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The theme of isolation in Kafka's 'The Metamorphosis'

Document abstract : «Franz Kafka's novella The Metamorphosis concerns a traveling salesmen named Gregor Samsa who "[awakens] from unsettling dreams one morning" and "[finds] himself transformed into a monstrous vermin" (Kafka 7). Gregor is late for work, and he gripes...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. The most peculiar element of the story.. Martin Greenberg's essay 'Gregor Samsa and Modern Spirituality'.. Greenberg's analysis.. A clearer explanation of the nature of Gregor's 'hunger'.. The spiritual struggle in Gregor's inner...»

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Transformations of literature: Augustine’s ‘Confessions’ and Virgil’s ‘Aeneid’

Document abstract : «Both St. Augustine's Confessions and Virgil's epic The Aeneid marked a new direction in literature for the West. Each one was inspired by the works of previous authors, but was willing to forge a new literature for their times. In the Aeneid, Virgil...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. The Aeneid.. The standard invocations of the epic. . Themes of destiny.. The uses of a term that can be translated to mean 'imperial'.. The Punic Wars.. Augustine's Confessions.. His difference with Virgil.. A completely different...»

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Judgment: How winning leaders make great calls

Document abstract : «Noel M. Tichy is the author of Control Your Destiny or Someone Else Will and many other business bestsellers. He is a professor at the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan and advises CEOs around the world. Warren G. Bennis is the...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. The authors belief that judgment call is not an event but a process.. Personal opinion.. Judgment calls.. General framework for judgment calls.. People judgments.. Strategy judgments.. Crisis judgments.. My...»

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Patriarchal ideology, gender and media

Document abstract : «In a study carried out in the mid-70s, B. Miles (1975: pg.un) found that the proportion of men and women in situation comedies was nearly similar. However, the author points out that 'the gender roles and the humor could still be traditional and...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Evolution of patriarchal ideology.. The visual media.. Women in the Western civilisation.. The case of gender representation in cinema.. Patriarchal ideology laughed away in Swimming Pool by Francois Ozon.. Photography as a medium of...»

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Vision in the prologue and battle royal scene of Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man

Document abstract : «The most predominant theme in a noel full of them-Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man-is that of vision. More specifically, in Ellison's novel, how characters in the novel see the world reflect the prejudices and inaccurate perceptions of the society in...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. The individuals the narrator encounters.. Ellison's opening paragraph.. An ironic use of the word spook. . Arguments of critics.. F.H. Langman's argument that the novel does not cohere in a satisfying way.. Critic A. Robert Lee on...»

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Analysis of Samson Occom through 'A Grammar of the Hebrew Tongue'

Document abstract : «The book A Grammar of the Hebrew Tongue is an aid to learning the Hebrew language, bettering one's ability to speak, read, and write. As the first book he owned, A Grammar of the Hebrew Tongue was especially significant to the Mohegan Samson Occom....»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Occom's notes written in A Grammar of the Hebrew Tongue.. The difficulties Occom faced in his life and their reflection in his book.. Importance in the idea of claiming ownership of knowledge. . The Mohegans and 'white...»

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Structure and texture in the "Good Soldier" by Ford Madox Ford

Document abstract : «The Good Soldier is a novel written in 1914 by Ford Madox Ford and published in March 1915. This novel is considered as the best book of pre-war period. It is also considered as a modernist work, and in fact, many modernist innovations, as well as...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. The structure of The Good Soldier.. Complex compared to the ones of other modernist novels.. Organization according to Dowell's awakening.. The chaotic world in which Dowell lives.. The structure of The Good Soldier.. Manners and...»

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Leading as if your life depended on it

Document abstract : «In Extremis Leadership: Leading As If Your Life Depended On It, by author Thomas A. Kolditz, is the kind of book, and contains the kind of concepts, that every serious leader should read. It does an excellent job of detailing the personal growth...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. A true leader needs to be gifted.. Examples used by Colonel Thomas A. Kolditz in his book.. Conflict does not occur solely on the battlefield. . Principles that appear in combat also appear in disputes between organizations or...»

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Artaud's theatrical principles

Document abstract : «Artaud stated that 'theatre is first ritualistic and magical, in other words bound to powers, [] and whose effectiveness is conveyed through gesture, directly linked to the rites of theatre which is the very practice and the expression of a...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. The presence of 'physical, objective elements perceptible to all'.. The creation of a special world.. Artaud's request for 'brilliant lighting'™.. The performance style and costumes which were used in the production.. The primary...»

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Wilfred Owen: Anthem for Doomed Youth, 1917

Document abstract : «The text to be commented upon is a poem written by Wilfred Owen in 1917 entitled Anthem for doomed youth. It is a petrarchan sonnet, a sort of diptych with two different parts which hinges upon lines 9 and 10. The title is a key for the...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. The first part of the poem.. Double meaning and the rhythm of the words.. The alliterations in 't' and 'r'.. Religious symbols in second quatrain of the first part of the poem.. The second part of the poem.. The symbols of...»

