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William Carlos Williams York International Universities Press Voyeur
1,058 words... for loneliness implies precisely the lack of and desire for an other. "Too hot" to be "at ease, " Williams, playing the voyeur, finds this other in the form of the sexually budding girls. In his role as voyeur, Williams is paradoxically trapped between his narcissistic desire to identify with the girls and an irreconcilable need to reassert the presence of his ego. As Freud recognized, its active counterpart accompanies every passive perversion. He who is a voyeur in his unconscious is conco...
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End Of The Play Romantic Ideals
1,172 wordsLove and war are two concerns which are often regarded as societal ideals. George Bernard Shaw's Arms and the Man is a pleasant and humorous attack on both. Shaw uses humor as a vehicle of thought thus tending to obscure his subtle satire on war and the genteel classes and his exploration of the romantic-realist spectrum in human disposition (Davis 274). These romantic ideals make up the essence of the plays satirical instances and develop the theme of realism. Shaw satirizes romanticism within ...
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History Of The Aids Virus In Africa
1,484 wordsAcquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, more commonly known as AIDS is often referred to as a global killer. In Sub-Saharan Africa AIDS has reached pandemic proportions with 14 million dead already, and 23 million more infected. Africa constitutes 10 % of the worlds population, and is now the home to 90 % of all new HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus, which causes AIDS) infections, giving it the highest AIDS frequency in the world. I would like to discuss how unsafe African sex practices have contri...
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Infidelity In Men More Than Just Sex
1,198 wordsThe subject of infidelity is a frightening one to me. I have only been unfaithful once, but I remember it vividly. The thought that I could do something like that to a person that I cared about is depressing. Although I can clearly depict how bad cheating made me feel, I cannot explain why I did it. The best reason that I have been able to come up with is physical pleasure. The idea that I could betray somebody that I loved troubles me, but even more troubling is the prospect of infidelity in my...
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Robert Frost Nature In His Works
608 wordsAn Analysis of Nature in the works of Robert Frost When reading poetry by Robert Frost the theme of nature is strongly present and persistent. Robert Frost uses the world around him to create a mystic feeling to his writings, almost giving the reader a sense of nostalgia. The influence of nature in Frost's works creates a palette to paint a picture filled with symbolism for the reader to interpret. The nature in the poems makes the poem an intimate piece in which most readers can identify with o...
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Adolescents And Parents Six Hours Played
959 wordsAs a product of the 80 's, one of the most recognizable movies of the time was the Breakfast club. With a cast of the hottest, up and coming actors and actresses of that decade, the movie depicts the experiences of true adolescence development. This movie telling a tale of five distinctly different teenagers force to give up a Saturday in detention. What they learn from the next six hours was that despite their separate social affiliations, they are in fact the same. They each had to deal with i...
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Sexual Relationships Survey Conducted
1,273 wordsIn today's society, infidelity is one of the leading causes of marital disruption and divorce. In accordance with societal norms many myths have been associated with infidelity. The following myths and their effects on marriage will be discussed: Everyone has affairs; the affair is the direct result of the faithful mate and, the marriage must end in divorce. In examining the various myths, this paper will challenge the greater issue, can marriage survive infidelity? There was a time when more sm...
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Men And Women Deborah Tannen
1,066 wordsSource essay on "But What Do You Mean?" by Deborah Tannen Deborah Tannen's essay But What Do You Mean deals with a problem of misunderstanding that often occurs when men and women communicate. She gives us a numerous examples of misinterpretation of what is being said, on the part of men just as on the part of women and she rightfully suggests that this happens, because women and mens modes of thinking are different in its essence. Tannen argues that what defines mens logistics, is their strive ...
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Emily Dickinson Robert Frost
1,016 wordsBreaking Breaking The Silence SHHHHHH! ! ! ! ! Breaking the silence Intimacy and sexuality are the most important aspects of our life, our sex lives affect all other spheres and often determines a sense of our adequacy. However, as human beings, Christian morality has left a deep influence on the development of the modern individual. Christianity has always prohibited open portrayal of human sexual feelings and activities. Sex, as a theme has always been a taboo subject. Which was an inappropria...
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Hunger Of Memory Richard Rodriguez Understand
927 wordsThe Hunger of Memory: The Education of Richard Rodriguez, was a story about an Hispanic kid who went through a lot of changes throughout his childhood. This boy moved to California to live with his family and start his new life. He had never learned to speak or understand English, so you can only imagine how difficult a time he must have had. He tried to keep quiet his entire time in class so he didnt humiliate or just flat out embarrass himself. He grew up thinking that English was a public lan...
