The paper concludes that the individual is most himself when he is apart from the roles into which society has bound him. Thoreau's Walden, Coetzee's Waiting for the Barbarians, and Shakespeare's Measure for Measure. The writer demonstrates that each author had as a motif the treatment of women by society and that the promise of improvement implied by Candide failed to materialize by the time of Mary Shelley. Bibliography lists 6 sources. A 3 page discussion of what made this protagonist a hero and why.
Writer is both personal and persuasive.
The writer demonstrates, through an examination of Fanon's 'Black Skin, White Masks,' and Foucault's Madness in Civilization, that the two philosophers agreed on quite a few fundamental points concerning power and the marginalization of minority groups. Bibliography lists 5 sources. An 8 page paper contrasting these two literary movements through an examination of Moliere s Tartuffe and Rousseau s Confessions. The paper argues that while Moliere is trying to put forth a socio-political position, appealing only to our intellect, Rousseau wants to elicit sympathy through evoking our emotions. No additional sources.