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Nella Larsen's 'Quicksand'
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A 5 page paper discussion about the book, 'Quicksand,' by Nella Larsen. The discussion addresses the issues surrounding Helga Crane. These issues include race, gender, and social class. The characther most heavily discussed is the character of Helga Crane, who illustrates very well how the issues involved are heavily interrelated for they are nothing more than the fine details of a larger picture. No additional sources provided.
Filename: Quicksan.wps
Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man: The Symbolic Value of the Narrator's
Possessions
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This 2 page paper considers the symbolic value of the items that the narrator collects in his briefcase and those items that he eventually discards. No additional sources cited.
Filename: MHinvism.wps
Tennesse Williams' 'A Streetcar Named Desire' vs. F. Scott Fitzgerald's 'Babylon Revisited'
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In this 6 page paper, the writer demonstrates how the theme of disillusionment is developed through the characterizations of Blanche DuBois and Charlie Wales in these two short stories. No additional sources cited.
Filename: Streetcar.wps
The Influences of Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston on
African-American Blues and Theater
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A 10 page paper which examines the
influences provided by poet Langston Hughes and novelist/short-story
writer Zora Neale Hurston on African-American blues and theater, by
comparing and contrasting their perspectives, through such works as
(among others), Hughes' 'The Weary Blues' and 'Po' Boy Blues' and
Hurston's short story, 'How It Feels to Be Colored Me,' and the novel,
'Their Eyes Were Watching God.' Bibliography lists 13 sources.
Filename: TGlanzor.wps
The Representation of Women in 'My Antonia' and 'McTeague'
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A 6 page paper looking at the way women are portrayed in these two novels, by Willa Cather and Frank Norris respectively. The paper argues that in each case, the author has chosen to distance himself so much from the sensibility of the central female character that she is less a real woman than an abstraction. Bibliography lists two sources (the books).
Filename: Myanmc.wps
The Spirit of Place in the African American Experience
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An 8 page paper examining three novels -- Huckleberry Finn, Love is Medicine, and Beloved -- and treating the issue of what constitutes a good place, a spiritual home, in all three works. Huckleberry Finn and Beloved are dealt with most extensively. No sources except books.
Filename: Belov.wps
Toni Morisson's 'Beloved' and Sherley Ann Williams' 'Dessa Rose' / Motherhood & Maternalism
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A 5 page paper comparing and contrasting the protagonists' ability to assume the responsibilities of motherhood. The paper argues that Because the slave does not have any autonomy of her own, she cannot function in a typical maternal relationship to a dependent child; therefore, she needs to either break out of her cycle of submission, or have someone else to do her mothering for her. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: Beldessa.wps
Walker's 'The Color Purple' v. Otto's 'How to Make an American Quilt'
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A 9 page paper that describes how the authors of these two works utilize structures unique to story development to present their ideas on feminism, relationships, sexuality and domesticity. While both authors utilize different structural formats (Walker presents her's as an epistolary novel, while Otto's is set within the context of a quilting instructional manual), each uncommon structure significantly effects the author's presentation of ideas. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: Purpquil.wps
Zora Neale Hurston's 'Their Eyes Were Watching God,' Nella Larsen's 'Passing' And Ann Petry's 'The Street': Marriage
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10 pages in length. Zora Neale Hurston's 'Their Eyes Were Watching God,' Nella Larsen's 'Passing' and Ann Petry's 'The Street' all address the issue of marriage in very different ways. While all three stories speak about the bonds of matrimony in one way or another, it is not actually the marriage, in and of itself, upon which the tales focus. Rather, each author carefully yet quite effectively touches upon marriage, its meaning within the social backdrop, as well as the requirements necessary to maintain its existence; however, these stories delve much deeper into the aspect of marriage than what merely resides on the surface. It is through intense character examination that the reader is able to see beyond the marital façade to a more realistic place where the authors' protagonists inevitably dwell. The writer discusses the importance marriage plays in each one. No additional sources cited.
Filename: TLCmarig.wps
Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God: Janie's Quest for
Self-Definition
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This 2 page paper considers the role of Janie in Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God, and considers her quest as it defines the action in the story. In particular, this paper outlines Janie's quest for self-definition and her symbolic journey, both of which shape her transformation and regeneration. No additional sources
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Filename: MHHurst2.wps
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