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Sir Gawain And The Green Knight: The Use Of A Pagan Villain As A Test Of Christian Virtue
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This 10 page paper considers the issue of virtue as presented in the Old English version of the tale of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, and considers why the poet would have used a pagan symbol (the Green Knight) to show the nature of virtue from a Christian perspective. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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“Gawain” and “Cei”
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A ten page paper looking at these two characters of Arthurian romance -- one from Chretien de Troyes’ “Erec and Enide” and “Lancelot,” and the other from Rosemary Sutcliff’s contemporary novel “Sword at Sunset.” The paper points out that Gawain is demeaned in Chretien’s works because he needed a more distinctively Gallic hero, while Sutcliff needed to make Cei more warrior-like to fit with her own setting. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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Feudalism in Sir Gawain
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A 6 page paper on the fourteenth-century anonymous work Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. It points out that the social structures imposed by feudalism had a great deal to do with the development of all three branches of chivalry -- bravery, loyalty, and decorum. Examples are offered from the poem. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Honor & The Test in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
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A 3 page paper on this famous medieval poem of anonymous authorship. The paper examines the question of whether Gawain passes the test set up for him by the Green Knight, and argues that he does; the point of the exercise was to test Gawain's honor and courage, and he exhibited both. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Magic In 'A Midsummer's Night Dream' And 'Sir Gawain And The Green Knight'
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A 5 page paper discussing how magic is employed in the two works. King Oberon uses the magical potions in order to effect his own short-term gain; Sir Gawain uses his as an aid in keeping himself pure as he desires to be. No additional sources cited.
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The City in the Gawain-Poet’s “Pearl” and More’s “Utopia”
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A four-page paper looking at these two works from the fourteenth and sixteenth centuries, respectively. The paper shows that while both works deal with the city as a central motif, and both present cities which are imaginary and ideal, the intentions of the authors in writing their works make their presentations very different. Bibliography lists four sources.
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Sandra Cisnero's 'The House On Mango Street'
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A 5 page analysis of the book by Sandra Cisneros. The writer stresses Cisneros' use of setting, both physical and cultural, in establishing the meaning and character of this somewhat autobiographical novel of a young Chicana girl's adolescence. No additional sources cited.
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Censorship of Salinger’s “Catcher in the Rye”
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A 7 page paper detailing the furor which has surrounded J.D. Salinger’s classic novel ever since its publication. The paper concludes that Salinger’s accurate portrayal of teenage life brings his adolescent readers into his story, and from there he can give them his real message -- that growing up is anything but idyllic, but that one can live through it with a lot of help from one’s peers. Bibliography lists 8 sources, which follow the paper.
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Criticisms of 'The Catcher in the Rye' by J. D. Salinger
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In 4 pages, the writer summarizes the main points of three critics who have written criticism of 'The Catcher in the Rye', noting similarities and differences in their criticisms. ''The Catcher in the Rye' is a 1950s book that has been criticized in many forms by many people. Holden Caulfield is the subject of most of the criticism because he is the main character of the novel, and the novel is written in first person. The book has been on the 'banned list' of many schools for its vulgarity.' Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Dramaturgy and Symbol in August Wilson’s “Fences” and J.D. Salinger’s “Catcher in the Rye”
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A 9 page paper looking at the way these two works are organized around a governing symbol. In both cases, the paper argues, the works center themselves around the idea of self-protection versus reaching out to love others and find fulfillment in them. No additional sources.
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