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Wilde's View of Women, Love and Marriage in, "The Picture of Dorian Gray":
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This 3 page paper examines the way in which Wilde depicts women, love and marraige in this classic piece of literature. This paper refers to specific episodes in the story in order to correlate the thesis with the ideas of Wilde. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: GSDorGry.rtf

Wilderness According to Henry David Thoreau:
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This 5 page paper dicusses the idea of wilderness according to Thoreau, who often wrote about it. Many of Thoreau's works are examined for examples. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: GSWilder.rtf

Willa Cather's 'My Antonia' -- Antonia's Jim / An Outcast Made Whole
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A 6 page paper on the character of Jim Burden in Willa Cather's My Antonia. It analyzes the ways in which knowing Antonia contributes to Jim's own development as a person, bringing him from orphaned outcast to successful lawyer, and also shows how both Antonia and Jim serve as symbols for the strength of America's people. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: Cather.wps

Willa Cather's "My Antonia"
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This 4 page report discusses Willa Cather's 1918 novel and the relationships between young Jim Burden, Antonia Shimerda, and Antonia's father. Young Jim is himself is something of an immigrant, the proverbial stranger in a strange land, when he goes to live with his grandparents in Nebraska. It does not come as any surprise that he so relates to and connects with the Shimerda family. In them, especially Antonia and her father, he sees much of himself. Bibliography only lists the primary source.
Filename: BWwillaC.rtf

Willa Cather's "My Antonia": Images Of Exile, Journey, Pilgrimage, Community, Belonging, Nature And Sensual Passion
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5 pages in length. Willa Cather's "My Antonia" does a wonderful job of stressing the intrinsic connection between the concepts of biblical exile, journey and pilgrimage with that of depiction of community, a sense of belonging, a love of nature and sensual passion among people. It is obvious to the reader that -- in the author's story, at least -- one cannot and does not exist without the other. No additional sources cited.
Filename: TLCwilla.wps

Willa Cather's Paul's Case (Analysis)
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This 8 page analysis focuses on this short story. Quotes from the story are included. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: SA848wc.rtf

Willa Cather’s “Shadows on the Rock”
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A 3 page paper which reflects on Willa Cather’s story “Shadows on the Rock.” No additional sources cited.
Filename: RActhr1.rtf

Willa Cather’s “The Song of the Lark”
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A 5 page paper which examines the presence and importance of art and the artist in Willa Cather’s novel “The Song of the Lark.” No additional sources cited.
Filename: RAlark.rtf

Willa Cather/"The Sculptor's Funeral"
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A 4 page essay that critically analyzes Cather's short story, "The Sculptor's Funeral." The writer argues that this is a masterpiece of the short story writer's art. Within the space of a few thousand words, Cather reveals truths about human nature and the human condition. By the end of the story, the reader has a thorough knowledge of a protagonist that is deceased from the beginning of the narrative. Cather accomplishes this extraordinary feat through the manner in which she builds her narrative from all of the "building blocks" of story construction, i.e. plot, characterization, setting, tone, perspective, etc. No additional sources cited.
Filename: khwicasf.rtf

Willa Cather: “My Antonia”
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This 4 page paper discusses the novel “My Antonia” and why the purported writer (Jim) constructed this character the way he did. Bibliography lists 1 source.
Filename: HVcatant.rtf