Satan of paradise lost

Philosophy & literature   |   Literature   |   Presentation   |   07/21/2008   |   .doc   |   6 pages
Document abstract : «Throughout more than three hundred years of criticism on John Milton's Paradise Lost the character Satan has been a subject of controversy for many reasons and from many perspectives. Despite being God's adversary, Milton shows his readers a...»

Synopsis abstract : «Background on the Satan entities.. Dante's Satan.. Satan appears as the Prince of hell.. Satan and Eden.. Satan's transformations.....»

How does Steinbeck portray gender, in his novel : 'The grapes of wrath'

Philosophy & literature   |   Literature   |   Book review   |   07/22/2008   |   .doc   |   5 pages
Document abstract : «In the novel, Steinbeck skilfully creates a complex communal structure, through which the genders are portrayed. This community has a harsh and realistic nature. Many tragedies and disappointments threaten the family as they move through life, Tom...»

Synopsis abstract : «Joad family and the sense of community.. Simplistic approach towards gender.. The character of Ma.. The other females within the group.. Men within the novel.. Steinbeck's attitude toward gender within The Grapes of Wrath.....»

Death of a salesman

Philosophy & literature   |   Literature   |   Presentation   |   07/22/2008   |   .doc   |   4 pages
Document abstract : «Tragedy is defined in literature as "the fall of a worthy, usually noble hero or heroine" and would rely basically on a protagonist who started in a high status in society and would eventually have a downfall as the story progresses ("Tragedy.")....»

Synopsis abstract : «'Death of a salesman' a tragedy.. Characteristic flaw in Willy Lohman. . Definition of a man's success for Willy.. Willy's suicide.. Conclusion.....»

Exploring Ezra Pound and T.S. Eliot's revisions of "the waste land"

Philosophy & literature   |   Literature   |   Presentation   |   07/24/2008   |   .doc   |   8 pages
Document abstract : «How might T.S. Eliot's poem, which has come to define the modernist movement, be different if instead of bearing the title, "The Waste Land", it is called "He Do the Police in Different Voices?" This paper will not seek out any definitive answers as...»

Synopsis abstract : «The title.. The epigraph.. Burial of the dead.. A game of chess.. The fire sermon.. Death by water.. What the thunder said.. The degree of pound's influence.....»

Plato's differing accounts of body and soul

Philosophy & literature   |   Humanities/philosophy   |   Presentation   |   07/28/2008   |   .doc   |   5 pages
Document abstract : «In both the Phaedo and Republic 4, Socrates offers an account of the nature of psychological conflict in the context of a discussion about the soul. Different conceptions of the soul and body emerge from these accounts, each of which takes on a...»

Synopsis abstract : «Questioning the universal truth of the soul's ability to rule.. Problems with Socrates's body-soul conception.. Account of psychological conflict offered by Socrates.. The discussion of psychological conflict.. Socrates's additional partitioning of...»

Linguistic adaptation, English instruction, and the second generation Latino immigrant

Philosophy & literature   |   Linguistics   |   Research papers   |   07/30/2008   |   .doc   |   6 pages
Document abstract : «Since colonial times, the U.S. has been a nation both divided and united by its ethnic and linguistic diversity. Benjamin Franklin himself regarded the German minority of Pennsylvania as linguistically and racially inferior, yet also printed the...»

Synopsis abstract : «Defining in particular who Hispanics are.. The debate on bilingual education and the assumption on acculturation in today's immigrants.. Advancing the quest for a better understanding.. The importance of understanding of English. . Arguments of...»

Tangled claims and tensions in Heidegger's rectorate address

Philosophy & literature   |   Humanities/philosophy   |   Presentation   |   07/30/2008   |   .doc   |   6 pages
Document abstract : «In the following paper we will undertake a close analysis of "The Self-Assertion of the German University," Martin Heidegger's address to the University of Freiburg upon assuming the rectorship at the school. Though space constraints dictate that...»

Synopsis abstract : «First remarks.. Inexorability and the spiritual mission.. The essence of the German University.. Conclusion.....»

Mind over matter in the works of Anne Bradstreet and Benjamin Franklin

Philosophy & literature   |   Literature   |   Presentation   |   07/30/2008   |   .doc   |   4 pages
Document abstract : «The quill pen and the printing press were two means of composing available to early American authors. They have different qualities; the pen is a more romantic and stylized, while the press is a practical and efficient industrial tool for the...»