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Gays And Lesbians Gay And Lesbian
1,166 wordsAlvarez, Gary page 1 Eng. 101; sec. 51 Theme II rough draft 1 February 17, 2000 SODOMY LAWS: SHOULD THEY BE ELIMINATED? During the past decade, gays and lesbians have become more assertive in expressing their rights within American society. Although gay people are gaining legal rights and protection, they continue to be victims of discriminatory laws and social intolerance. Issues such as whether gays belong in the military, in the clergy, or in the teaching profession, have stirred the passions...
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Em Dash Status Quo
1,034 wordsTwo-way communication, with both parties able to express themselves on the most deep-rooted issues and really hear the other, is key to change in a family business. That was the central point of John Messervey's address to the Family Business center, September 9, 1997 at the Springfield Sheraton. Messervey, of the National Family Business Council in Lake Forest, Illinois, believes that nearly every family business will benefit by change&em dash; and that those who attended are ready to catalyze ...
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Low Self Esteem Binge Drinking
1,565 wordsMost young adults enter college seeking a higher education in preparation for a career and vocation yet to be determined. This is a time when students go through cognitive, psychosocial, and bio social development, as they become more mature adults. This is also a time when young people begin to form more intimate relationships with members of the opposite sex. Generally, college students are looking to replace the social network of friends that were established during high school and adolescenc...
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Men And Women Dorothy Parker
670 wordsDorothy Parker, an accomplished American poet, exposes the darker side of human behavior through her epigrammatic style of poetry. She believed that a writer must say what he feels and sees. She specialized in the hard truths, particularly about death, in both life and love. Some major motifs present in Parkers work include loneliness, lack of communication between men and women, disintegration of relationships, human frailties, and the affectations and hypocrisies of a patriarchal society. Park...
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Socio Economic Middle Class
1,239 wordsDown at the Dump Patrick White, most noted for his longer works of fiction, exemplifies his craft of storytelling in his short story Down at the Dump. White has dramatized an event in life, such as a funeral, and given us a very believable insight into our own culture. Some readers will take offence to such a raw and truthful portrait, while others will find humor and hope in the same story. White is a writer who crafts a story with such intensity, that at times it slaps you in the face with the...
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Wright Economic Growth
855 wordsRobert Wright is the science writer for Time Magazine. Because he writes for this popular magazine, he enjoys the attention of many readers who look to him to provide them with the latest news from the scientific community. After reading The Evolution of Despair, an article written by Wright, I came under the impression that he is both reporter and commentator, but not explicitly so. Wright utilizes a variety of rhetorical tools to establish trust and confidence in his readers, thereupon interje...
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Permanent Damage Todays Society
955 wordsemail: Friendship What is friendship? Friendship is a very special gift I have been blessed with and is something I cherish more each day. Friendship is an unspoken promise between two people that comes only from the heart; it is the feeling of knowing that someone will be there under any circumstance, despite any distance that may exist. Friendships give the opportunity for learning to trust someone and confide in that person with the most intimate feelings, dreams, and desires. Friendship is b...
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King Solomons Nineteenth Century
1,137 wordsAnalysis of King Solomons Mines undertone of Sexism During the nineteenth century, women were viewed as inferior to men. Men also saw women as prizes as well as possessions. We can see this undertone in the book King Solomons Mines by H. Rider Haggard. Here, the writer uses Lyn Pykett's essay Gender, Degeneration, Renovation: Some Contexts of the Modern as the backbone for the comparison and discussion. As Allen Quartermain and company gets closer and closer to the diamonds, the description of t...
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Sir Walter Social Commentary
1,436 wordsDefining the novel is a challenging prospect because the act of naming means to circumscribe a genre that defies rigid codes. The novels elasticity and readiness to incorporate other genres makes it slippery and untidy; nevertheless, the novel ness of a text allows us to recognize a novel and distinguish it from other genres. As readers, we approach the novel with the expectation that it will possess novelistic attributes and judge the novel on its ability to master these. With this focus in min...
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Gender Roles Quot Line
1,326 wordsDeborah Pope The fearful, gloomy woman waiting inside her darkening room for the emotional and meteorological devastation to hit could be Aunt Jennifer, who is similarly passive and terrified, overwhelmed by events that eclipsed her small strength. " Aunt Jennifer's Tigers" is, however, an even clearer statement of conflict in women, specifically between the impulse to freedom and imagination (her tapestry of prancing tigers) and the " massive weight" of gender roles and expe...
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