An investigation into the character of the narrator of "Wuthering Heights," Nelly Dean.
Analytical Essay # 58749 |
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Writing against the Marxist and feminist readings of Terry Eagleton and Lyn Pykett, respectively, the author investigates the novel's narrator, Nelly Dean, to show how she is a more complicated character than meets the eye.
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"In his Marxist analysis of Wuthering Heights, Terry Eagleton considers the role of Heathcliff as an analogy for industrial capitalism's pernicious rise in England. His analysis ignores, however, one of the key working class characters in the novel, Nelly Dean. He focuses primarily on Heathcliff, a character who is ruined by the social effects of capital, while ignoring Nelly, who is a key ideological subject of capitalism. Eagleton, for instance only mentions her "self confessedly biased testimony" (402) but ignores another important trait, that she is a servant and this helps make her a more transparent observer of the action which she retells Lockwood in the course of the novel. There is a negative consequence of this transparency, in that we sometimes lose track of Nelly the person in her recollection of events. The dehumanizing effect of capitalism renders Nelly as invisible to the reader as the families whom she observes. In Lyn Pykett's feminist reading as well, Nelly is only mentioned as an observer and not a character. She discusses how the two Catherines are formed as women, but does not stop to consider how Nelly is also formed as a woman. Nelly is written into the text as a woman every bit as much as the Catherines are. There is especially something to be said about how Lockwood, the other major narrator in the text, constructs Nelly as a woman figure in the novel. While the analyses that Pykett and Eagleton may do well with exploring the characters of the Catherines and Heathcliff, their assumptions and approaches can be useful in understanding the most prominent and least apparent character in the narrative of "Wuthering Heights", Nelly Dean."
Tags:bronte, dean, emily, feminism, marx, marxism, thrushcross, grange, earnshaws, linton
This paper discusses Howard Dean, the first Democrat to officially enter the 2004 presidential race.
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This paper explains that Dean is a social liberal, whose stance on such issues as abortion and same-sex unions remains consistent. The author points out that Dean is strongly in favor of repealing the 2001 Bush tax cuts and is emphatic about balancing the federal budget.The paper relates that Dean has relied heavily on the Internet for support and for fund raising, and his Internet BLOG sets his campaign apart from other candidates.
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Candidate Profile
Voting Records and Public Stands on the Issues
Campaign War Chest/Money Raised
Position in Political Opinion Polls
Major Endorsements
Campaign Themes
Major Assets
Major Obstacles
Summary
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"Dean's political career began in the early 1980s, when he was elected to the Vermont State House of Representatives. He served there from 1982 until 1986, when he was elected as Lieutenant Governor of Vermont. He was re-elected to that post twice, in 1988 and again in 1990. Dean first became Governor of Vermont in 1991 not by being elected but because the sitting Governor, Richard Snelling, died suddenly of heart failure. However, Dean was re-elected five times, in 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, and 2000. He did not seek re-election in 2002. After his fourteen-year tenure as Governor of Vermont, Dean decided to step down from his office to chase after the big seat in the White House. He became the first democrat to formally enter the 2004 Presidential Race in May 2002."
Tags:vermont, md, abortion, blog, repeal
A look at the public and personal lives of James Dean and how his popularity spread following the movie "Rebel without a Cause".
Analytical Essay # 8119 |
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MLA | 2002
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This paper introduces and discusses James Dean, both his real life, and how it related to his role in the movie "Rebel without a Cause." It relates the themes of youth violence, and parent/youth relationships between James Dean and his personal life and the movie and real life in the 1950's.
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"James Dean was one of the most popular stars of the 1950s. Ironically, he only made three films before he died, but they were all popular at the box office, and increased his popularity with his fans. The film he is most remembered for is "Rebel without a Cause," released in 1955, after he was killed in a car accident. Dean has always embodied the "bad boy," and "Rebel without a Cause" did nothing to dispel the legend. Dean lived fast, drove fast, rose quickly in his career, and burned out much too early."
Tags:rebel, cause, flim, movie, actor, youth, violence
This paper takes a look at the life and influences of writer Walter Dean Myers.
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This paper examines the life, inspiration and works of black writer Walter Dean Myers. The paper's author asserts that to understand Myers' works, one must know about his life. A brief biography of Myers' life is presented, in addition to a list of his works. Most of Myers' work deals with young black people, and the issues of color and peer pressure. The paper concludes that Myers' own life experiences is what helps him convey his message to his audience.
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"There are many facts of Myers' life which are reflected in his works, and he himself has confirmed that "My ideas come largely from my own background. I write a lot about basketball, and I've played basketball for years and years. I was in the army and I wrote FALLEN ANGELS. I lived in Harlem, and I write about Harlem." (Myers, teenreads.com 2007). Looking at the facts of his life which are related to his work helps us to understand his motivation. "
Tags:Black authors, youth literature, American writers
An analysis of the subversion of traditional gender roles through the example of the character of Dean Lily in Dinitia Smith's "The Illusionist".
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This paper considers of the character of Dean Lily in the novel "The Illusionist" by Dinitia Smith and discusses to what extent s/he may be said to subvert or reconfigure traditional gender roles. It also discusses whether all non-hegemonic groups are marginalised and whether gender transgression is dangerous.
