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Paul Laurence Dunbar: Master of Dialect, 2006.
A biographical account of the life and career of poet, Paul Laurence Dunbar.
1,557 words (approx. 6.2 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 51.95
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This paper details the life and career of African-American poet, Paul Laurence Dunbar. The paper discusses Dunbar's use of dialect, melody and metaphor in his poetry and how he was able to express his love for freedom and hate for slavery as well as how he symbolized the essence of African-Americans.
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"Paul Laurence Dunbar was among the first generation of blacks born into freedom in the United States. He was born June 27, 1872 in Dayton, Ohio, to Joshua and Matilda Dunbar (Gentry 23). As a child, Dunbar's father would tell him stories about the Civil War and the brutality of slavery, drilling into him a deep-rooted hatred of slavery that would surface later in his poems. On the other hand, his mother would tell of better times, usually slipping into a down-home dialect to give a better description. This also was a major influence on his writings, since a key point to Dunbar's success was in his ability to write in dialect (Gentry 28). He started writing early, composing poems in earnest at age twelve. In high school, he wrote for his school's newspaper, the High School Times, and several of the Wright brothers' other productions. Called "Deacon Dunbar" because he was always dignified and upright in all activities, he had a quick wit and friendly character (Gentry 12). Dunbar was the only black student to graduate from Central High in 1891 out of a class of forty-three students, and the only one three brothers to graduate."
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"We Wear The Mask" by Paul Laurence Dunbar, 2007.
An analysis of Paul Laurence Dunbar's poem written in 1913 - "We Wear The Mask".
941 words (approx. 3.8 pages), 0 sources, $ 33.95
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This paper analyzes the poem "We Wear The Mask" by Paul Laurence Dunbar. The writer explains that the poem suggests that the nature of the mask that is worn is far more complex than a mask made of paper or plaster. The writer further discusses how the poem strikes a contrast between African Americans' exposed social faces and the bleeding hearts within their apparently smiling, happy exteriors. The writer points out that Dunbar does not speak only for himself in the poem, but for his entire race of people. The writer concludes that the poem does not tell Whites to treat African Americans with greater dignity, instead it functions as a revelation and an explanation.
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"The poet Paul Laurence Dunbar wrote his 1913 poem "We Wear the Mask" in open defiance of the commonly accepted fallacy of his day that African-Americans were happy in the severe roles they were forced to assume in the face of white racism. Dunbar uses irony to redefine the positive connotations of smiling. He also uses the religious rhetorical tropes of exclamation and crying out to God to further convey the difference between the false face African-Americans were forced to wear to earn a living in white society and the pressure they feel within as a result of this cognitive dissonance."
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Paul Laurence Dunbar, 2005.
A look at the life and poetry of African-American poet, Paul Laurence Dunbar.
924 words (approx. 3.7 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 32.95
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After briefly describing Dunbar's life and career, this paper takes a look at some of his poetry. More specifically, the paper analyzes the English, dialect, prose, and meaning of Dunbar's poetry.
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"In 1872, nine years after the Emancipation Proclamation, Joshua and Matilda Dunbar gave birth to a baby boy in Dayton, Ohio. When it came time to name the boy, Mr. Dunbar insisted the child be named Paul. His wife, who thought the name was too old-fashioned for a baby, voiced her disapproval. Mr. Dunbar quaintly replied, ?Matilda Madam, don?t you know that the Bible says Paul was a great man? This child will be great some day and do you honor? (Wiggins, 26). Thus, Paul Laurence Dunbar was introduced to the world."
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Paul Laurence Dunbar, 2002.
An overview of the life of this nineteenth century African-American poet.
1,302 words (approx. 5.2 pages), 0 sources, MLA, $ 43.95
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This paper traces the life of African-American poet Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872-1906), the son of freed slaves. The paper examines the beginning of his career as a writer of poetry with his works "Our Martyred Soldiers" and "On the River" (1888). It looks at his professional relationship with Orville Wright and his job as the editor of "The Tattler". The paper looks at Dunbar's remarkable success as a writer in a segregated and racist America. It also includes a chronological list of major events in Dunbar's life and an annotated bibliography.
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"At a time when the black and white worlds were diverging once more, Dunbar bridged the two in a unique fashion. Black artists have often fared better in Europe than America, and Dunbar as well impressed many European critics and audiences. However, he also reached across the racial divide in his own land. His subject matter derived from the Negro folkways he had learned from his parents and others in the older generation, and he often performed his dialect poems in character to evoke the flavor of these stories in a direct manner. At the same time, he was often criticized for depicting his blacks characters as too easy going, though a close reading shows that he was well aware of the rebelliousness underlying his use and his character's use of black dialect."
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"If We Must Die" by Claude Mckay and " We Wear The Mask" by Paul Laurence Dunbar, 2000.
A comparison of the structures of works by African-American poets.
