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"House of the Spirits", 2003.
A review of the film "The House of the Spirits "from a political perspective.
920 words (approx. 3.7 pages), 4 sources, APA, AU$ 46.95
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This paper presents a review of the film "The House of the Spirits," based on Isabel Allende's novel, from a political perspective. It takes the view that the film is a critique of the inevitability of fascism in Latin America, and the flawed social assumptions of its elites.
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"Anyone who views The House of the Spirits without specific knowledge of the political evolution of Latin America over the course of the the century would perhaps find it totally unbelievable. However the observation that Latin America's democratic opening has ..."
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"The House of Spirits", 2006.
A look at the character of Esteban in Isabella Allende's novel, "The House of Spirits" and why the narrators in the story treat him sympathetically.
2,153 words (approx. 8.6 pages), 9 sources, MLA, AU$ 98.95
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In order to analyze and explain why the first and third person narrators in Isabella Allende's novel, "The House of Spirits", treat the character of Esteban so sympathetically, this paper considers what the novel itself represents, its autobiographical roots and the historical as well as allegorical elements in the story.
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"The other characters represent the spirit of the people and various contending factions in Chile: revolutionaries, the Church, the natives. They are part of the tumultuous and violent history of the Chilean people. In The House of the Spirits, Isabel Allende portrays the politics, myth, and magic of her homeland. The novel reveals the diversity of opinion among conservatives during the socialist regime in Chile. Many of the conservatives of the generation of Esteban Trueba, the protagonist's grandfather, were afraid of change and unable to support socialism on ideological grounds, but felt that when Salvador Allende fell, Chile would return to its democratic roots. When they saw what Pinochet's dictatorship brought, they were horrified. Outside Chile, there is a tendency to classify the opponents of socialism automatically as supporters of the dictatorship."
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Women in Allende's "House of Spirits", 2005.
This paper analyzes the way in which women are portrayed in "The House of Spirits."
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 1 source, MLA, AU$ 46.95
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This paper analyzes the way in which women are portrayed in Allende's "The House of Spirits." Specifically the paper examines magic realism and the discussion of female power and autonomy in the lives of the women characters.
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"Isabel Allende's novel "The House of Spirits" is best known as a journey into a world of magical realism. However, it is important to note Allende's other mission within the narrative, namely a discussion of female power and autonomy in the lives of her characters. In fact the way in which women are portrayed in "The House of Spirits" relates plainly to one of the novel's key themes and allows Allende to articulate an interesting point about the rights of women within a patriarchal society."
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"The House of the Spirits", 2004.
A review of Isabelle Allende's book, "The House of the Spirits".
1,566 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 3 sources, MLA, AU$ 75.95
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This paper discusses the book, "The House of the Spirits" written by Isabelle Allende. The writer points out that, although the book is a novel and is set in a nameless magical reality of the author's imagination rather than a specific place and time, the heavily symbolic nature of Allende's prose renders the book almost like a philosophical, as opposed to an analytical, critique of Chilean politics and society.
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"The book tells the story of the coming of age, of the boyhood and manhood of the patriarch of the Trueba family during the political upheaval that cumulates in the rise of a dictatorial era. It also stresses the struggles of the patriarch's wife to come to terms with her own gifts of prognostication and the impact of the sins and hopes of the fathers and mothers of the Trueba family upon their offspring's lives in a larger political context. Ultimately, Estaban Trueba lives in frustration at his inability to control the women in his life or the politics of the world in which he dwells logic and masculine power are futile in the arbitrary world of the novel. The man's first love, his fiance dies. He cannot fully possess his wife Clara on an emotional level, as she becomes involved with a relationship with another woman. His daughter becomes pregnant by a lower class man. His granddaughter is raped."
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Isabel Allende "The House of the Spirits", 2005.
This paper relates the story and characterizations in Isabel Allende's novel "The House of the Spirits".
