Abstract This paper offers an analysis of Judge Dee at work which associates the actions of Dee in a social and political scenario and creates evidence of the same.
Abstract The paper analyzes the character of Dee in the short story "Everyday Use" by Alice Walker. The paper explains the characteristics of Dee that make her future oriented and discusses her disregard of her heritage.
From the Paper "There is a saying that says "The past is the past, the future the future and the present is just that, a gift to be used today." Yet many people are not only unhappy with the past and where they came from, but they also want to rush so quickly into the brave new world of their future that they neglect the gift of the present that is before them. On the other hand they may glamorize a past that never truly existed."
Abstract This paper takes a look at the book 'Celebrated Cases of Judge Dee', translated from Chinese to English by Robert Van Gulik. The paper discusses Judge Dee's unquenchable thirst for finding the truth, when solving legal cases. The paper further discusses how the Judge Dee novels are grounded in large societal ethical hermeneutic of Confucian and Taoist morals, where finding the truth is a sacred duty of Judge Dee's office and great dishonor would fall upon the head of any judge who accidentally condemns an innocent man.
From the Paper "There are some features of Dee's detection are similar to modern police work, and do not cause a non-Confucian reader to raise an eyebrow. Dee deploys psychological insight and observation to come to the root of a mystery, noting that, good Confucian he is, he has studied carefully the ancient handbooks of detection, which values the importance of knowing the character, daily life and habits of the victim and that personality supplies the clues to solve the crime. Know a person's ethics, and know the man or woman. Know the person's place in society, and know how they 'should' behave. Having an upright character is also an essential component to being a good, that is, an ethical Confucian, and defects in character must be scrutinized and used as clues, as they leave a person open to the danger of becoming a victim."
This paper discusses "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee" by Dee Brown, the detailed documented account of the Wounded Knee Massacre of December 29, 1890 and the events leading up to it.
Abstract This paper explains that Dee Brown's "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee" begins in 1860 with the Long Walk of the Navajos and ends thirty years later at the Wounded Knee massacre. The author reports that the book documents the battles and defeats of Native Americans, human beings, who included the Navajo, Nez Perces, Cheyenne, Apache, Utes, the Sioux and many other tribes, who fought against a dishonest and relentless government. The paper concludes that, within just twenty-one years of experiencing contact with the white people, the Great Sioux Nation lost over ninety percent of its land.
From the Paper "The Great Sioux Nation, which once comprised almost a quarter of the land mass of the United States, signed the Fort Laramie Treaty in 1868, a treaty that established the Great Sioux Reservation and brought a halt to the Red Cloud War of 1866-1868. Under the treaty's terms, the U.S. military was ordered to keep all unauthorized non-Indian people out of Dakota Territory. Yet in 1874, Colonel George A. Custer, commander of the 7th cavalry, violated the treaty. Custer entered the Black Hills region on a fabricated geological expedition; however, the true purpose was to find a site for establishing a new military post. When gold was discovered, prospectors swarmed into the Lakota lands and by 1874, white settlers out numbered and out armed the Sioux people."
Abstract The classic short story, "Everyday Use" is narrated by a mother and tells of her relationship with her two daughters; Dee and Maggie. It looks at how Dee is the oldest and attends college in Augusta and Maggie lives at home with her mother. The story takes place in rural Georgia and discusses the conflict between the world that Dee lives in and the world that her mother and sister live in. The essay explores this conflict and reveals the underlying message of the short story. It also discusses the differences between the two sisters through the eyes of their mother.
From the Paper "The narrator loves both of her daughters, but explains that they have very different personalities and interests. The mother asserts, "Dee wanted nice things"She was determined to stare down any disasters in her efforts. Her eyelids would not flicker for moments at a time. Often I fought off the temptation to shake her. At sixteen she had a style of her own and knew what style was.? (Walker, 11, Line 1)
The mother was amazed by the fact that Dee was her daughter and delighted in her spirit. In many ways, Dee was the woman that her mother wasn?t. The text explains that the mother never had an education and was better at performing the tasks that were usually assigned to men. On the contrary her daughter was chic and understood the world. Dee was the epitome of style and wanted to have the nicer things in life including an education."
Abstract This paper examines the manner in which Dee deals with her family heritage in "Everyday Use". It explains how this novel examines the way in which different members of a family view and deal with their heritage. It focuses on the character of Dee and how she manages to distance herself from her family history to embrace more ancestral customs and accept the freedoms the future harbors.
