Tennessee Williams' 'Glass Menagerie'
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A 6 page essay detailing the importance of stage direction, setting, lights, props etc; in conveying the thematic message of author Tennessee Williams. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: Glassmen.wps

Tennessee Williams' 'Glass Menagerie' / Silent Crisis
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A 4 page essay examining the themes of Tennessee Williams' play, The Glass Menagerie. No additional sources cited.
Filename: Glasscri.wps

Tennessee Williams' 'Streetcar Named Desire' / Decadence & Blanche Dubois
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A 6 page paper showing how the character of Blanche Dubois in Tennessee Williams' play A Streetcar Named Desire -- and the persona of the Southern Belle in general -- epitomizes the theme of decadence. It argues that in periods of decadence, appearances matter more than reality, and we see this clearly in Williams' play. Bibliography lists two sources.
Filename: Bdubois.wps

Tennessee Williams' 'Streetcar Named Desire' / Hypocrisy
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An 8 page paper in which the writer discusses the presence of hypocrisy, particularly in the character of Blanche Dubois, in Tennessee Williams' 1947 play. The paper asks whether Blanche is consciously presenting a facade -- in short, whether she is deliberately lying -- as well as analyzing the effect Blanche's ambiguous nature has upon the other characters in the play. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: Street.wps

Tennessee Williams' 'Suddenly Last Summer' / Cannibalism
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3 pages in length. The writer discusses how the representation of cannibalism in Tennessee Williams' Suddenly Last Summer is a compelling combination of metaphoric and fantastic implications. Suggested as a means of physical torture, Williams successfully illustrates the destruction that can occur when one denies the truth. As well, it demonstrates the very essence of life, which is cannibalistic. There is no question that mankind is an egocentric being with nothing more than his own best interests at heart. No additional sources cited.
Filename: Sudsum.wps

Tennessee Williams' Life in 'The Glass Menagerie'
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A 7 page paper looking at the relationship between the facts of Tennessee Williams' own life and its reflection in his classic play. The paper concludes that although we do not see the precise details of Tennessee Williams' early life replicated in The Glass Menagerie, we see enough to understand the playwright's deep sense of loss, regret, and pain over his schizophrenic sister, whom he was powerless to help. Bibliography lists nine sources.
Filename: KBmenage.wps

Shakespeare Put to Music
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A 5 page paper which examines the whether or not the musical works of Verdi's 'Macbeth' and 'Otello' ('Othello'), Mendelssohn's incidental music for 'A Midsummer Night's Dream,' Tchaikovsky's fantasy overture and incidental music for 'Hamlet,' and Cole Porter's 1948 musical, 'Kiss Me, Kate' (based on 'The Taming of the Shrew') capture the quality and mood of the Shakespeare plays which inspired them, or merely echo their plots. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: TGmusic.rtf

Castiglione's 'The Courtier' and Neoplatonic Beauty During the Renaissance
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A 6 page paper on this landmark work in Renaissance literature and the art that shared its aesthetic goals. The writer details Castiglione's view of Neoplatonic beauty, and then relates it specifically to the works of two Renaissance artists, Michelangelo and Leonardo da vinci. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: Castig.wps

Love in Renaissance Writings
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A 5 page paper which discusses 'The Courtier' by Baldissare Castiglione, translated by Sir Thomas Hoby, as it relates to neoplatonic love. The works of other renaissance writers are also presented in defining this common focus of the time period. Those works are 'Paradise Lost' by Milton, 'The Asolani' by Peter Bembo, and 'The First Day' by Boccaccio. No additional sources cited.
Filename: RAneoplat.wps