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Marriage in "Giovanni and Lusanna", 2005.
A review of "Giovanni and Lusanna: Love and Marriage in Renaissance Florence" by Gene Brucker.
1,089 words (approx. 4.4 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 37.95
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This paper deals with the major themes in the story of "Giovanni and Lusanna". It looks at how marriage was seen as more of a business contract than as a communion of love in Florence and how Giovanni and Lusanna's relationship exemplified this situation. The paper then goes on to explain how Lusanna is a woman trying to exert control over her own life and establish some independence in a male-dominated society with dignity and how she is presented as a strong woman for her time. Lastly, the author is criticized for his main goal of connecting with the reader on a personal basis through a personal story and how this is central to the themes he is presenting.
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"The greatest theme that Brucker is trying to convey in the story of Giovanni and Lusanna is that marriage in Florence during the Renaissance was more of a business contract rather than a union based on love. The major aims of marriage were to increase one's social standing or to solidify or gain wealth, in total opposition to today's "Western ideal" of marriage (Brucker 93). Men who established themselves in society, both financially and socially, were "in great demand" and fetched substantial dowries from the woman's family (Brucker 11). A father did not seek a suitor for his daughter who would love and protect her: he would search for one that would bring financial security to her and prestige to the family."
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Giovanni and Lusanna, 2002.
A review of Brucker's novel "Giovanni and Lusanna: Love and Marriage in Renaissance Florence".
985 words (approx. 3.9 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 34.95
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This paper examines Gene Adam Brucker's novel, "Giovanni and Lusanna: Love and Marriage in Renaissance Florence", which is a real story of a contested marriage between the title individuals of that time. The paper illustrates how Brucker attempts to illuminate larger issues of gender roles in marriages, the legal institution of marriage, and the social and legal norms surrounding personal conduct of this period, through the Florentine court case.
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"A common clich? is that the truth is stranger than fiction. However, in the case of a divorce proceeding or a contested marriage, it might be more accurate to state that the truth is more tumultuous, heart wrenching, and yes, greedy than any fictional rendition of divorce could possibly be imagined in the mind of a storyteller. Such a supposition might seem appropriate to our own, contemporary times, where reality television programs such as ?The People?s Court? seems far more grotesque in the violence depicted than, for instance, ?Kramer versus Kramer.? However, this is a phenomenon much older than even America?s existence itself. Gene Adam Brucker?s book Giovanni and Lusanna: Love and Marriage in Renaissance Florence chronicles the contested marriage between the title individuals, real people who lived in Italy during the period that gives its name to the subtitle of the book."
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Marriage in Renaissance Florence, 2002.
An analysis of Gene Brucker's non-fiction book "Giovanni and Lusanna: Love and Marriage in Renaissance Florence".
1,100 words (approx. 4.4 pages), 1 source, $ 38.95
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The paper examines the book "Giovanni and Lusanna: Love and Marriage in Renaissance Florence" by Gene Brucker which discusses the contractual aspects of marriage that arise from the financial elements of the union of two families. In the book, Lusanna, who had been widowed, sued Giovanni - an aristocrat and her social better by at least one class - by seeking formal recognition of their union, of the secret ?marriage? that the two of them had enjoyed. The paper shows that in challenging Giovanni?s right to set the conditions of their relationship, Lusanna was challenging the rights socially acknowledged to him by virtue of his wealth, his gender and his class.
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"For Lusanna loved Giovanni, and he loved her as well ? their affair is tempestuous and passionate, if also touched by tragedy at times. It is the story of two classes, two genders, two ways of seeing the world coming into conflict with each other ? with the easily predictable result that the far more powerful side would win. But it is also a story of two people who love each other but who find themselves pulled apart ? both because of the nature of the structure of the society in which they live and because of their own natures."
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Nikki Giovanni's "You are There", 2002.
This paper analyzes a poem by Nikki Giovanni, "You are There", which is included full text in the paper.
1,485 words (approx. 5.9 pages), 0 sources, $ 49.95
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This paper describes Giovanni?s ?You Are There? as an example of a poem which is better understood by the reader through the language contained within it. This paper states that Nikki Giovanni?s poem is about love and the presence of that lover?s memory throughout old age. The author points out the writer?s use in the poem of tools such as word choice, extended simile, pathetic fallacy and patterns of imagery.
