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"The Good Woman of Sezuan", 2002.
An analysis of the style and function of the songs and heightened lyrical passages in Brecht?s Der gute Mensch von Sezuan (The Good Woman of Sezuan).
3,900 words (approx. 15.6 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 106.95
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This paper shows how the key to understanding Brecht's "Der gute Mensch von Sezuan" and its place in the development of Epic Theatre is to understand the way in which he uses songs and poetic language throughout the action of the play. At certain significant moments, the actors break into song, or speak in blank verse, a style vastly different from their characteristic mode of expression. The essay?s discussion of these moments, and explanation of their function within Brecht?s dramatic theory, will enable the reader to fully understand the play and its importance. The essay concentrates fully on the text of the work rather than reworking critical literature on the subject.
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"As well as the five songs, on around twenty-five occasions the play is ?interrupted? by excerpts of free verse, lacking rhyme and meter but distinct in style and vocabulary from the character?s normal speech. These interludes form a framework of comment and reflection embracing the action of the play and are usually directed to the audience rather than to the other characters. This commentary intertwined with the action of the play force the audience to consider it immediately whilst still under the direct influence of the playwright instead of reflecting on it later and at a distance. The characters are more perceptive in this altered mood and provide the audience with insight into their behavior, and for this reason as well as because the action of the play is interrupted, the songs and heightened lyrical passages are also an important part of Brecht?s Verfremdungeffekt (estrangement effect). The fact that several of the characters break into song at different points in the play is an anti-naturalistic device and the elevated language is also clearly not spontaneous or believable dialogue. Some of the dialogue and songs also have a persuasive function, serving Brechts interests. Many of them could stand alone, indeed some did before Brecht appropriated them for his work, and are simple and memorable excerpts that the audience could take home from the theatre."
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"Good Night, and Good Luck", 2007.
This paper discusses media ethics in the movie "Good Night, and Good Luck."
999 words (approx. 4.0 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 35.95
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The paper describes how the film, "Good Night, and Good Luck"
takes place in the hostile environment of the "Red Scare" in 1950s America. The paper relates that "Good Night, and Good Luck" tells the story of the CBS broadcast team who overcome immense pressure from sponsors, owners and even the government in an attempt to broadcast the truth to America. The paper examines how the characters face three ethical dilemmas that are a reflection of the difficult ethical choices that exist in the media.
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"There are numerous ethical issues facing the characters in "Good Night, and Good Luck." The primary ethical issue is Edward Murrow's quest to maintain what he believes his right from wrong in his reporting of the news. A second ethical issue is Joseph McCarthy's apparent unethical decision to use lies to get his point of view across. He calls anyone that crosses or dares oppose him a Communist. A third ethical decision involves the CBS Studio who decides to turn a blind eye to the in house marriage which is against company rules and regulations."
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Film: "Good Night and Good Luck" (2006), 2007.
This paper is a a visual analysis of the film "Good Night and Good Luck" (2006).
2,580 words (approx. 10.3 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 77.95
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This paper explains that the film "Good Night and Good Luck" is a social commentary and biography of 1950s era CBS television newsman Edward R. Murrow (1908-1965), and the period of the "McCarthy Years". The author points out that the transitions between film shots and real footage was made excellent because both the entire film and the real footage are in black and white and almost always the people inside the CBS studio itself are seen looking at television monitors where this footage is playing. The paper relates that the film was effective visually as a depiction of the 1950s because it was shot it entirely in black and white (as there was no color television in the 1950s), the 1950s-era costumes, the prevalence of cigarette smoke inside the workplace, the 1950s jazz instrumental and vocal music and the overall stark, "no frills" atmosphere of this era and setting.
Table of Contents:
Introduction: A Background History of the Film
Beginning Credits
Lead-in Shots, Techniques, and Attraction of Audience Interest Sequencing of Scenes and Episodes from a Visual Standpoint
Color Scheme and Motifs
Costume Design. Music: How Does Music Support the Visuals? Recurring Visual Motifs and Symbols
A Scene with Only a Little Dialog Dependent on Visuals
The Most Memorable Scene
Camera work: Close ups? Distance shots? Unusual Angles?
