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"Illumined Pleasures", 2003.
Analysis of this surrealist painting by Salavador Dali.
982 words (approx. 3.9 pages), 5 sources, MLA, £ 24.95
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Surrealism, a 20th-century literary and artistic movement, attempts to express the workings of the subconscious by fantastic imagery and very strange combinations of subject matter. This paper presents an analysis of artist Salvador Dali's "Illumined Pleasures," created in 1929. The paper includes methods of creating the painting and an analysis of the meaning of the painting.
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"This painting has a chaotic, frenzied energy. It is filled with violent images. In the foreground, a couple is struggling. The woman's hands are covered in blood as she grasps at a swirl of blue that emanates from the self-portrait, as if trying to catch the essence of Dali.
The shape of the head was a recurring theme in Dali's early Surrealist works. The shape is taken from a rock formation near his family's summer home (Gibson 257)"
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?Love as Pleasure and Pleasure as Sin in Inferno Five?, 2002.
An essay which provides a deep analysis of Canto V of Dante's "Inferno".
2,575 words (approx. 10.3 pages), 15 sources, APA, £ 54.95
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The essay provides a deep analysis of Canto V of Dante's Inferno. It studies Francesca and Paolo, their sin, Dante's reaction to Francesca's story, and the various interpretations critics have of Canto V. The significance of Francesca's presence in this Canto and the themes that come through in her speech and interaction with Dante are important to the Divine Comedy as a whole. The essay explores the significance of Canto V in regard to Dante's views on love, sin, pleasure and discusses the 'dolce stil novo' movement of the time. It also looks at the various interpretations that the Canto has inspired among critics. Francesca has been seen as both gentle and innocent, and as a deceptive maipulator. Dante the pilgrim's sympathy is explained in regard to Dante the poet's desire to express messages to the reader.
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"Dante?s representation of Francesca da Rimini in his Inferno is a crucial scene of interaction. Her (mis) use of the language of the thirteenth century movement, Dolce Stil Novo, exposes Dante the Poet?s thoughts on love through the reactions that her lyrical speech invokes in Dante the Pilgrim. The dramatic effect Francesca?s tale has on Dante serves to reveal his naivety and amateur ability to judge sin, and thus highlight the difference between Francesca and Beatrice, the latter of which is consequently presented as the epitome of ethereal grace and spirituality. Dante?s encounter with Francesca is found in Canto V of the Inferno, the first realm after Limbo (Canto VI) and the entrance to Hell Proper. Francesca is the first soul with whom the pilgrim speaks. The second circle, in which she and her lover Paolo reside, is that of ?i pecator carnali/che la ragion sommettono al talento? (5: 38-39), and her sin that of adultery."
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Jake's Pleasures, 1999.
A look at how Ernest Hemingway defines his heroic character, Jake Barnes, in his novel, "The Sun Also Rises".
2,005 words (approx. 8.0 pages), 1 source, MLA, £ 44.95
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This paper examines how an important theme in Ernest Hemingway?s "The Sun Also Rises" is the ability and need for one to find pleasure in the small things that life has to offer. It looks at how Hemingway believed that, in the big, noisy and chaotic world of the early twentieth century, it is essential for one to find meaning and value in small things, such as a good meal or a cool evening breeze. It discusses how Jake Barnes is able to do so and, thus, emerges as the most likeable and heroic character in the novel. It analyzes the way in which Jake Barnes is able to find pleasure in the simple things that life has to offer, such a good meal or bullfighting, and considers the significant disappointments and frustrations of his life, i.e. his ill-fated love affair with Lady Brett Ashley, and the way in which his ability to find contentment in life's small pleasures allows him to deal with such problems.
