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Greek Tragedies and Their Influence on Modern Day Literature, 2002.
A discussion on the ways in which Greek tragedies and the theory of the Greek tragic hero has survived the diverse style changes of literature since its conception.
960 words (approx. 3.8 pages), 2 sources, MLA, £ 24.95
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The following paper examines the ways in which the idea of Greek tragedies has been embellished upon by great literary geniuses. This paper examines how Shakespeare, for example, used his tragic plays to purge his audience of their own flaws, which is precisely how Aristotle had defined the ideal tragic play. The writer examines how modern playwrights such as Sophocles, Ibsen and Tennessee Williams began to interject less idealism and more realism into their tragedies, providing a more ?real life? hero than the ideal hero as defined by the dramas in ancient Greece.
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"As literature has evolved over time, plays have become less of a staple of only aristocracy. American literature came into existence, and with that came Tennessee Williams (one of many notable playwrights) and his superb work, ?The Glass Menagerie?. Unlike the original idea of a tragic hero that was someone of great influence and stature (though not god-like), Tennessee Williams wrote about real characters, that virtually anyone could identify with. In the play, the role of the hero is shifted between Amanda, Tom and Laura ? depending on the angle of the play at the time. Williams doesn?t focus on the characters, which doesn?t allow for much development beyond their initial two-dimensional appearance. Tom is arguably our hero, but he isn?t really all that likeable. He is mean to his mother, alienates his sister, and abandons them both. Nothing remarkably heroic there. Williams is more concerned with the outcome of the play, and Tom?s resounding guilt for his actions; as a result, Williams revolves completely around the plot. Tom, who serves as the narrator for the play, is essentially the protagonist of the play ? he is not necessarily the most important figure in the play, but he is the first one to interact with the audience, which is the definition used in the time of the Greek tragedy."
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Greek Tragedy and "Oedipus Rex", 2002.
Examines the history of Greek tragedy and describes "Oedipus Rex" as the greatest of all Greek tragedies.
2,015 words (approx. 8.1 pages), 4 sources, £ 45.95
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This paper examines the historical evolution and maturation of tragedy in ancient Greece, and the characteristics of a tragic hero. The author focuses on one of the most famous Greek tragedies, Oedipus Rex, and greatly details the story of Oedipus and his tragic flaws. The paper also discusses all elements in an ancient Greek production, such as the prologue, chorus, and exodus.
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"Oedipus Rex is a story of one man?s pursuit for truth. Although Oedipus falls victim to obstacles he is unable to overcome, he encounters these obstacles along his journey to find the truth. In the view of Sophocles, the tragic hero must accept the responsibility for his actions, as does Oedipus in the final scene, regardless of his original motives and inability to control or understand the forces in which rule his life. The plot, Oedipus? search for truth, and the chorus are all contributing factors that make Oedipus Rex the greatest in the history of all Greek tragedies."
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The Greek Tragedies of Euripides, 2002.
The paper discusses the contribution made to the archives of Classical Greek literature by the author Euripides, focusing on one of his best known works, "Medea".
1,429 words (approx. 5.7 pages), 5 sources, MLA, £ 33.95
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The paper traces Euripides' rise to fame from a little known playwright, to a master of Greek tragedy and the influence his work has had in western literature. The paper examines the literary motifs and dramatic rhetoric of his works. The paper then analyzes the contradictions found in his play "Medea" and focuses on five specific traits that can be traced throughout the text of the play.
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"The two main characters, Medea, a sorceress, and Jason, her lover, are often viewed by classical scholars as the most purely human of all Greek tragic figures without the trappings of influence via the gods. As is the case with most Greek tragedies, Medea offers to the reader an eternal caution against the excesses of emotion and a very stern warning against bitter vengeance, for as human beings, the characters in Medea, and for that matter Euripides himself, "are susceptible to a lethal mixture of error, ignorance and violent arrogance" (Martin, 1996, p. 134)."
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The Greek Tragedy, 2002.
This paper provides a thorough analysis of Greek tragedy, with emphasis on Aeschylus, Euripides, and Sophocles.
2,715 words (approx. 10.9 pages), 8 sources, £ 58.95
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This paper provides an in-depth look at the history of ancient Greek tragedy. The author discusses the works of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides, and looks at how tragic drama evolved. The paper also examines stage customs, mythological roots of performance customs, and human ties with gods.
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"The Greek tragedy represents the details of a very short period of history that ranges from about 480 BC, at the time when Aeschylus's early plays were performed, till the period when the last plays of Sophocles and Euripides were being performed at the end of the fifth century. The tragedies written by Sophocles and Euripides are the plays written in the fifty years from 480 BC, the time when the war with Persia came to an end, to 430 BC, the start of the Peloponnesian War with Sparta which later destroyed Athens as an independent city-state. It is quite interesting to note that the majority of mature plays of Sophocles and Euripides were written against a background of continuous war. There is no real evidence as to from where the tragedy writing originated, however it is widely believed that the development of tragic dialogue may have been influenced by dramatic presentations of classic and other forms of poetry but its harmonic origins are less well known."