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"Dean Lily became a performer, an entertainer, initially because it gave him some popularity at school. It gave him a form of status, and even though everyone thought he was strange, at least his peers more or less accepted him. As he grew older, Dean continued to play the magician, possibly as it gave him the freedom to hide behind the identity of entertainer. This averted the focus of his body. Tricks made it possible to hide any femininity that was left (the thin wrists [p 17], the long soft toes [p 29], the two faint mounds on his chest [p 30], the small body [p 14]) behind the hocus pocus of cards and magic. He liked to look, and did not like to be looked at."
Tags:cross, dresser, homosexuality, identity, masculine, sexual, transexual, illusionist
This paper examines the 1998 financial performance of Morgan Stanley Dean Witter, a publicly traded financial services company.
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APA | 2002
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This paper discusses Morgan Stanley Dean, Witter, which merged in the mid-1990s, that offers stock trading services, issues the Discover card and participates in financing initial public offerings. This paper reports that the company divides its operations into three primary product areas: Securities, asset management and credit and transaction services. The author reviews the auditing process of the merger by pointing out that the auditors did not conduct an audit to determine whether the information provided on the financial statements was correct or accurate, but instead audited the statements to determine whether they were created using accepted accounting principles.
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History
Key Points of Annual Report
Products and Services
Audit Information
Inventory Management and Depreciation
Management's Letter to Shareholders and Outlook
Conclusion
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"Dean Witter was formed in the mid-1920s in San Francisco; Morgan Stanley was formed in the mid-1930s in response to the Glass-Steagall Banking Act which placed restrictions on the banking industry. The two firms competed throughout the twentieth century with Dean Witter often taking major steps several years ahead of Morgan Stanley (for example, Dean Witter gained a seat on the New York Stock Exchange well before Morgan Stanley. Mergers and acquisitions characterized Dean Witter's growth while Morgan Stanley generated growth from within. Both companies were early implementers of computers and electronic data processing within their organizations. Dean Witter, a publicly traded company since 1972, was acquired by Sears in 1981; Morgan Stanley went public in 1986, the same year that Dean Witter launched the Discover card on a nationwide basis. In 1992 and 1993, Sears spun off Dean Witter, and the two companies merged in 1997 with headquarters in New York."
Tags:audit, standard, security, asses, transaction
A biogrpahy of the life and career of the sportsman Dean Smith.
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2002
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This paper will give an account of his life that includes both his professional career and his personal passions. Both these elements paint a picture of Smith as a constant champion of morals as well as a legend in sports history.
This paper reviews Secretary of State Dean Acheson's partial autobiography, "Present at the Creation", 1941-1953.
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1995
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"Acheson's partial autobiography is a persuasive, highly articulate and insightful working memoir of his service in the Department of State between 1941 and 1953. Acheson's vivid and lucid portraits and accounts of the key personalities and events which were associated with the conduct of American foreign policy are valuable contributions to the history of an era when the United States assumed a leadership role in world affairs. The book was designed by its author as a work of advocacy, a lawyer's brief. In Acheson's own words, "detachment and objectivity seem to me less important than to tell a tale of large conceptions, great achievements, and some failures" (preface). The book's shortcomings relate to the limitations which were inherent in the world outlook of many American statesmen at that time and in Acheson's style of ... "
This paper presents a detailed criticism on three literary works by Dean Koontz, 'Watchers', 'Intensity' and 'Sole Survivors' .
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The following paper examines the strengths and weaknesses of Koontz's three books. The author asserts that 'Watchers' is a high tech genre however, this paper argues that it fails at times to get the reader involved with the emotional side of the protagonists. 'Intensity' is discussed in this paper as a suspense novel because the reader is led to understand that a maniac represents those who are all over the world and "Sole Survivor" is argued to be the most emotional book.
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"Koontz provides the maniac, Vess, with a love of life. It is an interesting twist for a killer to love life but Koontz does a good job of making it believable. In a style similar to Natural Born Killer, Koontz depicts the killer of his book as one who wants to experience everything life has to offer, including the thrill of getting away with murder. Using a psychology student as the protagonist was an excellent choice as she could use her skills from school to try and out with the killer to survive(O'Leary pg 5). In this book Koontz does something that he does not normally do. In this story he introduces a protagonist who has had such an abusive childhood herself that she could easily fall prey to the killer and stop viewing him as evil. He works at Chyna's complex personality and designs a person that intrigues even them most skeptic reader."
Tags:woven, fabric, good, evil, commonality, traits, characters, past, interpersonal, skills
An analysis of the extent to which William Dean Howell applies his theory of fiction to his own novel.
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This paper looks at Howell's novel "The Rise of Silas Lapham" in terms of his theories about the importance of realism in fiction and analyzes the extent to which he follows his own theory.
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"William Dean Howells played a pivotal role in the evolution of American fiction, for his work served as bridge between the traditional romantic notions of earlier novelists and an emerging realism in American literature that was soon to blossom. Howells balked against the whimsical adventures portrayed by his compatriots; Cooper's heros in The Last of the Mohicans and Melville's romantic quest in Moby Dick seemed too fanciful to the more realistic Howells. He saw these exotic tales as childish and felt true literary craftsmanship should realistically emphasize character development through commonplace events. In essence, art should imitate life."
Tags:character, narrative, plot