Abstract This analytical essay highlights the weaknesses as well as the strengths of the movie, "The Butcher Boy", directed by Neil Jordan. It discusses the mediating role of American pop culture and its affects on the film's adolescent protagonist, Francie. The paper illustrates how her imagination grew from the fictional stories of popular media, to create a strange reality in her daily life, where real life events became like fiction.
From the Paper "The setting of the film is rural Ireland and the timeline reflects the happenings and the political free environment of 60?s. Eamonn Owens, a new entrant in the film industry plays the lead as Francie a 12-year old boy with severe mental problems, with the devastating affects of the American Pop Culture that worsened the child's mind. The disturbed Francie is the intricate and melancholic product of his broken family with two demented parents. The role of the alcoholic father is well played by the popular Stephen Rea and Aisling O'Sullivan performs the character of the capricious overdosed mother of Francie."
Abstract This literature paper examines the symbolism and feminist perspective in Li Ang's "The Butcher's Wife". It concludes that although the novella ends in tragedy, it still denotes a blow to the patriarchal regime.
A discussion on whether Malcolm's words "this dead butcher and his fiend-like queen" are an adequate obituary for Macbeth and his wife in William Shakespeare's "Macbeth".
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Abstract This paper examines how at the end of William Shakespeare's "Macbeth", once Malcolm has gained his rightful place on the throne, he describes the fall of Macbeth and his dead wife as ?this dead butcher? and "his fiend-like queen" respectively. It debates whether this is too harsh a description or whether is it suitable enough considering the atrocities they had committed.
From the Paper "From the start, we are witness to the violent nature of Macbeth in the Captain's account of the battle: ?[Macbeth] unseemed him from the nave to the chaps.? He is also praised as a brave soldier and a valiant nobleman. From then on, events occur which only help to bring out the evil nature of Macbeth, and we see his ambition and evil thoughts build up in the play. The first of such events is his meeting with the witches, where they inform him of the honours and kingship he will obtain. Although he is slightly sceptical at first, he becomes noticeably excited when Rosse brings news that he is now Thane of Cawdor: he becomes "rapt" as Banquo observes, ignoring his companions in his deep and evil thoughts that have almost instantly taken over his mind: "why do I yield to that suggestion/ Whose horrid image doth unfix my hair"? "
Abstract This paper discusses the book, "The Butcher Boy", by Patrick McCabe. The paper introduces the main character, Francie, and analyzes his descent into madness. The potential reasons for this madness are examined, including his family background, his relation with Mrs. Nugent, and his friend Joe's betrayal.
From the Paper "Francie is a compelling young boy from a broken and difficult home who cannot cope with the real world of duplicity, hatred, and growth. As his dysfunctional family descends further and further into hell, his own life degenerates, and he finds himself withdrawing from reality and into delusion and madness. Francie's father is a well-known local drunk, who cannot keep a job. His mother loves him but is ineffectual and depressed ? she is fighting her own demons. Francie's surroundings conspire against him from the first, and his unnatural fixation on Mrs. Nugent as his archenemy and chief tormenter conspires against him as the novel continues. Francie really does not have a chance against these influences on his life he simply reacts to them."
Abstract This paper discusses the more complex character and motives behind Macbeth's actions which characterize him as a tragic hero. The paper shows that Shakespeare's Macbeth must have seemed like nothing more than a butcher to his victims but upon careful analysis of the text, one realizes that Macbeth was not fully evil, but a potentially great man who was led to evil through errors and forces beyond his control.
From the Paper "In the culmination of Shakespeare's Macbeth, Malcolm refers to Macbeth as "this dead butcher". Superficially, Macbeth is nothing more than a butcher ? he murdered his king, his kinsmen, even innocent women and children. From Malcolm's perspective, Macbeth is no more than a heartless killer gone mad, Key lines in this play show that Macbeth is not heartless or a butcher. Macbeth had a potential for greatness, but tragic errors led to his downfall ? both in his death and his "fall from grace". Macbeth also experiences intense remorse for what he has done. The character of Macbeth is a tragic hero."
Abstract This paper examines the poems "Butcher Shop" and "Animals Are Passing From Our Lives," and discusses similarities and differences in terms of tone, theme, imagery, person, wording, and metaphors.
