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Globalization: Reality or Illusion, 2002.
Shows how Michalopoulos and Tsaliki, in their text "Globalization: Reality and Illusion", argue that the concept of globalization is more illusion than reality.
2,400 words (approx. 9.6 pages), 3 sources, £ 62.95
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In "Globalization: Reality and Illusion" Michalopoulos and Tsaliki contest the commonly held notion that recent economic growth has been a direct consequence of globalization. They suggest that globalization is more illusion than reality despite being widely held as the source of recent economic growth.
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Illusion and Reality in "Araby", 2008.
This paper discusses the counter-themes of illusion and reality within James Joyce's short story "Araby".
1,185 words (approx. 4.7 pages), 6 sources, MLA, £ 28.95
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In this article, the writer discusses that in James Joyce's short story "Araby", the narrator's view of the world seems to be that it is a relatively mundane, routine and unexciting place except when interrupted by his adolescent sensual thoughts and therefore rises a fresh, new and exciting reason to hope, dream and fantasize beyond his usual and predictable home, school and church routine. The writer notes that Joyce develops within this story counter-themes of illusion and reality: the illusion on the boy's part of romantic love for "Mangan's sister" juxtaposed against the more mundane realities of his true everyday existence, including the reality that the boy's own actions and mobility are determined by others.
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"Soon the boy cannot extract his sensual images of Mangan's sister from his mind, even long enough to say his prayers. Thoughts of Mangan's sister interfere impede his concentration at school. Neither God nor his studies is in his own mind any match for Mangan's sister. Soon, and without understanding why, the picture inside his head of Mangan's sister, distorted or real, takes on iconic significance, substituting for reality in a way far more, in fact deliciously, exciting. However, by the end of the story, the young boy's reality, which has to do with acquiescing to priorities of those older than himself than it does fulfilling his own desires, pulls him back, and much-cherished hope of buying and presenting Mangan's sister with a special gift from Araby is destroyed by the simple fact that his uncle's tardiness has caused him to arrive to late to Araby to buy her a gift.
"When the boy becomes fascinated with Mangan's sister, his mind wanders far from his usual reality, which consists of school, church, home, and the authority of others - religious, parental, and otherwise."
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"The Tempest" and the Power of Illusion, 2002.
An analysis of "The Tempest" by William Shakespeare and his use of illusion in the play.
1,543 words (approx. 6.2 pages), 0 sources, £ 35.95
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The paper analyzes images, metaphors and symbolism of illusion in Shakespeare's "The Tempest" and explains how he attempts to send messages and morals across to his audience through the use of illusion. It shows, too, how Shakespeare uses Prospero, the magician, to create these illusions.
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"In The Tempest, Shakespeare creates the magician Prospero to explore and exploit the power of illusion. Prospero calls his spirits ?actors,? and thus conveys a sense that everything about a drama, including the appearance and the speeches of the characters, is an illusion. Simultaneously, Shakespeare tries to engage the audience in the fantasy of this drama in order to entertain them and to be able to send them various messages regarding morals, truth, and illusion. He achieves these goals by using Prospero to influence the minds of the audience, in the same manner that the magician uses his spirits to delude the minds of the characters in the play."
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Self-Esteem and Positive Illusion in Romantic Relationship, 2004.
A discussion regarding high self-esteem and how it promotes positive illusion in intimate relationships, which, in turn, motivates an approach that will enhance the relationship.
2,036 words (approx. 8.1 pages), 21 sources, MLA, £ 45.95
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This research proposal examines the relationship between self-esteem and the quality of romance in terms of the couples' perceived regard and their own satisfaction of the relationship. The paper aims to describe the importance of positive illusion as a mediator of the perception of the intimates. The paper discusses the benefits and drawbacks of such positivity and how it relates to self-esteem. The paper further discusses the impact it has on the relationship quality and whether illusion or reality is more important?