Closing Scenes
Observations
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"The credits at the beginning of "Good Night and Good Luck" appear, interspersed with various lead-in shots of newsmen dressed in 1950's era tuxedos and smoking cigarettes, along with a few women in evening dress, waiting for a speech by Edward R. Murrow. The credits are not given all at once, but rather, mixed in, at evenly-timed short intervals, among the opening shots. The opening credits are not extensive, but mention only the director, producer, and a few others. When these few credits are over, then, wed are already involved in the lead in action of the movie, ..."
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Behind Every Good Man is a Good Woman, 2003.
The following paper presents a detailed examination of women in the confederacy.
1,400 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 9 sources, $ 46.95
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The writer discusses the duties and involvement that women had in the way as well as examples of patriotism shown by women. We are also given some examples of female heroines from the war.
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?When we think about a Southern Belle, we envision a pale, fragile wisp of a woman who swoons if it gets to hot. She is delicate and beautiful and must be taken care of by a man. Over the last centuries this is the image that we have adopted when it comes to the way we perceive Southern women. The reality however is much different. Even during the Civil War women of the Confederate side were tough, capable and willing to do what ever it took to win the war effort against the North.?
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"Good Man" According to Aristotle, 2002.
Examines the function of Aristotle's "good man" and "good citizen" in his ideal polis.
2,650 words (approx. 10.6 pages), 6 sources, $ 97.95
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This paper will approach Aristotle's "good man" in terms of both Aristotle's "Nichomachean Ethics" and his "Politics". It will be argued that the "good man's" relationship with the ideal polis can only be understood in terms of the ethical and political distinction Aristotle draws between the "good man" and the "good citizen". While in the ideal polis the two are identical, in the real world they are separate more often than not. From this perspective, the "good man" may be seen to vindicate the ideal polis in that the perfection of the state is dependent upon all its component units being good.
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A Good Woman in Colonial Times, 2007.
An analysis of "Sovereignty and Goodness of Good" by Mary Rowlandson.
1,410 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 46.95
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The paper discusses how "Sovereignty and Goodness of Good" by Mary Rowlandson is both typical and atypical of captivity narratives of the early American colonial period. The paper examines how the author refers to the Native-Americans as savages. However, as her captivity wore on, and her experiences with the Native-Americans grew more intimate, Mary Rowlandson began to show more compassion and balance in her point of view of the Native-Americans. The paper reveals her morality and culture and maintains that this personal adaptability, combined with a balance and generosity of spirit that marks Mary as a distinct voice, may have garnered Mary's greater acceptance by her captives. The paper adds that it also gains her an additional credit as a historical voice and testimony to early settler and Native conflicts.
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"It is true that Mary's religious language makes itself evident in the narrative early on. Mary paints the Native's conflicts with the settlers in black-and-white moral terms and demonstrates the similarity of her perspective with other captive women in her theological viewpoint. Mary's view of the events of her life as a playing-out of Biblical conflicts, rather than a struggle for amoral natural resources shows how her fundamental perspective is still united with the culture of her original English people, throughout her travels with the Indians."
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Good Students and Schools, 2002.
An analysis of what constitutes a good student and what a good school should represent.
1,650 words (approx. 6.6 pages), 5 sources, $ 62.95
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This paper will discuss what is a good student and what this means in the context of how a student functions in learning about the world that he or she lives in. Also, an evaluation of what represents a good school will be provided by an analysis of the objectives that an institution should take to best teach its students and prepare them for the real life. All of these topics will be covered in this paper to create a clear understanding of achieving excellence in both fields.
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Brecht?s 'The Good Woman of Setzuan', 2000.
Bertolt Brecht?s 'The Good Woman of Setzuan' portrays the struggle to be good while living in a corrupt society and the delicate balance needed to survive within it.
2,085 words (approx. 8.3 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 65.95
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An analysis of Bertolt Brecht?s play 'The Good Woman of Setzuan'. Throughout the play Shen Te juggles her promise to be good with the necessity to be bad. The author finds through the protagonist and the creation of her doppelganger, 'The Good Woman of Setzuan' portrays the struggle to be good while living in a corrupt society, and the delicate balance needed to survive within it as seen in Shen Te's struggle as a good woman leading the life of a prostitute.
