Michel Foucault, History of Sexuality Vol 1: The Will to Knowledge (2003)
Case study - 2 pages - Literature
Foucault considers that the 17th century was the beginning of an age of repression, where calling sex by its name was difficult. It first started in religion, through the Christian pastoral. Foucault argues that to master it in reality, it was necessary to control it in language. Nevertheless,...
Lexicology: Base-enriching word building processes
Case study - 25 pages - Literature
This chapter describes the processes through which words ‘enrich' or expand their stem or base so as to produce new words to unfold new meanings and uses (seen from the grammatical perspective). These new patterns resulting from the various types of associations are the most numerous at the...
Lexicology
Case study - 10 pages - Literature
The vocabulary of any natural language joins together all the words of a language and associates to each word all the information required by the rules of grammar. Words play a tremendous role in human existence in that they are the basic representation of the world on an abstract level, i.e.,...
Compare and contrast the ways in which both authors might be seen to present an indictment of 20th century American society in 'The Catcher in the Rye' and 'The Virgin Suicides'
Case study - 3 pages - Literature
There is an argument that American society was founded or widely based on the American Dream, an idea based on freedom, and the belief that prosperity will occur through hard work, with equal opportunity for all. This was the basis for the American Declaration of Independence, which stated...
'The vulnerable human in his extremity meets the indifferent but infinitely varied forces of nature.' Compare and contrast the ways in which the authors of your three chosen texts use presentation of setting and its significance in the texts to underp
Case study - 9 pages - Literature
The various setting, natural environments and resultant social pressures that are presented by our three writers, are shown to have serious consequences and effects on the physically vulnerable or emotionally sensitive characters presented by Hardy, Fowles and Wordsworth. Hardy presents Tess as...
Contrast St. Thomas Aquinas' use of Aristotelianism with Bonaventure's. Which was more Augustinian? (Reason and Faith
Case study - 4 pages - Literature
The comparison of Saint Bonvaventure and Saint Thomas Aquinas lays in their own philosophical differences and personal interpretation and understanding of Aristotle. In order to do this first we must note the important differences between the two. “The translation project of Aristotle's...
Allegory of California by Diego Rivera
Case study - 2 pages - Literature
There are multiple art mediums that may be utilized. The book used for class specifically outlines painting and printmaking in chapters 5 and 6. Of the two mediums, painting seems to be a more effective medium. Diego Rivera is one specific artist that utilizes this method. The book reveals the...
Elgin Marbles, Should They Be Moved?
Case study - 2 pages - Literature
There are many ways to preserve history. It may be conserved through books, documents, or even pictures. The most creative way history to reveal history is through art. The civilization of Ancient Greece did this in a captivating way. Their way of revealing history through art was so unique that...
Harlem renaissance
Case study - 4 pages - Literature
Each culture in America has a period of time that is significant to that group. The period identified may have advanced the culture in multiple ways. The African American community experienced a certain period of time that tremendously advanced their culture in America. This time period may be...
Hansel and Gretel analysis
Case study - 2 pages - Literature
Literature offers a variety of stories. Some stories are modern and innovative. Others tell timeless tales. These tales may be interpreted differently throughout the years. Nevertheless they are still relevant. The story of "Hansel and Gretel" by the Grimm Brothers is the perfect example of this....
Self-generated persuasion
Case study - 6 pages - Literature
When looked back to the second character, a man of medium build dressed in a modest suit. He lifted a small glass of red wine, which disappeared behind a shadow fallen across his face. Adam cast his eyes away, unsure if the man was looking at him. Instead, he observed two women who had entered...
Elite Series Pro Kelley Jaye isn't afraid to get Jerky with Jerkbaits
Case study - 3 pages - Literature
Every bass angler has his niche, no matter if you are a recreational or a pro-angler, it's been seen often that one angler who's an expert in this, or an expert in that. There's the Denny Brauers of fishing, where their favorite lures are jigs, or the Kevin VanDams, where all they throw are...
Where it all begins and ends: How strike king designs, tests, and creates lures
Case study - 2 pages - Literature
“Lures are harder to design. Colors are not as important for triggering strikes,” said Strike King Lure designer Phil Marks. “Today's colors are mostly just variations of existing schemes. Colors have to be eye appealing. There have been many great fish catching colors that...
Catechism essay
Case study - 2 pages - Literature
"It is but natural that in opening this Universal Council we should like to look to the past and to listen to its voices whose echo we like to hear in the memories and the merits of the more recent and ancient Pontiffs, our predecessors," said Andrew Brown of the Guardian in Britain. Throughout...
The glory of shame
Case study - 3 pages - Literature
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight glorifies the affluence of King Arthur's court through elaborate detail and celebrates the virtues of the Pentangle that the knights swear to uphold. Then it challenges every mention of a virtue with an opposition: While everybody holds Sir Gawain to be the most...
