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The 'Passing' of Protagonists, 2004.
This paper discusses the 'passing' of protagonists in F. Scott Fitzgerald?s, ?The Great Gatsby?, the 1992 cinematic version of John Guare?s play, ?Six Degrees of Separation?, and Nella Larson?s 1929 novel, "Passing", reprinted in 2001.
1,255 words (approx. 5.0 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 42.95
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This paper explains that 'passing' does not necessarily have criminal connotations, as black men and women once ?passed? to take advantage of greater social and economic opportunities accorded to whites, as does the protagonist of Nella Larson?s 1929 novel, ?Passing?. The author points out that Guare?s Kitteridges would never acknowledge that they are racist, and yet they are, if blackness does not conform to their worldview; and the society of Gatsby would never acknowledge that it is criminal, yet it is, as it consumes illegal alcohol. The paper states that the sense of class in American society, like the sense of race, is still fragile enough that these protagonists can fully become a part of its fabric.
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"The introduction of Gatsby and Paul to these societies thus makes the hidden hypocrisies of class and race respectively evident and uncomfortably present upon the surfaces of these surface-conscious societies. Of course, strictly speaking neither Paul nor even Gatsby are ?passing? in the traditionally understood racial sense of the Harlem Renaissance or the antebellum South. The true definition, one might contend of 'passing' is to pass for white, not to pretend one is Sidney Poiter?s son nor that one is of a higher class than one was born to in New York Roaring 20?s society. ?Passing? is usually understood to be ?passing? for the light skin tone of white in the body of a presumably fair-skinned African American."
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Passing, 2002.
A comparative analysis of the process of passing in Hwang's "M. Butterfly" and Larsen's "Passing".
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This paper focuses on a moment from Hwang's "M. Butterfly" and Larsen's "Passing", and compares and contrasts the characters and the process of passing. The codes that they have broken also are discussed.
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Intellectual Property Law - 'Passing Off', 2006.
A discussion on how the law of 'passing off' protects the descriptive and the functional.
1,894 words (approx. 7.6 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 60.95
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This paper examines the intellectual property law of 'passing off'. The paper explains that the law of 'passing off' is a common law right of action in the law of tort and is based on the premise that 'nobody has any right to represent his goods as the goods of somebody else'. The paper looks at how the action is effectively one of unfair competition, and applies generally to situations where there is no registered trademark or any other intellectual property right. The paper then points out that a typical scenario would be when a defendant uses an unregistered trademark normally used by a claimant, and in so doing, represents the goods or services in such a way that the public is deceived into thinking that they are being offered by the claimant. The paper also explores how protection under the law of passing off is very much dependent on how much importance consumers place on the part when purchasing the product in question. In conclusion, the paper shows that the courts generally adopt a restrictive approach towards protecting the descriptive and the functional because granting such protection will have a negative effect on the market, and ultimately this is a question of fact, and the courts will look at all the circumstances of each case before making a decision.
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"So long as these criteria are fulfilled, the claimant would have successfully established 'goodwill' for his goods or services, but a descriptive mark runs the greatest risk of becoming too distinctive over time that it is deemed generic. By losing its ability to indicate source, the claimant can no longer rely on the law of passing off to protect the mark. This danger has been highlighted by the case of Linoleum Manufacturing v Nairn [1878], where the public began using the term 'Linoleum' to refer to the product generally, without connoting the source of manufacture. As such, the courts will be reluctant to allow monopoly over such terms so as to promote healthy competition in the marketplace."
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Trademark Law: Passing Off, 2005.
This paper reviews passing off in trademark law.
5,625 words (approx. 22.5 pages), 18 sources, APA, $ 199.95
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In this article, the writer looks at passing off in trademark law. The writer discusses the issue of trademark infringement and the similarity of the "junior mark" to the "senior mark." The Lanham Act and law of unfair competition is also examined in this paper. The writer explains how passing off works.
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"The famous Judge, Learned Hand, once stated that trademark law's underlying principle was preventing consumer confusion. The traditional cause of action under trademark law is for infringement which has its basis in the law of fraud ..."
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"AC/DC Blues" and "Passing", 2001.
Representation of female sexuality in "AC/DC Blues" and "Passing".
