Like Water for Chocolate / Movie and Book Comparison
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In 7 pages, the author compares the movie and book versions of Like Water for Chocolate or Como agua para chocolate by Laura Esquivel. It is a story that is too hot to handle: forbidden love, matriarchal dominance, the supernatural, and the special Mexican recipes that become more than enticing dishes. The protagonist is Tita, the youngest daughter in a family of three daughters who, because of a tradition imposed by her mother, is not allowed to marry the man she loves. When comparing the movie version and the novel, one will note that the movie version evokes images of mistreatment, disdain, and provocation, which are not in the book. A free Roman Numeral Sentence Outline is included. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: PClwfc.doc

Love in Marquez and Amado
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A five page paper comparing Gabriel Garcia Marquez' "Love in the Time of Cholera" with Jorge Amado's "Gabriela, Clove, and Cinnamon." The paper concludes that Amado presents the argument that love is pervasive in all our human relationships because it is what makes life worth living; Garcia Marquez goes further, asserting that love is in fact all there is. No additional sources.
Filename: KBcholer.wps

Luis Vaz de Camoes' "Os Lusiadas"
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A 4 page paper on this classic of Portuguese literature. The writer explores the author's life in reference to his work, and describes the historical reference. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: Camoes.wps

Luis-Martin Santos' "Tempos De Siliencio"
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(trans. "Time of Silence"). In this 7 page essay, the writer evaluates Santos' novel as an important literary advance which signaled the abandonment of the older, linear works of Spanish provincialism. The story is analyzed with relevance to the author's own life and times. Very well-written. No other sources are cited.
Filename: Tiempos.wps

Machismo And Machisma In Marquez & Lorca
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The House of Bernarda Alba by Federico Garcia Lorca is a play that is focused on the social role of women as it applies to family honor. Chronicle of A Death Foretold is a novella by Gabriel Garcia Marquez that focuses on the social role of men as it applies to family honor. This 10 page paper argues that the stories have similar settings, similar endings and similar messages; however, the primary difference is how men and women react to the influences of a patriarchal society. No additional sources are listed.
Filename: KTchrhse.rtf

Manuel Puig’s 1976 Novel, “Kiss of the Spider Woman”
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A 5 page paper which examines how the novel treats sexuality and homosexuality. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: TGkiss.rtf

Maria Irene Fornes: The Conduct of Life.
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(6 pp) Theater has an ancient definitive term that has held it in good stead for quite some time. It is called the "suspension of disbelief." What it means is that when I go into the theater, I am willing to take the risk of not understanding everything that I see. I may even believe thing that I really haven't seen, but it feel as though I have. Maria Ire Fornes is a master of this ancient skill of the suspension of disbelief. We will discuss it in her 1985 play, The Conduct of Life.
Filename: BBfornes.doc

Maria Luisa Bombal's The Tree
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The story of The Tree by Maria Luisa Bombal is based on events in the life of a young woman that are infused with exaggerated and, or, 'magical' elements. This 5 page paper asserts that story is centered on the gender roles of Hispanic society that negate the existence of women through a focus on male roles. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: KTbombal.wps

Mariano Azuela's 'The Underdogs' / War & Cynicism
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A 5 page paper on this novel about the Mexican Revolution, by Mariano Azuela. The paper concludes that Azuela feels there is no sense to the cyclical rise and fall of leaders and movements, alliances and feuds, and that war is a waste of precious human life. Bibliography included.
Filename: Unddog.wps

Maryse Conde's "I, Tituba, Black Witch Of Salem": Balancing Suffering And Happiness
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3 pages in length. Tituba, the only black woman to be accused of witchery, had many conflicting issues in her life, not the least of which were trying to distinguish a balance between suffering and happiness in order to construct a meaningful life. In her attempt to achieve this elusive balance, she must often make a choice between freedom and love. By having to make this choice, one might readily surmise that while freedom, love and happiness were of paramount importance to her, none of them could be achieved without suffering. The writer discusses this topic as it relates to Maryse Conde's "I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem." No additional sources cited.
Filename: TLCtitub.wps

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