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Robert Pinsky and Dante’s Inferno
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This 5 page report discusses the ninth U.S. poet laureate,Robert Pinsky, and Dante’s “Inferno.” Drawing on information from an online discussion with The Atlantic Monthly in April of 1995, Pinsky’s ideas as they realte to Dante are examined.Pinsky’s translation of “Inferno” won several awards which called special attention to this American’s view of one of the world’s great literary classics. No secondary sources.
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Sexuality and Women's Self-Determination in Four Classic Literary Works
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A 9 page paper showing the connection between these two issues, as demonstrated in the works of Aristophanes, Plato, Dante, and Shakespeare (Lysistrata, The Apology, The Inferno, and The Tempest, respectively). The paper asserts that Western literature first mocked or dismissed the sexual expression of female self-determination, later turned it into a sin, and finally transformed it into a social gaffe, but until recently still continued to maintain that its suppression was not wrong. Bibliography lists five sources.
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Symbolism in Three Cantos of Dante’s “Inferno”
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A five page paper looking at Cantos XXXII, XXXIII, and XXXIV of Dante’s classic work in terms of the way the poet uses symbolism and imagery to heighten our understanding of the poem’s meaning. Special attention is paid to the significance of ice, which contrasts with our expectation that Hell is a lake of fire. No additional sources.
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The Quest and the Hero in Homer, Dante, and Cervantes
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A five page paper analyzing the significance of these motifs in “The Odyssey,” “The Inferno,” and “Don Quixote.” The paper concludes that each hero, through his quest, has brought back to his society a dose of precisely the medicine it needs. Bibliography lists two sources.
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Visual Imagery in Dante’s Inferno
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A 5 page paper looking at the types of imagery used in Dante’s classic poem as well as the way they relate to the spiritual meanings of the poem. The paper concludes that Dante demonstrates in his symbolic and yet graphic imagery a desire to reform his own life and help his readers do the same. No additional sources.
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Darwinism in Hardy's 'Tess of the D'Urbervilles'
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A twelve page paper looking at the influence of Charles Darwin's 'Origin of Species' on Thomas Hardy's novel. The paper argues that Hardy was a devout disciple of Darwin's theory and used it to explain the forces operating against the novel's protagonist. No additional sources.
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Gender and Power in Dickens and Hardy
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A 12 page paper looking at these issues as they are presented in Charles Dickens' 'David Copperfield' and Thomas Hardy's 'Jude the Obscure.' The paper concludes that although Hardy's female characters are much more highly-developed than Dickens', both Victorian authors seem to feel that a woman’s proper function is to support a man in his path through life, without really having a path of her own. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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Naivete in Victorian Fiction by George Moore and Thomas Hardy
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A 5 page research paper that focuses on the central characters in Thomas Hardy's Far From the Madding Crowd and George Moore's Esther Waters. At first glance, these characters appear to be somewhat naïve. While this is at least partially due to the sensibilities of the Victorian age in which these novels were written, this characteristic is also indicative of the way that upper classes perceived the sensibilities of those in the lower socioeconomic strata. In both cases, however, the authors demonstrate that what strikes the reader initially as naivete is actually an indication of the solid, sensible character of the various protagonists. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Thomas Hardy's 'Mayor of Casterbridge' / Character Of Henchard
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A 7 page paper on the use of characterization in Thomas Hardy's novel, especially as it applies to the very disagreeable Mayor himself. The paper argues that Hardy takes a risk in making a pivotal character so nasty, but does so to illustrate that all Henchard's problems are of his own making. Bibliography lists 6 sources including book.
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Thomas Hardy's 'Native Son'
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This 5 page paper explores the motivation behind the murders committed by protagonist Bigger Thomas with the assumption that they were fear-induced rather than intentional.
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