Thomas Mann's 'Death In Venice' / Mass Culture
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A 9 page paper on Thomas Mann's Death in Venice, looking specifically at the way it is written to be understood on both an extremely literary level as well as by a more mass-market audience. The paper points out that by writing the story realistically but packing it with classical archetypes, Mann is able to gain both intelligibility and depth. Bibliography lists six sources.
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Thomas Mann's 'Death In Venice' / Morality & Society
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A 3 page analysis that examines that Gustav von Aschenbach, the protagonist in Thomas Mann's Death in Venice, illustrates the ideas concerning morality discussed by Freud in his work Civilization and Its Discontents. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Thomas Mann's 'The Magic Mountain' # 2 / Setting & Environment
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A 5 page essay on the use of the mountain and sanitarium setting as a device to portray the environment in which Hans Castorp develops an understanding of the horrors of the war. The paper proves Hans' progress in terms of the setting—from his introduction to reality at the sanitarium to a rejection of that reality to the real answer on the slopes of the magic mountain. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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Junichiro Tanizaki's 'The Makioka Sisters'
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A 5 page essay discussing the issue of sociocultural values in this acclaimed book. The writer examines various changes occurring in Japanese society as it became 'Westernized' and how such changes affect the characters in Tanizaki's novel.
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Junichiro Tanizaki's 'The Makioka Sisters'/ Conflict of Values
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A 5 page paper on the way the characters of the four sisters in Tanizaki's classic novel epitomize a conflict of values, and values in transition in pre-war Japan. One source (the book itself) listed.
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Amy Tan's 'The Joy Luck Club'/ Mother-Daughter Identity
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A 5 page paper looking at the way the Americanized daughters in Amy Tan's novel derive their true identity from the legacy of their Chinese-born mothers. The paper concludes that despite the fact that both mothers and daughters experience problems communicating with one another, Tan suggests that it is only through the effort of breaking down these barriers that daughters are able to discover who they really are. Bibliography lists five sources.
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Tan's 'A Pair of Tickets' / Culture, Setting, & Character
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A 5 page paper looking at the interrelationship of culture and characterization in this excerpt from Amy Tan's novel The Joy Luck Club. The paper asserts that the protagonist can only discover who she is by learning who her mother was, deep down inside -- and it took a trip to her mother's native country to see this. Bibliography lists one source.
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Doestoevsky's 'Crime & Punishment'
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A 2 page comprehensive essay analyzing the character of Raskolnikov and the importance of the murder scene in Doestovsky's 'Crime & Punishment.' No Bibliography.
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Doestoevsky's 'Notes From The Underground' / Individuality
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A 6 page paper analyzing the issue of universality versus conformity in Dostoevsky's famous novella. It also examines the author's reaction to the literary movements of rationalism and realism, and looks at some of Dostoevsky's most notable symbolism. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: Dostoev.doc

Doestoevsky's 'The Brothers Karamazov' / Individualization
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A 6 page paper which discusses the way the personalities of the three brothers in the novel form one complete functional personality. Each of them borrows traits from the others as the novel progresses, so that by the end, each brother is a more complete person than he was at the start. No additional sources cited.
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