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Tony Harrison, 2003.
An analysis of the theme of conflict in the work of the poet Tony Harrison.
823 words (approx. 3.3 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 29.95
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This paper discusses how although Tony Harrison?s poems have individual themes, relating to personal emotions and experiences, in particular to his upbringing and background, the overriding theme throughout nearly all of his poetry is conflict. It provides a brief biography of his life and a review of some of his poems such as "Lines to my Grandfathers" and "Kumquat for John Keats".
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"This idea of conflict working in relation to unity is one which Harrison has considered carefully in many of his pieces, particularly in relation to the family in which he was brought up. Harrison is very much a contradiction to the stereotype (and indeed the reality) of his roots. He comes from Leeds and a very working class family. At a young age he won a scholarship to Leeds Grammar School where he specialised in classics, this was an entirely unprecedented event in his family. His father is quoted as saying, in the poem A Good Read, ?ah sometimes think you read too many books. ah nivver ?ad much time for a good read?. This is a clear contradiction between himself and his father, Harrison also sees himself as the one in the right, putting down his fathers words by starting the sentences with lower case letters."
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Tony Harrison, 2004.
A look at how the poet, Tony Harrison, presents his parents in his work and whether there a bias towards his father and against his mother.
1,321 words (approx. 5.3 pages), 0 sources, $ 44.95
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This paper examines how Tony Harrison extensively features his parents and their death throughout his poetry. It analyzes four of his poems: "Cremation", "Book Ends I & II", "A Good Read", and "Bringing Up". It looks at how he stems from a working class background, and though he moved up the social ladder, his parents remain of the lower class. It discusses how Harrison conveys this social gap superbly with his use of language, dialect, and anecdotal snapshots of his past. Likewise, it discusses how he shows respect for his father?s legacy, despite the fact his parents were of working class status.
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"For example, in ?Cremation? he demonstrates respect for his parents in how he shows them both to be hard working. He describes his fathers, ?one huge nightshift?. It is almost as though in Harrison?s eyes, his father worked all hours to enable them to survive. However, Harrison?s presentation here can seem negative as it is almost as though his father?s huge workload takes over his life and takes up the time when family bonding traditionally occurs. Similarly he also describes how his mother?s hard work led to her demise, ?the mangle brought it on?. Using plosives, Harrison here shows the sheer physicality that his mother had to cope with."
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Tony Awards, 2005.
This paper discusses the reason the Tony Awards were named after Antoinette Perry.
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 3 sources, $ 26.95
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The paper explores why the Tony Awards were named after Antoinette Perry and who exactly Antoinette Perry was. The paper discusses how these questions are often not mentioned when people talk about the Tony Awards, but there are many reasons that the Tony Awards were named after Antoinette Perry. The paper examines how the life and works of Tony Antoinette Perry affected Broadway, the lives of many GIs, actresses and actors and many others. The paper relates that the way to show the appreciation for all that Tony Antoinette had done for Broadway was to name the Tony Awards after her.
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Tony Blair's Third Way, 2007.
A discussion regarding Tony Blair's quote in the article, "Reformers Versus Wreckers is the Battle For This Parliament".
3,950 words (approx. 15.8 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 107.95
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This paper reviews, discusses and analyzes Tony Blair's quote in The Guardian newspaper article, "Reformers Versus Wreckers is the Battle For This Parliament". According to the paper, when Tony Blair decided, in 1997, to challenge the electoral power of four consecutive Conservative governments, he pertinently chose to call his draft for Labour's electoral platform 'New Labour, New Life for Britain'. The paper goes on to say that Blair's approach retains the fundamental values of the Labour party, while changing the means appropriate to their realization, and consists of trying to combine two apparently antithetic tenets: the liberal commitment to individual freedom in the market economy, and the social democratic commitment to social justice through the action of government.