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"Shen Te, a good woman, a prostitute, and the only one willing to take three gods into her home is rewarded with 1000 silver dollars, with which she is to ?above all be good?(712). This mission tears her in two. Shen Te and her doppelganger Shui Ta are in a delicate balance of power. Shen Te needs to keep her promise to the gods by being a good woman, helping those around her in need. Because Shen Te is too good, those she helps threaten to ruin her own survival. To remain a good woman Shen Te must create someone to fight for her. Like parents, both Shui Ta and Shen Te make up the whole of one unit. Shen Te is a nurturing, sweet mother-type while Shui Ta becomes a strict, disciplinarian, father-type. Through the protagonist and the creation of her doppelganger, Brecht?s The Good Woman of Setzuan portrays the struggle to be good while living in a corrupt society, and the delicate balance needed to survive within it."
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Flannery O'Connor's "A Good Man is Hard to Find", 2006.
An analysis of the title of Flannery O'Connor's book, "A Good Man is Hard to Find".
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 1 source, $ 26.95
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This paper evaluates the title of Flannery O'Connor's book, "A Good Man is Hard to Find" from the perspective of the grandmother character in the book. More specifically, the paper analyzes the title from the grandmother's perspective of a good man and the individual's ability to find goodness from within the soul. As an example of this perspective, the paper points out that the grandmother continuously discusses the concept of a 'good man' as she views main in relation to society. When conversing with the mechanic, Red, the grandmother contends that he was taken advantage of by others because he was naturally good, and therefore, a "good man". The paper explains that this conversation suggests that a good man is one that treats others kindly and that attempts to do his utmost in order to be honorable within the social order.
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Moral Goodness, 2002.
An analysis of Aristotle's philosophy of moral goodness, as put forth in his work ?Nicomachean Ethics?.
1,497 words (approx. 6.0 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 49.95
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The paper describes how Aristotle?s concept of moral goodness or righteousness, as expounded in his chief work, entitled ?Nicomachean Ethics,? shows how all human actions are aimed at some good, which is part of a series of goods that lead to an ultimate good. That ultimate good must be complete, final, self-sufficient and unceasing, which is called happiness or ?eudamonia? in Greek. The paper also discusses other ideas which appear in ?Nicomachean Ethics? such as virtue and the good life, which all ultimately link up to moral goodness.
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"He defines ?virtue? or ethical ?virtue? as a habit, which disposes a person to act by deliberate choice, being at the mean, and defined by reason as a prudent man would. Virtue is not a single act but a series of acts that proceeds from a habit of acting well. An act is virtuous only if it done deliberately, with full awareness and knowledge, and doing it because it is a noble act. The act must be the golden mean between extremes. And a prudent man is one who exercises the virtue of prudence, which is an intellectual virtue, whereby a person determines the mean in every situation and does it. A virtuous action must also be voluntary, that is, without fear or ignorance, and with proper intention, which works with reason in being performed."
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Good Versus Evil in "Billy Budd", 2001.
This paper touches on the theme of good versus evil in "Billy Budd" by Herman Melville. It explains how Billy is the symbol of ultimate good and Claggart is the symbol of ultimate evil.
1,225 words (approx. 4.9 pages), 5 sources, $ 41.95
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This paper discusses the age-old concept of good versus evil in the book, "Billy Budd", by Herman Melville. The author provides an overview of the characters of the protagonist and antagonist, who respectively personify good and evil. Biblical parallels as drawn as well.
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"Good versus evil is a very common theme in many different types of literature. One literary work which portrays the battle between good and evil very affectively is Billy Budd by Herman Melville. In this novel, good is portrayed through the character of Billy, while the character of Claggart portrays evil. The battle between good and evil is personified through the characters of Claggart and Billy."
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The Good Life According to "Genesis", 2007.
An examination of the concept of the good life and what it means to live the good life in the book of "Genesis".
