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- 22851: Can We Debate Art?
- ... are their favorites. As I began to think about the subject and received feedback from the class, this topic became infinitely more complicated with questions like: what is art, could we see that one person’s art is better than another’s, and why is it (and justified) that people such as Van Gogh and Picasso have become famous? Looking back at what my initial feelings were and how they have developed over the weeks, I noticed ... drastically by the in-class discussions, but were refined and given more “ammunition”; that took my thinking from a highly generalized level, to one where I could express my feelings better and possibly inspire other’s thinking as well. Can we debate art? Although it is perhaps an unanswerable question, there are a few points I feel should be discussed. One of the issues that I thought about was a ...
- 22852: Corporate Strategy
- ... and failures. However ex-post justifications of the latter have proved more profitable. This essay explores the theoretical and methodological issues in drawing general lessons from case studies of success, with particular reference to Honda's successful penetration of the US market in the 1960s. This essay offers a critical theory and post - modernist approach. Critical theory questions the central features of such recipes for success, the historical and social contexts ... of the US market. Later in that year, it required cash on delivery of shipments. As Pascale (1996) says, "In one fell swoop, Honda shifted the power relationship from the dealer to the manufacturer." Honda's success has been analysed and three distinct explanations for its success emerged: · The most prominent is the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) Report. The report states that Honda maximised experience curve economies - low costs at high ... and functions. Theories on strategy are formulated, to a certain extent, to keep management consultants employed. There is a need to question the validity of such theories and the methodology employed to apply them. BCG's Report - Planning BCG's business portfolio analysis makes what is widely known as the 'experience curve' assumption. This states that the costs of production should go down with cumulative physical output. Thus, the report ...
- 22853: “Tintern Abbey” and “Intimations Ode”: Natural Peace
- ... nature brings to the earth and to man are to be cherished. Wordsworth came to realize the importance of man relationship to nature as he expresses in “Tintern Abbey” and “Intimations Ode”. Wordsworth connects man’s relationship to nature by memory, imagination, and perception. In the first twenty-four lines of “Tintern Abbey”, Wordsworth recollects the scene as unchanged during the past five years. He emphasize the lapse of time by ... creates them. In Wordsworth, a sensation is formed by imagining his childhood in a series of stages in the development with nature. The sensation is based on nature but is also shaped by the poet’s mind. The thought revolves around the serenity that nature has brought to his life. In “Intimations of Immortality” Wordsworth states “Yet in my heart of hearts I feel your might” (line 89) as to perceive ... spirit man can roam freely without human concerns. In light of this thought man loves nature in an overwhelming way. Nature being the beginning of mans life and the rebirth of the old. In Wordsworth’s work there is a very clear picture of the serenity and freedom that nature represents. Wordsworth view of mankind’s relationship to nature is a relationship of unchanging peacefulness fulfilled through memory, imagination and ...
- 22854: Henry V
- ... what he can do, or could have done, on the level of the postulates made about him by the author and the consequent expectations. Fictions, therefore, may be classified, not morally, but by the hero's power of action which may be greater than ours, less, or roughly the same." (Theory of Modes, Northrup Frye) Northrup Frye describes the levels of heros and Henry V fills the high mimetic hero almost ... from the true King by killing him, but he proves himself by being able to bring together a nation and win a war without true training as king. The most prominent time in King Henry's ruling where is exhibits his abilities and experiences is during Act 3 Scene 1, lines 1-36. Henry is rousing his men on the battlefield to strike once more upon the French. His men are ... by sending tennis balls instead. Henry wages war against France to receive the land. This is where his ability breaks free and shows his eminence of power to his soldiers. Not only is this Henry's beginning to turning into a true King, but it is also the beginning of the showing of the high mimetic mode. Throughout the story, Henry fights to break from his past of wine, women, ...
- 22855: Describe The Elements Of Death
- Describe the elements of war and death in Stephen Crane’s The Red Badge of Courage. This book is divided into two parts. In the first part the main characters, Henry Flemings. illusions disappear when confronted by the reality of battle(WAH 642). During the first ... wounded and another friend called “the tattered man”. Trying to make up for deserting his friends, Henry tries to help Jim Conklin who is dying.After Conklin dies, the tattered man probes deeply into Henry’s conscience by repeatedly asking “where ya hit”(Bowers 132). Henry deserts the tattered man. When Henry stops another soldier he asks him the novels most important question which is “why” The soldier hits henry on the head for starting trouble. Ironically this wound becomes Henry’s “Red Badge of Courage”. Henry is then lead back to his regiment by a “cheery soldier” who helps wandering soldiers. This leads Henry into the second half of the book. Henry’s wanderings are ...