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"Jakes Barnes is an American journalist who spends most of his time vacationing in Europe with friends. Early in the novel, the reader is introduced to the flamboyant Lady Brett Ashley, who is obviously the love of Jake?s life. The conversation between the two has a maddening aimless quality to it, but the reader is able to learn that while the two love each other, they have never, nor will they ever, achieve happiness together. The reader also learns that Jake has suffered a war injury which leaves him unable to fulfill his sexual desires. Jakes tries to forget about his injury, as he tells Brett ?? what happened to me is supposed to be funny. I never think about it? (Hemingway 26). However, it is obvious throughout the novel that Jake is frustrated by his injury and by his hopeless love affair with Brett."
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Aristotle on Pleasure, 2008.
An analysis of Aristotle's views on pleasure, specifically in his work, "The Nicomachean Ethics of Aristotle."
1,197 words (approx. 4.8 pages), 1 source, MLA, £ 29.95
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This paper discusses the views of Aristotle on the experience of pleasure in the world. The paper specifically focuses on "The Nicomachean Ethics of Aristotle" by Aristotle and discusses his views expressed in the work. The paper explains how pleasure for Aristotle is an aspect of human existence that guides action and can guide virtuous living.
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"Moderation seems to be the stand of Aristotle on pleasure, somewhere in between the contrary idea of all pleasure being a bad thing for man and all pleasure being a good thing for man Aristotle hangs his idea of pleasure and pleasure seeking as a natural state of man seeking eudaimonia. If a man seeks pleasure that is derived form his own desire in a natural state he is seeking pleasure that is necessary for the completion of a virtuous life. If a man seeks pleasure from an unnatural state, such as in the state of illness he is seeking pleasure for un-virtuous reasons and therefore such acts and emotions cannot be considered pleasure."
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"Shopping for Pleasure", 2002.
Explores Erika D. Rappaport's "Shopping for Pleasure" which presents shopping as an expression of feminity in Victorian England.
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 1 source, £ 31.95
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This paper explores the qualities of femininity as expressed through shopping in respect to Erika D. Rappaport's book "Shopping for Pleasure: Women in the Making of London's West End". The theme of this paper is that shopping allowed women to have a realm of social influence that was separate from their male counterpart and this was a positive solution for women seeking independence in the male- dominated pleasure city of Victorian London.
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"Everything is Illuminated", 2004.
An analysis of Jonathan Safran Foer's use of surrealist techniques to convey tone, mood, and theme in his book, "Everything Is Illuminated".
2,366 words (approx. 9.5 pages), 3 sources, MLA, £ 51.95
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This paper discusses the surrealist techniques that Jonathan Safran Foer uses in his novel, "Everything is Illuminated." The paper contends that, through several writing methods, including dialogue usage, the print in the book itself, and Alex's italicized letters to Jonathan, Foer is employing the process of automatic writing, and he does so for two reasons: to exemplify surrealism and to strengthen the many different tones and moods of "Everything is Illuminated". Furthermore, the paper examines how these tones and moods reinforce his overall themes of journey and self-discovery for the characters.
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"The year 1924 marked the beginning of the surrealist movement. Aimed at tapping into the subconscious, surrealism became a growing art form that still influences artists and writers to this day. According to Andre Breton, author of The Surrealist Manifesto, surrealism is, "psychic automatism in its pure state, by which one proposes to express - verbally, by means of the written word, or in any other manner - the actual functioning of thought" (Breton). Building on this idea is the concept of automatic writing, a tool that surrealists were very fond of using in order to tap into this "actual functioning of thought" that Breton mentions. Automatic writing is a method of writing without thinking (Automatic). Surrealists utilize this method because they view it as a way to break down the mental barrier between the conscious and subconscious, thus providing a clearer vision of the thought process (Automatic)."
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Pleasure According to Aristotle, 2006.
A critical examination of the arguments on pleasure Aristotle presents in "Book X" of "Nicomachean Ethics".
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 1 source, £ 24.95
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This paper discusses Aristotle's account of pleasure in "Book X" of "Nicomachean Ethics". It presents Aristotle's arguments in the first half of the paper and then proceeds to critically examine those same arguments.
