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The paper examines the theme of manners, class and love in John Fowles' gothic novel, "The Collector." The paper discusses the depiction of class relationships in Great Britain. The paper also explains why the protagonist Clegg is both attracted and repelled by Miranda and how the theme is reflected in the ending of the novel.

From the Paper
"There are any number of ways in which "The Collector" by John Fowles can be read. The novel can be understood as a contemporary Gothic horror story, a Freudian exploration of madness and deviance, or as a novel examining an interpersonal relationship. One approach to the novel that will be examined in this report focuses on the ways in which it revolves around the theme of manners understood in terms of class relationships in Great Britain."

Tags:The Collector, John Fowles, social class, manners

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This paper will examine the concept of the psychotic qualities found in the character of Freddie Clegg from the film adaptation of John Fowles' "The Collector". The character of Clegg can be seen to exhibit several of the symptoms that classify him as a psychopath. The book "Without Conscience; The Disturbing World of the Psychopaths Among Us" by Robert D. Hare will be used in order to provide additional analysis.

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This paper analyzes the relationship between art collector, Isabella Stewart Gardner and her advisor, Bernard Berenson, as illustrated through a series of letters they exchanged during the year 1896.

Tags:19th, century, collecting, court, fenway

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This paper discusses, from a sociological point of view, the collector doll phenomenon. It looks at what makes women buy dolls and treat them like children. The paper also investigates how gender socialization during the early 20th century pushed these women towards a nurturing role.

From the Paper
"Since the dawn of humanity there have been "dolls"; representations of humans or deities that have been collected for medicinal, religious, and, increasingly in modern times, recreational uses. Early humans first started becoming artisans so that they could make fertility idols, dolls that would increase women's ability to produce offspring, or to appease a deity so that they could help women to become impregnated. However doll making and the purposes of dolls have changed throughout the ages, from Ka figures in ancient Egypt who were said to house the spirit of the dead, to Barbie today who is mass produced so that thousands of children worldwide can watch her in her latest career exploits; women continue to collect and crave increasingly lifelike dolls (Robertson, 151). "

Tags:Elderly, Women, Collector

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Three authors and their works are analyzed for how they approach the issues of female empowerment and women's rights in male dominated cultures: Bessie Head ("The Collector of Treasures"), Nawal El Saadawi ("A Modern Love Letter"), and Fawziyya Abu-Khalid ("Mother's Inheritance").

From the Paper
"In order for oppression and racism to occur there must be an other created that is deemed necessarily inferior to the oppressor. As Windschuttle maintains; The construction of identity in every age and every society involves established opposites and others. This happens because the development and maintenance of every culture require the existence of another different and competing alter ego."

Tags:gender, relationships, love, power, abuse, roles, economics, politics, oppression, repression, voice, other

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This paper discusses and analyzes the above short stories. It looks at the marital relationships of the couples in each of these three works. The writer's focus is on the issue of change and how it can alter a relationship. The paper analyzes each of the African couples and highlights how they are examples of changing African relationships. In conclusion the paper argues that these characters illustrate African culture in vivid detail and portray women as having no rights or rights to feelings. It argues that culturally these relationships seem unacceptable to our western standards and that African women are beginning to recognize this too and stand up for their rights.

From the Paper
"Garesego and Dikeledi have a typical African relationship. The man has all the power and does whatever he pleases, even abuses his wife if he chooses. The wives have no power, and that is why so many of them end up in prison for killing their husbands, they have no other alternative in their unhappy and abusive lives. "To this day, women still suffered from all the calamities that befall an inferior form of human life" (Head 59). Garesego does not take responsibility for his family and his actions, and leaves Dikeledi with three children while he carouses and enjoys himself. Dikeledi admits she has never been happy in her life, and her marriage was no exception. Their relationship, and the contrasting relationship of her next-door neighbors, shows how culture clashes in modern Africa."

Tags:marital, african, culture, vivid, western

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This paper discusses Jim Lehrer's historical murder mystery, "No Uncertain Rest", focusing on the literary device of leading the character through the facts one by one as the main character discovers them. The technique is compared to that used in "The Bone Collector", and examples from Lehrer's book are given.

From the Paper
Jim Lehrer tells a riveting story of mistaken identity and murder that begins to come together one detail at a time while the reader tries to race ahead of the facts to solve the murder. As the reader sees inside the mind ..."

Tags:Jim Lehrer, No Uncertain Rest, Civil War, literary device, The Bone Collector

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The history of the Medici family in Italy clearly illustrates the difference between a true patron and a collector of fine art. This paper explains that with the collector, new artistic movements are, at times, very difficult to locate, which inevitably leads to the collector amassing works of art based on certain styles and motifs or even specific painters or sculptors from various artistic periods. The writer points out however that with the patron, such as Cosimo I and Lorenzo the Magnificent in the Renaissance and Cosimo III and Cardinal Leopoldo in the Baroque era, the almost in-born desire to vigorously encourage the development and spread of fine art is without competition, for the patron is truly the purveyor of artistic history, at least in western civilization.

From the Paper
"Of course, when the Medici family did finally expire in the mid 18th century, the great artists, such as Michelangelo, Da Vinci, Brunelleschi and Bernini, had also expired and their successors, although very talented and inspirational, did not possess the genius of these men which may help to explain why patronage itself waned after the Baroque era. In addition, it could be said that without the Medici family and its enormous wealth and prestige the Renaissance and Baroque eras might never have existed. Thus, the Medici, along with other prominent art patrons, allowed for the formation of several outstanding art periods which not only helped to create and foster great talent but also made it possible for the common, everyday man or woman to gaze in awe at their works of wonder and contemplate the very nature of their creators and those that supported them without question or authority."

Tags:artist, cosimo, lorenzo, painting, periods

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This paper looks at the stories behind the disciples Matthew, Mark, Luke and John as portrayed in the gospels. It discusses how Matthew was a tax collector before he became a disciple of Jesus and how he gave up everything, how Mark was discovered by Peter, how Luke was believed to be a physician and an evangelist and finally how many believe that John was Jesus' cousin.

From the Paper
"Many historians agree that Luke wrote his for the Greek audience and that the book was written around 60 AD. Halley observes that much of Greek culture revolved around culture, philosophy, and education, Luke to a philosophic approach to writing his book. According to Halley, Luke's Gospel is a completely "orderly, and classical story" (Halley 485). MacArthur adds that in this Gospel, we can see Luke's petition to the Greeks because Luke "usually preferred Greek terminology over Hebraisms" (MacArthur 289). Moreover, it is important to note that Luke reinforces the "universal scope of the gospel invitation" (289). Bryant backs up this notion adding that Luke's Gospel is called a "Gospel of the nations, full of mercy and hope, assured to the world by the love of a suffering Savior" (Bryant 392)."

Tags:jesus, peter, disciples

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"A psychologist, teacher, and historian, Hilliard began his career in the Denver Public Schools. in Educational Psychology from the University of Denver. Do we look at our students and think -- future president, future teacher, future garbage collector, future clerk, future executive, future computer whiz, future ax murderer, future bank robber? There are popular discussions on the worsening educational preparation for African-American students and ways of responding to it. There is no absence of discourse and literature produced by African-American scholars."