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Roddy Doyle's "The Commitments", 2005.
This paper analyzes the character Joey "The Lips" Fagan from Roddy Doyle's short novel "The Commitments".
1,550 words (approx. 6.2 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 50.95
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This paper explains that the character Joey "The Lips" Fagan from Roddy Doyle's short novel "The Commitments" is not the main character but he is one of the most compelling because, without him, the novel and the band would be quite different and not as interesting. The author points out that his role seems like a mentor, but in the end, he acts more like a destroyer because he allows the women to come between the band and the music and he cannot take the pressure or responsibility of a real life with real commitment. The paper relates that his most important contribution, which he brings to the band, is their success; his leadership teaches them that they can be a success and that they can make more out of their lives.
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"Joey plays several different roles in the novel. He is a musician first of all, and a good one, so he acts as a teacher to the other band members, many of whom are just learning how to play or sing. He is a professional, and so the others want to be like him, so he is a type of mentor too. He has done what the teenagers want to do, and so he can show them the ropes and maybe make their lives a little easier. He is somewhat like a savior, creating something from nothing and watching it grow and mature, but he is also human, and he runs away when the going gets too tough. He is not honest, and he is odd, but he is also the reason the band was successful."
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Dialogue and Character in Roddy Doyle's "The Dinner", 2006.
A review of the short story "The Dinner" by Roddy Doyle.
1,185 words (approx. 4.7 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 40.95
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This paper examines the primarily dialogue-driven style of writing that Irish novelist and dramatist, Roddy Doyle uses in the short story "The Dinner". The paper explains that Doyle chooses to create and develop his characters, contrasting some (like Larry and Ben) and assimilating others (like Stephanie and her sisters) primarily through dialogue rather than through narration, description, action, or conflict. The paper points out that by giving some of them distinct voices and giving others similar voices, Doyle effectively and humorously emphasizes and aggravates the primary conflict at hand, and clearly expresses his theme, or thesis, about racial prejudice in a way that is resonant and memorable.
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"While Larry displays his ignorance through dialogue with questions such as "What d'yis eat over in Nigeria, Ben?" (308), Ben is given a way of speaking that shows him to be diplomatic: "I have become used to these insults" (308). Moreover, Larry's constant use of contractions and slang also gives him an air of unsophistication: "D'yeh have spuds like them in Nigeria?" (308). Larry is also prone to swearing: "Get up yeh gobshite" (308). Contrastingly, Doyle carefully avoids using contractions, vulgarity or any form of slang when crafting Ben's dialogue. Rather, he chooses to give him a very formal tone: "I will not listen to this profanity. I find it most offensive" (309)."
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Holmes and Dupin, Poe and Doyle, 2006.
A comparison of Edgar Allen Poe's character C. Auguste Dupin with Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes, with an analysis of why the latter is so much more famous than the former.
3,145 words (approx. 12.6 pages), 11 sources, MLA, $ 91.95
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The paper identifies Poe as the inventor of the genre of detective fiction, with his character C. Auguste Dupin, who was introduced in "The Murders in the Rue Morgue". The paper compares Dupin's character with that of Sherlock Holmes, as Holmes is described by creator Doyle in "The Hound of the Baskervilles", and notes many similarities between the two fictional detectives. It then analyzes the claim that Sherlock Holmes was based on the real life doctor Joseph Bell, with whom Doyle was well acquainted. After returning to a comparison of Dupin and Holmes, the paper reviews the first person narrator of the Holmes stories, Dr. John Watson, and concludes that Doyle did not base his detective on Poe's work. The paper also reviews other early detective novels, going back to the Greek Herodotus and returning to 19th century Europe and America, before resuming its comparison of Poe and Doyle and finding the former to be a better writer. The paper quotes various Holmes stories, and discusses adaptations of those stories to stage and screen, noting Holmes' incredible popularity and lamenting the lack of same for Dupin. In conclusion, the paper finds Holmes to be Dupin's spiritual successor, if not actually drawn on him, and finds the similarities to be, in Holmes' words, "Elementary!"
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"In fashioning the detective story, Poe eschewed the very ideal of most writers that truth is not necessarily the object of literature. Truth was very much the object in the short stories of C. Auguste Dupin. So why do critics say that Poe "invented" the detective story? Surely, there were detectives working prior to 1841, and surely, some of the stories before Poe had been about crime and criminals. The reasons given include the creation of classic rules of detective fiction that has survived through Doyle and Agatha Christie, Dorothy Sayers, the two men who write under the name Ellery Queen, to Dashiell Hammett and even Mickey Spillane."
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 2002.
