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Landscape in "Last of the Mohicans", 2006.
This paper discusses the landscape vividly described in James Fenimore Cooper's classic novel, "The Last of the Mohicans."
1,120 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 1 source, APA, AU$ 55.95
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The writer of this paper details why the landscape in this novel is a central character and is described in spiritual terms rather than physical ones. There is an emotional tone of foreboding and the landscape is always described in terms that dwarf the actual characters in the book. The paper shows how the author opts for the factual when describing the landscape, and delves into the mythic symbolism that can be found in certain descriptive passages.
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"These descriptions are in keeping with the nature of a frontier as the area where things come together with their conflicting forces. The force of the colonists is to tame the frontier. The force of the indigenous natives is to keep it as it is. The landscape of the frontier itself becomes symbolic of both groups of characters in opposition to each other. In this way it actually becomes a personification of each."
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Landscape in Chinese Literature, 2002.
A discussion of the relationship between landscape poetry and landscape painting in works by Xie Ling-yun and Fan K'uan.
1,650 words (approx. 6.6 pages), 4 sources, AU$ 89.95
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In Chinese art and literature the representation of landscapes is frequently encountered. Over centuries, artists and poets have devised complex grammars that govern their depiction of the natural world. This paper will explore these grammars with respect to works by Xie Ling-yun, China's premier early landscape poet and Fan K'uan, one of the greatest of all Chinese landscape painters. Two respective works of this poet and painter will be discussed in order to demonstrate two singularly different approaches to the idea of the artistic representation of landscape.
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The Mohicans, 2001.
This paper is an historical study of the Mohicans based on the film "The Last of the Mohicans" and a book called "Betrayals: Fort William Henry and the Massacre".
1,500 words (approx. 6.0 pages), 2 sources, MLA, AU$ 71.95
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This paper details the story of "The Massacre" that was held during a battle between the Britain and France's Indian allies at Fort William. The book "Betrayals: Fort William Henry and the Massacre" by Ian Steele, took a close look at the old stereotypes, balancing out and combining contradictory accounts to forge one coherent and accurate tale. The film "The Last of the Mohicans", directed by Michael Mann, paid intricate attention to such historical details as style, language, and muzzle-loader mechanics. The paper details the event in respect to these two works and analyzes this terrible tragedy.
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"In 1757, the British outpost of Fort William surrendered to the French forces that had besieged it. Terms of surrender were granted that promised safe passage to the warriors and civilians living within the fort, and the British moved out. On the trek back to noncombatant territory, the surviving garrison was attacked by France?s Indian allies. The ?massacre? that followed was to go down in infamy, as wildly speculative and differing reports made their way back to the press. The episode was seen as an ultimate symbol for the perfidy of savage Indians and their treasonous European counterparts, and was perpetuated through endless literary retellings. Well over 300 years later, the story of this massacre is still being told. In 1990, a historical book Betrayals: Fort William Henry and the ?Massacre,? by Ian Steele, took a close look at the old stereotypes, balancing out and combining contradictory accounts to forge one coherent and accurate tale. Shortly thereafter, the legend was told once again, this time in full Technicolor. . The Last of the Mohicans, directed by Michael Mann, paid intricate attention to such historical details as style, language, and muzzle-loader mechanics. However, the film also took distinct liberties with the actual situations and reasons surrounding the Fort Williams massacre."
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The Rules of Landscape Painting and the Poetic Practice of Xie Ling-Yun, 2002.
A review of Xie Ling-Yun's poem "Visiting the Southern Pavilion" in light of the generic rules of landscape painting.
1,400 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 2 sources, AU$ 76.95
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This paper will discuss the representation of the natural landscape in Xie Ling-yun's poem "Visiting the Southern Pavilion". It will be shown, through a comparative analysis of Chinese texts on landscape painting, that Xie Ling-yun's poem plays with, and is juxtaposed against, the generic rules of landscape painting. The poetic landscape, which appears to be a celebration of the beauty of summer, is actually a reflection upon mortality and suffering. From this perspective, Xie Ling-yun's poem may be seen to have philosophical depth lacking in most landscape painting.
