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The Ladies Roles in Byrons The Corsair
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Romantic literature was primarily a reaction against the loss of the ‘venerable woman' of a nostalgically idealized Golden Age of being, yet some authors, such as Byron, were willing to allow that perhaps this Golden Age wasn't as pure as it was painted and that women, like men, were often products of an enforced exterior concept rather than a natural being.... A Guide to the Study of literature: A Companion Text for Core Studies 6, Landmarks of literature....
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Ozicks The Shawl: Faith, Voice, and Free Will
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literature and Psychology 1 & 2 (1994): 1-9.... literature Resource Center.... Encyclopedia of Jewish-American literature.... This book report "Ozick's 'The Shawl': Faith, Voice, and Free Will" describes the plot of these stories, main characters, main theme and the use of stylistic devices, the role of author and uniqueness of these papers....
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Studying Amistad History Through Print or Film Mediums
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Notably, both literature and film have their advantages and shortcomings in depicting these historical events.... However, literature prevails over the film in learning and study of detailed and accurate chronological narration of events in history.... The Advantages/Disadvantages of Studying the Amistad History through Print/Film Mediums Using the mediums of literature and film to learn major documented historic events has both advantages and disadvantages....
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Gender and Popular Fiction
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Genre has mainly typological functions and its principal task is to divide the world of literature into classes, naming each of the types the same way as a botanist divides the realm of plants into variations in order to classify them.... This is seen in literature whose broadest division is between poetry, prose, and drama, within which further divisions are recognized, such as comedy and tragedy within the realm of drama.... Robert Stam (2000) has his own way of categorizing films, pointing out that other genres are borrowed from literature such as comedy and melodrama or from another medium such as the musical....
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Analysis of Fundamental Theology
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The book of Revelation fits in with a style of literature that was quite popular in that day called apocalyptic literature.... Through these visions to John, Jesus took a popular style of literature in that day and used it to express everlasting truths....
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Dante: Divine Comedy
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Dante Alighieri's (1265-1321) Divine Comedy has been considered as the single most fundamental epic poem of Italian literature and the prominence of this illustrious piece has crossed the boundaries of the land, people, and literature to be known as one of the essential pieces of world literature.... ante Alighieri's (1265-1321) Divine Comedy has been considered as the single most fundamental epic poem of Italian literature and the prominence of this illustrious piece has crossed the boundaries of the land, people, and literature to be known as one of the most essential pieces of world literature....
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Anti-Semitism in Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice
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raversi, Derek, 'Shakespeare: the young dramatist and the poet, in The New Pelican Guide to English literature, Vol.... A Critical History of English literature.... The New Pelican Guide to English literature, Vol.... From the paper "Anti-Semitism in Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice", the character of Shylock has always raised questions about the anti-Semitic content of Shakespeare's play....
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Racial and Cultural Stereotypes
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The author of the following paper "Racial and Cultural Stereotypes" will begin with the statement that literature has always been social-focused and the social themes have often been given pertinent focus in literary works throughout literary history.... The Racial and Cultural Stereotypes evident in Daisy Miller and Where Angels Fear to Tread literature has always been social focused and the social themes have often been given pertinent focus in literary works throughout the literary history....
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Analysis of Poems by John Keats and Emily Bronte
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Both the classical giants of literature have captured the attention of the coming generations.... Being the simple and rhythmic poem containing the theme of spirituality and divine love makes it one of the masterpieces of the English literature forever.... Both the classical giants of literature have captured the attention of the coming generations of the globe by their works, which are source of constant and continuous inspiration and stimulation for both readers and the writers at large....
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Karnak Cafe and The Day the Leader Was Killed by Naguib Mahfouz
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This literature review "Karnak Cafe and The Day the Leader Was Killed by Naguib Mahfouz" compares the two nowels.... Works Cited Cachia, Pierre, Arabic literature: An Overview, Routledge Curzon, 2002 El-Enany, Rasheed, Naquib Mahfouz: the pursuit of meaning, Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2005 Mahfouz, Karnak Cafe, Anchor, 2008.... Mahfouz, The Day the Leader Was Killed, Anchor, Later printing edition, June 6, 2000 Somekh, Sasson, Genre and Language in Modern Arabic literature: Studies in Arabic Language and literature, Volume I....
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Interdependence of Characters within their Circumstances
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Elements of literature Order No.... obert DiYanni in his scholarly book ‘literature: Reading Fiction, Poetry, Drama, and the Essay (1997)' provides the reasons for the basic need which drives people to read, be it prose, poetry, essays, plays, or any of the genres which constitute this infinite creative process.... iYanni, Robert (1997) literature: Reading Fiction, Poetry, Drama and the Essay,McGraw-Hill....