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"Along with this necessity to stick to a stable economy, the most strategic aim of New Labour in this text seems to lay in the reform of public services and of the Welfare State. "Quality education, healthcare, safe streets [and] mobility" (lines 10-11) are needed. This goes along with the party's ideal of social justice: "We believe in strong public services because [they are] the embodiment of social justice" (lines 10-11). This is maybe the target the text stresses the most, as well as it points out that the only way this will be achieved is through investment and reform. After fighting the 2001 election on the theme of improving public services, Blair's government continued to raise taxes in 2002 -described by opponents as "stealth taxes"- to increase spending on education and health. Blair's aim is to keep investment coming into public services and then making the reforms, in order to use the money well. High-quality public services would mean improvement of the Welfare State, which has to be refashioned, providing equal chance to benefit from the opportunities Britain has to offer. In the text, the emphasis is put on the reform of the National Health Service in particular. It has to be designed around the needs of its patients, and this is only doable through investment. However, it is not enough: power must be decentralized, waiting time must be cut, and work with the private sector is necessary to use spare capacity. The major idea concerning the renewal of public services is to re-establish the intermediate institutions between the individual and the state that the Tories either ignored or destroyed."
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Tony Awards, 2004.
A brief examination of the voting system used in the Tony Awards.
716 words (approx. 2.9 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 25.95
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This paper presents a detailed examination of the voting procedures for the Tony Awards. The writer explores the history and the current procedure and provides the winning entries from a recent award ceremony.
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"For almost every genre in the entertainment field there is an award available. The rock industry has the MTV awards, the country field as the CMT awards, and the actors on film have their Emmy awards. The theater also has an award that its participants can be nominated for. The Tony Award is considered to be a prestigious honor for anyone involved in the world of theater. The Tony Awards are decided through a voting process that has a long history behind it."
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Tony Blair, 2007.
An analysis of Tony Blair's 2002 speech recommending more economic stability and reform of essential services.
1,257 words (approx. 5.0 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 42.95
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This paper discusses a speech made in 2002 by Prime Minister Tony Blair. The paper suggests that in making this speech, Blair was setting out certain economic concepts and linking these to values held by the British public and it suggests that these values still hold true today. The paper discusses the details of Blair's suggestions and discusses how they were viewed by other members of the government.
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" Still, the basic thrust of what Blair said in 2002 remains the focus for him and his party as they seek to avoid abandoning that segment of the populace that cannot afford healthcare even while seeking for improvements throughout the system. Similar programs show the same agenda for other social programs and concerns, always to maintain a sense of social justice for the poor and the middle class. Blair made this a commitment for his government after a long period of conservative rule, during which costs increased, some segments of the public were missed in terms of programs, and yet the people paid more for the se4rvices they did get. The conflict between the government providing services and not providing them has been playing out in the U.S. as well, and in that case the Republican majority has been seeking to curtail many such programs. The same reasons are given as well, in order to reduce costs and to improve service. The same uncertainties apply, for it is not clear at all that eliminating government involvement and shifting to a privatized system would benefit the public or the government."
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Tony Blair and the War in Iraq, 2008.
A brief discussion on the reasons behind Tony Blair's decision to enter the war against Iraq.
819 words (approx. 3.3 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 29.95
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This paper contends that Tony Blair lied to his citizens and sent Great Britain to war for personal reasons, not to better his country. It discusses how the true reason for Britain's part in the invasion of Iraq came from his personal hatred of Saddam Hussein and not from the threat of weapons of mass destruction.
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"In 2002 Blair pre-determined that he was going to go to war in a secret meeting including his senior ministers and advisors. The meeting took place on Downing Street on July 23. This was approximately 8 months before Great Britain invaded Iraq and this was way before the public was told about the plans for invasion. To make it sound like it was actually a good idea. Blair and his cabinet came up with a plan to make the public believe that it was worth it to go to war so he would have their morale and support. "If the political context were right," said Blair, "people would support regime change." (Smith) A direct regime change was illegal, but it was a better excuse to go to war than Saddam Hussein. "
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Tony Kushner's "Angels in America", 2002.
