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Satires of English Aristocracy, 2001.
Examines Alexander Pope's "The Rape of the Lock" & William Congreve's play "The Way of the World." Techniques used by both writers & comparison of depictions of women's lives.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 2 sources, AU$ 63.95
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"Both Alexander Pope's mock-epic poem "The Rape of the Lock" (1714) and William Congreve's play The Way of the World deal in a comic and satirical fashion with the manners and behavior of members of England's fashionable aristocracy. In both works the relations between the sexes -- centering ultimately around the institution of marriage -- are the focus of attention. But, because of the differences in societal expectations of men and women and the disparities of status and power, women act very differently from men. In this world women are to be pursued and to make themselves desirable in order to encourage such pursuit. But women must also protect their own interests -- both their reputations and their financial security -- as best they can. In this world men and women meet primarily in the important arena of courtship and marriage and, otherwise, lead largely separate.."
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Annotation of "An Aristocracy of Everyone", 2002.
A review and explanation of "An Aristocracy of Everyone: The Politics of Education and the Future of America" by B.R. Barber
953 words (approx. 3.8 pages), 1 source, APA, AU$ 53.95
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This annotation comments on and summarizes Barber's "An Aristocracy of Everyone" in the same order that the concepts are presented in the text. The paper talks about Barber's suggestion that education should be the equalizer in that it should bring everybody up, instead of playing to the lowest common denominator, while recognizing that equal does not mean identical. Also discussed in this paper are how Barber explores our society's tendency to promote the self instead of the community, issues of diversity versus unity, and how Barber explores our tendency to rewrite history. Finally, the paper touches on Barber's proposal that we teach democracy and include community service in education.
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""An Aristocracy of Everyone" explores an important purpose of public education: the preparation of Americans as functioning citizens. In order to have a successful democracy, our citizens must be able to participate. Otherwise we must choose between a country run by ignorant citizens or instead having a system ran by the elite. The reality of our democracy actually being a representative-based system does not come into play, and it does not undermine the message being presented. Barber is trying to show that education is the great equalizer, or at least it should be, and can lead to an aristocracy of everyone."
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Twain Satires the King and his Countrymen, 2007.
This paper discusses Mark Twain's use of satire in "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court".
1,800 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 4 sources, MLA, AU$ 91.95
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In this paper, the writer then looks at "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court" by Mark Twain and examines the author's use of satire in the novel. The writer points out that, in the novel, Twain satires 6th century Europeans and Americans of his time. The writer concludes that Twain used a double edge sword in the novel and by the time the character Hank was done with his story, both edges of the sword were covered with the blood of satire.
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"Those lines really start the beginning of Twain illustrating the social problems of the mid-evil times. How peasant kids were running around in the nude and adults were wearing run down garbs. The Royal and Nobel families, on the other hand, were clad with far different clothing with items such as dragon clad armor and more vibrant colors. In the first few chapters we also see Twain's first attack on modern Europeans and there boringness, an opinion that was widely held by Americans of his time. He also describes the Europeans as simple but violent and dishonest, and later he realizes that the knights are pretty honest, but are fans of hyperbole."
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Social Satires, 2002.
Compares Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice" with Oscar Wilde's "A Picture of Dorian Gray".
650 words (approx. 2.6 pages), 4 sources, AU$ 42.95
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This paper compares and contrasts Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice" with Oscar Wilde's "A Picture of Dorian Gray". It will analyze the two works social satires pertaining to a particular time. It will also contain a thesis statement and has two sources.
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The Senatorial Aristocracy in Rome in Late Antiquity, 2008.
A discussion of the preservation of Roman identity and the fall of the Roman Empire.
1,919 words (approx. 7.7 pages), 7 sources, MLA, AU$ 97.95
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This paper examines the efforts undertaken by the senatorial aristocracy in Rome to preserve its identity between 350 and 395. The paper explains that these efforts were subverted by the political and religious opposition of the East Roman emperors and the Church. The paper looks at how the issue to preserve the Roman Senate's identity was fundamentally a means to restore the Senate to play a political role in the new Empire. The paper then points out that the political reality, however, and the anti-pagan religious fundamentalism made it quite clear that there was no such accommodation for the Roman West.
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"When Diocletian split the Roman Empire, he sealed the fate of the Roman West as effectively as the barbarians in 476. Yet, as Rome in late antiquity "was for the most part a city without an imperial presence" , there is a particular poignancy to "the sacred Senate" and the Rome of that era. "The city's Senators were, for many authors, an embodiment of all that was venerable about Rome" . Ammanius says that once the interminable civil wars of the third century (235-284) had ended, "the white hair of the senators and their authority are revered and the name of the Roman people is respected and honored" . "The Eternal City" retained its symbolic resonance as the center of civilization even in defeat. "Odovacar...a German, ruled in Italy as "rex" ([and] "maintained the Roman administrative system" ."
