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  • Modernism in the Great Gatsby

    Modernism in the Great Gatsby

    INTRODUCTION What is real? In a modernist point of view the world shouldn’t be called reality. But if the world isn’t reality what is it then? What is reality in modernism? Modernism is a rejection of realism, which believed that science will save the world and where notion of science and social determinism is idealized. In modernism, science explains everything, which took away all the power of God, He became useless. In a way, life

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    Submitted: January 24, 2010 By: Mikki
  • Bill Tytla and Robert McKimson

    Bill Tytla and Robert McKimson

    Robert McKimson and Bill Tytla are legends in the world of animation. While both artists have left an impressive legacy, they differed greatly in style and personality. McKimson (1911-1977) created some of Warner Brothers’ most memorable cartoon characters, such as Speedy Gonzalez, Foghorn Leghorn, and the Tasmanian Devil. Although he is considered as a �brilliant’ animator by film historians, he has also been referred to as an �uninspired’ director (Robert). Nevertheless, his work with two

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    Submitted: January 26, 2010 By: Fatih
  • Modernism

    Modernism

    Modernism Modernism is a period which is both progressive and optimistic.The Modern period starts with the Renaissance for historians.It’s stem �’Modern’’,comes from the Latin which means �’current’’.It is a cultural movement which involves changes in art,architecture,music and literature: �’… the vast majority of attempts to offer alternative modes of representation in literature,music,painting,film and architecturefrom the middle of the 19th century to the middle of 20th century have been termed modernist’’(Childs 6) It is a period

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    Submitted: January 26, 2010 By: Yan
  • Comparison of Robert Burns' "a Red, Red Rose" and Christina Rosetti's "a Birthday"

    Comparison of Robert Burns' "a Red, Red Rose" and Christina Rosetti's "a Birthday"

    Comparison of Robert Burns' "A Red, Red Rose" and Christina Rosetti's "A Birthday" Though the subject of both Robert Burns' "A Red, Red Rose" and Christina Rosetti's "A Birthday" is love, the tone, diction, and form of each underline the different themes. The theme of the Burns poem is the beautiful ardency of the lover saying farewell to his love, while the Rosetti poem focuses on the joyous feelings of lovers being reunited. Both poems

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    Submitted: January 27, 2010 By: Mike
  • Father Son Relationship in "reunion"

    Father Son Relationship in "reunion"

    Father-Son Relationship in “Reunion” As children we look up to our parents as role models, it is universal that we have the need to have them in our lives, to feel loved by them. They are the people who should be responsible for our upbringing and in molding the way we are to be as adults. The role of a parent is not just providing food and shelter but also providing a good example.

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    Submitted: January 28, 2010 By: Steve
  • First They Killed My Father

    First They Killed My Father

    FIRST THEY KILLED MY FATHER -2 How many of us have ever experienced sorrow, true starvation and death; all by the age of nine? Is it even possible for us to comprehend the intensity of those emotions if we haven’t yet experienced them ourselves? Probably not. Yet this is the task Loung Ung had set upon. I believe she succeeded in providing us at least a ghost of those emotions by providing us an honest

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    Submitted: January 28, 2010 By: Venidikt
  • Godot: Modernity

    Godot: Modernity

    The age of modernity is normally characterized by the development of innovative transportation, technology, and communication in the early 1900s, but it is better defined as the transformation of literature from revolving around the “American dream” to exploring the depths of human nature and existence. This change, however, did not evoke an alteration to the expectations that an audience brings to a literary work. People who read novels and plays have a desire to be

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    Submitted: January 29, 2010 By: Mikki
  • Robert Frost Research Paper

    Robert Frost Research Paper

    Stripping Life to Form Robert Frost grew up in a state of turmoil. From his tumultuous childhood right up until his death, Frost was a character who could speak at Harvard and live on a farm in New Hampshire. He could dazzle the brightest students with poetic ingenious, but boil life down to, “It’s hard to get into this world and hard to get out of it. And what’s in between doesn’t make much sense.

