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Integrity vs. Despair, 2006.
A discussion regarding the golden years from Erikson's perspective.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 2 sources, £ 24.95
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This paper discusses the issues of the so called 'golden years' and Erikson's last stage of life referred to as integrity vs. despair. According to this paper, some people look at retirement age as the golden years where they can enjoy life without having to work or worry about children, while other seniors view life with despair. It is important to think ahead and plan for the golden years and this can include traveling around the world, taking care of one's health, and even getting involved in the community such as tutoring.
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Erikson & Transition To Aging, 1986.
Final stage of life as defined & analyzed by psychologist in context of his theories of life cycle & ego development. Examines biological, psychic & communal aspects; crises; integrity v. despair and retirement.
3,150 words (approx. 12.6 pages), 10 sources, £ 78.95
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"The topic is transition to aging, a subject of increasing interest in our society and one that has aroused considerable interest among researchers and theorists as well. The transition to aging is seen by many theorists as but another, though perhaps special, aspect of the life cycle. Erikson is the theorist who particularly emphasizes the life cycle and who considers aging in terms of its place in that cycle. The entire life cycle for Erikson is developmental in nature, with each stage growing out of earlier stages, and with each stage showing its distinctive characteristics. The transition to aging is a period during which certain aspects of the life situation of the individual can be seen to change and during which the individual develops new attitudes in response. We will consider Erikson's approach and its ramifications for the transition to aging."
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Despair in the Works of T.S. Eliot, 2006.
A discussion regarding the theme of despair apparent in the work of T.S. Eliot.
2,700 words (approx. 10.8 pages), 6 sources, £ 75.95
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This paper discusses how T. S. Eliot's works speak both frequently and eloquently of both personal and global despair. It is not until later in his writing career, however, when he has matured as a person and as a writer before hope becomes an aspect of that element of despair. The paper further discusses how this sense of hope comes with the return to some degree of personal comfort on Eliot's part.
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"T.S. Eliot's works offer a compelling vision of the nature of despair. This despair is evident on a personal level, as in "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock," and on a global level, as in "The Wasteland." Yet his Quartets, particularly "East Coker" and "Little Gidding" speak of hope that can arise from the question of "what might have been" and the overwhelming presence of despair. It is interesting to note that as the decades progress, Eliot's works move from an internal examination of despair, to the confusion and horror that accompanied a post-World War I world, and, finally, to the hope that began to develop in the despair that was World War II. Is this change simply the work of a maturing author? Or has Eliot's point of view been shaped by a changing worldview?"
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Despair in "Notes From the Underground", 2002.
Covers the theme of despair in Dostoyevski's "Notes from the Underground" and seeks to understand its relevance in the meaning of existentialism throughout the tale.
1,650 words (approx. 6.6 pages), 4 sources, £ 43.95
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By analyzing the theme of despair in Dostoyevski's "Notes from the Underground", we can see how despair plays a part in the meaning of existentialism in the story and dictates the central axis of feeling about the philosophy in the book.
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"Between Dignity and Despair", 2002.
A review of Marion Kaplan's book "Between Dignity and Despair", describing the plight of Jews in Nazi Germany.
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 1 source, £ 31.95
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This paper describes and analyzes the psychology and circumstances of the German Jews during and before the Holocaust as explained by Marion Kaplan in her book "Between Dignity and Despair".
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Ernest Hemingway: The Art of Despair, 2002.
The paper summarizes the reviews by major literary critics of the works of Ernest Hemingway.
1,915 words (approx. 7.7 pages), 10 sources, MLA, £ 43.95
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The author states that despite critics? sometimes negative reviews, Hemingway was a major American writer, a winner of the Noble prize who could claim literary greatness. He continues that many of Hemingway?s works are classics of American literature. The selected reviews refer to some of these classics. The author writes that Hemingway?s ability to capture the essence of the despair and desolation of his generation is his major achievement.
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"Although critics have offered praise and blame for Hemingway?s writing, raved about successes, and panned failures, the consensus must be that he is a major American writer who can claim literary greatness. In 1925, when he was not yet twenty-six, his first short story collection, In Our Time, was reviewed in The New York Times. An anonymous critic described his prose as "lean, pleasing, with tough resilience," "fibrous," "athletic," "fresh," "hard," and "clean," as if an athlete, not a book, was being reviewed. Hemingway?s style was so different, that new ways had to found to describe it. Hemingway?s 1961 New York Times obituary echoed the early review, describing his "lean and sinewy prose," and his "laconic, understated dialogue"."
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Hopelessness and Despair in Hemingway's Literature, 2006.