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Landscape Geography, 2006.
This paper discusses landscape geography in relation to culture and offers two Ontario examples.
1,800 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 5 sources, AU$ 102.95
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The paper indicates the advantages of the subfield of landscape geography that is distinct from other sub-disciplines, discussing two Ontario examples that reveal how landscapes can shape more than one culture according to human relationships. The paper presents research/fieldwork towards inner city Toronto's landscape shaping 'homeless' culture and also how the Muskoka landscape influences local and visiting cultures. The paper examines how it is the same landscape but different phenomena, due to use/economic interaction with an environment.
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"The study of landscape geography has involved a long struggle to distinguish its subject matter and approaches from those of physical geography. Landscape geographers make much not of local details within phenomena, but towards a good deal of theory to do with both a landscape's influence on culture and the aesthetics of geography. In some respects, landscape geography is like the study of ecology in attention to soil types, vegetation and the effects of land formations or waterways. There is much in common with fields of historical and human geography, too, in the attention given habitation, patterns of settlement or how local cultures have been influenced by terrain and climate."
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Landscape in Literature, 2003.
A comparison of the use of landscape in "Wuthering Heights" by Emily Bronte and "Tess of the D'Urbervilles" by Thomas Hardy.
6,925 words (approx. 27.7 pages), 15 sources, APA, AU$ 226.95
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This paper provides an in-depth discussion on the use of landscape description in two novels: "Wuthering Heights" by Emily Bronte and "Tess of the D'Urbervilles" by Thomas Hardy. It focuses on the symbolic use of landscape, the position of man in the natural world and the effect that Darwin's theory had on the attitude towards nature and the effect that this had on Victorian writers. It shows how both Hardy and Emily Bronte found inspiration in their native landscape; Hardy from Dorset and Emily Bronte from the Yorkshire moors and how both novelists based their landscape descriptions either partially or wholly on their native region.
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"Hardy features prominently as one of our great visualizers; he is a landscape novelist, and his descriptive passages are central to his fiction. He brings poetic techniques to his fiction, and writes using symbols and images. In Hardy, the sense of time and place is very strong. George Sampson points out that the landscape descriptions in Hardy?s novels take on more significance than do his characters: ?The most impressive character in his novels is not a person, but a place? Indeed, nature is frequently personified and given individuality in Hardy?s novels. Trees have ?inquisitive eyes? , the river speaks as though it were human: ?the river says, - ?why do ye trouble me with your looks?? , and the ?rhubarb and cabbage plants slept? ."
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People and Landscape, 2002.
Questions the relationship between people and landscape.
2,400 words (approx. 9.6 pages), 5 sources, AU$ 128.95
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It is on this second level that this essay will be addressing the question of the relationship between people and landscape. It will be argued that the landscape serves human societies, in a sense, as a mirror that reflects our own values, prejudices and beliefs. As will be seen, this view of the landscape carries significant risks for both humans and the ecosystem as it often obscures our perception of the realities of the environment of which we are a part.
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Landscape and Nation in Literature, 2002.
Examines the relationship between landscape and aation in Bronte's "Jane Eyre" and Milton's "Paradise Lost".
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 2 sources, AU$ 64.95
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In literature, landscape and nation can be reflections of the owner, of the prevailing level of spiritual or figurative health of the owner or community and are direct connections between the characters and the society in which they live. Two works, Milton's "Paradise Lost", and Bronte's "Jane Eyre", employ landscape as a reflection of the characters. Social movements of pre-industrial England, were to shy away from the press of the urban areas, to describe them in terms of stark limitations where the soul could not grow - literally and figuratively. In the countryside, however, there is both beauty and isolation that symbolize a person's soul and path in life. Nation is used in literature to imply the unifying precepts upon which a life is built but it is also used at times as a symbol of imperialism. Nation is the archetype that guides all behaviors and makes all behaviors variations on their theme it is also that which justifies the manipulation of the land - nation is Manifest Destiny. It is the purpose of this paper to explore the relationship between landscape and nation in "Jane Eyre" and "Paradise Lost".
