Kutuzov and Napoleon
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A paper which considers the different types of statecraft employed by Kutuzov and Napoleon in Tolstoy's War and Peace, and outlines the reasons why the Russian's methods were successful where the French general's were not. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: JLtolstoy.rtf

Leo Tolstoy/Statesmanship in War and Peace
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An 8 page essay that compares and contrasts Tolstoy's characterization of Napoleon and the head of the Russian army, Field Marshal Kutuzov. The depiction of these two leaders reveals Kutuzov to be the superior leader because his primary motivations come from statecraft and concern for his country, rather than from ego. Essentially, Kutuzov is successful because he recognizes the truth, as argued by Tolstoy, which is that individuals, even leaders, are insignificant regarding the tides of historical forces. Napoleon, obsessed by self importance, is oblivious to this truth and, therefore, fails. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: khnapkut.rtf

Leo Tolstoy’s Alyosha the Pot
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A 9 page paper which examines the message in Leo Tolstoy’s short story Alyosha the Pot. The paper also examines, compares, Tolstoy’s The Death of Ivan Ilyich. No additional sources cited.
Filename: RAypot.rtf

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

Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
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A 3 page report on the novel Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov. No additional sources cited.
Filename: RAllita.rtf

Metamorphosis
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This paper looks at the transformation of Gregor in terms of his relationship to family, the workplace and life in general and considers whether he could be regarded as a saviour. The paper has one source.
Filename: JLkafkmet

Nabokov & Use of Language
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A 10 page research paper/essay that examines Vladimir Nabokov's use of language, in Lolita and also in one of his first novels King, Queen, Knave. The writer argues that these novels demonstrate Nabokov's skills at utilizing symbolism and metaphor as tools that aid him in achieving his artistic and thematic goals. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: khkqklol.rtf

Oblomov and Olga
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A paper which looks at the influence of Olga in Goncharev's "Oblomov", with particular reference to the changes which she manages to inspire in the protagonist and whether or not these changes could ever have become permanent, given Oblomov's basic nature.
Filename: JLolga.rtf

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

Passage Interpretation/Anna Karenina
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A 3 page essay that analyzes a passage from Tolstoy's novel and discusses it in relation to the rest of the book. Tolstoy's epic novel Anna Karenina, after dealing with adultery, disillusionment, being social ostracized and finally with suicide, concludes with a life-affirming declaration by one of the novel's principal characters, Konstantin Dmitrich Levin. Examination of this passage shows that it successfully enforces one of the themes that Tolstoy has stressed throughout the course of the novel, namely the importance of family to happiness and a sense of meaning in life. No additional sources cited.
Filename: khannak2.rtf

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

Pushkin/Moor of Peter the Great
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A 10 page research paper/essay that examines an incomplete work by Alexandr Sergeyevitch Pushkin (1799-1837), a "founding father" of Russian literature. In 1827, Pushkin began, but never completed, a novel based on the life of his African ancestor and his relationship to Peter the Great entitled "The Moor of Peter the Great." The writer explores Pushkin's portrayal of both the Tsar and his ancestor and relates this to why Pushkin might not have finished this novel. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: khpusmor.rtf

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.
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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

Russian Culture in Novels
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A 10 page paper which examines Russian culture and society as seen in Turgenev’s “Fathers and Sons,” Dostoevsky’s “Crime and Punishment,” and Tolstoy’s “Anna Karenina.” Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: RAruscul.rtf

Schreber and Dostoyevsky
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A 5 page paper which examines the case of Daniel Schreber and the narrator in Dostoyevsky’s “Notes from the Underground.” The paper incorporates the notes of Freud concerning the Schreber case as well. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: RAdofr.rtf