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This paper explores the similarities and differences in ?AC/DC Blues? and Larsen?s "Passing", and their relation to the representation of female sexuality in African American culture. The author feels that the blue music in the ?AC/DC Blues? recording and Nella Larsen?s "Passing" are both the products of the ?Harlem Renaissance?.
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" The Harlem Renaissance is the most important period in African-Americans? history. During this period, there were many different and significant social issues and cultures playing crucial roles in history. Many new forms of music, arts and literature are presented. For example, female homosexuality was considered a subculture in the Harlem Renaissance. This phenomenon appeared in both blue music and fiction stories. In this essay, I would like to explore the similarities and differences in ?AC/DC Blues? and Larsen?s Passing."
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Two Black, Poor Female Protagonists, 2002.
This paper discusses Pecola and Gwendolen, the protagonists in two novels, Toni Morrison's ?The Bluest Eye? and Buchi Emecheta's ?The Family? (also known as ?Gwendolen?).
1,980 words (approx. 7.9 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 62.95
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This paper explains Pecola and Gwendolen, the protagonists in two novels Toni Morrison's ?The Bluest Eye? and Buchi Emecheta's ?The Family?, are characters violated and oppressed in various ways by men and by the society and institutions which uphold the patriarchy. This paper relates that in ?The Bluest Eye?, Morrison explores the theme of male oppression of females in the contexts of racism, capitalism and a world run by and for white people, especially white people with power and property. The author believed, from the beginning of Buchi Emecheta's novel, the same relationship of oppression and violation is established between the black female protagonist and the males in her life.
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"The similarities between the violations of Pecola by her father and Gwendolen by her uncle are many, including and especially the fear the girls? experiences, which drives them into a kind of frozen shock. This experience would be bad enough if its effects were confined to the moment of violation, but in fact they affect the rest of the lives of the victims of this most evil violation by a trusted male member of the family.
It must be noted that in both books the violation of the protagonists by males is a part of the results of the socioeconomic violation of blacks by the system which favors the rich, the powerful, and the whites. Pecola's father rapes her, in part; to win for himself at least a memory of the strong self he lost to the world in which he himself is violated. Uncle Johnny is a man similarly weakened by the system, but, just as importantly, Gwendolen is left alone in Jamaica by her parents who would have otherwise been present to protect her, one at least hopes. Her parents had to go to England to seek better paying work to support the family. It is important to remember, then, that the male violation of the protagonists is simple one step in a process of violation which finds blacks at the bottom of the ladder, with black females at the very lowest rung."
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"Quicksand" and "Passing" by Nella Larsen, 2005.
A comparative analysis of the representation of black womanhood in Nella Larsen's "Quicksand" and "Passing".
1,880 words (approx. 7.5 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 60.95
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This paper examines how the stories "Quicksand" and "Passing" illustrate the profound pressures felt by Nella Larsen as a female writer in the male dominated Harlem Renaissance. It looks at how Larsen grapples with the conflicting demands of her racial and sexual identities and the contradictory nature of a black and feminine aesthetic. It attempts to show that while Larsen's literature appears to project feminist concessions to the dominant ideology of romance, marriage and motherhood, it can equally be interpreted as a radical and original critique of female sexual experience, repressed in both literary terms and in Larsen's own contemporary society.
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"The theme of racial identity is central to the exploration of black womanhood in both 'Quicksand' and 'Passing.' The main protagonist of 'Quciksand,' Helga Crane is portrayed by Larsen to suffer from a dual consciousness arising from her mixed parentage. Helga appears indifferent or even accommodating towards white racism as she accepts her uncle's new wife's racist attitudes, believing that she was 'an obscene sore in all their lives, at all costs to be hidden. She understood while she resented.' Helga is also ambivalent regarding Anne's ongoing racism towards whites in the form of sociological critique, and the condemnation of miscegenation."
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?Quicksand? and ?Passing?, 2005.
An analysis of theme of race in Nella Larsen's novels "Quicksand" and "Passing".
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This paper examines how Larsen's novels "Quicksand" and "Passing", focus much of their attention toward the enigmatic, frustrating confines of race in early 20th century American culture. It looks at how racial identification and awareness becomes complicated and ultimately causes life-changing conditions for the three main characters in Larsen's novels, Helga Crane, Irene Redfield and Clare Kendry.
