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"Pedro Peramo", 2004.
An analysis of magical realism in Juan Rulfo?s novel, "Pedro Peramo".
745 words (approx. 3.0 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 26.95
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This paper briefly discusses the concept of magical realism in Rulfo's novel. It defines this concept in the context of the story and then points out examples of how this style was used to its maximum by Rulfo. It concludes that the haunting effects of "Pedro Peramo" make it one of the most celebrated works of Latin American literature.
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"When examining the Juan Rulfo?s novel, Pedro Peramo, one must pose the question: what is meant by ?magical realism?? Magical realism is a term of undetermined origin, but is accredited to Franz Roh, a German Post-Expressionist painter, who devised the term to describe a return to Realism following the abstract styles and fantastic, ethereal subjects of the Expressionists of the early twentieth century (Zamora 15). From a literary vantage point, it was first applied to Latin American literature by the Venezuelan critic, Uslar Pietri, and later adopted by Miguel Angel Asturias to describe his Nobel Prize-winning novels, and the name of the genre took off like wildfire to describe much of Latin American fiction of the mid-twentieth century (Leeper). Magical realist works are characterized by their strong narrative combined with the elements of fantasy, and contain references to the existence of the supernatural or anything that is considered contrary to our conventional view of reality (Chanady 17)."
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Ritual in "Pedro Paramo" and "Chronicle of a Death Foretold", 2003.
An exploration of use of ritual in the Latin American cultures represented in the works "Pedro Paramo" by Juan Rulfo and "Chronicle of a Death Foretold" by Gabriel Marquez.
1,009 words (approx. 4.0 pages), 0 sources, $ 35.95
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This paper discusses how, in the Latin American cultures represented in the works "Pedro Paramo" by Juan Rulfo and "Chronicle of a Death Foretold" by Gabriel Marquez, ritual plays a major role in the lives of the people. It examines how the authors use the rituals of religion and love to show the power ritual has over the people and how the rituals that the characters in the novels live by shape who they are and what they do. It shows how manifestations of love in "Chronicle of a Death Foretold" are ritualistic and how the novel itself is a ritual, which re-enacts Santiago Nasar's death. It also looks at how "Pedro Paramo" uses the ritual of religion to show how corrupt the town becomes. It demonstrates how the message of corruption, through ritual, is being portrayed by both authors to show the downfall and fallibility of man and how the characters take rituals and corrupt them to fit their needs and wishes rather than respecting the rituals for what they represent.
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"The first example of ritual found in Chronicle of a death Foretold is the courtship ritual carried out by Bayardo in his search for Angela?s love. When Bayardo San Roman first comes to town, he decides to marry Angela Vicario, whom he has never met. His courtship of Angela demonstrates the rituals of Latin American marriage in their culture. He brings her a gift of a music box inlaid with mother-of-pearl for her birthday, and obtains everything his future bride asks for. Marquez writes ?He, just to impress her, had bought all the tickets in the raffle? (Marquez 32)1 so that he was sure to win the music box that she desired. The purpose of this courtship ritual is not to cause the lovers to fall deeper in love, but rather to demonstrate the man's affluence and power."
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"The Queen of Spades" and "Pedro Paramo", 2006.
A discussion regarding the supernatural elements in Alexander Pushkin's "The Queen of Spades" and Juan Rulfo's "Pedro Paramo".
890 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 31.95
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This paper compares and discusses the short stories "The Queen of Spades" by Alexander Pushkin and "Pedro Paramo" by Juan Rulfo. According to the paper both authors use supernatural forces to underscore and avenge earthly greed. The paper further explores the similarities, differences and purpose of each author's use of supernatural elements, and their importance to the stories.
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"One key difference between Rulfo's use of supernatural elements in Pedro Paramo, however, and that of Pushkin in "The Queen of Spades" is that here, the presence of the supernatural is much more explicitly rendered than in "The Queen of Spades", where it is only implied. For example, within Pedro Paramo, Juan Preciado actually deals with the residential ghosts of the town, the walking dead, while in other parts of the story still narrating straightforward past events. In this novel we meet the souls of the dead of Comala, who now wander Comala indefinitely, in limbo. We learn of the sins many of them were driven to, moreover, by Juan Preciado's father himself. "
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Director Pedro Almodovar and the Spanish Film Industry, 2002.
This paper shows the influence of director Pedro Almodovar on the Spanish film industry and how his films helped pave the way for other Spanish directors to find an audience outside of Spain and to reestablish the viability of the Spanish film industry.