This paper describes the two books that pay homage to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
1,650 words (approx. 6.6 pages), 3 sources, $ 62.95
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This paper examines Howard Engel's "Mr. Doyle and Dr. Bell" and Laurie R. King's " A Letter of Mary", which both make attempts to add to the Sherlockian canon. This paper analyzes the narrator, protagonist and setting of each novel, comparing them to Doyle's template, and then discuss briefly which is the more meritorious addition to the repertory.
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Mystery Writers Poe and Doyle, 2005.
This paper examines two short stories: "The Murders at the Rue Morgue" by Edgar Allen Poe and "The Hound of the Baskervilles" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 2 sources, $ 26.95
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This paper explains that light and darkness are key focal points in learning the source and origins of the murders in these two short stories. The author points out that, by taking a logical and more scientific approach to diminishing superstition and hearsay, both of these authors offer an intelligible solution to the crimes they confronted in the 19th century. The paper relates that both Doyle and Poe use the almost gothic landscape of the English Moors to reflect the sinister evil of their plots.
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"This literary study examines the use of light and darkness that Edgar Allen Poe and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle use to solve various crimes in their short stories. By comparing the use of light and darkness within "The Murders at the Rue Morgue" by Poe and "The Hound of the Baskervilles" by Doyle, one can understand how logic and pseudo-science deduce the perpetrators of these crimes. In the short story "The Hound of the Baskervilles" we can learn how darkness and light are effective ways for the main perpetrator of the murders is revealed. Doyle, like Poe, uses the almost gothic landscape of the English Moors to reflect the sinister evil that the Hound presents in this tale, but ultimately the darkness is merely a cloak for a more logical explanation to the murders."
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Crime, Detection and Conan Doyle in 19th Century England, 2002.
A discussion on the Industrial Revolution and the multitude of changes in civilization that arose as a result of it, with particular reference to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle?s creation of Sherlock Holmes.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 31.95
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The following paper discusses how Doyle and ?Sherlock Holmes? entertained generations of readers with the pure delight of escapist detective fiction, paired with the historical diaries and documents written by actual "bobbies" of the day. The writer examines how these famous detective stories give us a vivid picture of how both an author and his major character were shaped by the time, the conditions and the crime of their days.
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?When people moved from farming to city and industrial jobs, change came in the ways workers were compensated, in their levels of independence from, or interdependence on, their neighbors, and, probably most noticeable of all, in the sheer amount of space each man could call his own?or maybe more precisely, the lack of space. Many of the teeming crowds in London's streets in the nineteenth century were made up of people living in dire poverty. And all too many were far too familiar with the dark side to this new form of civilization: the rise of more, and different, forms of crime.?
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Power and Solidarity of Hierarchical Systems, 2006.
A review of 'Antigone' by Sophocles and 'A Star Called Henry' by Roddy Doyle, focusing on the structure of hierarchy within government ideology.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 3 sources, $ 53.95
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This paper compares the two works 'Antigone' by Sophocles and 'A Star Called Henry' by Roddy Doyle, as they define the failure of hierarchy within familial and governmental ideology. For Doyle, the basis of Henry Smart's rise to power as a leader within the IRA provides an individual sense of power, but one that is not applicable in the failure of the military institution to defeat the British. In this regard, Sophocles provides the familial hierarchy of the royal family of Thebes to illustrate the lack of solidarity in Creon's tyrannical rule.
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"The aim of this literary study will focus on the problem of solidarity within hierarchical systems of government in 'Antigone' by Sophocles and 'A Star Called Henry' by Roddy Doyle. In many ways, Doyle's novel reflects the growing separatism that existed within the Irish Republican Army (IRA), which Henry Smart eventually joins as an adult. He constant infighting within the IRA helps to diffuse the notion that this nationalistic Irish trend had solidarity, as one can also find within Antigone. While Creon has the same chaotically organized hierarchy through his stewardship as King of Thebes, Sophocles also provides the failed format of familial hierarchical institutions. "
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Situations and Solutions, 2002.
An examination of the characters in John Steinbeck's "The Pearl", A & P" and Roddy Doyle's "The Snapper".
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 2 sources, $ 38.95
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This paper presents a look at the characters in two stories, "The Pearl, A & P" by John Steinbeck and "The Snapper" by Roddy Doyle, and the situations that they faced. The writer of this paper presents the situations that these characters face in a light where it is easy to compare and contrast them.
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"Often times an author uses words to reveal how a solution to a situation was handled and how that solution affected those in the story. This was the case with three stories that have gained classic popularity over time. The Pearl, A & P and The Snapper are all stories that detail a major event in the lives of the main characters. The author reveals what situations arise from the events and how the protagonist seeks to resolve the problem. Each tries a different method and all discover important life lessons along the way. "
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Peer Relationships, 2008.
