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The Supernatural in Daniel Defoe's Works, 2003.
An analysis of the theme of the supernatural in Daniel Defoe's novels "Moll Flanders" and "Journal of the Plague Year".
1,995 words (approx. 8.0 pages), 0 sources, £ 32.95
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This paper examines Daniel Defoe's ambivalent attitude towards the supernatural as seen in his novels "Moll Flanders" and "Journal of the Plague Year". The paper asserts that ambivalence is reflected in his realistic characters, who express contradictions in their feelings towards supernatural experiences. The paper points out that Defoe incorporates events that include the supernatural world into both novels, raising questions about his reasons for including such spiritual accounts in novels otherwise prided on their realism. The paper maintains that, most likely, the scenes involving supernatural phenomenon represent the divine world in which Defoe was living. The paper concludes that Defoe's attitude towards the supernatural remains unclear, for although he cannot deny its significance, he does lightly mock it by creating characters that remain themselves in doubt.
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"The supernatural plays an important role in Journal of the Plague Year because it sets the tone for most of the novel. Right from the start it is made to be a true account of events and these celestial interferences are prominent factors in portraying the attitude of H.F. In the early parts of the novel, H.F. struggles with the decision of whether he should stay in London or leave to escape the plague that was upon the city. He attributes his decision to stay mostly as "the direction of the Divine power" and "an intimation from heaven." His motivation comes mostly from a superstition common to people of his time and, as he goes on to explain, he felt his staying in London was the will of God and that ultimately God would protect his health and well-being. After explaining all this to his reader, H.F. makes the decision to remain in London, weathering and recording the plague's progress. The contradictions in H.F.'s views arise when, in the beginning of his story, he describes the black magic beginning to be found throughout the town. He calls the belief in astrologers, fortune tellers, and the like as "horrid delusions" and is disgusted by the fact that so many people are allowing themselves to fall into these money making traps."
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Darwin Versus Daniel Defoe, 2004.
A comparison of the views of the world through the eyes of Charles Darwin in his "Journey of the Beagle" and Daniel Defoe in "Robinson Crusoe".
1,550 words (approx. 6.2 pages), 4 sources, MLA, £ 26.95
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This paper examines how Charles Darwin's "Journey of the Beagle" and Daniel Defoe's 18th century novel, "Robinson Crusoe", both provide 18th and mid 19th century encapsulations of the observable, natural world from the point of view of a naturalist and an unwitting traveler and survivor. It looks at how the deployment of narrative, drama, and personal experience in the accounts of both Defoe and Darwin exhibit similar literary elements, such as the use of dramatic narrative, dialogue, and the cataloging of picaresque or memorable details. It also discusses how Darwin sees himself in a different guise, the guise of a scientific observer, as well as an individual experiencing life in a strange place, while Defoe's fictional explorer, Robinson Crusoe, only sees himself as the latter.
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"Darwin, however, does not debate the classification of animals in relation to humanity; rather he classifies the animals simply as animals-thus showing not only a less moral, but also a less andocentric view of the world than Defoe's literary progeny. Crusoe's narrative may have inspired wonder in his readers, but there is no corresponding wonder in the strangeness and lack of civilization-rather Crusoe is delighted to find the early trappings moral civilization in wild places and wonders at his potential ability to recreate that civilization so far away from it. Once again, Crusoe's narrative and contrast between civilized and uncivilized, between the good practice of home and the wild unchristian island, is cast in a moral, rather than an exploratory tone from the beginning."
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Daniel Defoe's "Moll Flanders", 2005.
Exploration of the morals and values Daniel Defoe creates for his title character, Moll Flanders.
1,230 words (approx. 4.9 pages), 3 sources, MLA, £ 21.95
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This paper discusses the novel, "Moll Flanders," and the issues raised about morality in the life of the title character. The paper begins with a summary of the novel with quotes from the text, giving the reader a background for the later analysis. Common themes of religion, poverty, crime, marriage, and overall ambiguity are analyzed, with attention given to the time period in which the novel was written and the literary style.
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"In Daniel Defoe's novel Moll Flanders, it is difficult for readers to determine the true moral and value system that the ambiguous Moll adheres to. Some readers may see her as a product of the society in which she was born and raised; other readers may see her as a free agent acting of her own volition. Defoe's brilliant writing style and technique ensures that readers have a favourable impression of Moll at the end of the novel, developing a character who has endured improbable hardships throughout the course of her life."
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"Moll Flanders" by Daniel Defoe, 2002.
This paper is a book review of the novel "Moll Flanders" by Daniel Defoe.
