Essays on Performing Arts Literature Reviews

This review "Rama's Perfect Dharma in the Ramayana" is portrayed by various characters, with each character representing dharma in a different way, based on the role in which each individual plays in the epic story.... Each of these characters portrayed in the story is important.... ... ... ... King Dasaratha, on the other hand, is a character in The Ramayana that fulfills and fails to fulfill his dharma in equal measure, thus demonstrating the shifting nature of Dharma....

The paper "Hunger Games Worth Observing: Ethical Theory" presents that the fiction adventure film 'Hunger Games', directed by Gary Ross and produced by Nina Jacobson and Jon Kilik, raises a lot of ethical questions.... The film was released in 2012 to a huge global reception.... ... ... ... To me, the film was meant to tease the current proliferation of reality TV programs....

In the paper 'My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult' the author focuses on the novel, which arrests our emotions by depicting the story of very rare family conflict and doesn't fail to spread the message of the triumph of love over every weakness.... ... ... ... The author explains that Anna and Kate are sisters....

The author analyzes the movie Saving Private Ryan which was released in 1998 by Hollywood director Steven Spielberg.... This movie is aimed at recreating the events of World War II during the invasion of Normandy.... This film accurately depicts the battle scene, particularly in the Omaha landings scene....

The chapter states that every now and then, mothers dispose of their old clothes especially T-shirts and they replace them with new.... ... ... The chapter states that the mothers have no idea why do they have so many clothes lying around in their wardrobe and the numbers of clothes they dispose of exceed the demand of such clothes within the poor of United States. ...

This article, written by Feng-Qi Lai and Timothy Newby (2012) reports on a study conducted to evaluate the impact of animated graphics on learning a task.... The main aim of the study was to examine when graphics are used to enhance learning and the types of graphics used.... The.... ... ... One hundred and eighty five native English speaking undergraduate students from Midwestern University took part in the study....

The focus of the brand is on delivering happiness, whether they are customers, employees, or vendors.... Through delivering happiness business model, the company focuses over providing customer.... ... ... A good customer service is importantly a golden rule for every firm because it help companies in attracting a large number of customers....

From the essay "Space Retrieval Treatment with Dementia," it is clear that dementia is an illness in which spaced retrieval plays a crucial role in therapies.... Despite this innovation in approach to patients with dementia, this procedure does not eliminate dementia.... ... ... ... The common belief is that people with dementia cannot learn....

The following paper entitled 'Transforming Strategy One Customer at a Time' focuses on the various types of marketing research studies conducted by the Thomson Corporation.... The company deals with newspapers, journals, and textbooks for various organizations.... ... ... ... Harrington and Tjan endeavored to formulate a framework that organizations can use to establish how people use their products in their daily operations hence perfect their products to suit customers' needs....

This book review "The Adventure of Huckleberry Finn" presents a novel by Mark Twain on of the American great novels with a variety of themes.... The book is noted due to its colorful description of people and places in America during the early 1990s.... ... ... ... The adventure explores the notions of identity and race....

The paper "Wal-Mart Value Chain Activities" states that the strategy of Wal-Mart has been a success through simplicity and innovative practices in value chain activities such as purchasing, logistics, and information management, which resulted in offering lower price value offers every day.... ... ...

Have you ever wondered about what happened in the Land f Oz before that do-gooder Dorothy and her dog Toto came on the scene and saved the world Well, Gregory Maguire did, and he went one step further - he wrote a book.... Wicked: The Life and Times f the Wicked Witch f the West is the result f Maguire's ponderings. ...

Impact of good and evil, wealth and poverty, cause and effect, all these themes are evident in D.... .... .... Pierre's novel Vernon God Little.... Vernon, on the other hand, has problems with absorbing each one of them.... The composition is being told in the first-person recitation by Vernon.... ...

This literature review "How Has Globalization Affected Australian Society" presents globalization that is relatively new, the phenomenon it describes is not.... Proponents of globalization say that it assists developing nations to quickly 'get up to speed' to more industrialized nations....

TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ………………………………………………………….... ... 2 INTRODUCTION …………………………………………………………………….... FUNDAMENTALS OF A GOOD BUSINESS ……………………………………….... Customer service …………………………………………………………………....

Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman may not be comparable to his other literary pieces considering the reader/audience's response since it appears so ordinary, not suspenseful, and all is said in the title.... One could ask: "So what about the death of a salesman" One does not need to guess what will happen to the protagonist....

This paper ''Cybersecurity'' discusses the methods of government intervention while dealing with cyber threats, especially with regard to the laws that the government has set up.... In addition, the paper will discuss the impacts of government regulation on national security.... .... ... ... The government works closely with the private sector to ensure that cybersecurity laws are implemented in various sectors....