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 2 sources, $ 23.95
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"The formal structures of Claude McKay's "If We Must Die" and Paul Laurence Dunbar's "We Wear the Mask" operate in unusual ways. Because both poets were African Americans writing about the injustices suffered by their race, they were writing about fundamental feelings of rage and the struggle to avoid despair. But they were also writing specifically about the ways Africans Americans face the white world that oppresses them. Ironically, of course, they also wrote in the language and, at times, in the poetic tradition of the white culture.
The formal structures in these two poems are means by which the poets develop a greater intensity of feeling in the poems, and both Dunbar and McKay do this in two different ways. On the one hand, the regularity of their rhyme schemes and meters allows the poets to build their ideas and emphasize the major points in
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Paul Laurence Dunbar, 2003.
Presents the life and career of the African American poet (1873-1906).
1,575 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 9 sources, $ 55.95
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Discusses his parents, education, and early publication of his poems. Examines his success as a writer at a time of high racism, the subject matter and style of his poems, the use of black dialect, and recurring themes of love.
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"Paul Laurence Dunbar was born in 1873 and died in 1906. Dunbar was the first major African American Poet in American literature and also the first African-American poet to garner national critical acclaim. He was born in Dayton, Ohio to two freed slaves..."
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African-American Poetry, 2002.
Discusses and compares the formal structures in the poems by Claude McKay ("If We Must Die") and Paul Laurence Dunbar ("We Wear the Mask").
934 words (approx. 3.7 pages), 2 sources, $ 33.95
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The formal structures of Claude McKay's "If We Must Die" and Paul Laurence Dunbar's "We Wear the Mask" operate in unusual ways. The paper shows that because both poets were African-Americans writing about the injustices suffered by their race, they were writing about fundamental feelings of rage and the struggle to avoid despair. It shows however that they were also writing specifically about the ways African- Americans face the white world that oppresses them. Ironically, they also wrote in the language and, at times, in the poetic tradition of the white culture.
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"Dunbar's poem is written in iambic tetrameter and contains very few words of more than one syllable. The short words emphasize the regular rocking rhythm that resembles a children's rhyme. And for the first three lines of the poem the reader, while aware that something is being hidden, is not fully prepared for the fourth line where the shocking image of "torn and bleeding hearts" emerges. It emerges only to have its intensity quickly suppressed as the line ends with "we smile," which rhymes almost childishly with "guile." But the true depth of feeling is established by the contrast between the "torn and bleeding" and the "smile." The smile, a feature of the mask, hides the true feelings of the people who are Dunbar's subject -- just as the "smile" in this line masks the intensity of the words that precede it."
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"We Wear the Mask?, 2002.
An analysis of poet Paul Laurence Dunbar's poem ?We Wear the Mask?.
860 words (approx. 3.4 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 30.95
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This paper examines the poet Paul Laurence Dunbar?s 1903 poem ?We Wear the Mask?, which is in open defiance of the commonly accepted fallacy of his day that African-Americans were happy in the subservient roles they were forced to assume in the face of white racism. The paper describes Dunbar's uses irony and the religious rhetorical to convey the disparity between the false face African-Americans were forced to wear to earn a living in white society. The author shows how the prose illustrates the theme of the socially assumed mask.
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"The title of Dunbar?s and first lines of the poem may at first suggest a mask that an actor or a performer wears. ?We wear the mask that grins and lies, / It hides our checks and shades our eyes.? (Lines 1-2) However, the next lines of the poem suggest that the nature of the mask that is worn is far more complex than a mask made of paper or plaster. The poem strikes a contrast between African American?s exposed social faces and the bleeding hearts within their apparently smiling, happy exteriors."
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Realism and Romanticism, 2002.
A discussion of the theme of realism and romanticism in the works of Paul Laurence Dunbar, Alice Dunbar-Nelson and Mary E. Wilkins Freeman.
1,128 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 0 sources, $ 39.95
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This paper examines how elements of realism and romanticism can be found in any work of literature, although usually one or the other will predominate and how the subject matter or theme of a piece of writing can be realistic, while the delivery in tone, style and diction may be romantic. It shows how such is the case with the works of Paul Laurence Dunbar, Alice Dunbar-Nelson and Mary E. Wilkins Freeman by reviewing their works ?A New England Nun,? ?Sister Josepha,? ?Sympathy,? and ?We Wear the Mask?. It looks at how each of these authors approaches the mundane world of social class and conformity, emphasizing the role of structure and order in daily life. Strength of character and personal integrity are valued over flights of fancy, even though the protagonist in each example exhibits a desire for transcendence. It discusses how Dunbar, Dunbar-Nelson and Freeman all employ a flowery, romantic writing style that belies their chosen subject matter and how each of these American writers skillfully combines elements of both romanticism and realism to form an authentic tapestry of the human condition.