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"One aspect of Giovanni?s poem in which the word choice is immensely important is the title. The title of the poem, ?You Are There,? suggests to the reader that the person to whom the speaker is referring has a very close, personal relationship with the speaker. It shows that the person being spoken of is, or was at one point, a lover with significant meaning to the speaker. This is, in itself, a vital aspect of the poem, for it forms the basis of its meaning. The poem perpetuates the phrase ?you?ll be there,? showing a sense of optimism and hope that the speaker?s lover/desired mate will always be present in mind, even in old age. It shows a closeness between the speaker and the speaker?s lover that strengthens through each stanza."
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Homosexuality in ?Giovanni?s Room?, 2004.
Examines the theme of homosexuality in African-American author, James Baldwin's novel, "Giovanni's Room".
2,950 words (approx. 11.8 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 87.95
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When James Baldwin published his novel, "Giovanni's Room", in the 1950's, he was roundly criticized and judged for its then provocative images of homosexuality. This paper shows, however, that not all critics chastised Baldwin and describes some of the more positive reviews written about the novel. The paper then offers a critical perspective surrounding the time of publication of "Giovanni?s Room" and examines James Baldwin within the context of the Civil Rights and Black Power Movements of the 1960s. This is followed by an examination of the metaphorical 'room' in the novel. The paper concludes with James Baldwin's views on homosexuality and his personal struggle with his own sexuality.
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"It can be argued that David, a white bi-sexual in search of his true sexual identity, torn between a gay love for Giovanni and a heterosexual love for Hella his lady friend, is himself a symbol ? through the novel ? of the alienation black homosexuals felt in the American culture. As an expatriate, David is by definition a man without a country, an outcast (which, as explained above, a gay black man like James was in the black U.S. community); and here in Paris, at the beginning of the novel, he can deceive himself into thinking he is a man with some substance. He isn?t a man of substance, because he is still in search of his own sexual identity, and he can?t rid himself of a homoerotic, friendship with ?Joey? from his childhood."
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"Giovanni's Room", 2007.
An analysis of the theme of freedom in society in James Baldwin's "Giovanni's Room".
770 words (approx. 3.1 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 27.95
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This paper discusses James Baldwin's "Giovanni's Room", is a novel that tackles issues which are still relevant in modern society. It looks at how homosexuality, the place of women in the social order, and the ability of the individual to have freedoms are all topics that Baldwin brought to the consciousness of his world. It concludes that while all people have historically accepted the demands of living in a society that forces conformity to expectations, James Baldwin's book allows us to see that it is a sad commentary on all of our lives.
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"What Hella discovers in her journeys, however, is that in order for a woman to be considered a whole human being within the world she must be part of a couple that is comprised of a man and a woman. Hella tells David, "It isn't what I've got. It isn't even what I want. It's that you've got me. So now I can be -- your obedient and most loving servant" (Baldwin). If this occurs, Hella reasons, then she can be acceptably "free" to experience the world because under society's unwavering mandates freedom for women must always be controlled by men. "
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Giovanni Palestrina's "Pope Marcellus Mass", 2008.
An analysis of the historical context of Giovanni Palestrina's "Pope Marcellus Mass" and its contribution to the evolution of Renaissance music.
1,589 words (approx. 6.4 pages), 8 sources, MLA, $ 51.95
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This paper explores the significance of Giovanni Palestrina's "Pope Marcellus Mass" to the history and evolution of Renaissance music. The paper first discusses the musical tradition which preceded the Council of Trent and the completion of Palestrina's composition and then details the objections the Council of Trent had with regards to the polyphonic music that was so popular across Europe at the beginning of the sixteenth century. Finally, the paper delineates the criteria the Council established for church music and how Palestrina's work successfully met these requirements while simultaneously invoking stirring elements of the polyphonic tradition.
