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    <title>The Kugelmass Episode Group at eNotes</title>
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    <description>The latest discussion, including questions and answers, from the The Kugelmass Episode Group at eNotes.</description>
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        <title><![CDATA[How can The Kugelmass Episode exemplify the intrinsic relationship...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/kugelmass-episode/q-and-a/how-can-kugelmass-episode-exemplify-intrinsic-85505</link>
        <description><![CDATA[How can The Kugelmass Episode exemplify the intrinsic relationship between culture, language and society?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2009 21:41:17 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Ah, but I love this short piece! However, that wasn't the question. I'd...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/kugelmass-episode/q-and-a/what-good-essay-over-quot-kugelmass-episode-quot-58469</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Ah, but I love this short piece! However, that wasn't the question. I'd say that a good essay could be built around the role of the comic, the literary, and of the farce, in contemporary society. If I had to state a thesis, I'd say that &quot;The Kugelmass Episode&quot; undercuts the possibility for any of them to play an active role of social critique. This is because Allen plays with ideas so much, ideas that are separate from reality. In...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2009 17:17:36 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What is a good essay over &quot;The Kugelmass Episode&quot;?]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/kugelmass-episode/q-and-a/what-good-essay-over-quot-kugelmass-episode-quot-58469</link>
        <description><![CDATA[What is a good essay over &quot;The Kugelmass Episode&quot;?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2009 10:22:43 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[b/c he doesnt want any competition with rodolphe, he just wants an easy...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/kugelmass-episode/q-and-a/why-does-k-fear-his-rival-rodolphewhat-different-24281</link>
        <description><![CDATA[b/c he doesnt want any competition with rodolphe, he just wants an easy relationship with madame bovary.]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.enotes.com/kugelmass-episode/q-and-a/why-does-k-fear-his-rival-rodolphewhat-different-24281</guid>
        <pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2008 04:15:46 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Did the great persky die when the mechine blew up and kugelmass got...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/kugelmass-episode/q-and-a/did-great-persky-died-when-mechine-blew-up-50933</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Did the great persky die when the mechine blew up and kugelmass got stuck in a grammer book?]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.enotes.com/kugelmass-episode/q-and-a/did-great-persky-died-when-mechine-blew-up-50933</guid>
        <pubDate>Tue, 2 Dec 2008 16:32:20 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Daphne does ask Kugelmass where he goes all the time and whether he has...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/kugelmass-episode/q-and-a/does-kugelmasse-s-wife-suspect-that-he-having-an-24277</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Daphne does ask Kugelmass where he goes all the time and whether he has a &quot;chippie stashed somewhere.&quot; However, I don't think she really suspects him of having an affair. He describes them as moping around the house &quot;like two pieces of old furniture.&quot; They're so used to each other that she believes all the stories he tells her. Besides, he says at the beginning of the story that she's an oaf.He won't divorce her because he...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 21:38:26 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Kugelmass has been magically transported into the story line of Madame...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/kugelmass-episode/q-and-a/why-does-k-fear-his-rival-rodolphewhat-different-24281</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Kugelmass has been magically transported into the story line of Madame Bovary and has been having an affair with Emma, the title character. In the novel, Emma is a dissatisfied housewife who has a passionate affair with Rodolphe Boulanger. Kugelmass tells the magician to make sure always to put him in the story before Emma meets Rodolphe. Kugelmass says of him:&quot;He's landed gentry. Those guys have nothing better to do than flirt and ride...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 21:24:04 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[In &quot;The Kugelmass Episode,&quot; why does Kugelmass fear his rival,...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In &quot;The Kugelmass Episode,&quot; why does Kugelmass fear his rival, Rodolphe?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 14:20:55 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[In &quot;The Kugelmass Episode,&quot; does Daphne suspect her husband of...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In &quot;The Kugelmass Episode,&quot; does Daphne suspect her husband of having an affair? Why doesn't he divorce her?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 14:13:51 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[In a nutshell, Kugelmass (a stereotypical Jewish name), is an...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/kugelmass-episode/q-and-a/can-someone-explane-me-kugelmass-episode-simple-16811</link>
        <description><![CDATA[In a nutshell, Kugelmass (a stereotypical Jewish name), is an unsatisfied Humanities professor.  He decides to have an affair since his second marriage is not a happy one.  A magician has a Magic Box that Kugelmass can crawl into with a favorite book, and he'll end up in the setting of that book.  He chooses Madame Bovary. He and Madame Bovary get along well and start an affair--he even brings her back to his time.  Ironically, everything...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2008 13:08:03 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Can someone explain to me The Kugelmass Episode in simple words?]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/kugelmass-episode/q-and-a/can-someone-explane-me-kugelmass-episode-simple-16811</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Can someone explain to me The Kugelmass Episode in simple words?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2008 11:54:59 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[I'm not sure what you're asking, but since this is in the Kugelmass...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/kugelmass-episode/q-and-a/can-someone-explain-for-me-man-case-16735</link>