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Japanese Aristocracy In the Heian Period, 1999.
Examines the lives of these 10th Century aristocrats, their relationship to the natural world, cultural outlook, aesthetics, interpersonal relations and social formality.
1,575 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 2 sources, AU$ 88.95
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"The purpose of this research is to examine the lives of Heian aristocrats in Japan during the tenth and eleventh centuries CE. The plan of the research will be to set forth the context for making inquiries into the period, and then to discuss the Heian aristocracy's relationship with the natural world and the relations between and among the aristocrats of the period.
An important contextual factor of understanding daily life and customs of the Heian aristocracy is that the Heian period appears to have been two things at the same time in Japan. First, it was very much a set piece, in its details and priorities different from previous and following aristocratic environments in Japanese history. Second--and almost a contradiction, as it seems--it appears to have set the tone for certain features of subsequent generations of Japanese culture and society that ..."
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Hunting in Medieval Aristocracy, 2001.
An in-depth look at the meaning and role that hunting played in the Medieval society.
2,110 words (approx. 8.4 pages), 4 sources, AU$ 105.95
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A look at the important role that hunting played for the Medieval society. The author discusses the history and origins of hunting and looks at the meaning that hunting held for the Medieval aristocrat as a sign of power wealth and nobility, as a reflection of their combat prowess and as a way to prove themselves before their fellow men.
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"When one considers the qualities that were necessary for the medieval aristocracy, hunting is the most important of these. The hunt was a way for the aristocrat to not only enjoy himself but also to prove his manhood and hone his combat prowess. The hunt become a more and more important factor of the life of the aristocrat until you have the king, like William Rufus, who devotes his entire life to hunting at the expense of the kingdom. Hunting originally began as a simple means to procure food, but the pomp and circumstance that grew around it, as is still present today with the fox hunts, formalised it into a ritual and a form of entertainment. As the nobility became more and more powerful and rich they had fewer and fewer responsibilities. This becomes evident in England, whenever a period of peace comes, the nobility, bored with their lack of action, turn to hunting as a means of escape and enjoyment, much as one does today with televised sporting events."
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English Satirist Playwrights, 2005.
This paper analyzes plays by two English satirists: William Congreve's only play "The Way of the World" (1700) and Oscar Wilde's "The Importance of being Ernest" (1895).
1,410 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 3 sources, APA, AU$ 74.95
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This paper explains that literary critics believe that English social satire flourished because there is so much to satirize; from William Congreve to Oscar Wilde, the so-called "pillars of aristocracy" tend to be pilloried, to the enjoyment of audiences who always tended to think that the satire was about someone else. The author points out that Congreve's "The Way of the World" is a version of that eternal battle between men and women; scattered throughout the play are some witty aphorisms such as "friendship without freedom is as dull as love without enjoyment, or win without toasting." The paper relates that Wilde's "The Importance of being Ernest" is a witty and comic commentary on the fastidious earnestness of turn-of-the-century society whose snobbishness and prejudices deserve to be pricked .
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"Perhaps the highlight of the play is what is now called "the bartering scene" between Mirabell and his beloved, Mrs.. Millament. It may well be the first real "pre-nuptial" agreement except it is the bride doing all the demanding. "Though I am upon the very verge of matrimony," she tells her soon-to-be husband, "I expect you should solicit me as much as if I were wavering at the gate of a monastery, with one foot over the threshold....Oh, I hate a lover that can dare to think he draw's a moment's air, independent of the bounty of his mistress. There is not so impudent a thing in nature, as the saucy look of an assured man, confident of success.." Not only does this seem to make her the first "liberated woman", but also seems to turn the noble Mirabell into a henpecked husband, surely something no male-dominated society has seen before."
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Horace, Juvenal, and 18th Century Satire, 2004.
A discussion of the distinction between Horatian and Juvenalian modes of satire as exemplified in 18th century literary writings.
4,039 words (approx. 16.2 pages), 9 sources, MLA, AU$ 174.95
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This paper analyzes the influence of Roman satirists, Horace and Juvenal, on 18th century satire. The paper examines the differences of these two modes of satiric writing. Juvenalian satire is harsher, more pointed, and often attacks particular people with an invective attack. Horatian satire is gentler, involving raillery as opposed to railing. The paper puts both these forms of satire into context and discusses the relevant points that arise from John Dryden's text, "Discourse on Satire," in relation to the topic. The paper then analyzes examples of these modes of satire as shown in Alexander Pope's "The Rape of the Lock," which can be seen as Horatian satire, and Jonathan Swift's "A Modest Proposal," which is more Juvenalian. The paper emphasizes how neither of these two texts gives a particularly clear example of the Horatian and Juvenalian forms of satire.