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"People with high self-esteem are somehow more motivated to repair their mood and are more likely to take the initiative to action in some way that would make them happier. (Heimpel et al. 2002) High self-esteem beings are more satisfied with their intimate relationships due to protection of self-worth and positive illusions. However, as much as these individuals idealize their relationship with their partner, there bound to be times when the conflict is too perceptible that challenges their belief in a perfect relationship; this should be when high and low self-esteem people differ with each other. If high self-esteem people do indeed have higher motivation to make themselves feel better; the hypothesis is that when positive illusions cannot play a role in repairing the negative feeling towards the relationship because the conflict is too overt, there is a high likelihood for high self-worth individuals to adopt the approach commitment (rather than the avoidance commitment) which is proven to be positively associated with relationship satisfaction. In other words, the reason for the tendency for high self-esteem people be more satisfied with their relationships is that their style of commitment which can enhance the intimate relationship. "
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The Moon Illusion, 2002.
A comprehensive discussion of the moon illusion, illustrating its scientific and philosophic implications.
3,302 words (approx. 13.2 pages), 10 sources, MLA, £ 66.95
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This paper analyzes the history of illusions and the effect they have had on the intellectual development of the western world. The paper discusses the roots of the problem of the moon allusion in philosophy and the crossover into psychology. An outline is presented of what the moon illusion is, illustrating the issues of size and distance of the moon. The paper provides some of the common responses to the moon allusion by people like Baird and Wagner, Kaufman and Rock, Parks, and Reed. The implications for both science and philosophy for the various outcomes achieved by the researchers are examined.
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"Open up any philosophical text, from the elementary textbook, Does the Center Hold? by Donald Palmer to the Oxford History of Western Philosophy. The first entry in the book will be Socrates. Even as far back as that, and probably further back than that, people have been concerned with the problems of perception. Idealism, realism, skepticism. How do we know what we know when the world can change so frequently, so fast. If our senses sometimes deceive us, and they tend to deceive us often, how can we rely upon them to tell us about the outside world. Perhaps it was when these questions were first posed that the science of psychology was first born."
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"Race: The Power of an Illusion", 2005.
An analysis of the documentary, "Race: The Power of an Illusion".
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 0 sources, £ 18.95
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This paper discusses the documentary, "Race: The Power of an Illusion". It explains that people are sectioned by distinct groups of black, white, green, purple and orange which are endowed by our psyche. It explores the essence of the documentary and explains the idea of race as biology suggesting that a belief in race is no more sound than believing that the sun revolves around the earth. It contends that race is real and accounts for many subjects such as anthropology, sociology, American history and cultural studies.
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"The Power of an Illusion, people is sectioned by distinct groups of black, white, green, purple and orange, which is endowed by our psyche. In essence, the idea of race as biology suggesting that a belief in race is no more sound than believing that the sun revolves around the earth. However, race is still an issue. Basically, race is real and accounts for many subjects such as anthropology, sociology, American history, and cultural studies. Psychologist Beverly Daniel Tatum studies race relations and influences the political discussion with respect to race and class politics. She adds that race and the legacy of discrimination continue to affect our lives whether in our everyday interactions with others or in our life opportunities. Also, the norm proclaims that "white" is accepted and never questioned or burdened compared to "nonwhites." The nonwhites feel resentment, angered and frustrated that they are not ..."
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"The Future of an Illusion", 2005.
A summary of the book"The Future of an Illusion" by Sigmund Freud.
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 1 source, £ 18.95
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Sigmund Freud was a brilliant theorist, psychiatrist, and medical doctor. He was also an atheist. These mutual factors are not unusual. Many scientists seem to share Freud's point of view that science and religion are irrevocably at odds with one another. "The Future of an Illusion" is Freud's examination of religion from a psychoanalytic perspective, but it is also a highly philosophical work. This paper summarizes his book.
