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"Idylls of the King", 2002.
This paper examines the themes of morality that characterize Tennyson's epic 'The Idylls of the King.'
3,400 words (approx. 13.6 pages), 8 sources, $ 124.95
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As a critique of Victorian society and the rampant hypocrisy that marked the upper-class society's moral beliefs and practices, Tennyson portrays the Arthurian legend of Camelot in ways that are specifically familiar to the influence of John Milton's "Paradise Lost" and which comprise an allegorical interpretation of Victorian society. This paper considers the ways Tennyson's epic represent aspects of Victorian society in contexts of gender, social discourse and morality.
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"Idylls of the King", 2003.
An explication of Tennyson's "The Idylls of Arthur".
920 words (approx. 3.7 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 31.95
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This paper analyzes Tennyson's epic poem, "The Idylls of Arthur", that argues Arthur is Christ-like and not a tragic hero. It looks at the testing of Arthur's faith, Arthur's treatment of his men, Arthur's crisis of faith and his reward.
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"In Tennyson's "The Idylls of Arthur" we are given a poem that displays all of typical elements of Arthurian chivalric romance. In Tennyson's would-be epic we are provided with the birth of a king in Arthur. We are witness to the building of ..."
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Lord Tennyson:, 2002.
A look at the influence of the Romantic era on the poetry of Alfred, Lord Tennyson through a review of "The Idylls of the King".
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 3 sources, $ 44.95
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This paper discusses how the British poet Alfred, Lord Tennyson was influenced by themes from the Romantic era, and how Tennyson adapted Romantic Era themes to his own time. His poem "The Idylls of the King" is used to support the thesis that he was heavily influenced by Romanticism.
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The Poetry of Siegfried Sassoon, 2004.
This paper discusses the life and work of the English poet, Siegfried Sassoon, from his idyllic ?The Old Huntsman and Other Poems? to his
World War I book of poetry, ?Counter-Attack?.
2,235 words (approx. 8.9 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 69.95
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This paper examines the idea that Siegfried Sassoon?s World War I experiences caused his poetry to move from the pastoral pre-1918 pieces to the harder, more concrete poetry contained in his book, ?Counter-Attack? . The author points out that Sassoon, who was born into the British upper class, lived the life of a gentleman until the war when, as an officer, he experienced the horror of shelling, mud, death, fear, and displacement. The paper reviews several poems and demonstrates that Sassoon uses the images of his youth in a different effect later in his war poems; trees are no longer the idyllic backdrop to the songbird, but rather they are "bronzed battalions" clustered in a "stricken wood."
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"Unlike "The Rear-Guard", which was composed on the front line, "Autumn," "How to Die" and "Thrushes" were all written while Sassoon was convalescing at Craiglockhart War Hospital. He was sent to Craiglockhart because of writing "A Soldier?s Declaration", a document that was read to the House of Commons in June 1917. In the Declaration, Sassoon said the war was being drawn out for political and financial reasons and that it had turned into a war of aggression rather than a war of liberation. Because of this, he no longer felt able to support a war that was unjust. By this point, Sassoon?s war poetry had earned him the respect of the common man, and the military and government felt it judicious to blame his outburst on shell shock. As a result, he spent six months at Craiglockhart where he wrote most of the poetry for "Counter-Attack"."
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Melville's Attacks on Oppressive Social Codes, 2005.
A discussion on Herman Melville's strategies to attack the oppressive social codes, stereotypes and values of the America of his times, through four of his texts.
4,124 words (approx. 16.5 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 110.95
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This paper shows how Herman Melville critiqued the social values of his time. In works such as 'Bartleby', 'Benito Cereno', 'Moby Dick' and 'Redburn,' Melville offers very powerful social critiques in covert ways, as he enjoyed playing around with his readers. The paper shows that sometimes Melville seemed to be in favor of something when in reality he was against it and vice versa. Melville could not be direct on his condemnations of slavery, stereotyping and oppressive social codes. Instead, the paper shows, he opted for a more subtle way to express his opinions; playing with his reader's point of view without them even noticing.
