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Sir Thomas More's 'Utopia' # 3 / Not A 'Perfect' Society
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A 3 page essay criticizing More's Utopia in an historical context. The writer feels that a 'perfect' society is not possible when it has war, prisoners or war, and slavery. Examples from other Utopian ideologies are presented to illustrate points made. No other sources cited.
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Sir Thomas More's 'Utopia' # 4 / Communism Doesn't Work !
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In this insightful 3 page essay, the writer argues that in Utopian societies, the creator is always theoretically 'playing God,' and establishing whatever social order (s)he sees fit for the achievement of societal perfection. It is argued that there exists no viable connection between the Utopia presented in Thomas More's book and true democracy. Rather, More's Utopia more closely resembles Communism -- a failed idea ! No other sources cited.
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Sir Thomas More's 'Utopia' & The Communist State
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A 5 page paper analyzing the ways in which Thomas More's idealized society, described in his book Utopia, could be said to be Communist. The paper concludes that the actual aims of Karl Marx and More were different; Marx was calling for a social revolution, and More was calling for a moral one. Bibliography lists three sources including book.
Filename: Utopia.doc
Sir Thomas More's 'Utopia' / An Analytical Criticism
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A 3 page essay in which the writer critiques More's 'Utopia'-- pointing out several atrocities including the treatment of lawyers and animals in his fictitious society. The writer does also find, however, that the book was intended to be satirical and therefore to only criticize it would be to overlook its 'chariacture-like' value. No other sources cited.
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Sir Thomas More's 'Utopia' / An Analytical Overview
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A 10 page research paper concerning the first of many literary 'utopias' which describe perfect imaginary societies. The writer explores the framework of the society imaged by Sir Thomas More in the early sixteenth-century discussing such topics as the rights of the individual, the laws, and customs of More's ideal human society. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Robert Louis Stevenson's 'Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde' / A Study In Ambiguity
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A 7 page essay briefly examining the life of the author of 'Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde' and how his life and times affected how he recast the ancient struggle between good and evil that thrives in the heart of every man. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: Hyde3.rtf
Robert Louis Stevenson's 'Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde' / Dual Psychology
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A 9 page paper examining Robert Louis Stevenson's depiction of the relationship between Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde in this famous nineteenth-century novel. It concludes that Dr. Jekyll represents the mask we present to society and Mr. Hyde the inner self we all fear. Bibliography lists four sources.
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Robert Louis Stevenson's 'Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde' /Theme of The Double
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A 7 page paper looking at both the motif of the double personality in this novel, and the double genres -- allegory and Gothic -- in which it was written. Bibliography lists 2 additional sources.
Filename: Jekylh.rtf
The �Vile Body� and the Grotesque
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An eight page paper looking at the relationship between our fascination with the grotesque and our dissatisfaction with our own bodies. Supplementary sources discussed include Mary Russo�s �The Female Grotesque: Risk, Excess, and Modernity� and Robert Louis Stevenson�s �The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.� The writer also touched on Mary Pipher�s �Reviving Ophelia,� and the theories of Carl Jung. Bibliography lists six sources.
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�Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde� vs. �Mary Reilly�
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A six page paper comparing these two variants of the �Jekyll and Hyde� story -- the original by Robert Louis Stevenson, and the more recent update by Valerie Martin, �Mary Reilly.� The paper picks out three compelling scenes from each book and gives a little background on each author. Bibliography lists three sources.
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