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Women in Faust Legend, 1993.
A comparison of the roles of women in historical and cultural contexts in Marlowe's "Doctor Faustus", Goethe's "Faust" and Thomas Mann's "Doctor Faustus".
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 3 sources, $ 39.95
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"This study will compare the roles of women in three versions of the Faust legend: Christopher Marlowe's. Doctor Faustus, Goethe's Faust, and Thomas Mann's Doctor Faustus. The study will also consider historical and cultural settings insofar as they influenced the roles of women and the changing nature of those roles from version to version.
The first generalization which can be fairly made is that the women of the earlier versions --- those by Marlowe and
Goethe --- are idealized creatures. Whether seen as whores or divinities, they do not resemble in any way the women of the real world. On the other hand, in Mann's version, a decidedly more modern work written in the 20th century, we find women who are realistic and believable beings, described in their humanity in all its degrees in great detail."
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Southern Women and the American Civil War, 2002.
Discusses women of the South during the Civil War as portrayed in ?Mothers of Invention: Women of the Slaveholding South in the American Civil War" by Drew Gilpin Faust.
750 words (approx. 3.0 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 26.95
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This paper discusses Faust's book "Mothers of Invention: Women of the Slaveholding South in the American Civil War". It focuses on how women can empower themselves even in the face of hardship and the oppressions that society puts on them. The author illustrates how the book portrays women coping with adversity and gives a new perspective on the Civil War.
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"According to Faust, three out of every four white men were sent to war and the black men were left to do the work on the plantations. When the war started and the women were left on their own, they first had to choose if they would stay at their plantations or if they would move in with family. The management of the home and their lives became more of a key issue for them than ever before ? providing food for themselves and the slaves, economic certainty and so forth. Through the story of Lizzie Neblett we see one woman?s frustration with these tasks ? she describes her 11 slaves and all the problems she has with them, her anger at her husband and how she doesn?t want to be pregnant again, how she must ask a neighbor for help to ?manage? her slaves and how her life as a ?lady? really is turned upside down when her husband leaves for the war."
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The Civil War and Southern Women, 2005.
A look at Drew Gilpin Faust's book, "Mothers of Invention: Women of the Slaveholding South in the American Civil War", about the American Civil War and how it impacted Southern women.
1,404 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 46.95
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This paper introduces, discusses, and analyzes two chapters from the book, "Mothers of Invention: Women of the Slaveholding South in the American Civil War" by Drew Gilpin Faust. Specifically, the paper explains how the instabilities of the Civil War South forced Southern white women to alter their behavior.
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"The South, being at a distinct disadvantage for most of the Civil War, sent as many able-bodied men as they possibly could to the fighting front. Women had to step in and run the farms and plantations in their men's' absence, and this included managing an increasingly volatile slave population. Historian Faust notes, "Women called to manage increasingly restive and even rebellious slaves were in a significant sense garrisoning a second front in the South's war against Yankee domination" (Faust 54). Obviously, this was a new and different role for most of these women, and many of the men left behind in the South did not appreciate or value it. In fact, many of them fought against female management, as Faust notes, "These issues went beyond questions of gender; they represented deep-seated worries about sex" (Faust 55). The key issue facing most of these women forced into unfamiliar roles was fear. They felt incapable of managing a large group of slaves, and some of them even feared for their safety and their lives."
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Marlowe's versus Goethe's "Faust", 2007.
This paper contrasts Christopher Marlowe's "Tragical History of Doctor Faust" and Johann von Goethe's "Faust".
985 words (approx. 3.9 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 34.95
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This paper explores the story structure, the role of Gretchen and theological presuppositions in Marlowe's play "Tragical History of Doctor Faust" and Goethe's play "Faust", separated by approximately two hundred years and by two different languages and cultures, English and German. The author points out that, while both Marlowe's and Goethe's plays are tragedies, Goethe's ends on an optimistic note. The paper relates that Goethe's play is a longer and more complex work with many more episodes of varied style. The author states that the Gretchen episode, which is prominent in Goethe's "Faust", is not found at all in Marlowe's play. The paper concludes that, what to Marlowe was basically a foreign story, which he imported for his own ends, was to Goethe a part of his own nation's cultural tradition and was more familiar to people as a folk tale.
