Abstract Anton Chekhov's short story, entitled, "The Lady with the Dog", is a love story between the two main characters, Dmitri Gurov and Anna Sergeyevna. The writer looks at the struggle that they experience as they try to prevent their affair from happening, especially since they are already married and have their own respective families to live with. The writer explains that in addition to their love story, the primary focus of the story is the illustration of the development of Dmitri Gurov's character. It shows how Dmitri's development as the main character in the story can be illustrated through a study and analysis of his life and outlook in life before, during and after he met Anna Sergeyevna, referred to in the story as the 'lady with the dog'.
From the Paper "The first analysis of Dmitri Gurov's character can be seen in his life before he met Anna, and this is found in Chapter 1 of the story. Dmitri Gurov is introduced in the story as an already married man, and has one daughter and two sons from his marriage. Dmitri's life is full of treachery and boredom, mainly because he lives with a woman whom he does not love, and has a profession which he does not want to practice (Dmitri was interested in the arts, but has been given a job at a bank instead). The following passage from the short story illustrates how Dmitri's life can be described as ?lifeless,? as if Dmitri had no life to live at all. Chekhov tells his readers: "In the society of men he was bored and not himself, with them he was cold and uncommunicative; but when he was in the company of women he felt free" ? but Chekhov also tells his readers that Dmitri ?? every intimacy, which at first so agreeably diversifies life and appears a light and charming adventure, inevitably grows into a regular problem of extreme intricacy, and in the long run the situation becomes unbearable.? These passages tells us that before meeting with Anna, Dmitri is a bored man who finds relief from boredom through adultery, but his relationship with other women also becomes "unbearable" for him, since Dmitri seem to look at women as "temporary relief" from his dreary and boring life. Thus, Dmitri Gurov is shown as an irresolute and heartless man who finds women as mere commodities to suit his need to experience fun and excitement in life, and to boost his deflated ego and pride as a result of his living with an "unbearable" woman, his wife."
Abstract This paper is an in-depth examination of the periodic table. The author begins with some background on atomic knowledge, and then looks at the ancient Greek scholars who influenced the early table. Early atomic theory, and the discovery of distinct weights are discussed in detail. The author pays specific attention to Russian chemist Dmitri Mendeleev, whose scientific work in the late 1880s provided the breakthrough in the construction of this table and remains the basis for the model used today.
From the Paper "Mendeleev completed the table in 1869, when 63 known elements existed. As Mendeleev said, ?if all the elements can be arranged in order of their atomic weights a periodic repetition of properties is obtained.? (Leichester, 1965) Mendeleev arranged the elements according to weight, and then proceeded to group them into clusters of elements that possessed similar properties. These groupings, together with the consideration of variance from strict atomic weight order, left spaces in the table that Mendeleev predicted would encompass elements that had not yet been discovered. Mendeleev left these spaces open in order to accommodate future discoveries. He himself accurately predicted three of these missing elements- Scandium (ekaboron), galluim (ekaaluminum), and germanium (ekasilicon). By 1886, only seventeen years after the creation of the table, all of the elements previously predicted by Mendeleev had been isolated."
Abstract The paper discusses the issues of marriage, morality and sexuality in today's society and shows how they differ from the years prior to the 1960s when couples were kept in their marriage by a tight moral code. The author of the paper examines how the subject of marriage and sexuality is portrayed through literature, such as Guy de Maupassant's "The Necklace", Kate Chopin' s "The Story of an Hour" and Tchehov's "The Lady with the Dog".
From the Paper "Chopin's view of marriage, even one in which the two people love each other, is sarcastic. She sees women in her time period dominated by the men they marry, unable to make a decision without consulting their husbands. She views marriage as a burden. For viewpoint on marriage and sexuality is clear in her short story, The Storm. The wife, Calixta is at home during a furious storm and an old friend, Alcee, stops by to get out of the storm. She has never been alone with him since her marriage but at one time they kissed passionately. She had been pure then, and he respected her virtue. As a married woman she gave herself up to the passion of his arms. The storm passed. The two lovers were satiated, and the marriages returned to normal."
