Finding the man in the golem: Perfection through the word in Gustav Meyrink's "The Golem"

Philosophy & literature   |   Literature   |   Presentation   |   11/06/2008   |   .doc   |   5 pages
Document abstract : «The Golem, according to legend, is a man-made creature, constructed out of wax, inanimate until a written Cabalistic scripture is placed in its mouth. Without the written word, the physical form of the Golem remains a mix of primal elements; without...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. The Golem according to legend.. The narrators waking up as the Pernath.. The Ibbur.. Pernath's own personality - parallel to that of the Golem.. Meyrink's use of 'verbal language' early in The Golem.. Pernath's spiritual...»

Sight and reality in Chestnutt's "The Conjure Woman"

Philosophy & literature   |   Literature   |   Presentation   |   11/06/2008   |   .doc   |   6 pages
Document abstract : «There has always been a fundamental distinction between reality and how our mind represents reality. What we see and observe (external sight) comes into conflict with what we interpret and feel (internal sight). Charles W. Chestnutt's The Conjure...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Charles W. Chestnutt's The Conjure Woman.. The main theme of sight and its relationship to representation and reality.. Chestnutt's collection of tales.. Representations of reality and subjective reality.. Subjective realities -...»

Self reliance as a means to discovering identity

Philosophy & literature   |   Literature   |   Book review   |   11/07/2008   |   .doc   |   5 pages
Document abstract : «According to Ralph Ellison, identity is the American theme. This sentiment explains why his highly acclaimed novel, Invisible Man, features a nameless protagonist trying to discover who he is. Ellison also insists that "the nature of our society is...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Dr. Bledsoe instruction to the narrator to drive Mr. Norton.. Dr. Bledsoe assumtion that the narrator knows how imperative it is to limit what Mr. Norton sees.. The narrators respect for Dr. Bledsoe.. Trip to New York as a fresh...»

Peyton Place: The Author, the bestseller and the legacy

Philosophy & literature   |   Literature   |   Presentation   |   11/07/2008   |   .doc   |   5 pages
Document abstract : «Artistic masterpieces can evolve from any genre. Pablo Picasso's abstract paintings are revered by some as just Leonardo Da Vinci's telling portraits are. The same principle can be applied to works of literature. Frontier adventure stories and...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Artistic masterpieces.. Metalious - the woman responsible for sparking controversy in 1956.. Historical factors in Metalious's authorship and the impact Peyton Place on its readers.. The country's temporary encouragement of women...»

Privilege does not pacify: Phillis Wheatley's writing protests slavery despite status

Philosophy & literature   |   Literature   |   Presentation   |   11/11/2008   |   .doc   |   6 pages
Document abstract : «Phillis Wheatley was brought to New England in 1761 to be a slave. While not every detail of Phillis' life is known, she is considered to have had a good life for someone who was legally property. The Wheatleys encouraged her education and later her...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Phillis Wheatley's arival in New England.. the colonists fight for sovereignty.. colonists and slavery within America.. Phillis Wheatley and a paradoxical New England.. Susana's want for Phillis to conduct herself in the proper manner...»

Alice in Plato land: The allegory of wonder

Philosophy & literature   |   Literature   |   Presentation   |   11/11/2008   |   .doc   |   5 pages
Document abstract : «For millennia, philosophers from Plato to Descartes to Wittgenstein have argued over the nature of reality, its objectivity and apprehendability. Alice in Wonderland explores the nature of reality using logic, philosophy, and mathematics. The...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. The cave.. Plato use of the allegory to explicate his theory of Forms.. Properties of the forms.. Forms in Alice and Wonderland.. Alice's reasoning.. The caterpillar.. Grasp of the underlying reality or truth.. Con...»

Asserting women's intellectual legitimacy through coercive subtlety: An analysis of the narrative voices of Anne Bradstreet and Susanna Rowson

Philosophy & literature   |   Literature   |   Case study   |   11/11/2008   |   .doc   |   6 pages
Document abstract : «During the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, women in America were dominantly expected to be ethical, simple-minded, and largely uneducated members of their community. As a result, female writers would often face strong social scrutiny based on...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Women in America during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.. The trials of Anne Hutchinson.. Anne Bradstreet's poetry.. The publishing of The Tenth Muse.. The Prologue - defending the abilities of women in artistic...»

The roadmap of 'The Republic'

Political science   |   Political science   |   Book review   |   11/12/2008   |   .doc   |   6 pages
Document abstract : «When tackling a text of great literary merit, it is important to remember to approach it in the right way. For instance, if we look to the New Testament of the Bible, while masterfully written, it is not a verbatim moral or ethical code of human...»

