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- 881: The Gothic Novel
- ... oedipal nature of Gothic. It was a model of development "which moves from a state of undifferentiation with the world to one of separateness, even opposition towards it, as autonomy is gained through the oedipal crisis"(Kilgore 220). Rather then explaining the Gothic, psychoanalysis is "a late gothic story which has emerged to help explain a twentieth-century experience of paradoxical detachment from and fear of others and the past"(221 ...
- 882: The Difference Between W.E.B DuBois and Booker T. Washington's Philosophies
- ... of racial accommodation and gradualism. He showed a genuine concern for the development of his race and a determination to expedite freedom for his people from discrimination. His eloquent style of writing, using the magazine Crisis as his vehicle, for injustice caused congressional actions in the opening and training of Black officers, legal actions against lynchers, and set up a federal work plan for returning veterans in the United States. Nevertheless ...
- 883: Karl Marx's Teachings and Capitalism
- ... an I.O.U. basis. When he has the money, he pays off his debt. If, however, this person finds himself unable to repay his debt by accumulating enough money, the result is a monetary crisis. World money is used to settle debts with respect to international debt, in order to stabilize the economy on a global level. Ricardo says, World money serves as the universal means of payment, as the ...
- 884: Will There Be a World War III?
- ... Given the attention the issue is receiving, Y2K fears could send financial markets reeling- even before calendars change on Jan. 1, 2000. (Pethokoukis 64) No one really knows what the future can hold. While this crisis in Kosovo has the potential to turn into World War III, no one really knows if it will. For all anyone knows it might just be another foolery, like the Y2K fear.
- 885: The Dead Sea Scrolls
- ... ignite the flames of a full-scale revolt. With the appearance of the Hasmonaean (Maccabean) family, the extreme Hellenism that Antiochus IV sought to inflict upon Israel, was overwhelmingly rejected. "Immediately following the revolt, a crisis occurred in the Jewish priesthood that had a direct impact on the formation of the Qumran sect and its establishment in the Judean desert."10 Since the time of King Solomon, virtually without interruption up ...
- 886: Chamberlain and Fabri: Strong Advocates
- ... pretty much take care of it by creating policies, which induce more markets while reinforcing the original ones. So somehow, even though he does state that it is the government alone that can solve this crisis, the reader is left feeling that he or she has a responsibility to uphold. Often throughout his speech, Chamberlain comments on how well Great Britain is doing and that in order for continual success and ...
- 887: Beowulf: Link Between Traditions - Pagan and Christian
- ... beliefs. Hrothgar and his counselors make useless attempts to appease Grendel in Verse 2. They can't offer him gold or land, as they might an ordinary enemy. Like most people in a time of crisis they slip back into old ways of thinking. Instead of praying to God for support, they sacrifice to t he stone idols of their pagan past. The Christian motifs that run through the poem contrast ...
- 888: An Analysis of Orwell's "Shooting an Elephant"
- ... knows that going against those beliefs is very difficult. Orwell explains, For it is the condition of his rule that he shall spend hid life in trying to impress the natives' and so in every crisis he has got to do what the natives' expect of him (100). Readers respect Orwell for his sense of duty. He realizes the his decision must be based on the best interest of the Burmese ...
- 889: Van Gennep's "Rites of Passage", Durkheim and Turner's Theory of Communitas
- ... stage of life to another (Chapple and Coons, p. 484). The ceremony marks the transition from girl to "mother of a nation" (p.252). The ritual serves as a means of establishing equilibrium after the crisis of puberty (Chapple and Coons, p. 484). It is a method of making this transition from girl to woman easier. I classified this ceremony as a Rite of Passage, rather than a Rite of Intensification ...
- 890: The Lust For Power: How Politics and Personal Relations Become One
- ... A king offered two advantages: first, a king would provide central government, therefore providing unity and organization; and second, since a king would normally be succeeded by his sons, the nation did not have a crisis of leadership every its leader became old. God despondently granted the wish of His people and gave them a king. Samuel anointed Saul as king of Israel, and the people were satisfied. Military success went ...
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