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Beckett's Endgame
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A 12 page essay that discusses this play by Samuel Beckett in detail. The compelling question of the play is whether or not Clov will actually leave Hamm, as he threatens to do throughout the narrative. Some interpretations of the play see the characters as being trapped in a cyclical existence that has no true meaning due to its repetitive nature. Others have posited that due to actions in the play that seem irrevocable, there is a possibility for freedom. Examination of the play, however, the evidence that favors an interpretation that the characters are trapped in a meaningless and pointless existence is much stronger than any indication that there is an escape from their private hell. Over and over again, Beckett focuses on the farcical nature of the characters' repetitious behavior, which creates rituals of living that serve no purpose and simply keep them going toward all life's ultimate destiny, which is death. No additional sources cited.
Filename: khbecend.rtf

Beckett, Pinter, and the Theatre of the Absurd
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An eight page discussion of this seminal genre of twentieth-century drama, and two of its most notable practitioners, Harold Pinter and Samuel Beckett. Specific plays discussed include Pinter's "The Birthday Party," and Beckett's "Endgame" and "Waiting for Godot." Bibliography lists seven sources.
Filename: KBabsurd.wps

Behavior of Middle-or Upper-Class Southern Women Miss Rosa, Mrs.Compson, and Miss Quentin in William Faulkner's "Absalom, Absalom! and"The Sound & the Fury"
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A 5 page paper which examines the general standard of behavior expected of middle-or upper-class Southern white women, Miss Rosa Coldfield in Faulkner's "Absalom, Absalom!", Mrs. Caroline Compson and Miss Quentin Compson in William Faulkner's "The Sound & the Fury." Specifically considered will be how these standards compare and contrast with the way they actually behave in their individual lives, as influenced by their personal capabilities and/or temperaments. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: TGwflady.doc

Behn's Oroonoka And British Colonialism
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Written in 1688, Oroonoko is a story of an African Prince who is wed to the woman of his dreams and then captured and sold into slavery. It is also the story of an aristocratic young woman who 'befriends' the savage. This 5 page paper argues that Behn represents all the major patterns of structural differentiation in colonial, or plantation, society, such as ethnic and cultural status, social class, ownership of property and land, economic wealth, employment, education and political power in her story. It then compares Behn's representation with the relationship between Ireland and Britain during the same time period. No additional sources are listed.
Filename: KTorooab.wps

Being a Girl/Anne of Green Gables and Snow White
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An 8 page research paper/essay that explores what two stories say to young girls about what it means to be female. These stories are L.M. Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables and the Brothers' Grimm version of Snow White. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: khannsno.rtf

Being Human/Shelley's Frankenstein
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A 4 page essay that examines Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. The story of Frankenstein is very familiar. A scientist, Victor Frankenstein, robs graveyards for body parts, assembles them and reanimates them as a monster. While the emphasis in film adaptations of Mary Shelley's gripping nineteenth century gothic thriller has been on the horror that the monster elicits, both in his creator and the townspeople, the emphasis in Shelley's novel is on the nature of what it means to be human and the destructive nature of regarding those different from ourselves as less than human. In Shelley's novel, the "monster" is not intrinsically evil, rather he is a window on what it means to be human in a world that defines you as a "monster." No additional sources cited.
Filename: khfrhum.rtf

Belief in the Gods and Plato's Practice of Open Inquiry
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This 3 page paper examines Plato's Apology and the Socratic method. Can Socrates both employ this method and believe in a god? This paper answers that question. No additional sources cited.
Filename: SA641gds.rtf

Bell Hooks
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Bell Hooks is a contemporary writer of critical essays, at least that's how she sees herself and what she best likes to do. From the eyes of the American public, however, she is a black feminist, sociologist and noted Black studies scholar. This 5 page paper examines her ideas, theories and contributions to current sociological thought. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: KTbhooks.wps

bell hooks “Bone Black”
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This 3 page paper discusses bell hooks’ memoir Bone Black, and argues that the poverty, racism , class distinction and religious betrayal she suffered as a child molded her into the writer and poet she became. Bibliography lists 1 source.
Filename: HVBonBlk.rtf

Bellamy/Looking Backward,
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A 5 page essay that discusses Edward Bellamy’s late nineteenth century novel Looking Backward and how it pertains to class and ideology at the time its publication, which was 1887. No additional sources cited.
Filename: khbel19.rtf