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    Submitted: January 29, 2010 By: Fonta
  • Psychology - Life with (or Without) Father

    Psychology - Life with (or Without) Father

    What was the purpose of this study? This study had three purposes. The first purpose of this study was to better understand the effects of fathers’ antisocial behaviors have on their children while differentiating between those fathers who have very antisocial behavior with those that have very little. The second purpose was the find out if the effects of a father’s being in his child’s life was the same in every family. The third purpose

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    Submitted: January 29, 2010 By: Jessica
  • Modern Day Tricksters

    Modern Day Tricksters

    Dane Armstrong February 6, 2008 En 209-018 Modern Day Tricksters Since as far back as time was recorded there have been tales of people and mythological creatures playing "tricks" on others. These include stories of Manabozho and Wakdjunkaga, but today many of these tricksters are seen as characters in cartoons and movies. Some of the most famous are Bugs Bunny, The Mask, Ace Ventura, Wile E. Coyote, and Captain Jack Sparrow. Bugs Bunny is the

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    Submitted: January 29, 2010 By: Mike
  • “mending Wall” by Robert Frost

    “mending Wall” by Robert Frost

    In this poem, Frost imagines two neighbors who meet once a year to repair the rock wall that separates their orchards. In this situation, the wall is a metaphor for the relationship between two people. The fact that they are neighbors suggests that these two people are emotionally close to each other, and the wall is the expression of the emotional barricade that separates them. In the poem, the speaker wants to tear down

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    Submitted: January 30, 2010 By: Vika
  • Tony Soprano Vs the Modern Corporation

    Tony Soprano Vs the Modern Corporation

    1. Introduction 2. Tony Soprano: The CEO a. Planning b. Organizing c. Leading d. Controlling 3. Soprano “Family”: The Corporation a. Organization b. Operations Management c. Accounting d. Sales and Marketing 4. Internal and External Environment a. Internal Environment b. External Environment Role and Personality traits: Much like a CEO no order can be made without his approval. He commands both the respect and power much like a CEO. All earnings the company makes he

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    Submitted: January 30, 2010 By: Mike
  • How Accurate Is the Perception That Spain Underwent a Transformation from an Open and Tolerant Society in the Late Middle Ages to a Closed and Intolerant one in the Early Modern Period?

    How Accurate Is the Perception That Spain Underwent a Transformation from an Open and Tolerant Society in the Late Middle Ages to a Closed and Intolerant one in the Early Modern Period?

    How accurate is the perception that Spain underwent a transformation from an open and tolerant society in the late middle ages to a closed and intolerant one in the early modern period? Medieval Spain society was a society of uneasy coexistence, called convivencia,. This convivencia was increasingly threatened by the advancing Christian reconquest of lands that had been Muslim since the Moorish invasions of the eighth century. The reconquest did not result in the full

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    Submitted: January 30, 2010 By: Mike
  • The Criminal Mind of Robert Browning

    The Criminal Mind of Robert Browning

    The Criminal Mind of Robert Browning The criminal mind of Robert Browning is depicted in three of his poems. The poems are “My Last Duchess”, “Porphyria’s Lover”, and “The Pied Piper of Hamelin”. These poems show secretly how Robert Browning uses characters to express his criminal thoughts. Browning considered the ethics of an act only as it has affected the person making the act for good or ill, without regard to the evil brought

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    Submitted: February 3, 2010 By: Jack
  • Poetry Analysis Robert Frost

    Poetry Analysis Robert Frost

    POETRY ANALYSIS: DESIGN Robert Frost's poem Design seemingly disputes the question whether there is a design to life; yet, he is not able to establish an answer. Despite the comlexity of his poem his implied message is rather simple. Frost's statement clarified human's eagerness to finding a meaning to life and an essential background and reason to events, regardless of how small and insignificant they might be. His work states an advice not to interpret

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    Submitted: February 4, 2010 By: July
  • Modern Life

    Modern Life

    Back then, most Americans still had to lick a stamp to send mail. Then along came an experimental browser called Mosaic, followed by an improved browser from Netscape. And if you had a computer, you discovered a new way to this cool, new thing called the World Wide Web. Mosaic and Netscape were the first popular connection to what came to be called the information superhighway and followed the first browser by Tim Berners-Lee

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    Submitted: February 4, 2010 By: Victor
  • Like Father, like Son

