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John Ford?s ?The Searchers?, 2002.
The paper analyzes John Ford?s movie ?The Searchers? (1956) by using the ideas of feminist film theorist Laura Mulvey from her famous essay, ?Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema?.
1,815 words (approx. 7.3 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 58.95
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The paper explains Mulvey believes that the dichotomy between narrative and spectacle echoes the division between men and women such that men control and forward narrative and women exist as spectacle or objects of visual pleasure at which to look. The author points out many examples where John Ford?s ?The Searchers? sometimes simultaneous adherence to and subversion of Mulvey?s observation and theory. The author finds that the film itself suggests the link between the pleasure of sight and power.
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"In examining the film with Mulvey?s structure in mind, what are we to make of the fact that the female characters in the film are infrequently spectacles? Mulvey writes that, ?Traditionally, the woman displayed has functioned on two levels: as erotic object for the characters within the screen story, and as erotic object for the spectator within the auditorium, with a shifting tension between the looks on either side of the screen.? Although the whole movie is about Ethan Edwards? obsession with avenging the rape and murders of female kin, as well as rescuing one of them, the camera barely lingers on the women. Their relevance is not as visual objects of pleasure either for the camera?s masculine gaze or for the male characters (which presents a stark contrast to the work of Hitchcock that Mulvey dissects as empirical evidence for the structure she describes)."
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John Ford's Film "The Searchers", 2005.
This paper discusses the masculine hero of the American West as presented in John Ford's classic film "The Searchers".
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This paper explains that the John Ford classic western "The Searchers" focuses on the relationships and motivations of Ethan Edwards, played by John Wayne known for his super-masculine characters, and Martin, a young, part-Cherokee man, who is accompanying Ethan. The author points out that this relationship between surrogate father and son shaped the young man's view of what manhood truly encompasses. The paper stress that the use of this relationship in the film allows the trait of masculinity to be witnessed through its early development and permits the viewer to decide the positive and negative aspects of masculinity's eventual, albeit extreme, culmination.
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"Eventually, Ethan comes to fully surpass his brother Aaron as patriarch of the household. The family comes to see him as the protector, or "man of the house." When a posse arrives hunting for what appear to be cattle rustlers, Ethan forbids his brother to go along, shouldering the responsibility himself. As he leaves, Aaron's wife embraces Ethan, for which she receives a kiss on the forehead. At this instance they undeniably appear to be man and wife. Later, when the family senses danger of an attack, Ben, the young man of the house, says, "I wish Uncle Ethan was here," despite the fact his father is present and holding a gun. By the traditional ideals of masculinity, being the head of a household is a cornerstone of being considered a man, so Ethan's usurping of his brother's position suggests his natural prowess at playing the masculine role."
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D.W. Griffith, John Ford, Orson Welles, Alfred Hitchcock and Ingmar Bergman, 1999.
Examines these five directors' major films, contributions to cinema, innovations, styles and techniques.
3,825 words (approx. 15.3 pages), 9 sources, $ 135.95
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"This paper is a discussion of the works of five of the greatest directors in international cinema. D. W. Griffith, John Ford, Orson Welles, Alfred Hitchcock, and Ingmar Bergman have each had enormous influence in their art because of their individual vision and striking approach to filmmaking.
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"This paper is a discussion of the works of five of the greatest directors in international cinema. D. W. Griffith, John Ford, Orson Welles, Alfred Hitchcock, and Ingmar Bergman have each had enormous influence in their art because of their individual vision and striking approach to filmmaking. Their visual concerns have been dramatically different, but the commitment of each has led them to create powerful, effective films that continue to affect the work of filmmakers in every genre and every nation today. All five have made significant contributions toward turning filmmaking into an art, while developing different aspects of cinema and varying genres, and all five can be considered great artists.
David Wark Griffith was born in Kentucky on January 22, 1875. He began his career as an actor in small touring ..."