The Delicate Hero
Case study - 3 pages - Literature
Judith takes the head of her enemy and delivers a speech to galvanize an army that saves her city from the invading Assyrians. She demonstrates apparent heroism through these accomplishments. However, the text in Sid Bradley's translation of “Judith” reveals that she does not achieve...
Escaping Fatalism, the Christian way
Case study - 3 pages - Literature
Alexander Pope's Essay on Man presents contradicting arguments: First he proposes that prevailing rules of fatalism govern the universe, then he advocates deliberate decision-making as Man's way of paving his own path toward salvation; He suggests the futility of Man's attempts to reason beyond...
Hamlet by William shake sphere
Case study - 3 pages - Literature
For eons, shake sphere has consolidated his place as the greatest poet, writer, and composer of all times. In the history of classical literature cannons, his works remain the most quoted, read, and recommended both in America and European schools .Among his plays, Hamlet also referred to as the...
The Franklin Tale by Chaucer
Case study - 2 pages - Literature
The Franklin account by Chaucer has been tautened by many as to illustrate several themes .In this tale, Chaucer adduces out the true values and culture of the medieval British society. Further, the concept of marriage is vividly illustrated. Critics postulate that, Chaucer's tale has a...
Extra credit
Case study - 2 pages - Literature
The New Self is a poem by Steve Gehrke and appears in the July/August 2012 addition of Poetry 100 Years. The New Self is a deeply introspective poem that begins with the author trying to decipher what exactly it is that causes him to dwell on his inner self. Throughout the opening stanzas, Gehrke...
Psychoanalytical reading of Charlotte Gilman's "The Yellow Wallpaper"
Case study - 3 pages - Literature
Charlotte Perkins Gilman created the short story “The Yellow Wallpaper” in order to present a world capable of transforming itself to satisfy the reality of the narrator. The story follows a woman's transgression into an alternate state of mind, relying on elements of writing such as...
Diane de Prima and Jack Kerouac's effect on the beat generation
Case study - 3 pages - Literature
The time in America following the confusion of World War II resulted in a great identity crisis for the thinkers of the country. Creators suddenly found them in a world resisting change for it felt it had experience enough in regards to the devastation of war. The country implemented strict...
Symbols in the Gospel of John
Case study - 3 pages - Literature
The New Testament begins with the first four gospel books, each proclaiming ideas unique to the time of their composition, as well as the audiences they wished to reach. The synoptic gospels consist of the first three gospels, making the Gospel of John very unique due to its exclusion from this...
Dialogue comparing the analytical lenses of new criticism and deconstructionism through Frankenstein
Case study - 5 pages - Literature
Torrents of rain fell from the black clouds above as if the sky gained sentience for the eerie day at hand. The children ran around in peculiar guises, feigning safety from the evils of the world by hiding behind their plastic masks. The roads grew too thick with water and began to steal the...
Discerning symbolic meanings in two pericopes from the Gospel of John
Case study - 4 pages - Literature
The Gospel of John was written after the synoptic gospels, and was intended to explain teachings of Jesus as well as ideals in a way unexpressed previously throughout the New Testament. John does this through inserting comparative meanings within the gospel, most of which serve to further prove...
Biblical criticism and the search for Jesus
Case study - 2 pages - Literature
The Bible is one of the most studied written works in the world today, due to its immense capability for interpretation. People often argue on whether certain works within it should be taken as literal or figurative, without considering the Bible's diverse origins. Once taken into account the...
English learning issues in Canada: Suggestions for an easier command
Case study - 2 pages - Literature
In many countries, residents who do not have a perfect command of its official language(s) are a cause for concern for many people including themselves, parents, educators, and policymakers. A 2011 study found that a significant number of Canadian residents, representing fourteen percent of the...
Shakespeare and the Deus Ex Machina
Case study - 4 pages - Literature
Throughout the entirety of Shakespeare's work, people of all walks of life encounter conflict on nearly every available front. Be it the clash of cultures, as in Othello: The Moor of Venice; a conflict of beliefs and morals as in Measure for Measure or the family and existential conflicts found...
Adorno and Horkheimer, Arendt, and Marcuse
Case study - 4 pages - Literature
Throughout history, even the most abstract philosophers wrote the majority of their work about their daily life, surroundings, and society. As time, society and technology progressed, a similar progression became evident in the writing of modern philosophers. In the twentieth century, many of...
Feminism in Three Perspectives
Case study - 3 pages - Literature
Women have always been labeled the weaker sex. Evolutionists will say that men have adapted to be physically stronger, as it is their role to provide for his family and protect them. Religious scholars will tell you that wives must defer to their husbands, and were created as mere compliments...