1,425 words (approx. 5.7 pages), 0 sources, AU$ 69.95
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This paper explains that Isabel Allende's "The House of the Spirits"
contains a steady conflict within characters as they try to achieve harmony between their inner and outer worlds. The author points out that Clara is a character who is seemingly trapped in her inner world because she cannot escape what is happening within her own mind; however, Blanca and Alba are affected much more by the happenings in the outside world and their lives constantly are torn apart by the actions of other people. The paper relates that, because it is the driving force behind many of the characters' actions, the setting of this novel, which is assumedly Chile during periods of political turmoil, is important.
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"Esteban Trueba is a character whose main interest is in the outer world, with very little attention paid to the happenings of his inner world. He is a hard-working man who wants to achieve great wealth before his time on Earth is over. His main goal is to become rich because of all the material goods that such status would bring him. He is a short-tempered and violent man as well. He never seems to be happy with anyone in this novel, as there is always something that sets him off. He is more concerned with controlling people and having them do exactly as he pleases than he is with changing the type of person that he is."
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"The House of the Spirits", 2002.
Looks at the themes of magical realism and fantasy in Isabel Allende's novel, "The House of the Spirits".
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 1 source, AU$ 64.95
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Discussion of the themes of fantasy in Isabel Allende's book, The House of the Spirits. Centers on supernatural occurrences in the lives of several generations of the Trueba family - the appearance of ghosts, psychic abilities and other unusual elements. The fantasies of the individual characters, as well as the fantastic nature of the book itself, are elaborated in detail.
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"House of the Spirits", 2003.
Discusses the underlying motive for the characters' use of sex in Isabel Allende's novel, "The House of the Spirits".
1,244 words (approx. 5.0 pages), 1 source, MLA, AU$ 62.95
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This paper discusses how various characters in the novel "House of Spiritis" (Isabel Allende), use sex to reveal their hidden emotions. Sex represents revenge for Esteban Garcia, an outlet for Esteban Trueba?s emotions, love for Pedro Tercero and Blanca and a means of self-gratification for Jean de Satigny. The paper shows that sex also signifies love for Clara; because she does not love Esteban Trueba, she does not want to have sex with him. Allende uses sex to display the types of relationships between the characters. For some, sex is a consummation of their love; for others, sex is a pleasurable experience used to release their emotions.
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"Another way that Esteban Trueba uses sex as an outlet for his emotions is when he is with Transito Soto. Although Esteban Trueba is ?not a man for whores,? he likes Transito Soto because ?she was indefatigable and never complained? (69). Esteban Trueba visits Transito Soto after he is married when he is having problems in his relationship with Clara. Transito Soto helps Esteban Trueba ?weep out all the misery and loneliness of recent years? after they have sex together (317). Esteban Trueba turns to Transito Soto to release his feelings because he knows that she will not ask questions and that she can understand his pain through their sexual relations together."
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"The House of the Spirits", 2003.
An analysis of the novel, "The House of the Spirits", by Isabelle Allende.
943 words (approx. 3.8 pages), 1 source, MLA, AU$ 48.95
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This paper examines Allende's novel, which weaves a rich tapestry of the lives of the deeply spiritual and complicated Trueba family. Her epic story spans three generations and close to 75 years. It shows how the novel is an epic tale of the family's loves, relationships, ambitions, spirituality, and their place in a history that ultimately determines their fates.
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"The novel begins with Clara del Valle, who will ultimately become the family's matriarch. She is a sensitive young woman with a true gift for the paranormal. Clara can read people's minds, bend spoons, and even read fortunes. The talented young Clara is rendered inexplicably mute after the unexpected death of her elder sister, Rosa. She remains mute for nine years, and only breaks her silence to announce that she will marry Esteban Trueba, even though she is not in love with him."
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Illinois House Bill 60, 2004.
An overview of the debate regarding how House Bill 60 grants Illinois's undocumented immigrants the right to pay in-state tuition rates at the state's public colleges and universities.
2,551 words (approx. 10.2 pages), 12 sources, MLA, AU$ 112.95
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This paper looks at how, on May 18, 2003, Illinois became the fifth state in the country to offer in-state tuition rates to illegal residents. It examines the legal basis of this controversial law and looks at its possible economic, social, and political and economic effects on the state of Illinois. The first part of the paper is a history and overview of House Bill 60. The next part then details the law?s objectives and the number of students who stand to benefit in Illinois. It shows how, despite its objectives, this controversial law has generated spirited criticism, and it examines the various objections, which include debates regarding the legality of the law and the economic effects of this law on Illinois taxpayers.