From the Paper "Dee's distinctive character prevents her from dealing with her heritage in the same way her sister and mother choose to. Starting from a very young age, Dee displayed "a style of her own, and knew what style was" (Walker 48). She possesses an overwhelming sense of confidence about her and lacks hesitation. Where her mother struggles to approach white people, Dee has no problem looking them straight in the eye (Walker 49). She is fearless and "determined to stare down any disaster", which she does without batting an eyelid (Walker 50). Quite the opposite, her sister Maggie is of meek character and comparable to a lame animal - walking with a shuffle, eyes glued to the ground (Walker 49). Clearly Dee's character is very different from that of her sister and mother who are quite satisfied with accepting the status quo. Dee is a determined fighter, resolute to make something of herself and unwilling to accept restrictions and boundaries in her life (Farrell 181)."
Abstract This paper describes the historical genocide and displacement of the Native Americans through Dee Brown's book "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee". It traces the history of the Dakotas and Sioux Tribe during and after the conquest of the West by the American military.
From the Paper "Dee Brown's "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee" is a fully documented account of the genocide and displacement by the United States government and military of an entire race of people, human beings, natives of the land that spanned from sea to shining sea. This unthinkable inhumane act was done in the name of Manifest Destiny, a name Congress gave to this movement. Brown documents battles and defeats of the Navaho, Nez Perces, Cheyenne, Apache, Utes, the Sioux and other tribes against a relentless and dishonorable government."
Abstract This paper explores the society of the period by examining the impact the Renaissance had on England, and the fact that its diverse trends had been elaborated into divergent and sometimes extreme forms.
The paper describes of the origin of the period's obsession with the occult and the mystical, and explains the plethora of fantastic and mythic creatures running throughout the gamut of Elizabethan theatre.
- T A B L E - O F - C O N T E N T S -
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER I ? The Magus in Society, The Life of John Dee CHAPTER II ? Knowledge as Power, Representation of Magic as Knowledge
CHAPTER III ? Marlowe and the Magic of Faustus
CHAPTER IV ? Societal Instability and the Power of the Unknown
CHAPTER V ? The Connotations of Magic Use as Related to the Goals
CHAPTER VI ? Prospero's Relation to the Magus in Renaissance Society
CHAPTER VII ? The Debate over the Morality of Prospero
CHAPTER IIX ? The Ambiguity of Prospero's Morality
CHAPTER IX ? The Failure of Prospero
CHAPTER X ? The Meaning of the Magus
CONCLUSION
BIBLIOGRAPHY
From the Paper The presence of mystical themes is prevalent throughout the theatrical works of the Elizabethan era, almost every play had a ghost, monster, witch, alchemist, etc. of some sort contained within it. What was the origin of the period's obsession with the occult and the mystical, why is there such a plethora of fantastic and mythic creatures running throughout the gamut of Elizabethan theatre?
Tags: occult, play, cult, magical, medieval, John, Dee
Abstract Dee Brown's "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee" is a deeply researched account of the destruction of the American Indian in the late 1800s, ending at the Battle of Wounded Knee. "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee", opens a door into our past. As with any book of this sort, "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee" has a few shortcomings.
Abstract The purpose of this paper is to introduce, discuss, and analyze the book, "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West," by Dee Brown. Specifically, it evaluates and synthesizes the strengths of Native Americans in the face of adversity. It looks at how the book illustrates just a bit of what the Native Americans had to endure as whites took over their lands and their lives; it is a testament to their strengths, character, and pain.
From the Paper ""Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee" is a complex and complete history of Native Americans from their own point of view, rather than the point of view of white historians. Author Brown's style of writing engrosses the reader but sometimes can be a bit overwhelming, and the length of the book (over 500 pages) may put some readers off. However, Brown includes more than just history in his narrative, he includes Native American writings, folklore, and myths that help make the book more interesting and more appropriate as a history. Throughout the book, he illustrates how the Native American tribes were thriving and vital societies that lived off the land and understood the complex natural world and man's interaction with it."
