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- 9391: Fanny Emerges Victorious Simpl
- ... her earlier heroines, it is often wondered how Austen could have created such a character as Fanny Price. Fanny is a Christian heroine who is submissive, physically delicate and all too collusive with the privileged world of Mansfield Park. Having Fanny as the heroine displaces the energy and vitality of Mary Crawford. However Fanny is the heroine of this novel and we have to discover if she is only the heroine ... is an interesting psychological study in the manners and attitudes of her insecure and traumatised personality. Here is a look at a psychologist reading of Fanny Price: She presents a clam, pleasant face to the world She is seen as reticent and even shy She demonstrates cool reserve towards others, but inside she is anything but distant Cares deeply about a few special persons or causes Has a profound sense of ... unity of body, mind and soul Has a tragic motif running through her life that the others do not detect Shows deep commitment to the good and is always alert for the bad Adaptable to new information and ideas Well aware of people and their feelings and relates well to most people whilst keeping some psychological distance Prefer to live in harmony and she will go to great lengths to ...
- 9392: Billy Budd
- ... Budd is read through a Christian interpretation these attributes of purity and perfection point towards another person in Christian tradition who was also both pure and perfect. Jesus Christ of Nazareth was considered by the New Testament texts and early Christians as being spiritually perfect which accounted for and lead to his total purity. In their eyes, Jesus never did anything wrong and spoke of love and understanding. Similarly, Billy united ... Thus, in both stories, the main character is brought to trial. Melville uses this event in his writing to yet again produce striking similarities between Billy and Christ's behavior during their trials. According to New Testament scripture, Christ did not defend himself in court before Pontius Pilate. He spoke little and without strength, willingly accepting his "fate." Accordingly, when Billy Budd was in front of the drumhead court being asked ... deaths taking place. Although Herman Melville focuses on one man, his story does leave plenty of questions about "Men" and humanity in general. Questions the text seems to raise are: Is there fairness in the world? If Billy Budd can't win, who can? Is there always evil at work against good? Melville goes on to answer the questions the text raises through the Christ figure symbolism. More than that, ...
- 9393: Michaelangelo
- ... placed there in a fine monument in the church of Santa Croce. Michelangelo portrayed both optimism and pessimism. Sculptures was where he wanted his heart dedicated. Michelangelo gave up painting apprenticeship to take up a new career in sculpture. Michelangelo then went to Rome, where he was able to examine many newly unearthed classical statues and ruins. He soon produced his first large-scale sculpture, the over-life-size Bacchus (1496 ... Instead of revealing extreme grief, Mary is restrained, and her expression is one of resignation. In this work, Michelangelo summarizes the sculptural innovations of his 15th-century predecessors such as Donatello, while ushering in the new monumentality of the High Renaissance style of the 16th century. Michelangelo was pessimistic in his response to Strazzi. I did not see Strazzi as complementing him. Michelangelo responds in a pessimistic tone to what should ... de' Medici to Leo X, Clement VIII, and Pius III, as well as cardinals, painters, and poets. Neither easy to get along with nor easy to understand, he expressed his view of himself and the world even more directly in his poetry than in the other arts. Much of his verse deals with art and the hardships he underwent, or with Neoplatonic philosophy and personal relationships. The great Renaissance poet ...
- 9394: Marsha Norman's Night
- ... joke," but Jessie patiently insists she's serious. Mama then insists the gun won't work because the bullets are fifteen years old. Jessie tells her that Dawson, her brother, told her where to buy new bullets. As Jessie describes Dawson's enthusiasm for telling her about bullets, the author has found another avenue to introduce a major, if unseen character, Dawson. Mama threatens to call Dawson, to have him come ... kept hidden spill out in a torrent. She reveals that Jessie's father never really went fishing; he'd just go sit by a lake in his car. Mama even starts to get into this new mood, by threatening to not cook again, or do other things. It comes out that Jessie has mentioned Mama's friend as a way to introduce the friend living with Mama when Jessie is gone ... to no particular dramatic purpose. By making what's at stake in a story clear and direct, the author frees themselves to begin the real task: Bringing an audience fully into and involved with the world a story's characters inhabit and seek to shape.
- 9395: A Raisin in the Sun
- ... in the Chicago south side ghetto. The characters in the play are Ruth her husband Walter, their son Travis, also Beneatha and Lena. The family is poor and very much so hopeless in finding a new home. Lena is lucky though she found a very nice home in Clyborne Park in a white neighborhood. In the beginning of the play the family is waiting for a 10,000 dollar check. Each family member has there own thoughts on what they should do with the money. Lena wants a new home and so she could support the family, Walter wants to invest the money in a liquor store, and Beneatha wants the money so she could pay for medical school. According to Lorraine Hansberry, Joseph ... heritage. The play was also about dreams. Beneatha wanted to be a medical student, Ruth wanted to get away from the run-down neighborhood, and Walter wanted his liquor store. Theophilus Lewis from The Catholic World had this to say ^The plight of the Youngers enfiladed by economic insecurity from one side and by race prejudice from the other offers the author obvious opportunities to indulge in propaganda for interracial ...
