This paper discusses the French Surrealist poet Andre Breton and analyzes how his Surrealist art philosophy influenced the art world in the twentieth century.
2,150 words (approx. 8.6 pages), 7 sources, 2002, $ 80.95
Abstract This paper discusses the French Surrealist poet Andre Breton and analyzes how his Surrealist art philosophy influenced the art world in the twentieth century.
Tags: ART HISTORY / DADAISM, SURREALISM, breton surrealist art
Abstract This paper examines the book "Cape Cod" by Henry Davis Thoreau which recounts his experiences on walking excursions around Cape Cod during the mid 1800's in which he described much about the unspoiled nature present throughout the Cape at that time. It evaluates his perceptions of ecology and the environment through his observations, by the way he describes the plant and animal life of the area as well as his experiences with the fisherman. It concludes with how Theoreau might have been another Charles Darwin if he had the studied zoology or botany rigorously, instead of simply celebrating the differences.
From the Paper "Throughout the book, Thoreau notes things that we would celebrate today, such as exceptionally clean water. He describes swimming in such water with great delight, and comments on the fish he can see clearly swimming around his feet. This suggests that fish were more bountiful then than now, as well as the water cleaner. He also notes the thorn-apple growing around the edges of a small island, suggesting an ecological balance, with the plant helping fight the erosion of the little island."
Tags: ecology, environment, fisherman, animals, plants, water, trees
This paper is a personal essay comparing two versions of the film, ?Cape Fear?, a first film in 1962 directed by J. Lee Thompson in the style of Hitchcock, and the second in 1991, directed by Martin Scorsese.
895 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 0 sources, 2004, $ 31.95
Abstract This paper relates that the first ?Cape Fear?s? technical uses of camera angles caused many film critics to call it "Hitchcockian", but this broad designation neglects another: Hitchcock's use of suspense and his simultaneous embrace of the grotesque. The author believes that American director, Martin Scorsese, shares Hitchcock's use of humor; but technically, Scorsese is less apt than Hitchcock to use sharp camera angles. Scorsese's camera is more apt to linger, as well as to jump-cut. The author contends that the second ?Cape Fear? is more horrific than the first film because the modern viewer of the 1990s and beyond is so much more apt to identify with the difficulties and complexities exhibited by the characters, as opposed to the more 'perfect' setting that is intruded upon in the first film.
From the Paper "This is not to deny the impact of J. Lee Thompson's unique style. Scorsese and J. Lee Thompson differ from each other in that the earlier filmmaker was always apt to cast a mythological tone to his use of narrative. In contrast to both Hitchcock's suspenseful humor and Scorsese's suspenseful characterization and brutal view of common humanity, Thompson prefers to view the world as a morality play. Thus, the starkness of good and evil in the film is not due to the filmmaker's naivet?, but the way he reads "Beauty and the Beast"s? influence on the modern day justice system. "
Abstract This paper offers an in-depth study of Cape Verde's role in African slave trade. It discusses the history behind the migration of Cape Verde's people to the United States.
From the Paper "The Impact of the American Slave Trade upon Cape Verde and its people. Pope John Paul II made the journey to West Africa and Cape Verde in order to personally apologize for the slave trade as it existed prior to this was a fitting location ..."
This paper offers a comparison of the dysfunction of the two families portrayed in David Adams Richards' "Nights Below Station Street" and Ann-Marie MacDonald's "Fall On Your Knees."
Abstract A comparison of the dysfunction in the two families portrayed in David Adams Richards "Nights Below Station Street" and Ann-Marie MacDonald's "Fall On Your Knees." The paper argues that the former family achieves redemption through their love but the latter suffers attrition and cannot overcome their high level of dysfunctional interaction.
From the Paper "Family dysfunction typically characterizes family relations to one degree or another in most families. However, in David Adams Richards' "Nights Below Station Street" and Ann-Marie MacDonald's "Fall On Your Knees," if it were not for family dysfunction the families depicted would not function at all. Richards provides a tale of the Walsh's, a working-class family from the wrong side of the tracks in a small mill town in New Brunswick."
Tags: co-parenting conflict, incest, religiosity, alcoholism, pregnancy, suicide, race relations, CapeBreton, New Brunswick, teenage rebellion, family relations, physical, sexual and verbal abuse
Abstract This paper looks at the public health dissemination model towards community exploration, needs assessment and information provision and inducing interest and voluntarism. It refers to small regional projects, NB CapeBreton, where attitudinal change is required ahead of large urban centres. Reference is also made to specialized outreach and information as in sub-Saharan African countries. It also discusses how overall, much time should be given to assessing target audience, culturally and to providing careful health promotion/AIDS prevention material, in ways that cultivate ongoing interest.