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"Sigmund Freud was a brilliant theorist, psychiatrist, and medical doctor. He was also an atheist. These mutual factors are not unusual. Many scientists seem to share Freud's point of view that science and religion are irrevocably at odds with one another. The Future of an Illusion is Freud's examination of religion from a psychoanalytic perspective, but it is also a highly philosophical work. This paper will summarize his book. This book is not the first time that Freud approached the topic of religion. In the Editor's Notes section, W. D. Robson-Scott mentions that Freud discussed religion as early as 1907, in his paper "Obsessive Actions and Religious Practices." A few years later, Freud also addressed the issue of religion in his book, Totems and Taboos (1964, p. x)."
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The Illusion of Motion, 2006.
A look at the philosophy of Zeno/Parmenides as it relates to the concept that motion is an illusion.
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 2 sources, £ 18.95
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This paper explains how the philosophy of Zeno/Parmenides relates to the scenario with the concept that motion is an illusion. Zeno, in support of Parmenides' teachings, created the paradox of dichotomy. The paper then discusses this paradox and how it contends that an object may be observed as traveling from point A to point B within a given time frame. However, Zeno concluded that on a scale of travel the object was consistently tasked with traveling to other points in between point A and point B. Each of these points, according to the philosopher, could be divided in half, which led to the object continuously having to pass through points of travel. Since the distances had the possibility of being divided without end, the process of travel was infinite, or never ending.
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The Illusion of the American Dream, 2005.
A review of three American literary productions that focus on the illusion and fallacy of the so called American Dream.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 4 sources, £ 31.95
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This paper takes a look at the illusion and possible failure of the so called American Dream as portrayed in 'The Great Gatsby' by F. Scott Fitzgerald, 'Death of a Salesman' by Arthur Miller and 'Wall Street ' by Oliver Stone. These literary works bring the fallacy of this American Dream to the attention of it's audience.
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"The American Dream forms a basic part of our cultural mythos in the United States and is evident in a large number of literary works and artistic productions. Sometimes the authors in question unintentionally imbue their writing with overtones of the American Dream. Other times, a piece of literature actively calls attention to the precepts of the American Dream, either holding it up as an ideal or deconstructing the contradictions inherent in that particular ideology. In examining three literary productions (even though one is a film), we see that the American Dream is often interpreted as a fallacy. In F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman, and Oliver Stone's Wall Street this theme is brought to the forefront of the discussion of American ideological construction."
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Don Quixote: Reality vs. Illusion, 2002.
An analytical paper which compares and contrasts the theme of reality vs. illusion in Don Quixote?s world.
860 words (approx. 3.4 pages), 1 source, MLA, £ 21.95
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A paper which shows how reality and illusion are interwoven not only throughout the story line of Don Quixote exploits, but how author, Miguel de Cervantes, even leaves the true authorship of this tale in question, suggesting that he is merely translating the story from the original writings of Cide Hamete. The paper discusses the madness of Don Quixote who sees people and objects in his everyday life as the counterparts in his knights and damsels world of chivalry, and how Don Quixote charging the windmills has become a classic scene and now serves to symbolize bravery in vain..
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"Cervantes begins Part Two of Don Quixote again referring to the writings of Cide Hamete, thus, lending credence to both, Don Quixote and Hamete as real historic characters (Cervantes, 529). This further adds confusion between reality and fantasy. Throughout the novel there are countless scenes crossing the line of reality and illusion. The deathbed scene is perhaps the most poignant, for at the end, even though he himself had given up his chivalrous life and rejoined society, the others around him were still holding on to his fantastic world of knights and damsels in distress. But Don Quixote speaks, ?I am no longer Don Quixote of La Mancha, but Alonso Quixana?"
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Reality and Illusion in Proust and Gide, 2005.
A comparison of the treatment of reality and illusion in the novels, "Un Amour De Swann" (Swann's Love), by Marcel Proust, and Andre Gide's "Les Faux-Monnayeurs" (The Counterfeitors).
