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"The Significance of Comic Irreverence"

Document abstract : «Irreverence in comedy has been at the forefront of recent comedic performances. In one television show, 'The Office', depicts supervisor David Brent, performed by Ricky Gervais, as an irreverent 'funny man'. In one episode, while orienting a new...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. 'Irreverence' and bad connotations . The humor in Act two, Scene five . The repeated usage of first person singular . The nurse as a minimal character. Capulet's argument with Juliet over the arranged marriage...»

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Summary and Review of "The Iraqw of Tanzania" and "Hunger and Shame"

Document abstract : «The Iraqw of Tanzania, by Katherine Snyder, is a detailed ethnographic account of the affects of Maendeleo (progress and development) on the Iraqw people of northern Tanzania, shaped partially by the struggle between the young and the old to capture...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. Opinion. Hunger and shame. Conclusion....»

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Ariel's Levels of Consciousness

Document abstract : «William Shakespeare's extensive investigation into social life in his earlier plays allowed him to instead focus on the more complex topic of human consciousness, which he pursues through magical inhuman characters, in his final play The Tempest. ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. Ariel's superhuman abilities . His weak core self . Prospero's relationship with Ariel . Conclusion. Works cited....»

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Three Vehicles and Their Resulting Enlightenments in Buddhism

Document abstract : «The Buddhist path leading toward nirvana is one properly undertaken with the understanding that enlightenment is something coming in degrees, and perhaps without a finite 'ending point.' It is not unlike the mathematical concept of a limit. "The...»

Synopsis abstract : «The Tripartite nature of Buddhist practice. The Hinayana . The Mahayana . The ten stages of bodhisattva practice. The Mahayana's school of Citta-Matra . Hagiography of the adepts. The three yanas . The model of the Sakyamuni Buddha . The...»

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Kant, Mill and Protagoras

Document abstract : «When following the determining factors of morality for either Kant or Mill one would generally arrive to the same conclusion on whether an action is moral or not. Although Kant believes that his method of deriving morality is best, Mill believes...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. Kant's method for distinguishing what is moral. Mill's belief that morality is derived from intensions. The contrasting views of Kant and Mill. The allusion to the divine figures . Conclusion. Works cited....»

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"Homer Loves Odysseus; Virgil Loves Aeneas - but Aeneas Doesn't Love Dido"

Document abstract : «Influence comes in many forms - religion, music, books, and authors. By experiencing different people's views, we gain a sense of understanding the world through their eyes. We take cues from others, how they think, act and do in the world, and...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. Odysseus: A favorite of the goddess Athena. Juno's plan of causing Dido and Aeneas to fall in love . Conclusion....»

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"Jud Crandall: Neighbor, Mentor, Father"

Document abstract : «With experience comes knowledge. Sometimes, the experience might not make sense, and it helps to have a guiding hand. No, this is not the introduction to Chicken Soup for the Soul, but more like an intro for Chicken Soup for the Soulless. The...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. The importance of the first line . Jud's belief that it is fine to bring an animal back to life. Jud's fault at confiding the secret of the burial ground. The resurrected dead . Conclusion....»

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"The Faustian-Bargain Theme Found in The Monkey's Paw, The Playground, and The Black Lake"

Document abstract : «Temptation preys upon what we wish for and what we dream for. Want a flashy car: a cherry red, nitrous infused Lamborghini with leather seats, a thumping sound system and a set of wicked hydraulics? Sure it sounds good, but how possible is that on...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. There is never a free lunch. Dr. Faustus and the power of temptation . The temptation of the Faustian Bargain in The Monkey's Paw. Characterization of the visitor as a person involved with the armed forces. The monkey paw as a powerful...»

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"The Oppressive Christian Faith as Detrimental to Africans and Native Americans"

Document abstract : «Christianity. It sounds innocent enough. But, with that religion comes a dogma with a dark side; an aspect of oppression for minorities. The Christian faith was never the choice for Africans and Native Americans. The word of God was on the lips of...»

Synopsis abstract : «Christianity. It sounds innocent enough. But, with that religion comes a dogma with a dark side. Celie was an African American woman who always felt the presence of dominance, by either males or whites, in Alice Walker's book The Color Purple....»

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The Purpose of Purpose: Aesthetics and the Unity of Context and Form in Third-World Literature

Document abstract : «All literary texts are both political and aesthetic. Words in and of themselves are innately sensual, inseparable from the emotions they evoke in a reader. They are also political, pieces of language steeped in history and theory. However, writers...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. Literature as a political necessity. Angela Carter and functional dichotomy . The presentation of Western literature. The consequential problem of translation . Providing purpose for work. The narrow scope of third world...»