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Charlotte Perkins Gilmans' Herland and Arthur Millers' Death of a Salesman
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However, these thoughts fail to capture the role of literature, in the dispensation of reforms.... The place and role of literature are seen in the political, social, and political themes that grace literary works.... However, these thoughts fail to capture the place and role of literature, in the dispensation of reforms.... The place and role of literature is seen in the political, social and political themes that grace literary works....
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Key Factors to Be Considered by Management When Deciding upon a Particular Capital Structure
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The paper 'Key Factors to Be Considered by Management When Deciding upon a Particular Capital Structure' is an inspiring example of a finance & accounting literature review.... The current state of literature of theoretical and empirical literature does not provide a single, comprehensive answer to the problem of capital structure decisions and the aspects, which influence them.... Despite a wealth of literature on the topic, all factors affecting capital structure decisions can be roughly divided into three main categories....
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Efficient Market Hypothersis
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The paper 'Efficient Market Hypothesis' is a pertinent example of a macro & microeconomics literature review.... eminal literature ... In the 1960s, individuals such as Fama and Paul Samuelson further advanced this theory; Cooter (1964) published a collection of work, including Bachlier's study and the random walk model in a seminal collection of literature.... While there is a substantial amount of analytical literature supporting behavioral models on market change, the issue is complicated by questions concerning the extent that such indicators fall outside of the realms of efficient market theory....
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Understanding Raymond Carver
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of the of the Short stories – Theme and Symbolism Short stories are very short in length when compared to other popular forms of written literature.... Backpack literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, Drama, and Writing (3rd Edition).... Understanding Raymond Carver (Understanding Contemporary American literature) ....
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The Epic of Gilgamesh as Translated by Andrew George
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his work has a right of place in the world's literature, wrote Nancy Sandars (1972), not only because it precedes the Homeric epic by at least one and a half thousand years, but also because of the quality and character of the story that they tell - a mixture of pure adventure, of morality, and of tragedy.... here are several variations to the Epic of Gilgamesh particularly in the literature of the Hittite, Hurrian, Canaanite, Sumerian and Assyrian.... ll in all, the Epic of Gilgamesh is a testament that literature and any other cultural artifact respond to the political, socio-economic and spiritual movements in the society where it is being produced....
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Passion of Christ as a Religious Controversial Film
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The similarity proves that Jesus did exist, in the film and the literature where people devoted to him with the conviction that he was a central figure that lives to provide salvation. ... The scenes of violence move people emotionally contrarily to the literature in New Testament.... Catholics, Protestant, and Jewish theologians, clergy, and believers study the film at the onset and find it to be historically inaccurate, unfaithful to Biblical literature, and biased against the Jews....
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Social Class Theories and Consumer Behaviour
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Social Theories and Consumer Behaviour Introduction The social science literature was determined to be persistently dominated by two kinds of images of consumers.... In this regard, Pierre Bourdieu introduced the concept of ‘habitus' which gained significant importance over the time in sociological literature related to human action theories.... urmaz and Taşdemir (2014) indicated that between 1950s and 1960, importance of social class in marketing literature protruded like never before....
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Comparison of the Novel and the Film Adaptation of Disgrace
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POST-COLONIAL literature ... ost-Colonial literature ... ?? World literature Today 78.... This movie review "Comparison of the Novel and the Film Adaptation of Disgrace" discusses Steve Jacobs and writer Anna-Maria Monticelli who have succeeded in making a film from John Maxwell Coetzee's prize-winning novel Disgrace with John Malkovich taking the role of the main character....
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Carcinogenesis and Cancer Treatment Resistance
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Nature reviews Cancer, 2, 277-288.... Chemical reviews, 109, 2880.... The author of the following paper "Carcinogenesis and Cancer Treatment Resistance" will begin with the statement that Cellular DNA was once considered to be an inert substance, however, current molecular knowledge and research have developed considerably....
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Risk Management Process - Benefits, Limitations
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4) Making Right Decisions The decision committee then reviews the control options and implements those which reduce the possibility of risks to minimum.... The paper "Risk Management Process - Benefits, Limitations" highlights that it is a misconception that risk management will eliminate any kind of risks to the project....
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Road to Brown: Brown versus Board of Education as a Fight for Racial Desegregation
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The reviews take place in Chester County, South Carolina, where the population of students in a high school is half-white and half-black.... The Road to Brown highlights the historical struggle to desegregate education systems in the US.... This reflection paper will try to show that the road to achieving desegregation in the United States started earlier....
