Medieval Renewal: The Pre-Raphaelites' Quest for the Holy Grail and Arthurian Legends

Philosophy & literature   |   Humanities/philosophy   |   Presentation   |   01/15/2009   |   .doc   |   6 pages
Document abstract : «The Holy Grail is usually considered to be the cup from which Christ drank at the Last Supper and the one used by Joseph of Arimathea to catch his blood as he hung on the cross. This significance was introduced into the Arthurian legends. In earlier...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. The Holy Grail as a symbol of chivalric heroism and a metaphor for human quest.. Sir Edward Burne jones: The High History of the Holy Graal.. Dante Gabriel Rosserri, Sir Launcelot's Vision of the Sanc Grael.. Sir Edward Burne jones:...»

"Wonderland as a poetic world"

Philosophy & literature   |   Literature   |   Presentation   |   01/15/2009   |   .doc   |   5 pages
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...»

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

Philosophy & literature   |   Humanities/philosophy   |   Presentation   |   01/15/2009   |   .doc   |   5 pages
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...»

Alterglobalisation: "Another world is possible?"

Philosophy & literature   |   Humanities/philosophy   |   Presentation   |   01/15/2009   |   .doc   |   6 pages
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...»

Second Life

Philosophy & literature   |   Humanities/philosophy   |   Presentation   |   01/15/2009   |   .doc   |   2 pages
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.....»

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

Philosophy & literature   |   Literature   |   Presentation   |   01/13/2009   |   .doc   |   3 pages
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.....»

Issues in and around Liberal Theory: What is Liberalism?

Philosophy & literature   |   Humanities/philosophy   |   Presentation   |   01/13/2009   |   .doc   |   7 pages
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...»

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

Philosophy & literature   |   Humanities/philosophy   |   Presentation   |   01/13/2009   |   .doc   |   6 pages
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...»

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

Philosophy & literature   |   Humanities/philosophy   |   Term papers   |   01/13/2009   |   .doc   |   15 pages
Document abstract : «In his Glance at today's world (1931), French poet Paul Valà 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...»

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

Philosophy & literature   |   Literature   |   Presentation   |   01/13/2009   |   .doc   |   4 pages
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...»

Literature review and qualitative analysis

Philosophy & literature   |   Literature   |   Term papers   |   01/13/2009   |   .doc   |   6 pages
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...»

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

Philosophy & literature   |   Literature   |   Presentation   |   01/13/2009   |   .doc   |   3 pages
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.....»

Black and white imagery in Blood Wedding by Federico Garcia Lorca

Philosophy & literature   |   Literature   |   Book review   |   01/13/2009   |   .doc   |   3 pages
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...»

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

Philosophy & literature   |   Literature   |   Book review   |   01/13/2009   |   .doc   |   3 pages
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.....»

The Wood-Pile

Philosophy & literature   |   Literature   |   Book review   |   01/12/2009   |   .doc   |   4 pages
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...»

Roma Housing in the Czech Republic

Philosophy & literature   |   Humanities/philosophy   |   Term papers   |   01/12/2009   |   .doc   |   5 pages
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...»

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

Philosophy & literature   |   Literature   |   Presentation   |   01/12/2009   |   .doc   |   6 pages
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...»

Cleopatra: Shakespeare's analysis of women's alienation

Philosophy & literature   |   Literature   |   Presentation   |   01/12/2009   |   .doc   |   3 pages
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...»

Mercantilism

Philosophy & literature   |   Humanities/philosophy   |   Term papers   |   01/09/2009   |   .doc   |   4 pages
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...»

Was Arendt's pessimism about modern liberal society justified?

Philosophy & literature   |   Humanities/philosophy   |   Term papers   |   01/12/2009   |   .doc   |   7 pages
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...»

Wilfred Owen: Anthem for Doomed Youth, 1917

Philosophy & literature   |   Literature   |   Presentation   |   01/09/2009   |   .doc   |   3 pages
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...»

Patriarchal ideology, gender and media

Philosophy & literature   |   Humanities/philosophy   |   Term papers   |   01/09/2009   |   .doc   |   5 pages
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...»

Artaud's theatrical principles

Philosophy & literature   |   Literature   |   Term papers   |   01/09/2009   |   .doc   |   4 pages
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...»

