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Kate Chopin: “The Storm” and “Desiree’s Baby”
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A 3 page paper which compares the theme of mother’s and children in Kate Chopin’s short stories “The Storm” and “Desiree’s Baby.” No additional sources cited.
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Kate Peyton: Woman of Integrity or Monster Mother?
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This 3 page paper discusses the character of Kate Peyton in Edith Wharton’s early work “Sanctuary” and argues that she is a woman of integrity and strength, not deranged, misguided or a monster mother hanging onto her son. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Katherine Anne Porter/Relations Between Generations
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A 12 page essay, which discusses the work of Katherine Anne Porter, an American writer from the first half of the twentieth century who is primarily famous for her finely crafted short stories. While Porter's short fictional works stand alone as self-contained narratives, the characters she creates tend to appear in multiple stories, forming, collectively, a cohesive story line. This feature is evident in four short stories that outline the relationship which a particular grandmother, Sophia Jane Rhea, has with her grandchildren, one of which is Miranda, who recurs throughout many of Porters stories. The relations between the generations that these stories portray is one in which the generation of the Old South, that is adults who were products of antebellum Southern society, still rule. However, Porter pictures how the "Old Order," as she refers to it is passing. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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Katherine Anne Porter/Use of Setting in 'Old Mortality'
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A 10 page analysis of the role that setting plays in Katherine Anne Porter's short story 'Old Mortality,' The writer argues that setting plays a crucial role as it provides the backdrop that defines and motivates the development of the characters. For this story, setting is not just the physical environs in which the story takes place, but also the cultural and social attitudes, customs and mores that create and define attitudes and feelings in the late nineteenth century. By portraying the action of the narrative through the eyes of two little girls, Maria and Miranda, Porter demonstrates how culture serves to sculpt the expectations and personalities of women. No additional sources cited.
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Katherine Mansfield's Miss Brill
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In 5 pages, the author discusses Katherine Mansfield's "Miss Brill." Miss Brill is portrayed as naïve about life, and not objective about herself. No other sources are cited.
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Katherine Mansfield/Use of Viewpoint in Bliss
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A 6 page research paper that examines Mansfield's use of point of view in her short story "Bliss." The writer examines how Mansfield makes use of various forms of style – free indirect, free direct, tagged indirect, etc. – to create the emotional effect that she wishes to have on her readers. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Katherine Mansfield: Her Life And Work
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A 12 page paper. Katherine Mansfield lived for only 34 years but made a lasting impression on the world. She was an unconventional woman who wrote in an unconventional way. She was a contemporary and friend of D.H. Lawrence and Virginia Woolf. This essay provides some insight into her life and discusses some of her works and the symbolism therein. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
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Kathleen Norris’ “Dakota: A Spiritual Geography”
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This is a 5 page analysis of Kathleen Norris’ “Dakota: A Spiritual Geography”. Tutorial language appears throughout the text in square brackets as an aid for writers in their analysis. Kathleen Norris’ 1993 book “Dakota: A Spiritual Geography” relates the spiritual journey and shift Norris and her husband have experienced since moving to South Dakota twenty years ago to tend the family farm. Although a Protestant, she has become an oblate to the local Benedictine monastery and has come to appreciate their isolated and peaceful existence. Norris and the monks’ spirituality are heavily connected to the landscape which is beautifully described by Norris’ poetic and artistic hand but it is a landscape and an existence which must be chosen by an individual in order to be appreciated according to Norris. In a time when materialism and wealth seem to have become prevalent motivators in the world, Norris reveals to readers how spiritually satisfying her life has become as she has been able to center herself in relation to her landscape and the community she has adopted. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Kazuo Ishiguro/Never Let Me Go
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A 4 page essay that discusses the characters in the novel Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro and how they depend on each other to discover their identities and accept their purpose of existence. In so doing, they mirror the human condition in general within the parameters of their truncated lives, particularly in regards to the burden entailed by the mind/body dualism that is an inherent part of the Western worldview. Ishiguro indicates this interpretation of the novel in several ways, which include the enigmatic way in which the fate of the characters is revealed; the reactions of outsiders to the students and the emphasis on art; and the passivity of the characters in not resisting their fate. No additional sources cited.
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Keats & Marvel on Time
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A 5 page essay that compares and contrasts the concept of time expressed by John Keats in his poem "Ode to a Grecian Urn" and Andrew Marvell in "To His Coy Mistress." The writer argues that each poet expresses very different perceptions of time. Marvell expresses a carpe diem theme in order to persuade the lady in question to give in to his sexual advances. Keats' focus is on the enduring nature of art and how the Grecian urn described in his verse captures a moment in time and freezes it forever. No additional sources cited.
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