Abstract This paper discusses William Wordsworth's poem,"The Ruined Cottage". The paper asserts that the poem can be analyzed as a personal poem, both romantic and typical of Wordsworth and closely adhering to the guidelines he lays down in the preface. It also contends that this poem was an extremely personal poem for Wordsworth because Margaret's absence from her husband, Robert, closely resembles Wordsworth's forced absence from his lover, Annette Valon.
From the Paper "Wordsworth makes six major points in the preface to Lyrical Ballads (1802): poets should write about "incidents and situations from common life" using a "language really used by men"; poetic language has become removed from the language of real human experience; "all good poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings"; a purpose of poetry is to follow the processes of the mind when fired by intense and immediate emotions; the primary purpose of poetry is not to instruct (though this may be a secondary function), but to give "immediate pleasure"; the poet is distinguished from other men by his greater ability to recall the attendant pleasures and feelings "recollected in tranquility." In "The Ruined Cottage," Wordsworth follows all of the guidelines he sets forth in the preface to Lyrical Ballads. "The Ruined Cottage" uses common, realistic diction to speak of a poor cottage-dweller."
Abstract This paper discusses how in 1888 the New Jersey Home for the Education and Care of Feebleminded Children opened its doors to 55 children. Prior to this date there had not been a school dedicated to assisting those with learning disabilities to function in daily life. By 1892 the school adopted a cottage plan that allowed the students to live in cottages on campus and further assist them with their abilities to live independently. By 1900 the school's name had changed to the New Jersey Training School and was operated under the direction of Edward R. Johnstone. Johnstone worked with Henry Goddard to open a psychological research lab in which the "mental deficiencies" of the students could be studied.
Abstract This paper describes the life of the Dutch artist Jacob van Ruisdael, from his time as an apprentice to his death. The paper analyzes his work through the motifs and quality of his paintings, and the progression of his career as an artist is one of the main themes. The paper comments that individual paintings are analyzed, including "Jewish Cemetery", "Landscape with a Cottage and Trees", "Dunes", "Wheat Fields", "Waterfall in a Rocky Landscape", and his etching "The Rustic Cottage".
From the Paper "Jacob van Ruisdael is believed to have been born in 1628 in Haarlem - one of the centers of Dutch art at the time. From Haarlem came such artists as Frans Hals, Philips Wouwerman, Adriaen van Ostade and of course Jacob van Ruisdael himself. In the early life of Jacob van Ruisdael he is believed to have lived with his father, Isaak de Goyer, who later changed his name to Ruisdael and also was an artist. Though there exists no concrete evidence of any of the art of Issak de Goyer, there does exist proof that Salomon van Ruisdael, a minor landscapist and Jacob's uncle, served as Jacob van Ruisdael's art instructor. In 1646 Jacob van Ruisdael painted his earliest dated picture entitled "Landscape with a Cottage and Trees" and almost immediately garnered attention. "
Abstract This paper analyzes the role Foreign Direct Investment has played within the Indian economy. It traces FDI's history in India as well as the socio-economic and geo-political factors which have led to the inflow of FDI. The paper studies the success and failures within industry- specific areas such as power, telecom, IT and BPO. It also deals with India's struggle through policies of protectionism and repudiation to large scale reforms, divestments and privatization. The research is somewhat critical of the use of FDI but looks at all aspects of FDI and its role within the Indian economy.