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The Serpent Underneath: A Lesbian's Defense of Lady Macbeth

Document abstract : «"Dyke," hiss the schoolboys, to the girls with grass-stained knees and dirt-streaked cheeks. To the girls who run faster, throw further, tackle harder than the prides of fatherhood manifest. A word, but so much more a performance. A stereotype,...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. Lady Macbeth: Anti feminist in an anachronistic sense. The most crucial circumstance surrounding Lady Macbeth's speech. The conventional split between masculine and feminine in psychology and culture. This idea of creating a foil. The...»

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To Run and Leap with Peasants: Idealism and Stereotype Formation in The Book of the Courtier

Document abstract : «In the sixteenth century, the ideal was inseparable from the ruling class: it was a kind of self-fulfilling prophecy, the aristocracy establishing itself as the ideal while simultaneously defining the ideal. The members of the nobility lived in...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. The role of the courtier as a choice. Free will within the confines of expectation. The portrayal of the upper class as slaves to their own idealism . The creation of the courtier. The first and most severe restriction placed on the...»

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A Better Fate: Mythology and the Creation of Meaning

Document abstract : «Mythology: the bookstore catalogue designation where religions go to die. When the believers cease believing in their gods, and when the gods cease believing in themselves. We often forget we once worshiped Zeus and those other "primitive" gods...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. The myths of ancient Greece and Rome . The death of a religion. Finding direction and instruction in the past . Conclusion: The end of Christianity....»

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A Modern Myth: Emily Dickinson and the Everyday Hero

Document abstract : «One can wonder whether William Shakespeare's sonnets would be memorized in every classroom across the Western world if they were anything other sonnets. So inseparable are the two ideas that they barely have separate identities: Shakespeare's...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. A relatively haughty assertion for a relatively simple poetic form. Using grammatical characteristics . This act of picking apart a poem. The cultural and historical context to the folk ballad. Conclusion. Works cited....»

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A Discourse on Happiness for a Drug-Free Nation

Document abstract : «For the most part, there are two desirable products of problem solving: personal pleasure and the happiness of others. This difference between selfishness and unselfishness has often defined moral decision making, the former being nothing less than...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. Evaluating a situation with a utilitarian perspective. Emphasizing on the nature of pleasure. Issues with utilitarianism. Conclusion. Work cited....»

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Father, Forgive Them: A Review of Simon Wiesenthal's The Sunflower: On the Possibilities and Limits of Forgiveness

Document abstract : «There is a basic purpose to the literature of Holocaust survivors: to bare witness. Many believe they survived to perform such a duty, to fulfill such a debt to those who did not. As witnesses, they record living history, for they record the...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. The decision that plagues Wiesenthal . The Dali Lama and Desmond Tutu . The reluctance of either side to find a point of contention . Conclusion....»

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Gambling Art: A Psychoanalytic Interpretation of Nathaniel Hawthorne's Custom-House Introduction

Document abstract : «In the preface of the second edition of The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne discusses the "unprecedented excitement" generated by the publication of his novel (5). Ironically, this public excitement, and more importantly, the ensuing public...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. The Custom House introduction . The manufactured naivety of the readers . The emotional intimacy between the reader and the characters . Conclusion. Works cited....»

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Fathering the Son

Document abstract : «There is a lot to be said about love. It saturates literature, Hollywood, every means of creative output known to the history of this planet. There is something mysterious about it, something undiscovered. So desperate have populations been to...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. The formula to the way in which Plato sets the scene of Symposium. The first speech . The most famous of all the speeches in Symposium . The heartfelt admissions of Alcibiades . Conclusion. Work cited....»

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"Holocaust Literature: Humanity Reborn"

Document abstract : «If Holocaust literature strives to portray the paradoxical (the representation of the unrepresentable, the expression of the inexpressible), maybe it too is a paradox. Confessions of the unspeakable, the unthinkable in written word. And yet it...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. Memory vs. history. A strictly historical approach to the Holocaust . Baring witness to the Holocaust . Conclusion....»

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Honor and the Honorable

Document abstract : «According to newspaper headings and television reports, every man and woman who died in the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001 is a hero. Even three years later, memorials are still built, hymns are still sung, and candlelight vigils are still...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. The distinction made when Odysseus is faced with the blatant incivility of Polyphemus. Odysseus' dedication to Xenia . Odysseus' desire for Kleos . Conclusion....»

