The Faustian Bargain in Classical Literature
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A five page paper looking at the way a number of classical sources treat the 'Faustian Bargain' -- the exchange of short-term gratification for long-term misery. Sources discussed are the Bible, Machiavelli's 'The Prince,' Homer's 'Iliad' and 'Odyssey,'; Aeschylus' 'Agamemnon,' Sophocles' 'Oedipus Rex,' Virgil's 'Aeneid,' Dante's 'Divine Comedy,' Cervantes' 'Don Quixote,' and Goethe's 'Faust.' No additional sources.
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Goethe's 'Faust' / The Devil's Funnybone -- A Comic Episode
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A 5 page paper examining one episode of comic relief in Goethe's Faust. It concerns the Devil's advice to a first-year student trying to decide on a field of study, and contains considerable irony and satire. The paper concludes that the Devil's cynicism actually serves to throw Faust's sincerity into higher relief. Bibliography lists three sources.
Filename: Devilfun.wps

Goethe’s Faust – A Soul Torn Between Gretchen and Mephistopheles
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This 5 page report discusses Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s masterpiece “Faust” and whether or not Faust will give his soul over to God, to Gretchen or to Mephistopheles. Throughout the story, it could be resolved in a number of ways. However, what Faust never seems to realize is his fundamental helplessness in the face of powers much greater than his own. No bibliography.
Filename: BWfaust.rtf

Magic In Shakespeare & Goethe
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A 5 page paper that details the passage of magic, dreams, and incantations in a Midsummer Nights Dream and Goethe's Faust. The writer also examines how both works display these qualities and goes into significant plot analysis as well.
Filename: Midg.wps

Messages for Today in Goethe’s “Faust”
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A 5 page paper examining the issues Goethe raises in Faust and determining the extent to which they are relevant to our own time. The paper concludes that Faust is redeemed through not only an acknowledgment of his mistakes but an understanding of them; he is also redeemed through an increased knowledge of the importance of giving of oneself. No additional sources.
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Modernism and the Novel
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This 5 page report discusses the transformation of modernism in terms of Kafka's 'The Trial' and F. Scott Fitzgerald's 'The Great Gatsby.' The inherent differences of writers in the same modernist period but in Europe compared to America is also discussed. Bibliography lists only the two works themselves as sources.
Filename: Modno.wps

'Spring's Awakening'
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A 5 page review of Frank Wedekind's play on teen sexuality, teen pregnancy and teen suicide. The writer posits that, as Wedekind so aptly points out, reliance on religious and other overtures in a society that is bourgeois in nature can only lead to destruction.
Filename: Wedekind.wps

“The Cabaret”: A Review of the Popular Movie and the Book and Previous Productions on Which it is Based
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A 9 page overview of the 1972 cinematic production. The author traces the history of the film back to a play and a movie entitled “I Am a Camera” which were based, in turn, on the book “Berlin Stories” (also referred to as “Goodbye to Berlin”) by Christopher Isherwood. Set in 1931 in pre-war Berlin, these productions detail the events and circumstances surrounding a popular Berlin nightclub as to how they relate to the turmoil raging under the surface in Germany as a whole. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: PPcabare.rtf

“The Metamorphosis” by Kafka: An Analysis
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A 5 page contention that this classic work of twentieth century literature provides a look in to the soul of the author as well as into the soul of the time in which he lived. The giant beetle into which the protagonist is transformed encounters many of the same difficulties encountered by Kafka himself and, indeed, by the Jewish people as a whole. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: PPmetamo.rtf

“The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge”: An Analysis of the Structural Style Employed in The Novel by Rainer Maria Rilke
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A 5 page review of the stylistic elements of “The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge”. First published in 1901, “The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge” is Rilke’s only novel. The author of this paper analyzes Rilke’s characteristic use of nouns coupled with adjectives to convey vivid sensory images to his readers. No additional sources are listed.
Filename: PPrilke.rtf