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The Mary Tyler Moore Show and Murphy Brown, 2000.
A comparison of theTV comedies and their depiction of strong female characters in male-dominated industries in the 1970s and the 1990s.
2,925 words (approx. 11.7 pages), 9 sources, $ 103.95
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Television comedy reflects the social setting in which the show is produced, for writers, producers, and directors know that images reflecting the lives of the viewers have the power to evoke laughter more than images that are completely alien to the life experiences of the viewers.
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Television comedy reflects the social setting in which the show is produced, for writers, producers, and directors know that images reflecting the lives of the viewers have the power to evoke laughter more than images that are completely alien to the life experiences of the viewers. Comic styles on television have changed along with the times. This does not necessarily mean that the comedy is dated as some charge--I Love Lucy is no less funny now than it was in 1955, for example--but viewers look at these episodes with somewhat different eyes just the same. Consider just one element and how it has changed over the years, that element being the way women are depicted on television comedies. Lucy in I Love Lucy may be the star of the show, but in the context of 1950s society, she is subordinate to her..."
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Mary Elizabeth Mullino Moore's "Teaching From The Heart", 1995.
This paper reviews Mary Elizabeth Mullino Moore's "Teaching From The Heart" presenting five methods for religious education (case study, gestalt and narrative).
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 1 source, $ 47.95
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"Mary Elizabeth Mullino Moore has searched her own heart and her desire to educate within the religious context in order to create her text "Teaching from the Heart." The result is a compelling examination of five distinctive teaching methods in the light of the process theological perspective (principally that of Alfred North Whitehead): case study, gestalt, phenomenological, narrative, and conscientizing. Mullino Moore succeeds in challenging the religious educator (if not all educators) to comprehend his or her own style of teaching and to reflect on the potential of each of the other methods to work in conjunction with the familiar, or as a more effective replacement.
Mullino Moore's "passion" is for a synthesis of theology and education (or, educational method), for the two to re-form one ... "
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"Mary Shelley's Frankenstein" ( Kenneth Branagh ) and "Frankenstein" by Mary Shelley, 1995.
This paper compares the film director Kenneth Branagh's and book author Mary Shelley's depictions of "Mary Shelley's Frankenstein" and "Frankenstein" respectively: Characters, relationships, plot, focus, images, pacing and style
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"The recent motion picture version of Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstein hews closely to the plot of the novel while failing to capture its essential purpose. The full title of the movie is Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, but the possessive does not mean that this version can be considered mary Shelley's vision. Janet Maslin of the New York Times notes this when she writes that the film will not strike anyone as chiefly Mary Shelley's invention. Its principal architect is Kenneth Branagh. . . [who] takes on the godlike, idealistic young scientist's role while also directing this "Frankenstein" as an overheated romantic fable .
An examination of the book and the film shows where the attitudes ... "
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Author Lorrie Moore, 2006.
This paper discusses the life and style of author Lorrie Moore (Marie Lorena Moore) especially as demonstrated in her writings "How to Be the Other Woman", "How to Be a Writer" and "Charades".
1,985 words (approx. 7.9 pages), 8 sources, MLA, $ 63.95
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This paper explains that Lorrie Moore expertly uses her humor to provide readers with an in-depth look at character identity. The author points out that Moore is mostly known for her short stories, which rely on a clever play of words, irony and sardonic black humor that normally hides the characters' underlying sorrow or traumatic experiences. The paper concludes that one of the most remarkable things about Moore's style is the total lack of melodrama. This paper includes many quotations.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Moore's Humor
Making Readers Laugh at Human Nature
Clever Play of Words, Irony and Black Humor
Humor Provides Character Analysis
Biographical Life
Birth and Family
Writing background
Literary Honors
Graduate School
Employment
Subject Matter
"Self-Help": " Lives Can Be Improved by Golf "
Shows Contemporary Life among Yuppies
"How to be the Other Woman"
"How to be a Writer"
Moore's Identity Search under Laughs
Quote by John Blade about Moore's Lighthearted Approach
"Charades"
Moore's Identity Analysis of Several Characters
Conclusion
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"However, under the laughs and guffaws in "How to Be a Writer" is the woman who is attempting to be taken seriously as an author and make her way in an occupation that is treacherous at best and deadly at worst. As all writers do, Francie begins to look at her own abilities. Here Moore once again shows the underlying search for identity. Francie begins to doubt her own worth as a writer: "Begin to wonder what you do write about. Or if you have anything to say. Or if there is even such a thing as a thing to say. Limit these thoughts to no more than ten...""
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"Will & Grace", 2001.
Critical analysis of NBC sitcom. Compared to "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" in terms of bringing new social issues to public view.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 3 sources, $ 31.95
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"The controversies generated by television programming often appear in very different lights depending on which critical approach one takes to them. A brief analysis of the NBC series Will and Grace (1998-) via the "cultural" approach of Newcomb and Hirsch and the Gramscian "hegemonic" analysis of Gitlin provides insights into the program and into the theories as well.