- 9396: Can Sociology Be Value Free
- ... act s ' cannot speak f or themselves. Social facts do not exist in their own right; what count s as a social fact is greatly determined by '' the moral spectacles through which we view the world." ( Parkin 1986 pp. 30-31) If pure social reality. perceived by emptying the mind of all presupposition. is deemed incredible , how can sociology attain to value neutrality if its methods are biased by the observers ... of assumptions about how the word is like are not questioned but taken for granted as being correct. Kuhn calls this a 'paradigm '. These paradigms direct both the selection and the evaluation of research results. New paradigms are produced in 'scientific revolutions ' when enough evidence accumulates against the present paradigm. Kuhn's argument is that knowledge does not exist independently. waiting to be discovered. but it is constructed and created within ... Morrison. K. (1995) Marx, Durkheim, Weber Sage London Parkin. F. (1986) Max Weber Routledge London Thompson. K. (1995) Key Quotations in Sociology Routledge London Weber, M. (1949) The Methodology of the Social Sciences Free Press New York
- 9397: Macbeth's Tragic Flaw
- ... is detected, but not yet fully shown . He gradually changes to a selfish, power-hungry king who is driven solely by his ambition and the Macbeth is more fully developed, but he is no longer brave, loyal, honest, or trustworthy. Eventually, Macbeth dies an honorable death and it is clear that Macbeth's flaw is truly tragic. Macbeth's courage and loyalty to Scotland have won him many praises and noble titles. Malcolm and his father, King Duncan, continue to praise the great fighter for being so brave. Because of Macbeth's great courage, he is awarded the title "Thane of Cawdor" by king Duncan. The darker side of Macbeth is also shown in his brutal way of killing his enemy in the ... and admits his guilt to the Scottish noblemen during the banquet scene. In his talk with his wife, Macbeth reveals that he believes his insomnia and visions to be caused by his newness to his new task, murder. He suggests that to avoid hallucinating, he must continue killing in order to be comfortable with performing murder regularly. The killing of Duncan separates Macbeth from God and this change in his ...
- 9398: Fahrenheit51
- ... a war is taking place. Oddly enough the city has its own problems. The protagonist , Guy Montag, goes against society and steals books to read at home, meets a friend to help him in his brave stand against society but gets discovered, then barely escapes his punishment to join a group of people who attempt to preserve knowledge through memorization. At the beginning of the novel Guy Montag is described as a "minstrel man" (4). He is a fireman who "never questioned the pleasure of watching pages consumed by flames." (Back cover). He is a brave individual who decides to rebel against society. Montag meets a crazy and imaginative seventeen-year old girl named Clarisse McClellan. She tells him of a time when firemen used to put out fires instead of ... the history of the profession."(53). Montag disagrees with him and meets an old retired English Professor named Faber who helps him understand the books. "The things you're looking for, Montag, are in the world, but the only way an average chap will ever see ninety-nine per cent of them is in a book."(80). In doing this he gets wiser and learns more about famous poets and ...
- 9399: Self-Reflective Essay
- ... in life. Learning not only my field(which is pediatrics), but other fields of medical studies as well. It gives me an inside scoop on how I will be dealing with patients in the real world. Things like CPR, blood pressure, etc., are just some things I have learned while in health Occupation. I know I will need to know them since it is used all the time in the real world. I also believe that the way you carry yourself has a great impact in your future career. In the medical field, there is a lot of caring and attention involved with doctors and the patient ... me in terms of experience. Even though I worked with them for the experience and knowledge, I also did it so I would make a difference in a child’s life, also to make a new friend.
- 9400: Harriet Tubman
- ... working at his side making bricks. Nelson lived until 1888. After his death, William Henry, a widower, came to stay with Harriet. Harriet outlived most of her friends, but still made trips to Boston and New York to raise money for her schools in the South and in the Alcotts. Her income came from farm produce she raised and peddled door to door in Auburn. Harriet would sometimes visit neighbors and ... sum of eighteen hundred dollarsˇ¨. The first government money came in 1890 in the form of a pension of eight dollars a month. Eight dollars didnˇ¦t do much, and year after year Congressmen from New York State took up Harrietˇ¦s cause. Finally, in 1898, Congress passed a bill, which increased her pension to twenty dollars monthly. Harriet soon owned 25 acres with two houses on it. It was a ... conclusion, Harriet Tubman was an influence on everyone because of her courage, strength, and efforts. Harrietˇ¦s wits, brains, and strength helped her live as long as she did and survive through the cold, dark world for blacks.
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