Synopsis abstract : «Background of Anne Bradstreet.. Benjamin Franklin and independent thought.. Benjamin Franklin's youth.. Tone of Bradstreet's poems.. Can a comparison be drawn between two such authors? . The words of Polly Baker in Bradstreet's poems. ....»

Multiple Wh -Questions: Logical form and paired list readings

Philosophy & literature   |   Linguistics   |   Presentation   |   08/01/2008   |   .doc   |   10 pages
Document abstract : «In her paper "Multiple Wh Questions," Veneeta Dayal takes a comprehensive approach to the topic of questions involving multiple wh-elements. She begins the paper by discussing the way in which a study of multiple wh-questions might provide valuable...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. The phenomenon of wh-fronting. . Context dependent questions.. The use of wh-fronting for diagnosing scope. . Issues at stake when discussing multiple wh-questions.. Multiple wh-questions and pair answers.. Con...»

Second language processing and the access question

Philosophy & literature   |   Linguistics   |   Presentation   |   08/04/2008   |   .doc   |   8 pages
Document abstract : «The rest of the paper will be spent expositing and, when necessary, critiquing, some of the literature on second language processing. I will pay particular attention to the recent Shallow Structure Hypothesis (SSH), due to Clahsen and Felser. In...»

Synopsis abstract : «Abstract.. The access question.. Processing.. The Shallow Structure Hypothesis.. Conclusion.....»

The magic of blood: A review of Glib's book

Philosophy & literature   |   Literature   |   Book review   |   08/05/2008   |   .doc   |   5 pages
Document abstract : «The Magic of Blood is a peculiar juju. Early on through the book, it wasn't grabbing me, so I went to a Taco Bell and tried reading it there. I'm a veggie, so the menu didn't offer "greater cultural understanding", but something in Dagoberto's...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. The stories in the first section.. The stories in the second section.. That closes the second section. . the ?literary canon? for fiction.. Conclusion.....»

Chivalry: Arisen from the dead or buried for good?

Philosophy & literature   |   Humanities/philosophy   |   Presentation   |   08/18/2008   |   .doc   |   4 pages
Document abstract : «The purpose of this research is to answer whether or not men on the UCSB campus conform to society's traits of being a gentleman. When we are young, theories of etiquette and manners are instilled in us. Many of us grow up and continue to be...»

Synopsis abstract : «Abstract.. Introduction.. Methodology.. Participants.. Procedure.. Results.. Discussion.. Statement of hypothesis and purpose.. Statement of results.. Exploration of concluded results.. Explanation of study / how it compares to other studies....»

Compare and contrast Alan Paton's Cry, the beloved country and Chinua Achebe's Things fall apart

Philosophy & literature   |   Literature   |   Presentation   |   08/18/2008   |   .doc   |   6 pages
Document abstract : «Alan Paton's Cry, the Beloved Country and Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart are both groundbreaking novels intertwining multifarious aspects of the human condition and human relationships to highlight the conflict between the white colonisers and...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Gradual erosion of tribal life in Things Fall Apart.. Okonkwo's observations.. Cry, the Beloved Country, Kumalo's journey to Johannesburg and back.. Plight of native blacks under white rule.. Conclusion.....»

Stephen Crane and the Red Badge of courage

Philosophy & literature   |   Literature   |   Presentation   |   08/20/2008   |   .doc   |   6 pages
Document abstract : «Born in 1871 to a Methodist preacher and social leader, Stephen Crane started his short, but compelling life in the Civil War torn society that was America- or more specifically, Newark, New Jersey. His parents held a belief, commonplace in their...»

Synopsis abstract : «The life of Stephen Crane.. A new technique in literature - naturalism.. Differences in Crane's writing.. The Red Badge of Courage.. The new United States.. Army of the Potomac.....»

Gandhi and the doctrine of mind only truth and the void of being

Philosophy & literature   |   Humanities/philosophy   |   Presentation   |   08/28/2008   |   .doc   |   4 pages
Document abstract : «Gandhi's thought follows in the footsteps of a philosophical tradition whose founders examined the nature of reality through the internal realm of the spirit. Their works described a constant and unceasing search for what is real, a journey that...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Questions on the nature of reality.. Similarities.. Differences.. Critical Analysis.....»