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Landscape in Two Chekov Tales, 2002.
Looks at the symbolism of landscape in "The Lady with the Dog" and "Gooseberries" by Chekov.
650 words (approx. 2.6 pages), 4 sources, AU$ 38.95
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Landscape in literature provides the structure of symbolism and motif that drives novels and stories. Chekov's use of landscape provides, in many ways, some of the richest literary symbolism of the 19th century. It is the purpose of this paper to examine the use of landscape within the context of two of Chekov's stories, "The Lady with the Dog" and "Gooseberries".
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"The Last of the Mohicans", 2002.
A literary review of James Fenimore Cooper's novel "The Last of the Mohicans".
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 3 sources, MLA, AU$ 57.95
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This paper presents a brief overview of the book ?The Last of the Mohicans? by James Fenimore Cooper. The paper pays special attention to the role of women and how they were treated in those days, as well as their contribution to warfare as compared to present times. "The Last of the Mohicans" takes place in the midst of the French-Indian war. It focuses on one battle in a war that lasted for many years. This was the last and most important conflict over French and British possessions in North America.
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"This book depicts the battle of Fort William Henry and adds the fictional kidnapping of two sisters Cora and Alice who are also the main female characters of this book. It is an account of two opposing tribes; the Delawares and the Hurons. The Hurons (Magua's tribe) are depicted as an extension of Magua himself. They are ambitious to take down the foresters, thereby avenging the warriors they have lost."
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"The Last of the Mohicans", 2008.
An analysis of the race relations in "The Last of the Mohicans" by James F. Cooper.
1,081 words (approx. 4.3 pages), 2 sources, MLA, AU$ 54.95
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The paper discusses how the overriding theme in Cooper's "The Last of the Mohicans" is really one of the innate belief in white supremacy and that race's need to posses the entire continent. The paper explains that the prevailing consciousness at the time the novel was written was about white privilege and this is represented in Cooper's tales.
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"Residing in the literary genre of the Romance novel, Cooper's work, the Last of the Mohicans' dominant backdrop is that of an adventure in the wilderness and the historical context of the siege and massacre of Fort William Henry in 1757. The overriding theme is civilization versus nature, or the war between instinct and reason. However, the undercurrent Cooper evokes is the feelings of his times regarding the white privilege of manifest destiny."
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Themes of Morality and Landscape in Literature, 2002.
This paper discusses the similarities in concepts of morality and landscape in literature from three different centuries.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 1 source, AU$ 51.95
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This paper explores thematic similarities of landscape and morality in William Bradford's "History Of Plymouth Plantation" (1646), Jonathan Edwards' "Sinners in the Hand of an Angry God" (1741) and Saul Bellow's "Looking for Mr. Green" (1951).
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Stuart Davis's "Landscape with Garage Lights", 2003.
An analysis of modern painter Stuart Davis's "Landscape with Garage Lights" in an historical context.
954 words (approx. 3.8 pages), 3 sources, MLA, AU$ 48.95
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This paper examines how, while much of art progressed toward abstraction in the early part of the twentieth century, Regionalist painting continued relatively the same. One artist, Stuart Davis, spear-headed the movement to paint the American scene in a imaginative new way. It looks at how one of his works, "Landscape with Garage Lights," is a prime example of this progression of art and how it proved to be a new benchmark in Regionalist painting. It also shows how, by rejecting earlier traditionalist beliefs and embracing modern influences, he comments on the urban American life with abstract forms and highly saturated colors, creating a truly unique and upbeat work of art.
