Moliere's 'Tartuffe' And Voltaire's 'Candide' / The Role Of Women
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A 10 page paper on the difference in the amount of autonomy afforded women in these two classic works of French literature. The paper observes that while we would expect sex roles in seventeenth-century Moliere to be more restrictive than in eighteenth-century Voltaire, precisely the reverse is true; a penetrating analysis postulates the reason for this. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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The Life and Times of Moliere
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This 10 page paper explores the life of this famous actor and playwright who lived in seventeenth century France. The focus is on his acting career. General biographical information provided as well as historical insights. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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Gilgamesh and Candide as ‘Quest' Novels
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A 4 page paper discussing the genre of the quest novel in general, and how Gilgamesh and Voltaire's Candide fit into it. The novel concludes that while it does feature a journey, Candide ultimately fails to pass the test of being a quest novel because Candide does not learn anything from his quest; he remains as stupid as ever. No additional sources cited.
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Gustave Flaubert's 'Bovary,' Ibsen's 'Gabler,' and Chopin's 'Awakening' / Study in Neuroses
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A 10 page research paper on the how each of these authors treated the reasons behind the neuroses of their protagonists. The writer argues that Flaubert wanted to represent a danger to the individual (Emma) fighting social norms, Ibsen a danger to society by an aberrant individual (Hedda), and Chopin a loss to society for defining unnatural roles for women (Edna). Bibliography lists 9 sources.
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Rousseau's 'La Nouvelle Heloise' (‘Julie')
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An 8 page paper that discusses Rousseau's sentimental look at the roles dictated by society for men and women according to Enlightenment views with a Rousseau twist. His focus is on the 'nature' of the human male and how those needs are to be filled through the 'nature' of women for the good of society as a whole. The writers argues that the antiquated views postulated by Rousseau through his novel are still being debated today. No additional sources cited.
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Autobiography in Shelley's Frankenstein and Rousseau's Confessions
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Barbara Johnson has posited the idea that autobiography is always in the process of symbolically killing the mother off by narrating the fiction as though it were the child one has given birth to and that represents the author. In Jean Jacques Rousseau's Confessions the premise of an autobiography is not in question. The book does not end with his death, but rather with his life alone. In Shelley's Frankenstein, the creator (Victor) and the creation (the Monster) are both seen as extensions of aspects of the author, mirrored in behavior and psychological representations of the self, which are ultimately ended either by death or a return to solitude. This 7 page paper argues that Johnson's theory, at least in the abstract, is seen as valid and worthy of discussion. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Peter Abelard / Faith & Reason
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This 12 page paper examines the conflict between faith and reason in religion. Peter Abelard's works are examined in an analysis which concludes that both may and do coexist. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
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Peter Abelard / The Story Behind '[The] Letters of Abelard and Heloise'
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An 8 page paper discussing 'Abelard and Heloise,' the medieval French love story translated from Latin by Jean de Meun. Bibliography lists three additional sources.
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The Story Of Abelard's Adversities
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This 5 page essay explores several aspects of an excerpt from Abelard's autobiography, focusing on the character of the author with quotations to substantiate the writer's opinions. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Gustave Flaubert's 'Madame Bovary'
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A 7 page paper describing Madame Bovary. The writer puts forth the thesis that Madame Bovary is a 'Female Quixote' due to her living in romantic illusion versus reality using analysis and passages from the novel to illustrate this. The primary source is cited.
Filename: Madame.wps