The paper "Summary of Branded: The Buying and Selling of Teenagers by Alissa Quart" discusses that parents and the whole of society should not be quick to give in to the pressures that the commercial world is placing on their children, mainly by allowing their children to be affiliated with brands....

Contents Contents 2 Reference 7 Exercise #1: Compose a 600-word paraphrase of “Pygmalion” "Pygmalion knew these women all too well” that is the women who worked as prostitutes in the temple of Venus, whom Pygmalion knew very well and he knew that they had been “reduced” to be prostitutes by the curses of Venus as they denied the holiness of the Goddess....

Pygmalion – Analysis Assignment A – Analysis of Character Traits of Professor Higgins Introduction In the play Pygmalion, George Bernard Shaw has created memorable characters.... What makes these characters memorable is their distinct personality traits that make them stand apart.... ... ... ...

The author of this literature review "Key Transformation for Deckers Outdoor Corporation" states that in any organization, it is significant to monitor the proportion of work produced at an instance.... According to the text, sources identify such activity as throughput.... ... ... ...

Name: Tutor: Course: Date: GEORGE ORWELL'S 1984 Introduction The story starts in the year 1984 in airstrip one, the mainland of the vast country called Oceania.... The country is governed by the party, which is led by a body known as the big brother.... The book is narrated in third person and Winston smith is depicted as the protagonist....

Mulholland Drive is a psychological Thriller, written and directed by David Lynch.... It was produced with a budget of 15 million Dollars.... From Lynch's initial idea as a concept for a TV series during the 1990's to Mulholland Drive's release in 2001, the production took several years.... ... ...

Humanoids or Cyborgs as they are called are humans imbibed or implanted with some machinery or computer chips that helps them in enhancing their physical or mental abilities.... The best examples of humanoids are the characters in the animated series 'Ghost In The Shell: Stand Alone Complex' where they are implanted with different communication and other advanced machinery. ...

Murder in the Cathedral by T.... S.... Eliot is a drama that portrays the assassination of Archbishop Thomas Becket in Canterbury Cathedral in 1170, first performed in 1935.... .... ... ... The action occurs between 2 and 29 December 1170, chronicling the days leading up to the martyrdom of Thomas Becket following his absence of seven years in France....

The paper 'Hobbes and Locke's Ideas on Sovereignty' evaluates views of medieval philosophers on the nature of the state and government.... Were people originally moral?... Is the Ideal Ruler a sovereign with absolute power, or a local lord that cannot encroach on the citizens' freedom, life, and property?...

This paper "The Importance and Future of Wireless Technology" illustrates how wireless technology has undergone rapid development and has been adopted in every aspect of life.... Over the next decade, developments in wireless technology are expected to bring about major transformations.... .... ... ...

This literature review "Different Approaches to Addressing Academic Plagiarism" presents plagiarism by means of citing various reasons.... It further argues that given the diverse reasons, it is necessary and proper for universities to apply varied approaches in addressing each case....

This review discusses tools for moral justification.... The justification for a moral decision will require that the material realities of our well-reasoned judgment are carefully weighed against the sacrifice made by our emotional appeal.... ... ... ... It can be argued that the process of making a moral decision is different from the justification for the decision....

This book review "The President as Leader by Erwin C.... Hargrove" sheds some light on the American presidency, Erwin C.... Hargrove President Leader offers his capstone appraisal οf presidential leadership.... He builds on the theories οf Richard Neustadt.... ... ... ... However, it soon became obvious that someone would have to take the lead in brokering disputes, and DPS was selected for this function....

Such an alignment is vital for any industry in the modern world and no company can afford to ignore information systems when.... ... ... Additionally, in addition to this alignment, it is also important to ensure that such a relationship is maintained over time in a sustainable manner. ... ... revious work on business modeling from an IS perspective was done with an increased However, the advent of modern technologies such as the Internet and the dependence of an increasing number of operations on information systems has slowly led to the understanding that the strategy adopted for information systems can have a profound impact on the deliverance of the business strategy (Brancheau & Wetherbe, 2005)....

The paper "The Spirit of the Liturgy by Ratzinger" highlights that the music of Christian worship relates to the events of God's saving mercy and revolves around the fulfillment of the Paschal Mystery.... It emphasizes God's love for man is expressed in the Word which is sung in the liturgy.... ... ...

This literature review "The Airport Planning and Development Process" discusses The Airport planning and Development Process (APDP) that provides an ideal link between different institutions of the airport, human resources and traffic flow processes and co-ordinates the activities between these three entities to improve the overall efficiency of the airport....