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I Love Not Loving You

Document abstract : «Any author to have ever written, from poetry to prose to every other genre in-between has been confronted with one universal question: where do you get ideas for your characters? And really, the answer is just as universal. It is impossible to...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. Denial: Not as dramatic as it is on Beatrice's part. The feelings of Beatrice . Acting on the slightest whim. Conclusion. Bibliography....»

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Know Your Neurosis: An Analysis of Frank Bruno's It's OK to Be Neurotic

Document abstract : «I picked It's OK to Be Neurotic: Using Your Neuroses to Your Advantage by Frank Bruno from the bottom row on the third book case in the self-help section at Barnes & Noble because the title on the spine was so obnoxiously bold and it was shelved at...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. The flow of the book. The presentation of It's OK to Be Neurotic . Bruno portrayal of neurotic individuals . Conclusion. Work cited....»

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Journeying Abandonment

Document abstract : «Dante's Inferno, while a fictionalized version of the dichotomy of Heaven and Hell, is in many ways an accurate portrayal of the doctrines of Christianity. However, this Hell he creates is a Hell the Bible never expected. Influenced by the growing...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. The most famous monsters that Dante meets . The Minotaur trapped for his entire life. Pholus' virtuousness . The willingness of the monsters to submit themselves to the level of steeds. Conclusion. Works cited....»

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Original Imitation

Document abstract : «In a modern era of corporate tyranny and the disappearance of an independent creative market, the artistic longing for originality is often forgotten. Radio stations sell out to public opinion, Top-40 hits recycling the last generation of Top-40...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. The sonnet form Cummings . The Petrarchan sonnet in the poem. The most popular technique used by Cummings . Conclusion. Works cited....»

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Punishment and the Damned

Document abstract : «It can be questioned whether the Greek and Roman people ever believed in their own gods. However, even such questioning cannot undermine the didactic value of their religion. Greek and Roman mythology thrived on storytelling; bards assumed the role...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. Greece and Rome: Division of the world into gendered spheres. The idea of the warrior woman and Ovid . Control over the life of a woman in Greece and Rome. The need for a woman to prevent her own rape . The women escaping sexual...»

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Scream: A Gendered Autobiography

Document abstract : «One cannot discuss the concepts of gender without looking at the various frameworks in which it exists. In Paradoxes of Gender, Judith Lorber states that gender is "a process of social construction, a system of social stratification, and an...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. Economy and technology as universal terms. Afghanistan and an industrialized economy. Senior year: The greatest years of my life. Conclusion. Bibliography....»

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Rush into the Secret House

Document abstract : «Romeo loved Juliet, Juliet loved Romeo, and in the end, they both died to prove it. Neither the Capulets nor the Montagues could understand such love, so neither could allow such love. Romeo and Juliet died to prove it. Yet centuries later,...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. The death of courtly love with the aristocracy and the Christian state. Paulie and Tori's realization that romantic love is half loving and half retaining that love. The relationship between Tori and Paulie . Adolescence as a key...»

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Self-fulfillment

Document abstract : «The controversy surrounding self-fulfilling prophecies, while originally centered on proving their existence, has recently settled on the probability of such phenomenon occurring in a natural environment. While not directly cited in this resource...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. The peer reviewed journal articles concerning self fulfilling prophecies . The conclusions of Lee Jussim . Teacher expectations and observations. The focus popular media. The birth of MTV . Conclusion. Works cited....»

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The Degradation of Women in the Works of Ayn Rand

Document abstract : «A common trend in American writing is to highlight gender differences. Authors appear compelled to hammer home the concept of women's suffrage, representing women as nothing but the weaker, fairer sex. In a way, it's almost a case of reverse...»

Synopsis abstract : «Beauty. Her characters. Herself. Intelligence. Her characters. Herself. Independence. Atheism. Submission. Sexual Dominance. Mental Dominance. Marriage. Cruelty. Conclusion. Bibliography....»

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The Ecstasy of Grief

Document abstract : «History thrives on contradiction. There would be no words to fill textbooks if world events and facts did not clearly oppose that which was taught the year before. The reasons behind wars alter like the tides, and entire countries burn to the...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. The ultimate sadness of Romanticism . The love accustomed to the contemporary world . Marriage and Romanticism. The adoption of everything as living proof . Conclusion. Work cited....»

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