Francisco de Quevedo/Sonnet 478
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A 3 page essay that offers an explication of Francisco de Quevedo's Sonnet 478. This examination of Sonnet 478 demonstrates the connection that Quevedo made between the concept of Neoplatonic love and the anguish of unrequited love. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: khfdq478.rtf

Free Will Verses Determinism as Revealed in Selections from the Fictional Literature
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A 10 page exploration of the short stories encompassed by Miguel de Unamuno and Eric Bentley in their books “Abel Sanchez and Other Stories” (Unamuno) and “Life is a Dream: (Bentley). Unamuno’s book contains the short stories “Abel Sanchez”, “The Madness of Doctor Montarco”, and “San Manuel Bueno, Matyr” while Bentley’s “Life is a Dream” encompasses translations of Calderon's “La Vida es un Sueño” (Life is a Dream), Lope de Vega's “Fuente Ovejuna” (Fountain of Youth), and Tirso de Molina's “Don Juan”. Each of these stories add insight to our understanding of the free will verses determinism debate. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: PPlifeDr.rtf

Fronteras Americanas: A Discussion
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5 pages in length. This focuses on the play by Guillermo Verdecchia. Fronteras Americanas is an entertaining but darkly humorous look at the borders of Latin-America. Borders both without and within, and the stereotypes we deal with in the immigrant experience. It is at once poignant and funny, and makes us see the part that stereotyping plays upon the lives of immigrants. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: JGAfroam.wps

Fuentes’ “The Death of Artemio Cruz”
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A five page paper offering an overview of Carlos Fuentes’ novel. The paper shows how Fuentes compares the characteristics of his protagonist to twentieth-century Mexico itself. No additional sources.
Filename: KBfuente.wps

Gabriel Garcia Marquez' "A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings"
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A 5 page explication of Marquez' story "A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings." The paper examines various elements within the story. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: RAmarwng.rtf

Gabriel Garcia Marquez's "Chronicles Of A Death Foretold": Superstition, Omens, Dreams And Irony
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5 pages in length. An expert at imagery manipulation, the work of Gabriel Garcia Marquez is ripe with example of his unique ability to draw out the presence of superstition, omens, dreams and irony from virtually any situation. His celebrated Chronicles of a Death Foretold is especially indicative of the author's inherent ability to meld the aspects of fantasy with reality in order to portray these sometimes-concealed story elements. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: TLCGabMq.rtf

Gabriel Garcia Marquez's 'One Hundred Years Of Solitude': Time And Solitude
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10 pages in length. The writer discusses that within the enigmatic realm of Marquez's magical realism reside the sometimes-somber yet always prominent components of the novel's two central themes: time and solitude. Bibliography lists 13 sources.
Filename: TLC100yr.wps

Gabriel Garcia Marquez’ “El Colonel no tiene quien le escriba”
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A 5 page paper which examines the themes of death and resurrection in Gabriel Garcia Marquez’ “El Colonel no tiene quien le escriba.” No additional sources cited.
Filename: RAmarqz1.rtf

Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s “A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings”
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A 4 page analysis of Marquez’s short story. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: TGggmold.rtf

Galdos/Marianela
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An 8 page research paper that examines one of Benito Perez Galdos' Spanish masterpieces from the nineteenth century, Marianela, Galdos is arguably the most prominent Spanish novelist of that era. Pre-eminent in his own country, Galdos is also considered to be one of the most vital and one of the most representative novelists of the nineteenth century in Europe. The writer demonstrates how this is true through an examination of his novel Marianela. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: 90galdos.rtf

Garcia Marquez/Chronicle of a Death Foretold
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A 5 page essay that analyzes Gabriel Garcia Marquez's Chronicle of a Death Foretold, which is a narrative based on an actual murder. The writer argues that the story is far more than merely a tragic tale of homicide, it is also an indictment against a community, as the murder could have been prevented had it not been for the traditional code of familial honor to which the people in the community subscribed. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: khggmcdf.rtf

GARCIA-LORCA’S WOMEN
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This 4 page paper discusses the women in Garcia Lorca's play, The House of Bernarda Alba. Symbols are also discussed as a brief synopsis. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: MBglorca.rtf