"Madame Butterfly" and "True West"
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A 5 page paper which examines the two productions "Madame Butterfly" and "True West" and illustrates how the two are very similar in terms of presenting dual nature as it relates to humans, no matter their culture. Bibliography lists 1 additional source.
Filename: RAbttrfy.rtf

"Manchurian Candidate" and "Libation Bearers"
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A 5 page paper which discusses the parallels the film "Manchurian Candidate" and Aeschylus' "Libation Bearers" of the fifth century. Bibliography lists 2 additional sources.
Filename: RAmanchur.wps

"Mankind" and "Everyman"
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This 3 page paper discusses two morality plays, "Mankind" and the classic "Everyman." Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: HVManEvr.rtf

"Mary Silliman's War" and "The Way of Duty"
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A 6 page paper which compares the film "Mary Silliman's War" to the book which the film was based on. The book is "The Way of Duty" by Joy and Richard Buel. Bibliography lists 2 additional sources.
Filename: RAsillim.wps

"Masks in Modern Drama" by Susan Harris Smith
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A 12 page paper which examines chapters 2, 3, 4, and 5 of Susan Harris Smith's book "Masks in Modern Drama." No additional sources cited.
Filename: RAmasks.rtf

"National Geographic": Political Propaganda or Insight into the Exotic and Fascinating?
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A 6 page discussion of the criticism that has been waged by some authors against "National Geographic". Analyzing those criticisms and evaluating them against one specific article in particular this paper concludes that "National Geographic" is not a political publication and it is not intended to be. The publication's "images are formed, selected and controlled, purveyed and read" (as one author has contended) all right but they are presented for the specific purpose of giving us a view of the exotic and the interesting not the political and controversial. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: PPntlGeo.rtf

"Naturalism" in Two Strindberg Plays.
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(5 pp) In the he late 1880s Strindberg began to experiment with free verse and created the great dramas The Father (1887), Miss Julie (1888), and Creditors (1888). The Father vividly expresses Strindberg's view of the war between the sexes, in which he saw man as victimized by woman. Miss Julie is a psychological study of the seduction of an upper-class woman by an insensitive chauffeur. This discussion will look at the naturalism shown in both plays. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: BBstrnbg.doc

"Naturalism" in Two Strindberg Plays.
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(5 pp) In the he late 1880s Strindberg began to experiment with free verse and created the great dramas The Father (1887), Miss Julie (1888), and Creditors (1888). The Father vividly expresses Strindberg's view of the war between the sexes, in which he saw man as victimized by woman. Miss Julie is a psychological study of the seduction of an upper-class woman by an insensitive chauffeur. This discussion will look at the naturalism shown in both plays. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: BBstrnbR.doc

"Noises Off"
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A 3 page paper which discusses the play "Noises Off." The paper discusses relevant details of the script and the production, what the script and the production are seeking to achieve, and what elements of the script and the production are successful, or otherwise, in achieving the goal of this theatrical event. bibliography lists 1 source.
Filename: RAnoisoff.wps