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An Important Tool for Understanding and Managing Goal-Oriented Organisational Behaviours
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According to Shore et al (2009), different forms of diversity evoke different perceptions or attributions which in turn affect organisational processes such as recruitment, promotion, delegation of tasks or work roles and performance reviews among many other organisational processes.... Alternatively, managers may show more leniency towards elderly employees than younger employees in the course of performance reviews or when taking disciplinary action (Weiss & Maurer 2004)....
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In the Garden of Beasts by Erik Larson
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Date In the Garden of Beasts Eric Larson in his popular book in the garden of the beast depicts a highly nostalgic experience of the world history.... The book strives to establish the efforts made by the German to rebuild their country after the world war two.... ... ... ... It appreciates the need that Germany was one of the countries that suffered the detrimental effects of the First and the Second World War more so following the signing of the Versailles treaty....
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Network Movie Critique
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This survey reviews the film with a view of showing what blame every player stated here plays in destroying television.... The review "Network Movie Critique" focuses on the critical analysis of the major issues in the movie Network.... The reality of networks in television programming is only gaining more roots in our society, with talk shows earning the most popularity in ratings....
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Edgar Allen Poe's The Cask Of Amontillado
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Review "Edgar Allen Poe's The Cask Of Amontillado" focuses on our subconscious in the form of sleep and dreaming and how after a period of time the narrator's salvation comes through the harnessing of the power of reason.... ... .... ... ... In Edger Allan Poe's short story The Cask Of Amontillado, although it is only three pages long, we can see a miniature all the elements that Edger Allan Poe repeatedly uses in all of the stories and poems....
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Comparison of the characters in Sleepy Hollow
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?? literature Film Quarterly 31.... ?? literature Film Quarterly 31.... ?? literature Film Quarterly 31.... The signing of the will should signify calmness because of the preparation for the future, and yet the music that plays diegetically produces a suspenseful mood, which serves as the foreshadowing of the horror genre of the story....
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The Country of the Blind by H.G. Wells
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literature Resource Center.... Cult – Cultural Studies and literature> Retrieved from> http://zenfloyd.... literature Resource Center.... The paper "The Country of the Blind by H.... .... Wells" analyzes this story that reveals the underlying necessity in human nature to have a faith in myths....
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The Millenial Novel Caucasia
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Brooks (2005), literature and racial ambiguity.... Beaulieu (2006), Writing African American women: an encyclopedia of literature by and about women of color.... literature and culture.... This book review "The Millenial Novel Caucasia" focuses on Caucasia, a tale of a withering family....
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The National Service Framework for Older People
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However, the literature fails to indicate if all elderly populations were represented, such as the homeless, the disabled and ethnic minority groups.... For example, there has been an increase in literature that actively investigates the effectiveness of falls prevention programmes (Tolley & Atwal, 2003).... This literature will contribute to future refinements of the NSF document....
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The Analysis of the Who Killed Homer
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Victor Davis Hanson is Hellenist (expert in Greek language and literature) and John Hanson is Latinist (a specialist in Latin language).... The paper "The Analysis of the Who Killed Homer" discusses Victor Davis Hanson and John Heath's book on classical education, which strongly supports Greek and Roman teaching practices and their tradition, which were, in fact, the distinctive characteristics of Western civilization....
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Poetry of Robert Creeley
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Throughout his poem, Creeley uses the technical tools of literature such as language, imagery, and tone to make his point clear.... In the essay 'Poetry of Robert Creeley,' the author analyzes Robert Creeley's poem 'A Marriage' to illustrate the concept that marriage represents the end of love....
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Synopsis of the Republic
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Socrates allows only literature in people's education.... The presents 'Synopsis of the Republic' focuses on 'The Republic' by Plato which is a unique attempt to configure the political life of people with the idea of a state named 'Republic'.... It never exists.... Rather it is conjured up by the fictional characters in the book....
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Answer questions after read the one chapter
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In essence, some of the Rose studying literature and poetry at UCLA Q1.... According to Rose, “sociolinguistic gaffes” refers to incorrect use of certain words in a sentence, appearing in a transcript while inappropriately used leading to a pragmatic failure in their use.... In actuality, sociolinguistic gaffes, as used by Rose, is a form of....
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A Modest Proposal by Swift
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The present book report under the title "A Modest Proposal by Swift" dwells on the collection from 'A Modest Proposal' where Swift commences by conferring the dire poverty, which seems rampant in Ireland plus hints of how the situation of the country cannot be helped by mighty England.... ... ... ...
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The Humanistic Tradition Volume I: Prehistory to the Early Modern World
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It is the duty of the student of literature/history or for that matter, any subject, to get familiarized with the concepts, by interacting with the knowledgeable people well-versed in such subjects and as for vocabulary, the meaning of words is available in the dictionary and it is a fascinating experience to learn new words....
