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« on: April 03, 2004, 12:36:02 PM »
I have to write a world lit paper for my english class. im doing part of it on Crime and Punishment. can someone help me with my topic (explore the motif of suffering)? I would really appreciate any help i can get
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« Reply #1 on: April 03, 2004, 12:39:43 PM »
Hey chickenip, good to have you here.

There are some good essays in the 'Essays' section that touch upon suffering, I believe...
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« Reply #2 on: April 03, 2004, 12:57:43 PM »
Thanks Fyodor, its good to be here.

Thanks for the info, i'll be sure to check the essays.
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« Reply #3 on: April 03, 2004, 01:41:51 PM »
hello chickenip, I see you took my advice from sparknotes.com and came here...welcome
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chickenip
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« Reply #4 on: April 03, 2004, 01:52:21 PM »
of course i took you advice and came here. i didnt think you would try to screw me over, so i decided that your advice was pretty safe
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« Reply #5 on: April 03, 2004, 02:16:58 PM »
now that i think about it, should i just pick an easier topic? cuz i cant come up with anything for this one other than what Axon told me (no offense Axon, but that wasnt much, it was enough to start off with though. i just cant come up with anything else).
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« Reply #6 on: April 03, 2004, 02:37:02 PM »
Well I can't dictate the whole paper to you! LOL...Sonia's suffering is a huge topic, and you can develop it for pages and pages...but I guess that your insight about the novel is not deep enough to get all its meanings...I'm sure you will think about it differently when you read it again in a few years...

If you do decide to stick with it, you could compare Sonia's suffering to Gregor's...that would make for a decent paper.

What other topics are available...list them if you want.
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  of nothing else, for nothing else is fearsome.
-Dante's Inferno,  C2 88-90
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« Reply #7 on: April 03, 2004, 02:39:55 PM »
take a look at the essay entitled "A Russian Magdalen" found on this site...I haven't read it but from the title alone, you could see that it most likely pertains in some way to suffering...
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  of nothing else, for nothing else is fearsome.
-Dante's Inferno,  C2 88-90
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« Reply #8 on: April 03, 2004, 02:41:33 PM »
do you want me to list all 52 topics that we were given? or do you just want what im considering?
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« Reply #9 on: April 03, 2004, 02:42:21 PM »
probably just what you're considering  Wink
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« Reply #10 on: April 03, 2004, 05:24:29 PM »
Does sparknotes.com have a forum or something?
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« Reply #11 on: April 03, 2004, 05:30:09 PM »
ok, then the list will be much shorter. here goes:

1)Compare Chikako (Thousand Cranes) and Svidrigailov as antagonists.

2)Explore the influence of family on the protagonists.

3)What Freudian aspects can be found in both Thousand Cranes and Metamorphosis?

4)Examine the motif of sacrifice within families.

5)Examine each of the prtagonists in terms of Jung's archetypal persona.

6)Compare the concept of family obligation as it is used by Kafka and Dostoyevsky
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« Reply #12 on: April 03, 2004, 05:32:27 PM »
Yes, sparknotes.com has a separate forum for each book.
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« Reply #13 on: April 03, 2004, 06:18:53 PM »
Quote from: chickenip on April 03, 2004, 05:32:27 PM
Yes, sparknotes.com has a separate forum for each book.
Okay, cool. Cool
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« Reply #14 on: April 03, 2004, 07:13:25 PM »
in Crime and Punishment, who best exhibits Jung's archetypal persona? Does anyone know what im asking about or how to answer it?
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