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The Modern Day Mall, 2005.
This paper looks at Foucault and Baudrillard's ideas of the modern day mall.
1,575 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 3 sources, £ 44.95
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This paper analyzes the situation of the modern day mall through the theories and perspectives of Foucault and Baudrillard. The paper relates that the mall selected in particular is the West Edmonton Mall, which is one of the largest malls in the world.
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"Post-modern day shopping malls have expanded exponentially from the simple strip mall of the past. Malls these days attempt to become tourist attractions, places to visit while on holidays. One such mall of extraordinary size and temptation is the West Edmonton Mall (WEM) in Alberta, Canada. Holding the Guinness Book of World Records largest shopping center in the world, they proclaim themselves the 'WEMiSphere,' on their website, a spin-off from their initials (WEM). It has over 800 stores, 21 movie theatres, a chapel, aquariums, a water-park, miniature golf, over one-hundred eating establishments, and much more. Built in four stages from 1981 to 1998, it spans almost fifty blocks in Edmonton. Clearly, this mall exhibits all criteria necessary to be described as a post-modern mall."
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Greek Tragedy and Japanese Noh Drama, 2002.
A compare and contrast analysis of ancient Greek tragedy and Japanese Noh Drama.
2,835 words (approx. 11.3 pages), 7 sources, MLA, £ 60.95
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This paper discusses the similarities and differences between Greek tragedy and Japanese Noh Drama. It examines how although they are separated by nearly two millennia, by thousands of miles and by cultural differences, both were theatrical traditions involving masked performers, frequent use of music and dancing, on-stage choruses and historic-mythological themes and stories drawn from traditions. It looks at how later centuries' understanding of them, depends heavily on Aristotle's "Poetics" and Zeami's essays on Noh drama and how the two writers' approaches indicate the principal difference in the two traditions.
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"Greek drama originated in the choral hymns sung to the god Dionysus. Mimed episodes were enacted to accompany the dithyrambs of the seventh century and, as Aristotle has it, a "long series of changes" ended only on Tragedy's "attaining to its natural form" (Aristotle 670). The alternation of choral song and dance with enacted scenes predominated until Aeschylus introduced the second actor and "made the dialogue, or spoken portion, take the leading part in the play" (Aristotle 670). Sophocles introduced the third actor and scenery. And tragedy acquired its magnitude by expanding its scope and increasing the dignity of its presentation. The playwrights proceeded by discarding the trochaic meter, more appropriate to dancing, for the iambic which was more like natural speech."
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Rhetoric in Modern-Day Proceedings, 2004.
An examination of the modern-day influence that rhetoric has on governmental processes.
3,000 words (approx. 12.0 pages), 8 sources, MLA, £ 63.95
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This paper examines how the term ?rhetoric? is used as philosophical advocacy for the validity of knowledge and critical topics concerning public policy. The paper deals with the importance of rhetoric in modern-day proceedings and its influence on governmental processes from decision making by presidents to that of the Congress. It also argues that rhetoric is far removed from reality.
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"Honestly, however, it can be seen that the political discourses are being aimed to serve other objectives rather than simply put forth a description of real facts. It is evident that the leaders resort to deception, statements of ambiguous nature, and omission of critical issues for fear of contradiction without even taking care of the way the audiences construe their statements. It is therefore, imperative that the political deliberations are not to be taken as an honest account of the real world facts or the account of own visualizations of the speaker but to be analyzed in the perspectives of social objectives that it aims to fulfill."
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Ancient Literature and Modern Day Life, 2008.
An analysis of how closely modern day life is connected to the life depicted in "Everyman," "Gilgamesh," Homer's "The Odyssey," and in ancient Egyptian poems.
959 words (approx. 3.8 pages), 1 source, MLA, £ 24.95
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This paper explains that, on first glance, the atmosphere of the ancient Mesopotamian epic "Gilgamesh," Homer's "Odyssey," the Egyptian songs for the dead and the medieval allegory "Everyman" seem quite foreign to our modern culture and sensibilities since the works depict heroes grappling with the gods in a one-on-one fashion, and valor and might are the ultimate determinants of a man or woman's prowess. The paper then argues that the issues these heroes must deal with, however, are also basic human issues common even today and that because of this, these pieces are not simply curiosities, but still resonate as vital works of literature.