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State of War: The Violent Order of Fourteenth-Century Japan
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For instance, the way that the author has explained the service of Nomoto Tomyuki in the military is an almost exact replica of what was happening in the 14th century, in addition, the statistics that the author has presented in the second chapter goes to emphasise the violence that was being experienced in the region....
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Secret of Green Businesses Popularity
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The paper 'Secret of Green Businesses' Popularity' is an inspiring example of a business literature review.... The paper 'Secret of Green Businesses' Popularity' is an inspiring example of a business literature review.... Environmental pollution and other statistics are alarming and have called for immediate action by authorities all over the world....
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The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin
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Though women were considered to be the weaker sex, statistics show that women have a greater tolerance than men and live for a longer period than men.... The writer of the paper 'The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin' states that the book can definitely be taken as an example of women stereotypes of the 1800s and her protagonist Louise Mallard represents all those women who were suppressed and repressed because they were not given a voice in society....
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Sicko: Rhetorical Analysis
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To make his point, Moore gives statistics showing that Americans have lower a lower life expectancy rate than most countries, with the highest infant mortality rate among developed countries.... This review discusses the film "Sicko" by Michael Moore.... The film aims at elucidating how dismally the American healthcare system performs, as compared to the universal system of providing healthcare services used in Cuba, Canada, Britain, and France....
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Ethnicity in America
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According to national figures and statistics, every fourth person in New York alone belongs to India or some country around it.... Jon Gjerde's book titled Major Problems in American Immigration and Ethnic History is a story of a society determined to rise out of the dredges of the disadvantages of diversity so as to achieve unity in all its quarters as it strives to retain its right to be different....
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Formative Assessment
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Date Formative Assessment For those in the social service profession, the ability to accurately assess the particulars of a given case is vital, most especially in those cases where children are concerned.... The social worker must be able to give a fair, unbiased, and accurate overview of the case situation to ensure that any decisions that will be made that can affect the child directly will be made with the child's best interests in mind....
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Critique of Cohn
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A combination of these factors has made Hollywood, according to Cowen, a cultural imperialist, with more of the European revenues being directed to America's movie industry due to the huge audience of American films in Europe, yet America is not by statistics a leading maker of movies....
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Popcorn ball
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My business idea is the introduction of the popcorn ball that will replace the normal bowls and tins that are used to serve popcorn in the film theatres and during sporting events.... My management team will consist of individuals who understand how to market the popcorn ball and.... ... ... I am uniquely qualified to make this business a success because I have the marketing and management skills in the business....
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The Lessons from The Fog of War
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e was extremely wise and intelligent, had a great hungriness and a keen eye for proof and statistics.... "The Lessons from The Fog of War" paper focuses on The Fog of War, a documentary film that concentrates on filmmaker and documentarian Errol Morris' chronicles on the Former United States Secretary of Defense Robert Strange McNamara together with his opinions, reflections, and the lessons....
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The Meanings of Wars
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And as they cited stories after stories of loss statistics that would now stagger the imagination, one could see not numbers on paper but silhouettes of human bodies serving as “bloody rugs” at the end of conflict.... This essay explores the evolving ideologies of modern wars and the consequences on humanity....
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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow By Washington Irving
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Even though the plot is created in an American background, it clearly shows influences of late-eighteenth and early-nineteenth century European cultural movements: a gothic literature featuring supernatural apparitions and a broader romantic movement characterized by an emphasis on imagination over reason, an attraction to the marvelous, and a longing for the legendary past.... ne of the great themes of American literature and American folklore is the clash between the city and the country, between civilization and the wilderness....
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The Yellow Wallpaper by C.P. Gilman and the Concepts Developed by Jacques Lacan
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The paper "The Yellow Wallpaper by C.... .... Gilman and the concepts developed by Jacques Lacan" takes a closer look at the plot in the Gilman's story, which depicts the descent of its heroine into madness, and tries to establish links between 'The Yellow Wallpaper' and the concepts developed by Jacques Lacan....
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Paradise of the Blind by Duong Thu Huong
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Paradise of the Blind literature can reveal a great deal of information about a culture because of the way in which the main characters grow and develop through the course of the story.... In the paper 'Paradise of the Blind by Duong Thu Huong' the author discusses the novel by Duong Thu Huong who explores the development of a Vietnamese girl's formation of identity and self-realization as she grows up in the traditional countryside and social progression as she moves into the future and embraces modern ideas....
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Analysis of Goodfellas Film
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To ready themselves for their responsibilities in the movie, all the actors often opened discussions with Pileggi, who provided the literature content that was hived off from the book.... Film as literature: Two screenplays.... literature Film Quarterly, 23(1), 79. ...
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