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"Echoes of the works of Roman satirists Horace and Juvenal can be found, often in combination, within various early eighteenth-century (Augustan) satirical works, including Alexander Pope's mock epic The Rape of the Lock (1714) and Jonathan Swift's essay "A Modest Proposal" (1729). Pope's The Rape of the Lock is closer, overall, in terms of its satirical tone and content, to the comparatively gentle and subtle satirical style of Horace, than to the more direct, less subtle or gentle style of Juvenal. However, Swift's "A Modest Proposal", which is neither subtle nor gentle in its social critique, is arguably closer, overall, in both content and tone to the types of works created by Juvenal. Neither work, however, is sufficiently parallel in its style, tone, content, or other characteristics, to the works of either Horace or Juvenal, to warrant its being judged either more "Horatian" or more "Juvenalian" than the other: both works contain elements of both Horatian and Juvenalian satirical styles and modes. Therefore', both Pope's and swift's works to be examined within this essay might be more accurately described as instead being combinations, or juxtapositions, of Horatian, Juvenalian, and other satirical styles; i.e., the results of miscellaneous eighteenth century influences and other influences on their respective authors as well (such as, for example, Pope's social and artistic ambitions, or Swift's acerbic wit and strong personality (Nokes (1987) 101-11; 179-84)."
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Satire of Voltaire and Moliere, 2002.
An analysis of the satire in Voltaire's 'Candide' and in Moliere's 'Tartuffe'.
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 5 sources, AU$ 70.95
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This paper is on the topic of satire, and specifically, this paper will focus on Voltaire's 'Candide' and on Moliere's 'Tartuffe' . These are both by French author's of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, and both works critically present the social customs and the values of their age. Specifically, it can be argued that while Voltaire's 'Candide' is concerned with making fun of some of the ideas of the enlightenment (which will be examined), it is the case that Moliere's 'Tartuffe' can largely be seen as a critique of the social customs of the aristocracy or the 'decadence' of the rich or wealthy.
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Voltaire, Moliere and Satire, 2005.
Demonstrates the general qualities of satire and shows how these manifest in two works of French literature - "Candide" (Voltaire) and "Tartuffe" (Moliere).
1,287 words (approx. 5.1 pages), 5 sources, MLA, AU$ 69.95
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This essay presents an analysis on the topic of satire, focusing on Voltaire's "Candide" and Moliere's "Tartuffe", two works by French authors of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Both works critically present the social customs and the values of their age. Specifically, the paper argues that while Voltaire's "Candide" is concerned with making fun of some of the ideas of the enlightenment, Moliere's "Tartuffe" can largely be seen as a critique of the social customs of the aristocracy or the 'decadence' of the rich or wealthy, so to speak.
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"As satire demonstrates, humor can be one of the more functional literary devices toward a form of moral or social criticism. By and large, the themes and the narratives which are associated with this genre and style of writing, concern social customs, values or beliefs which are criticized through being satirized."
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Polly Peachum: A Satirical Filter, 2004.
An analysis of the satirical character of Polly Peachum in the play, "The Beggar's Opera," by John Gay.
1,500 words (approx. 6.0 pages), 2 sources, MLA, AU$ 78.95
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Analysis of English values in the Restoration, focusing on Polly Peachum as a foil character that Gay uses as a satirical element to show the hypocrisy of London society. It explains how Gay juxtaposes the aristocracy against the thieving, working class and asks the audience "Who is who?" The character helps question whether there is really such a difference between the gentry and the criminals warehoused in London jails.
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"The aim of satire is to attack or expose human vice or hypocrisy by means of irony, sarcasm, and acerbic wit. In the Restoration play The Beggar's Opera, author John Gay satirizes early 18th century England by turning societal convention on its ear, challenging the upper stratus of government and the aristocracy, and making ridiculous the Italian opera. One of Gay's most ironic and satirical elements in the Opera is his characterization of the play's personas. The theatregoers of Gay's era were accustomed to characters who behave according to an established set of conventions that supposedly mirrored the London society in which they live. In the typical Restoration plays such as Man of Mode and The Way of the World, the upper-class male protagonists are fashionable, witty, respectable, honorable, and of good reputation. The young female leading roles are almost stock characters who are pure, chaste, virtuous, filially obedient, and have the propensity to be excellent wives. But in order to expose the hypocritical double standard that existed in London society, John Gay creates a play of inverted values. The value systems of criminals and gentle people are almost indistinguishable. The rake is replaced by a highwayman, match making parents are replaced by villainous thieves, and the honorable maiden is swapped for a would-be ingenue. This maiden, Polly Peachum is the antithesis of stock Restoration female protagonists such Millamont, Harriet, and even Margery who possess honor and respected positions in society."
