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Papers On Irish & Scottish Literature
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Chaucer and Shaw Satirize Their Societies in “The Canterbury Tales” and “Pygmalion”
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This 5 page report discusses the ways in which Geoffrey Chaucer and George Bernard Shaw essentially deride the social constraints and assumptions of their societies in their two works. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: BWchasat.rtf
Chivalry in Ivanhoe.
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(5 pp) Whenever we think of the word "chivalry,"
it is either in the context of "being dead"-not a
pretty thought, or we think of knights and damsels
in distress, waiting to be rescued by said knight.
In its most positive sense, the word conjures
other times of gentility and good manners. Walter
Scott's 1719 novel Ivanhoe is certainly a basic
place to start if one wants to know more about the
ideas and actions of chivalry.
Filename: BBchvlry.doc
Comparison and Contrast: Beckett and Marquez
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A 5 page paper which xompares and contrasts Samuel Beckett’s “Waiting for Godot” and Gabriel Garcia Marquez’ “Chronicle of a Death Foretold.” No additional sources cited.
Filename: RAgg.rtf
D.H. Lawrence And James Joyce
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D.H. Lawrence's Sons And Lovers and
James Joyce's A Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Man share a similarity
between them that is central to understanding the protagonists. This 5
page paper argues that the metafictional endeavors of both of the main
characters is to make claims for their autonomy. The inward analysis
that each wallows in does not imply self-consciousness, but rather the
belief in the significance of living as an individual. No additional
sources are listed.
Filename: KTporson.wps
Domesticity in “Villette” and “Dracula”
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A 5 page paper which examines how
domesticity, something which lies at the heart of most Victorian novels, is something
seen as very subtly portrayed in Charlotte Bronte’s “Villette” and Bram Stoker’s
“Dracula.” Bibliography lists 6 additional sources.
Filename: RAvill.rtf
Douglas Hyde/Preserving Irish
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A 14 page research paper that investigates the work of Douglas Hyde (1860-1949), who was a scholar, playwright and cultural revivalist. He grew up in an area of Ireland that was rich with tradition and where the Irish language was still spoken by some of its inhabitants. Hyde received his education at Trinity College where he studied ancient Gaelic (Jang). By 1892, Hyde recognized that his native culture was in danger of completely perishing, despite a passionate national spirit. In a lecture given before the newly formed Irish National Literary Society on November 24, 1892, Hyde laid out the parameters of the problem and what he saw as the solution -- the de-Anglicization of Ireland. This examination of Hyde's philosophy demonstrates the utility of his plays, written in the Irish language, for exporting and promoting his philosophy in regards to the preservation of the Irish language and Irish culture. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: khdhyde.rtf
Dracula
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A paper which looks at 'Dracula' from the perspective of Bram Stoker's cultural and ethnic background, and in particular the interaction between traditional views of Celtic and Anglo-Saxon cultures as exemplified in the text. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: JLdrac.rtf
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