ATTRACTION OF THE IRISH IN “TRANSLATIONS”
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This paper discusses the charms of Ireland and how they impact Lt. Yolland, the very proper British official. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: MTtransl.rtf

Brian Friel’s “Translations” -- A Drama of Cultural Ambivalence
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This 12 page report discusses Irish playwright Brian Friel’s work “Translations.” In it, he tells the story of the British to dominate all of Irish culture and heritage by translating and changing ancient Gaelic names of villages and towns into English. Many drama critics, social commentators, and literary historians have described it a “metaphor” or a parable of the struggles in Northern Ireland regarding the British, cultural assimilation, and the determination to maintain a separate and unique identity. Friel demonstrates that the translation of language was no simple exercise in words and the use of one language over another, it was the beginning of an institutionalized encouragement of cultural ambivalence that had become one of the means by which the English were determined to eradicate uniquely Irish thinking. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: BWbfriel.wps

Character Analysis of Iago in William Shakespeare’s “Othello”
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A 5 page paper which examines how Iago functions in the play, and how successful Shakespeare is in achieving his significance. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: TGothiag.rtf

Chaucer and Shaw Satirize Their Societies in “The Canterbury Tales” and “Pygmalion”
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This 5 page report discusses the ways in which Geoffrey Chaucer and George Bernard Shaw essentially deride the social constraints and assumptions of their societies in their two works. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: BWchasat.rtf

Chivalry in Ivanhoe.
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(5 pp) Whenever we think of the word "chivalry," it is either in the context of "being dead"-not a pretty thought, or we think of knights and damsels in distress, waiting to be rescued by said knight. In its most positive sense, the word conjures other times of gentility and good manners. Walter Scott's 1719 novel Ivanhoe is certainly a basic place to start if one wants to know more about the ideas and actions of chivalry.
Filename: BBchvlry.doc

Comparison and Contrast: Beckett and Marquez
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A 5 page paper which xompares and contrasts Samuel Beckett’s “Waiting for Godot” and Gabriel Garcia Marquez’ “Chronicle of a Death Foretold.” No additional sources cited.
Filename: RAgg.rtf

D.H. Lawrence And James Joyce
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D.H. Lawrence's Sons And Lovers and James Joyce's A Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Man share a similarity between them that is central to understanding the protagonists. This 5 page paper argues that the metafictional endeavors of both of the main characters is to make claims for their autonomy. The inward analysis that each wallows in does not imply self-consciousness, but rather the belief in the significance of living as an individual. No additional sources are listed.
Filename: KTporson.wps

Disillusionment and Coming of Age in Updike and Joyce
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A 3 page paper which compares and contrasts the elements of disillusionment and coming of age in John Updike’s A&P and James Joyce’s Araby. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: RAagejj.rtf

Domesticity in “Villette” and “Dracula”
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A 5 page paper which examines how domesticity, something which lies at the heart of most Victorian novels, is something seen as very subtly portrayed in Charlotte Bronte’s “Villette” and Bram Stoker’s “Dracula.” Bibliography lists 6 additional sources.
Filename: RAvill.rtf