«Human beings are not inherently desirous of war and destruction. Antithetically, their basal concern is preservation preservation of land, property, rights, religion, and life. War has no innate locale in the souls of man; it is a device, and many...» Document abstract
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SummaryHuman beings are not inherently desirous of war and destruction. Antithetically, their basal concern is preservation preservation of land, property, rights, religion, and life. War has no innate locale in the souls of man; it is a device, and many consider it flawed in nature and profoundly negative. Agatha Christie believed “that war settles nothing; to win a war is as disastrous as to lose one” (Christie). Immanuel Kant’s Perpetual Peace highlights the state of war on Earth. Even when war is dormant; it exists. Does it need to? Ideal diplomacy would be characterized by ethical and pragmatic relationships with consideration of the common goal preserving the human race. Traditional logic suggests peaceful climate is necessary to preserve the human race, not the destruction associated with war. Kant argues that “The state of peace among men living side by side is not the natural state (status naturalist); the natural state is one of war” (Kant 2). Humans will transition from the state of war to perpetual peace when ready, when perpetual peace becomes natural, when intellect creates mechanisms to properly harness human nature; until then, that mechanism is war.
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- Human Nature in a Relative World.
- Human behavior and Isaac Newton's Third Law.
- Human nature has complicated characteristics.
- Society directs less attention outside the proverbial box.
- The fusion of malleable human emotions with an ideologically diluted society.
- The State of War.
- An Intellectual Transition.
- The Republic is separate from all institutions of government.
- The need to protect life, survival, is the human emotion truly fundamental over others.
«Tennyson’s “The Lady of Shalott” is the story of an isolated woman who breaks free of her prison in order to enter the world around her. Through the use of vivid imagery and the strategic placement of words and phrases within the narrative structure...» Document abstract
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SummaryTennyson’s “The Lady of Shalott” is the story of an isolated woman who breaks free of her prison in order to enter the world around her. Through the use of vivid imagery and the strategic placement of words and phrases within the narrative structure of the poem, Tennyson builds a feeling of isolation and frustration within the Lady as well as the reader. As Tennyson contrasts the isolated life of the Lady of Shalott with the energy and vibrancy of Camelot, his story becomes an excellent example of Keats’ idea of soul making.
Key Words- Camelot, island of Shalott, magic mirror, Soulmaking.
Key Words- Camelot, island of Shalott, magic mirror, Soulmaking.
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- The opening stanza of 'The Lady of Shalott' immediately creates a sense of distance.
- In addition to the language of the poem Tennyson uses the structure of the poem to further the contrast.
- Unlike the other knights mentioned by Tennyson, Lancelot is riding alone.
- Lancelot is accepting and recognizing the Lady of Shalott as a person.
- Keats viewed this ‘vale of Soulmaking' as a necessary part of the human experience.
«It’s a 1st person narrative through Alex’s eyes. The first 3-4 pages are used in describing the ‘Korova Milk Bar’ and its inhabitants. It sells milk laced with drugs. It appears that he is the leader in a gang. There is a brief description of...» Document abstract
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SummaryIt’s a 1st person narrative through Alex’s eyes. The first 3-4 pages are used in describing the ‘Korova Milk Bar’ and its inhabitants. It sells milk laced with drugs. It appears that he is the leader in a gang. There is a brief description of the members in his gang. He seems to be the mastermind of the gang, he also have greater intelligence than the rest of the group. Particular detail is payed to their clothing style which is quite radical. No references have been made to Alex’s personal details yet.
Keywords: Journal entry,Droog
Keywords: Journal entry,Droog
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- Journal Entry 1 (10/03/07).
- Journal Entry 2 Character List .
- Journal Entry 3 Language translation.
- Journal Entry 4 Alex's relationship with his family.
- Journal Entry 5 Burgess' account of prison life.
- Journal Entry 6 The description of the actual treatment.
- Journal Entry 7 Alex's ongoing relationship with Beethoven's music.
- Journal Entry 8 Alex, now free, faces the harsh realities of life.
«Mikhail Bakhtin is a philosopher and theorist who defies easy categorization. He has been associated with Marxist Literary critics, Russian Formalists and structuralists. While he has elements in common with all three, he also differs greatly from...» Document abstract
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SummaryMikhail Bakhtin is a philosopher and theorist who defies easy categorization. He has been associated with Marxist Literary critics, Russian Formalists and structuralists. While he has elements in common with all three, he also differs greatly from them in fundamental ways. His works and theories have become almost a category unto themselves, and their influence stretch across many disciplines and subjects. His most influential ideas in the area of literature concern the novel.
Bakhtin reconceived the way the novel is analyzed. Rejecting traditional stylistics based on poetry, he conceived the novel as the intersection of various strata within a language. The novel, according to Bakhtin, best represented how language in society actually worked; meaning is relative, provisional and situational, individual speech is influenced by what has been said before and what will come after.