This paper analyzes the peer relationships of Vittorio Innocente in Nino Ricci's "Lives of the Saints" and of Paddy Clarke in Roddy Doyle's "Paddy Clarke, Ha, Ha, Ha".
2,084 words (approx. 8.3 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 65.95
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The paper discusses how the peer relations of Vitto, the protagonist in Nino Ricci's "Lives of the Saints", are marred by bullying, recrimination and the threat of violence. The paper then looks at the friends of Paddy, the protagonist in Roddy Doyle's "Paddy Clarke, Ha, Ha, Ha", are both a stand-in for something his home life cannot provide and a relatively good source of solace and replenishment when things grow tense. The paper shows how these children are classic examples of embattled youngsters trying to find a refuge or safe-house in an inhospitable world.
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"In the opening pages of Ricci's arresting 1990 novel, we are made aware of the fact that Vittorio Innocente is an intelligent but rather rebellious and indolent boy who would rather be out of class sharing "smokes" with his friend, Fabrizio, then engaging in the burdensome task of acquiring an education (Ricci, 3). We also learn that "Vitto" has been born into fairly privileged circumstances; to wit, his mother is the daughter of the town mayor (Ricci, 11). Thus, the willful young man who lies at the center of the story is blessed with a measure of social standing that not all children his age are fortunate enough to enjoy. It may also be said that Vitto is spoiled, not by the standards of a North American, perhaps, but certainly spoiled by the standards of his community."
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'Tyrannical Dads Create Tyrannical Offspring', 2002.
Examines the image of the father in Nino Ricci's "Lives of the Saints" and Roddy Doyle's "Paddy Clarke, Ha Ha Ha".
2,150 words (approx. 8.6 pages), 2 sources, $ 80.95
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In "Paddy Clarke, Ha Ha Ha", Paddy's father is distant and pre-occupied, dismissive and cursory in his attention to his children. The situation is more complex as the 'father' is absent in "Lives of the Saints" and various surrogates, including Vittorio's mother, her lover and grandparents must fill this role.
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?Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha?, 2002.
A review of Paddy Doyle's novel ?Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha?.
2,377 words (approx. 9.5 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 72.95
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This paper examines Roddy Doyle?s novel, "Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha", a powerful and compelling story of life in 1960s Ireland through the eyes of a ten-year-old boy, Paddy. It looks at how the book is purposely written almost entirely in dialogue, creating a fantastic range of slang, vulgarisms and colloquialisms. It analyzes how within the book, Doyle explores and deals with many issues, including Paddy and his hatred for his brother, peer group pressure and his mother and father's rocky and deteriorating marriage as well as many other themes. These include the loss of childhood innocence, the family, the marvellous nature of a child?s imagination, the harshness of life and the cruelty of children.
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"The first techniques which one could mention, is the obvious slow change of the tone within the book. Doyle creates, for the first 200 pages of so, the dominant tone of happiness, delight and childish mischief. ?I had a book on my head. I had to get up the stairs without it falling off. If it fell off I would die.? Nothing is particularly serious, Paddy continues to harass his brother and play with his peers, and has yet to understand the seriousness of his mother and fathers continuous quarrelling. However Doyle cleverly changes the tone, towards the end of the novel, through Paddy?s dialogue, not only to show that Paddy is growing up, as he most definitely is, but also to create a tone more serious, anxious and tense. ?They were fighting all the time now. They said nothing but it was a fight?The silences were worst, waiting it to start again, or louder.? "
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Abused Women, 2002.
An overview of the emotional dynamics involved in an abusive relationship.
2,819 words (approx. 11.3 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 83.95
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In a relationship where the woman is constantly abused, emotions often propel her toward staying with the abuser. This paper discusses the emotional dynamics involved in these types of relationships. It questions why abused women stay with their partners and even claim to love them. The paper uses Anna Quindlen?s book "Black and Blue" and Roddy Doyle's "The Women Who Walked into Doors" to explore these issues.
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"A woman involved in an abusive relationship often grew up being abused. Therefore, she has learned how to cope with the abuse ? even seeing the abuse as almost ?normal? or an ?acceptable? part of everyday life. In Anna Quindlen?s book Black and Blue, the main character, Frannie Flynn Benedetto, states, ?There are ways and ways of dying, and some of them leave you walking around. I'd learned that from watching my father, and my husband, too? (Quindlen, p. 13). Frannie Flynn Benedetto makes a comparison between the behavior of her father and her abusive husband. One may infer by her statement that while growing up with her father, she learned how to live and get along in an abusive family situation."
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Sherlock Holmes, 2006.