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Introduction
Resistance against Oppression and its Consequences
Masculinity as a Strong American Value
America's Idyllic Affair with Europe
Racism, Stereotypes and Melville's Condemnation of Slavery
References
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"Herman Melville critiqued the social values of his time in a very slight and restrained manner. The only work, perhaps, that clearly and directly attacks slavery is "Benito Cereno"; however it is worth to state that "Bartleby", "Moby Dick" and "Redburn" also offer very powerful social critiques in underground ways. In Benito Cereno and Bartleby, for example, Melville presents an alternative to fight oppression: rebellion; as he criticizes the institutions of labor and slavery, Melville shows the pros and consequences of resistance against oppression. Melville also enjoyed playing around with his readers' values and ideals. In "Redburn" and "Moby-Dick," he portrays the American ideal of Masculinity and how hard life is for those who live outside such ideal. He also depicts the relationship between America and its past, Europe, as an idyllic affair. Finally Melville makes a mockery out of the American thoughts on race and attacks slavery in works such as "Benito Cereno," "Moby- Dick" and "Redburn.""
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Wollstonecraft, Woolf and Injustice Toward Women, 2007.
This essay presents Virginia Woolf and Mary Wollstonecraft's outlooks on the equality of the sexes, as seen in their writings.
949 words (approx. 3.8 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 33.95
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This paper examines Virginia Woolf's "A Room of One's Own" and Mary Wollstonecraft's "The Vindication for the Rights of Women." Both works address feminist issues, most significantly the equality of women. The writer gives a brief biography of Woolf and Wollstonecraft and a synopsis of each work. The paper concludes that while Woolf and Wollstonecraft do not adhere to the conventional arguments of feminism, each author presents her own idyllic way in which women will no longer be subdued because of their sex.
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"When The Vindication for the Rights of Woman was published in 1792 as a response to Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Perigord's 1791 report to the French National Assembly that advocated that women should only receive a domestic education, the term feminism had yet to exist for another century. The absence of the term and definite concept is the not the lone explanation for the reluctance to label The Vindication for the Rights of Women a feminist text, another factor that separates Wollstonecraft from late nineteenth and twentieth-century feminists is her argument that men and women are equal in the "eyes of God" (126), which means men and women are both subject to the same moral standards, as opposed to making the claim for gender equality using the same arguments of the first-wave feminist movement. While Wollstonecraft does call for equality between the sexes in particular areas of life, such as morality, she does not explicitly state that men and women are completely equal. "
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The American Dream in Literature, 2006.
A discussion regarding the idea of the 'American dream'.
1,162 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 40.95
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This paper discusses how the "American Dream" is an elusive notion that has brought people to the US for centuries. The paper takes a look at the work of Hector St. John de Crevecoeur. The paper discusses how in Crevecoeur's writings, he depicts his new surroundings in America as simple, serene and a place to get away from war and greed. He paints an almost idyllic literary picture of the American landscape.
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"Crevecoeur has escaped to this area to rid himself of government and control. What he has tried to escape, he is recreating. "He is an American, who, leaving behind him all his ancient prejudices and manners, receives new ones from the new mode of life he has embraced" (Oxford 44). What Crevecoeur has tried to elude, he creates in the new life he has constructed. For some unknown reason, humans are given beautiful and serene surroundings, and instead of enjoying the simplicity and naturalness, we immediately want to transform it, to use for our own selfish desires. Humans feel this need to claim and control anything including their surroundings. "
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The Legacy of "Peter Pan", 2007.
This paper discusses the attraction of the "Peter Pan" story in today's cruel and violent world.
1,320 words (approx. 5.3 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 44.95
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The paper reviews the dynamics of the "Peter Pan" story in terms of how it has survived and evolved. The paper explains its themes that embrace the fantasy sanctuary where time stops and children never have to grow up to live in the violent world of "mature" adults. The paper maintains that the more cruel the adult world becomes, the more germane "Peter Pan" is to those who want to dream of a idyllic world where children are safe and will always be children. The paper looks at the movie "Finding Neverland", which features popular actor Johnny Depp playing the role of "Peter Pan" author, Sir. J.M. Barrie. The paper concludes that this is a book that has had an undying appeal through the decades.
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Introduction
Thesis
Why Has Peter Pan Stayed Popular
Finding Neverland
Conclusion
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"The recent savage slaughter in Virginia Tech's classrooms will be remembered, discussed and debated for years to come. No doubt some psychologist or psychiatrist and a smooth-talking media type or two will conclude that the killer was a "lost boy" who tried to reach out for help, gave all the signals, but somehow just didn't connect. Some creative shrink may even suggest that the shooter was like a Peter Pan character gone mad, a young man who didn't want to grow up and join the ranks of society, but didn't know where to run and hide. So, the story will continue, this tormented Peter Pan bluffed normalcy, played the grown-up game by going to college but secretly, stealthily, turned into a bloodthirsty version of Captain Hook, who, at the end of the play, made 32 innocent students "walk the plank" of his demonic ship of death."