This paper examines Ernest Hemingway's war stories and the common theme underlying them.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 7 sources, £ 37.95
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The paper examines three short stories by Ernest Hemingway; "Soldier Home," "Way You l Never Be" and "In Another Country" and discusses the general theme which unifies them. The paper then proceeds to outline how four critics view the central thesis of this paper. The paper explains that they mainly see that nihilism and despair bind together all three stories and how the authentic Hemingway exists in these writings. The paper discusses whether they agree in the main, or disagree with the above thesis.
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"Perhaps no other American writer - certainly not in the twentieth century - produced more insightful and provocative work about the ravages of war than Ernest Hemingway. The following paper will advance the thesis that Hemingway, while he may have sought to project a hyper-macho image, was really deeply insecure, introspective and profoundly suspicious of the macho posturings of warfare. To put it another way, while Hemingway's personal life seemed to valorize machismo and "manly" pursuits, his writings (which are deeply influenced by personal experience) cleave to a different view. Chiefly, his writings depict the most brutally masculine pursuit of all - warfare - in a resoundingly negative way and reveal also his own inward contempt for the masculine, martial conventions and paradigms of his time."
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"One Hundred Years of Solitude": A Study in Isolation and Despair, 2002.
A detailed analysis of the literary style of Gabriel Garcia Marquez and the primary themes of one of his most famous novels, "One Hundred Years of Solitude."
2,508 words (approx. 10.0 pages), 10 sources, MLA, £ 53.95
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A researched and analytical essay exploring the imaginative literature of Gabriel Garcia Marquez. The essay includes an introduction before exploring the text, including a look at social milieu, literary influences, and the existence of magic realism in "One Hundred Years of Solitude". The writer continues with a review of the literary devices used in the novel, as well as characterization and finally provides a conclusion of the themes.
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"The lyric, imaginative literature of Gabriel Garcia Marquez perfectly captures the essence of the human psyche and all of its conflicting emotions. Garcia Marquez has a firm grasp of both fantasy and psychology and utilizes the technique of magic realism in order to present the dichotomy of illusion and reality and reveal the varied emotions that this dichotomy entails. Garcia Maquez also explores the psychological ramifications of prolonged solitude in many of his literary works, and "One Hundred Years of Solitude", his most famous novel, represents the culmination of this theme in reference to the contrast between fantasy and reality. In "One Hundred Years of Solitude", Gabriel Garia Marquez masterfully fuses his rich ethnic heritage with a vast repertory of literary devices and characterization techniques in order to relate the tragedies of the Buenda clan to his central moral thesis that psychological solitude destroys ones perceptions of reality and ultimately leads to sorrow and despair."
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Slavery and Emotional Despair, 2002.
Examines the emotional impact of slavery, using works by Equiano, Jacobs and Douglass as references.
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 1 source, £ 31.95
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This paper reveals the psychological struggles of American slaves . It captures the descriptions of emotional suffering in each of the three works of Douglass, Equiano and Jacobs.
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Eternal Despair, 2004.
An analysis of Sophocles's play, "Oedipus the King", as it applies to Aristotle's view of the tragedy.
1,322 words (approx. 5.3 pages), 3 sources, MLA, £ 31.95
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This paper reviews Sophocles's play, "Oedipus the King", and presents Aristotle's definition of tragedy in "De Poetica". The paper discusses the play in its entirety compared to Aristotle's definitions. The paper examines the two literary works in terms of literature, philosophy, and true tragedy.
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"In ?De Poetica? Aristotle wrote his great definition of tragedy both as it was and as he believed it should be. ?De Poetica? became a contemporary dissertation to many of the great Greek dramatists including Sophocles and his eminent work, ?Oedipus the King.? It is a play that has both lasted and been revisited for over two thousand years. However, it is also a play that encompasses and embodies Aristotle?s definitions, creating a perfected genre and a true catharsis. In ?De Poetica? Aristotle wrote sixteen chapters on the construction and parts of the tragedy. He defined six parts that all tragedies must contain: character, plot, diction, thought, melody, and spectacle. ?Oedipus the King? contains all of these parts and thus creates in final the true purpose of tragedy: instilled catharsis or cleansing of the audience."
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The Despair of Macbeth, 2002.
A review of the play "Macbeth" by William Shakespeare.
805 words (approx. 3.2 pages), 0 sources, £ 20.95
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This review discusses the role of Macbeth as a tragic hero as opposed to a true villain. The feelings of the reader are analyzed as sympathetic toward Macbeth instead of disdainful.
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"In the play by William Shakespeare that bears his name, the hero ?Macbeth? emerges as tragic hero, not a villain. This is not because the play is called ?The Tragedy of Macbeth.? Rather it is because the play?s action is driven by the moral failure of the central character rather than the horror the viewer feels at the murder of Duncan by the central character. The tragedy is not that Duncan is dead; it is that Macbeth becomes a tyrant. (5.6.8)"
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Life Span Development, 2001.