Will and Grace is a sitcom that deals with the lives of the title characters, respectively a very successful New York attorney and an interior designer. Will is gay and Grace is straight and the supporting characters, Jack and Karen, are Will's friend and Grace's do-nothing employee. Jack and Karen are a flamboyant, self-involved gay man and a flamboyant, self-involved straight woman. Both are comic sexual predators; Jack wants to sleep with every man he meets and Karen has married ..."
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Mary Espoused to The Father, The Son & The Holy Spirit, 2007.
An in-depth examination of the relationship of Mary to the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.
12,150 words (approx. 48.6 pages), 8 sources, APA, $ 234.95
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This paper provides a historical and theological investigation as to the role of Mary within the Church, specifically as to whether Mary should be considered espoused to God, the Father, or to Jesus the Son, or the spouse of the Holy Spirit. This work explores the development of the role of Mary from the viewpoint of the Church Fathers and how that development has taken place. This work also looks at the biblical and doctrinal basis relating to Mary's espousal and further explores the writings of St. Louis Marie De Montfort and St. Maximilan Kolbe in understanding the role of Mary as the spouse of the Holy Spirit.
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Abstract
Introduction
Statement of Thesis
Chapter 1: Spiritual and Doctrinal Foundations
Chapter 2: Mary, Espoused to God the Father?
Chapter 3: Mary, Espoused to Jesus Christ?
Chapter 4: Mary, Espoused to the Holy Spirit?
Chapter 5: Writings of St. Louis Marie De Montfort & St. Maximilan Kolbe
Chapter 6: Synthesis & Conclusion
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"Votes were taken with the result being 1114 voting in favor of integration of the marian schema into the Church Constitution and 1074 in favor of a separate schema for Mary. It is stated that this division was reported by news media to be a split as to whether the authenticity of Mary as Mediatrix was to be adopted into the church however, in reality the only division among the Cardinals was as to whether a separate schema should be given to Mary.
Mary is held up as an example of what is termed a "total faith response to God". (McBride, 2003) Chapter VIII of Lumen Gentium states that the Old Testament is to be "understood in the light of further and full revelation." (LG #55) According to mariologist James O'Connor: "in the light of the fullness of revelation we are not 'reading back into' the documents something which is not really there, but something which is truly there but only fully understood when read in the perspective of the completed work." (O'Connor, 1986)"
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Protestant Devotion to the Virgin Mary, 2007.
This extensive paper examines the role of the Virgin Mary in contemporary Protestant religious devotion.
23,721 words (approx. 94.9 pages), 17 sources, APA, $ 249.95
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This extensive study investigates the role of the Virgin Mary in today's Protestant churches. The writer examines whether there currently exists an identifiable Protestant liturgical theology of Mary. The author further examines the most significant contemporary developments in Protestant Mariology. The author states that since this investigation seeks to uncover how everyday Protestants view Mary's role in their religion, the scope of research extends beyond scholarly texts. The author considers information from mass media resources like magazines, and less traditional media sources, such as websites to be a reflection of the popular view of Mary. According to the author, untraditional sources provide insight into how modern lay Protestants view Mary, if they honor her, or if they believe she should be honored. The paper further examines how church officials approach devotion to Mary, and if they desire pro-Marian changes in Protestantism. The potential controversy surrounding Mary in the Protestant church is also considered. The author hopes that information from a broad variety of practitioners will yield a suggestion about the modern state of Mary in the Protestant church and whether her role should change.
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Proposal
Introduction
Hypothesis
Literature Review
Conclusion
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"Traditionally, at least in recent history, the Virgin Mary has not played a very large role in the various Protestant faiths. In fact, many modern Protestants only recall celebrating Mary during Christmas, and those celebrations were strictly limited to Mary's role in the birth of Christ rather than celebrating Mary's prophecies prior to Jesus' birth or the role that she played as Jesus' day-to-day parent. The Protestant attitude towards Mary contrasts starkly with Catholic and Orthodox attitudes, which celebrate Mary in several different ways. To Catholics, Mary was chosen to be the mother of God's son because she was an example of a devout and loving Jew, so that her spiritual greatness actually preceded the events that are traditionally associated with her. However, to Protestants, prior to the visit from the angel Gabriel, Mary led an unremarkable life, and her sole claim to significance in Christianity is the fact that she was chosen, more or less arbitrarily, by God to be the mother of his son. Furthermore, many Protestants not only refused to share in the Catholic and Orthodox reverence for the Virgin, but have actually reacted vehemently against it, associating respect and reverence for Mary with the some type of idolatry."
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Mary Wollstonecraft, 1994.