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Supply and Demand of Love in "Poor Liza" and "Shibil", 2008.
This paper compares two short stories, Nikolai Karamzin's "Poor Liza" and Yordan Yovkov's "Shibil", which share the theme of love as a commodity to be bought by wealthy men.
1,315 words (approx. 5.3 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 44.95
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This paper explains that both short stories, Nikolai Karamzin's"Poor Liza" and Yordan Yovkov's "Shibil", focus on romantic and idyllic love and yet suggest that love has a material and monetary value. The author points out that, in "Poor Liza", the economy of love subverts Karamzin's ostensibly sentimental worldview. The paper also relates that, in Yobkov's "Shibil", the protagonist's fortune does not suffice to buy Rada's love and his own freedom. The author states that society survives based on supply and demand, but there is always one side that is going to take advantage of the other. The paper concludes that Karamzin and Yovkov suggest that readers keep in mind that love is a temptation; however, without love, there is the no purpose in life.
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"The narrative structure in "Poor Liza" imitates Liza and Erast's economic dependency by the comparison of Erast to "hungry Moscow" and Liza to the "bountiful Russian Empire." The story's structure revolves around the development of supply and demand, where love is the item being demanded and supplied. As seen in the beginning paragraphs of "Poor Liza", Liza's comparison to the Russian Empire emphasizes her role as a supplier with a abundant amount of goods: "the most bountiful parts of the Russian Empire ... suppl[ies] hungry Moscow with grain."
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Albert Bierstadt's Art, 2008.
An analysis of Albert Bierstadt's paintings and his contribution to the New Eden image of the soon to be conquered American West.
1,717 words (approx. 6.9 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 55.95
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This paper discusses Albert Bierstadt's art and describes how his paintings depict the landscapes and environments of the United States West in their most idyllic and archetypal form. The paper describes some of Bierstadt's specific paintings and provides an appendix with copies of the paintings for the reader to view. The paper suggests that Bierstadt held a bombastic mentality as he profited and helped forge the New Eden image of the soon to be conquered American West.
Table of Contents:
Cultivating His Landscapes
Bierstadt's New Eden
Bierstadt as Spokesman for Manifest Destiny
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"Bierstadt was a product of his time, a true purveyor of Manifest Destiny and profiteer over the national drive westward. By all accounts, he had no evil intent nor was he a morally bad figure. It is with the aid of historical perspective that we may see how his individual works and success played a role in the paradigm of the American West. His pervasive advertisement of a New Eden was merely one part among many in the schema of mid-19th century American society and politics. Indian Canoe is a testament to the repercussions of zealotry and the dehumanization of those who stand before faith. The weight of all humanity's consciousness is heavier for it."
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Antebellum Southern Plantation Household, 2006.
A discussion regarding patriarchy and women in the Antebellum southern plantation household.
1,179 words (approx. 4.7 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 40.95
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This paper reviews and discusses the role of plantation wives and black slave women in the Antebellum south and examines various literary works written on this subject. The paper concludes by saying that the 1850s saw the end of slavery and Southern women produced novels describing plantation life in idyllic terms, obliquely responding to the abolitionists' critique of slave law.
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"Despite the available sexual buffet the white male plantation owners have with their wives and female slaves, the "grin-and-bear-it" attitude of the plantation wives continues since outside the home abode the oldest profession was available to satisfy the variety needs of the alpha male. In Delfino and Gillespie Neither Lady nor Slave: Working Women of the Old South (2002), they acknowledged that there were "women who were 'unacknowledged professionals,' focusing on three lines of work that were open to women in the antebellum South. Two of these, at least, were viable options for women long before the market revolution: prostitution and convent life. E. Susan Barber argues that earlier historians, beholden to cultural narratives that denied interracial sex and exalted the sexual purity of white women, largely ignored the evidence of sexual commerce in the antebellum South. As she reveals in her exhaustive analysis of census records from Richmond, prostitution thrived in the city and could be particularly lucrative for women who owned brothels. (Delfino and Gillespie, 2002)" This clearly points out the supreme dominance of men in the area of sexual prowess because the availability of prostitution catered not only to the working man but all men in the strata of the society. "
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French-Canadian Literature, 2004.
This paper discusses the history of French Canadian (Quebec) literature.
