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The Hundred Years War, 2000.
A discussion of the political events that led to the Hundred Year War between the kings of England and France and the events which perpetuated after its closing.
2,990 words (approx. 12.0 pages), 4 sources, MLA, £ 62.95
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A paper which examines the years before, during and after one of the longest running conflicts between England and France - the Hundred Year War which ran between the years 1337 and 1453. The paper examines the political ramifications of the war for both parties during the length of the war and after its closing.
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"The Hundred Years War is a rather misleading name for the war between England and France in the fourteenth century. The war between the kings of England and France lasted between 1337 and 1453, which is certainly not hundred years. The war didn't last 116 years either. The number of actual warfare were much less one hundred, since in the course of this 116 year period there were numerous long truces and two treaties of peace intended to put a stop to hostilities entirely. One must also add that at the time accepted as the end of the war there was no peace treaty. Also, the actual war started in 1337, while bad relations existed between the two kings ever since the Norman take over of the English throne years before the actual starting of the war. The war was affected by the values that the kings of the two countries possessed and the events of the outside world. The war made no important change in the relations of the two lands until its close, when England lost its possessions on the Continent and turned to up-building of sea power."
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The Hundred Years War, 2005.
This paper discusses the Hundred Years War, which was a series of wars, which begun in 1337 and ended in approximately 1453 when the English finally lost Bordeaux.
3,180 words (approx. 12.7 pages), 4 sources, MLA, £ 65.95
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This paper explains that the Hundred Years War was the result of three major problem areas: The French and English merchants were in conflict over Flanders, the personal conflicts of English and French kings and national consciousness. The author points out that the losers were not only the soldiers who died or were maimed but also the populace in both England and France who suffered through heavy taxation, loss of income, reduction of trade opportunities and the dichotomy of loyalties. The paper relates that the war between France and England seemed inevitable because, as the 14th century dawned, the French began to see themselves as a unified country not just an assembly of duchies and estates and England, having concluded its hostilities with Scotland, began to build Great Britain, which would last until the end of WWII.
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"At the very beginning, in 1328, King Charles IV of France lay dying, but his wife was pregnant. "On his deathbed, the king said if the Queen bears a son he will be king, but if she bears a daughter then the crown belongs to Philip of Valois." When the Queen produced a still-born daughter, Philip of Valois became Philip VI. A descendant of the revered St. Louis, Valois was accustomed to winning tournaments and loved the idea of battle. The French believed it was unthinkable for an English king to become King of France. To make sure that this did not, and could not, happen, the French legal experts resorted to what is known as "Salic law", whereby inheritance cannot pass down through the female line."
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The Hundred Years' War, 2007.
A detailed history of the 116 year conflict between England and France.
1,280 words (approx. 5.1 pages), 5 sources, MLA, £ 30.95
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The paper describes how the conflicts between England and France, which began in 1337 and ended in 1453, have been dubbed The Hundred Years' War by modern historians who grouped these conflicts under the same label as a matter of convenience. The paper examines how the long struggle had a powerful effect in strengthening a sense of national identity in both England and France, and also created a mutual antagonism that has lasted ever since. The paper details how England developed a parliamentary democracy and created an empire as an offshore island, separate from the rest of Europe, however the English kings still officially claimed to be kings of France all the way down to George III.
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"The basic cause of the war was a dynastic quarrel that began with the conquest of England by William of Normandy, which created a state lying on both sides of the English Channel (Hundred). During the 14th century, the English kings held the duchy of Guienne in France, and they resented paying homage to the French kings and feared the increasing control the French crown exerted over its great feudal vassals (Hundred). The immediate cause of the war were rooted in Edward III of England's dissatisfaction with Philip VI of France and his non-fulfillment of pledges to restore a part of Guienne taken by Charles IV (Hundred). Other major causes were the English attempts to control Flanders, an important market for English wool and a source of cloth, and Philip's support of Scotland against England (Hundred)."
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"One Hundred Years of Solitude", 2004.
A review of the novel "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez.
4,200 words (approx. 16.8 pages), 5 sources, MLA, £ 79.95
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This paper discusses Gabriel Garcia Marquez's novel titled "One Hundred Years of Solitude". The paper claims that this book is recognized as a modern classic with an insightful and relevant message. The paper explains however, that the message is not simple to understand and not easy to define, largely because it questions the nature of society and the people in society. The paper explores how the book challenges people to look at themselves, human nature and society in a new way. The paper does this by focusing on the events of the novel, the meaning of the novel and the final message.
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"One Hundred Years of Solitude cannot be understood by analyzing the plot. Its style and structure is not driven by plot like many novels. Instead, it takes a wider approach and focuses on the life of a family and a town. It can be considered as the story of the town Macondo. It can also be considered as the story of the people who founded the town, the Buendias. The novel begins with the formation of town, as Jose Arcadio and Ursula found the town. The town continues to grow and remains largely isolated from the outside world. Later, the town comes into contact with others in the region. This leads to civil war and the once peaceful town is forced to change. Colonel Buendia becomes leader and war continues. The civil war eventually ends and a peace treaty is signed. Different problems reach the town as a banana plantation is established. "
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"One Hundred Years of Solitude", 2006.
