Aeschylus'Agamemnon in Historical Context
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A 5 page essay that discusses Aeschylus' play Agamemnon within the historical context of fifth century BC Greek culture. The writer argues that the play substantiates and rationalizes male dominance. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Aeschylus's Agamemnon
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This 4 page paper examines this classic work. The paper is driven by a thesis related to family life and selfishness. The plot, setting and themes are discussed. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Aesop’s Fables: Political Messages, Explanations of Natural Phenomena, or Entertaining Tales?
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A 9 page overview of the speculated origin of those tales collectively known as Aesop’s fables. Presents the current body of knowledge regarding Aesop’s identity and occupation and evaluates the various meanings typically attributed to his stories. The author of this paper emphasizes that the authorship of these great fables can undoubtedly be contended to relate both to the circumstances of the presumed author’s life and to the larger historical and political setting of the time but the stories could have also been created simply for entertainment purposes. Bibliography lists 11 sources.
Filename: PPaesop.rtf

Agamemnon’s Murder
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A 3 page paper which examines the murder of Agamemnon in Aeschylus’ work. No additional sources cited.
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An Analysis of "The Iliad"
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A 5 page paper which analyzes aspects of Homer's "The Iliad." No additional sources cited.
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An Analysis of Abelard's Historia Calamitatum
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This 8 page paper provides an overview of Abelard's Historia Calamitatum , and creates a substantive view of this text. This paper focuses on what Abelard comes to understand through an assessment of the text, and relies on a historical and substantive perspective on the monastic perspectives presented in the text. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: MHAbelar.rtf

An Analysis of Gilgamesh
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This 14 page paper provides an overview of the work along with an analysis of different versions of this epic poem. Gilgamesh is also evaluated from a Freudian perspective as well as the perspective of Nietzsche, among others. Various aspects of the work, inclusive of language used, are explored. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
Filename: SA219Gil.rtf

An Apologia for Medea
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This 5 page report uses the character of Medea and presents an argument in her behalf or an “apologia” that follows the logic and reasoning of Gorgias’ “Encomium of Helen.” To apply a persuasive apologia for Medea in a fashion similar to Gorgias’ dissertation for Helen requires that one consider the interpretation of the import of the crime and the resulting condemnation of its perpetrator. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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An Examination and Response of “The Wife of Bath and the Mediation of ‘Privitee’”
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A 5 page paper which provides a summary and then response to an essay titled “The Wife of Bath and the Mediation of ‘Privitee,’” author unknown, available at http://www.clas.ufl.edu/users/rashoaf/currency/eleven.html. No additional sources cited.
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Analysis Miguel de Cervantes’ Heroic Characterization of Don Quixote
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A 20 page paper which examines how the author masterfully employed humor to create a unique heroic characterization. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: TGcerquix.rtf

Analysis of Act V of William Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night”
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A 5 page paper which examines the way William Shakespeare initiates multiple resolutions in his comedy, 'Twelfth Night,' the order in which he chose to address them, evaluates the logic of this order as “pure” or “dramatic,” the status the harsh realities take in the plot resolution, and a determination as to whether or not Feste is, as a critic once described him, “the play’s most penetrating commentator.”
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Analysis of Chaucer’s “The Wife of Bath’s Prologue and Tale”: How the Tale Fits the Teller
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This is a 5 page paper discussing Chaucer’s “Wife of Bath’s Prologue and Tale”. Chaucer’s “The Wife of Bath’s Prologue and Tale” are very much a part of one another in that the teller of the tale, the Wife, has become very well known to the reader in the autobiographical details told by her in the Prologue. Because of this, the Tale takes on an entirely different meaning than if it had been read alone. The reader learns about the teller in the Prologue in that she is a well experienced woman having been married five times and although she realizes the limitations placed on women in her time, she is eternally hopeful that she will get what all women want, which is explained through the fairy-tale like fictional “Tale”. The sovereignty and love the old woman in the tale eventually gets from her young husband the knight changes the old woman into a beautiful young maiden and they live happily ever after; a prayer the Wife, the teller, wishes for herself in seeking her next husband. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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