'Hamlet' vs. 'The Prince' / The Dane & The Italian
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A 5 page paper comparing Machiavelli's 'Prince' and Shakespeare's 'Prince Hamlet.' The writer feels that both works represented important changing points in world culture. No additional sources cited.
Filename: 2princes.rtf
Paper Title: 'Hamlet' vs. 'The Prince' / The Dane & The Italian

'Women Poets of the Italian Renaissance'
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This 3 page paper examines the collection of poetry 'Women Poets of the Italian Renaissance.' Bibliography lists 1 source.
Filename: HVItlPts.rtf
Paper Title: 'Women Poets of the Italian Renaissance'

“Dante’s Purgatorio”
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A five page paper which looks at Dante’s ethical premises in the Purgatorio, and the way in which he uses mythological and historical figures in order to demonstrate the complexities of human behaviour, and their progress towards rationality and the control of passion and instinct. Bibliography lists 1 source.
Filename: JLdantepurg.wps
Paper Title: “Dante’s Purgatorio”

“The concept of fortune in Machiavelli’s The Prince”
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A five page paper which looks at Machiavelli’s perspective on the importance of good and bad fortune in politics, and the way in which a skilful statesman should have the ability to make use of, but not reply upon, the fortuitous events which might occur in his career. Bibliography lists 1 source.
Filename: JLfortuneprince.wps
Paper Title: “The concept of fortune in Machiavelli’s The Prince”

“The Leopard” by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
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A 4 page review of the book “The Leopard” by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa. No additional sources cited.
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Paper Title: “The Leopard” by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa

“The Prince” by Niccolo Machiavelli: Outline, The Author, Impact and Modern Relevance
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This is a 5 page paper discussing The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli. The Prince is a text written in 1505 by Niccolo Machiavelli which describes the political unrest in his home country of Italy and the invasion of Italy by the French. In order to preserve Italy, Machiavelli offers advice to the rulers of Italy on how to maintain a principality by the enforcement of power. The aspect of power is not to be confused with the greatness of the Church which because of its dominance and misperception of its power, has led to Italy’s weakness in the art of war. For princes to maintain their principalities, they must use the power of their own arms and not employ mercenaries for the protection of the principality at whatever cost. A ruler must also gain the popularity of the population and to do so must at least have the perception of maintaining the power with virtue even if that is not the case. Machiavelli did his writing by using an outside perspective of Italy and in doing so provided a political text which has been used by rulers ever since. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: TJPrinc1.rtf
Paper Title: “The Prince” by Niccolo Machiavelli: Outline, The Author, Impact and Modern Relevance

"Christ in Concrete"
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A 5 page paper which examines the book "Christ in Concrete" by Pietro Di Donato. Different elements of the book are discussed as they apply to issues of working class and characters. No additional sources cited.
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Paper Title: "Christ in Concrete"

"I Know This Much Is True": A Discussion of the Novel by Walley Lamb
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A 3 page review of the plot of the book by Walley Lamb. Traces the emotional baggage which has been dealt to Dominick, an identical twin who struggles not only with his own feelings of inadequacies but the horrors dealt to him by others throughout his life. Traces the development process which allows him to deal with these problems and in effect to turn the lemons that life has tossed into lemonade. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: PPlamb.wps
Paper Title: "I Know This Much Is True": A Discussion of the Novel by Walley Lamb

Alienation, Entrapment, and Escape: Italian Literature
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A 6 page paper which examines the themes of alienation, entrapment, and escape in two Italian pieces of literature. The literature examined is "The Garden of the Finzi-Contini" by Giorgio Bassani and "The Secret Diary" by Alba De Cespedes. Bibliography lists 2 additional sources.
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Paper Title: Alienation, Entrapment, and Escape: Italian Literature

An Analysis of "The Swindler":
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This 5 page paper is a discussion of Francisoe Queuedo's "The Swindler". This paper provides a summary of this literary work as well as a detailed analysis of various themes in this story. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: GSSwindl.rtf
Paper Title: An Analysis of "The Swindler":