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Classics: Homer, Virgil, and Tolstoy
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A 3 page paper which examines what makes a classic, and why classics are important as seen through an examination of Homer’s “The Odyssey,” Virgil’s “Aeneid,” and Tolstoy’s “Anna Karenina.” No additional sources cited.
Filename: RAhmcls2.rtf

Classism in “Little Dorrit” and Racism in “Pudd’nhead Wilson”
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A 5 page paper which compares the prejudices involving class in Dickens’ novel “Little Dorrit” with the racism seen in Twain’s “Pudd’nhead Wilson.” Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: RAdorpud.rtf

Classism in Collins' "The Woman in White"
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A five page analysis of the significance of social class in Wilkie Collins' most famous novel. The paper asserts that it is possible to see woven throughout the text Collins' disrespect for the privileges of rank and title, and his ability to strike a responsive chord in his readers shows that Victorian classism was not as widely accepted as is generally thought. Bibliography lists four sources.
Filename: KBwilkie.wps

Claude Brown/Manchild
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A 4 page book review of Claude Brown's Manchild in the Promised Land, which was originally published in 1965. This is a novel that is a thinly veiled autobiographical account of Brown's childhood and adolescence growing up in Harlem in the 1940s and 50s. In a clear, lucid writing style that brings alive the era and the environment of Brown's background, the author paints a picture of deprivation, brutality and hardship in unflinching detail. No additional sources cited.
Filename: khcbmpl.rtf

Claude McKay/America
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A 3 page explication of African American poet Claude McKay's poem "America." Examination of this work shows how the nature of American society in the first half of the twentieth century evoked emotional opposites in the McKay, as his frustration and bitterness are mixed with admiration. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: khmckaya.rtf

Clemons/Huck Finn & Lying
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A 3 page research paper that examines lies and lying as a central theme in the American classic The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Samuel Clemens (writing under the name of Mark Twain). The writer argues that an examination of this novel shows how lies, ones told by Huck and ones perpetuated by society, propel the action of the novel and point toward the novel's principal theme, which concerns the way in which the antebellum South portrayed a runaway slave as "stealing" himself. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: khhuckli.rtf

CLERVAL, FRANKENSTEIN AND FRIENDSHIP
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This paper discusses the significane of the friendship between Henry Clerval and Victor Frankenstein in Mary Shelley's novel, Frankenstein. The essay examines what, symbolically and physically, the friendship represents to Frankenstein. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: MTclerva.rtf

Clifford Odets’ “Waiting for Lefty” and Rebecca Harding Davis’s “Life in the Iron Mills”
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This 5 page report discusses the various aspects of how both writers show the universal issues of injustice that humanity perpetuates against itself in pursuit of capitalism and wealth. Davis says to her readers: “Stop a moment. I am going to be honest. This is what I want you to do. I want you to hide your disgust, take no heed to your clean clothes, and come right down with me, - here, into the thickest of the fog and mud and foul effluvia. I want you to hear this story.” Odets repeatedly tells the audience watching “Waiting for Lefty” that the “little guy” can be and often is the central character in a tragic situation. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: BWodets.wps

Close Readings/Darker Face of the Earth & Oedipus
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A 3 page essay that offers a close reading of two passages, one from The Darker Face of the Earth” by Rita Dove and the other from “Oedipus the King” by Sophocles. No additional sources cited.
Filename: khclrdod.rtf

Cloud Nine; Post Colonial Theory Portrayed Through Gender Repression
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This 9 page paper considers the role of gender and race in Caryl Churchill's play 'Cloud Nine'. This play uses disruptive gender performances to illustrate the way in society has repressed and enforced its ideals on those who should have bee free to develop without the interference of pressurised expectations and enforced social perceptions. The parallels between gender repression and the effects of post colonialism are explored and illustrated with numerous quotes form the play. The bibliography cites 6 sources.
Filename: TEclonie.wps