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"Matilda", 2007.
A analysis of the characters, Miss Honey and Mr Wormwood, in Roald Dahl's book "Matilda".
1,341 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 45.95
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This paper discusses the characters of Roald Dahl's books and suggests that he pens characters who are either wholly good or wholly bad. The paper focuses on Dahl's book "Matilda" and compares Miss Honey, one of the good characters, with Matilda's father, Mr. Wormwood, one of the bad characters. The paper shows that both of these characters make a big difference in Matilda's life and are an indication of what Dahl considers to be good, praise-worthy adult characteristics.
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"In conclusion, Mr. Wormwood is a dishonest, unloving man who does not notice children or understand them. Miss Honey is an honest, brave, warm and loving woman who notices children and understands them. Miss Honey seems to have many of the characteristics that Dahl considers to be important for adults, and because of this, she is a good and enriching influence in Matilda's life. She shows Matilda that good adults exist, and provides a good role model for Matilda. On the other hand, Mr. Wormwood's bad characteristics cause Matilda to rebel against evil, and so she finds her power."
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Matilda Joslyn Gage, 2005.
This paper discusses Matilda Joslyn Gage, (1826-1898), one of the foremost advocates of women's rights and women's suffrage, and analyzes her communication style.
2,180 words (approx. 8.7 pages), 8 sources, MLA, $ 67.95
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This paper explains that one of the most important messages of the women's rights movement was that the full strength of any society could never be realized if half of the persons, women, are not given the full ability to contribute to it, not only by voting but also with their strength as productive and employed members of the society. The author points out that, rather than incite her audience with the continued shortcomings of the roles of women, Gage's message is a message of hope to those who continue to fight for increased rights and equal advantages for women in education and work and to meet their own potential for the greater good of society. The paper relates that one of Gage's main concerns was the destructive and oppressive nature of the Christian faith toward women.
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"In fact, the most striking thing about this speech specifically is the manner in which Gage keeps to the positive. She makes not even a hint of the negative, the reality being progress but hard earned and still relatively infantile. She uses the positive to build a case for the proof, of which her audience was very aware, that women are capable of higher thought, higher vocation and excellence in all and that the works of those women present and absent are not futile. This is in sharp contrast to the speeches she recorded a few years later, in an attempt to further the cause for her new radical women's organization, the darkness and fear created by the subjugation of women in the scriptures and teaching of the church."
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Harry Potter and Matilda, 2002.
A look at what makes a children's book successful.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 6 sources, $ 35.95
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A four page reflective essay about Matilda and Harry Potter. Why do children love these stories? Over 30 million copies of Harry Potter books have been sold. Why? What are the importance, relevancy, stability and consistency in these books that help children relate to these story characters?
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Embracing Death in Women's Elegy, 2006.
An analysis of Emily Bronte's poems and Mary Shelley's novella, "Matilda", function as elegiac works that promote a reunification with nature as a maternal figure.
3,490 words (approx. 14.0 pages), 0 sources, $ 98.95
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This paper discusses, briefly, how Bronte and Shelley's works are elegiac, specifically, how they suggest that, by dying, an individual is reunited with the natural world. The paper explores the idea that this reunification with nature allows the dead to gain a "voice" they may not have had in life; nature does this by benefiting the dead, as a mother's actions benefit her child. The paper compares this aspect of nature to Peter Sack's argument about the ability of women to write the elegy.
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"Female authors, of elegiac works, seem particularly drawn to death above all other topics in literature. In their works, death is depicted as a means by which to reunite with nature and, in so doing, gain a certain level of literary power. Emily Bronte's poems, "In the Earth, the Earth Thou Shalt Be Laid," "My Lady's Grave" and "All Hushed and Still Within the House," and Mary Shelley's novella, Matilda, are examples of such elegiac works, by women, that appear to embrace the concept of death and dying as an agent of reunification of a person, typically a woman, with nature. These writings, by Shelley and Bronte, further suggest that this reunification with the natural world benefits the deceased individual, in such a way, that he or, more often, she is able to assert his or herself to the outside world. Bronte and Shelley imply that nature benefit's the individual by acting as a nurturing, protective force, much like a maternal figure. This maternal characterization of nature, shared by Bronte and Shelley in the previously mentioned works, can be compared to Sacks' argument about female authors and how their struggle with the elegy is based primarily on a desire to regain a maternal bond that has been lost."
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"La Dame aux Cam?lieas", 2004.
An analysis of the play "La Dame aux Camelieas" by Alexander Dumas.
1,412 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 47.95
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This paper examines three productions of Alexander Dumas' "La Dame aux Camelieas" in their respective social atmospheres. The three versions of Camille that are discussed are by Dumas, Matilda Heron and Charles Ludlam. The paper explores how each version is distinguished by the differing socio-geographical and chronological locations, each questioning different cultural conventions.
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"La Dame aux Camelias, by Alexander Dumas, is a critical play in the history of theater. Despite the fact that La Dame aux Camelias has been condemned by critics for having scenes that "are sometimes thin... ragged... and ... out of date" (Archer), among other discredits, the work is still considered to be an indispensable cornerstone in the evolution of realist theater - "although consistently described as a work of inferior artistic craftsmanship, its longevity testifies to its status as a story of superior dramatic interest" (Hamilton). La Dame aux Camelias is a product of many theatrical and literary influences, which include the tight construction of Scribe's "well made" play, the insight of the sociological novelist Honore de Belzac, and the literary devices of melodrama. However, La Dame aux Camelias differs from Scribe's well made play in that it raises the moral thesis of the play -- at most, it is considered "something to be disparaged as a sentimental by-product of the well made play" (Stanton). It is unlike Belzac's work in that his observations are restricted particularly to his own social milieu. "
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