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"Aristotle was one of the greatest philosophers in ancient Greece. He philosophized on a wide range of topics ranging from the nature of matter to the order of the universe. In "Book X" of "Nicomachean Ethics" Aristotle provides his account of pleasure. Aristotle begins his argument by suggesting that pleasure is one of the driving forces in human existence. For example, in chapter one of "Book X" Aristotle says, For it is thought to be most intimately connected with our human nature, which is the reason why in educating the young we steer them by the rudders of pleasure and pain."
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"Beyond the Pleasure Principle", 2000.
A look at Freud's book, "Beyond the Pleasure Principle".
1,635 words (approx. 6.5 pages), 1 source, MLA, £ 37.95
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In "Beyond the Pleasure Principle", Freud presents his theory of the opposition between the death instinct (Eros) and the life instinct (Thanatos). Included in this examination and summary of Freud?s theory, is the discussion of the role of the repetition compulsion, of the sexual instincts and of binding. All of these issues are set to an example so that they can be demonstrated along with how the play of opposition between these two basic forces contributes to forming the individual personality.
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"Freud uses two terms, Eros and Thanatos, to label what he calls the instinct of life and the instinct of death, respectively. Part of the energy of the life instinct is the Libido and that energy gets directed at oneself so that you want to preserve yourself, grow, develop, and advance. Heavily opposing the life instinct is the death instinct, which is geared towards destruction. This destructive instinct wants to keep things the same and is a drive to an earlier state, ultimately death (or ?nothing?). Freud explains that the death instinct will often get repressed, showing itself as an aggression turned outward towards others. Freud claims that the pleasure principle, which aims at reducing tension, ?seems actually to serve the death instincts? (1961, 77). ?The pleasure principle, then, is a tendency operating in the service of a function whose business it is to free the mental apparatus entirely from excitation or to keep the amount of excitation in it constant or to keep it as low as possible? (Freud, 1961, 76). In other words, the pleasure principle works for what is pleasurable, which, according to Freud is a relaxed state without tension or stimuli. So, for Freud, the pleasure principle urges us to repeat actions that bring us to that relaxed and unstimulated state of being. Even taking drugs that make us forget and put us in a state of dull sensation could be an action that Freud would classify as the pleasure principle working. The pleasure principle would urge the person to continue the action of taking that particular drug over and over even though this would ultimately lead to death, which is the ultimate goal of the pleasure principle since it when we are dead we have absolutely no incoming stimuli."
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"Nightwork: Sexuality Pleasure and Corporate Masculinity", 2002.
A sociological analysis of the book " Nightwork: Sexuality, Pleasure, and Corporate Masculinity in a Tokyo Hostess Club" by Anne Allison.
650 words (approx. 2.6 pages), 1 source, £ 18.95
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This paper looks at the book " Nightwork: Sexuality, Pleasure, and Corporate Masculinity in a Tokyo Hostess Club" by anthropologist Anne Allison. It discusses the sociological approaches to how women are treated in the clubs and also how men are looked upon after they retire from work. Allison has used her own unique research method of using hands on experience rather than textual research and relying on others views.
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"Beyond the Pleasure Principle", 2004.
A complete book review of Sigmund Freud's book, "Beyond the Pleasure Principle".
1,400 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 1 source, APA, £ 32.95
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In "Beyond the Pleasure Principle", Freud presents his theory of the opposition between the death instinct (Thanatos) and the life instinct (Eros). Included in this examination and summary of Freud?s theory is the discussion of the role of the repetition compulsion, of the sexual instincts, and of binding.
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"Freud primarily sees our compulsion and drive to repeat as present in the death instinct, which pushes also towards repetition, but for the continual repetition of the same. He claims the ?hypothesis that all instincts tend towards the restoration of an earlier state of things? (Freud, 1961, 44), and that ?the aim of all life is death? (Freud, 1961, 46). He seems to find validity in this hypothesis by claiming, ?inanimate things existed before living ones? (Freud, 1961, 46). The pleasure principle, Freud explains, is at the heart of wanting to return to nothingness, as we are constantly seeking to reduce the amount of tension in our lives, which is ?an avoidance of unpleasure or a production of pleasure? (1961, 3).?