Table of Contents:
Summary
Structure
Gretchen
Theology
Discussion
Structure
Gretchen
Theology
Conclusion
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"The Gretchen (Margarete) episode is a very prominent and well-known one in Goethe's Faust but is not found at all in Marlowe's play. In the last part of Part I, the role of Gretchen comes to the forefront of the story, even putting Faust himself into the background for a while. Despite her tragic, Ophelia-like demise, the voice from above which proclaims her redemption at the very end of Part I ends that part of the poem on a highly optimistic note, and foreshadows Faust's own redemption at the end of Part II."
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Roman Legend and History, 2007.
This paper compares and contrasts Roman legends and actual history.
2,045 words (approx. 8.2 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 64.95
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The paper discusses the history of the Roman Empire that is filled with legends and myths regarding Rome's most famous and infamous personalities and events. The paper explains that some of these legends are nothing but pure fantasy, while others, as many mythologists point out, have some basis in fact. Thus, the paper compares and contrasts specific individuals and events in order to separate fact from fiction and understand what is legend and what is true history. The paper explores the legends of Romulus and Remus, Aeneas, Emperor Nero and Byblos and Baalbek. The paper concludes that perhaps true history cannot be ascertained, since legends may be closer to the truth than what has come down to us in the form of so-called historical accuracy.
Outline:
Introduction
Romulus and Remus
The Founding of Rome and Aenus
Legends of Emperor Nero
Byblos and Baalbek
Conclusion
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"One of the greatest Roman legends allegedly began seven hundred and fifty-three years before the birth of Christ, to be exact, on the 21st of April. This day continues to be celebrated as the birthday of the city of Rome and the citizens of this once mighty city "date the beginning of the history of the world from that day, at least until the advent of Christianity created another legend" (Defrasne, 1965, 67). Many scholars agree that the ancient Romans, due to their passion to personalize everything connected with the city of Rome and its history, surmised that it had been founded by someone with a name similar to Romus and as early as the 5th century B.C.E. the city was already ascribed to a dark figure named Romulus."
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Urban Legend, 2005.
A review of urban legends and their impact on society.
1,286 words (approx. 5.1 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 43.95
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This paper takes a look at urban legends. The paper focuses primarily on Gail Collins' book, "Scorpion Tongue". According to the paper, Collins specifically points out that urban legends in America are synonymous to gossips about America's political history. The paper concludes by saying that urban legends can damage a society.
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"This particular urban legend circulated among the students. This type of urban legend is not time bounded for the students can relate to this, may it be students from the past, or students of the present time. This particular urban legend is funny in a way and it stirs imagination among the students as to how life was in the medieval era. And like what Collins has pointed out, urban legends such as this, are like gossips which do not provide any positive impact to any concerned people who may have heard or may have initiated such idea. It is just a thought that is nice to be heard, but there's really nothing to learn from it. "
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Santa Claus: Legend and Facts, 2002.
Traces the history of the original Saint Nicholas and how his legend and legacy is applied over Christmas throughout the world.
2,400 words (approx. 9.6 pages), 10 sources, $ 89.95
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For nearly 2,000 years, the legend of Santa Claus has existed, and continues to do so. There really was a Saint Nicholas (the original "Santa") and from his generous deeds grew the legend of the jolly fat man. We will look at the legend of Santa Claus and how he is celebrated around the Christian world every Christmastime.
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The Role of Women in the Arthurian Legends, 2002.
A paper which analyzes different versions of the King Arthur legends and discusses the roles of the female characters.
1,770 words (approx. 7.1 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 57.95
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The paper shows that we can perhaps best come to an understanding of the role that women play in the Arthurian legends by examining the love story of Lancelot and Guinevere. It explains that we see in Guinevere the different roles and functions that women are supposed to meet in this world ? and the impossibility of their being able to fulfill each and every one of those roles. The paper discusses however, that we do not see these things in her as an independent character but rather in her relationships to Lancelot and to Arthur. This is in fact only appropriate, for women in the Arthurian ring do not stand by themselves. They are continually defined through their relationships to men. The paper discusses the works of several writers of Arthurian legends including Sir Thomas Malory and Chr?tien de Troyes.