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"Still, there was widespread consensus among Catholic reformers that the "pagan" music of di Lasso and the earthy themes of Josquin were ill-suited to the mass. Even before the Council had concluded its work, Savonarola - a man whose stubborn insistence upon thumbing his nose at the "ecclesiastical status quo" in the fifteenth century eventually cost him his life (Matter, 795) - proclaimed that the secular, pagan and polyphonic compositions popular in his own time were nothing more than "figured music" that charmed the ear and senses while distracting from the worship of God (Mullett, 211). This view was shared by Erasmus who, while his interests tended more towards re-interpreting the Bible using the new-fangled historical-critical method (Pabel, 63-75) nonetheless felt moved enough by the scandalous church music of his time to condemn it as being sensuous, agitated and - for all intents and purposes - not at all Christian (Mullett, 211)."
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Giovanni Boccaccio?s ?The Decameron", 2002.
This paper discusses Giovanni Boccaccio?s masterpiece ?Decameron?, which is one of the greatest literary works of the Middle Ages.
790 words (approx. 3.2 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 28.95
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This paper examines the author Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-1375) who is one of the influential thinkers and a literary figure of the Middle Ages. The paper points out that his depiction of the medieval society is one of the best and most accurate among the other medieval writers. The author reveals that ?Decameron?, written around 1350 during an outbreak of the plague in Florence, is a fictional account of 10 young people who flee to a country manor and begin telling stories to keep themselves occupied and diverted from the tragedy.
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"Boccaccio's ?Decameron?, though a fictional account contains real historical events and tells us the social structure, politics and conditions in the 14th century Europe. Thus, the stories contain within them a realistic outlook and realistic themes. The characters of the stories are common characters and belong to the lower classes. In addition, Boccaccio shows that the characters are the product of social factors and environment and this is the integral element in its dramatic complication. These common characters tell us the life and social conditions in Europe and particularly in Florence. The protagonist of
Day 2 is Martellino; he is a jester along with his friends Stecchi and Marchese. They use to go around the courts where they entertain the audience by making disguises. These jesters were common in the Middle Ages and provided people with, entertainment. It was a common belief in the Middle Ages that good-humored joking protected a person from misfortune. The jesters also were considered lucky and one of the reasons Boccaccio presents them in the story."
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"Don Giovanni", 2002.
A review of the opera "Don Giovanni" by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
660 words (approx. 2.6 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 23.95
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This paper examines the story of "Don Giovanni," a morality tale of what occurs when a man does wrong and evil is punished, told through Mozart's opera of the same name. When the Don?s castle is in ruins, the surviving revelers weave in and out of the ruins and sing ?such is the fate of a wrong doer.? It discusses how the contrast of irony and melodrama in the final scene, suggests a far more nuanced moral vision of Mozart in his opera. It describes how at the end, as the Don is engulfed by flames, the music sweeps up into a more religious, reverent tone and the chorus takes over, rather than individual voices. Although this is supposed to be pious and the Don only gets what he deserves, there is a sense of loss at very end.
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"The scene being referenced is, of course, the ending deus ex machina of the opera, where the murdered father of a woman Don Giovanni has raped, the Commendatore, comes back from the dead in the form of a living, breathing, animated statue. The depiction of this phenomenon is alone a theatrical marvel and a challenge in and of itself. However, the Don?s apparent casualness in the face of this event makes the striking nature of the Commendatore, even more astonishing. When the statute, who was unwillingly invited by the Don?s surprised servant Lepordello to the Don?s banquet, arrives, he pounds on the door of the Don?s castle with great clashing blows, an entrance that is underscored by ominous music. He solemnly informs the Don that his time has come."
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"Giovanni's Room", 2004.
An analysis of the conflicts faced by David in "Giovanni's Room" by James Baldwin.
2,774 words (approx. 11.1 pages), 14 sources, MLA, $ 82.95
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This paper examines how understanding core values is the key to understanding character, which, in turn, leads to understanding conflict, plot and the underlying design of a narrative. It looks at how James Baldwin, in his book, "Giovanni?s Room", depicts a young man in conflict. David is alienated from his own culture, and he is faced with making a choice concerning his sexual identity. It explores how we feel he must conform to the norms of having a wife and family, but is pulled toward sexual union with men, specifically an Italian bartender with whom he has an affair.