Tags: divorce, virgin, unmarried, Mrs., Mallard, Yalta, Dmitri, Guy, de, Maupassant, Necklace, Kate, Chopin, Story, Hour, Tchehov, Lady, Dog
Abstract A plan is detailed for the marketing of skateboards produced in the United States in the People's Republic of China (PRC). Marketing objectives, pro forma financial statements, and resource requirements are addressed.
From the Paper A plan is detailed for the marketing of skateboards produced in the United States in the People's Republic of China (PRC). Marketing objectives, pro forma financial statements, and resource requirements are addressed.Because of this contrast, the brothers inevitably clash.
Dmitri, also known as Mitya in the novel, is immediately shown to be a man who lives a wayward life of passion:
He spent an irregular boyhood and youth. . . . He did not finish his studies at the gymnasium, he got into a military school, . . . fought a duel, and was degraded, . . . led a wild life, and spent a good deal of money (6).
Dmitri is, in his critical father's eyes, "frivolous..."
Abstract Profound revelation is at the heart of Anton Chekhov's short story, "The Lady with the Pet Dog". Chekhov creates a simple, yet moving story, that operates on several levels. This paper examines how Chekhov writes in a nontraditional form, infuses elements from past stories, and applies personal events to shape this story.
From the Paper "The most compelling aspect of "The Lady with the Pet Dog" is the transformation of Dmitry Gurov. In the beginning of the story, Gurov appears to be almost dysfunctional when it comes to personal relationships. He experiences difficulty establishing a satisfactory bond with his wife. We are told that he "privately considered her of limited intelligence, narrow-minded, dowdy, was afraid of her, and did not like to be at home" (Chekhov 197). In fact, Gurov had been unfaithful to his wife quite often. Additionally, Gurov does not establish solid relationships outside of his marriage. Because of his infidelity, he "almost always spoke ill of women" and refers to them as the "inferior race" (197)."
This paper analyzes a character in Toni Morrison's "The Bluest Eye," Andre Dubus's "Killings, Anton Chekhov's "The Lady with the Pet Dog," Robert Frost's "Home Burial," and Ernest Hemingway's "Soldier's Home".
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Abstract This paper theorizes the prevailing social environment that each character lives in leads to their transition from being resolute to irresolute individuals determined to make beneficial or detrimental changes in their lives. The author points out that in one of the five literary works, "The Bluest Eye," Morrison creates the character of Pecola Breedlove, a black American in the 1940s American society, in whom the readers can see internal conflict; she is torn between accepting being a black American and aspiring to become a white American, hence her preoccupation to have the "bluest eye(s)". The paper relates that, in the last of the five works, Dmitri Gurov in "Lady with the Pet Dog" by Chekhov demonstrates a change in character for the benefit of romantic love when he finally admits to himself, for once in his life, that he needs a woman who will not only satisfy his physical needs, but also his emotional need to be understood and to feel for him as a man and partner in life.
From the Paper "Literary works have become significant artifacts for readers because of the similarities and almost-real depictions of the lives of its characters in a particular period and event in human history. Analyses of literary works include, among others, looking into transitions or changes that occurred within a character's personality or behavior throughout the story. This conscious effort to illustrate changes in characterization is vital to the development of the story, since literary works ultimately mirror the reality that it is through human acts that humanity's fate changes over time. That is, an individual's interaction with his/her society inevitably leads to a change in his behavior, and vice versa."
Abstract This paper explains that hacking is unauthorized use or attempt to circumvent or bypass the security mechanisms of an information system or network for the thrill of learning and "looking around" or for the malicious intent of gathering information for gain, data corruption, or access to a system. The author points out that a hacker replaced the home page of the Burger King UK site with a parody of arch rival McDonald's site, stating "Eat our food, we want your money," and suggesting to visitors that they should go to McDonalds instead. The paper relates that it is hard to quantify the financial losses of clean-up and investigation from hacking, but the real costs are soft costs, such lost business opportunities. Graphs and illustrations.