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"Within the Arthurian legend, Morgan le Fay is often referred to as a queen and she is one of the three queens who tempts Lancelot, making her in this important way a parallel to Guinevere. But while Guinevere is as loyal as she can be to Arthur and betrays him reluctantly and at great personal cost, Morgan stands in opposition to Arthur with ease. Like the fay in the Cu Chulainn tale, this Morgan is a sort of semi-divine adversary whose role in this world is not to love Arthur (or Lancelot) but to serve as an agonist, as an antagonist who helps to keep Arthur and his knights on their guard."
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Urban Legends, 2006.
This paper discusses urban legends.
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This paper provides a short history and definition of urban legends. The author also analyzes a specific urban legend and through the example shows the characteristics and reasoning for their widespread acceptance and use.
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"While pinpointing a single source of a particular urban legend is improbable and near impossible, the cause of a legend's survival is due to its lively and "factual" content. Subsequently, urban legends are spread far and wide due to the fact that their subject matter--usually death, injury, tragedy, danger, or scandal--is of extraordinary human interest. While urban legends are essentially unverified by credible sources (government agencies, police, news media, etc.), their attention to detail and appeal to close relation to the speaker (friend of a friend) creates a heightened sense of truth to all who hear them."
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Urban Legends, 2002.
An analysis of the popularity of urban legends through a review of the work of Gary Alan Fine.
1,400 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 1 source, $ 53.95
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This essay discusses the question of what accounts for the popularity of urban legends. The paper examines the work of Gary Alan Fine, who develops a number of functionalist arguments suggesting that certain urban legends are popular because they express concerns or values that are common in modern society.
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Allusions to "Paradise Lost" and "Faust" in "Frankenstein", 2007.
A literary analysis of allusions to John Milton's "Paradise Lost" and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's "Faust" in Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein".
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This paper examines Mary Shelley's novel "Frankenstein" and the allusions it makes to Milton's epic poem "Paradise Lost" and Goethe's "Faust". The paper holds that "Frankenstein" includes these allusions to present the reader with a clear explanation of the inner torment of the characters. The paper expands upon the parallels between the characters in each work in detail and concludes that familiarity with "Faust" and "Paradise Lost" adds to our understanding of "Frankenstein" and makes the novel memorable and powerful.
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"The monster's epiphany is a catalyst to his destructive path. He realizes that his creator has handled creationism in an irresponsible manner and is repulsed by Victor's utter abandonment. "'Accursed creator! Why did you form a monster so hideous that even you turned from me in disgust? (125) He also realizes that his grotesque appearance will forever condemn him to loneliness. "God, in pity, made man beautiful and alluring, after his own image; but my form is a filthy type of your, more horrid even from the very resemblance... Satan had his companions, fellow devils, to admire and encourage him, but I am solitary and abhorred" (125). This idea drawn from "Paradise Lost", that even Satan has companions, pains the monster terribly; he knows he is a good natured, genuine creature, yet he is rejected by the world."
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"Legend of Good Women", 2002.
Studies the masochistic bases of female sexuality from a psychoanalytic point of view, as medieval writer Geoffrey Chaucer presents it in his work, "Legend of Good Women".
10,500 words (approx. 42.0 pages), 43 sources, APA, $ 209.95
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The paper looks at the way in which female desire and sexuality as a whole have been presented in the "Legend of Good Women". The paper explores the masochistic bases of female sexuality as a theme in Chaucer's "Legend of Good Women". Further questions arise in relation to the portrayal of female sexuality in Chaucer's work. The dissertation explores Chaucer's stance as presented in his piece, relates it to the (misogynist) medieval culture, and evaluates its reliability through a feminist-psychoanalytic reading of the text.
Paper Outline:
Introduction
Anatomy as Destiny: Acquiescence and/or Resistance
Pre-oedipal Stages of Development
Phallus
Taking up or Rejecting Gender Roles & Identities
'Women Desiren to have Sovereyntee'
Ambiguities in Female Sexuality
Silence, Secrecy & Suffering
When Sex is Synonymous to Danger & Fear
'Sex Trade'
The Weaker Sex?