1,250 words (approx. 5.0 pages), 2 sources, MLA, £ 21.95
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The paper examines how the novel embodies the economic and social problems in Britain in the first decades of the eighteenth century. This paper explains that the book is intended to teach a moral lesson, and that the nature of the main character, Moll, as a "fallen woman" threatens the stability of the social Great Chain of Being, as addressed by Alexander Pope in his "Essay on Man".
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"Defoe's approach to this novel is ironic, for he infuses his social criticism with a dual morality. On the one hand is the standard Christian morality that Moll breaks at every turn. Defoe also offers a critique based on natural law, seeing man as motivated mainly by self and self-interest, just as Pope said. The Great Chain of Being is a product of Christian morality, while Defoe's critique of the society of his time shows it to be so overwhelmed by natural forces and self-interest that people like Moll have no choice but to do what they can to overcome the poverty into which they are born."
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"Robinson Crusoe" by Daniel Defoe, 2004.
Examines the reasons that account for this novel's appeal to its audience and compares it to a modern-day movie adaption.
1,400 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 8 sources, APA, £ 23.95
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Daniel Defoe has been called the father of the English novel. His book, "Robinson Crusoe", became a template for adventure tales and the source for many adaptations. Defoe blends a myriad of factors together to appeal to and captivate his reader. This essay examines these factors in detail, using as a reference a movie adaption to the book, "Cast Away", directed by Robert Zemeckis.
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"In 1719 the world was entering into the age of modern science and the value of religion came into question. Defoe's character Crusoe gains important perspective on this topical issue while sequestered on his island. He goes from being a fool-hardy young man with no respect for religion to a "scholar in the Scripture knowledge" (8). Similarly Cast Away set in the late twentieth century tackles the issue of time and freedom from responsibility, something which the main character Chuck and the majority of western civilization have little of."
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"Robinson Crusoe" by Daniel Defoe, 1993.
Examines reason why the author had Crusoe become religious during his stay on island.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 1 source, £ 20.95
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" This study will discuss the reason why Daniel Defoe had Crusoe become religious during his stay on the island in the novel Robinson Crusoe.
The primary reason is that Defoe was himself a Christian and he lived in an era which was thoroughly Christian. As a result, he saw one purpose of his book to be the indoctrination or persuasion of others with respect to Christian conversion. Crusoe represented in an extreme set of circumstances the position of every individual who is separated from God and from other human beings, in geographical and spiritual terms. As we read in an essay in the Norton edition of the novel, "One of Crusoe's [sic] guides is particularly interesting, for . . . it deals with most of the major problems involved in Robinson Crusoe." (The reference is to Timothy Cruso, a writer/schoolmate.."
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"Hamlet" ( Shakespeare ) & "Robinson Crusoe "( Daniel Defoe ), 1994.
Compares relationship between fiction & reality in action & characterizations & what each work tells us about societies represented.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 2 sources, £ 24.95
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"This study will provide a comparative analysis of the relationship between fiction and reality in Shakespeare's Hamlet and Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe. The study will also consider what each work tells us about the respective societies out of which each work emerges. The argument of the study will be that while both works certainly display significant conflicts between fiction and reality, Shakespeare's work is more effective because it is more fearless in its pursuit of the core of the character as he evolves and defines reality with no external aid. Defoe's novel, on the other hand, finally has the character rely on God and Christ for the ground of his reality. In addition, Crusoe's need for hard work to survive further grounds him in reality, whereas Hamlet's abundance of free time allows him to drift in and out of self-deception, illusion, and the fictions of.."
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"Prometheus Bound" ( Aeschylus ), "Frankenstein" ( Mary Shelley ) & "Robinson Crusoe" ( Daniel Defoe ), 1999.
Examines works on necessity of limits on human intelligence & power.
2,025 words (approx. 8.1 pages), 3 sources, £ 37.95
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" In three works that contemplate the question of the necessity of limits on human intelligence, the issue revolves around the notion of humanity exceeding its limits and, thereby, offending or challenging the gods. The question asked by Aeschylus in Prometheus Bound, by Mary Shelley in Frankenstein, and by Daniel Defoe in Robinson Crusoe is whether there is some inherent limit on human ability--a point beyond which humanity should not go. Does human technology, the various products of human intelligence, reach a point at which it is beyond the ability of mere mortals to control it? Though the question was phrased in very different ways, all three authors agreed that there was a limit to human intelligence and that such a limit was a necessity. Why it is a necessity was, however, answered quite differently by the three writers."
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"Robinson Crusoe" by Daniel Defoe" and "Friday, or the Other Island" by Michael Tournier, 1991.
A comparison of colonialism, the other Friday and Xury) and the plot of domination in the two novels.
1,575 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 2 sources, £ 28.95
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"This study will examine the relationship among colonialism, the representation of the "other" (Friday, Xury, the cannibals, etc.), and the plot of domination and conquest in Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe and Michel Tournier's Friday, or The Other Island.
