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.
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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.
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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
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Edgar Allen Poe’s Contributions to America
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Edgar Allen Poe made contributions to America that went far beyond the contribution of his literature contributions. He supported both literature and art, and educating American minds. In doing so, he helped establish a number of magazines and newspapers as well as the American literary and art scene. These contributions greatly assisted the American public and establish American art and literature, as well as assisting Poe hone his own art. 5 works cited. jvPoepro.rtf
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Erich M. Remarque/All Quiet on the Western Front
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A 5 page essay that examines the perspective on reality taken by Remarque in discussing the horrors of war during WWI. The reader follows the perspective of the protagonist, Paul Baumer, as he goes from being an idealistic youth to a hardened, war-experienced realist, to finally arriving a naturalistic philosophy that offers some hope for the future in the ability of the earth to sustain and renew itself. No additional sources cited.
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Fathers and Sons – The Relationship Explored in Three Literary Works
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This 5 page paper discusses the troubled relationship between fathers and sons in “Barn Burning” by William Faulkner; “My Papa’s Waltz” by Theodore Roethke; and “The Killings” by Andre Dubus. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Franz Kafka's 'The Hunger Artist'
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A 4 page paper discussing the short story, The Hunger Artist. The writer analyzes Kafka's tongue in cheek style and humorous look at the life of a starving artist. No additional sources cited.
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Franz Kafka's Psyche & His Father
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A 12 page essay that examines three works by Kafka. "The Judgment" (1912), "Metamorphosis" (1915), and "The Hunger Artist" (1924) demonstrate how psychologically Kafka never overcame his feelings of inferiority in relation to his father. By first looking at Erikson's theory of personality development and then at Kafka's work, the tremendous psychological significance of Kafka's relationship to his father and its impact on his writing becomes clear. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Franz Kafka/Gregor Samsa in Metamorphosis
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A 5 pages essay that looks at several sources on how to analyze the character of Gregor Samsa in Franz Kafka's Metamorphosis, a narrative in which the protagonist is turned into a large bug. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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