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James Joyce's 'Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Man' / Religion
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A 5 page paper showing how James Joyce's protagonist liberates himself from this spiritually-inhibiting worldview of Irish Catholicism and embarks on a lifetime adventure of self-discovery. The writer points out the tension between Stephen Dedalus's two names -- that of the Christian martyr, and the Greek mythologically credited with giving man the power of flight. No additional sources cited.
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James Joyce's 'Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Man' v. 'Ulysses'/ Irish Vision
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A 12 page paper discussing the distinctively Irish quality of these two works by James Joyce. The paper concludes that as much as the Irish idealize the workings of the spirit, they value the life of the body also, and James Joyce is able to combine both these traits abundantly in both these works. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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James Joyce's 'Ulysses' / Joyce's Quest For Home
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A 7 page examination of Joyce's monumental work as a map for the journey of the myth of the Hero and his quest for home. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: Ulys.doc

Joyce's 'Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man' / Elements of Fiction
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A 5 page paper on Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, an early but extremely influential work by twentieth-century Irish writer James Joyce. The paper asserts that Joyce experimented heavily with alternative approaches to fictional elements in this novel, and in doing so, spawned an entire literary movement. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Joyce’s “Portrait” and “Ulysses”: the Growth of Stephen Dedalus
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A 10 page paper analyzing the character of Stephen Dedalus in these two novels by James Joyce. The paper points out that while Portrait shows how an oppressive upbringing can transform youthful talent into rebellion, Ulysses changes Stephen’s rebellion back into talent, and gives it a direction to go. Bibliography lists six sources.
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Leopold Bloom and the Heroic Ideal in James Joyce's 'Ulysses'
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A 5 page paper which considers whether or not the character of Leonard Bloom in James Joyce’s novel, Ulysses (1922) is a hero or anti-hero. Also considered is how James Joyce’s form of humanism differs from the Homeric ideal and how it differs from other heroic ideals encountered in art, literature or film. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: TGjoyce.doc

Love in Wilde, Joyce & Blake
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An 8 page paper looking at Oscar Wilde's urbane The Picture of Dorian Gray, James Joyce's modernist Dubliners, and William Blake's Romantic Songs of Innocence and Experience, in terms of the way each author depicted humanity's problem with love. The paper shows that all three authors felt society has impeded our ability to freely express love and establish intimacy with one another. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: LoveWJB.doc

Love, Commitment, and Identity in Joyce & McCullers
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A 4 page paper analyzing the tendency of love to drown one's soul, and the self-preserving efforts to resist this. The paper points out that in Joyce's 'Eveline' this is accomplished through the heroine's rejection of love; in McCullers' 'A Tree. A Rock. A Cloud.' it is accomplished through the protagonist's cautious approach to loving. Bibliography lists two sources.
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Obscenity and Vulgarity in Joyce and Carter
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A five page paper looking at the question of whether James Joyce’s Ulysses and Angela Carter’s The Bloody Chamber deserve to be considered obscene and vulgar. The paper concludes that Joyce’s use of vulgarity is a natural part of an otherwise life-affirming novel; Carter’s is merely intended to incite lust in the reader, and thus has no redeeming social value. No additional sources.
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John Fowles 'The Collector' vs. 'The Tempest'
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A 7 page paper comparing John Fowles' novel with Shakespeare's play. It concludes that while Shakespeare saw Prospero's reign as one of benevolence and Fowles saw Clegg's as a reign of terror, both involved manipulating people against their will. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: Tempest.wps