Eudora Welty's 'The Optimist's Daughter' / Journey
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An 8 page paper examining Welty's use of the inward quest as a mode of self-discovery in this Pulitzer-prizewinning novel. The paper shows how Welty illustrated this quest in three different ways: through a geographical change of location; through a change in levels of interpersonal relationships; and through the gradual shedding of material objects to a total reliance on memory. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: Optdaugt.wps

Eudora Welty's 'Why I Live at the P.O.' / Analysis
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This 5 page research paper examines the short story, 'Why I Live at the P.O.' by Eudora Welty. Specifically discussed are the eccentric and intriguing family members of an old maid post mistress who decides that moving to the post office is her only escape from their lunacy. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: Ewelty.wps

Imagined Interview with Eudora Welty
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This is a five-page fabricated interview with the twentieth-century author Eudora Welty. The emphasis is on relating the events and background of Welty’s life to the subject matter of her fiction. Endnotes and bibliography listing two sources appended to end of paper.
Filename: KBwelty.wps

Ernest Cassara's The Enlightenment in America
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5 pages in length. An indepth look at Cassara's most well known book. The beginning history of America is based on this new age of enlightenment as outlined by such philosophers as Locke, Hume and Rousseau. Cassara explains this in his book which is reviewed here. Bibliography lists one source.
Filename: JGAcssra.wps

Waterworks : Chapters 22-23
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A 5 page paper that examines the character development and the use of literary elements and techniques in chapters 22-23 of Waterworks by E.L. Doctorow. The character development is very interesting in that it brings the them into focus in relationship to their inherent personalities and desires. The literary style and element used by Doctorow is also very unique in that it often leads the reader into a way of thinking without the reader truly being aware of the shift. No additional sources cited.
Filename: RA22-23.wps

Albee's 'A Delicate Balance' / Search for Meaning
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A 5 page paper analyzing this deep and troubling domestic drama by Edward Albee. The paper shows how very subtle religious references in the play underscore the search for meaning in modern life. Bibliography lists 1 source
Filename: Delbal.wps

Edward Albee's 'The American Dream' v. Pohl & Kornblum's 'Space Merchants'
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A 5 page paper on the themes central to these two books. One set in the 1950's and the other in the future, they each deal with social issues and relationships concerning American life... what is was and what it may become. Four sources are cited.
Filename: Space.wps

Edward Albee's 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf ?' / Nick, Carthage & The Punic Wars
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A 5 page paper that analyzes the use of allusion in Albee's play, especially as it relates to the character of Nick, and the connection to ancient literature and history. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: Albee.doc

Edward Albee's 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf ?' / The ‘Other' Couple
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A 6 page paper discussing Honey and Nick, the young couple who witness the rages of George and Martha in Edward Albee's classic play. The paper contends that their experience at George and Martha's house changes Nick and Honey as well, causing them to become more aware of themselves and compassionate toward each other. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: Other.wps

The Importance Of Illusion And Truth In Albee's 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf'
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This 5 page paper consider the impact of Albee's use of illusion and symbolism regarding truth in his work Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf. This paper not only considers these elements, but focuses on the struggles of George and Martha and their fictitious child. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: Albeei.wps

Edwin O'Connor's 'The Last Hurrah'
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A 5 page paper that provides an overview of the basic themes in O'Connor's novel about the social and political issues relevant to the Irish-American community in Boston in the 1950's. This book provides a view that is both sympathetic and accurate, and documents the political corruption during this era. No additional sources cited.
Filename: Hurrah.wps

Edwin O'Connor's 'The Last Hurrah' # 2
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This 5 page report discusses Edwin O'Connor's 1956 novel 'The Last Hurrah' and looks at it in the context of how politics have changed in America over the past forty years. No additional sources cited.
Filename: Hurrah2.wps

'Simple Folk' In Wharton And Loos
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A 16 page examination of the characterization of 'simple people' in Wharton's Summer and Anita Loos' Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. The paper concludes that simplicity for Loos implies a certain quality of mind, while for Wharton it is a quality of birth. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: Wharloos.doc

Edith Wharton's 'Ethan Frome'
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A 3 page character analysis of Ethan Frome. The writer explicates his character in terms of three successive failures throughout the story. No Bibliography.
Filename: Ethan.wps

Edith Wharton's 'Ethan Frome' & The Importance Of Winter
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A 3 page essay on the importance that winter plays in the story. Bibliography sites 1 source.
Filename: Coldvast.rtf

Edith Wharton's 'Ethan Frome' & The Theme Of Entrapment
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A 10 page paper exploring the theme of entrapment in Edith Wharton's novel. The paper analyzes the various forms of entrapment within the novel as they apply to the 3 main characters. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: Efrome.wps