Bakhtin reconceived the way the novel is analyzed. Rejecting traditional stylistics based on poetry, he conceived the novel as the intersection of various strata within a language. The novel, according to Bakhtin, best represented how language in society actually worked; meaning is relative, provisional and situational, individual speech is influenced by what has been said before and what will come after.
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- Bakhtin reconceived the way the novel is analyzed.
- Mikhail Mikhailovich Bakhtin was born in 1895 in Orel.
- Bakhtin's theories about literature place him somewhat in a category all his own.
- Heteroglossia represents the 'centrifugal' forces at work within a language.
- Bakhtin's treatment of the word is a direct repudiation of traditional stylistics.
- This stress placed by Bakhtin upon the social context.
- This desire to be one's own boss reflects an urge within society.
- A linguistic stratum that has a more realistic feel when used by Marlowe is that of the criminal underworld.
- Upon encountering Bakhtin, it was thought that here at last was a literary theory based around the novel.
«During the first half of the twentieth century, the United States, along with much of the world, saw great strides made in the feminist movement. The rights of and respect toward women were beginning to take an upward momentum, and at the same...» Document abstract
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SummaryDuring the first half of the twentieth century, the United States, along with much of the world, saw great strides made in the feminist movement. The rights of and respect toward women were beginning to take an upward momentum, and at the same time, traditional ideas of masculine infallibility and superiority were being brought down. Literature, as always, had its finger on the pulse of this social change, and many authors chose to write about not just the women gaining power, but the men losing it.
Keywords: F. Scott Fitzgerald, Babylon Revisited, Bowman
Keywords: F. Scott Fitzgerald, Babylon Revisited, Bowman
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- Being unseated from a position of power and control was not new to literature.
- In Babylon Revisited, Charlie has a dubious past of living a life of excess.
- In order to get Honoria back, Charlie must convince Marion and Lincoln.
- The next day he returns to the house to take Honoria away.
- But things don't improve after retreating to his wife.
- Before Sonny arrives, Bowman reflects that he has a fear of the unknown.
- Bowman tries to regain his masculinity twice, by trying to provide something in return.
- It seems that the common thread with these three characters is that they brought it on themselves.
«Ernest Hemingway’s first collection of stories, In Our Time, published in 1925, was heavily influenced by his then friend Sherwood Anderson’s 1919 collection Winesburg, Ohio. The most notable difference in the times in which the stories are set is...» Document abstract
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SummaryErnest Hemingway’s first collection of stories, In Our Time, published in 1925, was heavily influenced by his then friend Sherwood Anderson’s 1919 collection Winesburg, Ohio. The most notable difference in the times in which the stories are set is Winesburg, Ohio is set before World War I, and In Our Time is set just after. The result of this is a feeling of potential in Anderson’s work, and a feeling of hopelessness in Hemingway’s. Anderson’s characters are amusing in their ridiculous grotesqueness, such as Alice Hindman’s drastic naked run through the streets to cure her loneliness, or Elmer Cowley’s sudden unexplainable violent outbursts to show the world he “ain’t so queer”. Though these stories are tragic, they are not as tragic as Hemingway’s which take the innocence of youth and break it down before the readers eyes, directly through tragedy, in which the final result is the death of that innocence. Both collections feature different stories about different characters, but they also keep coming back to a central character, George Willard in Winesburg, Ohio, and Nick Adams in Our Time.
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- The parental figures in Winesburg, Ohio are what Anderson refers to as grotesques.
- What they ultimately want, Elizabeth to escape and Tom to become more important is why they try to push George to.
- The idea of the child fulfilling the dreams of the parents does not appear again in Winesburg, Ohio.
- She is essentially failing in her duties as a parent, believing in a very set pattern of scolding.
- Ernest Hemingway's family dynamics have a distinctively different aim than Anderson?s.
- His attempt to look away is Nick trying to hold on to that safe level of ignorance that all children have their innocence.
- The father seems reluctant at first to pull the wool from his son's eyes.
- When Krebs and his mother talk about the war, it is clear that the atrocities he has witnessed have come between them.
«In books 5 and 6 of Plato’s Republic, the issue of who should rule society is addressed. Through out the dialogue, the character Socrates makes several arguments for the intelligence, virtue and worth of philosophers as people and as potential...» Document abstract
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SummaryIn books 5 and 6 of Plato’s Republic, the issue of who should rule society is addressed. Through out the dialogue, the character Socrates makes several arguments for the intelligence, virtue and worth of philosophers as people and as potential rulers. In this paper I will examine his arguments for granting “philosopher kings” ruler ship of society. I will provide criticisms for these arguments and examine those criticisms by reapplying the ideas of Plato. I will conclude with my arguments for and against the theory of kings as philosophers and philosophers as kings.
Keywords: Glaucon, guardians of the city
Keywords: Glaucon, guardians of the city
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- Socrates states that in order to understand justice, it is first necessary to see it at work in the city.