Conclusion: Orgasmic Deaths - Masochism at its Peak
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"The tension between sexual danger and sexual pleasure is a powerful one in women's lives. Sexuality is simultaneously a domain of restriction, repression, and danger as well as a domain of exploration, pleasure, and agency. To focus only on pleasure and gratification ignores the patriarchal structure in which women act, yet to speak only of sexual violence and oppression ignores women's experience with sexual agency and choice and unwittingly increases the sexual terror and despair in which women live. ... The juxtaposition of pleasure and danger ... [is] an ongoing subject in the lives of individual women who must weigh the pleasures of sexuality against its cost in their daily calculations, choices, and acts.' Entangled in this web of patriarchal constructs, the woman's taking steps towards the reconciliation of the polarities of Desire is not without pain. Not being able to come to terms with the ambivalent nature of her Desire, of Desire in itself, can be even more agonising. In fact, the assertion of female sexual Desire is itself equivalent to standing against patriarchal society and defying its norms; which is not an effortless act. On the other hand, curtailing one's Desire would be to impose restrictions upon oneself, which can often create tensions and anxiety; as Muriel Dimen puts it, 'constraint of desire leads directly to self-betrayal'. Does this suggest that pain and suffering are not inextricable from the woman's experience of negotiating sexuality? Or rather, are these the very elements that lead to fulfilment of female sexual Desire? If this is so, it will not be irrelevant to suggest that female sexuality is extensively based on masochistic tendencies of 'enjoying pain'.
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Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow", 2008.
This paper discusses the protagonist Ichibod Crane from Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow".
1,000 words (approx. 4.0 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 35.95
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This paper explains that the character of Ichabod Crane, in Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow", represents the intrusion of the outsider upon an isolated and static community. The author points out that Crane threatens to bring disastrous changes to an environment. The paper relates that Crane's itinerant lifestyle, which he maintains even within this settled agrarian community, identifies him as one who does not seek the integration demanded by this environment. The author underscores that the character's tendency toward endless consumption and the perception that all he encounters should somehow be transformed into a means to benefit himself escalates the hostility of his environment. The paper concludes that his attempt to court the character of Katrina solely for the purpose of satisfying his mercenary desires creates a threat to the Hollow, which can only be eliminated by his permanent expulsion.
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"The figure of Ichabod Crane emerges as one that devours without nourishment, consuming and then moving on, which directly threatens the carefully balanced stasis of the environment of Sleepy Hollow. He is presented as one who eats large amounts of food, yet appears "tall and exceedingly lank" and is compared to a crane or scarecrow, implying an inability to absorb nourishment from his consumption. Even as he makes his way through the countryside, Crane transforms the landscape's autumnal bounty into feasts to be devoured: apples become ciders, corn becomes cakes, and pumpkins".
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"The Legend of Sleepy Hollow", 2008.
A case study of Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow".
927 words (approx. 3.7 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 32.95
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This paper examines how "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" is representative of the time in which Washington Irving lived, as well as of the literary tradition of the time. It analyzes the culture, the history, and the philosophy expressed in the short story's literary style of romanticism.
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Introduction
Culture
History
Philosophy
Conclusion
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"The philosophy of Romanticism is apparent throughout "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow." Romantic philosophy was based on the ideals of Transcendentalism, which was "based on a fundamental belief in the unity of the world and God. The soul of each individual was thought to be identical with the world--a microcosm of the world itself" (USINFO, par. 6). Each of the major characters has a unique connection with the world. Balt van Tassel, for example, represents the world's bounty, while his daughter is a virginal, potentially fruitful earth mother. Crane himself is easily equated with a bird: not only does he migrate from roost to roost, but his frame and his singing voice complete the image that begins with his name. "
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Loch Ness Monster: Legend or Myth?, 2006.
This paper offers details about the legend or myth of the Loch Ness Monster.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 3 sources, $ 53.95
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The paper reveals that the legend or myth of the Loch Ness Monster originated in Inverness, Scotland. The earliest findings, according to Ginger Groves, were depicted in the 1st century by Romans at the Scottish Highlands. Groves continues with the description, saying that it was a very strange looking beast with an elongated beak or trunk and a head and flippers instead of feet.
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"In the early 30s, an English surgeon, Kenneth Wilson, supposedly took photos of the beast during the JFK controversy and that flight swiveled into the surgeon's photo. Since the scare and craze begin to twirl even further, a newspaper company decided to hire an investigator for the purpose of instigating the Loch Ness Monster to help boost their ratings. The investigator, Mamaduke Wethrell didn't find the Loch Ness Monster but found some gigantic footprints on the shores of Loch Ness."
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