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"Born to a Danish mother and Caribbean father, Helga Crane's mulatto complexion, which allows her access to both white, upper-class European society and the upwardly mobile confines of black culture during Harlem's Renaissance, ultimately leads her to motherhood in the deep South, embroiled in the same inner-racial conflict and unhappiness that has plagued her entire existence. In each of Quicksand's various settings, from an all-black schoolhouse in Alabama to Copenhagen's patronizing social scene, Helga finds that "if you couldn't prove your ancestry and connections, you were tolerated, but you didn't "belong"" (Larsen 12). While she is undoubtedly met with cautious acceptance in each of her various habitats, it is Helga's own misgivings surrounding her background, however, which are most important in determining her constant, self-imposed alienation. "
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"The Passing", 2002.
Examining the issues of race and color in Nella Larsen's "The Passing".
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This paper provides an analysis of the book "The Passing", written in 1929. It shows how, in this period, people were still mainly classified by their skin color. The book deals with the issue of how African-Americans themselves were divided, with the lighter-skinned people being accepted by the "white" society and the darker-skinned people being rejected even by their own.
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"Passing refers to the practice of light skinned black people trying to ?pass ? in white society. If a black person passed, they were thought of as rejecting their own history and heritage. If they could not or chose not to pass, then they were giving up a whole host of privileges and rights that came from being white. These were the Days before the Supreme Court overturned Plessy v. Ferguson, everything was separate, but not any where near equal. If everything was equal, it is hard to imagine a black person who would want to ?pass.? There was this tug of war then, between heritage and rights that played on the people. Indeed, at the beginning of the novel, Irene runs into her childhood friend Clare, while they are both passing at a fancy Chicago hotel, Clare as a matter of course, and Irene, to avoid the summer heat of Chicago."
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Three Male Protagonists in Literature, 2002.
A comparison of the male protagonists in Chinua Achebe?s ?Things Fall Apart,? Franz Kafka?s ?Metamorphosis?, and Leo Tolstoy?s ?The Death of Ivan Ilych?.
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This paper compares the great literary works of Chinua Achebe?s ?Things Fall Apart,? Franz Kafka?s ?Metamorphosis?, and Leo Tolstoy?s ?The Death of Ivan Ilych? in terms of the lives of the male protagonists. The author writes the sign of the times is anxiety, these men are made more self-aware by sophisticated ways and inventions, everything instant and high-tech, but eliminating the soul and life?s meaning away from everything intrinsically natural.
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"The main protagonists of Chinua Achebe?s ?Things Fall Apart,? Franz Kafka?s ?Metamorphosis?, and Leo Tolstoy?s ?The Death of Ivan Ilyich? are useful and successful social individuals before they fall into disillusionment, depression, rebellion and despair, even criminality in the case of the tragic character of ?Things Fall Apart.?. Two things they share and lead them to elect their own moral and spiritual disintegration are their being accomplished leaders of their social and family situations and their being male."
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"On Passing the New Menin Gate", 2002.
This paper examines the modernism movement by reviewing Siegfried Sassoon's WWI poem "On Passing the New Menin Gate".
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This paper explains that modernist literature is characterized chiefly by a rejection of 19th-century traditions; thereby, the World War I poets reinvented the conventions of poetic prose, turning ballads of war glory into vivid accounts of horrific tragedy and painful suffering. The author points out that, in Siegfried Sassoon's poem, "On Passing the New Menin Gate" (1928), a short fourteen-line response to the Great War, disenchantment is manifested as cynicism, which establishes the context of the poem as post-war criticism, creating the stylistic technique of poetic social commentary. The paper relates that, while Victorian poetry attempts to criticize the conditions of society, modernism focuses on concrete issues such as Sassoon's contrast of the dehumanizing war and the dehumanizing wall, each a product of man's will to enhance civilization on two different levels.
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"War exists in Sassoon's poem as a transforming image for poetry and the perception of its reality. In condemning Menin Gate, there manifests an overall disapproval for mankind. Sassoon writes, "Paid are its dim defenders by this pomp; / Paid, with a pile of peace-complacent stone," mocking the excuse which is to replace what has been lost. Following this line he states, "The armies who endured that sullen swamp," a line that is isolated within the poem but comes after this explanation of how the wall is to honor the fallen soldiers. It is possible that Sassoon does this to show the inadequacy of the wall or any memorial in respect to the tribulations the soldiers went through."
