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John Milton's 'Paradise Lost' / The Wrong Conclusion ?
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This 6 page paper provides an analysis of John Milton's Paradise Lost. The focus is on the ending of the work and whether or not another conclusion would have been better. Also addressed are the philosophical questions posed by the piece. No additional sources cited.
Filename: Lostpara.wps

John Milton's 'Paradise Lost' vs. Hobbes' 'Leviathan' / Science & Religion
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This 6 page research paper examines the scientific and religious views of man and the cosmos offered by Thomas Hobbes' The Leviathan (1651) and John Milton's Paradise Lost (1667). Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: Levlost.wps

Milton’s Humanity : Dreams vs. Reality
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A 5 page paper which examines the tension that exists in John Milton’s works in regards to humanities dreams, which involve pure spirituality, and the reality, which involves the gross and decayed. For the most part, Milton provides the tension by illustrating how God is pure and man is involved in a constant struggle to exist in that purity, but with no lick, due to the fact that God has placed us in this essentially evil and vile world so that we may suffer and dream of the greatness of God. The works examined are “Of Education,” “Areopagitica,” and “Lycidas.” Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: RAmilton.wps

Paradise Lost and The Rape of the Lock / A Poetic Contrast
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A 5 page paper examining John Milton's classic 'Paradise Lost,' and Alexander Pope's 'The Rape of the Lock.' The writer discusses the two works, the contrasts between them, and their authors. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: Miltpapr.wps

Swift and Conrad / Dual Strains of Irony
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A 20 page paper looking at the various types of irony in the Western literary tradition. Surveying the use of irony by over a dozen writers, the paper determines that irony developed in two major strains: the humanistic and the fatalistic, with Swift embodying the first type and Conrad the second. Bibliography lists 16 sources.
Filename: Ironywks.wps

A Solution for the Day Care Crisis: A Satire
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A five page essay, based on the model of Jonathan Swift’s “A Modest Proposal”, facetiously suggesting that as a solution to the shortage of adequate day care facilities, we should just leave our toddlers home alone. The paper’s real meaning is that working mothers need to assume more responsibility for the nurturing of their growing children. No sources.
Filename: KBsatire.wps

Conrad, Blake, Swift, & the Dialectics of Literary Inheritance
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A 20 page paper showing how Joseph Conrad, as an early Modernist, used many techniques inherited from earlier literary periods -- some of which he would have cheerfully acknowledged, others of which he would have found less congenial. Specifically, the paper looks at ways in which the ideologies and techniques of Jonathan Swift and William Blake found their way into Conrad's works. Bibliography lists 20 sources.
Filename: Conswift.wps

John Milton's 'Paradise Lost' vs. Jonathan Swift's 'Modest Proposal' Narrative Voice
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A 5 page analysis of 'Paradise Lost' by John Milton and 'A Modest Proposal' by Jonathan Swift that examines the ways in which each of these authors used the persona of their narrators in order to express their themes for each work. No additional sources cited.
Filename: Swiftmil.wps

Jonathan Swift's 'A Modest Proposal'
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A 10 page research paper outlining Jonathan Swift's 'A Modest Proposal.' The writer analyzes the work as a sociopolitical treatise and examines other political works of Swift, as they relate to Ireland and England at the time. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: Modestpr.wps

Jonathan Swift's 'A Modest Proposal' & Forster's 'My Wood' / Using Satire to Criticize What they Believe to Be the False Values of Society
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In 5 pages, the author discusses Jonathan Swift's 'A Modest Proposal' and E. M. Forster's 'My Wood' and shows how the authors use satire to criticize what they perceive to be the false values of society. No other sources.
Filename: PCsat.doc