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"Matisse and the emergence of jazz also influenced Davis. Matisse helped pioneer the use of highly saturated colors in his works, and this concept did not go unnoticed by Davis. Although these saturated colors did not truly represent any real landscape, that did not stop Davis from making use of them. In Landscape with Garage Lights there are strong reds, oranges, blues, and greens. Every color seems to be of the variety that a child could easily pull out of his/her small box of Crayola crayons. However, this assortment of primary colors causes the work to evoke an upbeat response. This upbeat response can be compared to the rise of jazz music during the period. Jazz was a new, experimental, and colorful way to write and play music."
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"The Last of the Mohicans", 2006.
This paper is a character analysis of major and minor characters in James Fenimore Cooper's "The Last of the Mohicans".
835 words (approx. 3.3 pages), 3 sources, MLA, AU$ 42.95
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This paper describes each of the major characters in "The Last of the Mohicans": Cora Munro, Alice Munro, Hawkeye, Magua, Heywood, Chingachgook and General Montcalm. The author explains the minor characters -- General Web, Uncas, Colonel Munro and David Gamut -- and concludes that the reader learns about these characters through their actions, language and interaction with the major characters in the book. The paper concludes that the characters in this novel individually are more static than dynamic, but, as a group interacting with each other, they are more dynamic.
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"Cora Munro is the oldest daughter of Colonel Munro. Cora is a very strong willed adventurous character; she more or less protects Alice by staying strong in tough and frightful situations. Cora is of an African decent. He father, Colonel Munro married a woman of African decent who is Cora's mother. Determining her ethnicity to be of a mixed race. By the middle of the novel, Cora and Uncas do have strong feelings for each other creating a romance that was not very accepted during the time this novel took place."
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"The Last of the Mohicans", 2005.
This paper discusses the rejection of miscegenation, inter-racial marriage, in James Fenimore Cooper's 1826 novel "The Last of the Mohicans".
1,715 words (approx. 6.9 pages), 2 sources, MLA, AU$ 80.95
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This paper explains that James Fenimore Cooper's "The Last of the Mohicans" has two romantic plots: (1) Duncan Heyward's quest for Alice and (2) Cora's struggle between Uncas and Magua, which is foiled thus promoting purity of the white race. The author explains that white women who were forced into marriages with Indian men, were no longer considered white, but rather Indian, which clearly set boundaries between the two civilizations, thereby rejecting any sort of miscegenation. The paper relates that Cooper further demonstrates his detesting of miscegenation with his graphic description of the massacre at Fort William Henry.
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"The hint of African blood that Cora has explains her affinity for Indians as well as her unacceptable sexuality (to white men, i.e. Heyward). Since Indians are of a darker color, they would be more likely to find a woman of darker color more attractive. The "impurity" in Cora's blood is supposed to represent what Cooper would have thought of as a moral impurity. This meaning that her conception was immoral; or that blacks should not have sexual relations with whites. Cooper, however, did not want readers to think that Cora was morally flawed in any way. If she were morally flawed, her loving, self-reliant, and overall protagonist
character would not be realistic."
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"Portrait of the Poet As Landscape", 2008.
An analysis of "Portrait of the Poet As Landscape" by Abraham Moses Klein.
1,898 words (approx. 7.6 pages), 0 sources, AU$ 87.95
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The paper explains how A.M. Klien's title "Portrait of the Poet As Landscape" is suggestive of the loss of self and alienation from this world of falseness and that it reflects on the life of the poet. The paper then portrays the poem's apt images of bitter social critique, sardonic irony, self-flagellation and some good humor.
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"The title does not use an article. The word landscape is left undefined, so where and who is the poet? He has blended into a landscape bereft of himself like a child blundering through a strange country, never knowing why. The title is an effacement, and the poem commences and continues as such with apt images of bitter social critique, sardonic irony, self-flagellation, some good humor, but in the end a nihilistic plunge into the depths he deprecates."
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