Doestovsky and His Many Themes
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A 6 page comparative essay discussing how markedly different the author's characters are in four of his most popular novels. "Crime & Punishment," "The Idiot," "Possessed," and "The Brothers Karamazov." Bibliography lists these 4 primary sources, as well as 3 additional, outside sources.
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Dostoevsky and “White Nights”
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A seven page paper analyzing the protagonist of Fyodor Dostoevsky’s short story in terms of whether he was modeled after Dostoevsky himself. The paper presents abundant historical evidence to show that he was, and notes how the creation of this story may have helped Dostoevsky resolve issues in his own life. Bibliography lists three sources.
Filename: KBdostoe.wps

Dostoevsky's "Notes From The Underground"vs. Goethe's "Faust"
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An 8 page paper comparing and contrasting Goethe's (German) and Dostoevsky's (Russian) view of the dark side of existence as depicted in these two novels. The writer posits that each book illustrates mankind's growing fascination with his own dark side --offering little hope for redemption (particularly true of "Notes From The Underground"). Bibliography lists 6 critical sources.
Filename: Faust.wps

Dostoevsky's 'Grand Inquisitor'
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A 5 page paper analyzing the function of this parable told in the middle of Dostoevsky's The Brothers Karamazov. The paper shows how the implications suggested in this parable affect not only the way we look at religion, but how we as a free people regard the society in which we live. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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DOSTOEVSKY, LERMONTOV AND COMPARISONS
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This 4-page paper compares Perchon of Lermontov's A Hero of Our Times and Raskolnikov of Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment. Though these two characters are vastly different, this paper points out the theme that both characters are walking contradictions.
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Dostoevsky’s “Crime and Punishment” and “Notes from the Underground”
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An eight page paper looking at these two works in terms of whether the protagonist’s ends justify the means taken to achieve them Through tying both protagonists’ motives to irrationality, the paper argues that they do not. Bibliography lists four sources.
Filename: KBcrime.wps

Dostoevsky’s “The Idiot” / Character Weakness
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A 3 page paper looking at how weakness of character ultimately contributes to disaster in this novel. The paper focuses on the decadence of Russian society during Dostoevsky’s lifetime and contrasts it with the ideal world of the pure-minded Myshkin. No additional sources cited.
Filename: Idiotwks.wps

Dostoyevsky's View of Freedom
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This 5 page paper considers the view of Dostoyevsky presented in Notes from the Underground related to the concept of freedom. This paper considers the views of Dostoyevsky along with assertions made by Emma Goldman in her work Anarchism. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Emma Bovary and Dmitri Gurov
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This paper compares the characters of Emma Bovary from "Madame Bovary" and Dmitri Gurov from "The Lady with the Dog," and argues that it is the characters' own attributes that impact the way in which they move within their society. Bibliography lists two sources.
Filename: HVEmaDmi.rtf

Evolving Narrative
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This 7 page paper discusses different themes beginning with a brief discussion of whether the work of Freud and Neitzche are coherent with anthropology or myth. The symbolism in Ibsen's A Doll House is then explored. Finally, four novels, Heart of Darkness, Madam Bovary, Tristram Shandy and Scarlet and Black are used to demonstrate how narrative has changed over the years.
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Fathers and Sons: Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev.
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(5 pp) This 1862 novel caused great upset upon its original publication in Russia, but it is still being read today because of the universal insights it gives into human relationships and the nature of change. We might ask ourselves if the major characters presented are realistic to us, but it is good to remember the age of the novel, and be aware that was realistic then -and it was certainly considered such at the time -may not seem that way today. This discussion will examine the strength of characters presented.
Filename: BBtrgnev.doc

Girardian Perspective on Brothers Karamazov
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A 7 page research paper that examines The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky from a perspective that considers the theories of Rene Girard. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: khbrokar.wps