In the paper 'Spider-Man: The Venom Factor' the author discusses a fictional character in the book of Diane.... The character was created with the powers and strengths given to it which could not be found naturally.... The character has some additional powers to fight with most of the criminals.... ...

This paper "PImagine a Post-Development Era by Escobar" states post-development appears to be an abstract ideology, presenting potential development interventions but fails to show how they could aid in implementing future progress in 'Third World' countries.... ... ... ... Development is characterized by numerous theories, including globalization, modernization, world systems, and dependency....

This essay "Virtue Ethics in Christianity" discusses the nature and potential of virtue ethics to the modern Christian church and its relation to Protestants' tradition of bible interpretation.... Christians deem the actions and teachings of the church as of right.... Protestants share in this belief....

The author of this text presents a review of the movie entitled "Snatch".... Thus, it is stated here that this article primarily explains how the marginalized characters in the movie, Snatch, find their survival tactics in London.... These characters include the Blacks, Poor, Jewish, American and Pikies....

This literature review "Foundations of Comparative Politics" discusses comparative politics that refers to the systematic study or examination and comparison of global political systems.... It does this by expounding on the differences between and similarities among countries.... ...

The author of the paper will begin with the statement that first published in 2005, the book "Que Onda?... Urban Youth Culture and Border Identity" has been created by contemporary era Mexican professor and feminist writer Cynthia L.... Bejarano.... ... ... ... The book serves as a comparative analysis of the traits and customs observed by the people belonging to divergent ethnic and racial groups and communities residing in the USA....

This literature review "English in Every Mouth: The Positive, Negative and Possible" discusses modern society that does not give room for black and white answers.... The prominence of English as a global language does not necessarily have to be restricted as just a good or a bad thing....

The level of IT expertise used in the organisations depends upon their type; however, there are certain basic tools which are used.... ... ... It is because they are general purpose software tools and ease the way normal operations are carried out in the organisations.... Not only organisations, but also the individuals get benefit from the software tools. ...

The present book report entitled "Resistor Manufacture and Optimization" concerns resistors that are the most commonly used electric circuit component.... According to the text, the resistor is a passive component, which is burdened with regulating voltages and currents.... ... ... ... Although common, the resistor can be manufactured in numerous ways....

The paper "Offensive-Neorealism as the International Political Theory" discusses that Hay considers neorealism as one of the 'lenses through which contemporary trends might be interpreted' (291).... He further argues that it brings interesting and important issues into focus.... ... ... ... The offensive-neorealist theory resolves many problems in many other theories such as standard neorealist theory and enhances its explanatory range and power....

This essay discusses the book review American Families Past and Present: Social Perspectives on Transformations by Susan M.... Ross.... It analyses the opportunity of having a better perception of the relationship that exists between family life and other social institutions.... .... ... ... Dr....

This paper 'Consequences of Pragmatism' explains certain philosophical aspects that determine human actions and propose solutions from different schools of thought such as the Platonic school of thought and the realist school of thought.... The author focuses however is on the pragmatist school of thought....

The paper "Analysis of Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston" highlights that Zora Neale Hurston seeks to examine the fate of the few who dare to rise above the stereotypes and shows the reader how society chooses to alienate and even slander them for their effort.... ... ... ... Generally speaking, black women writers like Zora Hurston and Alice walker were profoundly influenced by the social-cultural realities of their time and in their writings, they sought to inspire women to break the barriers to their intellectual, personal sexual and economic growth by the society (Bloom 232)....

The paper "The Civil Rights Movements within the African-American Community" discusses that the church leaders played a significant role as they led civil rights movements especially as the forefront leaders of the civil rights movement through the clergy or lay church leaders.... .... ... ... More significantly, the church leaders played a major role in educating the community as they led civil rights movements against unfriendly treatment which was against their teaching as they viewed lack of respect for the individual civil right as immoral and their prohibition of the act as an example of moral resentment....

The paper "Comparative Visual Analysis - Rebel without a Cause Movie " describes that technically, the film Rebel Without a Cause is one of those films which explicitly portrayed the distinct gender roles between boys and girls in American society.... ... ... ... Ideas related to juvenile delinquency and behavioral dissonance contained in the film would later set the stage for widespread behavioral dissonance for American teenage boys....

The paper "Planning Issues in Julie and Julia" describes that the film explores the social stereotyping in Julia's period as well as the fast-paced urbanization of Julie's times thereby showing the reality of the planning cultures and its contributions in shaping the individuals' lives.... ... ... ...

The paper "Every Twelve Seconds - Industrialized Slaughter and the Politics of Sight by Pachirat" presents is a critique of the various questions that tie into the aspects of killing.... The book projects a searchlight into some of the problematic issues that concern the killing of animals.... ... ...