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Papers On Russian Literature
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Raskolnikov's Motivation in "Crime and Punishment"
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A five page paper on this classic novel by nineteenth-century Russian novelist Fyodor Dostoevsky. The paper maintains that Raskolnikov’s “crime” lies in his arrogant assumption that his life and goals are worth more than someone else’s, and that he even has the right to make that kind of judgment. Bibliography lists one source.
Filename: KBcrime2.wps
Raskolnikov’s Dream in Dostoevsky’s “Crime and Punishment”
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A 9 page paper
which examines the dream of Raskolnikov’s dream as representative of his character in
Dostoevsky’s novel “Crime and Punishment.” No additional sources cited.
Filename: RAcrmpun.rtf
Society and choice in Tolstoy's Kreutzer Sonata
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A paper which considers the dichotomy between societal custom and individual choice in Tolstoy's The Kreutzer Sonata, with specific reference to the author's views on sexuality, marriage and celibacy. Bibliography lists 2 sources
Filename: JLkreut.rtf
Solzhenitsyn's "Matryona's Home"
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A five page analysis of this short story by famed Soviet dissident Aleksander Solzhenitsyn. The story tells of a poor woman in rural Russia, and the official corruption that made her life and those of her fellow villagers so difficult. No additional sources.
Filename: KBsolz.wps
Symbolism and Themes in Aleksandr Pushkin’s “Queen of Spades”
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This 20 page report discusses one of the best-known of Aleksandr
Pushkin’s (1799-1837) short stories and focuses on the symbolism
and thematic content it presents. “The Queen of Spades” was
written in 1834, only a few short years before he was to die in
a duel over his socialite wife. It is the ironic story of a
compulsive gambler, Hermann, who will stop at nothing to obtain a
Countess’s secrets on how to win in card games. When he
eventually learns the secret and bets heavily upon it, he finds
himself holding the wrong card and loses everything. In the
opera, he kills himself; in the original story by Pushkin, he
goes mad and ends his days in an asylum, repeating the three
cards he should have drawn and the three he did draw over and
over again. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: BWpushkin.wps
The Concept of the “Holy Fool” and its Representation in Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s “The Idiot”
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A 5 page paper which examines the philosophy behind the “holy fool,” how it relates to the novel’s chief protagonist, Prince Myshkin, and also considers how the holy fool relates to the themes of apocalypse. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: TGidiot.rtf
The Death of Ivan Ilych
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(5 pp.) Confronting Death is the last major task
that is asked of us. Although it is no different
for Ivan Ilych, if feels that it is, yet the pain
is "always the same. Now a spark of hope flashes
up, then a sea of despair rages, and always pain:
always pain, always despair, and always the same.
When alone he had a dreadful and distressing
desire to call someone, but he knew beforehand that
with others present it would be still worse.
Another dose of morphine--to lose consciousness.
I will tell him, the doctor, that he must think of
something else. It's impossible, impossible, to
go on like this." His wife tells him. And yet
-still - he must go on. How he even be able to
access his life. The writer looks at that and
other questions that death brings.
Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: BBtolsty.doc
The Death Of Ivan Ilyich And Madame Bovary
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On the surface, Tolstoy's
The Death Of Ivan Ilyich and Flaubert's Madame Bovary are very
different. One tells the story of a man in the process of dying while
the other tells of a woman who commits adultery and then suicide. This
5 page paper argues that both Emma in Madame Bovary and Ivan in The
Death Of Ivan Ilyich are looking for meaning within a life that is
steadily declining. No aditional sources are listed.
Filename: KTbovivn.wps
The Evolution And Realities Of Three Literary Characters
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A 5 page paper discussing the characters of Nora from 'A Doll's House,' Gregor from 'Metamorphosis' and the Underground Man from 'Notes From the Underground.' Each character is unique and each one displays different qualities inherent in mankind. The paper examines their individual evolution to some extent, as well as their commonalties. No additional sources cited.
Filename: Evolreal.wps
The Fantastic in Gogol: "The Portrait" and "The Nose"
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A 6 page examination of
the fantastic, the surreal and otherworldly, in the work of Gogol. The works examined are
"The Portrait" and "The Nose." No additional sources cited.
Filename: RAgoglns.rtf
The Function of Dreams in Fyodor Dostoevsky’s Novel “Crime and Punishment”
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This is a 5 page paper discussing the function of dreams in Dostoevsky’s “Crime and Punishment”. Russia author Fyodor Dostoevsky’s (1821-1881) novel “Crime and Punishment” (1866) tells a story of a St. Petersburg student Raskolnikov whose slow realization that he will be punished for the murder of a pawnbroker slowly leads him to lose touch with reality. While Dostoevsky focuses on many themes within the novel such as family, charity and the Russian revolution aspects among others, Dostoevsky uses a great many dreams and daydreams throughout the book as a means of escapism for his characters from the oppressive city in which they live. In addition, rather than applying psychological and political theories to his text, Dostoevsky instead shows how the psychological turmoil of dreams can show the stability, or instability, of his characters in their futile attempts live within the real world. Often times as well, the dreams of the characters, especially those of Raskolnikov, are more vividly portrayed than the images from real life.
Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: TJdream1.rtf