This paper is an analysis of the different themes discussed in Tony Kushner's, award-winning play, "Angels in America."
860 words (approx. 3.4 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 30.95
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The purpose of this paper is to introduce, discuss and compare the play "Angels in America," by Tony Kushner. Specifically the paper discusses who are the angels, how do they affect the play and what do they symbolize? The different characters and their roles are detailed, as are the different events that shape their lives. The author also explores Kushner's use of magic and how it is threaded throughout the play.
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"Later, in the second play, one of the characters equates angels to "powerful bureaucrats, they have no imagination, they can do anything but they can't invent, create, they're sort of fabulous and dull all at once" (Kushner). Thus, the angels can stand for anything and everything that is happening to America. Consistently, the characters say how hard it is to live in America. They are referring to how difficult it is to fit into society when you are different ? a Mormon, gay, black, or sick. Angels in America are the ones who know how hard it is to live here, and do it day after day."
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Struggle and Oppression in Nineteenth Century Literature, 2003.
An examination of struggle and oppression in the nineteenth century through analysis of the works of Joseph Conrad, James Joyce and Tony Harrison
1,689 words (approx. 6.8 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 54.95
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This paper examines how the authors Joseph Conrad, James Joyce and Tony Harrison present the issues of oppression and struggle, in a very realistic fashion through works such as "Heart of Darkness", "The Dubliners" and the poem "National Trust". The paper relates that the authors were able to do this because, either they had seen the oppression taking place first hand, or had felt the weight of it upon their shoulders, and these personal encounters with the issues allowed for emotive and highly sympathetic writing.
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"Marlow's fascination with the extremely enigmatic Kurtz could very well stem from the fact that he seems to have reconciled his natures. On one side Kurtz has come to the Congo as an outsider in order to abuse it's resources for the company, just as the rest of the workers had. However, he also has become deeply affected by his journey, and unlike the other workers does not fear the native people or their uncivilized ways. The normally oppressive view of the white invader is to conquer and put in place Christian values and moral teaching, whereas Kurtz does the opposite; he learns their language, takes a foreign wife, and becomes highly important to them in their own culture. In this sense Kurtz becomes closer to his "primal nature" - similar to what Marlow feels upon hearing the drumbeats - which normally is oppressed."
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?Them? and ?Uz?, 2003.
A review of the poems ?Them? and ?Uz? by Tony Harrison.
1,227 words (approx. 4.9 pages), 0 sources, $ 41.95
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This paper examines the pair poems ?Them? and ?Uz? by Tony Harrison about conflicts, in particular between classes and snobbery in relation to attitudes regarding art. It shows how Harrison explores the ideas of classes in relation their boundaries and the interaction between them. It also looks at how ?Them? and ?Uz? are two poems in which Harrison describes the attitudes of Britain towards language and his towards Britain in relation to language.
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"Lines three to twelve are the words of the teacher, that taught Harrison as a boy, towards Harrison?s accent. His description of Harrison as ?barbarian? is very bestial and dehumanising along with his use of ?T.W.? instead of Tony. Lines five through to eight describe the way in which it is believed that classic English Literature should only be said in ?proper English?, otherwise there is not point in it at all, this is clearly enforced as is seen by Harrison only being seen as suitable for ?playing the drunken porter? in Macbeth (the characters role consists of mumbling, urinating and opening a gate). From lines ten to twelve the reader realises that what is called ?proper English? is in fact simply another dialect. This is shown by now not only putting Harrison?s pronunciation of us in square brackets, but the teacher?s as well."
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Short Stories by Tony Earley, 2004.
Compares the characters in two stories by Earley from his 1994 collection of short stories.