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

Philosophy & literature   |   Literature   |   Presentation   |   01/09/2009   |   .doc   |   10 pages
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...»

Leading as if your life depended on it

Business & market   |   Human resources   |   Book review   |   01/09/2009   |   .doc   |   11 pages
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...»

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

Philosophy & literature   |   Literature   |   Book review   |   01/09/2009   |   .doc   |   5 pages
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...»

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

Philosophy & literature   |   Literature   |   Book review   |   01/09/2009   |   .doc   |   8 pages
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...»

Judgment: How winning leaders make great calls

Business & market   |   Business strategy   |   Book review   |   12/18/2008   |   .pdf   |   5 pages
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...»

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

Philosophy & literature   |   Literature   |   Presentation   |   12/18/2008   |   .doc   |   4 pages
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...»

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

Philosophy & literature   |   Literature   |   Book review   |   12/18/2008   |   .doc   |   5 pages
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...»

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...»

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...»

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...»

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...»

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...»

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...»

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...»

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.....»

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...»

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...»

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...»

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...»

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...»

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.....»

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...»

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 -...»

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...»

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...»

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 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...»

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...»

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...»

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...»

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...»

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 -...»

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...»

The repression of memory in witchcraft study

Philosophy & literature   |   Literature   |   Presentation   |   11/06/2008   |   .doc   |   7 pages
Document abstract : «The readings for this week focused around the different approaches to the historical study of witchcraft and witchcraft trials: rationalism versus romanticism. Rationalism focuses more on historical and archeological studies in its attempt to...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. M.J Kephart's article 'Rationalists vs. Romantics among Scholars of Witchcraft'.. The beginnings of anthropology's influence over historical witch-hunt.. Kephart's succeess - application of the functionalist principles to accusations...»

Elsie Venner: A destiny of obscurity

Philosophy & literature   |   Literature   |   Presentation   |   11/05/2008   |   .doc   |   5 pages
Document abstract : «In it's own words, the novel Elsie Venner, written by Oliver Wendell Holmes, has been called "A Romance of Destiny" (Title), "a medicated novel" (Preface 1), and a "test [of] the doctrine of 'original sin' and human responsibility" (Preface 1). I...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. The novel Elsie Venner.. Oliver Wendell Holmes - celebrated physician and professor.. The begining of the novel - brief description of the Brahmin Caste of New England.. Mr. Bernard Langdon.. His intrigue with the girl, who never...»

The Bergsonian martial artist : Bruce Lee's philosophies on the martial arts

Philosophy & literature   |   Humanities/philosophy   |   Presentation   |   11/04/2008   |   .doc   |   6 pages
Document abstract : «Bruce Lee, international film star, martial arts master, and founder of Jeet Kune Do, received his undergraduate training in Philosophy at the University of Washington in Seattle during the early 1960's. He studied Eastern and Western Philosophy, as...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Bruce Lee's studies into philisophy.. His similarity, in modes of thinking, to Henri Bergson.. Shaolin Temple's growth in China and later in Japan.. Bruce Lee and Henri Bergson attempts to bring both areas to a new starting...»

'The oval portrait' and 'The birthmark': An insight to an era

Philosophy & literature   |   Literature   |   Presentation   |   10/31/2008   |   .doc   |   6 pages
Document abstract : «Documents, records locked away in vaults, and history books are all excellent way to learn about the past. These are all ways that facts can be found, but that is only part of what can be discovered about past. Literature gives an insight into the...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. The popularity of Edgar Allan Poe and Nathaniel Hawthorne.. Georgiana in The Birthmark.. The artist in The Oval Portrait.. The artist and Aylmer.. Beauty as a curse in The Oval Portrait and The Birthmark.. The occupation of both the...»

Edgar Allan Poe: The man inside his work

Philosophy & literature   |   Literature   |   Presentation   |   10/24/2008   |   .doc   |   5 pages
Document abstract : «The life of Edgar Allan Poe can easily be found throughout all of his stories and poems. It would be unfair to say that Poe only wrote autobiographical fiction, but his work does parallel his life. His life was a perfect match for great fiction. ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. The life of Edgar Allan Poe in his stries.. His life after the death of Virginia.. His training at West Point reflecting in Black Cat.. Red Death. . Poe's about death.. Annabelle Lee - the most disturbing poem that Poe wrote.. The...»

