Jean Anouilh/Antigone
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A 5 page essay that analyzes French playwright Jean Anouilh's Antigone, which is a modern retelling of Sophocles' famous Greek tragedy. The writer particularly focuses on the debate between Creon and Antigone, as the focal point of the play. No additional sources cited.
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Jean Genet's "Les Bonnes" ("The Maids")
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A 5 page paper which analyzes the many twists and turns of this complex 1947 French Existentialist play. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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Jean Giraudoux/The Madwoman of Chaillot
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A 7 page research paper that examines French playwright Jean Giraudoux's "The Madwoman of Chaillot. The writer also relates the play to how Giraudoux's work fits into the genre of modern drama. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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Jean Paul Sartre’s “The Wall”
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This 5 page report discusses Jean Paul Sartre’s short story, “The Wall,” which takes place during the 1930s in the era of the Spanish Civil War. Three men are arrested, placed on trial, and sentenced to death for rather nebulous political reasons. The authorities are prepared to execute people for little or no reason whatsoever, and this lack of causality -- so predominant in existentialism -- is a favorite theme of Sartre’s. “The Wall” serves as an excellent example of existential writing in that we are what we are, what happens, happens, and what you see is what you get. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Julien and Mathilde in Stendhal’s The Red and The Black
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A five page paper which looks at the relationship between Julien and Mathilde in Stendhal's novel, particularly with regard to the concepts of honesty and hypocrisy as evinced by both their association and the author's portrayal of French society as a whole. Bibliography lists 1 source
Filename: JLstendhal.rtf

L'attente de Vladimir sur Godot
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La vie est ce qui sentir Vladimir veut se sentir, toucher et. L'estragon ne comprend pas les désirs de Vladimir, ainsi il ignore ou réfute tout Vladimir dit quand il parle de Godot. Il parle seulement de Godot d'attente, mais pas de le trouver. En tant que son ami et compagnon, attentes de Vladimir avec lui. Bibliography lists 3 sources. JVgodotF.rtf
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Le Sueur's 'The Girl' And The Exploration of Feminine Relationships
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A 4 page essay exploring the relationship between mothers and daughters and between women in relation to the feminist movement. The story of "The Girl" by Le Soeuer is integrated into the text. No additional sources cited.
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Leadership in De Saint-Exupery's 'Night Flight'
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A 5 page analysis of the theme of leadership in Antoine de Saint-Exupery's novel 'Night Flight.' The writer argues that the two protagonists represent the way that brave individuals have always challenged the unknown, and, in so doing, have advanced the race as a whole. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Les Miserables/Theme of Injustice :
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A 3 page essay that discusses the theme of political corruption and criminal injustice in Victor's Hugo's epic novel Les Miserables. Hugo uses the structure of his novel to condemn the unjust class-based structure of nineteenth-century French society, as this narrative demonstrates over and over again how police corruption and the societal structure subjects good, innocent people to destitution, creating the atmosphere in which crime becomes a logical course of action. While various characters are employed to prove this point, Hugo focuses primarily on his protagonist, Jean Valjean, in this regard. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Letters from an American Farmer
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This 5 page paper examines the writings of J. Hector St. John de Crèvecoeur to see what they tell us about his thoughts with regard to the American experience and values such as equality and religious freedom. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: HVAmFarm.rtf

Letters of the Des Roches
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A 9 page research paper that discusses the published correspondence of the Dames des Roches, Madeleine and Catherine, mother and daughter French intellectuals and writers in the 16th century. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: khroches.rtf

Love and Death in “The Fortune of the Rougons” by Emile Zola
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A 4 page paper which examines the themes of love and death in Emile Zola’s “The Fortune of the Rougons.” No additional sources cited.
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Loyalty and Heroism in “The Three Musketeers”
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A six page paper looking at the theme of this classic French novel, and its implications for us today. The paper argues that while the writing style may seem overly Romantic to us now, its essential values are those desperately needed in our society. Bibliography lists seven sources.
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Madam Bovary/From a Writer's Perspective
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A 3 page essay that analyzes Flaubert's masterpiece from the perspective of how it engages the interest of the reader from a writer's perspective. The writer argues that in creating Emma Bovary, Flaubert fashioned a timeless character who epitomizes the pain of women who believe too much in fairy tale romance and that a white knight will come to solve all their problems. In the hands of a lesser talent, Emma could have come across as simply shallow and supercilious. However, Flaubert shows her as tragic, suffering intensely from her lack of insight into her own character and the true nature of reality. It is this primarily this aspect of the novel that engages the writer's instinct in the reader, as Flaubert expertly manipulates the details of Emma's story to convey her romantic perspective and how this leads to her downfall. No additional sources cited.
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Madame de Sevigne -- The Letters of a 17th Century Woman
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This 5 page report discusses the correspondence of Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, Madame de Sevigne (1626-1696) that was published in 1725. Her letters, hundreds of them, were written to her daughter after her daughter’s marriage in 1669 and subsequent move to Provence, describe in careful detail the life at court in Paris, her own longing for her daughter, her views on politics and philosophy, as well as a commentary on the world around her. The letters continued for almost three decades and reflect the ways in which woman communicate a great deal about themselves in the ways that they comment on the world around them. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Marie de France/The Lais
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An 8 page research paper that examines the work of Marie de France (circa 1155-1170), a French poet, whose work offers a fascinating view into what life was like for the medieval French noblewoman. Her surviving works are a collection of 'Lais,' which are short stories in verse form that usually dealt with romantic themes. The writer relates the literary elements of her poetry and its significance to what the poems tell the modern reader about medieval life. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: khlais.rtf

Marie de Lafayette/The Princess of Cleves
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A 5 page essay that analyzes Marie de Lafayette's The Princess of Cleves, a seventeenth century novel that depicts a heroine's struggle to remain loyal, good and true to her husband, even though she is madly in love with another man. The writer discusses whether or not the ending the novel, when the Princess rejects her lover, is feminist, and concludes that it is not. No additional sources cited.
Filename: khcleves.rtf