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- 1331: Beowulf Man Or Myth
- ... surpass all mortal men, his loyalty and ability to think of himself last make him reveared by all" (Bolton 2). "Beowulf's deeds must be marked by a nobility of purpose to accumulate rewards and personal fame are good examples of the human side of his personality" (Wyatt 5). The use of description and imagery makes the reader see the characters and events (Greenfield 25). Beowulf has the strength of thirty ... by a nobility of purpose and he must be willing to risk his life for his ideals" (Bolton 6). Beowulf's spiritual conflict to act selflessly for the good of others, to accumlate rewards and personal fame are also a key to his personality (Greenfield 2). In battles Beowulf showed his bravery in heroic deeds, with the greatest strength of mankind,…"the valorous man kept safe the abundant gifts which God ... because no one person can possess all the characteristics that Beowulf has received. Also the time period proves itself that during the Anglo-Saxon period of British Literature, the authors used a style of Epic writing, in which characters were made up for entertainment, using exaggerations. People during the Anglo-Saxon period belived in multiple gods, Superheroes, giants and dragons. Thus, the idea that comes through this poem is that ...
- 1332: Taoism
- ... written in a poetic form. The Taoist bible is 1,120 volumes long. The Chuang Tzu is a compilation of Taoist writings from the time period around 300B.C. Some think it is the finest writing of Taoist thought. It is a very interesting book filled with Taoist ideas and beliefs. The Chuang Tzu says “While the Tao always seems to be in flux, the balance of its forces is forever ... realize it. There is nothing big enough you could do to express it and you could never say enough and feel you have fully explained the total value of it. But that’s just my personal thoughts on my analysis of what the Chuang Tzu is saying. The Chuang Tzu teaches a lot about Taoism. I thought this was very interesting the Chuang Tzu says, “In the universe all things are ... the ordinary man sees. The Taoist understands the Earth and its ways. “To deal with the hard while it is still easy, with the great while it is still small”. (Welch1970Pg25)? That reminds me of writing this paper. I wish I lived my life as a Taoist. I would’ve fully understood that I could’ve written this paper and that I had plenty of time instead I waited and ...
- 1333: Sigmund Freud
- ... materials unconsciously exert a powerful influence on behavior and choices. Freud believed that dreams and slips of tongue and pen were windows to his patient's unconscious. Intrusive thoughts or seemingly trivial errors while reading, writing and speaking suggested to Freud that what is said and done reflects the working of the unconscious. Jokes especially were an outlet for expressing repressed sexual and aggressive tendencies. For Freud, nothing was accidental. Freud ... of a person's life. If all the crises of earlier stages are resolved, looking back with satisfaction of a life well led is a healthy manifestation of self. Maintaining a sense of worth and personal integrity during the final years is natural. Those who could not resolve earlier crises will look upon the prospects of old age and death with a deep sense of dread and despair. Another primary concept ... hope and will, forms of ego strength that foster sufficient security for the child to risk the potential disappointment that hope entails, and sufficient independence of spirit for children to dare to initiate willingly their personal adaptation to their inescapable realities. Once these fundamental ego strengths are acquired, the child is able to acquire a sense of purpose, competence, fidelity, love, care and wisdom - the ego strengths associated with each ...
- 1334: The Computer Underground.
- ... who are relatively unskilled in comparison. An example of this is a teenage viri writer called "Little Loc" who "wanted to be the most dangerous virus writer in American," and attempted to prove it by writing a virus that became wide spread and know as the Satan Bug. On the other hand there are writers like "Screaming Radish," who is Windows- application developer from Australia, his purpose in virus development is ... Duke's codes. April 29, Lords clear British Hackers. Best, Joel and David F. Luckenbill. 1982. Organizing Deviance. Englewood Cliff, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall. Bequai, August. 1987. Technocrimes. Lexington, Mass.:Lexington Books. Bickford, Robert. 1988. Personal communication to Gordon Meyer. Chicago Tribune. 1989. "Computer hacker, 18, gets prison for fraud." Feb. 15:2,1. Compuserve Magazine, 1994, Viruses: Gone or just forgotten? Forester, Tom and Morrison, Perry, 1990, Computer Ethics, Cautionary ... the Inner Circle. Microsoft publishing Parker, Donn B. 1983. Fighting Computer Crime. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. Rosenbaum, Ron. 1971. "Secrets of the Little Blue Box ." Esquire October, pp. 116-125. Small, David. 1988. Personal communication to Gordon Meyer. WGN-Radio. 1988. Ed Schwartz Show. September 27, 1988. Word Count: 3895
- 1335: Evolution
- ... complexity. He published his conclusions in 1802, then later (1909) released an expanded form entitled Philosophie zoologique. The English public was first exposed to his findings when Lyell popularized them with his usual flair for writing, but because the influential Lyell also openly criticized these findings they were never fully accepted27. Darwin's own theories were based on those of older evolutionists and the principle of descent with modification, the principle ... example, that earthquakes were responsible for the formation of mountains. Darwin faithfully maintained this method of interpreting facts - by seeking explanations of past events by observing occurrences in present time - throughout his life31. The lucid writing style of Lyell and straightforward conclusions influence all of his work. When unearthing remains of extinct animals in Argentina he noted that their remains more closely resembled those of contemporary South American mammals than any ... of the two distorts this complementary nature formulating inaccurate assumption. VALUE/LIMITATIONS: THE THEORY BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION Whether or not the theory of evolution is useful depends on whether or one values progress above development of personal notions of existence. Certainly under the blanket of a superficial American Dream one would be expected to subscribe to ideals that society, that the state erects. Of course, these ideals focus on betterment of ...