The parallel tragedies of Lily Bart and Tess Durbeyfield: An examination of Edith Wharton's The House of Mirth

Philosophy & literature   |   Literature   |   Book review   |   10/16/2008   |   .doc   |   5 pages
Document abstract : «Edith Wharton's The House of Mirth and Thomas Hardy's Tess of the d'Urbervilles are powerful examples of the American and British realist novel. Both depict the harsh Victorian society in which women were held to unattainable standards of...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Lily Bart and Tess Durbeyfield - very different characters.. 19th century England and America - very few rights for women.. Lily Bart's death and its relation to events occurring with Bertha Dorset.. Bertha's use of Lily to her...»

Hemingway's art of anxiety: The visual-to-verbal relationship in "The Sun Also Rises"

Philosophy & literature   |   Literature   |   Presentation   |   10/16/2008   |   .doc   |   5 pages
Document abstract : «Hemingway's style depends upon vividness and exactness of visual detail to create the atmosphere of modernism which permeates his works both large and small. Though this richness is due to influence from other writers of the modernist period (as...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Dependance in Hemingway's style.. Understanding why Cezanne is important in The Sun Also Rises.. Hemingway's use of Cezanne's landscape.. Cezanne's rendition of still life. . Hemingway's use of artistic techniques.. Use of both...»

The traveling musician as the other in two of Eudora Welty's short stories

Philosophy & literature   |   Literature   |   Presentation   |   10/14/2008   |   .doc   |   5 pages
Document abstract : «Eudora Welty was a writer who sought to identify her native Mississippi in terms of her concept of place. By focusing so often on place, Welty often used the concept of outsiders to emphasize the nature of the place in which the outsiders have come...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Eudora Welty was a writer.. Understanding Welty's use of the musician as outsider.. The most popular entertainments in post-war through Depression era.. The tent-repertory or simply 'tent show'.. Popularity of 'tent show'.. The...»

The eccentrics of Margery Kempe, an aspired Saint

Philosophy & literature   |   Literature   |   Presentation   |   10/10/2008   |   .doc   |   4 pages
Document abstract : «Margery Kempe, the daughter of John Burnham, a popular mayor of Bishop's Lynn, England, was born in 1373. Although she could not read or write, Kempe dictated a biography of herself to be written, that begins with her marriage at the age of "twenty...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. The begining of Margery Kempe's biography.. The spiritual life of Margery Kempe.. Margery - considered eccentric by her contemporaries. . The distance that Margery has to ‘travel' in comparison to the life of a true medieval...»

The Peanut-Crunching Crowd and the Rubber crotch: How Sylvia Plath's legacy has suffered by the hands of sexism, over-eager feminists, schadenfreude, and gender politics?

Philosophy & literature   |   Literature   |   Presentation   |   10/10/2008   |   .doc   |   8 pages
Document abstract : «O'Rourke goes on to say that although poems like "Daddy" or "Lady Lazarus" seem "crudely self-involved," the majority of Plath's poetry is abstract, symbolic, and in general quite distant from the confessional poets with whom she is grouped. ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Plath's poetry - abstract, symbolic and distant from the confessional poets.. The sexist dismissal of Sylvia Plath's work.. Domesticity and family as political minefields for a female poet.. The role of Plath's husband in bulding her...»

The (Wo)Man of our dreams: Gender-bending in Takarazuka

Philosophy & literature   |   Literature   |   Presentation   |   10/07/2008   |   .doc   |   8 pages
Document abstract : «An extraordinarily attractive actor, with large, dark eyes fringed by long lashes and chiseled features, suddenly appears on an audience walkway ("silver bridge"), much to the delight of adoring fans (Brau 88). With arms extended widely, the actor...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. the magical world of Takarazuka.. The myth of a purely innocent, asexual performance.. The original intention behind the Takarazuka Revue.. Critics Karen Nakamura and Hisaka Matsuo's agreement with Kobayashi's assessment of...»