Table of Contents
Opening the Indian Economy and the Magnitude of FDI
Introduction
FDI and Comments on Governmental Policy Formulation for Promotion of MNE? s
Imperative of Attracting Export-oriented FDI through MNE? s
A Professional Approach to Promotion
The Socio-Economic and Geo-political Factors Leading to Liberalization- based Policies in India
Evolution of Government Policy in Conjunction with Promotion of FDI through MNE?s
Evolution of Government policy: 1948 ? 1967
The Restrictive Phase: 1968-1979
The Opening up of the 1980?s
Structural Adjustment and Globalization: 1990s
Government Policy and Trends in Foreign Investments and Collaboration
Inflows of FDI and an Analysis of Historic Comparative Advantages as Opposed to Knowledge Based Growth
FDI and Pitfalls Related to Inflow
Historic Comparative Advantages
Lost Ideologies in Globalized Paradise
Case Power Sector
Knowledge Based Growth
Case: Telecom Scandal
The IT and BPO sectors
Case Examples
Western Demand and Dupplies Curves
Comments
Indian Liberalization Targets vs. FDI policy Inflows
Foreign Investment Policy
Magnitude of FDI Inflows
Steps India Can Take to Accelerate Increases in FDI Inflows
National Promotion as Brand for Inflow of FDI
Focus on Tertiary Service Sector
Rural Cottage and Agro-based Businesses for Large-scale, Economic Production for Exports
Bureacracy Reduce
Privitzation Acceleration
Investment in Domestic Infrastructure and Projects
Conclusion and Recommendations
Limitations and Future Research
Conclusions from Investigation
Recommendations
Personal Review
From the Paper "Various other policies have been laid out since and have been put into effect as an attempt on the part of the Indian government to firmly safeguard MNE 's business interests and promote a competitive environment. Since 1991, India has received a number of delegations of potential foreign investors and the most recent one which is worth mentioning is Mr Bill Clinton's delegation to India which has literally brought about huge FII (Foreign Institutional Investments) upto an estimated $4 dollars within a week. The US has also provided MNE 's to borrow from the EXIM and World banks to further invest in India upto the tune of $750 Million. An indicator of the changed Indian environment is the fact that two giants that left the country following restrictions placed on them under FERA, IBM and Coca-Cola, have both recently come back. IBM has set up a joint venture with the TATA group of companies and Coca-Cola has taken over the local soft drink maker manufacturer, Parle."
Abstract This paper reviews Friedrich Engels' book "The Condition of the Working Class in England", which explores the social issues that arose out of the creation of the proletariat by the industrial movement and which predicts that oppression by the bourgeoisie will eventually lead it to the inevitable "Revolution". It examines the social problems that Friedrich Engels identifies namely the deplorable living and working conditions in the 'Great Towns', the influx of Irish immigrants, the particular difficulties of the factory system and the mining and agricultural. It also looks at the proletariat, the Cottage system, the Truck system and the New Poor Law together with the attitude of the bourgeoisie toward the proletariat's suffering. It evaluates some of the solutions that Engels provides in trying to avoid the inevitable 'Revolution'.
From the Paper "This unhappy condition was further worsened by the influx of Irish immigrants who "had nothing to lose at home, and much to gain in England" (Engels, 101). In the hope of finding employment and making money, many Irishmen made their way to the English towns, bringing with them their crude habits and simplistic lifestyle. The Irish settlers did not need much to sustain their livelihood, and as such, required and were willing to work for less wages than any others. They became a strong competition for employment, and in branches of the industry where they competed with the English, wages were forced down further and further. Also, as they were accustomed to lack of cleanliness, the filth of their living quarters did not bother them, and to the ever-present garbage and dirt-heaps they added their own."
Abstract This paper discusses how the three main narrators of Mary Shelly's "Frankenstein" are utterly isolated. It looks at how Robert Walton, Victor Frankenstein, and the Creature are all victims of loneliness and rejection. It discusses how Victor and Walton choose to be detached from the outside world. Walton, looking for a passage through the North Pole, and Victor's dedication to a science revelation, leaves them both alone and surrounded by controversy. It also explores how the Creature is abandoned and forced to be on his own and how this isolation from Victor and the family in the cottage is the fuel for his murderous nature. It shows how Walton, Frankenstein, and the Creature are three characters that are removed from society and loved ones throughout the novel and, ironically, end together in each other's company at the North Pole.