1,614 words (approx. 6.5 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 52.95
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In this paper, the relationship between obeying the Lord and having a good life is closely examined through the lives of Adam and Eve, Noah, and Abraham. The paper attempts to show that the message that "Genesis" is trying to send is that living a life of obedience to the Lord will surely reward you with a good life, one where you are always getting closer to the Lord and the way life was originally intended.
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"Long after the time of Adam and Eve the world was filled with wickedness, sin and corruption. Among the people living on Earth, there was one righteous man among them named Noah. Now Noah was not without sin, but he found favor in the eyes of the Lord. God wanted to destroy humankind, for he regretted even creating it. God saw that Noah was good and gave him instructions on how he was to do his part in God's plan of wiping out humankind. Noah did not question God, but simply obeyed as it is stated in Genesis chapter 6."
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The Connection Between Being Good and Being Happy, 2006.
A review of Aristotle's approach to being good.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 5 sources, $ 44.95
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This paper discusses how Aristotle approached the issue of being good. He determined that a single act of goodness did was not sufficient to determine whether or not an individual was good. The paper further discusses how in committing a single act of goodness there was no true reflection of the individual's entire life as a good person. Therefore the only way to measure the goodness of a person would be at the end of life when all of the activities of the individual could be examined and a complete evaluation of goodness could be determined as reflected in the individual inner personality or soul.
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Gendered Grave Goods, 2005.
Contrasts three Anglo-Saxon inhumations by examining gendered grave-goods in order to learn how this portrayal of the feminine gender through grave-goods sheds light on the culture of a woman and her community.
3,379 words (approx. 13.5 pages), 16 sources, MLA, $ 96.95
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The paper explores the portrayal of the feminine gender through grave-goods and the light these grave-goods shed on the culture of a woman and her community. The paper examines three contrasting inhumations, one Saxon, one Anglian and one Kentish, in order to compare and contrast these different cultures and communities. The paper discusses the revelations of contrasting styles of dress, varying roles played by women, such as weavers, wives and mothers and the status afforded to the Anglo-Saxon woman through the fulfilment of these roles.
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"In order to consider what is meant here by 'gendered grave-goods', it is first important to consider what is referred to by 'gender'. The term 'gender' is usually differentiated from the term 'sex' in that 'sex relates specifically to the biological, physical characteristics which make a person male or female at birth, whereas gender refers to the behaviours associated with members of that sex.' Sex, then, is defined biologically, and gender, culturally. Crawford says of the grave-goods associated with the pagan Anglo-Saxon inhumation ritual, that '[t]he clearest message conveyed [...] was the sex of the deceased', the sharp contrast between the '[w]eapons, including spears, shields and swords' almost exclusively found in male burials and the jewellery that is associated with female burials serving to highlight the very different types of goods used to symbolise the male and female sexes. Stoodley emphasises the contrast between masculine and feminine symbolism further still in his comment that the jewellery of the female inhumation ritual is not only an indication of the female sex, but is also involved in 'the creation of a feminine gender'."
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Good Social Worker, 2005.
A brief essay which discusses the traits of a good social worker.
978 words (approx. 3.9 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 34.95
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This paper begins by explaining the profession of a social worker and then looks at what characteristics are necessary for one to become good at the profession. The writer lists good advocacy skills, understanding and compassion as some of the characteristics. It also explains that social workers need to keep on top of trends in their profession in order to adapt with the society they deal with.
Introduction
Good Social Workers Understand the Basics of their Profession
Good Social Workers Understand Advocacy
Good Social Workers Understand the Need to Help Young People
Good Social Workers do their Research
Good Social Workers Stay Up-to-Date in their Profession
References
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"The CSCI's proposal calls for a CSCI "take over" of "the Independent (Panel) Stage of the complaints procedure from local authorities" which would, according to the BASW, "introduce a conflict with the regulatory and inspection roles of CSCI..." (Johnston, 2004). The impact of this proposal, if enacted, would be "increased delays" in the resolution of complaints and an "escalation in the number of complaints." Therefore, a good social worker should give input to this complaint revision procedure, since it may well affect every professional in the field at some point in time. Indeed, a good social worker is an investigator, and an avid reader, trying hard to keep abreast of all the issues surrounding the field. "
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