From the Paper "Health Behaviour Change is now a usual model in approaching public health initiatives in North America. The PRECEDE-PROCEDE planning model seems suitable in its careful attention to assessing an environment and target audience well. (Gielen & McDonald: 2002) This paper introduces approaches to non-urban communities where AIDS remains a topic not discussed, or with many persons lacking a broad and accurate view of the pandemic. The public tends to become alarmed about AIDS as an incurable condition that is sexually transmitted. Myths still circulate as to how HIV is spread and its implications."
Abstract This is a reflective paper of the work of the Rev. Mr. John Wm. McKenzie and Dr. Sherwood Hall, Canadian Presbyterian missionaries, who joined a small north Korean congregation in 1893. The paper explains the history behind the work of both Roman Catholic and Protestant missionaries in this area of the world. The paper further looks at the history of the Rev. Mr. John Wm. McKenzie, a native of CapeBreton, who followed in the reputation of the Scottish Dr. John Ross. Though he died within two years of reaching Korea his hard work is much remembered.
From the Paper "The saga of North American medical and other Protestant missionaries and missions in Korea is a lasting element of Korea's modern history. Through much of the 19th century, the Korean field featured divisions between Roman Catholic and Protestant missionaries, the latter attached to several Canadian and American denominations. Medical and educational missionary work filled important needs in a society struggling with immense class gaps, much poverty, and after 1910-11, the results of the Japanese annexation of the Korean Peninsula."
Abstract This paper analyzes the decline and subsequent rebuilding of the Canadian labor movement between 1920 and 1940. It discusses the CapeBreton coal miners, the origins of the Cooperative Commonwealth in Oshawa, Ontario and the extent to which the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) served the interests of the working people and the labor movement during this period.
Table of Contents:
Objective
Background
The Beginning of the End
Workers' Revolt (1917-1925)
Results of Economic Downturn
The Coal Workers do not Give in so Easily
Choices and Consequences of the Choice Made
Church and Labor Alliance Ends
Laws Change in Canada in Late 1930s
Summary and Conclusion
From the Paper "The labor class in Canada experienced many shifts in their political and social climate during the period 1920-1930 in that the labor class rode upon the high waves of victory through their alignment with workers unions that succeeded in bring out about gains to these individuals only to have those gains abruptly removed following World War II. However, the determination of workers unions to organize combined with the injustices experienced by Canadian labor following the war resulted in a final victorious achievement for Canadian laborers, which they were able to realize finally in the late 1930s."
Abstract The paper examines the Middle-English text of the 'Franklin's Tale' by Chaucer and concludes that it is derived from Breton Lai, a style most famously used in the popular fiction of Marie de France in the Twelfth Century. Over the two hundred year period between the work of Marie de France and Chaucer, literature naturally progressed and it attempts to show that the "Franklin's Tale" is a text that has developed from the characteristically refined and escapist genre of Breton Lai.
From the Paper "Chaucer is true to Breton lai convention in that he sets the story in a vague, but chivalrous pre-Christian past. The open ended and somewhat psychological dilemma posed at the end of the romance cannot thus be solved by means of Christian intervention. Hypothetically, the fourteenth century church would have advised Dorigen that keeping her promise to Aurelius and thereby committing adultery would be a far greater sin than breaking her promise to him. Arveragus, however, believes that his wife should keep her promise, which again deviates from the traditional allegiance to the loyalty of the lover in Breton lai."
Tags: arveragus, canterbury, christian, dorigen, france, lanval, marie, pre, tales
An in-depth examination about whether there exist actual and/or perceived differences in the achievement motivation levels of samples of colored and black African students attending The University of Fort Hare and the University of Western Cape.
Abstract This study examines racial/ethnic issues in relation to achievement motivation and perceptions of achievement motivation in groups of South African university students. The study asks if achievement motivation is significantly related to differences in students' racial/ethnic background. It also questions whether perceptions of other racial/ethnic groups' levels of achievement motivation are significantly related to differences in students' racial/ethnic background. It then asks if achievement motivation is significantly related to differences in where students attend school (Fort Hare or Western Cape) and whether perceptions of other racial/ethnic groups' levels of achievement motivation significantly related to differences in where students attend school (Fort Hare or Western Cape).
