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Comparisons of the Myths of “Cupid and Psyche” and “Beauty and the Beast”
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This is a 5 page paper comparing the stories of “Psyche and Cupid” and “Beauty and the Beast”. Several elements are similar to the storylines of the myth “Psyche and Cupid” and the folk tale “Beauty and the Beast”. Both female heroines in the stories must overcome hardships, travel and separation from their families in order to be with the ones they love who are not as they appear to be. Psyche believes her husband to be human only to find out he is a winged God. Bella believes the Beast to be a beast until it is revealed he is actually human. Both heroines end up loving the “beasts” despite their appearances and both end up having to experience transformations in order to be with the men they love: Psyche becomes a winged God to be with Cupid and the Beast becomes a man to be with Bella (Beauty). Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: TJcupid1.rtf

Competing Visions of William Bradford and Thomas Morton in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “The May-Pole of Merry Mount”
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A 5 page paper which examines how Hawthorne’s short story takes on the historical controversy, particularly in terms of the emphasis on the couple’s marriage, which turns the theme from a consideration of the ideal society into a statement of what marriage means and how it changes the people who enter into it. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: TGmaypol.rtf

Compton in Faulkner’s Absalom, Absalom! And The Sound and the Fury
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An 8 page paper which examines how Faulkner depicts the character of Compton in his novels Absalom, Absalom! and The Sound and the Fury No additional sources cited.
Filename: RAfaaoo.rtf

Concepts in Dante's Inferno and Boccaccio's Decameron
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This 7 page paper looks at a variety of issues, but in particular fate and divine justice, and focuses on how they are conveyed through the two infamous works. Various issues of religion and philosophy are explored. Concepts of fate and divine justice are defined and discussed. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: SA208fte.rtf

Concepts in Short Stories
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This 3 page paper discusses Kafka's short story "In a Penal Colony" and whether or not it represents procedural justice and argues that it does not. Then it discusses Willa Cather's work "Paul's Case," "The Country Doctor" by Balzac and "The Swimmer" by Cheever, and argues that only Neddy in the swimmer would be considered to have a life that Sisyphus would applaud. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: HVConSho.rtf

Concepts of Fate and Divine Justice in Dante Alighieri’s “Inferno” and Giovanni Boccaccio’s “The Decameron"
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A 13 page paper which considers how fate, divine justice and issues of philosophy, religion and love are conveyed in these two classic Italian literary works. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: TGdecinf.rtf

Concepts of Honor and Dishonor in Medieval Women, As Explored by Christine de Pizan and Geoffrey Chaucer
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A 7 page paper which examines how honor and dishonor was determined in Medieval women, as considered in de Pizan's "The Book of the City of Ladies," "The Writings of Christine de Pizan," and Chaucer's "The Franklin's Tale" and "The Nun's Priest's Tale." Specifically considered are marriage; widowhood; effects of education, offspring, politics and religion; convents and widow's havens; well-known women of honor or dishonor,; and the impact of nobility or peasantry in shaping these concepts. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: TGhonor.rtf

Concepts of Selfish and Selfless as Represented in Andrew Bernstein's "Heart of a Pagan" (Chapter 3)
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A 4 page paper which examines how the chapter, inspired by Ayn Rand's Objectivist novel, "The Fountainhead," defines Howard Roark as selfish because he refuses to budge or sell his soul while Peter Keating is selfless because he was willing to do anything to sell out anyone. No sources are used.
Filename: TGpagself.rtf

Confession; The Need for Self Knowledge
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This 4 page paper discusses the idea that for confession to be meaningful there has to be self knowledge. This is undertaken in the context of James Hogg’s book; The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner. The bibliography cites 3 sources.
Filename: TEconfess.rtf

Confinement in Henrik Ibsen's Plays "A Doll's House" and "Hedda Gabler"
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A 5 page paper which examines how confinement (physical, emotional, financial, social and psychological) is a central theme in the Henrik Ibsen plays "A Doll's House" and "Hedda Gabler," the nature of this confinement, and whether or not the characters are ultimately able to break free, in terms of change or maturation, or whether they remain confined as far as resisting or being denied meaningful change. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: TGibcon.wps