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"Eros Defiled", 2002.
A review of John White's "'Eros Defiled", on the role of sexualityin our lives.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 1 source, $ 35.95
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This paper is a critique of John White's 'Eros Defiled'. White's book, divided into the sections "Sin, Sex, and You", "Sexual Sins", and "The Church and Sexual Sin", offers extraordinary insights and guidance to Christians interested in navigating the hedonistic seas of contemporary society. Skilled as a counsellor and psychiatrist, White's advice speaks to the core oncerns of those disturbed by society's expectations and their relation to Christian responsibilities. While perhaps 'behind the times' in terms of its attitudes and willingness to discriminate between appropriate and inappropriate sexual behaviour, 'Eros Defiled' defines timeless truths about the role of sexuality in our lives.
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Primary Styles of Love, Eros, 2006.
An analysis of Eros or primal love.
1,250 words (approx. 5.0 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 42.95
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This paper examines literature and research on the subject of Eros, the form of love equated with sexuality. The paper explains that Eros is often the target of scorn by religionists, sociologists and psychologists. Yet Eros was the first form of love, which was depicted in the story of Adam and Eve. The paper argues that the disparaging of Eros, in favor of other forms such as agape, has resulted in societal chaos and intense gender-based power struggles between man and woman. The paper examines the recent movement to return Eros to its once exalted role, and the prominent featuring of this movement in a number of articles published recently in academic journals cutting across a wide swath of communications-related disciplines.
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"Another commentator regarding Eros in education is Adams. Writing in the Western Journal of Communication, she proposed that it was blasphemous to keep Eros out of the academic world. She notes that Plato taught that "Thought without Eros is empty; and Eros, if directed only toward the sensual, without thought, is blind." She quotes, as well, Audre Lord, whose teachings included the concept that Eros was irreducible, an essential part of each person's selfhood and therefore, to negate it-verbally or actively-was to deny one's own existence. A long article by Smith discussing the work of author Nadine Gordimer, notes that in her work, although the concepts were derived from Eastern thought, it is impossible to separate Eros from all other forms of love."
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Eros in Fantasy, 2005.
Reflections on Eros in literary fantasy.
3,982 words (approx. 15.9 pages), 19 sources, MLA, $ 108.95
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This paper presents a study of Eros in literary fantasy based on seven short stories (Ambrose Bierce's "The Death of Halpin Frayser", Charles Dickens's "The Signalman", Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Minister's Black Vei"l, Patricia Highsmith's "The Snail-Watcher", H. P. Lovecraft's "The Festival", Richard Matheson's "Born of Man and Woman", Edgar. Allan Poe's "The Black Cat") and two short excerpts from Gothic novels (M. G. Lewis's "The Monk" and Ann Radcliffe's "The Mysteries of Udolpho"), but occasional references are made to other works by these authors and also to Henry James, the Bronte sisters and Le Fanu. The paper begins with a brief presentation of the Greek myth of Eros. The second part of the study considers the problem of knowledge in relation to the erotic dimension of literary fantasies. In the third part of the study, the paper turns to the different manifestations of Eros in fantasy and the process of attraction-repulsion, before examining, in the fourth and final part, two erotic motifs which, latently or overtly, introduce an erotic dimension.
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"Indeed, when looking into the texts that form the corpus of our study, one recurring particularity is noticeable in all of them - all narrators are very much concerned with seeing and knowing. The reader is confronted with the narrator's or protagonist's persistent questioning and that questioning also becomes the reader's. We could call it the "wh-" of fantasy - Halpin Frayser does not know "whence and whither" he travels; Dickens's narrator wants to know "what" the signalman's trouble is and asks "Who is it?"; the snail-watcher has to know "what" his snails are up to and "how" they breed; Antonia earnestly demands "How came I here?... Where am I?", while Ambrosio needs to know "why" she refuses him and their mutual questioning goes on in two consecutive paragraphs; Radcliffe's Emily asks her attendant a thousand questions. The reader is a witness of countless who-what-when-where-how-s and for the most part, they remain unanswered. It is as if the signalman answered on our behalf - "I don't know." The texts become desperate attempts to pass on the same biblically borrowed message that stands out in Le Fanu's In a Glass Darkly, the message that "we know in part, and we prophesy in part". These intense efforts to see, to find out, to know are easily explained by the fact that we are dealing with fantasy which, partly by definition, is the literature of the unknown. But the work of many authors of fantasy also carries a heavy cultural heritage that feeds on centuries of known written history, on repeatedly told legends and on established myths."
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Depictions of Eros, 2002.
Examination of Ovid's depiction of Eros in "Pygmalion" and C.S. Lewis' depiction in "The Four Loves".
1,054 words (approx. 4.2 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 37.95
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This paper compares the sexual and mystical depictions of Eros found in "Pygmalion" to the more charitable and affectionate depiction found in "The Four Loves." The paper also discusses the contrast in motivation in the two works. It suggests that Pygmalion?s primary motivation for action is platonic and sexual yearning. Lewis? motivation is charity. Finally, the romantic love of today is compared to the romantic love depicted by Ovid and Lewis.
