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SCHOLARLY WRITING

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Still Searching for the "Good Man": Flannery O'Connor's Unique Influence on Fargo and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

A detailed examination and analysis of the particular influence of O’Connor’s oft-examined short work “A Good Man Is Hard to Find” on current filmmakers as we—as society, culture, humanity—continue our search for a “good man” in the increasingly chaotic world

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"Because I wanted to": Ellen Thatcher and Daisy Buchanan Playing the Part of the Beautiful Little Fool

A close analysis of the primary female characters within F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby and John Dos Passos' Manhattan Transfer and their chosen means of operating within their Modern worlds

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"Growin' Up": A Combination of Cultural Influence and Personal Growth in Springsteen's Lyrics About Women

A linguistic examination of Bruce Springsteen's lyrics concerning women given his stature as an American lyricist and cultural voice

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A Middle English Search for Middle Ground: The Owl and the Nightingale's Criticism of Binary Thought

An argument that the Middle English text seeks to criticize rather than celebrate the particular style of argument the birds portray and an examination of the dangers of binary thinking as demonstrated by the poem

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Come What May: Sir Orfeo's Recognition of His Agency

An argument for the instructive and empathetic nature of the Middle English Sir Orfeo text and a recognition of the main character's primary lessons learned, self-awareness of his journey, and ultimate ownership of his own mortality

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I Am Humanity Too: The Balancing Role of Women in The Iliad

An examination of the major female characters within the Homeric text and the way in which their actions and words balance the author's picture of humanity, its strengths and limitations

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