From the Paper "Victor Frankenstein appears to have been unattached through out his life. During his childhood he was always reading, his thirst for knowledge then is the same obsession that would eventually damn him. While he was creating the monster, he was cut of from the rest of the world while he concentrated on his own ego and scientific development. He, like Walton, did not notice that he was alone. He could only see the success and contributions that he was insistent on completing. Once the creature is finished and alive, Victor immediately regrets his action from the sight of this monster before him. He runs out into the streets, leaving behind the only body that he had been with for months."
Abstract This paper relates that lactose, an important and well-understood component of milk, provides an important source of nutrition during development, and, for individuals without lactose intolerance, milk often continues to be an important part of a healthy and varied adult diet. The author points out that lactose intolerance is a common issue for much of the world's population, especially people of Asian and non-Western European decent, but a large number of Europeans can easily digest lactose. The paper relates that, in the Western society, lactose (within milk) is used within a wide variety of milk products, such as cheeses, cottage cheese, sour cream, and yogurts; in addition, milk is used in a wide variety of other food products, including breads, pizzas, ice cream products, and even cereals.
From the Paper "In structure, lactose is a white crystalline disaccharide that is comprised of two sugars that are bound together: glucose and galactose. Glucose and galactose are monosaccharides. Lactose has the same chemical formula as sucrose and maltose (C12H22O11). However, lactose differs from sucrose and maltose in structure. When hydrolyzed, lactose yields D-glucose and D-galactose. This hydrolysis is catalyzed by lactase within the digestive tract (Miller). Thy hydrolysis of lactose results in increased sweetness and a depression of the freezing point of milk."
Abstract This paper explains that New Jersey was typical of states in the North that were not wholeheartedly anti-slavery, and yet had many activists who were bitterly opposed to slavery. The author points out that, in the 17th century, slaves were brought into New Netherland (New Jersey) from Jamaica, Barbados, Curacao, and Antigua. The slave population continued to grow, and in the 1790s, several "gradual emancipation" bills were voted down in the New Jersey legislature, albeit "popular opinion and party newspapers cautiously shifted" towards an anti-slavery position. The paper concludes that, after the end of legal slavery and for a century after the Civil War, there were still vestiges of the "paternalistic cottager system" in which African-Americans worked for whites on isolated farms, reflecting the continued bitterness of the Civil War.
Table of Contents
Introduction
New Jersey History of Slavery
The Civil War and New Jersey
From the Paper "After the war, despite the heroism that many black soldiers displayed in defeating the South, "New Jersey's white population remained hostile" to the idea of giving blacks full citizen rights (p. 194). The author, in his Epilogue, explains why it was not easy to rid New Jersey of slavery notwithstanding federal law that demanded the end of slavery: he writes that slavery in Monmouth was not a "fad" which could be easily "forgotten," but to the contrary, it was "a custom two centuries in the making" (p. 203)."
Abstract From medieval times to the Victorian era, many areas in England became prosperous from the trade in wool and woollen textiles. This paper describes the reasons for the success and how the industry evolved to embrace new technology while catering to new fashions. By considering two parishes in West Yorkshire, it examines the character of the people, the development of amenities and markets and the effect on the locality of the industry's decline.
Outline
A Cottage Industry
Industrialisation
Mechanisation
The 'Fancy' Trade
Kirkburton
Penistone
Bibliography
From the Paper "The wool trade was an important national export as early as the 12th Century, although clothes had been made from wool for a long time before then. Thirty thousand sacks were shipped abroad each year in the 13th Century, mostly to Flanders where there was a highly-developed cloth industry dependent upon English wool. Customs duty was levied in 1275 and this may have helped to stimulate industry in England. Fulling , mills powered by water were built in the country to shrink felt and scour cloth; by the end of the 13th Century there were significant numbers in the Yorkshire West Riding, the Lake District, Wiltshire and the West Country."
