60 pages 2 hours read

Jess Walter

Beautiful Ruins

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

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Essay Topics

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The phrase “we want what we want” appears multiple times throughout the text. What does this phrase mean in terms of the overall theme of the universality of desire? How is want distinguished from need?

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Compare Pasquale to Richard Burton. Who is the true romantic leading man in Beautiful Ruins?

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Research behind-the-scenes information on the production of Cleopatra. Is Michael Deane’s account of the production in Chapter 15 an account based in truth or bitter libel?

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