- 1336: Loneliness
- Loneliness Loneliness is inherent in the lives of Charlotte, from "Pomegranate Seed," and Lyman, from "The Red Convertible." The writers of the stories have their personal experiences built into their work. In addition, the characters from both stories suffered through similar ordeals; they helplessly watched a loved one dissolve like a fading dream. Kassanoff explains, Wharton recognized her younger self in ... is paralyzed by loneliness (383). This loneliness in the younger life of Wharton was inevitably ingrained in her stories. The story "Pomegranate Seed" is a perfect example of how Wharton's loneliness seeped into her writing. Erdrich's "The Red Convertible" is contained in the book Love Medicine. Marie, a character in another story, is losing Nector, her husband. Her grandson Lipsha attempts to cure her loneliness by preparing a love potion. He botches the recipe and kills Nector. This shows that loneliness is not a foreign idea to Erdrich's writing either. Both "Pomegranate Seed" and "The Red Convertible" begin with lonely characters. Charlotte begins the story remembering her friends sometimes stopped by, but "Sometimes--oftener--she was alone"(Wharton 317). Charlotte rarely had anybody ...
- 1337: The Pit And The Pendulum
- The Pit And The Pendulum "The Pit and the Pendulum" is a story about one man's struggle against death (3) and how this battle (4) affects his psyche. Edgar (5) Allan Poe, when writing “The Pit and the Pendulum,”(6) included every macabre detail that life in the dungeon involved. The horror of Poe's dungeon is the isolation from all things which used to make life worth living ... now possesses no misconceptions of (47) the inquisitor's(48) complete and deliberate attempts to kill him (Burdick 92(50))(49). He also realizes that the only way he can(51) be saved is by personal struggle to avoid death while waiting for a miracle. In a world of solitude, the rats that devour the meat serve almost as companions. Described as “...(52) wild, bold, ravenous; their red eyes glaring (53 ... saves his life(82) and is ushered in by trumpets blasting. These instruments (83) draw a similarity to the biblical prophecy of the rapture, which begins by the blasting of angelic trumpets. Poe, in his writing of “The Pit and the Pendulum,(85)”(84) created a gripping story. Poe tells the tale in a very descriptive, narrative sense that brings the reader into the awful dungeon, which only rats and ...
- 1338: Tess Of The Durbervilles
- ... Aschenbach as an emotionally displeased character who later experiences a transformation within himself and his beliefs as a result of his love for Tadzio. The novella begins with Aschenbach considering the results of his latest writing. The reader is introduced to a man who cannot find fulfillment in his work, despite the world's approval of him. Aschenbach is loved by the world through the "national honor"(Mann, 199) his supporters ... and desire for the boy (Mann, 236). Without coming to terms with the intensity of his love, Aschenbach would have been unable to experience such an overwhelming desire to write. This "desire to illuminate [his personal feelings] in his own words" (Mann, 234) does indeed bring Aschenbach closer to divinity and self-assurance. Mann's writing also reflects Aschenbach's transformation as it becomes more fluent and descriptive concerning the Greek Gods. The theme that it is more divine to love than to be loved is further developed through Mann' ...
- 1339: Existentialism in the Early 19th Century
- ... decide which situations are to count asmoral situations. Subjectivity All existentialists have followed Kierkegaard in stressing the importance of passionate individual action in deciding questions of both morality and truth. They have insisted, accordingly, that personal experience and acting on one's own convictions are essential in arriving at the truth. Thus, the understanding of a situation by someone involved in that situation is superior to that of a detached, objective ... rational as is commonly supposed. Nietzsche, for instance, asserted that the scientific assumption of an orderly universe is for the most part a useful fiction. Choice and Commitment Perhaps the most prominent theme in existentialist writing is that of choice. Humanity's primary distinction, in the view of most existentialists, is the freedom to choose. Existentialists have held that human beings do not have a fixed nature, or essence, as other ... theologians Paul Tillich and Rudolf Bultmann, the French Roman Catholic theologian Gabriel Marcel, the Russian Orthodox philosopher Nikolay Berdyayev, and the German Jewish philosopher Martin Buber inherited many of Kierkegaard's concerns, especially that a personal sense of authenticity and commitment is essential to religious faith. Existentialism and Literature A number of existentialist philosophers used literary forms to convey their thought, and existentialism has been as vital and as extensive ...
- 1340: Revolution Girl-Style Now!
- ... fanzines that are produced by the angry “girl revolutionaries” who identify with the music that is associated with Riot Grrrl. The fanzines, self-designed and self-written, uncensored and uninhibited photocopied publications, are often intensely personal. That personal outlet is translated to larger political action when the fanzines are available to the public, bringing people together for conventions and other consciousness-raising activities. The ethos is about supporting each other and empowering each ... they are “privileged”. Through the advantage of education, Riot Grrrls are aware of a vital survival tool: expression. By getting out their frustrations, shame, hopelessness, and rage, through singing, drawing, performing “spoken word” and especially writing can be a catharsis (healing process). “...Our rage is our power don't let it fade don't let it die feed it to your daughters kill all confusion but teach her don't ...
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