Table of Contents
Introduction
What Is Hacking?
Hacker Motivation
The Costs of Hacking on Business
Burger King
Cert.org
The FBI and SirCam
NetNames and Osama Bin Laden
Adobe and Dmitry Sklyarov
Companies' Hacking-Related Insurance Costs
The Effects of Cyber Criminal Activity
Conclusion
From the Paper "White-Hat hackers is often used to describe those who attempt to break into systems or networks in order to help the owners of the system by making them aware of security flaws, or to perform some other altruistic activity. Many such people are employed by computer security companies. This type of hacker takes pleasure in learning and working with computer systems, and as a result gains a deeper understanding of the subject."
Abstract In Anton Chekhov's short story, "The Lady with the Pet Dog," Dmitri Gurov, the main character, makes the transformation from a jaded, superficial womanizer to a caring lover, slowly with purpose. On the other hand, Mel McGinnis, the character who utters much of the dialogue in Raymond Carver's "What We Talk About When We Talk About Love," idealizes and longs for the type of mature love ultimately manifested in Gurov, but never actually arrives there within the course of the story. Instead, we merely see Mel talking about the need for "real" love and the desire for such love within the transience of contemporary relationships. This paper shows that Gurov's path of transformation begins in the world of serial relationships that the couples in Carver's story are so immersed in and follows a slow and variable progression to what Mel would refer to as "spiritual" or "real" love. The paper concludes that, although no form of love is absolutely perfect, the capacity of love that Gurov finally achieves can be akin to Mel's ideal view of love.
From the Paper "Perhaps the kind of love Gurov and Anna ultimately possess is embodied in the relationship of the elderly couple in their mid-seventies who have been in an auto accident. This couple represents our traditional conception of love-lifetime monogamy-a love that lasts "until death do us part." The kind of dependence between the old couple is reflective of Anna and Gurov's ultimate love for each other; the kind of mutual, unconditional love "very close, dear people, like husband and wife, like tender friends" possessed for each other. This kind of love involves dependence, vulnerability and need, all very undesirable qualities in our contemporary world of "you do your thing and I'll do mine." As a product of contemporary society, Mel greatly desires to comprehend such an elevated form of love."
Abstract This paper discusses and reviews the book entitled "Ambivalent Neighbors", edited by Anatol Lieven and Dmitri Trenin, about the relationship between the European Union, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, and the member states that participated in these organizations.
From the Paper ""Ambivalent Neighbors" subtitled "The EU NATO and the Price of Membership" is a text edited by Anatol Lieven and Dmitri Trenin. The text presents a total of stand-alone articles each of which is focused on some aspect of or issues related to the complex relationships between the European Union (EU), the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the individual member states that participate in either or both of these organizations. The Foreword to the text provided by Jessica T Matthews of the..."
Abstract This paper reviews and discusses the life and work of Alfred Schnittke, said to be the most important composer to arise in Russia after Dmitry Shostakovich. According to the paper, Schnittke has also been listed as one of the leading avant-garde composers of the postwar era, even though he changed his own way of writing music as he developed through time.
From the Paper "Schnittke's String Trio (1985) is a homage to Alban Berg, and here Schnittke refers to the older composer's style in a general way rather than by using specific quotation. The whole piece is a complex set of variations or transformations of the opening material, with polyphonic density shared by the Fourth String Quartet and the Piano Quartet (both 1989, with the latter incorporating material from an unfinished piano quartet by Mahler). With is later chamber works, and in his symphonies, Schnittke reveals a greater textural transparency in his writing, something that is also apparent in both the Second Sonata for cello and piano (1993-4) and the Third Sonata for violin and piano (1994). "
