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Voltaire’s “Candide”
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A 3 page paper which examines society, government and the military in Europe as presented in Voltaire’s “Candide.” No additional sources cited.
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Voltaire’s “Candide” and Learning about Life from Experience
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This 5 page report discusses Voltaire’s famous work “Candide” ad addresses how experience repeatedly proves itself to be the greatest of teachers. Candide discovers that fact time and time again. Voltaire is constantly showing his readers, through the adventures and misfortunes of Candide, the good and the evil of the world, the compassionate and the cruel. Bibliography lists only the primary source.
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Voltaire’s “Candide”: An Examination of Optimism Verses Pessimism as Revealed by Voltaire’s Characters
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A 4 page discussion of the importance of optimism verses pessimism in Voltaire’s world. Voltaire viewed human nature neither entirely in a negative light nor entirely in a positive light. Voltaire realized that humans were just that, human. While many of his characters were driven by such negative qualities as greed, others were driven by purer qualities. No additional sources are listed.
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Voltaire/Candide & The Enlightenment
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A 4 page essay that discusses Voltaire's Candide against the backdrop of its historical era. The writer argues that Voltaire's Candide (1759) is representative of his Enlightenment philosophy. Examination of this shows how it is also shaped by the social and political realities of the eighteenth century. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Vonnegut: "Cat's Cradle"
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This 8 page paper is an analysis of Kurt Vonnegut's slightly insane book, "Cat's Cradle." Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Vows and Oaths in Gawain and the Green Knight
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A 5 page paper which examines vows, oaths, and the importance of oaths in “Gawain and the Green Knight.” The paper focuses on the notion of vows and oaths as it applies to modern society and especially vows of marriage. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Vulnerability: Chopin and Godwin
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A 4 page paper which compares and contrasts the characters in The Story of an Hour by Kate Choping and A Sorrowful Woman by Gail Godwin. The paper examines the fact that they are both incredibly vulnerable. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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W.B. Yeats/An Irish Airman Foresees His Death
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A 3 page essay that analyzes this Yeats poem. During World War I, millions of young men lost their lives. In his poem “An Irish Airman foresees his Death,” Irish poet W.B. Yeats explores why one particular young man, a pilot, engages in that awful conflict and how he views his death, which he knows is sure to come. The words that Yeats selects and the pilot’s manner of speaking tells the reader a great deal about how Yeats imagined this man’s character. No additional sources cited.
Filename: khirair.rtf

W.B. Yeats/Prayer For My Son
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A 7 page essay that offers a detailed explication of W.B. Yeats' poem "A Prayer for My Son," which is one of most religious poems, yet it also has secular aspects. By combining these two tonal features, Yeats demonstrates how the divine is intrinsically connected to the cares of everyday life. In this poem, the speaker, by beginning with this relationship to his son, extrapolates from the microcosm of his family life to the macrocosm of the relationship between the divine and humanity, and, in so doing, offers reassurance on the protective quality of love, both human and divine. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: khwbyson.rtf

W.B. Yeats: The Importance of Irish Literature and Folklore
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A 10 page emphasis that Yeats' work is important not just from an entertainment perspective but also from the perspective that it preserved a critical chapter in Irish history. Many of his poems capture the spirit of Ireland, the richness of the folklore and the old wives tales as well as the soul of the quest for Irish independence. The author of the paper uses "Come Gather Round Me, Parnellites" and "Sailing to Byzantium" to illustrate this point. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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