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The Pursuit of a Life of Pleasure, 2002.
This paper discusses how in Plato?s "Gorgias" he uses a dialogue, question-and-answer format to present some of Socrates? arguments against the pursuit of pleasure as the primary purpose in life.
1,118 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 1 source, MLA, £ 27.95
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The writer traces three stages. In order for Socrates to make this argument he first establishes that it is desirable to live a good life. He then attempts to prove that there is a distinction between what is good and what is pleasant. Finally he draws the conclusion that one should choose what is good over what is pleasant, which requires self-discipline.
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"The initial assertion developed by Socrates in order to make his argument is that the good life is a desirable life. This statement is not challenged; rather, the difference between Socrates and Callicles, as Plato portrays them, is that Callicles believes that a good life and a pleasant life, or a life spent seeking pleasure, are identical. The premise that a good life is desirable is just assumed to be true as it is basic to both men?s beliefs. However, in order to refute Callicles definitions of ?good?, Socrates next builds a logical argument to demonstrate that ?pleasure? and ?good? are not interchangeable."
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"Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure", 2002.
A book review of "Fanny Hill", or "Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure", written by John Cleland in 1749.
868 words (approx. 3.5 pages), 3 sources, MLA, £ 21.95
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This paper briefly explains why and how this has been called the first pornographic novel. It shows how Cleland demonstrated an artful ability to use the writing style of the day, use of irony and a superficial story of virtue that triumphs over sin to make pornography acceptable enough to be read widely.
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"The story is written in an autobiographical tone and consists of letters Fanny Hill writes to a friend. Her story begins at age 15 when she is orphaned. She moves to London, and has to find a way to support herself. The path she takes, of moving into a brothel, may have been a common solution for young women without means or relatives during that time. While she is in the brothel she meets a man called Charles and falls in love with him, but after they have lived together for a while with her as a ?kept woman,? or supported by a man without benefit of marriage he disappears. She then aligns herself with another man under a similar arrangement. Eventually he dies, and leaves her his fortune. Eventually she is reunited with Charles, and she marries him."
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"Illumination Night", 2002.
Shows themes of romance and self- sacrifice in this novel by Alice Hoffman.
1,400 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 1 source, £ 37.95
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This paper examines the theme of self- sacrifice in Alice Hoffman's novel, "Illumination Night". Within the novel, the central characters maintain various levels of romantic involvement that are all brought together through self- sacrifice.
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?Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure?, 2002.
Analyzes John Cleland's novel, commonly known as "Fanny Hill", about a prostitute.
2,931 words (approx. 11.7 pages), 5 sources, MLA, £ 61.95
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This paper introduces and analyzes the book "Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure" by John Cleland (also known as "Fanny Hill"). Specifically, it answers the question, "is Fanny Hill an unrepentant woman or a contrite woman?" The paper draws parallels between another fallen woman in "The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders" by Daniel Defoe. "Fanny Hill" was a highly controversial and compelling novel about a prostitute, written when prostitution was certainly not an everyday topic of conversation. The book was the first to be banned in the United States. Today, it seems tame compared to our modern day versions of sex, but it still tells a compelling story of how women were forced to survive at a time in history when they had little other method of supporting themselves
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"Both books are the literary products of eighteenth century England, and the two women who tell their stories in these books reflect the life and social behavior of the time in a manner the average history book cannot. While the impressions of their surroundings are colored by their own distinctly different emotional natures and the picture they describe is limited by the boundaries of their own direct experience, both women reflect in their narratives a concern for what was considered proper and virtuous conduct at that time. They also both reflect the general tendency of that period toward a belief in the basic goodness of man. Moll reforms to illustrate both her goodness and her remorse at the wrongs of her previous life. Fanny decries vice at the end of her narrative because her life is ending on a happy note, and all of her sacrifices have led her to happiness. Both of these women have committed less than virtuous deeds, but both are redeemed at the end of their novels because it is clear they are good and decent women, who did what they did in order to survive."
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