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History of House Bill 60
Overview and Objectives
Critics of the Measure
Benefits of House Bill 60
Beyond House Bill 60
Conclusion
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"Much of the opposition centers how these laws will limit opportunities for United States citizens and legal residents. For many low-income American families, state universities present the only option for higher education. Because many state universities are already limiting enrollment, groups like the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) contend that ?when public universities admit an illegal immigrant and provide subsidized tuition, some other student who is also deserving is denied an opportunity? (FAIR Issue Brief). These alien students, in effect, will gain an education at the expense of legal American residents or citizens."
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Latin American Magical Realism, 2007.
This paper provides a contrasting study of the role of women in Latin American magical realism in 'The House of the Spirits' by Isabel Allende and 'One Hundred Years of Solitude' by Gabriel Garcia Marquez.
1,255 words (approx. 5.0 pages), 2 sources, MLA, AU$ 62.95
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In this essay, the writer discusses that in both 'The House of the Spirits' by Isabel Allende and 'One Hundred Years of Solitude' by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, females figure prominently in the authors' narratives of magical realism. The writer notes that in both novels, the struggles of the main female protagonist exist on a literal level of story and have a symbolic level of significance beyond the story, about the nature of politics or the nature of women, respectively. The writer concludes that Allende ultimately seeks to question the reasons for man's inhumanity to men, and women, in a political reality, and uses magical realism to heighten the consequences of her character's actions and cruelties, while Marquez relates his tale of a fictional village and family exclusively in the register of the fantastic and the surreal.
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"True, some of the actions of Allende's characters may be heightened by supernatural narrative motifs such as the matriarch Clara's ability to see into the future, but these plot points have ramifications beyond those of the psychological, symbolic, or merely mystical. For example, in a parallel of the terror that will come to Chile, Esteban hits his wife, and Clara takes a vow of silence, and never speaks to him until he dies. This act of defiance, although taken to an extreme in the novel, can also be read as a heightened example of a difficult relationship between husband and wife, and how the oppression within a patriarchal family structure mirrors the politics of the land."
"In contrast, Marquez's female archetypes lack the complex psychology of Allende's females, existing in the material dimension alone rather than on simultaneous spiritual and material planes."
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Allende and Societal Expectations, 2006.
A review of Allende's book 'The House of Spirits' and a discussion regarding the theme of religious and societal beliefs regarding the role of women at that time.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 1 source, AU$ 64.95
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This paper reviews the book 'The House of Spirits' by Allende. According to the paper, Allende begins her work in by discussing the religious and societal belief that women could never be equal to men, and that their place in the social order was to support the world of men and be subservient to their needs (3). This contention by the author reflects centuries of societal belief that women must accept their second class role beneath men, without questioning male dominance as an integral part of the social order. Allende is successful at relaying this historical point of view within her work. However, Allende uses this view to demonstrate the conflict that exists between the female gender and society, and the struggle that women continually experience in their attempt for equality within their individual worlds.
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Magical Realism, 2004.
A comparative analysis of the magical realism of Isabelle Allende?s "The House of the Spirits" and Garcia Marquez?s "One Hundred Years of Solitude".
2,927 words (approx. 11.7 pages), 6 sources, MLA, AU$ 126.95
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This paper examines different definitions of magical realism in literature and, in particular, compares and contrasts the magic realism aspects of Isabelle Allende?s "The House of the Spirits" and Garcia Marquez's "One Hundred Years of Solitude". The books are analyzed within the context of plot, setting, characters, style, and narrative structure. It shows how Garcia Marquez takes his themes and his use of devices to explore these themes to such exquisite heights that the comparison between the two books is really an unfair one and how there really is no comparison between the masterpiece of Garcia Marquez, and Allende?s rather one-dimensional, poor attempt at magic realism.
