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Papers On Russian Literature
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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
Gogol's "Shinel (Overcoat)"
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A 5 page paper which examines the humor in Gogol's
"Shinel" as it relates to humane passages. Bibliography lists 1 additional source.
Filename: RAshinel.rtf
Heart of a Dog by Mikhail Bulgakov
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5 pages. With a brief biography about Mikhail Bulgakov this paper then emphasizes his book Heart of a Dog. The theme of the book as well as the major characters and their importance within the work are discussed and analyzed. The structure of the work and Bulgakov's narrative strategies are considered in this paper. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: JGAhrdog.rtf
Humbert / Pedophilia Is A Control Issue
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5 pages in length. Building a case that proves pedophiliac compulsions are nothing more than issues of control is an especially clear-cut task with relation to Lolita's Humbert Humbert. While it can be argued that there is a significant connection to Humbert's alleged sexual encounters with his uncle that ultimately led him to seek sexual gratification from young girls, it can also be just as easily proven that he is fully capable of restraining such behavior if he so chooses. The writer addresses the fact that while Humbert's pedophiliac tendencies may have stemmed from his own childhood abuse, it is in no way a defense for inflicting such out of control abuse upon others. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: Humbert.wps
Ivan the Terrible.
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(6 pp). Ivan IV or Ivan the Terrible,1530-84,
grand duke of Moscow (1533-84), was the first
Russian ruler to assume formally the title of czar. Ivan the Terrible, the most famous tsar before Peter the Great and the most brutal ruler of Russia before Stalin, inherited the throne as a three-year-old boy on the death of his father, Vasily III, in 1533. Officially the new tsar became Ivan IV; he was awarded the title of Terrible (in Russian, ???????, "threatening" "inspiring awe or fear") by later historians.
Ivan IV --to the distress of his people --enjoyed
the longest reign in Russian history.
Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: BBivanTR.doc
Koestler's Darkness At Noon
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Authur Koestler's book, Darkness At Noon,
provides a view of a specific time and incident in history that has been
interpreted by someone who was decidedly opposed to the political
leadership that brought the event to fruition. This 7 page paper
explores the meaning of the Moscow trials as well as totalitarianism,
the historical reference to Stalin and the hope for a communist utopia.
Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: KTdrknnn.wps
Life As Wife; Desdemona In Othello, Nora In A Doll's House: Nora, the female protagonist in The Doll House, shares many of the characteristics of Desdemona, the wife of Othello in the Shakespearean play
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She is also in a marriage defined by the husband's position of authority and she has a strength of character that allows her to go against the wishes of the authority figure in her life. Unlike Desdemona, Nora refuses to go quietly to her ruin. Where Othello takes the life of his wife, the institution of marriage takes Nora's identity. The final piece to the puzzle comes to Nora as the realization that she has no legitimate name of her own, that she is unable to use either her married name or the name of her father to borrow money. She is nameless, symbolically stripped of her identity and in reality denied power over herself. The marriage, rather than Nora, dies. This 5 page paper examines the differences and similarities of the roles portrayed by these two women. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: KTwlives.wps
Overview of Leo Tolstoy's Short Story, "Master and Man"
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A 5 page paper which provides an overview of Leo Tolstoy's short story, "Master and Man," in terms of meaning and how it expresses Tolstoy's views on
Christianity and death. There will also be a comparison made between "Master and Man" and Charles' Dickens' "A Tale of Two Cities" in terms
of the sentiment that the giving of one's self to achieve something of greater importance: "Greater love has no man than this, that to a man lay down his life for his friends." Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: TGmasman.wps
Piotr Alekseyevich Kropotkin’s “Mutual Aid: A Factor of
Evolution”
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This 8 page report discusses the theories of Piotr
Alekseyevich Kropotkin (1842-1941), a Russian geographer, social
philosopher, and political anarchist. Kropotkin’s work and
observations of the natural world convinced him that creatures
survived when they supported one another but had to face an
enormous amount of pain and dissension when they turned on one
another. Such thinking flew in the face of the popularity of
Social Darwinism and served as a significant philosophical
contention. “Mutual Aid” was primarily written as a rebuttal to
Thomas Huxley’s essay titled “The Struggle for Existence in Human
Society.” Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: BWkropot.wps
Raskolnikov in Crime and Punishment
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6 pages in length. In
Fyodor Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment, the protagonist,
Raskolnikov, has a theory about crime concerning the ordinary and
the extraordinary man. As the story progresses, Raskolnikov
begins to question his own theory and eventually loses all faith
in it. Bibliography lists 1 source.
Filename: JGAcrpun2.wps