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"Being an American does not provide David with the ?tools? he needs to deal with the new cultural arena into which he allows himself. Nicholas M. Evans explains that, "social proximity in and of itself does not provide the ability to perceive the "true" meaning of cultural experience. Nor does it ensure that the meanings a writer finds will cohere with audiences' modes of reception, leading to reader authentication of the writer's representation. Rather, specific cultural and historically contingent conditions shape both elements of the reputation-building process: the spokesperson, influenced by contemporary conventions of representation, constructs certain meanings about cultural experience, while audiences evaluate the "truth" of the meanings according to similar conventions" (147). The essence of his alienation is in terms of sexual preference."
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"Giovanni's Room", 2002.
Addresses the character of David in James Baldwin's "Giovanni's Room".
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 1 source, $ 35.95
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This paper explores the perceptions of marriage and of social conventions in James Baldwin's classic novel "Giovanni's Room", that existed at the time of Baldwin's writing to demonstrate why the main character of David was so passionately unhappy. It is shown that David is only truly happy when he is in an emotional relationship with men, but he strongly believes that he must be married to a woman and begin a family in order to be happy.
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"Giovanni's Room " by James Arthur Baldwin., 2002.
This paper is a book report about "Giovanni's Room " by James Arthur Baldwin.
1,900 words (approx. 7.6 pages), 6 sources, $ 71.95
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This paper deals with the story of a young American named David who has repressed his sexuality all of his life. David is in Paris as he waits for a young woman to announce whether or not she will marry him when he becomes involved with the vulnerable Italian man named Giovanni. David comes to terms with the truth, it is his only chance of redeeming his soul.
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Nikki Giovanni, 2002.
Ab analysis of Nikki Giovanni's poetry.
1,400 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 4 sources, $ 53.95
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This six-page undergraduate-level research paper examines the social and historical issues that have influenced African-American poet Nikki Giovanni's work. The author discusses how her writing was impacted by her culture and era.
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"Giovanni's Room", 2002.
A discussion of the role of the setting in James Baldwin's "Giovanni's Room."
1,765 words (approx. 7.1 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 56.95
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This paper uses three critical works to discuss the obscure setting of story line in this novel. The writer briefly describes the life of Baldwin growing up as a neglected child and never fitting in to the social circles he chose - black man in a white man's world. The plot of the story is also analyzed as to how it connects with the lifestyle of the author. The writer concludes that Baldwin's selection of a Parisian setting was larger due to his experiences as a gay black man.
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"To better understand the thematic importance of Paris and the room in this book, we need to begin with the author. Baldwin, who was born at Harlem Hospital to an unmarried, 20-year-old woman, was teased as a child because he was small and effeminate. When he was three, his mother married David Baldwin, a laborer and Baptist preacher who was often violent and abusive to his family. At age 24, James Baldwin was scared and unhappy about the way blacks were treated in America. He had only $40 in his pocket, but he escaped to Paris where he did much of his writing. His passion for issues regarding race and sexually prompted him to write and publish more than 22 books of essays, fiction, poetry and drama."
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Nikki Giovanni, 2001.
This paper is about the poet, Nikki Giovanni, with 4 references to her poems.
1,090 words (approx. 4.4 pages), 8 sources, MLA, $ 38.95
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This paper has references to her poems, "Beautiful Black Men (with compliments and apologies to all not mentioned by name)", "Nikki-Rosa", "Cotton Candy on a Rainy Day", and "My House". This paper also has references to four critics of the poems. The first paragraph of this paper is her biography.
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"Nikki Giovanni was born Yolande Cornelia Giovanni, Jr. in Knoxville, Tennessee, in 1943. When she was a child her family moved to Lincoln Heights, Ohio, in a black community. She spent time partly with her grandparents in Tennessee, though. Graduating from Fisk University with honors, she then attended the University of Pennsylvania and Columbia University. At the age of 27, she found her own publishing company. She became not only a poet, but also a writer, essayist, editor, and an author of children?s books. Despite childhood loneliness, Nikki Giovanni, as an adult, developed a strong sense of pride in her ethnicity."
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