1,020 words (approx. 4.1 pages), 1 source, $ 36.95
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This paper shows that reading Tony Earley?s short stories in "Here We Are in Paradise" is like being able to actually tune into the personal thoughts of an average person as he/she goes about typical day-to-day activities in North Carolina, the author?s home state. The paper discusses the story that gave the book its title, as well as the one called ?My Father?s Heart?, which are indicative of the others included in this 1994 collection. The paper examines how the characters narrating these two stories, Peggy in the former and Jimmy in the latter, do not pursue the same direction. One ignores her dreams and lets her husband define them, and the other follows his hopes despite the fact that his mother disagrees. However, they both find a way to resolve these conflicts and find the positive side of life.
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"While growing up, she never ceased talking about her dead husband. Regardless of Jimmy?s actions, it was because of his father?s blood within him, and whatever small kindness he performed, it was because ?he had his father?s heart.? As a result of these comparisons, at night the young boy Jimmy shook from fear and prayed that his heart would not stop while he was sleeping. This concern was exacerbated by the fact that he really did have a diseased heart, and the doctors said that ?he was lucky to be alive.?"
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Tony Morrison's "Sula", 1999.
How "Sula" explores a vast array of themes about African-American life in economical, symbolic language.
1,086 words (approx. 4.3 pages), 1 source, $ 37.95
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"Sula, by Nobel-Prize winning novelist, Toni Morrison, explores a vast array of themes in economical, symbolic language. Sula Peace and Nel Wright are the two heroines and friends about whom much of the plot pivots. At the same time the plot explores the themes of African American city life, history, and changes throughout a vast portion of the twentieth century. First discussing the period immediately after World War I and culminating in 1965, the reader is treated to an in-depth view of Sula and Nel at various crucial points in their development and their adulthood.
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Harriet Beecher Stowe, Mark Twain & Tony Morrison, 1997.
Examines "Uncle Tom's Cabin", "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" & "Beloved" & views on slavery.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 6 sources, $ 47.95
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" The slave era made a mark in American history that has also been dissected and reflected in American literature. An examination of three literary works expressing views on slavery shows how the authors use their characters in different ways to point out the inhumanity and moral poison of slavery for blacks and whites alike.
Probably the best-known abolitionist novel is Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe, a work much parodied because of its overly dramatic structure known primarily from a play version. Interestingly, the main character in the book has come to be seen as a detrimental stereotype so that to be an "Uncle Tom" is now a derogatory term, though Stowe meant for the character to represent the best she saw in black people. Stowe was a white woman and social revolutionary committed to the.."
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Toni Morrison, 2002.
This paper discusses Tony Morrison's book "Bluest Eye".
2,150 words (approx. 8.6 pages), 9 sources, $ 80.95
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This paper discusses Tony Morrison's book "Bluest Eye". This paper is an analysis of the different kinds of suffering and considers what each character identifies as his or her own particular pain. The paper clarifies the role played by Picolla in the pain or healing of each character.
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Toni Morrison?s "The Bluest Eye", 2005.
This paper discusses Toni Morrison's fiction "The Bluest Eye", based partially on Toni Morrison's life.
1,315 words (approx. 5.3 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 44.95
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This paper explains that, in the novel "The Bluest Eye", Toni Morrison expresses the helplessness of the girls, who face racial discrimination and hate white culture but imitate it anyway because the white culture is considered good and beautiful and the black culture is considered bad and ugly. The author points out that Morrison in her own life was not from the poor class but rather from the African-American middle class, like the McTeers. The paper relates that the rape of Pecola by her father is not autobiographical but may have been based on things Morrison could have seen or believed possible, within the poorer parts of the African-American community in her own childhood in the 1940s.
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"The main characters in the story are three girls, Claudia and Frieda McTeer (sisters in a black family), and Pecola Breedlove, a poor girl who is staying with the McTeers because of abuse at her house. One of the first traumatic things happens in this book is when Pecola gets her first period. This is a normal thing, but it is traumatic for Pecola because she never heard about it at home. So Pecola thinks she is bleeding to death. Mainly as far as the future parts of the book, this means if she is raped again she could have a baby (forshadowing). Later in the book, after Pecola goes back home, she is raped again by her father, gets pregnant, and later goes mad. This shows how black girls in this environment never have a chance, even in their own houses. "
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