An analysis of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's famous fictional detective, Sherlock Holmes, Holmes' antagonists, and his method of solving crimes.
3,443 words (approx. 13.8 pages), 6 sources, APA, $ 97.95
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This paper discusses and analyzes the famous fictional detective created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes, and the belief, held by many critics, that the character of Holmes was based on an actual acquaintance of Doyle. Through an examination of some of Doyle's Sherlock Holmes mysteries, the method Holmes used to solve crimes, the antagonists in the stories and the character of Sherlock Holmes, the paper explains just why many critics believe that Doyle based the character of Sherlock Holmes on one of his true life doctor friends.
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"Sherlock Holmes, while not the first popular fictional detective (that honor surely goes to Poe's Arsene Lupin) was surely the character that has outlasted the Victorian times in which his adventures were first written by Arthur Conan Doyle. What makes the character still so viable, including the popular movies of the 1930s and 1940s with Basil Rathbone as Holmes and Nigel Bruce as Dr. Watson, and the popular British television series featuring the late Jeremy Brett as Holmes; is that this is not "find the murderer" as in the stories of Dashiell Hammett and Ellery Queen and Agatha Christie (among others), but a series of deductive reasonings, focusing on facts the police overlooked or disregarded. In Holmes stories, including "The Blanched Soldier", and "The Sign of the Four", Holmes is quoted as saying "When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth." Unlike many modern mysteries there is neither a "red herring" nor what Alfred Hitchcock referred to as a "Maguffin"- a somewhat obvious but, in the end, misleading clue. There is seldom a twist or quirk in the Holmes stories. And, there is seldom even violence or confrontation between Holmes and "the guys who done it"."
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"The Hound of the Baskervilles", 2004.
An analysis of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle?s unique blend of the mysterious and the gothic in "The Hound of the Baskervilles".
1,343 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 45.95
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This paper reviews the literary work, "The Hound of the Baskervilles", written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The paper presents the unique technique employed by the writer in writing this book. The story is more than a mystery, and it is more than a gothic tale; it is a wonderful combination of both. The paper explores how Doyle utilizes the sense of the mysterious and supernatural to work against Holmes?s natural inclinations, which adds to the suspense of the novel. In addition, the paper explains how Doyle is making a social commentary about gender and class with the characters and situations presented. The paper contends that by merging these different elements in the novel, Doyle creates a fantastic adventure that keeps the reader engaged until the very end.
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"Doyle builds suspense in a traditional gothic style early in the novel with the tale of the family curse, the mysterious creature, and the setting of the story. In the document, we learn the mysterious creature is something almost completely indescribable. We read that it was ?a foul thing, a great, black beast, shaped like a hound, yet larger than any hound that ever mortal eye has rested upon? (Chapter 2). Doyle foreshadows the mystery of Baskerville with dark, mysterious surroundings. For example, we read that ?Over the green squares of the fields and the low curve of a wood there rose in the distance a gray, melancholy hill, with a strange jagged summit, dim and vague in the distance, like some fantastic landscape in a dream? (Chapter 6). In addition, Baskerville Hall is described with an air of mystery."
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Mystery and Detective Literature, 2005.
This paper analyzes the influence of Edgar Allan Poe's "The Murders at the Rue Morgue" on Conan Doyle's "Silver Blaze".
1,030 words (approx. 4.1 pages), 2 sources, APA, $ 36.95
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This paper explains that poet and writer Edgar Allan Poe gave birth to the genre of mystery and detective story-telling, popularized through his character Auguste Dupin, who is considered the first detective character to demonstrate the disciplines of deduction and logical thinking in solving the mysteries and crimes that plague society; Conan Doyle's fictional detective character, the well-known Sherlock Holmes, exhibited similar characteristics. The author compares Poe and Doyle's literary works based on their use of stereotyping and pattern-formation (logos), ethos and establishment of pathos as rhetorical techniques in which they solve mystery cases. This paper relates that Dupin's character was portrayed in the most eccentric light as possible by Poe, perhaps giving him a single commonality with the readers through his poverty; in proving Holmes credible to solve the mysteries of English society, Doyle also utilized the character of eccentricity as the most salient points of Holmes' character.
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"Dupin's solution to the murders at the Rue Morgue was based on a stereotype and pattern found in the facts available about the case. Pattern formation was apparent in his analysis of the witnesses' accounts of the events before, during, and after the murder. His discovery that each witness's testimony reflected the fact that "[e]ach likens it (the voice heard)-not to the voice of an individual of any nation...but the converse," a point that led him to conclude that the murderer was of an 'alien' nature, someone who does not speak the language of any of the nationalities of the witnesses."
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