This paper discusses social and political works and ideas of the feminist Mary Wollstonecraft who is the mother of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley the creator of "Frankenstein".
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"Mary Wollstonecraft was as famous as a writer as her daughter, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, would become, but today it is clear that the daughter is much the better known of the two largely because of her marriage to Percy Bysshe Shelley and because of her creation of the story embodied in her novel Frankenstein. Both mother and daughter were important proponents of the rights of women both in their writings and in the way they lived and served as role models for other women of their time. Much of their work as writers and political thinkers developed from and represented the spirit of the Romantic era in which they lived.
Mary Wollstonecraft's best-known work is her Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792), a work in which she expounded in the ills facing women and on the need for justice for women."
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Mary Astell, 2001.
This paper discusses claims by author Ruth Perry that Mary Astell was one of the first "feminist theorists".
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Author Ruth Perry claimed that writer Mary Astell was one of the first feminist theorist. The purpose of this essay is to evaluate these bold claims made by Perry. It focuses on Astell?s essay on the subject of marriage.
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"Mary Astell was born during the 17th century and died in the 18th century. It was during the early part of the 1700s when her most influential books and political and religious treatises were published. Astell wrote long before Elizabeth Cady Stanton, even long before Mary Wollstonecraft penned her influential tracts on women?s rights, even before these women were born. Yet the author Ruth Perry has named Mary Astell as one of the first "feminist theorists" and stated that Astell?s ?first three books were feminist books"."
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Mary's Isolation in "Long Day's Journey Into Night", 2007.
This paper discusses the issue of the isolation of the character Mary, in the play 'Long Day's Journey into Night' by Eugene O'Neill.
2,312 words (approx. 9.2 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 71.95
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In this article, the writer discusses that all the characters of the play 'Long Day's Journey into Night' are trapped by their family history and their inability to break out of the family cyclical arguments, however, no one is more trapped than Mary. The writer suggests that
it seems possible that Mary was always lonely. The writer discusses that as a child she may have structured her world around the idea of being a nun because of a guaranteed community, but even in a convent, Mary would have had to know how to connect with others. Further, the writer notes that at every turn she has made choices that isolate herself. Mary chose a stand-offish man for a husband, and has made choices throughout her adult life that have kept her lonely.
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"One soon finds out that Mary has significant problems. When the play opens, she has very recently returned home from a sanatorium where she was treated for addiction to morphine. As the day goes on in the play, it becomes apparent that Mary has returned to taking morphine, and quite a lot of it. Mary has an excuse for her addiction: her husband was too cheap to pay for a good doctor after her second son was born, and that doctor got her addicted. Mary may have started with morphine to ease the pain of childbirth and its aftermath, but now it is apparent that she uses it as an escape from reality. Her need to escape is so great that she is in complete denial about her son Edmund's case of tuberculosis -- even though her father, whom she loved dearly, died of tuberculosis himself."
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The Virgin Mary, 2002.
A comparison of the portrayal of the Virgin Mary in paintings by Paul Gaugin and Guido Reni.
1,063 words (approx. 4.3 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 37.95
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Gaugin's "Ia Orana Maria" and Reni's "The Immaculate Conception" are two very different representations of the Virgin Mary. The paper explains that by utilizing more classical composition techniques, smooth, curving lines and rich, strong colors, Reni portrays Mary as an idealized version of Baroque femininity in a heavenly setting. It shows, in contrast, how Gauguin adheres to the primitive tradition, illustrating Mary as a native woman, a naked Christ child set on her shoulders. His use of asymmetrical composition in a cluttered, unplanned scene provides a feeling of energy and naturalism, a striking contrast to the serenity of Reni's work. The paper shows therefore that in illustrating the Virgin Mary in their works, each painter adheres to the very different sensibilities of their time periods.
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"Paul Gaugin's "Ia Orana Maria," translated as "Hail Mary," treats a similar subject matter, in that it illustrates the Virgin Mary with adoring attendants. However, this is not the Mary of the Immaculate Conception, but with Christ who is perched upon her shoulders. Painted in the post-impressionist genre known as Arcadia, which exemplifies scenes of blissful simplicity and retreat from the complex, this work was completed in 1891 and hangs in the Metropolitan Museum in New York. It is not a large work, only 44 inches by about 36 inches. In keeping with its primitive tradition, and in stark contrast to "The Immaculate Conception," the composition is highly asymmetrical, with the central Mary figure set off to the right of the picture. The poses are unstudied, casual and almost accidental, with Mary and the Christ child looking at the viewer, and the two prayerful, adoring native women gazing at them. This casual approach may be an attempt of Gauguin to emphasize the "naturalness" of the scene, despite the obviously supernatural halos."
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Mary Higgins Clark?s Characters, 2006.