1,825 words (approx. 7.3 pages), 9 sources, MLA, $ 58.95
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This paper explains that much French-Canadian literature, especially the more early forms, had geographic themes; even when many of the writers began moving into the cities, they used their new environment as a foundation for their works. The author points out, that Albert Laberge wrote about rural life, but in a negative fashion, contrary to most literary artists of his time; where previous rural novels included idyllic characters and surroundings in an environment of socio-moral ascension, Laberge saw humans as snared in a world of misery and mediocrity, leading to moral and social decay. This paper relates that, in the last few decades, French-Canadian literature has become globalized with the inclusion of ethnic writers immigrating from Italy, Haiti, and China.
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"Patrice Lacombe wrote Paternal Ground in 1846, the very first "novel of the ground,? as it later was called. This theme of the strong relationship with the land dominated French Canadian literature for nearly a century. Lacombe?s work relates the despondency of a rural family following their youngest son?s decision to leave home to travel abroad. The older son tries to keep the farm going, but loses it through bad business decisions. The father tries to work in the city, but is desolate. Fortunately, the young son returns with enough money to buy new land, and the family is safe once again."
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?World War I: A Short History?, 2002.
A review of the book ?World War I: A Short History? by Michael Lyons.
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This paper examines how in "World War I: A Short History", Michael Lyons seeks to give an understanding of the nature of the conflict, starting with the socio-economic conditions, foreign policy atmosphere and general sensibilities of the continental leaders that started the Great War. It looks at how from there he goes on to describe the war itself, from the trenches to American involvement to the effect of the conflict on communist revolutions in eastern Europe. It shows how he concludes by showing how the Germans defeated themselves with the idealist principles that dominated the idyllic campus lives of trench-shirkers and leaves us with Europe unsettled and waiting for round two while America?s young heroes suffer in anguish from a particularly bad flu season.
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"Unlike many of his contemporaries, Lyons also manages to satisfy his readers with an account of the wartime battles and strategies employed, playing both the role of a regular historian and a tactical one. He covers the nature of the conflict from an operational standpoint as well, and speaks of the home fronts of all of the respective states, ranging from the Russian embrace of Bolshevism to the defeat of American sanity at the hands of temperance-conscious American suffragettes. Lyons makes some effort to describe the economic situation in Europe, and talks of the rise in populist sentiments at the expense of traditional ?night watchman? classical liberalism."
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Endurance in the Faulknarian Martyr, 2002.
Discussing the common theme of enduring characters in William Faulkner's works.
1,515 words (approx. 6.1 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 49.95
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A discussion about how characters of great endurance are found throughout William Faulkner's works, with illustrative examples from several of Faulkner's stories. Examines the short story "Idyll in the Desert" about one of man's most common heartbreaks, unrequited love. It also analyzes another short story called "Barn Burning", a tale of the infamous Snopes family where endurance involves a more explicit struggle of conscience.
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"Throughout William Faulkner's works are found characters of great endurance, possessors of intestinal fortitude that results from what Faulkner once called "the human heart in conflict with itself" (Oates 249). Faulkner' s characters endure in conjunction with absurdism, the belief that man exists in a meaningless, irrational universe with which he comes into conflict during his search for truth and order. Endurance is evidence of man's attempts to understand his place in the world and adapt readily to the world's irrationalities. Ideally, a peaceful introspection is the consequence of a life of endurance; however, Faulkner's characters rarely achieve
this inner peace of which he spoke. Instead, Faulkner?s characters are martyrs in their efforts to endure the varied hardships they experience, both internal and external, yet their martyrdom is unrecognizable by the world, because the characters themselves are oblivious to the motivation behind?therefore the possible outcome of?their steadfast endurance. Such characters who remain at the end of his or her story without having reached peace with him- or herself, characters we will call Faulknarian martyrs of endurance, are seen in the short stories "Idyll in the Desert" and "Barn Burning." "
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"The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn", 2002.
An analysis of the themes of friendship and racism in Mark Twain's "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn".
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 1 source, $ 44.95
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This paper will discuss Twain's novel in terms of the themes of the child as visionary and friendship. In this context, the controversy over the issue of racism in the novel is of relevance given the fact that the key friendship in the work - which I found particularly moving and idyllic as a child - was that between Tom and the black runaway slave, Jim. It will be argued that - although some of the language reflects racial attitudes of 19th century America that are no longer acceptable today - nonetheless "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" is a masterpiece of the imagination which all children should read.
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