Papers On British Literature
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Oscar Wilde/An Ideal Husband
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A 5 page essay that examines Wilde's play in regards to how it reflected Wilde's aesthetic sense in regards to Victorian morality. Aesthetic intellectuals such as Wilde wrote in reaction to the what they perceived as the hypocrisy of the time. Wilde, like his fellow aesthetics, felt that beauty and art had been corrupted by industrialism. Therefore, as illustrated in his play An Ideal Husband, Wilde was proud of his moral daring and displayed his regard for art in displaying his extraordinary skill with words and sophisticated witty dialogue. No additional sources cited.
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Oscar Wilde/Comic Technique
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A 5 page essay that discusses the comic technique of nineteenth century playwright Oscar Wilde. The writer compares The Importance of Being Earnest and An Ideal Husband. No additional sources cited.
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P. D. James' "Devices And Desires": Literary Criticism
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6 pages in length. The concept of literary criticism embodies a number of critical theories by which to better address the various perspectives of interdisciplinary connection. As a means by which to establish a fundamental basis for prose to be perceived within the myriad literary components, the critical theory serves to create a semblance of organization between and among the functional elements of writing. It has always been one of many primary quests of literary criticism to assess the extent to which individual interpretation plays a role in critiquing a work such as Deviance and Desires. No additional sources cited.
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Parallels in Golding's "Lord of the Flies" and Shakespeare's "Hamlet"
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A six page paper comparing these two works in terms of their thematic and literary similarities. Characterization is discussed extensively, along with personification, irony, simile, metaphor, and allegory. The paper concludes that both Shakespeare and Golding show that our worst enemy is often us. Bibliography lists four sources.
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Parent/Child Conflict in Three Shakespearean Plays
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A five page paper looking at the way conflict between parents and children (specifically, between fathers and daughters) is rendered in three Shakespearean plays -- "King Lear," "Romeo and Juliet," and "The Tempest." The paper concludes that when parents are unable to understand their children, conflict ensues -- but when these parents refuse to change, tragedy results. Bibliography lists three sources.
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Passion in Jane Eyre
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A 19 page research paper that analyzes Charlotte Bronte's masterpiece Jane Eyre. The writer argues that this novel features a controversial heroine who was the antithesis of Victorian notions of what a woman should be like. Furthermore, the passionate relationship and eventual marriage of Rochester and Jane is explored, and also offered as being radically different from Victorian paradigms. Bibliography lists 15 sources.
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Pat Barker/ World War I Trilogy
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A 10 page research paper that examines the Pat Barker's trilogy set during World War I -- Regeneration (1991), The Eye in the Door (1993), and The Ghost Road (1995). Barker based the characters in these novels on real historical figures. The writer argues that this sort of historiographic metafiction offers fresh insight on the first Word War that could not be obtained by either straight fiction or history. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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Paternity and Brotherhood in Joyce's "Finnegans Wake"
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An eight page paper looking at these dual themes in this celebrated and complex work by James Joyce. The
paper shows how the relationship of Shem and Shaun to their father and to each other is reflected in both the Bible and Greek myth. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
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Percy Bysshe Shelley/A Defense of Poetry
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A 5 page research paper in which the writer examines Shelley's detailed and articulate argument that assesses the value of poetry, in general, as well as the role of the poet as an "unacknowledged legislator" for the world. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Philology & The Imaginary Worlds Of J.R.R. Tolkein
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In this 5 page essay, the writer essentially discusses the life and works of Tolkein,-- focusing specifically upon the imaginary worlds he managed to create in "The Hobbit" and "Lord Of The Rings" and his love for language (philology). Throughout the essay, examples of words and names created by Tolkein are provided as are their meanings & usefulness in his stories. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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