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Mercantilism

Document abstract : «Mercantilism was both an economical policy and different theoretical ideas. It was typically a European phenomenon which reached its highest development in the seventeenth century. It slowly disappeared during the eighteenth century. Thus,...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. The two most influent ways of thinking England and France.. Mercantilism.. Bringing a response in the economical field to the problems faced by medieval societies.. Global effects. . A fundamental step for the constitution of modern...»

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Was Arendt's pessimism about modern liberal society justified?

Document abstract : «Hannah Arendt was born in 1906 in Germany, being the only child of middle-class Jewish parents of Russian descent. As a university student, she was one of the most brilliant and studied with the finest scholars of the time. Arendt in 1933 left...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. The starting point of her reasoning.. Ardent and totalitarianism.. Her claim that totalitarianism lacked rationality.. Universal pessimism about life.. Totalitarian terror.. Her attempt to free herself from all precedents. . Her...»

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Cleopatra: Shakespeare's analysis of women's alienation

Document abstract : «According to Yves Bonnefoy Shakespeare wanted to do with Antony and Cleopatra more than a political analysis of Rome. Indeed, Shakespeare analysed in this play the place of women in the Roman society, in order to make a comparison with their role in...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. The use of common prejudices to analyse women in society.. Cleopatra as the puritan stereotype of femininity.. An analysis of the place of women in society.. Cleopatra's search for nobility.. Cleopatra's evolution.. Cleopatra's...»

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Terror and Horror in the Fantastic Novels: Walpole's The Castle Of Otranto, Shelley's Frankenstein and Stoker's Dracula

Document abstract : «The concepts of terror and horror are key factors in the Fantastic and Gothic novel. This literary genre appeared with Walpole's The Castle of Otranto in 1765 and then flourished until 1830; it mainly developed during the historical period of the...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Differences between terror and horror.. The role of psychological modes in the novels.. Different theories by authors and philosophers.. Explanation by Burke.. Sublime in nature causing astonishment.. Where delight can be a 'negative...»

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Roma Housing in the Czech Republic

Document abstract : «The English documentary "Gypsies, tramps and thieves?" realised by Kate Blewett and Bryan Woods in 1999 notably shows a Roma young mother who lives in revolting conditions in a single room shared with twenty-three other Roma. We can see them piled...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. The conditions Roma lived in at the beginning of the century.. Concentration of Roma in 'Holobyty'.. Functioning of Holobyty.. Discrimination against Roma.. Extent of effectiveness of international law and organisations.. Czech...»

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The Wood-Pile

Document abstract : «Frost presents to us here a rather enigmatic poem. Upon a first contemplation the reader may experience the feeling that he has read a poem about nothing, and may read and re-read it, endeavoring to discover some hidden meaning. And indeed "The...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. An idiomatic phrase holding a sense of contradiction between interiority and exteriority.. Explanation and analyzation of the important phrases and lines.. Woodpile as the symbol of the necessary equilibrium that man respects between...»

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"The Tempest", William Shakespearean - Prospero's relationship with the natives

Document abstract : «In Shakespeare's play The Tempest, Prospero is presented as the colonizer, and Ariel and Caliban are seen as his «colonized subjects ». These two Natives had to accept this newcomer twelve years ago, and we rapidly learn that both didn't react the...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. The first appearance of Ariel.. Ariel's limited devotion.. The first time Caliban appears in the play.. No self-responsibility.. Conclusion.. Bibliography and sources.....»

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Black and white imagery in Blood Wedding by Federico Garcia Lorca

Document abstract : «When analysing Lorca's use of black and white imagery in Blood Wedding, a first observation would tend to show that the colour white is much more present throughout the play than black, the white being used, not essentially in the characters'...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Use of white imagery.. Inclusion of a song.. Description of act I scene 3.. Description of act II scene 1.. The wedding preparations.. Description of Act III.. The appearance of the moon in scene 1.. Explanation of the second scene of...»

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Works of literature often contain a secret which is eventually revealed with great dramatic effect

Document abstract : «Henrik Ibsen in his drama A Doll's House vividly shocked his contemporary audiences of 1879, unaccustomed to the radical and novel insights on the relationship between husband and wife he displayed through his heroines' emancipation, from her role...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. The dramatic evolution Nora undergoes in A Doll's House.. Nora's belief and her secret.. Mrs Linde and Krogstad as two shipwrecked souls.. Revelation of the truth.. Conclusion.. Bibliography.....»

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Literature review and qualitative analysis

Document abstract : «When doing my project, I will first have to gather information about the chosen topic from different resources. Books, articles, periodic literature, Internet, university publications will all together define my knowledge about the topic and give an...»

