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Enlightenment Literature/Questioning the Past
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A 4 page essay that discusses how Enlightenment literature was different from what had come before it. While the Enlightenment looked to the classical past for inspiration, its neoclassicism endeavored to find a balance with the desire to conserve against the desire to obtain independence and its own identity (Gay, 1969). This orientation can be seen clearly various works of Enlightenment writers, such as Daniel Defoe, Jonathan Swift and Alexander Pope. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: khenl4.rtf

Enlightenment Values in the Character of Phaedra in Euripides’ Hippolytus
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In four pages this paper examines the characterization of Phaedra in Euripides’ play Hippolytus within the context of Enlightenment values to consider whether love and passion are dangerous, if emotions are a sign of weakness or lack of control, or absence of reason in the play, and assesses the cause of this tragedy and whether or not reason is enough to achieve happiness. Three sources are listed in the bibliography.
Filename: TGphaedra.rtf

Enslaved & White Women/Ar'n't I a Woman?
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A 3 page essay that analyzes the web of social attitudes and interactions that served to rationalize both racial and sexual discrimination in the antebellum era. The writer argues that black and white womanhood had an interdependent relationship that served to define the role of each in society. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: khbwwom.rtf

Environment in Silko’s “Ceremony” and Atwood’s “Surfacing”
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A 4 page paper which examines the relationship between people and the earth as it involves personal healing in Leslie Marmon Silko’s “Ceremony” and Margaret Atwood’s “Surfacing.” No additional sources cited.
Filename: RAsilatw.rtf

Environmental Points of View in “The Monkey Wrench Gang” by Edward Abbey
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This 2 page report discusses “The Monkey Wrench Gang” in terms of the unique voices Abbey presents and their attitudes regarding the environment. Looking at two of the characters, Hayduke and Seldom Seen, and their attitudes presents a broad spectrum of the motivations that drive people to protect their visions of the environment. No secondary sources.
Filename: BWmonkey.wps

Eoin Colfer’s “Artemis Fowl”
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A 3 page example book report of Eoin Colfer’s novel “Artemis Fowl” the first book. No additional sources cited.
Filename: RAcolfer.rtf

Epic and Romance in “Beowulf” and Thomas Malory’s “Le Morte d’Arthur” (“Tale of Lancelot and Guenevere”)
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A 10 page paper which examines how epic and romance are featured in what are ‘essentially celebrations of bygone worlds.’ Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: TGepicrom.rtf

Epic Hero Status of Odysseus in Homer’s “The Odyssey”
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In seven pages this paper analyzes Odysseus’ status as an epic hero as depicted by Homer in his classical poem, “The Odyssey.” A comparison is also made with the epic hero status of King Gilgamesh in the Sumerian Epic of Gilgamesh. There are no additional sources listed in the bibliography.
Filename: TGepicodys.rtf

Epic Heroes in Epic Literature
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This 5 page report discusses the heroes or archetypes of epic literature. Because archetypes travel beyond time and space, modern humanity is able to better understand ancient humanity and the simple fact that the most essential problems of life are bound up in the continuity of the eternal problems of mankind, as they are mirrored in myths. “The Epic of Gilgamesh,” “The Illiad,” “The Odyssey,” and “The Song of Roland” are discussed. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: BWephero.wps

Epic of Gilgamesh and the Role of Kingship in Ancient Sumerian Society
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A 5 page paper which utilizes the "Epic of Gilgamesh" to reconstruct the past to examine Sumerian politics, including the interpretation of kingship and the role of the Council of Elders. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: TGsumpol.doc