The nature of being and expression in the story of Christ

Philosophy & literature   |   Literature   |   Presentation   |   08/29/2008   |   .doc   |   6 pages
Document abstract : «History is a story. A man, a woman is a narrative. With each moment of our beings, we sift through the scattered array of images and experiences woven through our discourse to create the illusion of a coherent, cohesive self. And, despite our...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. The story of Christ as our guide.. Christ's character within specific moments according to Rice.. The multiple perspectives of Christ's mother, father, uncles, brothers and even strangers.. Differences between Mailer's book and...»

Experience and emptiness in Gary Snyder's "Mountains and Rivers without end"

Philosophy & literature   |   Literature   |   Presentation   |   08/29/2008   |   .doc   |   20 pages
Document abstract : «Language orders our experience of reality. It establishes a scale of binary opposition dictating where one ends and another begins, clearly defining the relationship between what is and what isn't. This relationship grounds our notion of self and...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Mountains, rivers and a Wandering Poet.. Zen Buddhism and post-structural theory.. Into the mountains.. The grammatical structure of 'Raven's Beak River/At the End'. . Conclusion.....»

"I Am We": The duality of being one

Philosophy & literature   |   Literature   |   Presentation   |   08/29/2008   |   .doc   |   7 pages
Document abstract : «Who am I? Asked, the response begins: "I am," followed by the concept upon which the individual forms his or her identity. America has built itself upon this exchange; accenting the importance of the "I," of the individual, and his or her ability...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. 'The Law of Life' written by Jack London.. Individual independence of the community and a hunger for the right to be. . The Native American community and its individual members.. Impressions of an Indian Childhood.. Emerson's self...»

Review and reinterpretation of Mrs. Dalloway

Philosophy & literature   |   Literature   |   Presentation   |   09/01/2008   |   .doc   |   5 pages
Document abstract : «Through Space and Time: Reality and Experience in the Modern Age "This late age of the world's experience had bred in them all, all men and women, a well of tears" (Woolfe 9). Modernism marked the collapse of structures that had defined the...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. The characters of Mrs. Dalloway.. Big Ben.. The character of Woolf'.. Clarissa and Peter.. The question of reality and the inability of traditional structures to explain or contain the vastness of life. . Society's attempts to force...»

The resurrection of narrative: Postmodern positions on knowledge in the work of Cormac McCarthy

Philosophy & literature   |   Humanities/philosophy   |   Book review   |   09/01/2008   |   .doc   |   6 pages
Document abstract : «'For this world also which seems to us a thing of stone and flower and blood is not a thing at all but is a tale.' Cormac McCarthy, by profession, is concerned with narrative. Being so concerned, conclusions can be drawn by clues both explicit and...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Dichotomy, set up by Lyotard in his essay titled The Postmodern Condition: A Report on Knowledge.. Technological advancement - an important aspect to consider in McCarthy's work.. McCarthy's The Road - conflict in both structure and...»

The young Shakespeare and his contemporaries: reconstructing convention in taming of the shrew

Philosophy & literature   |   Literature   |   Presentation   |   09/04/2008   |   .doc   |   9 pages
Document abstract : «One purpose of theatre is perhaps to reiterate social phenomena and bring to light aspects of our identity, as an individual, culture, or audience, that have been passed as unquestioned tradition from times when they made sense. The Taming of the...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Modern theories illumination on conventions of the past with temporally disparate ideas.. The process by which society can endow an individual with a constructed identity.. The ideals of gender.. The character of...»

Irony in 18th century British Literature

Philosophy & literature   |   Literature   |   Case study   |   09/04/2008   |   .doc   |   5 pages
Document abstract : «Philosophers as early as Plato have made distinctions between the mind and body, or reason and material perception, resulting in a dualism of being that has seeped into all aspects of Western Civilization. The cycle of perception and judgment of...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Western intellectual thought .. The central problem in the mind-body relation.. Sexuality within Tristram Shandy.. One aspects of the mind-body problem - the circular correlation between self-perception and world-perception.. The...»