- Glaucon asks Socrates to defend this argument.
- Socrates explains that the true philosophers are indeed the epitome of virtue as well as knowledge.
- Socrates goes state that there are so few people who actually 'consort with philosophy in a way that is worthy of her.?
- Socrates returns to the idea of the guardians of the city.
- Socrates goes to great lengths to explain the supreme value of the philosophic nature, or the philosophic soul.
- Socrates states that philosophers do not opine, they know.
- The conditioning of the citizens from birth would also play a role in preventing corruption.
- The issue of whether or not philosophers are more easily corrupted than most people can only be evaluated under hypothetical circumstances.
«Throughout the 19th century, the Irish were leaving Ireland by the thousands in hope of a better life in America. During the famine the numbers intensified, bringing large amounts of poor and destitute families over to the growing American cities of...» Document abstract
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SummaryThroughout the 19th century, the Irish were leaving Ireland by the thousands in hope of a better life in America. During the famine the numbers intensified, bringing large amounts of poor and destitute families over to the growing American cities of New York, Philadelphia, Boston and Chicago. But in the years following the famine, a change in the demographic of Irish emigrants occurred: over the years female Irish emigrants began to outnumber male emigrants. Young women arrived on American shores looking for employment, the opportunities to start families and an overall better life for themselves. In this paper I address the questions of women’s lives after emigration. Were women’s lives generally improved after starting over in America, or were the challenges more numerous than the benefits and improvements?
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- Debate over the initial reasons for the mass emigration of women following the great famine of the 1840s.
- Female emigration from Ireland exceeded male emigration by 82,000 between the years of 1880 and 1920.
- In Diner's book, she tends to argue that women left Ireland chiefly for economic reasons.
- America and its cities certainly did offer employment to young Irish women.
- Miller's paper, 'over 70% of employed Irish born women in the United States were engaged in domestic or personal service.?
- The majority of young women that immigrated to America in the 19th century found good jobs and husbands.
- Alcoholism was also a problem for Irish women and men alike.
- The social problems of Irish women in America were great.
«The past can be a daunting thing. From personal memory to history at large, the past has the power to bury those unable to establish a healthy relationship with it. One can easily become trapped – paralyzed – in the past through guilt, regret, or...» Document abstract
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SummaryThe past can be a daunting thing. From personal memory to history at large, the past has the power to bury those unable to establish a healthy relationship with it. One can easily become trapped – paralyzed – in the past through guilt, regret, or nostalgia, emotions generated based upon socially-constructed ideological frameworks of absolutes. James Joyce's novel, Ulysses, represents an ideal relationship with the past in its narrative, its structure, and its form, a relationship in which history acts as a base from which to build a future. By presenting the paralyzing dangers of becoming trapped in history and highlighting how one might grow towards the future while maintaining a relationship with the past through the character of Leopold Bloom, his relationship with Stephen Dedalus, and the experimental, multi-styled form of the novel itself, Ulysses combines numerous elements which add up to something radically new, but something deeply grounded in the work and history of the past.
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- The novel opens on Stephen Dedalus, protagonist of Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man.
- The novel of Ulysses goes to great lengths to portray absolute value systems.
- The novel also looks down upon a complete ignorance of the past and a lack of any sort of regret.
- Besides his strong relationship with the past, Bloom is also an extremely forward-thinking individual.
- More than just the narrative of Ulysses , however, presents this ideal relationship with the past.
- Joyce wrote and came of age in the time of the Irish Literary Revival.
«The adage “history repeats itself,” like many adages, sometimes seem disingenuous; they are neatly packaged concepts that lack any definitive details that would give one a context to consider them properly. In Corregidora, there is an expansion of...» Document abstract
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SummaryThe adage “history repeats itself,” like many adages, sometimes seem disingenuous; they are neatly packaged concepts that lack any definitive details that would give one a context to consider them properly. In Corregidora, there is an expansion of this idea of history and repetition. Gayl Jones uses a variety of catalysts to examine how the past manifests and affects characters in the present. These catalysts – the historical, biological, and reproductive contexts – tend to focus on the unwanted and uncalculated consequences of internalization.
Keywords: Ursa, Ann duCille, Ethical Ambiguities, Living the Legacy
Keywords: Ursa, Ann duCille, Ethical Ambiguities, Living the Legacy
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- Early in the story Ursa discovers the nature of internalization of the past.
- That is not to say that she is not justified in wanting to have a record of Corregidora's tyranny.
- Further in the text Ursa has dreams that hybridize the Corregidora stories and events in her life.
- The historical phantoms emerge first with Mutt, and their sexual encounters.
- I had originally thought it a falsehood to draw relationships between rape/torture/slavery and Ursa's so-called consensual encounters.
- The repetition of the historical phantoms in Corregidora shows the traumatic effects of forced internalization.
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