Abstract This paper reviews the short story "Everyday Use" by Alice Walker and attempts to examine the various understandings of heritage by taking a close look at the way each of the approaches her relationship with it. It discusses how through the characters of Maggie, Dee (her sister) and their mother (the narrator), Walker offers up some intriguing possibilities on how we should look at heritage and our connection to it. It shows how Maggie is rooted in the past and has an intrinsic sense of her heritage, yet she never goes anywhere, she is stagnant and how Dee has gone somewhere in her life, yet in her haste to move on she has probably left the most important parts of herself behind. The ideal that is subtly suggested in Alice Walker's "Everyday Use" is some kind of balance between these two polar opposites. We should find a way to move forward and make progress, while not severing the most important ties to who we are and where we come from.
From the Paper "Throughout the text of the story, there are tiny clues, subtle hints which indicate the mother is more like her daughter Dee/Wangero than even she herself realizes. If, to put it in overly simplistic terms, she believes that Dee is the "bad" daughter for leaving and turning her back on her heritage, then why does she seem to value this daughter more than the one whose belief system is more closely aligned to her own? We find the mother, in the earlier passages of the story, dreaming about a Hollywoodesque reunion with Dee, complete with Johnny Carson and "a soft-seated limousine" (Walker 2388.)"
Tags: past, relationships, life, black, power, movement
Abstract This paper discusses the three characters in "Everyday Use" by Alice Walker - Dee, Maggie and their mother and focuses on the types of conflicts experienced by Dee, at different levels, throughout this story.
From the Paper "The final type of conflict in the story is the conflict that Dee continues to have with herself. The spirit of Dee is a perfect match for her mother because they both seem very outspoken and not afraid to say what they think. An example of Dee's inner struggle is that she feels she needs artifacts to remind her of her heritage. For example, "...Grandma Dee's butter dish. 'That's it!' she said. 'I knew there was something I wanted to ask you if I could have'" (97). When Dee says this it shows that she feels she needs her grandmother's things to hold onto to remind her of where she came from. This in contrast to Maggie and her mother because these two individuals not only remember where they came from but are living the lifestyle of their heritage."
Abstract This paper focuses on how the character, Dee, in Alice Walker's short story "Everyday Use," creates conflict in the world around her. The paper presents a character analysis which discusses Dee's conflict with her mother, sister and herself.
From the Paper "The real conflict within Dee is her need to stand out. Throughout the entire story Dee is trying to become the opposite of her surroundings. When faced with a simple life she wants to achieve advancement. When faced with peers that are advanced as her she wants to hold her heritage and background over their head. In summary Dee is an interesting character that holds herself above everyone else with her self-proclaimed superior knowledge and culture."
Abstract The paper introduces, discusses, and analyzes the short story "Everyday Use" by Alice Walker. Specifically, the paper discusses the character of Dee in the story, and what she needs to learn to become a better person. In this short story, Dee, the sophisticated sister, is whiter than she is black, even though she changes her name to the African Wangero. The paper notes that even with her African name, her clothing, her speech, and her Muslim inclinations, these are not her real racial heritage.
From the Paper "Walker depicts Dee as self-centered and arrogant. She is the one who gets the nice clothes to wear, while Maggie simply does not care about clothing and style. Walker writes, "At sixteen she had a style of her own: and knew what style was". In addition, Dee obtains the education and the tools she needs to break away from her rural roots. Dee is ashamed of her family and where she comes from, and acts as if it is a miracle for her to bother to visit at all. When she does visit, it is simply to show off and to take things, like the quilts and the butter churn; she can use to impress the people back in the city. Dee has become a snob and has thrown away the roots of her family and her rich culture. She cannot see it, but she acts whiter than she does black. If anyone pointed her behavior out, she would certainly disagree, since she is so adamant she is totally in touch with her black heritage. Walker points this out when she writes about Dee's sudden interest in the quilts, "I didn't want to bring up how I had offered Dee a quilt when she went away to college. Then she had told they were old-fashioned, out of style". Because of this, she seems fake and insincere, and certainly does not value the love of her family and the vibrancy of her family's traditions and heritage."
Abstract An examination of the theme of personal conflicts within the characters of Alice Walker's short story "Everyday Use". The author provides a brief analysis of each character in the story and relates their characteristics to the personalities of everyday life.
From the Paper "Alice Walker's characters in the short story "Everyday Use" depicts many characteristics that we all have. Maggie symbolizes fear and uncertainty. Dee symbolizes life and success, but also an unawareness of compassion and a need for love. Mama symbolizes honesty, responsibility, and the ability to be content in her situation. Maggie, Dee, and Mama's personalities are all different and extreme, but without a little portion of these in our own life, we could never be whole as a person."
