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UNDYING GLORY
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This 5 page paper discusses the book by Clinton Cox called Undying Glory: The Massachusetts 54th Regiment. The book is criticized and reviewed with examples given from the text. Bibliography lists 1 source.
Filename: MBdyglory.rtf

Unity in Anaya's 'Bless Me, Ultima'
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A five page paper looking at Antonio's struggle for self-unity in Rudolfo Anaya's 1971 novel. The paper shows how Antonio is enabled to find peace, despite great tragedy, through an awareness that all is essentially one. No additional sources.
Filename: KBultima.doc

UNIVERSAL CLAIMS ON THE HUMAN CONDITION IN LITERATURE
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This 5 page paper discusses the universal truths inherent in Voltaire's Candide, Swift's Modest Proposal, and Pope's Essay on Man. Their themes on the human condition are exampled. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: MBunivsls.rtf

Universality of Shakespeare
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A 10 page research paper/essay that explores the universality of Shakespeare's plays. The writer argues that there are qualities in the work of Shakespeare that are not limited to English society or the Elizabethan age, bur rather speak to all human beings. Despite the passage of centuries, the changes in the English language--or the language barrier in general--Shakespeare's work reaches across time and national boundaries to speak to the commonality of human experience. This examination of the Shakespearean canon explores the characteristics of Shakespeare's writing that infuses it with such timelessness. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
Filename: khuniwill.rtf

Unreliable Narrators: Poe and Browning
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A 3 page paper which examines the unreliable narrators in Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Tell-Tale Heart” and Robert Browning’s “My Last Duchess.” Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: RApoebrw.rtf

UNSOLVED MYSTERIES: ATTWOOD AND NABOKOV
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This 6 page paper discusses V. Nabokov and M. Atwood short stories: Signs and Symbols and Death by Landscape which do not seem to have any conclusion or resolution to the mystery. Effects on the reader are discussed. Arguments presented using quotes from text to show that they do resolve the stories in the only logical way possible. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: MBatwood.rtf

Updike and Bambara: First Person Narrative
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A 5 page paper which compares the approach of the first person narrative in John Updike's "and Toni Cade Bambara's "The Lesson." Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: RAupdke.rtf

Updike and the Search for Personal Fulfillment in "Rabbit, Run"
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This 7 page paper argues that in "Rabbit, Run," John Updike undercuts his characters' efforts to find personal fulfillment; that is, Rabbit never finds independence, Eccles cannot reclaim his spirituality and Janice, Rabbit's wife, is unable to find the peace she longs for. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: HVUpdike.rtf

Updike's "A&P": The Consequences Of Choosing Individuality Over Conformity
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5 pages in length. John Updike's A&P addresses a very fundamental instinct of every human being: individualism. That this quest for uniqueness asserts itself in every aspect of one's existence is paramount to the extent of prosocial behavior an individual like Sammy might demonstrate. The author acknowledges the fact that altruistic tendencies are, in and of themselves, accomplished with the expectation – whether conscious or not – of receiving some level of recognition in return, an occurrence that does not take place between Sammy and his object of affection. No additional sources cited.
Filename: TLCA&P.rtf

Updike’s “A&P” and the Theme of Standing for Something
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A 4 page paper which examines John Updike’s short story “A&P” and discusses how it possesses a theme relevant to many as it relates to standing up for something, no matter how insignificant. Bibliography lists 1 additional source.
Filename: RAupAPup.rtf