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T.S. Eliot's 'The Waste Land' / Influence Of Virgil's 'Aeneid'
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A 12 page paper comparing T.S. Eliot's watershed work to Virgil's epic poem. The paper looks at the many correspondences between Eliot's narrative and Virgil's, and concludes that they are approaching the same goal on two different paths. Bibliography lists twelve sources.
Filename: Anwas.wps

Virgil's 'Aeneid'
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3 page essay on this classic work of Greek mythology. Discusses the central character Aeneas and the qualities that make him a hero. 2 sources listed in bibliography.
Filename: Aeneas.doc

Virgil's 'Aeneid' # 2
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A more-detailed, 4 page version of
Filename: Aeneas2.wdb

Virgil's 'Aeneid' & Plato's 'Republic'
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A 2 page essay on fact vs. fiction in Virgil's 'Aeneid' and Plato's 'Republic.' No outside references listed.
Filename: Aeneas2.wps

Virgil's 'Aeneid' & The Character Of Dido
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A 5 page paper that reviews book four of Virgil's Aenead. This paper discusses Aeneas' duty, Dido's romantic passion, and the reason why this couple suffers such a tragic end. Also considered in this poem is the affect of Catullus' poem 64, and a comparison is made between the story of Ariadne and Theseus and Dido and Aeneas. Bibliography lists 3 sources
Filename: Dido.doc

Virgil's 'Aeneid' / Dido's Wound
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A 15 page essay that examines the possibility that Dido's wound is more than her love for her lost Aeneas but rather a wound of not having children. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: Lovedido.rtf

Virgil's 'Aeneid' / Treatment Of Mortals By The Gods
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A 5 page paper on this work by Virgil. The writer focuses on how the gods use mortals for their own designs and how mortals are essentially powerless against them. No additional sources cited.
Filename: Virgil.doc

Commerce in Boccaccio's 'Decameron'
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An eleven page paper on the business practices of the Mediterranean area during the late middle ages and Renaissance, as depicted in the 'Decameron' by Giovanni Boccaccio. The paper argues that its practical, non-ideological viewpoint coupled with its strong cosmopolitan emphasis make the work seem very modern. Bibliography lists seven sources.
Filename: KBbocca.wps

Giovanni Boccaccio/ The Decameron
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A 5 page research paper that examines The Decameron, by fourteenth century Italian storyteller, poet and humanist Giovanni Boccaccio. The writer argues that this work serves as a window in time that reveals to modern readers the world of the Middle Ages and the horror that engulfed that world with the coming of the Black Death, as well as the social changes that this instigated. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: 99bocdec.rtf

Nature, Gender, and Sin in Boccaccio and Dante
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A five page work looking at Boccaccio's 'Decameron' and Dante's 'Divine Comedy' in terms of the way they illustrate the transformation of attitudes toward sexuality and sin as Western society moved from the Middle Ages into the Renaissance during the fourteenth century. No additional sources.
Filename: KBdante5.doc