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"Paul Dunbar?s ?We Wear the Mask? is a succinct summation of the tension between romanticism and realism. Choosing poetry as his vehicle for expression, Dunbar could be dismissed offhand as a romance writer. A deeper examination of ?We Wear the Mask? shows his predilection for the bleak social realities that lie within the realm of realism. ?We wear the mask that grins and lies,? the poem begins. We must all lie in order to conform to social graces and be part of society. Whereas a romantic would assert his or her individuality and flaunt unconventional behavior, Dunbar concedes the necessity to ?let the world dream otherwise.? His choice of words is ironic, as the ?dream? is a decidedly romantic subject. Likewise, his ?tortured souls? is a melodramatic phrase that proves the poet?s ability to combine a realistic theme with a romantic sentiment. Dunbar bemoans the mask that hides our true emotions, but he knows it is the ?debt we pay to human guile.?"
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The Misguided Advice of Friar Laurence in "Romeo and Juliet", 2003.
How Shakespeare uses the character of Friar Laurence to alter the destinies of "Romeo and Juliet".
1,370 words (approx. 5.5 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 45.95
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An overview of the actions Friar Laurence took in advising Romeo and Juliet, his possible motivations, and their results. Split into three sections, the first focuses on the Friar's relationship with Romeo; the second, on his relationship with Juliet; and the third, tying the two together and exploring the consequences of the Friar's actions. The paper takes a somewhat defensive view of the Friar, pointing out that he did nothing maliciously, but that perhaps his confinement as a Franciscan monk had made him immature in his ability to advise the young lovers.
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"In Romeo & Juliet, Friar Laurence provides an interesting departure from Shakespeare?s regular devices of tragedy. Instead of inescapable fate and/or evil schemers leading to the deaths of the main characters, Friar Laurence single-handedly causes one of Shakespeare?s greatest tragedies with no thought of evil, and no help from fate. Instead, misappropriated influence combined with lack of worldly experience, panic and cowardice conspire to alter the Friar?s well-intentioned advice and actions into the deaths of Romeo and Juliet, those he was trying to help."
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Laurence Yep and Joseph Bruchac, 2002.
The contributions of Laurence Yep and Joseph Bruchac to multicultural/antiracist literature.
4,150 words (approx. 16.6 pages), 12 sources, $ 151.95
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This seventeen-page undergraduate paper is a comparison of the ways in which Laurence Yep and Joseph Bruchac made important contributions to multicultural/anti-racist literature.
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Margaret Laurence, 2002.
A review of the writings of Margaret Laurence.
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This paper discusses the works of the author Margaret Laurence and looks in particular at some of her female characters and their headstrong ways and how they have been influenced by the author's life.
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"Vanessa?s encounters with death, in the expiration of her loved ones, provide her with a new and frightening knowledge of the depths of her own sorrow. Where Hagar?s old age and stubbornness coalesce into a last-minute about-face, prodded forward by the infringement of death, Vanessa?s interaction with death is as a mourner. With the demise of her grandfather, for instance, the child finds that her perception of great strength and alleged immortality is an illusion made possible by her own inexperience. Where Hagar?s death is a catalyst to her last harbinger of her own limitations."
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Character Sketch of Paul in Willa Cather's "Paul's Case", 2000.
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This paper presents an analysis of Paul's character in Willa Cather's "Paul's Case" by focusing on three of his attributes: 1) his tendency to be very self-oriented and separated from the others around him 2) his over-concern for all things that glitter and 3) his damaged psyche.
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"In Willa Cather?s story ?Paul?s Case?, the character Paul embodied the Calvinist household in which he was raised in. Paul is a very self-oriented and introverted boy whose every action is designed and calculated to prevent others from seeing the real him. Paul is also a person who is overly concerned with money, wealth, and glamour; all which he believes will take him to the top and get him off Cordelia Street, which he despises with a passion. Paul is also under all of his mental armor, is scared, scarred and mentally damaged by his father and by his teachers so much that he can no longer go on living."
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Margaret Laurence's "The Loons", 2005.
A look at Margaret Luarence's use of symbolism in her short story, "The Loons".
897 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 31.95
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This paper explains how Margaret Luarence showcases the contrary themes of paralysis and freedom through the clever use of symbolism in her short story, "The Loons". More specifically, the paper demonstrates how paralysis is symbolized by the life circumstances of the character Piquette, which includes her family, her health and the shack she inhabits, while freedom is symbolized by the loons.
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"Piquette's family has been residing in the Wachakwa Valley, near the town Manawaka, for over fifty years. She lives in nothing more than a shack and her family works odd jobs in between the periods of relief payments. Sometimes the males in the family even get into trouble with the law by participating in bar fights. The locals from Manawaka consider her family to be "neither flesh, fowl, or good salt herring" (Laurence 985). Since they are not pure Cree, the "Cree of the Galloping Mountain reservation" (985) do not want them and due to their low socio-economic situation, the other communities from Manawaka do not accept them either."
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Chinese Children's Literature, 2002.
A look at children's literature, Chinese culture and the contributions of Paul Yee and Laurence Yep towards intercultural understanding.
3,650 words (approx. 14.6 pages), 22 sources, $ 133.95
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A discussion of multiculturalism and literary quality in the children's literature of Paul Yee and Laurence Yep.
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