2,375 words (approx. 9.5 pages), 7 sources, MLA, £ 51.95
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This paper is a discussion of how, in both "Un Amour de Swann" and "Les Faux-Monnayeurs," fictional realities are exposed for their illusory nature, and the inner life of characters' fantasy and imagination is shown to be more real than the outer world they inhabit. In both cases, outer reality is shown to be a limited, disappointing, and inherently false area, and the artifice in a fictional reality is highlighted in order to direct our attention to the artifice in our own lived reality. It explains that, while Proust directs readers towards the 'time of our inner lives' as the space of true meaning and experience, Gide believes that action can be taken to expose the falsity inherent in the outer world and emancipate ourselves from the illusions we are enslaved to.
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"Proust's Un Amour de Swann and Gide's Les Faux-Monnayeurs are both concerned with the borderline between reality and illusion, and between the inner world of the self and the outer world of physical reality. Both novels contain characters who live in a reality they can neither experience fully, interpret objectively, or escape from, and both novels present a fictional reality exposed for its falsity in order to lead the reader to question the 'sincerity' of his own self and the nature of his own reality."
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The Conflict Between Reality and Illusion, 2001.
A discussion of the use of reality and illusion in literature. A look at the different approaches to using this style of writing with focus on two writers: Kafka and Murakami
1,925 words (approx. 7.7 pages), 25 sources, £ 43.95
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"The Illusion in Progress", 2005.
A book review about "The Illusion of Progress: Unsustainable Development in International Law and Policy (2001)" by Alexander Gillespie.
2,015 words (approx. 8.1 pages), 15 sources, MLA, £ 44.95
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This paper begins by introducing the author Alexander Gillespie. It then provides a brief summary of the book about sustainable development and international environmental law. It explains how in each chapter of the book, Gillespie identifies major issues that were not thoroughly dealt with by international agreements. The writer then critiques the book and offers personal comments.
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"The book The Illusion of Progress, Gillespie claims, is a sequel to the first. In this book, Gillespie maintains that despite the numerous laws, agreements and initiatives on sustainable development already laid out by the international community, the social and environmental problems that these are supposed to address have become worse. According to Gillespie, the international environmental policies are ineffective because in the process of their creation, contentious questions about certain factors that directly affect the implementation of sustainable development were either "sidestepped or manipulated...have not been asked or have been answered...to suit the status quo" (2001, p. 149)."
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Illusion vs. Reality in Literature, 2002.
Examines this theme in "The Story of an Hour" (Kate Chopin), "A Rose for Emily" (William Faulkner), "The Yellow Wallpaper" (Charlotte Perkins Gilman) and "A Doll's House" (Henrik Ibsen).
2,528 words (approx. 10.1 pages), 4 sources, MLA, £ 53.95
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Illusion versus reality forms a significant component of many works of literature. Some characters live their lives based on illusions that protect them from reality. Others are forced to face the reality of their lives when the illusions are no longer believable. Others come to realize too late that their whole lives have been meaningless because they never really lived at all. In all these stories, there is one common message that comes through: accept your life for what it is and live that life. Authors offer this message in different ways, but the overall message remains the same. Four works of literature that make these points are "The Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin, "A Rose for Emily" by William Faulkner, "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman and "A Doll's House" by Henrik Ibsen. Each of these works are discussed to show how they illustrate the theme of illusion versus reality. The overall message of each work is also described. This illustrates that despite each work being very different in how it presents illusion and reality, the overall messages presented are the same.
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"A Rose for Emily by William Faulkner is another story where the main character lives a life based on illusion to hide from reality. Unable to accept change, Emily lives a life of exclusion where she hardly leaves her house for over ten years. When the mayor of the town visits her to tell her that she must pay taxes, she simply repeats, "I have no taxes in Jefferson" (Faulkner 426). This statement is made on the basis that her family have never had to pay taxes. This illustrates that she is unwilling to accept the fact that things change. Her inability to accept change goes as far as causing her to poison her boyfriend Homer, presumably to prevent him from leaving her. When Emily dies, the people of the town enter her home. When they do, they find Homer's dead body lying in a bed. Next to his body they notice "the indentation of a head" on the second pillow, and a strand of Emily's hair (Faulkner 432). The implication is that Emily has been sleeping next to the body of her dead boyfriend since she killed him."
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