Examines violence, history and suppression of memory as metaphors in Gabriel Garcia Marquez's "One Hundred Years of Solitude."
1,580 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 5 sources, MLA, £ 36.95
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Colombian novelist Gabriel Garcia Marquez's fantastical masterpiece of magic realism, "One Hundred Years of Solitude" (1967), chronicles the long, colorful, violent, repetitive and ultimately tragic history of the Buendia family of the mythical town of Macondo, an imaginary locale apparently based on Garcia Marquez's own small home town of Aracataca, Colombia. This paper suggests ways in which violence and suppression of memory within the story serve to create future cycles of violence (and future loss of memory), thereby symbolically illustrating the maxim that those (like the Buendias) who forget history shall be doomed to repeat it. The paper also suggests that the novel in many ways parallels the history of the Latin American nation of Colombia itself, and, in a broader sense, of all Latin American nations, especially in the sense of the modern domination of them by outside forces.
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"One Hundred Years of Solitude is a tale of groups, communities, and nations: that is, a collective, rather than an individual, story and metaphor. Toward that end and in that respect, this novel is not written, as are most North American and European novels, from a perspective of just one narrator, or "hero", but rather, from the perspectives of multiple individuals having the same experience, a sort of amalgamated, chorus of generations, in which significances are determined not individually and personally, but collectively and through comparison and consensus."
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"One Hundred Years of Solitude", 2001.
This paper studies the novel "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez.
1,300 words (approx. 5.2 pages), 7 sources, MLA, £ 30.95
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This paper attempts to analyze the concept of truth and the meaning of life by examining the characters in Gabriel Garcia Marquez's novel - One Hundred Years of Solitude. It shows how the main character sacrificed all he had in the search of truth and knowledge and this theme is central throughout the entire story.
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"In order to gain something a sacrifice must be given, nothing in the world is for free. This has been proven time and again in various writers' pursuit of the truth. Goethe's Faust gave his soul to the devil in the quest of knowledge and in One Hundred Years of Solitude sacrifices are made in their own manners. Aureliano, sacrifices all material luxury in his life in order to spend time trying to translate Melquiades manuscript in his search for knowledge. Thus, we see that sacrifice is a part for the true and pure quest of knowledge."
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"One Hundred Years of Solitude", 2008.
This paper discusses the theme of solitude in "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez.
891 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 2 sources, MLA, £ 22.95
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The paper examines the types of solitude created by ghosts, memory and time in "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. The paper shows how time seems to be the major source of solitude; ghosts are trapped in the past, those without memories are trapped in the present and those with premonitions are like ghosts from the future. The paper describes how, in the story, the entire town of Macondo seems to be experiencing the same problem because it is trapped in a cyclical time cycle.
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"Ghosts exist in two forms in One Hundred Year of Solitude. The first form of ghost is represented by objects that have fallen into disuse. The perfect example of this type of ghost is the Spanish Galleon in the jungle. When the Galleon is found it is said, "The whole structure seemed to occupy its own space, one of solitude and oblivion, protected from the vices of time and the birds"(Marquez 12). The fact this ship is beached in a jungle makes it a truly haunting image of solitude. It is an object that is out of place and forgotten. In this way the Galleon is a symbolic representation of the people of Mocondo. Both the Galleon and the people of Mocondo are cut off from the rest of the world and normal space time."
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George Melnyk's "One Hundred Years of Canadian Cinema", 2005.
This paper reviews George Melnyk's book "One Hundred Years of Canadian Cinema".
1,800 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 0 sources, £ 50.95
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This paper states that few texts can make claims to possess the kind of methodical comprehensiveness as George Melnyk's "One Hundred Years of Canadian Cinema". The author discusses various aspects of the text to provide an evaluation of the importance of the book's contribution to the study of cinema in Canada. The paper includes the author's argument, the credibility of the evidence and the overall value of the book.
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"Few texts can make claims to possess the kind of methodical comprehensiveness that George Melnyk's One Hundred Years of Canadian Cinema does. It is a massive, tome of a book whose physical heft correctly suggests all of the intellectual and academic weight that the author imbued within the pages of the three hundred sixty-one page work on the history of the Canadian cinema. Not to give away my feelings on the book prematurely, but the work that Melnyk managed in composing this piece of much-needed non-fiction should be considered one of the author's greatest achievements. The remainder of this review will be divided into four sections. The first will examine Melnyk's thesis, argument, and goal in writing "One Hundred Years of Canadian Cinema"."
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Gabriel Garcia Marquez's "One Hundred Years of Solitude", 2002.
Introduces, discusses and analyzes the book "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez.
1,011 words (approx. 4.0 pages), 2 sources, MLA, £ 24.95
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This paper shows how the "One Hundred Years of Solitude" juxtaposes real and imagined linear time with circular time. It addresses such questions as: What are the distinct differences between these two worlds (reality and linear time vs. imagination and circular time), what is learned by placing them together, and why does the novel do so?
