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The Trials of “Brave New World” and “Oedipus the King”
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This 5 page report discusses Aldous Huxley’s 1932 novel “Brave New World” and Sophocles’ ancient text of “Oedipus the King” in terms of the trials that take place in both. Greek drama was written and produced with a determination to present an insight or an awareness to the audience that either caused the members of the audience to examine their own lives or that of their rulers. Likewise, “Brave New World” puts modern society on “trial” and causes Huxley’s readers to consider what their own “judgments” are regarding the state of modern society. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: BWbnwotk.wps

The Trickster of Seville
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A seven page paper which considers Tirso's The Trickster of Seville from the point of view of the insights it contains into the social and religious culture of Spain in the 16th and 17th centuries, and the role of Don Juan as a post-Renaissance baroque hero.
Filename: JLtirso.rtf

The Trilling Controversy: Varied Views of Robert Frost
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This 5 page paper considers what has been deemed the "trilling controversy," the controversy over the views of the poet Robert Frost. Frost has been viewed as both a "poet of terror" and as a "gentle New England poet," and specific examples of his poems suggest defenses for both sides of this argument. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: MHfrost2.wps

The Trojan Horse ? A Model For All Future Stories ?
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A 6 page paper discussing the second chapter of the book The March of Folly: From Troy to Vietnam, by Barbara W. Tuchman. The author has gone beyond good reason in the amount of information she has put in the one chapter that deals with the Trojan Horse. Her thesis appears to be that this ancient story is a foundation for all stories to follow and that all of the aspects human nature can be found in the classic tale. Following the paper is an excerpt from the Encyclopedia Britannica that describes one specific character, Orestes, who was mentioned, but not described sufficiently in the chapter under examination.
Filename: Trojanh.doc

The Truths of Discrimination: Observations Based on "To Kill a Mockingbird" and "Black Like Me"
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A 5 page evaluation of the truths presented in Harper Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird" regarding discrimination as supported by the findings of John Howard Griffin in "Black Like Me". Examines the contention in "To Kill a Mockingbird" that to understand someone you have to live in their skin. Suggests that the author of "Black Like Me" did just that in his societal experiment of the 1960s where he died his skin to be perceived as a black man so that he might gain a first-hand understanding of the societal wrongs of the day. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: PPmockbd.wps

The Turn of the Screw
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A seven page paper which offers a stylistic analysis of the governess's role in Henry James's The Turn of the Screw, with reference to participants and processes, deixis, modality and other examples of stylistic devices.
Filename: JLscrew.rtf

The Two Central Couples in Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf
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This 5 page paper provides a view of the two central couples in Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf. This paper compares and contrasts central elements of the two couples and the characterizations of George, Martha, Nick and Honey. No additional sources cited.
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The U.S.A. compared with Gilead in The Handmaid's Tale
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This 7 page paper assesses America in respect to the society that came about in Margaret Atwood's chilling book. Is America headed in the same direction? Feminism, religion and control by the government are discussed. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: SA121Gil.doc

The Undercurrent of Violence in Canadian Literature
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This 4 page report discusses violence in Canadian literature and how it is expressed by Margaret Atwood in her poetry, Sylvia Fraser in her story of surviving incest, and Marie-Claire Blais’s story of poverty in Quebec. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: BWviocan.rtf

The Underlying Theme of Morality in The Aeneid, Matthew, and The Inferno
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A 5 page overview of the common theme of morality presented in these three great works of literature. Defines morality and contends that despite their apparent diversity, these three works of literature each offers a slightly different view of the factors which enter into man’s choice of morality or immorality and of the consequences of those choices. Concludes that these works provide us a means of distinguishing right from wrong and important from unimportant. They also provides us a means of introspection, of self-examination designed to allow us to make that same journey from spiritual immaturity to salvation. It is our morality, or lack of it, which determines the ultimate direction our souls will take and this lesson can be honed home in some of the most diverse of the world’s literature. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: PPmoralt.wps