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"Bell-Villada (2002) acknowledges that magic realism is not an original construct of Garcia Marquez, that, rather, it came from Kafka (Garcia Marquez continually acknowledges the great impact The Metamorphosis had on his writing), and from Faulkner, and that Garcia Marquez took the ideas from these authors, and built on them to give the world his complex, enchanting magic realist masterpiece. This view, of Bell-Villada (2002), differs from the euro-centric view of Zamora and Faris? (1995) book Magic Realism: Theory, History and Community, by putting Garcia-Marquez?s achievement in its rightful place as the masterpiece of magic realist fiction, rather than downplaying this achievement, through analysis, interpretation and presentation of worldwide, magic realist texts (such as those by Toni Morrison, and Rushdie, most of which were written post-One Hundred Years of Solitude)."
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"House of Spirits", 2002.
A study of transitional writing in "House of Spirits" by Isabelle Allende.
1,900 words (approx. 7.6 pages), 8 sources, AU$ 103.95
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Dear Author, this is a study that I have done on your work entitled "House of Spirits" and will focus on arguing for your use of transition in the tale. By using the mystical Clara and her eventual marriage to Esteban Trueba, a fierce politician from the city, you create the transition that your native Chile went through when it went from a "backwoods" country into the twentieth Century.
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Exporting Spirits to Japan, 2002.
This paper examines the economic, political and regulatory environment surrounding the U.S. export of whiskey, or distilled spirits, to Japan.
2,156 words (approx. 8.6 pages), 4 sources, MLA, AU$ 98.95
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This paper looks at reasons why it has been difficult for many American companies to penetrate the Japanese export market in the past. It discusses how, over three decades, the Japanese laws and regulations created barriers to entry, by culturally binding allegiance and employing strategies such as cross-shareholding which favor keiretsu (local industrial groups). Officially, Japan?s policy is to promote imports, but in practice this was often not the case. This paper focuses on how the American markets have been able to penetrate the Japanese markets with their sale of spirits.
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"As an island nation, Japan is a worldwide net importer due to its geographical limitations. Japan is America's largest overseas trading partner and the largest importer of U.S. agricultural products. With a gross domestic product of nearly $5 trillion, Japan?s is the world?s second largest economy. Japan?s GDP is 70% of that of the U.S., while its population is roughly half. In 1996, the growth rate in Japan?s economy was the highest in the developed world, at 3.6%. U.S. exports to Japan are greater than that of China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore combined, making Japan a prime Asian market for U.S. exports."
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?The Spirits of the Towers?, 2002.
A study of the recent Gerald Manley Hopkins poem, ?The Spirits of the Towers?, which reflects on the September 11 tragedy in New York City.
1,105 words (approx. 4.4 pages), 0 sources, AU$ 56.95
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This paper analyzes the poem which reflects on the horror and destruction of the terrorist attack on New York?s Twin Towers. The paper describes this haiku poem's strong imagery of the attack and eloquent use of the symbols of American culture to represent the American spirit.
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"The central theme is a search for meaning within the tragedy of September 11. The ?spirits of the towers? are not only the ghostly remembrances of the buildings themselves, but also the actual spirits of the many people who died there. In a larger sense, the ghosts of the people and of the buildings become part of the American spirit, in the same sense that we use the phrase ?the spirit of 76?."
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Eleanor the Co-Dependent, 2001.
An inspection of Eleanor Vance (of Shirley Jackson's "The Haunting of Hill House") and her co-dependent attributes that allow her to be drawn into the evil Hill House and its spirits.
922 words (approx. 3.7 pages), 1 source, AU$ 47.95
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The paper examines the personality of Eleanor Vance, the main character in Shirley Jackson?s "The Haunting of Hill House", from a psychological viewpoint. It proposes that the reason Eleanor is drawn to Hill House and the spirits within is because she has a co-dependent personality.
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The paper examines the personality of Eleanor Vance, the main character in Shirley Jackson?s The Haunting of Hill House, from a psychological viewpoint. It proposes that the reason Eleanor is drawn to Hill House and the spirits within is because she has a co-dependent personality.
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