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"Hippolytus" ( Euripides ), "King Lear" ( Shakespeare ) and " 'tis Pity She's A Whore" ( John Ford ), 1999.
Compares the treatment of the themes of illegitimacy and incest in three plays, focusing on "Hippolytus".
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This study will explore the themes ofillegitimacy/legitimacy and incest in three plays, Euripides's Hippolytus, Shakespeare's King Lear, and John Ford's 'Tis Pity She's a Whore.
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"This study will explore the themes ofillegitimacy/legitimacy and incest in three plays, Euripides's Hippolytus, Shakespeare's King Lear, and John Ford's 'Tis Pity She's a Whore. The study will focus on Hippolytus and the several illegitimate children in that play, followed by comparisons of that play with the latter two. The argument of the study will be that the issues of illegitimacy and incest have more to do with love rather than sex, or even with morality, and, therefore, investigation of those issues will focus on the roles which illegitimacy and incest play in the expression of love and in the obstacles to love.
Hippolytus is the illegitimate son of Theseus, but an obsessively virtuous man who incurs the wrath of Aphrodite because of his rejection of her and his alliance with Artemis, a ..."
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Films of John Ford, 2003.
Analyzes themes and style in Ford's films.
2,250 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 7 sources, $ 79.95
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Focuses on three films: "The Grapes of Wrath", "My Darling Clementine", and "Rio Grande". Discusses the common issue of family, including personal and greater families. Describes the similar use of traditional American music, stark black-and-white images, and sparse dialog.
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"his paper analyzes John Ford's themes and styles in three of his most distinctive films, The Grapes of Wrath, My Darling Clementine, and Rio Grande. These three all focus on different aspects of one issue that reoccurs throughout his films, the issue of..."
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The Works of Ford Madox Ford, 2008.
A comprehensive analysis of the structure and texture in Ford Madox Ford's "The Good Soldier" and "Parade's End".
10,937 words (approx. 43.7 pages), 30 sources, MLA, $ 216.95
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The paper explores the ways in which Ford designed and engineered what are perhaps his two greatest novels, "The Good Soldier" and the works comprising "Parade's End." The paper provides a rigid analysis of both the formal and textual aspects of Ford's work in order to expose those qualities that contributed to Ford's development as one of the pioneering authors of Modernism and literary Impressionism.
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The Good Soldier
Parade's End
Conclusion
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"The plot of The Good Soldier is deceptively simple. It tells the story of two couples, one English and one American, who meet at a spa in Germany. Edward, the English male half, suffers from a heart condition, as does Florence, the female American. The two couples quickly form a friendship that endures for several years. Eventually, however, it is revealed that during this time, Florence and Edward have been carrying on an affair. Leonora, the English wife, knows about the affair all along, but the narrator of the novel - John Dowell, the American husband - does not find out until much later. It is only upon the death of both the adulterers that more about their affair is revealed, putting John in the unwitting position of a sort of detective."
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Ford and Post-Ford, 2002.
The Federal state's approach to the welfare state in the Fordist and post-Fordist periods in Canada.
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This paper discusses the federal state's approach to the welfare state during the Fordist and post-Fordist periods. It shows how the state intervened and regulated the economy from the end of the Second World War to the 1980s, when deficit mania led to a dismantling of the overseeing state. This led to cutbacks in all social programs.
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A Critique of The Ford Motor Company, 2006.
An argumentative essay on the Ford Motor Company and utilitarianism, using excerpts from John Stuart Mill's "On Liberty".
1,275 words (approx. 5.1 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 43.95
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The paper describes Ford Motor Company as following a utilitarian doctrine. The writer proposes that the case study, of Ford Motor Company's manufacturing a Pinto vehicle without a safety device, clearly exemplifies some of chief moral objections to the doctrine of utilitarianism. The writer examines the moral implications of this doctrine through John Stuart Mill's work, "On Liberty". The writer concludes that Ford's negligence exposed consumers to a series of harms that were just as threatening to those consumers' liberties as the infringement of a sovereign or a majority's will upon the rights of an individual.
