Brecht's "Three Penny Opera"
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A five page paper looking at this play by Bertolt Brecht, in terms of its meaning and significance in the twentieth century theater. Topics discussed include modernism, expressionism, the anti-hero, and Epic Theater. Bibliography lists seven sources.
Filename: KBbrecht.wps

BRECHT, LORCA AND THE DEATH OF TRADITION
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This 4-page page paper examines Lorca's "House of Bernarda" and Brecht's "Mother Courage," and describes how these two had signified the cynicism and oppression of the times.
Filename: MTbrelor.rtf

Brothers Grimm/Snow-White & Rose-Red
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A 5 page research paper that analyzes the classic Grimm fairy tale in a sociological/ anthropological manner that relates the tale to cultural elements. The writer discusses the pagan elements in the story, as well as the nineteenth century mindset of the Brothers Grimm. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: khswrr.rtf

Common Themes of Tragedy in “Macbeth,” “Antigone” and “All Quiet on the Western Front”
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This 5 page report discusses the common themes that exist in these three works of literature. Great tragic literature carries with it certain common themes that define it as tragedy and which then allows the reader to understand that there is a greater story being outlined than just the one of the characters presented in a single story. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: BW3theme.rtf

Comparative Analysis of Heinrich Boll’s “Like a Bad Dream” and Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “My Kinsman, Major Molineux”
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An 8 page paper which examines how each short story represents a young man’s initiation or rite of passage. Bibliography lists 12 sources.
Filename: TGbolhaw.rtf

Comparative Analysis of Thomas Mann’s “Death in Venice” and Jean-Paul Sartre’s “No Exit”
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A 5 page paper which discusses the theme of choices in both novels. No additional sources are used.
Filename: TGmansar.rtf

Comparison of Heinrich Heine and Gunter Grass
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A 5 page paper discussing classic works by these German authors. Both Heine and Grass portray a dark and nearly hopeless Germany in their works. Heine's Deutschland, a Winter's Tale is older than Grass' The Tin Drum by more than 100 years, a century in which Germany rose to command world attention twice. Grass portrays a Germany with much similarity to that of Heine's time. Heine was threatening and ominous in much of his epic-length verse. He was able to see ahead on Germany's then-current path; Grass looked back along that path in the other direction. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: KSGermBks.wps

Death and Dying in William Shakespeare's "The Tragedy of King Lear" and Johann von Goethe's "The Sorrows of Young Werther"
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A 5 page paper which compares and contrast the protagonists' views on death and how they speak of their own dying in William Shakespeare's "The Tragedy of King Lear" and Johann von Goethe's "The Sorrows of Young Werther," concentrating on one key passage from each work, and closely analyzing how the emotions of each man are expressed. No additional sources are used.
Filename: TGleawer.wps

Demian
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A six page paper which considers Hesse's novel Demian in relation to the increasing nihilism of the period immediately preceding the First World War, and looks at the argument put forward in the novel for the necessity and inevitability of war. Bibliography lists 6 sources
Filename: JLdemian.rtf