Empirical feasibility in Kant's Perpetual Peace

Philosophy & literature   |   Humanities/philosophy   |   Book review   |   09/04/2008   |   .doc   |   8 pages
Document abstract : «In his essay Perpetual Peace: A Philosophical Sketch, Immanuel Kant prescribes the means of attaining a worldwide peace among nations. In theory, Kant's idea of achieving Perpetual Peace relies not on reactionary peaceful measures of ending wars...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Perpetual Peace and Kant's concept of human nature.. Kant's error of rationality.. Empirical proof: The shortcomings the United Nations.. Conclusion.....»

Language evolution: Anthropology

Philosophy & literature   |   Linguistics   |   Presentation   |   09/09/2008   |   .doc   |   8 pages
Document abstract : «Its tops, it's the queens square, it's fabulous, it's cool, it's off the hook. All of these phrases mean the same thing, "It's great". This is one of many phrases that have taken the twists and turns of the ages through our youth. Throughout history...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. The beginning of the evolution of language in America.. Change in today's world languages.. The English language today.. Conclusion.....»

Approaching death: A literature review on end-of-life care

Philosophy & literature   |   Humanities/philosophy   |   Presentation   |   09/09/2008   |   .doc   |   6 pages
Document abstract : «Before the 1950's most people died in their homes, surrounded by family. They often died quickly of illnesses such as influenza, measles or scarlet fever. Today, as medical technology creates more and more tools and medicines to prolong lives, human...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Literature review.. End of life care and the law.. Clinical perceptions and liability concerns.. Proposed solutions.....»

The feminine power in Spenser's "The Faerie Queene"

Philosophy & literature   |   Literature   |   Book review   |   09/09/2008   |   .doc   |   4 pages
Document abstract : «Throughout The Faerie Queene, there are female representations, the most prominent female characters are Una and Duessa, but there are also Errour, Lucifera, Night, Caelia and her three daughters. These female characters exude a certain form of...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. How Archimago tricks Redcrosse.. The feminine power that Una has.. The power that Duessa has over Redcrosse.. Conclusion.....»

The State of the Tibetan People as a minority experiencing complex social conflict and proposal to United Nations for applied second track intervention

Philosophy & literature   |   Humanities/philosophy   |   Presentation   |   09/10/2008   |   .doc   |   8 pages
Document abstract : «This proposal outlines some of the conflicts associated with the Tibetan people as the repressed and overtaken minority within the People's Republic of China. Currently, social conflict is one of the most critical issues facing Tibetans today. This...»

Synopsis abstract : «Executive Summary.. Conflict assessment and diagnosis: Evaluating the appropriateness or feasibility of a second track initiative.. Future conflict resolution scenarios.. Planning and proposed structure for a second track or citizens' diplomacy...»

The Mohawk people

Philosophy & literature   |   Linguistics   |   Presentation   |   09/10/2008   |   .doc   |   7 pages
Document abstract : «The Mohawk are survivors. From the days of their early ancestors to the present day, the Mohawk have dwindled in number but have lived on. This is an exploration of the history and culture of the Mohawk. In this paper I will attempt to explain...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. The term Iroquois.. Iroquoian culture, ritual, and agriculture. . Mohawk and some aspects of Mohawk cultural life. . The Midwinter ceremony.. The turning point for the Mohawk and the Six Nations.....»

Self-awareness: The problem of the self in the work of Samuel Beckett

Philosophy & literature   |   Literature   |   Presentation   |   09/10/2008   |   .doc   |   7 pages
Document abstract : «We find ourselves in some deeply existential quandary: a problem beyond inquiry or conclusion; a problem that extends into the void of time and space; that avoids the very title of "problem". We are confined to a box, in Endgame, we are on a dead...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Questions in relation to the self-awareness of the characters.. Martin Esslin, in a chapter from The Theatre of the Absurd on Samuel Beckett.. The problem of having a sense of identity when we are not the same at any moment.. The...»

Inhabiting the Myth of Dune

Philosophy & literature   |   Literature   |   Book review   |   09/12/2008   |   .doc   |   6 pages
Document abstract : «The structures of everyday life are embodied in patterns that align with an internal concept of the mythic. The extent to which all societies are guided by some sense of the mythic is proportional to a culture's dependence on language, religion, or...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Arrakis as a planet of harsh conditions.. Jessica confrontation with the Shadout Mapes.. The myth that the Fremen are associating with Jessica and Paul.. Jessica's performance of the Sayyadina.. The power of the myth.....»

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