Synopsis abstract : «Literature review.. Definition of literature review.. Introduction: Tells what this story is going to be about.. Body: Main text tells a the story.. Conclusion: Sums it up.. Interviewing.. Qualitative approaches to public relations and marketing...»

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Beckett's 'Waiting for Godot': Between Modernism and Postmodernism

Document abstract : «Samuel Beckett's most famous play Waiting for Godot was first written in French in 1948 and translated in English in 1952, that is to say shortly after the end of World War II. At that time, the threat of the Cold War, the recent horror of the...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Postmodernism.. Beckett's play.. Composition.. Fidelity to the spirit of opposition.. The contents and the topic of theor conversations.. The two tramps.. The action of deconstruction that links postmodernism to...»

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Globalisation and peace in the twenty-first century: a structuralist approach

Document abstract : «In his Glance at today's world (1931), French poet Paul ValÃ ry wrote "Le temps du monde fini commence" (1). By "monde fini", he meant that the world now had well-established geographical limits, implying there was no more Terra incognita or utopia...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. The potentially disruptive trends of globalisation.. The issue of trade.. Trade and war: The lessons of history.. The liberal view of free trade as a factor of peace.. The alternative view of free trade as a threat to international...»

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Assess why the era of embedded liberalism (1945-1974) came to an end

Document abstract : «One of the most important events of the 1970s was the end of the era of embedded liberalism; it brought about a change in the world order. Embedded liberalism was weakened, if not undermined, not by neo-protectionism, but by neo-liberalism (Adrian...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. The reasons for intervention.. Ideology.. Opportunity.. Scramble for land and spill-over effect.. The forms of intervention.. Containment and counterinsurgency.. The putting aside of ethics.. Imposing models.. . The Cold War is not...»

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Issues in and around Liberal Theory: What is Liberalism?

Document abstract : «"In this essay I shall propose a theory about what liberalism is". Dworkin's project is here clearly exposed. And, as most political thinkers when they try to define a coherent theory at the fundaments of actual political movements, "I face an...»

Synopsis abstract : «The attempt to define liberalism in spite of its historical metamorphoses.. The use of a word and the birth of a theory.. Dworkin's quest of the American current liberalism.. From Mill to Dworkin, where is liberalism to be found?. Through a...»

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"No artist tolerates reality" - Nietzsche. To what extend is this true in the work of Yeats and Eliot?

Document abstract : «"No artist tolerates reality", as far as this quotation of Nietzsche is concerned, it is true that artists - and therefore writers - cannot tolerate reality, and that is the reason why they often aim at changing this reality through their art, and...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Modernism as a movement which aimed to reject the nineteenth century traditions.. The work of Yeats and Eliot.. The reasons why they had to accept reality.. Conclusion.. Bibliography.....»

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The Clash Of Civilization Samuel Phillips Huntington

Document abstract : «Sixteen years ago Gorbatchev announced on television that he resigned as the President of the USSR, the Soviet flag was lowered over the Kremlin and on December 26th 1991, the Supreme Soviet Court recognized the extinction of the Soviet Union: the...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. The clash of civilizations.. A new phase for world politics: The prophesy of clash.. A new conflict scheme: The west threatened.. A controversial theory: The main critics.. A world made of civilization?. An apocalyptical point of...»

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Second Life

Document abstract : «Last time, we listened to a presentation on YouTube and the various problems raised by this website. Today, the subject is as topical as YouTube and we stay on the Web, because we are going to talk about another website called Second Life.Created in...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. what is Second Life? . Using Second Life.. Features.. Conclusion.. Bibliography.....»

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Propaganda is necessary for the functioning and survival of human society. Discuss

Document abstract : «"Propaganda, by whatever name we may call it, has become a very general phenomenon in the modern world. Differences in political regimes matter little; differences in social levels are more important; and most important is national...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Forms in relationship to an acknowledgment of its sources.. Black propaganda.. Grey propaganda.. White propaganda.. The use of propaganda.. Increase in the need for propaganda.. Mass propaganda techniques as aspects of the social...»

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Alterglobalisation: "Another world is possible?"

Document abstract : «In the mid-eighties there were huge criticisms caused by the liberal policy carried out both by Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher. There were, especially in the United Kingdom, a lot of strikes and manifestations against the neo-liberalism....»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. The roots and ideas of alter globalisation.. Who are they?. What they want?. Organization and actions.. Seattle, Davos and Genoa: The first actions of the alternative movement.. The creation of its own meeting: The World Social...»

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"Wonderland as a poetic world"

Document abstract : «Published in 1865, Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland offers us a story characterized by humour, fantasy and nonsense. Originally entitled Alice's Adventures Under Ground, it tells how the young Alice dreams she follows a White Rabbit...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Poetry born of language.. A belief in a fanciful language and an unconventional poetry.. An innovative language to characterize the inhabitants of Wonderland.. The poetry of aesthetic in language.. Nonsense and imagination create a...»

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