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Satire as a Vehicle for Social Change, 2002.
Discusses the importance of satirical literature to the human experience.
3,056 words (approx. 12.2 pages), 4 sources, APA, AU$ 142.95
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Famous writers throughout history have framed their social criticisms as satires. Jonathan Swift lampooned Britain?s Irish policy in "A Modest Proposal", while Voltaire satirized the whole of society in works such as "Candide". This paper examines these works and others to show the importance of satire, from childhood stories such as "Aesop's Fables", nursery rhymes, television shows such as "The Simpsons" and more.
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"Just as Jonathan Swift created an outlandish response to a very real situation in order to get across his point, so Voltaire created an entirely fictitious parallel world in his Candide. I say ?parallel? world, because this account of the life of Candide?s eponymous main character is mingled with real-life events, and is set, ostensibly, in the real world of the late Seventeenth, and Early Eighteenth Centuries. Candide?s life story is itself the satire. All of Candide?s adventures, his associates, and even his dreams and aspirations serve to poke fun of Votlaire?s world and of the larger human condition. Candide finds fabulous wealth in the New World, only to lose it in a shipwreck."
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The Use of Satire, 2004.
This paper discusses the use of satire in Alexander Pope?s poem, ?The Rape of the Lock?, and Jean Baptiste Moli?re?s play, ?Tartuffe?.
810 words (approx. 3.2 pages), 2 sources, MLA, AU$ 45.95
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This paper explains that, in ?The Rape of the Lock?, Pope satirizes the human condition, and, in ?Tartuffe?, Moli?re satirizes the religious. The author points out that Pope's ?The Rape of the Lock?, written in the traditional the heroic couplet form, is considered one of best illustrations of what is termed a mock-epic poem. The paper relates that, in ?Tartuffe?, Moli?re also uses satire to comment on society; through the exaggerated characters of Tartuffe and Orgon, he exposes religion and gullibility.
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"Pope also takes a shot at male mentality. For instance, men are depicted as shallow as women are. The Baron devises new ?strategems? (3:120) to achieve his own ends. After he successfully attains the lock of hair, he exclaims, ?The glorious prize is mine!? (3:162) This scene reveals the lack of character of men who seek only to achieve a prize."
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John Dryden: Political Satire, 2006.
This paper discusses the major themes and satirical style in the poem, "Absalom and Achitophel", by John Dryden.
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This paper analyzes the poem, "Absalom and Achitophel", by John Dryden, in which the Whigs and their leader, the Earl of Shaftsbury, attempt to overthrow King Charles II by means of the scandalous popish plot. By exposing Slingsby's personal vices of deception and greed, Dryden's satire attempts to persuade the people that the Whigs are unfit for rule and of the guilt of their leader, the Earl of Shaftsbury. The author of this paper looks at the satire within the poem and discusses the historical themes of law and metaphorical references to the bible throughout the paper. The paper asserts that Dryden utilizes biblical characters to represent members of the conspiracy. Furthermore, by the use of satire, Dryden exposes the vices of deception and greed for money and power within Bethel's personality. Ultimately, the paper states that Dryden successfully demonstrates the complete failure of the Whigs leadership abilities and the Popish Plot.
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"Another example of Slingsby Bethel's vice of depiction and greed is in his inability to uphold the law. First, we must recall the popular neoclassic belief about Law as defined by Thomas Hobbe. In the biblical story of Adam and Eve, mankind's innocence is tragically disregarded by a moment of self-will, thus sealing mankind's natural instinct of selfishness and greed. Therefore, laws were created to keep mankind's natural instinctual yet destructive vices of deception, selfishness, and greed in check. In short, laws are regarded as good. There are two examples of Dryden's indictment of the sheriff's callousness to Hobbian Law. The first example of reckless abandonment of the law is demonstrated in the following passage; 'His hand a vare of justice did uphold; His neck was loaded with a chain of gold' (595). In these lines, the sheriff seemingly upholds justice. However, he is chained by the wealth of the Whigs which provides him 'gold' far behind his means. The sheriff is bribeable, which leaves the law unstable and for sale. Also, Bethel is not autonomous in his duties; he is collared by a gold chain held firmly by the Whigs. Perhaps a better example is demonstrated when Dryden explores Slingsby's philosophy on the law. 'For laws are only made to punish those who serve the king and to protect his foes' (610). This line clearly shows Slingsby's selective use of the law. The sheriff believes laws only apply to the loyal Torries, not the disloyal Whigs. Therefore, the sheriff and the Whigs are above Hobbian law, leaving them guilty of sin, without morality, and incompetent to rule."
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