Synopsis abstract : «The stance of Plato and his republic.. Approaching it in the right way.. The character of Socrates as Plato reconstructs him.. Dialectic methodology in 'The Republic'.. The Magnificent Myth.. Plato construction of tools in order to better convey his...»

Radical poetry: William Blake and the fight against oppression

Philosophy & literature   |   Literature   |   Presentation   |   11/12/2008   |   .doc   |   6 pages
Document abstract : «The industrial revolution. The term conjures up images of unstoppable progress, the advancement of mankind, economic expansion, and technological achievement. At the same time, it also drags up such sights as the oppression of the common man,...»

Synopsis abstract : «William Blake – one man against the world.. Early childhood visions.. Blake and the French Revolution.. People's perception of Blake.. The question – 'Holy Thursday'.. Description of initial attacks on capitalism and...»

The Bell Jar

Philosophy & literature   |   Literature   |   Book review   |   11/17/2008   |   .doc   |   4 pages
Document abstract : «In the Bell Jar, Plath explores the marginalization of women. Her fiction, grounded in her own experience, permeates with that experience, revealing not only her commentary, but positions devolved into their most rudimentary parts, as to give the...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Gender inequalities - the extent to which a woman must go through if they are to pursue a highly paid career.. Subservience for Esther.. Doctor Nolan's representation of the successful businesswoman.. The inequalities and modes of...»

Perfecting the Human race: Creator, thy name is Man

Philosophy & literature   |   Literature   |   Presentation   |   11/17/2008   |   .doc   |   4 pages
Document abstract : «Since many believe the notion that a higher power than man, "God," created mankind, it is assumed that this undertaking can only be performed by God, and therefore anyone else attempting such a task would be blaspheming his efforts. The Promethean...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. The notion of a higher power than man.. Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstein - classic example of the Promethean myth.. Nathaniel Hawthorne's Rappaccini - more frightful depiction of scientific experimentation.. Dr. Eldon Tyrell of...»

Even this simple paper is beautiful: American beauty as a philosophical primer

Philosophy & literature   |   Humanities/philosophy   |   Presentation   |   11/19/2008   |   .doc   |   7 pages
Document abstract : «An American Beauty, in the most literal of senses, refers to a breed of roses. The breed of roses first seen in the movie of the same name are most likely that breed. The appropriateness of that name is without question. The American Beauty is an...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. American Beauty as a film.. No place for people who see the inherent beauty.. Laura Mulvey's essay 'Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema'.. The transition.. Lester's change - sudden and drastic. . A disparity between beauty and being...»

Books that shaped our history of the Vietnam War

Philosophy & literature   |   Literature   |   Presentation   |   11/19/2008   |   .doc   |   4 pages
Document abstract : «As long as there is war, and as long as the printing press continues to exist, there will be books about war. Yet as media proliferates, the content of these books changes dramatically. With the dearth of eyewitness accounts of earlier wars, save...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introductions.. The Vietnam War.. Platoon.. Born On The Fourth Of July.. The Best And The Brightest.. McNamara's In Retrospect.. Addition to the nation's understanding of the Vietnam War.. Greene's The Quiet American.. Conclus...»

American Jews and politics in the selected works of Philip Roth and Joseph Heller

Philosophy & literature   |   Literature   |   Presentation   |   11/21/2008   |   .doc   |   6 pages
Document abstract : «The works of Joseph Heller and Philip Roth are frequently inhabited by American-born Jews. In The Counterlife Roth discusses the association between the American born "Diaspora Jew" to the State of Israel. In Plot Against America it is the reaction...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Inhabited by American-born Jews.. The characters - revealed to consider themselves Jews.. The Counterlife.. The main character.. Nathan's brother Henry.. Nathan at the Wailing Wall.. Plot Against America.. The main character -...»

On Grace: A study of Aquinas and Luther's philosophies of grace

Philosophy & literature   |   Humanities/philosophy   |   Presentation   |   11/25/2008   |   .doc   |   5 pages
Document abstract : «The theology of grace is one of the most widely argued topics in all of Christian doctrine. So heavily debated is it that nearly all of the great theologians and philosophers of Christianity have at some point argued their case regarding grace. Two...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Section I: Highlights of Thomas Aquinas on grace.. The origins of grace and their cause.. Natural and supernatural elements of grace.. The role of grace in predestination.. The role of grace in justification.. Human preparation for...»