Is she fact or fiction? : Blurring boundaries in Angela Carter's 'Nights at the Circus'

Philosophy & literature   |   Literature   |   Presentation   |   10/07/2008   |   .doc   |   7 pages
Document abstract : «In Nights at the Circus, Angela Carter succeeds in creating a heroine so untraditional, so much larger than life in both physique and personality, that the topic of who Fevvers is and what she represents is discussed even more by critics than it is...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Fevvers's wings, her large size and lack of refinement.. Carter uses Fevvers and other characters on the margins of society to draw readers into their identities.. Explosive actions orchestrated by Fevvers.. An illusion of wings and a...»

Early existentialism in Julius Caesar

Philosophy & literature   |   Literature   |   Book review   |   09/26/2008   |   .doc   |   4 pages
Document abstract : «There is a saying among political scientists that the citizens of a nation deserve their leader. In other words a dictator or tyrant will never appear out of a vacuum, but as the result of countless historical events, and as an expression of the...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. The worldly turmoil all around.. The conflict with Brutus.. The miscalculation of Brutus.. His inner anguish following the murder.. The little optimism to be salvaged from the play.. How Shakespeare's play was ahead of its time....»

Archetypal criticism - Hamlet, Prince of Denmark

Philosophy & literature   |   Literature   |   Presentation   |   09/26/2008   |   .doc   |   5 pages
Document abstract : «Hamlet, Prince of Denmark by William Shakespeare is one the most acclaimed and widely read pieces of literature in the history of Western civilization. It is the story of a young prince named Hamlet who must battle his adversaries and his own...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Archetypal criticism as one avenue in a vast array of critical approaches towards literature.. The character of Hamlet.. The Lord of the Rings - Frodo.. A tragic hero - a common character in tragedies which originated from Greek...»

Searching for success : My i-search paper

Philosophy & literature   |   Literature   |   Research papers   |   09/25/2008   |   .doc   |   6 pages
Document abstract : «Being able to choose a research topic presented a special opportunity and also a harrowing realization that being interested in a wide array of topics, narrowing in on one would be a difficult task. I knew that I would have to spend many hours...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Searching.. Findings.. Conclusion.....»

Masculine and Feminine ideology in the Knight's and Squire's tales

Philosophy & literature   |   Literature   |   Presentation   |   09/25/2008   |   .doc   |   5 pages
Document abstract : «Chaucer's inclusion of a father-son relationship-represented by the Knight and the Squire-demands an analysis of their inherent connection, their individual characterizations and the themes they represent in their Tales. Each must consciously or...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. The main source of conflict in 'The Knight's Tale'.. Admonishment of the superlative reverence of male friendships.. The successful female friendship and bond created between Canacee and the falcon.. The tales of the Squire and the...»

Erupted states, Corrupted hearts, Disrupted narratives: Sleep and Sleeplessness in Hamlet and Macbeth

Philosophy & literature   |   Literature   |   Presentation   |   09/24/2008   |   .doc   |   12 pages
Document abstract : «In so many plays, Shakespeare's night crawls with offending shadows. Though the witching hour sees graves' tenants off to their malicious machinations, humans take refuge in cozy beds. Sleep can thus protect mankind from wandering evils, but further...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. The crucial conclusion about sleep and its similarity in Macbeth and Hamlet.. Catalogues sleep's virtues and restorative benefits in Macbeth.. Summoning of ghosts, witches, and other such things in Shakespeare's world.. Inefficient...»

The reality of perceiving environment

Philosophy & literature   |   Literature   |   Presentation   |   09/24/2008   |   .doc   |   4 pages
Document abstract : «"Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird" by Wallace Stevens presents the reader with exactly what its title expresses-thirteen distinct perspectives all involving a blackbird in some form. These perspectives each provide a kind of brief snapshot...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Stevens' illustration of a break in the role of the blackbird and the reality presented to the reader.. Section IV - the speaker relating the blackbird to his own relationship to the world. . presentation of a meta-commentary in...»

Strategies to increase performance of Delmonte Garage: Literature review

Philosophy & literature   |   Literature   |   Presentation   |   09/25/2008   |   .doc   |   6 pages
Document abstract : «Globalization has brought about myriad changes on our planet-some frightening and tragic, others moving and magical. However, this paper will not be addressing those larger issues, important as they may be. Instead it will look at microcosm of those...»