3,100 words (approx. 12.4 pages), 8 sources, $ 90.95
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The paper introduces the topic with a look at Robert Phillip Kolker's "The Altering Eye", which considers some of the economic and social forces that apply in different countries to shape their film. It then examines the life and work of director Pedro Almodovar as an example of these theories at work in Spain. It suggests that Almodovar's success was dependent on the social and political changes in Spain, namely the end of the fascist era and a move toward democracy.
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"Film is an international medium in spite of language differences, and different countries come to the fore at different times to make a mark both artistic and economic on the world cinema. After world War II, Italian neo-realism burst onto the scene, followed in the early 1960s by the French New Wave. In the 1970s it was a combination of films from Australia and films from West Germany, the latter led by Rainer Werner Fassbinder. More recently, Spain has become a contributor to the screens of the world, with the leading filmmaker of the time being Pedro Almodovar, in some ways an unlikely leader given his penchant for bizarre sexual themes, iconoclastic attitudes, and searing satiric humor."
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"Chronicle of a Death Foretold" and "Pedro Paramo", 2001.
This essay compares the main characters of these two books.
1,340 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 2 sources, $ 45.95
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This paper discusses the two books Pedro Paramo by Juan Rulfo, and Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, how both main characters, the narrator and Juan, search for answers of things that happened in the past. The author examines how both literary works are bound together by secrets of the past and hope of answers that will satisfy the questions that have plagued Juan and the narrator.
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"In the two books Pedro Paramo and Chronicle of a Death Foretold, both main characters are searching for answers of things in the past. Through the nature of the main event, the character?s connection to the main event, and the style of each author?s writing, it is obviously shown that they are searching the past for answers. Both authors make every single point to allude to that idea. It all starts with two simple quotes: 'They?ve already killed him' and 'Pedro Paramo died years ago'."
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"Life Is a Dream" by Pedro Calderon De La Barca, 1996.
Analyzes Spaniard's 17th Cent. philosophical drama. Illusion vs. reality, history, astrology, free will, symbolism.
2,700 words (approx. 10.8 pages), 12 sources, $ 95.95
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"One of the philosophical plays of Calder?n de la Barca is Life Is a Dream, a play that mixes several different themes in a complex fashion shaped around the basic plot and interaction of the characters. Calder?n expresses these themes in terms of imagery evoked either by the words of the characters or by the staging of the play itself. The essential conflict in the play is political--how can a ruler know that his successor is worthy and what can he do to assure a continuity of rule that will be of benefit to the kingdom? Patterns of imagery in the play contribute to this theme and to the other themes of import in the play--free will versus determinism, issues of deception, and the underlying concept that life is a dream. The basic contrast in the play that serves these different themes is that between..."
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Sacrifice in Literature, 2005.
This paper examines the motif of sacrifice in Pedro Calderon de la Barca's "Life's a Dream", Euripides' "Iphigeneia at Aulis" and Toni Morrison's" Beloved".
1,245 words (approx. 5.0 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 42.95
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This paper explains that the motif of sacrifice, especially the sacrifice of one's offspring, in Pedro Calderon de la Barca's "Life's a Dream", Euripides' "Iphigeneia at Aulis" and Toni Morrison's" Beloved" is contrasted starkly in each story with respect to the moral codes of their times. The author points out that, unlike the moral paradox in the story of Abraham and Isaac, there is no such paradox in these stories because the individuals within these novels are elementally human and not morally infallible. The paper relates that the sacrifice, in all of three stories, is performed with insufficient information and not wholly from a rational point of view; however, all three authors tend to suggest that the judgment of right or wrong is inconsequential because all that matters are the emotions people feel pulling them in one direction or another.
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"Iphigeneia at Aulis" holds true to this theme in that, unlike the Iliad, it depicts entirely ordinary humanity collaboratively bringing about its own destruction. Agamemnon is no divine hero; he is a mortal man who finds himself in an impossible situation. Kalchas assures him, Odysseus and Menelaos that the sacrifice of his daughter, Iphigeneia, will permit their safe passage to Troy. The obvious forces in opposition to one another are Agamemnon's responsibilities to his people and the alliance, and his responsibilities as a father. The legitimacy of the prophecy is not truly in question, only Agamemnon's individual obligations. Although he calls for his daughter, he immediately admits, "What I have done is wrong and I want to undo it." (Euripides, 143-4)."
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"Talk to Her", 2004.