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"The plea for companionship in the face of death "Everyman" takes on a transcendent power because of its universality and the desire for home in "The Odyssey" gives the work a timeless quality, and makes the amoral protagonist sympathetic. Likewise, in "Gilgamesh," the protagonist's sorrow about losing his beloved best friend makes him sympathetic, even though like King Odysseus, King Gilgamesh is often violent, deceitful, and cruel. When he is punished by the gods, like Odysseus, it is not in an especially just fashion, but simply because he has been cursed for killing the evil demon Humbaba of the Cedar Forest, when provoked and attacked. Instead of Gilgamesh losing his own life, his dearest friend Enkidu is taken to the cruel place in the underworld, which like Homeric conceptions, is a terrible place, regardless of how morally one behaves in life."
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Modern Day Justice, 2005.
This paper is an essay which applies the words of Martin Luther King, Jr. and of Henry David Thoreau in "Civil Disobedience" to modern day justice and the problem of the illegal immigrants.
1,190 words (approx. 4.8 pages), 3 sources, MLA, £ 28.95
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This paper explains that Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. mobilized an entire race to stand up for their rights while making another race reflect upon all of their cruelties and injustices against their fellow human beings and Henry David Thoreau's "Civil Disobedience" determined which of these men's method was more effective in seeking equality for all or most of mankind. The author points out that the United States is faced with another injustice from which there will be no way for one group to gain justice without compromising another group: The problem of the illegal immigrants who sneak into this country every day. The paper concludes that, when seeking justice for fellow Americans who might be denied basic rights to accommodate the rights of others, it is the responsibility of all concerned citizens to speak up by following the path of Reverend King and march to every state's capitol building and fight for these rights.
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"There are many people who empathize with the plight of these people who are simply coming here in search of better opportunities. Certainly, King's demonstration of courage lives on in this new group that is now clamoring for the human rights of another oppressed group. There is no denying that ours is a land of opportunity with so much to offer, but these same human rights activists might use the same energy they are employing here to mobilize a mass of concerned citizens in the countries that illegal immigrants are fleeing from. Justice must surely be at least a concept in most of the free world today."
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Female Bonding with Marriage in Greek Tragedy, 2002.
This paper takes a look at female-female bonds in the Greek tragedy and how those bonds contribute to the demise of marriage.
1,825 words (approx. 7.3 pages), 5 sources, £ 41.95
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This paper examines wives? relationships with other women, be they mothers, daughters, or confidantes, as a destructive force in the minds of ancient Greek men.
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"There are two main types of women that can change the course of an ancient Greek play by their effects on the tragic heroine: mother and confidante. In the Homeric Hymn to Demeter, we see the first of these types. Demeter, a mother distraught over her daughter?s abduction and rape, is only pacified by the breakup of Persephone?s marriage for four months out of the year. In this case, the cost of preserving the mother-daughter bond is the sacrifice of the daughter?s marriage for a third of every year. The maternal bond and the marriage bond seem to be incompatible; here, the two are unable to coexist spatially or temporally. It is Demeter who, by her passive-aggressive registration of disapproval, manages to become every son-in-law?s nightmare by turning his newlywed wife against him. "
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Modern-Day China, 2003.
Discusses the political and economic developments in modern-day China as they relate to its past and present conditions as a world power.
5,348 words (approx. 21.4 pages), 20 sources, MLA, £ 94.95
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The pace of economic and political change in China has been very rapid, for both have shifted into what seems to be an ongoing expansion into a capitalist system. This paper shows that, since the early reforms, a new class of wealthy and prosperous Chinese has emerged, not to mention the great growth of the Chinese middle class, which is now comparable to that in the United States. By exploring some aspects of its long and violent past, especially those that took place in the later years of the 20th century, the paper shows how China has also changed from a socialist society that restricted private lives and affairs to a consumer society with increased economic freedom and individual participation.
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"Beginning in 1964, China secretly initiated a crash industrialization program that was originally intended as a backup for any kind of military strike by the United States or the Soviet Union. Because much of China?s industry was then concentrated on the Pacific coast, the leaders endorsed a highly-centralized investment plan to erect new industrial facilities in remote regions of the country. By 1971, this military-industrial program absorbed the majority of China?s investments and eventually relocated existing factories from the coast and created a heavy industrial system that was able to produce every conceivable piece of military equipment. Surprisingly, the turmoil associated with the Cultural Revolution did not highly affect this industrial program, for in reality, it surged ahead by starting ?many projects before the planning was complete and scattering many new facilities in remote valleys to protect them from air attack? (Hsu 184)."
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India's Ancient Civilization to Modern Day Politics and the Legacy of the British Raj., 2001.
A look at India's development from as early as the 3rd millennium and how other nations and civilizations often imposed their rule on India. The primary focus of the paper is on how British rule in India continues to effect modern Indian politics.
