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Greatest Sinner: The Scarlet Letter
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A 5 page paper which argues that Hester is the greatest sinner within the story "The Scarlet Letter." Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: RAscrlet.wps

Greed as Exemplified in Literature
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This 5 page paper looks at Willy Loman of Miller's Death of a Salesman and Milkman in Toni Morrison's Song of Solomon to explain how these characters are driven by greed. The characters are compared and contrasted. The subject of greed and the American Dream are explored as thematic elements of these works. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: SA021Grd.rtf

GREEK CULTURE AS REFLECTED IN ITS LITERATURE
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This 3 page paper discusses the Greek culture as referenced by Plato in his Allegory of the cave. Bibliography lists 1 source.
Filename: MBgrcul.rtf

Greek Perception of Fate/Responsibility
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A 6 page essay that argues that while in Greek tragedy, fate and prophecy play pivotal roles in all the plays, the ancient Greek playwrights did not simply portray people as being puppets manipulated by the gods towards meeting a horrendous end. Rather, these ancient writers pictured individuals as being active in creating the situations that lead to their ultimate doom. In supporting this argument, the writer draws on Oedipus Rex by Sophocles, The Bacchae by Euripides, and the Oresteia by Aeschylus. No additional sources cited.
Filename: khgrkres.rtf

Greek Tragedy and O'Neill's "The Emperor Jones"
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A five page paper looking at Eugene O'Neill's seldom-performed play in terms of its connection with Greek tragedy. The paper concludes that although they are very different in many respects, Greek tragedy tended to stress that pride goeth before a fall, and this is the moral of "The Emperor Jones," too. Bibliography lists three sources.
Filename: KBoneil.wps

Greek Virtue
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A 4 page essay that examines "Prometheus Bound," "The Iliad," and "Euthyphro" and what these works tell modern readers about Greek culture. Ancient literature offers windows into the past, as they convey not only events but also how a particular culture's worldview. Literary windows into the past show modern readers that Greek culture had profound and complex ideas concerning the nature of religion, virtue and heroism. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: khgrkvir.rtf

Greenblatt and Showalter on Writing
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A 3 page essay that contrasts and compares 2 books on literature and writing. Stephen Greenblatt, in his text Self-Fashioning, From More to Shakespeare, and Elaine Showalter, in A Literature of Their Own, British Women Novelists From Bronte to Lessing, each offer in their books a particular viewpoint in regards to the act of writing. Examination of these texts demonstrates their considerable differences, but it also shows the similarities that exist between their theoretical perspectives, which are very similar. Basically, these authors posit that writers express their own identities, positions, in other words, their "self-fashioning," as Greenblatt expresses it, through their texts. No additional sources cited.
Filename: khgresho.rtf

Greene's "The Power and the Glory"
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A five page paper on this novel by Graham Greene. The paper argues that without the issue of alcoholism, the struggle between revolution, religion, and morality would have been less effective. Bibliography lists two sources.
Filename: KBglory.wps

Greg Bear's 'Blood Music' / An Analysis
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A 6 page analysis of the science fiction novel by Greg Bear. The writer summarizes the novel that depicts what would happen if an 'intelligent' disease was unleashed on the world. The writer concludes that Bear's positive ending for this scenario fails to address the serious considerations that current scientific discoveries warrant. No additional sources cited.
Filename: Gregbear.wps

Greg Egan's 'Distress' / Book Review
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A 5 page exploration of the science fiction novel 'Distress' and how it parallels existing and future science and technology. No additional sources listed.
Filename: Distress.wps