An analysis of the film, "Talk to Her" by Spanish filmmaker, Pedro Almodovar.
1,041 words (approx. 4.2 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 36.95
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This paper contends that Spanish filmmaker, Pedro Almodovar often presents his themes in a satiric and comic framework emphasizing certain melodramatic and exaggerated elements. The paper discusses his film "Talk to Her" and claims that it is not as darkly comedic or as exaggerated as some of his films. The paper examines how he uses the various elements of film to heighten the odd nature of his characters and to illuminate their inner states on the basis of external action, sets and camerawork. The paper explains that a primary mental state for these characters is that of audience, for life to a great degree is a spectator sport at which they are better as observers than participants.
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"The film maintains a certain theatricality throughout, beginning with the opening shot, which is revealed as a curtain is drawn back as if for a stage play. Indeed, the first thing seen in the film is a stage play, a very odd interaction at which the main character is seated in the audience. The film ends in the theater once more, and the sense of life as a theater piece infuses the film. Two men are watching the performance, Marco and Benigno. They do not know each other, but they will become friends later and will be important to each other, serving as complements to one another."
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Magical Realism, 2002.
A study of Magical Realism in Juan Rulfo's "Pedro Paramo" and Gabriel Garcia-Marquez's "Death Constant Beyond Love".
585 words (approx. 2.3 pages), 0 sources, $ 20.95
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The paper discusses how the use of Magical Realism, as a technique, in "Pedro Paramo" by Juan Rulfo and "Death Constant Beyond Love" by Gabriel-Garcia Marquez, is essentially one whereby elements of the unreal are inextricably woven into real life to question the difference, if any, between illusion and reality. The paper shows how the use of the technique is apparent in the overall story as well as in the way the principal protagonists are shown dealing with life.
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"Similarly, in Death Constant Beyond Love, Gabriel Garc?a-M?rquez?s story of Senator Onesimo Sanchez?s continual quest for life in the face of imminent death, the question of illusion and reality is highlighted through the Senator?s continued campaigning and his indulgence in an affair that ultimately causes his downfall. Was the Senator deluding himself with the only reality being death or was the Senator only continuing to live what had always been his reality as in the false make-believe world of politics and in fact, being realistic, by making most of the time he had left with Laura (?he found the woman of his life?: 2430)? Thus, the lines between illusion and reality begin to blur depending on the perspective from which it is considered ? the Senator?s or the reader?s."
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Goya and Ingres Compared, 2002.
An analysis and comparison two paintings: Goya's "Don Pedro, Duque De Osuna" with Ingres' "The Comtesse D'Haussonville".
1,400 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 3 sources, $ 53.95
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This paper will compare and contrast Goya's "Don Pedro, Duque De Osuna" with the artist Ingres' "The Comtesse D'Haussonville". The stylistic impressions and the painting style will be examined to give a better understanding of the way that Goya painted these pictures. The commissioners for the paintings will also be discussed and will illuminate how they were funded and why. This paper will also look at how the public received the paintings and how they reacted to them.
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"Phaedra" and "Life is a Dream", 1989.
Discusses "Phaedra" by Jean Racine & "Life is a Dream" by Pedro Calderon de la Barca. Compares free will & predestination in two plays.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 2 sources, $ 47.95
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"The purpose of this research is to discuss the theme of free will and predestination in two plays: Racine's Phaedra and Calderon's Life Is a Dream. A comparison and contrast will be made of the conflict between free will and predestination in the two plays.
Predestination is usually viewed in a negative way in drama, regarded as an unfortunate destiny that leads to doom because of predestined events. Racine's Phaedra is a classic example of this. Free will is the ability to choose freely, insinuating that an individual's choices can be made freely without external constraints, or fate determining the outcome. Calderon's Life Is a Dream is an example of how free will can alter predestination.
Honor in Life Is a Dream acts the same way passion does in Phaedra. Calderon's concept of honor and Racine's concept of (...)"
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The Lenni-Lenape Tribe, 1998.
A brief history of Lenni Lenape Indian tribe.
2,666 words (approx. 10.7 pages), 10 sources, MLA, $ 80.95
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This paper looks at the Lenni-Lenape tribe. It includes their spiritual and intellectual beliefs and a description of the environment in which they lived. Also described briefly is the history of their contact with the English, Spanish and other invaders, beginning with a look the Spaniard Pedro Mendez in 1570 and continuing through to a look at the Englishmen under Governor William Berkley in 1644. The paper also discusses the Lenni-Lenapes of modern day from the 1920's.