Abstract This paper discusses how Klaus Barbie, the infamous "Butcher of Lyons," was an American intelligence asset in the years directly after World War Two. It looks at how both historical documents and the United States government admit that Barbie was used as an informant and how they helped smuggle him and his family to Bolivia, where he escaped justice until 1983.
Outline:
Introduction
A Brief History of Klaus Barbie's Wartime Activities
Barbie's Work as an Informant for the Counter Intelligence Corps
Reasoning Behind the Use of Barbie as an Intelligence Asset
Barbie Becomes a Liability
The Decision to Protect Barbie
Conclusion
From the Paper "Barbie's fate was the subject of contention between Region XII (the division running Barbie) and CIC headquarters. Headquarters wanted Barbie dropped as an informant; Region XII responded strongly with a case for his continued utilisation. They attacked the case against him by arguing that he was too skillful an interrogator to need to resort to violence. CIC headquarters dropped the matter. At the trial of Rene Hardy in 1950, Barbie's depositions were read into the record, making public for the first time that Barbie was in the US zone being protected by US authorities. His name appeared on the Search and Arrest list used by the German police in the American zone. "Suspending his activities, they nevertheless kept him on the payroll in order to keep him under control and under cover while a frantic debate went on as to his disposition." The CIC faced an unappetizing choice: turn Barbie over and risk the exposure of the CIC's organization and tactics to the French, which the CIC considered equivalent to turning him over to the Soviets, or getting rid of him. "
Abstract This paper takes the reader step by step through a lab dissection of the White Rat. It outlines each organ seen in it's respectable system and gives a visual description of each organ.
From the paper:
"The first step was to obtain the White Rat and to tie it in the supine position, anterior surface facing up in side the dissection pan. To tie the animal, we used butcher's twine and secured the front and hinds legs using a "lasso" technique, careful not touch the sharp claws. To make the first incision I had to locate the Xifoid Process of the rat (distal aspect of the sternum). Once I had located the Xifoid Process, I had to use forceps to pull the skin of the animal's abdomen up and use the scissors to cut."
Abstract Anti-social personality disorder is defined as ?a psychiatric condition characterized by chronic behavior that manipulates, exploits, or violates the rights of others. This behavior is often criminal.? (A.D.A.M., 2003). Another source describes adds that individuals with anti-social personality disorder violate the rights of others "without remorse or loyalty to anyone" (Butcher, Mineka, & Hooley, 2004). The causes of anti-social personality disorder are not known, though many sources have provided theories that can be used to explain the development of the disorder. Two of these theories are considered in this paper. It begins with a consideration of Sigmund Freud's theory and then looks at the theory of Albert Skinner. In each case, the theory is first described. This is followed by a consideration of how an individual would develop anti-social personality disorder based on the theory.
From the Paper "In Freud's theory, the focus is on the subconscious mind. Freud's theory describes how every individual is born with a basic set of desires, which he calls the id. These are essentially selfish drives. Individuals then develops an ego, which works to control the id. As one source explains, the ego's function involves ?seeking optimal compromises between the demands of biology and those of the real world" (Seamon & Kenrick, 1994, p. 421). The next stage of development is the superego, which is described as being developed at around age five. One source describes both the superego and its development saying, "young children form a superego, or conscience, by identifying with the same-sex parent, whose moral standards they adopt" (Berk, 2004, p. 253). These three parts of the subconscious then combine and interact with the outside environment. This means that an individual determines their behavior based on both the subconscious and the demands of the outside world."
Abstract This paper describes the main characters and the plot in Charles Brockden Brown's novel "Wieland, or the Transformation: An American Tale". The paper explains that the novel is about the transformation of its main characters, Theodore Wieland, Carwin and Clara, and that their transformations also reflected the transformation that America was going through at the time the book was written.
From the Paper ""Wieland, or The Transformation: An American Tale traces the demoralization and demise of an enlightened household in prerevolutionary Pennsylvania." The story was based "...on accounts of a religiously inspired mass homicide that took place near Tomhanick, New York, in 1781." This is Brown's "...best known and studied romance...""