Abstract This report discusses Fatima Mernissi's memoir "Dreams of Trespass: Tales of a Harem Girlhood". The essay explores the different kinds of "women's" work as found in Fatima Mernissi's memoir about the Moroccan domestic harem in which she grew up and the lives of the women who lived there.
From the Paper "Production is often paid work. It is work that generates income. Traditionally, women's production work has been considered secondary to the "real work" of men. Cottage industries (like my grandmother's pies) are a good example of women's production. In Dreams of Trespass the author states that the gatekeeper's wife Luza "went to work. She was a first-rate cook and accepted occasional assignments outside our home when the money was good" (p. 21). However, the writer's aunt explained that only poor women took paid work. A "respectable" man provided a home for his wives so they did not have to go into the streets and be exposed to the dangers of the world. A woman doing production work was fairly rare for those living in the harem where Fatima lived (and not socially approved). As Yasmina, the writer's grandmother who lived in the country, explained, "both men and women worked from dawn until very late at night. But men made money and women did not" (p. 63). In other words men were involved with production; women usually did other kinds of work."
Abstract This paper discusses the significance of Marshall McLuhan's theoretical models of media. It suggests that the theory can often be obscured by the aphoristic quality of McLuhan's language. This essay argues, through the application of McLuhan's theories to William Shaw's "In Helsinki Virtual Village" and Longford and Crow's "From the Electronic Cottage to the Silicon Sweatshop," the significance of McLuhan's theoretical models lies in their focus on the often unforeseen social implications of advances in media technologies.
From the Paper "The Social Implications of Media The significance of Marshall McLuhan's theoretical models of media can often be obscured by the aphoristic quality of McLuhan's language. However, as this essay will argue through the application of McLuhan's theories to William Shaw's "In Helsinki Virtual Village" and Longford and Crow's "From the Electronic Cottage to the Silicon Sweatshop," the significance of McLuhan's theoretical models lies in their focus on the often unforeseen social implications of advances in media technologies."
A comparative analysis of the contribution of the setting to the novels "The Three Strangers" by Thomas Hardy, "The Inn of The Two Witches" by Joseph Conrad and "Will O' The Mill" by Robert Louis Stevenson.
Abstract This paper discusses how plausibility in fiction is one of the vital aspects of literature and how there are many ways to make a literary work plausible - one of them being the setting. The paper examines three stories as examples to show how the setting contributes to the plausibility of the works. The paper first looks at how, in Thomas Hardy's "The Three Strangers", the setting, which is an isolated cottage, makes the story believable as it is far from the city and its dwellers are ignorant of the facts of daily city life. The paper then looks at Joseph Conrad's "The Inn of The Two Witches" and explains how the setting contributes to the story's gothic theme, as the setting is an inn again in an isolated area. The paper relates that, although there are supernatural characters in this story, the readers accept their existence easily and naturally because of the setting. Finally, the paper examines how, in Robert Louis Stevenson's "Will O' The Mill", the setting is a mill in a beautiful valley. The paper explains that the central character, Will, arrives at strange decisions, but when these decisions are thought within the setting, they seem plausible.
From the Paper "Thomas Hardy sets his story "The Three Strangers" in a rural part of England. The story is about a farmer who holds a party to celebrate his newborn child. There is a heavy rain during the party and three strangers call on his cottage for a shelter. As the unknown guests speak, a curiosity is created because no one knows exactly who they are, where they come from and go to. The first two strangers tell their stories and their host and we, the readers, hope what they tell is true. The third strangers' visit heightens our excitement as he vanishes as soon as he appears in the cottage. At that moment some news arrive that a prisoner who waits his execution the next day has ran away from the prison. The dwellers of the cottage and their guests mistakenly think that the last stranger is the prisoner and goes after him. They catch him and he immediately reveals the fact. The fact is that the third stranger is the prisoner's brother, the prisoner is the first stranger and the second stranger is his executioner. Of course, the real prisoner is not caught."