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"The novel opens with a flashback, which immediately sets the mood, and announces to the reader that time is going to be an important ? even vital part of this novel. The story manages to blend then juxtapose real time, linear time, and circular time in such a way to sometimes confuse the reader, but the outcome is magical and fantastic, and the novel seems real and unreal at the same time. This blending of real and magical is called "magic realism," and Marquez employed it throughout the novel to create the feelings of time and space which flow through the chapters."
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"One Hundred Years of Solitude": A Study in Isolation and Despair, 2002.
A detailed analysis of the literary style of Gabriel Garcia Marquez and the primary themes of one of his most famous novels, "One Hundred Years of Solitude."
2,508 words (approx. 10.0 pages), 10 sources, MLA, £ 53.95
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A researched and analytical essay exploring the imaginative literature of Gabriel Garcia Marquez. The essay includes an introduction before exploring the text, including a look at social milieu, literary influences, and the existence of magic realism in "One Hundred Years of Solitude". The writer continues with a review of the literary devices used in the novel, as well as characterization and finally provides a conclusion of the themes.
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"The lyric, imaginative literature of Gabriel Garcia Marquez perfectly captures the essence of the human psyche and all of its conflicting emotions. Garcia Marquez has a firm grasp of both fantasy and psychology and utilizes the technique of magic realism in order to present the dichotomy of illusion and reality and reveal the varied emotions that this dichotomy entails. Garcia Maquez also explores the psychological ramifications of prolonged solitude in many of his literary works, and "One Hundred Years of Solitude", his most famous novel, represents the culmination of this theme in reference to the contrast between fantasy and reality. In "One Hundred Years of Solitude", Gabriel Garia Marquez masterfully fuses his rich ethnic heritage with a vast repertory of literary devices and characterization techniques in order to relate the tragedies of the Buenda clan to his central moral thesis that psychological solitude destroys ones perceptions of reality and ultimately leads to sorrow and despair."
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"One Hundred Years of Solitude", 2002.
This paper looks at the themes of solitude and solidarity in "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez.
650 words (approx. 2.6 pages), 1 source, £ 18.95
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This paper discusses the means of solidarity and solitude in the book "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. By showing three examples from the book, the writer demonstrates how the lack of solidarity is created by magical realism.
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"One Hundred Years of Solitude, 2002.
Discusses Columbian writer Gabriel Garcia Marquez's use of the literary technique known as "magic-realism" in his novel "One Hundred Years of Solitude".
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 5 sources, £ 24.95
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The term "magic realism" seems, at first glance, to be oxymoronic. How can anything real seem magical? How can magic be real? The interconnectedness, however, of the quotidian and the fantastical is a hallmark of Latin American literature and one of the greatest living practitioners of this literary technique is the Columbian writer, Gabriel Garcia Marquez. In his masterpiece, One Hundred Years of Solitude, the author creates what is probably the best known, and best loved, example of the magic-realist tale.
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Gabriel Garcia Marquez' "One Hundred Years Of Solitude", 1995.
This paper discusses Gabriel Garcia Marquez' novel "One Hundred Years Of Solitude", a symbolic reflection of Colombia, style, magic realism, characters, structure and plot.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 3 sources, £ 33.95
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"In his novel One Hundred Years of Solitude, Gabriel Garcia Marquez has the town of Macondo serve as a symbolic representation of Colombia, the author's own country. This is a novel with a broad view of human nature, using the landscape of a town and its history as background. The novel tells the history of the town of Macondo and details that history through six generations of the descendants of the founder of the town, Jos? Arcadio Buendia. This history is also a history of national decline, and Marquez extends the metaphor of Macondo not only to Colombia but to the world as a whole. He accomplishes this in a novel making use of fantastic elements told in a matter-of-fact way that helps the reader accept them and that connects them more firmly to the real world, and Marquez uses the technique of foreshadowing to link periods in the history of Macondo and to ... "
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"One Hundred Years of Solitude", 2002.
This paper analyzes and evaluates the complex character scheme in Gabriel Garcia Marquez's famous novel, "One Hundred Years of Solitude."
1,223 words (approx. 4.9 pages), 4 sources, MLA, £ 29.95
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The paper delves into the mystifying world of Gabriel Garcia Marquez. The essay takes an introspective look at character interactions and focuses mainly on the ironies of wisdom and solitude as they relate to the characters within the novel. The essay investigates the outward quest for knowledge in contrast with the inner turmoil such wisdom incites.
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"One Hundred Years of Solitude artfully evaluates the human id-the unbridled force capable of ensnaring individuals in a tedious condition of chaos and seclusion. Though Gabriel Garcia Marquez denies bias in regards to public morality, he successfully unveils the trials of conscience which ultimately leave each character in a state of isolation, agitation, and self-castigation. Marquez exposes a reality uninhibited by intrinsic knowledge; a world caught in the throes of carnal yearning. In Marquez?s world, the coincidence of self awareness and even paramount wisdom fail to augment the character?s lives as long as they remain fixed to the collective conscience of society."
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