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Edith Wharton's 'Ethan Frome' & The Importance Of Winter
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A 3 page essay on the importance that winter plays in the story. Bibliography sites 1 source.
Filename: Coldvast.rtf
Edith Wharton's 'Ethan Frome' & The Theme Of Entrapment
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A 10 page paper exploring the theme of entrapment in Edith Wharton's novel. The paper analyzes the various forms of entrapment within the novel as they apply to the 3 main characters. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: Efrome.wps
Edith Wharton's 'Ethan Frome' vs. Willa Cather's 'Professor's House' :
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A 7 page essay that examines how Edith Wharton and Willa Cather by selecting everyday people as their protagonists in Ethan Frome and The Professor's House are able to convey complex stories which reveal their views relative to society and certain aspects of humanity in general. The writer demonstrates how these two radically different storylines have certain elements in common which result primarily from the authors use of simple people as the main characters. No additional sources cited.
Filename: Appealc.wps
Edith Wharton's 'Roman Fever'
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4 pages in length. The writer discusses plot, conflict, protagonist, antagonist, setting and climax as they relate to Edith Wharton's Roman Fever. No additional sources cited.
Filename: Romanf.wps
Edith Wharton’s War Stories
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A 6 page work looking at this unusual yet seminal period in Edith Wharton’s life -- her life in France at the outbreak of World War I, and the stories that arose from this experience. Wharton’s literary efforts to raise public awareness about the French people’s plight contributed toward her earning the French Legion of Honor. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: KBwhart.wps
Romantic Era Literature / Past & Present
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A 9 page research paper and comparison of Romantic literature authors, with focus on Mary Shelley, Edith Wharton, Anne Rice and Fannie Flagg. The paper posits that not only did the earlier writers influence the later writers, but that all reject the cannonical view of women's roles of their times and politicize the role of female authorship. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: Romnera.wps
Shelley's 'Frankenstein' vs. Wharton's 'The Age of Innocence'
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A 7 page paper in which the writer argues that while both women were expressing changing attitudes in femininity thought in their books through contrast and duality, Edith Wharton's view was made through an expansive flowing growth and Mary Shelley's was from an explosive view. The purpose of both stories was to show the need for men and women to come together in equal treatment of women during different eras. Whereas Wharton looked at the changes from the idea of growing together, Shelley's view was of killing off the old ideas. No additional sources cited.
Filename: Agefrank.wps
The Life of Lily Bart / The Tragic Victim of Social Conventions
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This 5 page paper argues the thesis that Lily Bart, the main character in Edith Wharton's The House of Mirth, once held a prominent position in New York's Victorian society, and subsequently loses her stature and her friends because of her circumstances. Lily Bart becomes a tragic victim of social conventions and is trapped by bad relationships and confining circumstances that correspond with Victorian values. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: Lilybart.wps
The Men In Edith Wharton's Life
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A 5 page paper analyzing the relationship of the men in Edith Wharton's poetry and fiction to the relationships she actually had in her life. The paper determines there is a very close correspondence, and theorizes that putting so much of her personal life into her writing helped her deal with her own experience. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: Wharton.wps
The Men In Edith Wharton's Life # 2
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A 4 page paper giving an overview of the men in Edith Wharton's life compared to the men in two of her famous books, Ethan Frome and Summer. She may not have found her one true love or passion, but she put them in all of her works. Several sources cited.
Filename: Edith.wps
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