Guy de Maupassant / The Shadow Of Parents In His Fiction
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A 5 page paper on French writer Guy de Maupassant's adoration of his mother and contempt for his father, and how these are reflected in two of his short stories, 'Boule de Suif' and 'Mademoiselle Fifi.' Six sources including stories.
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Guy de Maupassant's 'The Necklace'
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A 4 page paper on this short story by nineteenth-century French author Guy de Maupassant. The writer looks at the different types of discoveries made by both the story's protagonist and the reader, showing why these discoveries are not necessarily the same. Bibliography lists one source.
Filename: Maup.wps

Guy de Maupassant's 'The Necklace' / Coming To Know
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A 2 page essay of the classic short story, The Necklace by Guy De Maupassant on how Loisel comes to know many things in the process of losing a friend's necklace and paying for it. No additional sources cited.
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Guy de Maupassant's / 'Bel-Ami' / Context
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A 7 page paper on this work by Guy de Maupassant, analyzing whether Bel-Ami can be defined as a ‘'naturalist novel. The writer argues that while the novel's setting during the Belle Epoch certainly predisposed a person of Duroy's weak moral fiber toward a life of decadence and amorality, it did not condemn him to it; he still had a choice. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Maupassant's 'Boule de Suif'
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A five page paper on this classic short story by nineteenth-century French writer Guy de Maupassant. The paper discusses how Maupassant's story of a plump prostitute expresses his vision of humanity's plight during times of war. Bibliography lists two sources.
Filename: KBboule.wps

Romanticism, Realism, & Naturalism in French Literature
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An 8 page paper looking at these important movements in late eighteenth-century and nineteenth-century literature, with a special emphasis on their development in France. Five authors are discussed: Chateaubriand, Sand, Flaubert, de Maupassant, and Balzac. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
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Alexandre Dumas' 'The Count of Monte-Cristo' / The Hand Of God
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A 5 page paper discussing the issue of playing God in Alexandre Dumas' novel. It traces the way Dumas develops the characterization of the Count as a larger-than-life figure, and his enigmatic role as God's agent of vengeance. Bibliography lists 4 sources, including novel.
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Alexandre Dumas' 'Camille'
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A 5 page essay on Alexandre Dumas' play. The writer details the plot and the characters. No bibliography.
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Voltaire's 'Candide' / Moral & Physical Evil
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A 9 page paper on this classic French novel by Voltaire. It argues that Voltaire is satirizing his society's concept that behind every circumstance there is a 'sufficient reason' -- in short, the doctrine of a benevolent God. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Eldorado in Voltaire's 'Candide'
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A five page paper looking at this short section of Voltaire's novel in terms of its function within the book as a whole. The paper argues that Voltaire wrote the Eldorado section as a Utopia to reflect on the sorry state of life in the France of his day. No additional sources.
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Greed / Its Role in Three Works of Literature
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This 5 page paper begins with Creon's accusation in Antigone that money is the motive for most human evils. The paper discusses whether greed actually does plays a part in Antigone, and whether it features prominently in Voltaire's Candide or Sartre's No Exit. The paper concludes that financial gain turned out to account for relatively few of the human evils in any of the works discussed here, fear and intolerance being responsible for many more. No additional sources are listed.
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Voltaire's 'Candide'
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Two 2 page essays on Voltaire's 'Candide.' Covered are his various philosophies; the ideas of God, fate and much more. No Bibliography.
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