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The Two Sides of Mark Twain
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A 7 page paper on the life and works of Mark Twain. It points out that the persona the author presents in the earlier short stories [Innocents Abroad, The Gilded Age, The Prince & The Pauper, etc;] is much different than the one he presents in Huckleberry Finn. Bibliography lists 5 sources including Twain's books.
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Tom and Huck’s Friendship in Twain’s “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn'
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A 7 page look at the relationship of these two boyhood friends in Mark Twain’s classic novel. The paper argues that the significant differences between Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer actually encapsulate the novel’s theme. No additional sources.
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Twain's 'Huck Finn' and Emerson's 'Self-Reliance'
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A five page paper showing how Ralph Waldo Emerson's essay aids the reader in understanding the motivation of Huck in Mark Twain's 'The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.' The paper argues that the social rules cannot keep Huck from answering the call of his conscience and his heart. No additional sources.
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Twain’s “Connecticut Yankee” as an Indictment of Technology
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A 6 page paper looking at Mark Twain’s “A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court” as an indictment of both technology and industrialism in the nineteenth century. The paper argues that Twain likened Camelot to nineteenth-century America, which he viewed as enraptured with potentially destructive technology whose dangers they did not appreciate. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Twain/Dickens‹A Comparison
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A 12 page research paper that examines Charles Dickens' Little Dorrit and Mark Twain's Puddn'head Wilson. The writer argues that these novels were actually quite similar even though their subject matter was extremely different. They both deal with the social issues of their time and each shows how some of the accepted concepts of their particular period of history were really ludicrous. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
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Becker's 'Hungry Ghosts: China's Secret Famine'
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A fourteen page paper looking at this groundbreaking book by Jasper Becker. It shows how Mao's 'Great Leap Forward' of the late 1950s and early 1960s affected the Chinese peasant farmer, and charges that thirty million people died as a result of his bizarre agricultural policies. Bibliography lists five sources.
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Mankind/A Medieval Play
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A 5 page analysis of the medieval morality play, 'Mankind.' The writer focuses on the scene in which Mischief holds 'court' as representative of the features of the play. The writer argues that this play is most significant, not for its content, but rather because it indicates the beginnings of professionalism in English drama. No additional sources listed.
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David Mamet / Profanity
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5 pages in length. The use of profanity in David Mamet's work is his calling card within the industry. Yet there are those who consider such use as overkill and think he utilizes obscenities merely for the shock value. The writer discusses reasons why Mamet does, in fact, incorporate so much profanity into his plays. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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David Mamet's 'Oleanna'
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This 5 page essay analyzes this three-act play by Mamet which has the themes of sex, power and emotional warfare. This writer proposes the play is a lesson in how abusive movements for rights can become and supports this theme with quotations and descriptions from the play's content.
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Profanity In The Work of David Mamet
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A 5 page paper examining the plays of this award-winning playwright, in terms of his abundant profanity. Looking closely at Edmond and Glengarry Glen Ross, the paper concludes that Mamet's characters cannot really do anything about their powerlessness; the only thing they can do with impunity is swear. Bibliography lists six sources.
Filename: Mamet.doc