- 22856: Crime And Punishment: Complementary Characters To Give Raskolnikov His Redemption
- ... best described when Razumihin attempts to explain Raskolnikov to his mother and sister as being: “He is morose, gloomy, proud and haughty…suspicious and fanciful. He has a noble nature and a kind heart.” Raskolnikov’s two characters are best interpreted as (1) his detached, cold, intellectual side which emphasizes “power” and “self-will” and (2) his warm, compassionate humane side which suggests self-submissive and meekness. The intellectual side is ... regrets giving the money away. Raskolnikov would always act in a charitable and humane manner: he would sacrifice himself for his fellow man. The complimentary characters come about when Sonia is discovered. Sonia compliments Raskolnikov’s humane side. Raskolnikov would often sacrifice his own money or self for the benefit of others, so does Sonia go into prostitution in order to benefit her family. Sonia represents the suffering of humanity. No ... is a loving and a religious person who is human and makes mistakes, also by being redemptive by symbolizing all the suffering of mankind to Raskolnikov. She is the meek and self-submissive figure. Sonia’s passive figure does little in an active way to make Raskolnikov confess or change his way. Instead she is available whenever Raskolnikov needs her. An example is when Raskolnikov confesses to Sonia and her ...
- 22857: Ww1 From Begining To The Us En
- ... battle of Masurian Lakes they chased the Russian army out. About 250,000 came out of just these two battles. Paul von Hindenburg and Eric Lindendorff were mad heroes by these victories. Austria-Hungary didn’t have any success on the eastern front. By the end of 1914 their forces had been attacked three times by Serbia and Russia had captured most of the Austria-Hungarian province of Galicia by early ... There was another trench behind the firing trench called the Cover Trench. Then the support trench and the reserve trench came behind those. The men lived in dugouts in the support trenches while they weren’t in the front. They were communication trenches going in between all the big ones to go back and forth. The men usually served at the front for three days to a week, then rotated to ... April of 1915, the Germans first released poison gas over allied lines in the second battle of Ypes. The fumes raised vomiting and suffocation. German commanders had little faith and the gas and they didn’t launch a major attack. The allies short after began to use the gas, so gas masks became a necessity in the trenches. They also produced a flamethrower. The Battle of Verdun In 1916, Falkenhyen ...
- 22858: Catherine The Great: Empress Of All Russia
- ... birth to her son, the future emperor, Paul Petrovich Romanov, and three years later on December 20, 1957, she gave birth to her daughter, Anna Petrovna Romanov. Elizabeth died on December 25, 1761, and Catherine’s husband succeeded as Peter III. Erratic, unstable, and contemptuous of his Russian subjects, the new ruler soon made himself unpopular, especially with certain German officers. Led by Alexei Orlov (whose brother Grigori was Catherine’s lover) the officers staged a coup in June 1762. Peter was deposed (and subsequently murdered) and Catherine was placed on the throne in his place. Catherine was fascinated with the philosophies and theories of the ... that purpose failed to accomplish its goals. But eventually, she learned how to select capable assistants--for example, Nikita Panin in foreign affairs, Alexandre Suvorov in the military, and Grigori Potemkin in administration. Among Catherine’s more benevolent achievements were the foundation of the first Russian school for girls and of a medical college to provide health care for her subjects. In the early years of her reign, Catherine sought ...
- 22859: “The Story of an Hour”: Louise Mallard As A Sympathetic Figure
- “The Story of an Hour”: Louise Mallard As A Sympathetic Figure Kate Chopin’s, “The Story of an Hour” is about a woman who is devastated when she first hears of her husband’s death, but shortly thereafter is filled with happiness. Many readers may think of the main character, Mrs. Louise Mallard, as a cold, unfeeling woman. However, on closer examination one can see just how much of ... completely without compassion. However, there is much more evidence in the story to suggest Mrs. Mallard should be viewed as a favorable character. The author states that after Mrs. Mallard was told of her husband’s death, “She wept at once, with a sudden, wild abandonment, in her sister’s arms.” From this statement, we can surmise Mrs. Mallard had some tender feelings for her husband. It is while sitting ...
- 22860: Elements Of Fiction
- Elements of Fiction When you read a story, you are reading a work of fiction. FICTION is writing that comes from an author s imagination. Although the author makes the story up, he or she might base it on real events. Fiction writers write either short stories or novels. A SHORT STORY usually revolves around a single idea and ... A story may be set in a small down or a large city, in a jungle or an ocean. The sequence of events in a story is called the PLOT. The plot is the writer s blueprint for what happens in the story, when it happens, and to whom it happens. One event causes another, and so on until the end of the story. Generally, plots are built around a CONFLICT-a problem or struggle between two or more opposing forces. Conflicts can be as serious as a boy s attempt to cope with his father s illness or as humorous as a teacher s struggle with a foreign language. The struggle between two opposing forces is called a CONFLICT. Every story has it. ...
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