The logic of justifying utilitarianism actions in Koestler's "Darkness at Last"

Philosophy & literature   |   Literature   |   Book review   |   11/25/2008   |   .doc   |   7 pages
Document abstract : «Arthur Koestler in Darkness At Noon, explores the utility of totalitarianism through the fictional life of Nicholas Rubashov, a lifelong, loyal member of The Party who has recently been hauled into jail under dubious charges. Rubashov has spent his...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Utilitarianism and machiavellianism.. Koestler's exploration and struggle with the two ideologies in Darkness At Noon.. The cornerstones of Machiavelli's argument.. Qualities a prince needs to possess in order to gain and maintain...»

Heaven and hell: Aldous Huxley opens the doors of perception

Philosophy & literature   |   Literature   |   Book review   |   11/25/2008   |   .doc   |   9 pages
Document abstract : «Unlike any other mammal on earth, man possesses the unique ability to traverse various levels of the mind in order to alter and create his own perceptions of reality. Unlike any author in modern literature, Aldous Huxley charts man's explorations...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Huxley's travel to the inner mind.. Huxley's experiments with mescaline.. Descriptions of heavenly other worlds in folklore and religion.. The mescaline visionary experience - similar to another visionary, the artist. . Self-simulated...»

How Kate Chopin's 'The Awakening' contributed to the evolution of feminism

Philosophy & literature   |   Literature   |   Book review   |   11/25/2008   |   .doc   |   4 pages
Document abstract : «Kate Chopin was an integral part of the evolution of feminism, providing early 20th century readers with feminist literature that is still highly respected and studied today. Although it is easy to approach her work, and all such work, work with...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Understanding the feminist theme in The Awakening.. The missing message.. The character of Edna.. Participate in frank talk.. A warning to women.. No sexual urges - except where they would produce a child. . Conclusion.....»

William Blake's "Wall of words" on circular reasoning

Philosophy & literature   |   Literature   |   Presentation   |   11/28/2008   |   .doc   |   10 pages
Document abstract : «"And the salt ocean rolled englob'd." (Blake Pl. 28.23) The previous line comes from one of Blake's prophetic works, "The First Book of Urizen," and is very typical of a Blake ending. More than a century before Stanley Kunitz was born, Blake had...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. The ending line from 'The First Book of Urizen' and a quality of Blake's work.. 'Songs of Innocence and of Experience' and the direct tradition of the emblem-books.. The purpose of Blake's paintings.. Disproving Billigheimer's...»

Just vengeance or righteous follies; which Hamlet did you see?

Philosophy & literature   |   Literature   |   Presentation   |   11/28/2008   |   .doc   |   8 pages
Document abstract : «William Richardson describes Hamlet's character as one "moved by finer principles, by an exquisite sense of virtue, of moral beauty and turpitude." (Hoy 147) Richardson goes on to say that a man like Hamlet "will find [his sense of moral excellence]...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. G. B. Harrison's explaination of various facets of Hamlet.. Harrison's analysis of Hamlet's character.. Fredson Bowers focus on one line of Hamlet's after he has killed Polonius.. The specific use of the word 'scourge'.. The film...»

Artistic merit of rap music

Arts & media   |   Journalism   |   Book review   |   11/30/2008   |   .doc   |   5 pages
Document abstract : «According to Webster's Dictionary, music is defined as "sounds produced in harmonious, rhythmic combinations". There are many forms of music, some may not even be "harmonious" to others, but they are still considered music. This is perhaps due to...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Marvin J. Gladney's explaination of the necessarily of rap music.. Music as a form of catharsis for African-Americans.. The need to encourage the young adolescents.. New type of discrimination for rappers.. Errol A. Henderson's...»

Out of the garden: Examining the true origins of Genesis

Philosophy & literature   |   Literature   |   Book review   |   12/01/2008   |   .doc   |   6 pages
Document abstract : «"And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul." Genesis 2:7 (Holy Bible, King James Version). Ever since that first breathe, man has been questioning the ways...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. In the beginning.. The story of creation.. The purpose of this research.. Common views.. Creation defined.. Literature review.. New perspectives.. Literal meaning.. Importance of religious study.. Existence before creation.. Relating...»