Tournier's work is offered as an antidote to the work of Defoe, and this fact is made clear in the Prologue to Tournier's book. In that Prologue, the Captain of the Virginia (from which Crusoe will shortly be swept overboard, destined for adventures singularly different from those he experienced in Defoe's story) is doing a reading for Crusoe from the tarot cards. Tournier makes obvious the nature of his book's argument. The Captain reads the meaning of the first card Robinson turns up: "This means that in you there is an organizer, one who does battle with..."
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"The Machine That Changed The World" ( James Womack, Daniel Jones and Daniel Roos ), 1992.
A critical review of the work on lean production methods.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 1 source, £ 20.95
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"This study will provide a review of The Machine That Changed the World, by James P. Womack, Daniel T. Jones, and Daniel Roos. The analysis will be based on three standards or criteria for measuring the book and its success: Is the book important? Is the presentation of the book such that a reader --- whether interested originally in the subject or not---would generally find the book interesting? and Does the book succeed in doing what the authors set out to have it do?
The thrust of the report will be that, yes, the book succeeds on all three points of evaluation.
Is the book important? In other words, will it make some difference in the life of the reader in the way he sees the world, or will it make some difference in the world itself? Is it merely entertainment? Is it so speculative that it is nothing ..."
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Defoe's Vision of Society and Civilization, 2001.
An analysis of the visions of society and civilization in the novels "Robinson Crusoe" and "Moll Flanders" by Daniel Defoe.
1,565 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 7 sources, APA, £ 26.95
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This paper is a review of Daniel Defoe's novels "Robinson Crusoe" and "Moll Flanders". The paper specifically discusses to what extent these novels represent a microcosm of the world of Defoe. The paper follows a tendency toward the poststructuralist method of deconstruction, which seeks to unlock a reflection of the text by exposing its counter side, and therefore showing what the work of Defoe, can tell us about the past.
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"Before an attempt can be made to construct any critical theory regarding Defoe's vision of society and civilisation, it is necessary to put into context the corridors of thought which may lead to its interpretation. The idea that a response to a work is the same as its meaning demands the question: Can a work can have as many meanings as we have responses?"
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Pope and Defoe on Women., 2002.
An analysis of the way that Alexander Pope and Daniel Defoe view women in their literature.
650 words (approx. 2.6 pages), 3 sources, £ 13.95
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Both Alexander Pope and Daniel Defoe approached women differently but with equal passion in their literature. One might say of Pope too that on the whole his poetry suggests he has discovered a woman's world--the world of female portraiture and feminized mock-epic and feminine "Gothic" sensibility--but not women. As early as the 1697 Essay upon Projects, Defoe had criticized conventional restrictions on women, calling there for the foundation of "An Academy for Women."
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Samuel Daniel's "Delia", 2002.
Discusses audience and imagery in Samuel Daniel's 'Sonnet III' from "Delia" and argues against C.S. Lewis who dismisses Daniel's work.
2,650 words (approx. 10.6 pages), 8 sources, £ 50.95
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C.S. Lewis, in "English Literature in the Sixteenth Century", dismissed Daniel's "Delia" on the grounds that: "It offers no ideas, no psychology, and of course no story: it is simply a masterpiece of phrasing and melody" (Lewis 491). Samuel Daniel's sonnet sequence, "Delia" (1592), is undeniably remarkable for its phrasing and melody. However, one can take issue with Lewis' depiction of Daniel's achievement. This essay will argue that, contrary to Lewis' statement, Daniel's "Delia" reveals a complex level of interlocking patterns of thematic ideas and imagery. One cannot assert broad generalizations about a poet's entire work, much less the poetic production of an entire era, from the textual analysis of a single work. Includes annotated bibliography.
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"The Book of Daniel", 2002.
Explains how author E.L. Doctorow uses events from history to write his novel, "The Book of Daniel".
1,900 words (approx. 7.6 pages), 6 sources, £ 36.95
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E.L. Doctorow has always been a writer who juxtaposes fictional events with historical ones. "The Book of Daniel" is no exception. While the character of Daniel is fictional, the events depicted--a thinly disguised version of the Julius and Ethel Rosenberg trial, the communist scare fanned by Senator McCarthy, the Viet Nam War--are all rooted in history. Daniel's journey then is both historical and personal, ricocheting between the past and the present as he attempts to find meaning in the events of his own life and those of his culture. "The Book of Daniel" is like its Biblical counterpart, part lamentation and part exhortation. History is a catalogue of a "time of trouble" in which some figures of the past will awake to 'everlasting contempt' while others turn to righteousness. Daniel struggles with both, an inherited past and an uncertain future. In the end, however, he finds his way.
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