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"Mill even warns of a tyranny of the majority that must not be allowed to go unchecked. Thus, even if Ford as a company is to be equated with the majority that still does not excuse the company's heedless actions. "Apart from the peculiar tenets of individual thinkers, there is also in the world at large an increasing inclination to stretch unduly the powers of society over the individual, both by the force of opinion and even by that of legislation: and as the tendency of all the changes taking place in the world is to strengthen society, and diminish the power of the individual, this encroachment is not one of the evils which tend spontaneously to disappear, but, on the contrary, to grow more and more formidable." "
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The Ford Escort and the Mercury Tracer, 1994.
This paper compares two similar but competitive Ford products, the Ford Escort and the Mercury Tracer, in context of an industry overview: Competition, pricing, financing, global issues and marketing.
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"The small car market in the United States has increased in importance since the gas crisis of the mid-1970s. American auto makers, who produced large automobiles which registered poor gas mileage, were surprised by imports such as Volkswagen, Nissan, Toyota and Mazda, all of whom stressed economy over luxury. Since that time, some of the luxuries formerly associated with large automobiles have been built into the smaller cars as American manufacturers have sought to build cars which can successfully compete in this lucrative and highly competitive niche. This research examines one auto maker, Ford, and two of its products which would seem to compete against each other: the Ford Escort and the Mercury Tracer.
The Escort was the best selling Ford car for eight consecutive years during the 1980s.. Its sister car, the Mercury Trace ... "
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Ford Werke Ag, 1995.
This paper discusses Ford Werke AG and its relationship to the Ford Motor Company as a component of Ford of Europe: Problems and opportunities for future, strategy, profits and competition.
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"This research provides a brief overview of Ford Werke AG. The firm's position within the Ford Motor Company, as well as the strategic objectives the Ford Motor Company pursues with respect to Ford Werke AG are addressed.
General Motors and Ford Motor are the world's two largest automobile manufacturers in the 1990s. The largest automobile market in the world is not North American, as most Americans assume. Rather, Western Europe is the world's largest automobile market. Both General Motors and Ford are major players in European automobile manufacturing. Ford Motor Company has followed a deliberate strategy of locating major production facilities within the markets being served and targeted.
Ford conducts its ... "
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The Ford Motor Company, 2001.
This essay looks at the history of the Ford Company under the leadership of founder Henry Ford.
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This paper explores the leadership capabilities of Henry Ford, creator of the Ford Motor Company. The author gives a corporate and organizational history of the company and discusses the company?s culture as a result of Ford?s influence and includes comments of leadership theories.
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"As the twentieth century drew to an end, Time magazine named the Model T the ?automobile that defined the twentieth century from start to finish?. Henry Ford?s Model T mass production methods, and wage price theories revolutionized American industry. He was extraordinarily influential and respected because he made a product that met a public need. Ford had an immeasurable impact on American life. ?When he got his Model T rolling in 1908, the horse disappeared so fast that the conversion of acreage from hay to other crops is said to have caused an agricultural revolution?. By the 1920?s, it was rarely possible to find a farm where a horse did most of the hauling and plowing. Ford was the most influential force in putting North America on wheels."
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Ford Pinto and Corporate Crime, 2004.
A discussion of corporate crime through a close examination of the Ford Pinto case, one of the landmark cases in corporate criminology.