Racial stereotypes and their role in the concept of Manifest Destiny by Justin Herndon

Philosophy & literature   |   Literature   |   Book review   |   12/01/2008   |   .pdf   |   6 pages
Document abstract : «The modern connotations of the concept of "Manifest Destiny" are generally of two diverging camps; One is a romanticized image of devout pilgrims, such as the Mormons, who left the crowded and sinful cities of the East for the freedom of the West,...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Preceding ideologies on expansion.. Preceding ideologies on race.. Manifest destiny itself.. Evaluations.. Conclusion.....»

Jihad vs. McWorld: The new world disorder

Philosophy & literature   |   Literature   |   Book review   |   12/01/2008   |   .doc   |   5 pages
Document abstract : «Jihad vs. McWorld was written by Rutgers University Political Science professor Benjamin R. Barber. The author is widely regarded one of the nation's foremost scholars on democracy. He has written Strong Democracy, in which he explains that economic...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. The birth of McWorld.. The vertical integration of media.. One of the more unique cases - China.. What's so threatening about soft drinks and satellite dishes.. The prognosis in Jihad versus McWorld.. The most blatant opposition to...»

Common reading proposal 'Tell them who I am: The lives of homeless women' by Elliot Liebow

Philosophy & literature   |   Literature   |   Book review   |   12/04/2008   |   .doc   |   8 pages
Document abstract : «Many colleges and universities have implemented common reading programs for college freshmen. Many times, it is up to the libraries discretion as to what book is chosen for this program. Sometimes libraries themselves initiated the common reading...»

Synopsis abstract : «Background.. Books sent to the students beforehand.. The book I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou.. Scope of proposal.. Recommended freshman common reading.. Volunteer practicum at a homeless women's shelter.. Aimulated or actual budget...»

Late modern institutions and collective action

Philosophy & literature   |   Humanities/philosophy   |   Presentation   |   12/04/2008   |   .doc   |   8 pages
Document abstract : «There is no phenomenon more central or germane to the future of collective action than the conflict ridden process of institutionalization. This leads to an inquiry into a number of approaches in this contribution. Where does the...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Institutions and collective action theories.. Social movements and the new institutionalists.. Institutions, subjects and collective action.. The global and reflexive content of action in late modernity.. Exclusion and non-places: the...»

Frankenstein and King Lear: A look into religion, politics and literature

Philosophy & literature   |   Literature   |   Presentation   |   12/04/2008   |   .doc   |   5 pages
Document abstract : «Religion has foundation in our lives whether we choose to identify it or not. By recognizing the literary works of Mary Shelley and Shakespeare, we can intellectually inherit the limitations of our power as human beings and the important role the...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Shakespeare's conception of tragedy in King Lear.. An insintric quality of Shakespeare's plays.. King Lear's battle with the limitations of his own mortality.. King Lear's decission to retire.. The coming of the storm.. The idea of...»

The effects of knowledge on happiness and freedom

Philosophy & literature   |   Literature   |   Book review   |   12/04/2008   |   .doc   |   5 pages
Document abstract : «Upon reading The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, Oedipus the King, The Crying of Lot 49, and Dostoevski's "The Grand Inquisitor on the Nature of Man", I find that a common theme links their ideas together. As the four stories progress,...»

Synopsis abstract : «Political theory.. The case of Frederick Douglass.. Education made him a happy and free. . The nature of freedom and its relationship to happiness and knowledge.. The narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass.. Do slaves live in a state of...»

Reasonably wrong: The underground man's inferiority complex

Philosophy & literature   |   Literature   |   Book review   |   12/04/2008   |   .doc   |   7 pages
Document abstract : «In Fyodor Dostoevsky's Notes From Underground, desire is shown to be a more important force of human nature than reason by observing how the Underground Man makes decisions. Understanding that he suffers from an extreme case of inferiority complex...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. The characteristics of inferiority complex.. Sensitivity towards criticism. . A hypercritical attitude. . Inappropriate response to flattery.. Feelings of persecution.. Having negative feelings towards competition. . Conflict raging...»

Unity and divergence: The literary philosophy of Samuel Taylor Coleridge in opposition to the English romantics

Philosophy & literature   |   Literature   |   Book review   |   12/04/2008   |   .doc   |   5 pages
Document abstract : «Many of the words used by S.T. Coleridge to express his critical philosophy of literature are familiar. He writes of metaphysics as well as aesthetics, beauty and pleasure, and above all, unity. His definitions of these terms, however popular the...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Samuel Taylor Coleridge's point of origin.. Unpacking the layers of Samuel Taylor Coleridge's theories of creativity.. This understanding of nature and self.. The empiricist model of the tabula rasa.. The central focus of Coleridge's...»

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