Toni Morrison's 'Beloved' & 'The Bluest Eye'
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A 6 page essay that compares and contrasts these two novels in both theme and character. Abandonment, victimization and lack of self-identity are just three of the topics discussed. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Toni Morrison's 'Beloved' / Absence Of Expression
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A 7 page paper on Toni Morrison's 1986 Nobel and Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. The paper analyzes Morrison's use of bland or 'vacant' facial expressions in the light of Sylvan Tomkins' theories that the movement of the facial muscles producing expression trigger both physiological reactions and the conscious feelings associated with emotion. Two sources cited.
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Toni Morrison's 'Beloved' / Identity & Culture
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A 6 page essay in which the writer discusses how Toni Morrison criticizes the manner in which white culture dictates the identity of black culture in her book entitled 'Beloved.'
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Toni Morrison's 'Beloved' / Importance Of Memory
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A 3 page essay discussing the essentiality of memory, re-call memory, and disremembering. The writer compares and discusses the painful memories of several key characters including : Sethe, Baby Suggs, and Paul D. Elements of the comparison include the effects of memory on each character and how they deal with it.
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Toni Morrison's 'Beloved' / Re-Memory & Repression
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A 5 page paper looking at Toni Morrison's Beloved from a feminist perspective. The paper looks at the nature of Beloved herself: is she a ghost, and if so, invoked by whom? It determines that she is a figment of the collective unconscious of the women of 124 Bluestone Road, and represents the only way they could deal with the trauma of what happened to them. Bibliography lists two sources.
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Toni Morrison's 'Beloved' / What Is Memory ?
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A 5 page essay on how memory is defined and dealt with in the character of Sethe. No additional sources cited.
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Toni Morrison's 'Jazz' vs. Dorothy West's 'The Wedding'
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A 6 page paper discussing two novels - 'The Wedding' by Dorothy West and 'Jazz' by Toni Morrison. Bibliography lists only the two novels as the sources.
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Toni Morrison's 'Song of Solomon' / African-American Standards of Beauty
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A 6 page paper discussing the way author Toni Morrison deals with women's self-image and self-esteem. The focus is on two characters, Pilate, an independent old woman, and her granddaughter Hagar, a vain young girl. Bibliography lists three sources.
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Toni Morrison's 'Song of Solomon' / Characters Compared & Contrasted
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A 4 page paper discussing the contrasting characters of Milkman Dead and his father, Macon. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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Toni Morrison's 'Song of Solomon' / Development Of Milkman's Character
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An 8 page paper on Toni Morrison's novel. The paper argues that Milkman's disassociation from his black heritage produces a disassociation from himself. No additional sources cited.
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Toni Morrison's 'Song of Solomon' / Milkman As A Classic Hero
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In 6 pages, the writer describes Milkman as a classic hero in 'Song of Solomon' by Toni Morrison. Bibliography lists 5 secondary sources.
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Toni Morrison's 'Song of Solomon' / Myth in Morrison's Song of Solomon
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A 6 page paper on Toni Morrison's novel. The paper analyzes the way Morrison's novel functions as a modern-day myth of a man finding his own place within the ancient story of his people. Bibliography lists five sources.
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