Introduction
Review of Literature
Methods
Conclusion
Sources
From the Paper "The background of this study examination of achievement motivation as it relates to ethnic differences in groups of South African college students is really the history of South Africa and its ethnic diversity, tensions, and conflict. South Africa, located at the southern tip continent of Africa, has a population of 45.1 million people. It is slightly less than twice the size of Texas and boasts of high sweeping plateaus, towering mountains, deep valleys and beautiful beaches lining its long, fertile coast. Ethnically and racially diverse, South Africa is about 75.2 percent black, 8.6 percent Colored (mixed-race), 13.6 percent white, and 2.6 percent Indian. Most whites, coloreds and blacks (about 60 percent of each group) are Christians. However, there is a Hindu minority to which about 60 percent of the Indians belong; of the remaining groups, most are Muslims."
Abstract This paper briefly addresses the similarities of the Breton, Cornish, and Welsh cultures in the areas of language and myths, particularly the dominance of the sea in these cultures' mythologies. They are all Celtic cultures, which makes it easier to draw parallels, particularly as regards linguistic similarities.
Abstract This paper examines many movies from the past decades and shows how Hitchcock concepts have influenced the content and style of various movies. It shows that not only suspense movies have been influenced by this style. Some movies examined are ?Monty Python and the Holy Grail,? Spielberg's ?Close Encounters of the Third Kind,? and the Scorsese film ?Cape Fear."
From the Paper "MacGuffin (n.) 1. In a film, a plot device whose sole purpose is to set the action in motion, such as a suitcase with unknown contents. Often, the MacGuffin turns out to be a decoy, causing men to make fools of themselves in pursuit of futile ends. Word origin: Coined by Alfred Hitchcock, 1939? (Enders). Hitchcock's influence on filmmakers still exists today. For example, the recent movie "Rat Race" uses a MacGuffin to set the entire movie action. The MacGuffin is the race; set up by the hotel owner that pits six groups of contestants against each other for $2 million dollars. "
Abstract This geography paper discusses the issue of homelessness in the everyday life of the Japan. The author points out looking at everyday life from the perspective of homeless people can be a very interesting exercise, which allows an observer to understand a society's feelings about homelessness, work, alienation, family relationships and the intrinsic value of human life. The paper relates that that Kobo Abe's "The Box Man" is about homelessness, while the Kenji Nakagami's "The Cape has a character who happens to be homeless in the ghetto, which is already poor.
From the Paper "Everyday life in every society is seen from a wide range of perspectives. This means that everyday life can be seen as something completely different from the perspective of a working person or a homeless person. Looking at everyday life from the perspective of homeless people can be a very interesting exercise because it allows an observer to understand a society's feelings about homelessness, work, alienation, family relationships and the intrinsic value of human life. Two stories that explore homelessness in the everyday life of Japanese people are "The Box Man" by Kobo Abe and "The Cape" by Kenji Nakagami."
An examination of crime, deviance and social control in South Africa as expressed in the article, "Guard in Court for Estee's Murder," written by Khethiwe Mabena and published in the Cape Times on April 11, 2008.
Abstract This paper discusses the topics of crime, deviance and social control according to an article published in the Cape Times newspaper on April 11, 2008 titled, "Guard in Court for Estee's Murder,". The paper looks at the origin of crimes in South Africa and then relates the article to the overall situation of crime, deviance and social control in modern South Africa.
From the Paper "The final priority is that of autonomy. This is better described as a resistance to control one's life and a desire for personal independence. The fact that the subject broke into a house and stole belongings which represent value and social status is a good example for this. It is a fact that money and belongings illustrate a sense of power over one's own life. Without these aspects one does not have a certainty that you will be in control of your own life. The fact that the subject stole particular items gives structure to the aspect of autonomy. The subject wanted control over his life and so he decided to commit the crime for personal gain."
Abstract An examination of the affect of Salvador Dali's characteristic of paranoia, combined with his artistic techniques, on his paintings. It explains how Dali used his paranoia to his advantage, and created a system of interpretation called his Paranoiac Critical Method, which is considered his "liquid revealer of images". The writer states that Dali's technique allowed him to give realistic accounts of his mental images. When Dali combined his technique and paranoiac characteristics, he created some of the most phenomenal boundary breaking art the world has ever seen.
From the Paper "The artwork of Salvador Dali has always been intriguing, but in 1929 his artwork reached a whole new level when he began to enter his paranoiac stage. A few factors brought on this change, which he would focus on until the 40's. A very important factor was Dali's interest in dreams. At that time, Dali had become fascinated with the works of Freud, and followed his teachings as an attempt to interpret his dreams for self analysis. The more Dali analyzed his dreams, the more he noticed that many images in his mind reoccurred; and eventually, he began to paint them. Many of the dreams that reoccurred to Dali were life obsessions and fears that had developed through his life and would have a great affect on his paintings. Some of these reoccurring themes included: William Tell, Lenin, Hitler, Anthropomorphic images, Millet's Angelus, Vermeer paintings, and childhood images (Fetzer, 1)."