    Like Father, like Son

    Like Father, Like Son In the preface of his book, Like Father, Like Son, Tom Smail gives us the reason for his writing: “This book is an attempt to discover what it might mean for our humanity that God is Trinity.”(p. xi) He goes on to give his readers a general outline of what he'll be covering, beginning with how the view of Trinitarian doctrine has changed in recent times, and ending with a discussion

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    Submitted: February 4, 2010 By: Stenly
  • The History of India's Modernization

    The History of India's Modernization

    The History of India's Modernization Because of external influence, India modernized at the turn of the twentieth century. It was originally a long-established, traditional country. They were for the most part against British interference, due to their religious traditions and culture. Due to colonialism, their country turned upside down and back again. India transformed in many ways: politically, economically, socially, and technologically. India has also felt the stings of long-term effects of colonialism, and does

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    Submitted: February 5, 2010 By: Monika
  • The Effects of Modernity on Identity in Fight Club

    The Effects of Modernity on Identity in Fight Club

    The Effects of Modernity on Identity in Fight Club Identity is a definition of the self, an explanation of character. However, in the movie Fight Club, the components that comprise outward identity often prove to be transitory. Edward Norton’s “Jack” character asks, “If you wake up at a different time, in a different place, could you wake up as a different person?” The effects of modernity lead to the impermanence of self image, and the

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    Submitted: February 6, 2010 By: Fonta
  • Robert Frost, Great American Poet

    Robert Frost, Great American Poet

    Robert Frost: Great American Poet by Jordan MacWilliams 1496184012 English 12 Module 2 December 15th 2004 Robert Frost: The Great American Poet Robert Frost was one of America's greatest poets who wrote of the ordinary; life, death and all that is between. Robert Frost was born Robert Lee Frost in 1874 to a Southern American man and his wife, of Scottish descent. Although Frost is primarily associated with New England through the poems that he

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    Submitted: February 7, 2010 By: Jon
  • My Father.

    My Father.

    When a person is born, we rejoice, and when they're married, we jubilate, but when they die, we try to pretend that nothing happened. --Margaret Mead Manoeuvring through the streets of Beijing had always been for local citizens and its tourists an arduous task to manage. Especially during the summer months. The stench of sweat and dust proved itself to be a deadly combination. Vivid images flood my senses as I recount the days of

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    Submitted: February 7, 2010 By: Kevin
  • Modern Shakespeare

    Modern Shakespeare

    When Shakespeare began writing his works in the late 1500’s, it is possible that he never realized that these pieces of literature in which he was constructing would ever be as valuable as they are today. It is highly doubtful that as he was writing his very famous plays and poetry that the thought of these plays being influential and special in the 21st century would not have been apparent. However, contrary to what Shakespeare

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    Submitted: February 7, 2010 By: Yan
  • Standing Outside the Modern Matrix

    Standing Outside the Modern Matrix

    At the start… Windows tune goes off, the sound of monopoly rings across the empty room and the moment arrives, the piece will be written. The idea has been carried around for days, the plans laid, the form structured and then the moment comes, the moment when all those thoughts, plans, unconscious actions, all the bloody work will find its natural path to realization, then...STOP! Nothing happens...I hate the empty white word doc paper. I

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    Submitted: February 7, 2010 By: Mike
  • Robert Frost

    Robert Frost

    Frost achieved poetic maturity before the beginning of poetic modernism, which was ushered in by the early 20th century movement known as imagism. He therefore had more in common with the 19th century poets and with the Georgians-poets who carried the Victorian tradition into the 20th century-than with Ezra Pound, T. S. Eliot, and others who dominated the first half of the 20th century. It is possible to say then, without implying any value judgement,

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    Submitted: February 8, 2010 By: Stenly
  • Robert Frost’s: "stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening"

    Robert Frost’s: "stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening"

    Robert Frost’s: “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” The poem “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening”, by Robert Frost, really caught my eye when I first read it and it left me wanting more. I found myself reading the poem over and over again, yet I still could not pinpoint what the theme might be. So after numerous times of reading, I came to the conclusion that I would talk about three categories

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    Submitted: February 8, 2010 By: Mike

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