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"Eros as Platonic yearning refers to the yearning for beauty. Ovid depicts this in Pygmalion who irrationally remains unmarried because he is critical of the faults he sees in women. He cannot find enough redeeming qualities in any woman to face spending his life with her. He then carves an ivory statue of a woman. This statue is so beautifully and perfectly made that Pygmalion falls in love with it. This is love based purely upon beauty, since the woman is not made of flesh and blood and can offer nothing else."
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"Eros Denied" ( W Young ) & "The Red Queen" ( M Ridley ), 1997.
Critiques & compares books on sex in society, love, prostitution, mating choices, morality and guilt.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 2 sources, $ 47.95
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" EROS DENIED
Introduction/Summary
Eros denied. Sex in Western society by Young (1964) is a book about the sexual mores of the West as compared to other societies and cultures. The author states that the subject of sex continues to have a sense of confusion and fear; he states that throughout the West, most spend their entire lives in this hesitant state regarding sex and love. Reasons for this state of mind may be due to human nature as well as societal mores stemming from the structure of Christian and post-Christian attitudes. Sex is excluded from the realm of normal.
Sex is excluded even in the form of certain words; as with English, the French, Italian and German have words which are taboo in conversation and literature. The author views this.."
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"City Of Dreadful Delight" ( Judith Walkowitz ) and "City Of Eros" ( Timothy Gilfoyle ), 1999.
Compares this works on prostitution in 19th Century London and New York City.
3,375 words (approx. 13.5 pages), 2 sources, $ 119.95
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"This research will examine two books that deal with issues relating to the phenomenon of prostitution in 19th-century London and New York City, City of Dreadful Delight by Judith R. Walkowitz, and City of Eros by Timothy J. Gilfoyle, respectively. The research will set forth the general pattern of ideas in each of the works and discuss in detail the similarities and differences in the methods and narratives of social history that each book uses to give an account of the culture, physical environment, and personalities informing the shape that sexual praxis in general and prostitution in particular took in the centers of the English-speaking world during the period.
The differences between City of Dreadful Delight and City of Eros are not confined to the fact that the former deals with London prostitution in the late Victorian era and City of Eros deals..."
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Plato's "Symposium", 2008.
An analysis of the nature of Eros in Plato's "Symposium".
1,813 words (approx. 7.3 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 58.95
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Plato's "Symposium" is an account of an Athenian drinking party, attended by some of the leading cultural figures of classical Athens, in which the core of the discussion of those in attendance revolves around the nature of Eros or love. This paper explores this discussion, with particular reference to the speech of Socrates on the nature of Eros. The thesis is argued that Socrates' explication of the nature of Eros is reinforced by Alcibiades' speech, which illustrates how Socrates' philosophical position in this regard translates into his real life practices in regards to love and its pursuit.
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"Of course, not all of the participants in the discussion agree about the nature of Love, or even follow the same theme. This being said, the speech of Pausanias is particularly interesting for how he discusses contemporary Athenian legal and moral perspectives on homosexual love and, in particular, on the love of older men for young boys. Pausanias' speech is significant as it reveals that there was not a "blanket" acceptance of all homosexual relationships in Athenian society, and that there is only one way in which such a relationship would not be reprehensible: in which the relationship is oriented towards a pursuit of goodness. "
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Desires and Death in ?Dracula?, 2004.
Discusses concepts of Thanatos and Eros in Bram Stoker's masterpiece, "Dracula".
2,667 words (approx. 10.7 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 80.95
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Bram Stoker?s masterwork and greatest novel, "Dracula", has been and remains one of the most culturally pervasive novelistic tropes of the last 100 years. Indeed, in multiple film versions, as well as in the novel and myriad other mediums, it remains a deeply pervasive cultural idea. The paper shows that part of the inspiration for the story no doubt takes elements from Stoker?s own life and fictionalizes and dramatizes them to the point where the elements of personal struggle remain only as barely audible echoes within the text. Nonetheless, the paper shows that the main aspect of "Dracula" that has ensured its continuing popularity is its resonance with the Freudian concepts of Thanatos and Eros, which were some of the most important and prominent ideas in 20th century Western culture and continue to be of major importance today.
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"Indeed, the very concept of a Vampire is one that uniquely combines and links Thanatos and Eros in a strange and complex fashion that no normal figure in literature (even Masoch) could do. Indeed, one need only consider the very basic element that differentiates vampires and humans: vampires feed on humans. In order to fulfill their desires, their literal cravings, vampires must feed on human blood and kill them in so doing. Thus, in the very concept of what they are, vampires combine their most literal urges and desires (eros) with the legitimate and necessary connection of human death (Thanatos). The two are so completely and inextricably linked that to think otherwise would be the very apex of foolishness."
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18th Century Chinese Literature, 2002.
This paper examines issues of morality and Eros in 18th Century Chinese Literature.