        <description><![CDATA[I'm not sure what you're asking, but since this is in the Kugelmass Episode group, I assume you're interested in Kugelmass and his situation.  Basically, Kugelmass is bored.  His life at home and work have left him much to be desired...in short, a case of mid-life crisis.  He runs across a man who has a homemade &quot;time machine&quot; of sorts.  It works by having the traveler climb in and tossing in the book of his or her choice.  The...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2008 14:25:16 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Can someone explain for me a man in a case?]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/kugelmass-episode/q-and-a/can-someone-explain-for-me-man-case-16735</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Can someone explain for me a man in a case?]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.enotes.com/kugelmass-episode/q-and-a/can-someone-explain-for-me-man-case-16735</guid>
        <pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2008 10:31:30 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Verbal irony and dramatic irony are especially prevelant--his character...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/kugelmass-episode/q-and-a/what-13533</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Verbal irony and dramatic irony are especially prevelant--his character is always saying things the reader doesn't expect to help promote his very Jewish persona.  Perhaps the best example of dramatic irony is the point at which the machine explodes and traps Kugelmass in a Spanish textbook being chases around by the &quot;hairy&quot; verb &quot;tener&quot;= &quot;to have&quot;.  Just as K. is determined to have an affair with Madame Bovary,...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 7 Dec 2007 08:47:57 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Fantasy and realism absolutely contribute to the humor as a man who is...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/kugelmass-episode/q-and-a/describe-blend-13535</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Fantasy and realism absolutely contribute to the humor as a man who is dissatisfied with his &quot;real&quot; life seeks the adventure and excitement of a &quot;fantasy&quot;.  By being able to pop into Madame Bovary and &quot;play&quot; a little, he escapes the hum-drum of his own life, but what's funny is that his fellow college professors recognize the odd little man who just shows up in the pages of the book as being none other than...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 7 Dec 2007 06:14:41 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Describe the blend......]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/kugelmass-episode/q-and-a/describe-blend-13535</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Describe the blend......]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.enotes.com/kugelmass-episode/q-and-a/describe-blend-13535</guid>
        <pubDate>Thu, 6 Dec 2007 22:52:18 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What are......]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[What are......]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 6 Dec 2007 22:50:15 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[I somewhat disagree with the other respons.    As Allen has taken us...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/kugelmass-episode/q-and-a/what-significance-final-section-9701</link>
        <description><![CDATA[I somewhat disagree with the other respons.    As Allen has taken us through this odd tale, he has done us all the kind favor of tying up all his loose ends. For example, Emma &quot;spoke in the same fine English translation as the paperback.&quot; or Sidney's (and Persky's) ignorance of the effect their meddling has on the text of the tale.     I think that Allen was simply trying to end this story; perhaps he thought it had gone on...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 26 Nov 2007 20:31:01 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[While you have two fine answers already, it is important to note that...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/kugelmass-episode/q-and-a/what-significance-final-section-9701</link>
        <description><![CDATA[While you have two fine answers already, it is important to note that Persky warns Kugelmass against using the machine again.  The underlying note is be happy with what you have...in the present.  However, Kugelmass insists, and while the machine is working, Persky has a heart attack, the machine bursts into flames, and instead of the novel Kugelmass expects to end up in, he finds himself in the middle of a Remedial Spanish textbook. Not...]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.enotes.com/kugelmass-episode/q-and-a/what-significance-final-section-9701</guid>
        <pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2007 08:06:36 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The irony of being pursued by the verb &quot;tener&quot; is a reminder...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/kugelmass-episode/q-and-a/what-significance-final-section-9701</link>
        <description><![CDATA[The irony of being pursued by the verb &quot;tener&quot; is a reminder of how elusive our wants and desires can be. Perhaps it is telling us that people don't want what they have, and they can't have what they want. The ending is significant in that it suggests that the destructive cycle of desire and deceit must be broken. If we spend our whole lives looking for eternal happiness, we will only end up with eternal dissatisfaction. ]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2007 06:56:47 PST</pubDate>
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