Edith Wharton's 'Ethan Frome' vs. Willa Cather's 'Professor's House' :
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A 7 page essay that examines how Edith Wharton and Willa Cather by selecting everyday people as their protagonists in Ethan Frome and The Professor's House are able to convey complex stories which reveal their views relative to society and certain aspects of humanity in general. The writer demonstrates how these two radically different storylines have certain elements in common which result primarily from the authors use of simple people as the main characters. No additional sources cited.
Filename: Appealc.wps

Edith Wharton's 'Roman Fever'
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4 pages in length. The writer discusses plot, conflict, protagonist, antagonist, setting and climax as they relate to Edith Wharton's Roman Fever. No additional sources cited.
Filename: Romanf.wps

Edith Wharton’s War Stories
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A 6 page work looking at this unusual yet seminal period in Edith Wharton’s life -- her life in France at the outbreak of World War I, and the stories that arose from this experience. Wharton’s literary efforts to raise public awareness about the French people’s plight contributed toward her earning the French Legion of Honor. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: KBwhart.wps

Shelley's 'Frankenstein' vs. Wharton's 'The Age of Innocence'
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A 7 page paper in which the writer argues that while both women were expressing changing attitudes in femininity thought in their books through contrast and duality, Edith Wharton's view was made through an expansive flowing growth and Mary Shelley's was from an explosive view. The purpose of both stories was to show the need for men and women to come together in equal treatment of women during different eras. Whereas Wharton looked at the changes from the idea of growing together, Shelley's view was of killing off the old ideas. No additional sources cited.
Filename: Agefrank.wps

The Life of Lily Bart / The Tragic Victim of Social Conventions
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This 5 page paper argues the thesis that Lily Bart, the main character in Edith Wharton's The House of Mirth, once held a prominent position in New York's Victorian society, and subsequently loses her stature and her friends because of her circumstances. Lily Bart becomes a tragic victim of social conventions and is trapped by bad relationships and confining circumstances that correspond with Victorian values. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: Lilybart.wps

The Men In Edith Wharton's Life
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A 5 page paper analyzing the relationship of the men in Edith Wharton's poetry and fiction to the relationships she actually had in her life. The paper determines there is a very close correspondence, and theorizes that putting so much of her personal life into her writing helped her deal with her own experience. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: Wharton.doc

The Men In Edith Wharton's Life # 2
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A 4 page paper giving an overview of the men in Edith Wharton's life compared to the men in two of her famous books, Ethan Frome and Summer. She may not have found her one true love or passion, but she put them in all of her works. Several sources cited.
Filename: Edith.wps

Arthur Conan Doyle vs. Edgar Allan Poe
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This is a 6 page paper comparing two of Poe's stories -- 'The Murders in the Rue Morgue' and 'The Purloined Letter' -- with one of Conan Doyle's -- 'The Adventure of the Dancing Men' -- to demonstrate the heavy reliance of Sherlock Holmes' creator on the work of his predecessor, Poe. The paper concludes that actually Poe's stories and protagonist have more depth than Conan Doyle's, because Holmes' method relies entirely on logic and Dupin relies on behavior and nuance. No additional sources cited.
Filename: Sherloc.wps

Death and Sexuality in Edgar Allan Poe
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A 10 page paper discussing the idea that the source of Poe's morbid imagination may have been the deaths of so many of his female relatives and loved ones, and his inability to separate the concept of 'mothers' from 'brides.' Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: Poelong.wps

Death in the Fiction of Edgar Allan Poe
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An 8 page paper examining Poe's short stories for evidence of the author's obsession with death. The paper begins by providing some background on Poe's life, then looks at ten stories, four in detail, in order to show that his fascination with the theme of death was endemic in his personality. A 1 page sentence outline follows paper. Bibliography lists four sources.
Filename: Fipoe.wps

Edgar Allan Poe -- 'The Tell Tale Heart'
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A 4 page essay on this work by Poe. The writer discusses the story's underlying themes and in particular, the significance of the constant heartbeat as it relates to the killer's fall into madness. Bibliography lists 4 supporting sources.
Filename: Poetellt.rtf

Edgar Allan Poe -- Life, Works & 'The Tell-Tale Heart'
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A 7 page analysis not only of Poe's life, but of his work entitled 'The Tell-Tale Heart' as well. The writer attempts to explain meaning, symbolism, and theme in the Tell-Tale Heart as well as how these elements related to Poe's own writing style. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: Poe3.wps

Edgar Allan Poe and the Gothic Genre
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A 10 page analysis of 'Fall Of The House of Usher' and 'The Cask of Amontillado' in relationship to the establishment of the gothic genre. The analysis is based on Chris Bladick's assessment of the gothic as a combination an interrelationship of a sense of fear or dread combined with an inherited sense of time and claustrophoric space to create a sense of ineveitable disintegration. The paper argues that the genre is popular today and serves the purpose of defeatism. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
Filename: Edpoe.wps

Edgar Allan Poe as Gothic Hero in 'Usher' and 'Ligeia'
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A 5 page paper analyzing the way Edgar allan poe's life experiences are reflected in two of his most famous stories, 'The Fall of the House of Usher' and 'Ligeia.' Bibliography lists four sources including Poe's short story collection.
Filename: Ushlig.doc