1,650 words (approx. 6.6 pages), 4 sources, $ 62.95
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Eros represents a challenge to morality in the sense of the Confucian ethic. The principle texts are Tsao Hsueh-Chin's "Dream of the Red Chamber", Shen Fu "Six Records of a Floating Life" and Jonathan Spence's "The Death of Woman Wang".
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"Symposium" and "Phaedrus", 2002.
A look at the nature of eros in Plato's works "Symposium" and "Phaedrus".
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 2 sources, $ 44.95
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This paper discusses Plato's classic philosophical works "Symposium" and "Phaedrus" in terms of analyzing the nature of eros, it's major effects on human life, towards whom it is directed, what it seeks to achieve, and what it says to us today.
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Tidal Pulls, 1997.
An analysis of the relationship between Eros and Thanatos in Freud's "Civilization and its Discontents".
1,309 words (approx. 5.2 pages), 1 source, $ 44.95
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This paper takes a look at Freud's take on the Love and Death instincts within each man, and how the inner drive for self-destruction is related to the drive for pleasure, and how both are ultimately narcissistic in nature (though perhaps not in the way one might initially imagine).
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"In Civilization and its Discontents, Sigmund Freud speaks about two basic principles that govern human beings: The Eros principle, which deals with pleasure and the individual?s happiness, and the Thanatos principle, which deals with hidden desires for self-destruction. Freud admits that the Thanatos principle is much less clear to him than the Eros principle"
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"Ab Urbe Condita", 2006.
An analysis of the use of rape and defilement for political power in Rome, as described by Livy in "Ab Urbe Condita."
2,444 words (approx. 9.8 pages), 6 sources, APA, $ 74.95
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This paper argues that women in ancient Rome were raped and defiled for the purpose of men to gain political power. The paper also includes a section on how women in ancient Rome were glorified only after their death, which was usually drastic, painful and self-inflicted. The paper is based on a volume of books written by Livy, called "Ab Urbe Condita."
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"Livy was writing during the time when Rome was going through major reforms. Augustus began his Pax Augustana, where his social reform included new laws that tried to regulate sexuality among the people . This was in reaction to the desire of Augustus wanting to bring Rome back to her ancestral times, where life seemed better and more moral. It is interesting to think about what was surrounding Livy when he was writing his volumes of Ab Urbe Condita because these political reforms seem to show in his writings. In the legends told about the Sabine Women, Lucretia, and Verginia, Livy gives the reader the idea that the wrongdoing of women causes revolts and revolutions within Rome. Moreover, the chosen vocabulary is peculiar in the idea of rape - women who were forcibly raped by a man who is not her husband was not described as being raped, however other women are considered raped by men about-to-be married to them. How are these distinctions made by Livy, and what was his reasoning behind them?"
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Company Law, 2007.
An analysis of company and contractual law within a case study of ITbitz Ltd.
3,518 words (approx. 14.1 pages), 22 sources, APA, $ 98.95
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This paper presents a case study that focuses on company law. The paper begins by analyzing, in general, a contract and its terms and conditions. It then presents some examples of past cases to explain the point of contracts. The paper then presents a case study and discusses the responsibilities and rights of the directors of ITbitz Ltd. It particularly focuses on the contracts signed by the directors and the implications of these contracts.
Table of Contents:
A Contract
Misuse of Power by Eros
Removing Eros from the Post of Director
Setting up of a New Company by Cupid and How the Board of ITbitz can Stop Him
Appendix
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"Breach of a fiduciary duty gives rise to a right in the company to pursue equitable remedies against the director. In addition to fiduciary duties, which are owed to the company by directors, directors are also subject to statutory duties. The statutory duties mirror the fiduciary duties closely. Sec 181 is one of the civil penalty provisions: duty of a company officer to act in good faith in the best interests of the company and for a proper purpose. The civil penalty provisions relevant to directors' duties are the corporation/managed investment scheme civil penalty provisions. Where it is proved there has been a contravention of one of the corporation/managed investment scheme civil penalty provisions, the company damaged by the contravention can seek a compensation order or ASIC can seek a pecuniary penalty order, a disqualification order or a compensation order. Thus failure to disclose interests will give the right to rescind the contract therefore Diana, Aphrodite and Bacchus can remove Eros from the director's post."
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"Lolita", 2002.
An analysis of the defilement of Humbert Humbert in Vladimir Nabokov's novel "Lolita".
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 1 source, $ 35.95
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This paper demonstrates that the character of Humbert Humbert in Vladimir Nabokov's "Lolita" is a tragic example of moral failure, where he strove to inure himself against his own innermost desires and was successful until Lolita corrupted his will.
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John Updike: Short Stories, 2003.
An analysis of five short stories by John Updike.
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 39.95
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This paper analyzes five short stories by John Updike that are used to demonstrate his common themes of sex, adultery, religion and mortality and his unique style. The stories are: "A & P", "Marching Through Boston", "Your Lover Just Called", "Eros Rampant" and "Brother Grasshopper."
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"In the majority of short stories from John Updike we are exposed to the author's chronicle of American life. Innovative and unfashionably conservative, Updike explores psychological processes and sexual candor in his ..."
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