3,960 words (approx. 15.8 pages), 6 sources, £ 76.95
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In this paper the author examines how British rule has made an impact on Indian politics. Making comparison to Abdullah Hussein?s characters in ?Weary Generations?, the author suggests that British rule, in modern Indian politics, continues to be ?an unhappy marriage that still is not broken?. The second section of the paper discusses political institutions in contemporary India and their relevance, whilst the third section looks at Indian ancient civilization which the author suggests has led to a modern day philosophy of non-violence, religious tolerance. The paper concludes with a look at democracy in India as compared to that in China and Japan.
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?The English made many external changes that led to the Indian people's desire and ability to become their own unified country. Although unification may never have happened without the influence of the British, it was the Indians themselves that eventually achieved their unity. The British could not completely unify India.?
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Modern Day Cinderella: Purpose of Fairy Tales, 2007.
An examination of common themes throughout the classical "Cinderella" story and how they change to fit contemporary issues.
1,543 words (approx. 6.2 pages), 4 sources, MLA, £ 35.95
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In this essay the writer first notes that Cinderella is a story that has appeared in many forms throughout history. The writer then compares and contrasts "The Little Glass Slipper" by Charles Perrault written in 1697 with a modern day rendition of the Cinderella story in the 1999 film "She's All That". The writer of this article examines the functions of fairy tales and looks at how society influences the themes that are common to such narratives throughout the ages.
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"Zach's sister, Mackenzie, helps Laney by giving her a makeover and sharing a little red dress. At the party, Taylor Vaughn humiliates Laney by pouring a drink down the front of her dress and leaves in tears. Zach follows her out and takes her home. Along the way, Zach consoles Laney by saying that sometimes you let the good in with the bad when you open up to people. From this point on, Laney ditches the awkward glasses. Zach begins developing serious feelings for Laney. He shared the pressure that he feels from his father to emulate him and his personal insecurities. Laney begins to trust him further when she catches him defending her little brother Simon in the cafeteria. Later, Zach gets into a tussle with his best friend, Dean. Dean accused Zach of having feelings for Laney. Dean later asks Laney to prom before Zach can. He makes it clear to Laney that Zach was only interested in her because of the bet and professed true feelings for her. Laney feels very betrayed. She eventually attends the prom with Dean and leaves early while Zach and Taylor Vaughn are giving their acceptance speeches for prom king and queen. Laney's friend, Jessie, cuts off Zach's speech to inform him that Dean intended on taking Laney to a hotel for sex. Zach leaves immediately to find Laney. When he cannot find her, he returns to her house where he is waiting for her with her little brother and father. Laney explained that she used a foghorn to disable Dean's advances. Zach confesses his real feelings and with the encouragement of Laney's father, they dance outside by the pool."
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The Role of the Modern Day Market Analyst, 2005.
Provides insights into the role of a typical business or market analyst in regard to the world of corporate finance and both public and private investments.
8,021 words (approx. 32.1 pages), 23 sources, APA, £ 123.95
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This report aims to present some ideas that are associated with the role of the modern day market analyst and the influences they wield on corporations, shareholders and stakeholders. The report attempts to examine the specific roles of business and market analysts and presents views on some of the various connections between the analysts's assigned tasks. The report makes use of various approaches to accomplish this goal. One approach is to provide information about reports and equity valuation models and multiples and how they are used to provide insights into an analysis of a business or industry's value or valuation. The report also utilizes market and analyst specific history to demonstrate some influences analysts have had and will continue to have on corporations, shareholders and stakeholders. Another approach is to provide some market history and other associated insights into specific business sectors such as the technology, beverage, electronic and the pharmaceutical sector. These insights are used as specific tools to demonstrate the many manipulative persuasions market analysts can have and the various business results and comparisons they use to influence market direction and investor buying and selling habits.
Introduction
Role of an Analyst
Asset Bubbles
Efficient Market
Historical Change For The Analyst
Economic Indicators
Economic Value Added
Cash Value Added
Cash Flow Return on Investment
Industry Data
Results and comparisons
Use of the Analysts information
Conclusion
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"To understand the historical role of analysts, consider the phenomena called Speculative or Asset Bubbles. Bubbles are an investing event that can be compared to a pride of lions all wanting a piece of a new antelope kill even if there is not enough to be shared. As is very often the case, investors get caught off guard as analysts inherently create bubbles that suddenly burst. These historical events clearly demonstrate the devastating effects analysts can have on the investment community even though they are simply doing their jobs by taking advantage of consumers' greed and or other flaws in the human makeup. "A bubble occurs when investors put so much demand on a stock that they drive the price beyond any accurate or rational reflection of its actual worth, which should be determined by the performance of the underlying company." "
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