This paper explores the background and motivations of American novelist Mary Higgins Clark as well various characters from her numerous works of writing.
2,690 words (approx. 10.8 pages), 5 sources, APA, $ 80.95
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The writer of this paper delves into both the life and works of author Mary Higgins Clark and centers mainly on the strength of her characters. While the author's characters frequently possess the ability to overcome insurmountable obstacles that happen too often in life, this paper details the events in Clark's personal life that often parallel to her characters. The death of her father completely altered Mary's family life. Mary gained the knowledge of how precious life was at the early age of ten. From her mother's example Mary learned how to be strong, even in the face of tragedy. This paper discusses both the plots and main characters from various novels including: My Pretty One Sleeps," "I'll Be Seeing You," "Where are the Children?" and "A Cry in the Night" which deals with a mother struggling to raise her children alone.
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"Mary dips into the deep well of her experiences again with her novel, While My Pretty One Sleeps, as she grew up listening to her mother's stories about the fashion world. Her mother had been a bridal buyer for B. Altman's; and also mary had written a radio show called "Women Today" where she interviewed designers and fashion editors. This exposure showed her the inside story in the glamour world and also the agony within this industry. From these experiences and her inquisitive imagination, Mary concocted Ethel Lambston, a influential gossip writer who was about to "rock the fashion industry with an expose revealing the secrets of top fashion designers," but is murdered before she can get the story out and she is discovered missing by Neeve Kearney."
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Mary Queen of Scots, 2001.
This paper is a brief overview of the life of Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots.
750 words (approx. 3.0 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 26.95
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In this essay the author discusses the romantic and tragic life of Mary Stuart. The paper looks at Mary's brief reign as Queen of England, her staunch support of Catholicism, and her death during Elizabeth I's rule.
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"Mary had everything to her advantage when she was born on the 8th of December, 1542. She was the daughter of the Queen Regent of Scotland, Mary of Guise. She had been married, when a mere child, to the dauphin, the son and heir of the King of France. The pope, who pretended that no one could rightfully wear the crown of England without his gracious permission, was strongly opposed to Elizabeth, who had not asked for the said gracious permission. And as Mary, Queen of Scots, would have inherited the English crown in right of her birth, supposing the English parliament not to have altered the succession, the pope himself, and most of the discontented who were followers of his, maintained that Mary was the rightful queen of England."
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Michael Moore's "Fahrenheit 9/11", 2005.
An analysis of Michael Moore's film, "Fahrenheit 9/11" using the theories of Max Weber, Emile Durkheim and Karl Marx.
1,575 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 5 sources, APA, $ 55.95
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This paper uses Michael Moore's documentary film, "Fahrenheit 9/11" to discuss the theories of Max Weber, Emile Durkheim and Karl Marx. The paper discusses Moore's portrayal of President George W. Bush and his response to 9/11 and contends that Weber's theories are the most relevant ones to the film since they can best be applied to Moore's central concept in the film.
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"Michael Moore's film, "Fahrenheit 9/11", has been described as an attempt on the part of the filmmaker to unseat a president. The film stresses what Moore saw as President George W. Bush's ineptitude in responding to the September 11th terrorist attack against the United States. As film critic John Petrakis puts it, Moore portrays the president as village idiot, a man who is in so far over his head that his only recourse is to take vacation after vacation, leaving the day-to-day running of the office..."
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Moore and Galloway's "We Were Soldiers Once?And Young", 2005.
This paper reviews the book "We Were Soldier's Once...And Young: Ia Drang: The Battle that Changed the War in Vietnam" by Lt. General Harold G. Moore and James Galloway, who accompanied the battalion on its tour.
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This paper explains that the book "We Were Soldier's Once...And Young: Ia Drang: The Battle that Changed the War in Vietnam" by Lt. General Harold G. Moore and James Galloway is a record of a group of soldiers who, under exceptional, inspirational leadership, fought not only against the enemy but also against the odds of their own survival. The author points out that the story focuses on the relationship between then Lt. Colonel Harold G. Moore and the 450 men who composed the 1st battalion, 7th Calvary and chronicles their horrific journey together as they were dropped into the Ia Drang Valley for the first battle of the Vietnam War and one of the first major military helicopter operations in history. The paper states that what also makes this book significant is that Moore and Galloway recount each man's death in individual dignity.
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"A few different factors affected troop levels. The first was that President Lyndon B. Johnson did not declare a state of emergency and extended the active dusty tours of draftees and reserve officers. Thus, anyone with less than 60 days or less remaining on their tour would not be sent to battle. This removed at least 100 young men from Moore's battalion. The tour of duty was decreed to be 12-13 months, which meant that troops had precious little time to cement emotional and psychological bonds with the men fighting beside them. Additionally, there was a six month limit on battalion and brigade command. The men who would not be going to battle were the experienced men."
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