Edgar Allan Poe's 'Cask of Amontillado' vs. 'The Tell-Tale Heart'
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A 5 page comparison of these two tales in regards the techniques used to create an atmosphere of fear and hopelessness. The writer concentrates on the use of these senses to ascribe the soul of insanity. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: Casktale.doc

Edgar Allan Poe's 'Fall Of The House Of User' / Deviance
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This 5 page paper discusses the suggestion of incest or deviant behavior in Edgar Allan Poe's 1839 short story, 'The Fall of the House of Usher.'
Filename: Usher.doc

Edgar Allan Poe's 'Fall of the House of Usher'
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A 2 page essay on the single effect of deterioration in Poe's 'Fall of the House of Usher.' The writer argues that the house is actually personified-- and as it gradually collapses so does the family within. No Bibliography.
Filename: Poefallh.wps

Edgar Allan Poe's 'Ligeia' / Analyzed
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This 5 page research paper examines the themes of love and the female in Edgar Allan Poe's Gothic short-story lament, 'Ligeia.' Specifically considered are how Poe's tragic personal life contributed to his perceptions of women. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: Ligeia.RTF

Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Cask of Amontillado'
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A 5 page paper looking at Edgar Allan Poe's classic story in terms of its point of view. The paper analyzes Poe's reason for writing it in first person, and concludes that we are more likely to sympathize with the narrator, so the shock is all the greater when he turns out to be the villain. No additional sources.
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Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Cask of Amontillado'
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A 6 page paper on this short story by Poe. The relationship between the two men is examined and analyzed as it changes while the story progresses.
Filename: Amont.wps

Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Cask of Amontillado'
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A 7 page paper discussing the element of revenge within an extremely tightly woven story and how this story was a commentary by Poe on his disdain of the aristocracy and all that they stood for, as well as his personal belief in the cruelty of society. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: Caskamon.wps

Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Cask of Amontillado' / Revenge # 2
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This 6 page essay explores the deed of revenge in Poe's story. Montressor believes he has been endured many injuries at the hands of Fortunato but when Fortunato insults him, he cannot take that and he carefully plans revenge. There is only one moment in the last scene when he hesitates, a moment of remorse or guilt? If is is, it does not stop him from following his plan to its end.
Filename: Cask.wps

Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Masque Of Red Death' / Theme Of Plague
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A 5 page paper providing a psychological analysis of Edgar Allan Poe's The Masque of the Red Death. The paper concludes that Poe wrote about a plague because the sheer number of beloved people who had died during his lifetime must have seemed like a plague to him. Bibliography lists five sources.
Filename: Poerm.wps

Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Purloined Letter'
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This 5 page report discusses Edgar Allan Poe's 'detective' story with an eye to the attitudes of class consciousness and superiority demonstrated by the main character, C. Auguste Dupin, in relationship to the Prefect of the Parisian Police. No additional sources cited.
Filename: Purloin.wps

Edgar Allan Poe's Mysterious Death
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10 pages in length. For nearly a century and a half, speculation has surrounded the untimely death of Edgar Allan Poe. But now there is new evidence suggesting he did not die drunk, but rather from another malady entirely. The writer shows us how Poe's life, full of sorrow and disappointment, may have ultimately lead to his early demise.
Filename: Poedie.wps

Horror at Home: The Domestic Setting of Poe’s Gothics
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A 3 page paper pointing out that most of Poe’s Gothic stories and poems have very normal, ordinary settings. The paper argues that this reflects the uncertainty of American life as opposed to the relative stability of England during the same period. No additional sources.
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Interpretations of Edgar Allan Poe
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A 7 page paper examining the way three famous writers interpreted Edgar allan poe, with a special focus on his short story 'The Masque of the Red Death'. Critiques by William Butler Yeats, Robert Louis Stevenson, and H.P. Lovecraft are compared, contrasted, and analyzed. Four sources including the story itself.
Filename: Poered.wps

Revenge in Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Cask of Amontillado”
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A 7 page paper looking at the theme of revenge and victimization in this horror story by Edgar Allan Poe. The paper concludes that Poe deliberately left open the question of whether Fortunato was the only victim of Montresor’s diabolical revenge, or whether the ultimate revenge was on Montresor himself. Bibliography lists seven sources.
Filename: KBpoe2.wps

The Individual and Society in Poe and Garcia Marquez
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An eight page paper looking at the complex interrelationship between the individual and society, and reality and illusion, in these two authors. Works discussed are Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Masque of the Red Death” and Gabriel Garcia Marquez’ “A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings.” The paper concludes that in both stories an edifice is created which is not real -- but in Poe’s story it is created by an individual’s attempt to protect himself against society, and in Garcia Marquez’ it is created by society’s attempt to put blinders on the individual. Bibliography lists four sources.
Filename: KBmasque.wps