A look at a human's physical, cognitive, and psycho-social development through each of the four stages of development.
1,910 words (approx. 7.6 pages), 16 sources, £ 42.95
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General summaries of the last four stages of human development: Adolescence, Young Adulthood, Middle Adulthood, and Late Adulthood. Examines physical, cognitive, and psycho-social aspects of development.
Adolescence
Definition
Reproduction
Risky behavior
Cognitive: Piaget (Formal operations), Elkind
Identity vs. identity confusion (Erikson)
Peer and Family relations
Young Adulthood
Cognitive: Postformal thought, Triarchic theory of
Intelligence (Sternberg), Emotional Intelligence
Personality: 5 factor model (Costa & McCrae)
Intimacy vs. Isolation (Erikson)
Levinson & the Grant Study
Culture: Marriage, childbirth, remaining single
Middle Adulthood
Physiological changes ? hearing, sight, endurance,
metabolism
Ailments ? hypertension, osteoporosis, stress
Seattle Longitudinal Study: Fluid and Crystallized
intelligence
Cognitive ? Hoyer and Schaie
Jung ? Individuation
Generativity versus stagnation (Erikson)
Psychosocial ? identity style, assimilation,
accommodation
Late Adulthood
Biological aging ? genetic programming, variable rate
theories
Physical changes
Cognitive ? Metamemory, semantic, procedural, sensory
Ego integrity versus despair (Erikson)
Disengagement, continuity, and activity theories
Retirement
Marriage, family, peer relationships
Living arrangements
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"Adolescence is the developmental transition from childhood to adulthood. Although its beginning or end is not clearly marked in Western societies, adolescence lasts about a decade from age 11 or 12 until the late teens or early twenties. Adolescence carries many risks to healthy development, as well as opportunities for physical, cognitive, and psychosocial growth."
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Imagery in Winter Poems, 2008.
A comparison of wintry images of negativity and despair in three poems: ""Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening" by Robert Frost, ""Absent place--An April Day" by Emily Dickinson, and "Blow, blow thou Winter Wind" by William Shakespeare.
1,112 words (approx. 4.4 pages), 3 sources, MLA, £ 27.95
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This paper analyzes the poetic images of winter in the works of Robert Frost, Emily Dickinson, and William Shakespeare. The paper explains that by understanding the often barren and silent image of winter in the poems by these authors, one can understand how they are written within the atmosphere of negativity and despair. The paper looks at how focusing on the specific symbolic and metaphoric use of winter as a negative and despairing environment, these authors create powerful images that are physical and mental in their descriptions of various human behaviors and life events. The paper further demonstrates that the overall scope of winter does not provide an overall positive image of coldness and despair, but illuminates the various problems that human beings must endure at different points in their lives.
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"This manner of behavior shows that Frost is yet again, seeking to portray a lone traveler that is unsure of his destination and is found wandering on another person's property. The man driving his horses clearly sees the grim silence of winter and the 'downy flakes', which represent his own sense of isolation and poor navigation off the main road. Also, this negativity is part of Frost's image of winter as a despairing haven for travelers that lose their way in life. This also occurs in a previous stanza that dictates the solace of the wintry wood as a poetic image of despair."
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"A Farewell to Arms", 2008.
An analysis of the inevitability of despair in war in Ernest Hemingway's "A Farewell to Arms".
1,592 words (approx. 6.4 pages), 5 sources, MLA, £ 36.95
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The paper discusses how in "A Farewell to Arms," Ernest Hemingway chronicles the life of Frederic Henry, an American serving as an ambulance driver in the Italian Army during World War I. The paper examines how Hemingway contrasts the death and despair of war with the loving relationship between Henry and an English nurse. The paper explains that this relationship, although an escape from the despondency of battle, actually culminates in more pain and misery, thus highlighting how despair is inevitable in war.
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"In his partially autobiographical novel, A Farewell to Arms, Ernest Hemingway chronicles the life of Frederic Henry, an American serving as an ambulance driver in the Italian Army during World War I. Hemingway conveys the idea of insensibility shared by Henry and the other soldiers and army personnel as they take pleasure in unscrupulous living and overt excess. Symbolic in nature, their unrestrained behavior discloses the sense of hopelessness felt among the soldiers as they realize the futility of war. Amid the tumultuous events taking place on the battlefield, Hemingway contrasts the death and despair with the loving relationship between Henry and an English nurse, Catherine Barkley. This relationship appears to be an escape from the despondency so prevalent on the frontlines of battle. However, Henry and Catherine's relationship culminates in more pain and misery as Hemingway weaves a tale that illuminates the insensate horror and devastation born out of war."
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