Synopsis abstract : «Abstract.. Introduction.. Initial appraisal of source material.. Business and marketing strategies.. Human resource management and reward strategies.. Historical connections.. Conclusions and recommendations.....»

Garcia girls

Philosophy & literature   |   Literature   |   Presentation   |   09/25/2008   |   .doc   |   6 pages
Document abstract : «Throughout time, people from many different religious and cultural backgrounds have relied on language to communicate effectively with one another. Although there are thousands of various languages, the goal within each is usually the same: to...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. The Garcia girls forced integration into American culture.. Yolanda's belif and dependance on words.. The character of Sofia.. The cahracter of the eldest sister, Carla.. Sandra's returns to the Dominican Republ...»

Feral women: Female characters in Wuthering Heights, The Moonstone, and Hard Times

Philosophy & literature   |   Literature   |   Presentation   |   09/25/2008   |   .doc   |   10 pages
Document abstract : «Once upon a time, not so very long ago, women had no place within the pages of fiction. Indeed, men were usually the sole creators of literature; women, on the other hand, were silent (those few women who did choose to write were often forced to...»

Synopsis abstract : «The trapped heroines: Catherine and Louisa. . The exiles: Sissy and Rosanna.. The public servants: Nelly and Rachael.. The scapegoats: Isabella and Rachel.. Conclusion.....»

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.....»

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...»

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.....»

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.....»

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.....»

Creating the New American Hospital

Business & market   |   Management   |   Book review   |   09/25/2008   |   .doc   |   5 pages
Document abstract : «Written in 1993, Creating the New American Hospital: A Time For Greatness by V. Clayton Sherman still has lessons for the twenty-first century hospital. Though issues such as the rise of managed care, cost constraints, litigation and malpractice,...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. The book.. The team and the organization.. Finances and profit.....»

Is "Maurice" a hopelessly flawed text, or a thoughtful adaptation of the novel form to the subject matter and a strong intervention in debates of the time?

Philosophy & literature   |   Literature   |   Presentation   |   09/25/2008   |   .doc   |   9 pages
Document abstract : «E.M Forster dedicated his novel "Maurice" to a "happier year", affirming his intention of the novel's purpose as an insight into the future evolution of sexual desire and relationships, leading some to attach significance to the text as a...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Forster's self proclaimed significance of the novel as a symbol of the future.. The depiction of a homosexual future as a return from an idealistic past.. The problem of literary history in Forster's aspects of the novel.. Maurice's...»

Time, space and being in North Indian classical music

Philosophy & literature   |   Literature   |   Presentation   |   09/25/2008   |   .doc   |   8 pages
Document abstract : «Martin Clayton writes, "the highest aim of our music is to reveal the essence of the universe it reflects" (Clayton 10). To hear North Indian Classical Music is to engage one self in an experience of being in which music becomes an external...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. The basics.. The fluidity of Indian classical music.. The rhythm.. Rasa, Raga and the experience of Brahman Nada.. The Vedas.. Conclusion.....»

Perceptions of Kali's tongue

Philosophy & literature   |   Literature   |   Presentation   |   09/25/2008   |   .doc   |   7 pages
Document abstract : «Through the last century the western world has been faced with the relatively new concepts of feminine equality and power. Academia has been influenced by theorists such as Simone de Beauvoir, and more recently Judith Butler, who have created a...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Hindu concept of 'Lajya' and the western idea of shame.. Comparison between the observations of the students and the true legend.. The dominant figure in the image.. The experience of shame that the feminist interviewees are...»

Forming and performing the female identity in Daniel Deronda

Philosophy & literature   |   Literature   |   Presentation   |   09/25/2008   |   .doc   |   8 pages
Document abstract : «The Victorian era thrived on ideals; knowing their world is more than knowing the facts of British politics, of documented interactions, or popular amusements, it is striving to understand the light in which they saw themselves, the real or ideal...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. The works of George Eliot and their examination of the way English institutions required performances of nationality.. The most seductive trait of Femininity.. The fascination of Gwendolen's character.. Another aspect of Victorian...»

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.....»

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...»

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...»

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...»

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...»

"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...»

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.....»

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...»

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.....»

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.....»

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....»

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