2,829 words (approx. 11.3 pages), 15 sources, MLA, $ 84.95
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This paper analyzes the Ford Pinto case, one of the landmark cases in corporate criminology. The first part of the paper examines the facts of the Ford Pinto case from the supposed decision to ?rush? the production of the unsafe car to the effects of the 1980 criminal trial of the Ford Motor Company for reckless homicide. It then uses the framework of research on white-collar crime and studies on organizational culture and structure to examine the lack of safety and recall regulations that may have contributed to as much as 500 deaths. It concludes that, in addition to the drive for profit, the institutional norms embedded in the organizational structure of the Ford Company, as well as within the NHTSA at the time, contributed significantly to the lack of both internal and external regulations. The lack of these regulations, in turn, resulted in unsafe cars that caused many of their occupants to lose their lives.
Outline
Review of Literature
Background of Ford Case
Ford?s Organizational Structure
Administrative Evil and the Lack of Regulation
Corporate Crime and Administrative Evil
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"Much of the literature on the Ford Pinto case focuses on how consumer safety was willingly sacrificed in the face of ?corporate greed.? Dowie (1977) wrote the first and definitive account in his Pulitzer Prize winning ?Pinto Madness.? In this expose, Dowie unearthed documents proving that the engineers and managers Ford Company knew of the Pinto?s safety problems for at least seven years, but refused to make the necessary safety changes. This decision, Dowie charged, was based on the concept of profit maximization."
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A Case Analysis of the Ford Motor Company, 2004.
Describes the leadership style of the new Ford Motor Company CEO, Bill Ford, Jr.
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This paper discusses the difference in leadership style between present CEO, Bill Ford, Jr., and the previous CEO, Jacques Nasser. Ford, Jr. is described as a leader who emphasizes employee relationships and employee satisfaction, and Nasser is described as someone who emphasizes the technical aspects of the job. Ford, Jr. is presented in a positive light, while Nasser is presented in a more negative light.
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"Ford appears to be overcoming any resistance to these changes by serving as an educator and facilitator, as well as communicating to, and supporting the staff. He has always been well liked by the company?s blue-collar and white-collar employees. He wants to get ?back to the basics? as far as the business is concerned. He wants to reconcile the company. Planned change within an organization can lead to positive results on the organization as a whole, and it?s effectiveness accomplishing its goals within the business world. Ford is working at restoring company morale, which can be directly associated with product quality levels. This can be done through communication."
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The Ford Pinto, 2006.
This paper evaluates the ethical behavior of the Ford Motor Company as the manufacture of the Ford Pinto automobile.
1,735 words (approx. 6.9 pages), 3 sources, APA, $ 56.95
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This paper reports that the Ford Motor company quickly developed and manufactured the Ford Pinto automobile and knew that the gas tank on the Pinto was defective and could potentially cause fires when accidents occurred. The author points out that the company acted in a manner that was unethical when it allowed the continued manufacturing of the Pinto and did not recall Pinto cars already on the road even after there were several deaths, which occurred as a result of these problems. The paper stresses that the company acted unethically in its decision to use a cost/benefit analysis involving human life.
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Introduction
The Ford Pinto
Conclusion
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"In addition to the aforementioned case, Ford was also the subject of a criminal case after the death of three teenagers. In this case, the company was prosecuted for reckless homicide and criminal recklessness. The author explains that in this case the company was being held liable for its refusal to recall the vehicles even thought they were aware that the placement of the fuel tank could result in serious accidents and had already resulted in several fatalities. In the opinion of the prosecutor the company was responsible for criminal recklessness and reckless homicide.'
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Ford Pinto, 2004.
Explores the ethics of the decision by Ford Motor Company regarding its Ford Pinto in the 1970s.
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This paper explores the ethics of the decision by Ford Motor Company not to redesign and not to recall the Ford Pinto in the 1970s to correct a design flaw in the gas tank that caused these vehicles to explode at relatively low speed rear impact collisions.
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"An article in Automotive News notes that in April the Center for Auto Safety petitioned the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to recall Ford Pintos due to defects in the design of the strap on gas tank which made it susceptible to leakage and fire in low speed collisions. The petition was based upon reports from attorneys of three deaths and four serious injuries in such accidents. This petition languished in the NHTSA offices ..."
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