"Les Miserables" And "The Color Purple": Injustice
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6 pages in length. The injustice experienced by Celie in Alice Walker's The Color Purple and Jean Valjean in Victor Hugo's Les Miserables may appear divergent on the surface, however, there exists an underlying theme that transcends any obvious differences. Clearly, racial intolerance and social condemnation represent Celie's injustice, while Valjean fights a vigorous battle against being a victim of social circumstance of a somewhat diverse nature. No additional sources cited.
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"The Little Prince" of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry in the Fable and in the Reality
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This 15 page paper discusses the classic book by Antoine Saint-Exupéry as both a fable and as a protest against French colonialism in North Africa. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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"The Necklace": Guy de Maupassant
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A 5 page paper which analyzes the short story "The Necklace" by Guy de Maupassant. Bibliography lists 6 additional sources.
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"The Plague" by Albert Camus
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A 5 page paper which discusses the role and the importance of the character of Father Paneloux in Albert Camus' "The Plague." No additional sources cited.
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"The Princess of Cleves"
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An eight-page paper looking at this seventeenth century novel by Marie de La Fayette. The paper shows how the events of this unabashedly "women's novel" nonetheless contain social criticism and a clear insight into French history in the sixteenth century. Bibliography lists seven sources.
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'Journey To The End Of The Night' By Louis-Ferdinand Celine
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This 4 page report discusses the 1932 semi-autobiographical novel by Louis-Ferdinand Celine (pseudonym of Louis-Ferdinand Destouches. The main character and quite likely the first true 'anti-hero' of modern literature, Bardamu, serves as Celine's mouthpiece in descriptions of war and his travels. No additional sources cited.
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'The Return Of Martin Guerre' / Old History Vs. New History
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A 6 page paper discussing 'The Return of Martin Guerre' by Jean de Coras and updated by Nathalie Z. Davis and 'The New History and the Old: Critical Essays and Reappraisals' by Gertrude B. Himmlefarb. The writer examines the differences between positive old history and new history and briefly outlines strengths and weaknesses of both. No other additional sources cited.
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A Biography of Honoré de Balzac
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This 7 page paper provides basic biographical information as well as to highlight this novelist's social and political views. His personal life is discussed as well as his novels. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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A Brief Summary of Victor Hugo’s “The Hunchback of Notre Dame” (Notre Dame de Paris, Vol. XII)
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This is a 3 page paper summarizing Victor Hugo’s “The Hunchback of Notre Dame”. Victor Marie Hugo (1802-1885) was considered one of France’s greatest writers of the 19th century. His work “The Hunchback of Notre Dame” or “Notre Dame de Paris, Volume XII” was written in 1831 and in Hugo’s preface to that volume he writes how he was influenced by the dark Gothic writing he had once seen on the walls during a visit of his to Notre Dame. For Hugo it was that fact that the words had been inscribed on the wall many centuries previously that impacted him as he tried to visualize the cathedral during the Middle Ages; an image which resulted in the novel. The novel depicts a darker time in Paris during the 15th century when the city had criminal and influential elements which led to the eventual demise of the central characters of the loyal hunchback Quasimodo, the gypsy Esmeralda and Dom Frollo who deceived and used them for his own selfish desires. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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A Comparative Literary Analysis of the Protagonists in Guy de Maupassant’s “The Necklace” and Kate Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour”
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A 6 page paper which compares and contrasts the protagonists Mathilde Loisel and Louise Mallard in terms of each story’s theme, climax and conclusion. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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A Letter to Simone De Beauvoir on the 50th Anniversary of 'The Second Sex'
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A 5 page letter to French philosopher and feminist Simone De Beauvoir on the fiftieth anniversary of the publication of her controversial book, 'The Second Sex,' specifically addressing its continued relevance along with ideas which are no longer applicable in a world of birth control, legalized abortion and the relaxing of social taboos. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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A Voice of Reason in Moliere's Tartuffe
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This 5 page paper supports the assumption that Orgon's brother Cleante uses common sense. The concept of reason and how it is depicted in the work is also explored. The play is discussed in general and the characters are evaluated. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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