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Dunstan Ramsay's Obsessions
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This 9 page paper examines the protagonist in Robertson Davies' Fifth Business and his obsessions. Dunstan's obsessions are saints in addition to two people in his life. The story, by a Canadian writer, takes place early in the twentieth century and involves one event that ties several lives together forever. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: SA4215th.rtf

Dying for Love in Dante's "Inferno" and Shakespeare's "Othello"
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A five page paper looking at two female characters from these works by Dante Alighieri and William Shakespeare in terms of their submissiveness to the principle of love. The paper concludes that in Dante, Francesca's poignant defense of her adultery actually redeems her to modern readers; while Desdemona's total submissiveness -- which Shakespeare seems to have considered her greatest virtue -- seems to us her most damning quality. Bibliography lists five sources.
Filename: KBdesde.wps

Dylan Thomas - A Brilliant Star Who Burned Too Bright
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A 5 page paper that examines the flamboyant and controversial life of modern Welsh poet Dylan Thomas. Included are excerpts from Thomas' poem entitled Fern Hill, as well as a comparison between him and E.E. Cummings. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: LCThomas.doc

Dylan Thomas/And death shall have no dominion
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An 11 page research paper/essay that analyzes Thomas' poem "And death shall have no dominion." The writer argues that in this poem, it is not religion that Thomas honors, but the idea behind Christian dogma, which is that there is life from death-- an idea, which Thomas argues in his verse is self-evident in nature. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: khadshnd.rtf

Dylan Thomas/Before I Knocked
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A 4 page essay that offers an explication of Thomas' "Before I Knocked." The writer argues that this poem paints a surrealistic picture of the experience of a child in the womb prior to birth, and offers a possible meaning. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: khdtbik.rtf

Dyson: Come Hell or High Water
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This 3 page paper discusses the concept of framing as explained by Michael Eric Dyson in his book “Come Hell or High Water,” and shows how that concept was used to denigrate blacks in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: HVMDyson.rtf

E. L. Doctorow's "Welcome To Hard Times": Thematic Analysi
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10 pages in length. Critics have long heralded E. L. Doctorow's Welcome To Hard Times as significantly more realistic of the Western frontier than what other books and Hollywood movies have depicted. Conspicuously absent from Doctorow's version is the squeaky clean, overly friendly image in late nineteenth century society, where men were praised for their heroism and problems were readily extinguished by legal intervention. What is clear in Doctorow's portrayal is the evil so prevalent to mankind, the depraved and corrupt existence that so many people adopted as a means by which to stay alive. This aspect of overwhelming evil and suffering is quite explicitly illustrated through the author's insightful understanding of how things really were during this time of great strife. No additional sources cited.
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E.B. White/Once More to the Lake
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A 6 page essay on E.B. White’s “Once More to the Lake.” The writer focuses on the theme of time in the narrative and relates this to the way that White relates to his sense of his own mortality. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: khebwlak.rtf

e.e. cummings' "anyone lived in a pretty how town"
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A six page paper looking at this twentieth-century poem in terms of the way its poetic techniques contribute to the explication of its theme. The paper demonstrates that cummings' unusual use of language forces the reader to dissect the poem and thus to uncover the poet's profound themes. No other sources.
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E.L. Doctorow/Ragtime
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A 5 page essay that examines the structure of Doctorow's novel Ragtime and argues that the final chapter of this is far more than the jumbled stew of coincidences that it appears to be on the surface. Rather, the final chapter of this novel offers a successful closing that ties up the loose ends of its historical observations as well as its plot machinations. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: khdocrag.rtf