protestant South she relates Hulga's own relationship with God, or lack there of, to her own and how she sees the people around her "It is clear that O'Connor sees Hulga's belief system, not her missing leg, as her greatest handicap. Hulga is shut off from a proper communion with God, not because she is knowingly evil, but because she is morally smug; she thinks she has within herself everything she needs to be a functionally complete person. Essentially this boils down to an argument between Protestantism and Catholicism -- Protestantism holding that each person ultimately determines his own belief and that salvation comes wholly from a personal relationship with God, and Catholicism maintaining that salvation comes through a right relationship to God through the traditions and sacraments of His Church." "
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The Biracial Family, 2008.
This paper reviews "Clover" by Doris Sanders.
1,066 words (approx. 4.3 pages), 4 sources, APA, $ 37.95
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The paper discusses the book "Clover" by Doris Sanders that portrays the life of a young black child reared by a white woman in a close-knit, African-American farming community. The paper considers the book's dominant themes of intermarriage and women and work and highlights Sanders' depiction of gender-specific expectations.
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Part One: Summary of Text
Intermarriage
Women and Work
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"Dori Sander's, Clover, is a thoughtful look at what it is like to be a young black child reared by a white woman in a close-knit, African-American farming community. The book explores Clover's own conflicting feelings towards Sara Kate and the difficult time Sara Kate experiences by virtue of being a white interloper in a protective and tightly-bound black extended family. Furthermore, the book looks at how Clover finds herself uncomfortably straddling two worlds that are divided by cleavages that extend beyond race. To wit, Sara Kate is well-educated and intelligent and white (and apparently fairly upper-class) and Clover's family is working poor, African-American, rural and not terribly urbane. In a real sense, the little girl is the embodiment of the fears, tensions and insecurities many children endure when thrust into biracial marriages in a society that has not yet embraced them."
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