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- 3661: Jane Erye - Feminism
- ... it wants to be stretched out here and there with a long chapter of sense, if it could be had; if not, of solemn specious nonsense, about something unconnected with the story: an essay on writing, a critique on Walter Scott, or the history of Buonaparté, or anything that would form a contrast and bring the reader with increased delight to the playfulness and general epigrammatism of the general style". In ... quotes on the opposition between the "heroic" and the "natural"). (By the way, in this novel Jane Austen uses the word "baseball"-the first person, as far as is known, to use this word in writing by over fifty years.)
- 3662: Consciousness As Determined Through The Times
- ... to the familiar three dimensions that, along with time, define the standard physical framework of reality.6 Smythies presents that everyone has a private space in addition to the shared, public version. Each individual’s personal framework intersects with the familiar dimensions while remaining distinct from them, and it provides an arena for all conscious sensations that have spatial extension or location–objects discernible by sight or touch.7 To understand ... be able to understand consciousness and the workings of consciousness. Perhaps the mystery of consciousness is to remain a mystery. Possibly this mystery is the key to cognitive thinking. And perhaps the key to our personal evolution.
- 3663: Body Image
- Body Image The purpose of this study is to further explore and examine the influences of mass media on male’s and female’s personal body image satisfaction and the awareness and internalization of societal pressures regarding appearance. For a number years evidence surrounding the insecurities that women have towards their own bodies has been widely published. More recently, it ... 1999, Sipiora, 1991, Leobert & Sprafkin, 1988). The more people are exposed to these values, stereotypes, and behaviors the more it is reinforced that there is an association between the ideal body image, physical attractiveness, desirability, personal self-worth, and success (Fouts & Burggraf, 1999). The implication is a society that appears to associate body size and shape as direct aspects of their identities and self worth; if a man or a woman ...
- 3664: Candide The Satire Of An Age.
- Candide on the surface is a witty, gelastic story. However when inspected deeper it is a philippic writing against people of an uneducated status. Candid is an archetype of these idiocracies, for he lacks reason and has optimism that is truely irking, believing that this is the best of all possible worlds. Thus ... and thus it is only natural that Voltaire, a typical Enlightenment writer, harangue these notions by means of a person who believes in this until his death- Candide. Finally we can see that Voltaire is writing a typical Enlightenment work because Candide is a jeremiad against those people that are lacking Enlightenment knowledge, by this of course, lacking the epitomes of the period: reason, senses and self-interest. Thus Voltaire is ...
- 3665: Metadrama In Shakespeare
- ‘Shakespeare’s plays reflect not life but art.’ Make use of this remark in writing an essay on Shakespeare’s use of Metadrama. Shakespeare constantly plays with metadrama and the perception of his plays as theatre and not life with the complications inherent that in life we all play roles ... foregrounding the theatrical systems to the audience and allowing them to enjoy the magical/unreal theme. This essay has examined the various CRITIC Patricia Waugh also provides a comprehensive definition by describing metafiction as "fictional writing which self-consciously and systematically draws attention to its status as an artifact in order to pose questions about the relationship between fiction and reality" BIBLIOGRAPHY Scholes, Robert. "Metafiction." Metafiction. Ed. Mark Currie. New York ...
- 3666: Similarities And Differences Between The Romantic Age And The Victorian Period
- ... had many similarities, but they had far more differences. They first differed in rule: the Romantic Age didn't have a king or queen, but the Victorian Period did. They were similar and different in writing styles, and beliefs. The Industrial Revolution also had an effect on both time periods. The Romantic Period was from 1784 until 1832. The Romantics brought a more brave, individual, and imaginative approach to both literature ... dealt with the contrast between the prosperity of the middle and upper classes and the miserable conditions of the poor (Merritt, 320). In the later years of the period there were modern kinds of realistic writing. Some authors showed a new, deeper understanding of character. Lord Tennyson has been called the voice of Victorian England. Lord Tennyson reflects the Victorian concern with moral codes in the retelling of King Works Cited ...
- 3667: Is The Idea Of Doctrinal Devel
- ... religion, emphasising the manner in which doctrines function as truth claims or informative propositions. In the experiential-expressive theory, doctrines are interpreted as non-cognitive symbols of inner human feelings or attitudes. Lindbeck’s own personal preference is for the theory of the cultural-linguistic approach, which is associated with a rule, or regulative theory of doctrine. The first theory, the cognitive-propositionalist theory, which treats doctrines as ‘informative propositions or ... only be credible if it is possible to isolate a common core experience from religious language and behaviour, and demonstrate that the latter two are articulations of or responses to the former. Lindbeck’s own personal favourite view is that of the cultural-linguistic model. He says that ‘a religion can be viewed as a kind of cultural and/or linguistic framework or medium that shapes the entirety of life and ...
- 3668: Malthus' Principle of Population: Today and the Future
- ... 2030 appears optimistic at this time. Traditionally desirable fish such as cod, haddock and tuna have been decimated and are being replaced with smaller species such as mackeral, pilchard and pollock Putting It on a Personal Level A better feeling for societies prosperity can be developed with numbers related to a personal creature comfort, like eating. Food available for an individuals weekly diet can be derived by dividing the large numbers used for food projections by the large numbers used for population projections. Weekly diets (grain, meat ...
- 3669: To Have Intellectual Freedom Or To Be Censored
- ... olduđu; ve bunlarý söz, yazý, resim ve baţka yollarla açýklayýp yayabileceđi” (Özgen 1994 20) is accepted by the judicial authorities. (Everybody has intellectual and religious freedoms; and he can express and distribute them by speech, writing, pictures, and other ways.) When we look at this point we can say that our constitution supports intellectual freedom and it does not support the censorship, but when it comes to practice everything changes. There ... useful to give a very simple example in order to show how intellectual freedom is an inescapable fact of life. To understand this, people should put themselves in the places of the people whose speeches, writing works or religious beliefs are censored. People are usually found guilty, only because they have expressed their beliefs and thoughts. Would anybody like to be in his or her situation? To be found guilty because ...
- 3670: Books Online
- ... s Biggest Bookstore?” One reason is that they are more than just an online bookseller. Their Internet site offers extensive book and music catalogs as well as a variety of other resources including customer reviews, personal recommendations, and gift suggestions. At Amazon.com a buyer can search for books by author, title, subject, or keyword. A music search can be made by artist, CD title, or song title. These are just ... viable alliance. Both companies will exchange complimentary skill and in the process benefiting from economies of scope. Another strategic alliance was recently formed with Drugstore.com. This site offers more than 15,000 brand name personal health care products, product information and a licensed pharmacy. The strategic objective of both companies encompasses the same goals of high quality, being customer focused, along with being the industry leader. This is an important ...
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