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Ralph Ellison's Protagonists, 2002.
A character analysis of the protagonists in in "The Invisible Man" and "Flying Home" by Ralph Ellison.
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This paper will seek to compare and contrast two of Ralph Ellison's main protagonists in "The Invisible Man", and the character Todd in the story "Flying Home". By understanding how the author creates the main characters, we can see how they are par of a larger scheme in writing. The major focus will cover symbolism, and the way that the characters are formally produced in Ellison's writing style.
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Female Protagonists in Patriarchal Societies, 2008.
This paper compares the three female protagonists in the novels, "Eveline," by James Joyce, "The Yellow Wallpaper," by Charlette Perkins Gilman and "The Storm," by Kate Chopin.
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This paper analyses three stories - "Eveline", "The Yellow Wallpaper" and "The Storm", which offer three different types of central female characters. Nonetheless, the three characters have several important common features. The paper states that all three of their stories take place in the same period of time, i.e. late 19th century and early 20th century. This was a time of constraint and hardships for women, who were subjected to the will of their husbands or fathers, and regarded as inferior citizens whose activity outside the home was severely limited. Also, these three women are faced with key events which will alter the course of their lives. And finally, the paper asserts that perhaps the most important aspect they share is their willingness, at least up to a certain point, to challenge social norms and conventions. Moreover, the three protagonists could be seen as three instances of courage and rebellion in patriarchal, conformist societies.
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"The protagonist is very creative; she loves her husband but also loves her freedom and the connections with the world outside of her home. She does not refuse to fulfill her domestic duties, but wants to be able to express herself creatively as well. Suffering from post partum depression, the protagonist relies precisely on her creative power in order to heal, but her husband, who is also her doctor, prescribes her exactly the opposite, meaning total mental inactivity. This impossibility of self-expression leads her into a world of fantasy that would eventually lead to madness. The fixation with the yellow wallpaper covering the walls of her room soon becomes her escape, a door into a world she imagines, with a woman hiding behind it- a projection of self. Her insanity is a direct result of the fact that she is not allowed to be in control of her mind and emotions; she is ordered to heal according to someone else's perception of life and what is normal. Her condition as a woman in society keeps her from living the life she longs for and from fulfilling her needs as a writer; she is confined to her role as society envisions it, i.e. of wife and mother, trapped in the domestic universe."
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Female Protagonists, 1996.
Compares sexuality of female protagonists & of African-American & Chinese-American cultures in novel & memoir. "Sula" by Toni Morrison & "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston.
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"This study will discuss the topic of sexuality as it is treated by Toni Morrison in her novel Sula and by Maxine Hong Kingston in her autobiographical The Woman Warrior. The study will focus on the differences in the ways the main characters learn about sexuality. It will also focus on the differences and similarities between the African-American and Chinese-American cultures in the ways they view sexuality, and especially the sexuality of females. In general, the African-American culture is more open and liberal with respect to sexuality, and the Chinese-American culture is more closed and conservative. The women in Morrison's novel are more free to express themselves sexually, while the women in Kingston's book are discouraged from such free sexual expression. At the same time, the woman who decides to live an openly sexual life will pay a price for such freedom in..."
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Troubled Youthful Protagonists in English Novels, 1994.
This paper examines troubled youthful protagonists as products of a destructive society and homes as illustrated by three British novelists, Graham Greene's "Brighton Rock", Alan Sillitoe's "The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner" and Anthony Burgess
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"Writers often present characters who are out of step with their society, and often this occurs because the values of that society are seen as warped or misguided. Three British novelists have created youthful characters who show a strong reaction against society and authority. Viewed objectively, the youthful characters in Graham Greene's "Brighton Rock", Alan Sillitoe's "The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner" and Anthony Burgess's "A Clockwork Orange" might be considered evil or psychologically troubled, but they must also be seen as products of their society, as personalities shaped by the problems of that society and by the warped values the society has come to represent. An analysis of the two novels and one short story shows how the authors address the limitations of their society and the culpability society has in the crimes committed by their youthful ... "
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