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"Two outstanding leaders met and stopped a war between the English colonists under John Smith and the Lenape Indians under Chief Powhatan. As part of the treaty, Chief Powhatan was crowned King of the Delaware territory, in 1609, through the diplomacy of John Smith. Unfortunately, John Smith was recalled to England in 1609 after a dispute with the London Company's managers. The result of his recall was full-scale war between the English and the Lenape. The war lasted until 1613 when Pocahontas married an English colonist named John Rolfe and Chief Powhatan grudgingly called a truce between his people and the English."
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The Works of Juan Rulfo, 2006.
Examines two literary works by Mexican author, Juan Rulfo.
1,601 words (approx. 6.4 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 52.95
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Juan Rulfo began working at a young age in the Secretariat of Foreign Affairs which allowed him to travel to many parts of Mexico and come into contact with ethnic groups which kept Mexico's cultural traditions alive. This paper shows that, later, all the things he experienced on these trips were captured in his only two brief literary works: his novel "Pedro Paramo", a masterpiece of Mexican literature and a compilation of short stories called "El llano en llamas". The paper presents a discussion of both works.
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"Death is an element that is omnipresent throughout the novel but it is the Mexican perspective, in which death is not feared but lived with, in which it is part of culture. The author rarely refers to it directly, but its shadow lurks behind every syllable. That is, death is the environment in which his characters live their story. In death, Rulfo's characters find an extension of life: they live in death and the reader actively participates in keeping them "alive". Rulfo is able to capture the essence of Mexico: its timelessness, the murmurs of the past which persist in the present. "
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"Like Water for Chocolate" and "100 Years of Solitude", 2005.
Compares and contrasts the love triangles in these two novels by Laura Esquivel and Gabriel Garcia Marquez.
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This paper presents a comparison of love triangles between Rosaura, Pedro and Tita in "Like Water for Chocolate" (Laura Esquivel) and Fernanda, Aureliano Segundo and Petra Cotes in "100 Years of Solitude" (Gabriel Garcia Marquez). The papers compares and contrasts wives' reactions to affairs, magical realism and the effects that loveless marriages have on children.
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"Esperanza, the daughter of Pedro and Rosaura, rebels only to a small degree by falling in love with someone her mother does not approve of, as does Renata Remedios, daughter of Aureliano Segundo and Fernanda. The end results for Esperanza are incredibly positive and she is able to marry her love, while unfortunately the results of the relationship for Renata Remedios ends in pain and agony. Tita and Pedro help Esperanza by succeeding in defying the fate that Fernanda and tradition had in mind for Esperanza, by assisting her in getting married. Fernanda rejects Renata Remedios' love, and though a series of unfortunate events, her one chance at true love and happiness are destroyed by Fernanda's harsh and irrational actions."
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The New Hero in "The Sun Also Rises", 2005.
Examines Jake Barnes as the new hero in Ernest Hemingway's "The Sun Also Rises".
1,017 words (approx. 4.1 pages), 9 sources, MLA, $ 35.95
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This paper shows that despite Jake Barnes' physical and mental disabilities in Hemingway's "The Sun Also Rises", he, more than any other character, virtually embodies the new breed of hero, the survivor, of the twentieth century.
Paper Outline:
I. Jake as the new hero
A. Problems of Jake
1. War wound, impotency
2. Numbness, emptiness
3. Unsureness of how to cope
4. Fear of getting hurt
5. Moral vacuum, wasteland
6. Night demons
B. Strengths of Jake
1. Presses on
2. Aficionado
3. Adaptable
4. Will to find a way to live
5. Accepted truth of his fate
II. Comparison of Jake to other characters
A. Pedro Romero
1. Is classic hero
2. Can provide Brett with what she needs
B. Lady Brett Ashley
Conclusion: As times change, people, ideas, and standards all need to adapt.
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"Jake was a World War I veteran who, sometime during his service, was wounded and left impotent. This enormous defilement to his manhood was a fatal blow to his dignity and self-esteem. He became unsure of how to cope in this new, morally bankrupt, world as numbness, emptiness, and apathy invaded his heart, mind, and soul. Jake was scared of getting hurt, so he avoided personal relationships, alienated himself from people, and stayed on the outside of reality, playing it safe. As one critic described, "The fear is not of hidden presences, but of emptiness, universal absence, oblivion" (Butterfield 197). The daily distractions of company, small talk, food and especially alcohol temporarily eased his mind, but they were only that, temporary."
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