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"Rashomon" Narratives of Guilt and Responsibility in, 2002.
This paper discusses Akira Kurosawa's film "Rashomon".
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 3 sources, $ 44.95
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This paper examines the guilty party in Akira Kurosawa's film, "Rashomon". The author looks at the narratives of guilt and responsibility in this film.
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Classic Slavery Narratives, 2004.
This paper compares two classic slavery narratives: Olaudah Equiano's ?Interesting Narrative? and Harriet Jacob's ?Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl?.
1,490 words (approx. 6.0 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 49.95
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This paper explains that one of the literary vehicles used by the anti-slavery movement was the narrative, written by slaves and former slaves, who described the brutality and inhumanity involved in the institution of slavery. However, it is clear from a reading Equiano's ?Interesting Narrative? and Jacob's ?Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl? that these perspectives differed according to a slave?s gender and position. The author points out that, unlike his female counterpart, Harriet Jacobs, Equiano was in a much better position to prosecute any advantages that came his way by virtue of being a male with skills in a day and age where such attributes were recognized and valued, even in slaves. The paper concludes that both of these slave narratives speak to the brutal hardships and dehumanization that occurred, but Equiano?s is from the perspective of one who willingly participated in the ?peculiar institution?, while Jacob?s is from the perspective of an unwilling participant.
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Introduction
Review and Discussion
Background and Overview
Olaudah Equiano?s The Interesting Narrative?
Harriet Jacob?s ?Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl?
Summary and Conclusion
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"Time and again, Jacobs points to individuals? incidents in which her white owners took special pains to ensure that the blacks were acutely aware of their lowly status, and the whole slavery mentality only served to bring out the worst in everyone involved. For instance, in Chapter 8 of Jacobs? "Incidents of a Slave Girl", the author writes, ?Some poor creatures have been so brutalized by the lash that they will sneak out of the way to give their masters free access to their wives and daughters. Do you think this proves the black man to belong to an inferior order of beings? What would you be, if you had been born and brought up a slave, with generations of slaves for ancestors?.? In Chapter 4, Jacobs describes the mentality of the day when she writes of the escape and capture of Benjamin."
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Slave Narratives, 2005.
A comparative study of slavery by examining several narratives.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 2 sources, $ 53.95
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This paper examines why studying nineteenth and twentieth-century slave narratives is important. Doing so offers an opportunity to examine slavery and its aftermath from the perspective of those who were victimized by this inhuman institution. The paper shows that because of their compelling insights into the impact of slavery and racial prejudice on African Americans, the nineteenth-century narratives of Frederick Douglas and Harriet Jacobs are particularly worthy of study, as are the twentieth-century narratives of Benjamin Johnson, Lucretia Alexander, and Elijah Green.
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"Six Women's Slave Narratives", 2002.
This paper discusses William L. Andrews' collection of "Six Women's Slave Narratives".
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This paper explores the similariitiesbetween the narratives in William L. Andrews' collection, "Six Women's Slave Narratives". The author points out the ways in which these stories reinforce current ideas about slave women's lives.
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Gender in Slave Narratives, 2006.
This paper discusses and analyzes two autobiographical novels which focus on the issues of gender and slavery and its subsequent impact on both narratives.
1,778 words (approx. 7.1 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 57.95
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This paper reviews and analyzes "The History of Mary Prince, a West Indian Slave" by Mary Prince and "The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, Or Gustavus Vassa, the African" by Olaudah Equiano. The writer details the various similarities and differences in both narrative autobiographies which tell the stories of two West Indie slaves, one male the other female. The writer of this paper cites various sections of text from both novels which attest to the obvious differences between the genders. One example citing the differences between the two sexes focuses on Prince's experiences as a slave in which she only briefly touches on the abuse inflicted by her masters while Equiano speaks of it much more openly and in detail. The writer contends and explains that both narratives clearly illustrate the relevance of gender in the slave trade and in the telling of the actual stories which are cited in this paper. This paper details the plots of both novels while also examining the West Indie slave trade during the 18th century.
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"While Equiano also made friends with young people and followed his master at his master's whim when he was a boy, his experiences were different. He served one master, and the master treated him more like a pet than a slave. He played with other children, he made lifelong friends, and he began to learn the ways of the seas. Already, the difference between the two children is striking. Equiano has not really seen any hard labor or punishment, and has not really lived the life of a slave as most do, while Prince has already been torn from two families and her mother, and worked hard from a very young age. Equiano's experience is not typical, but had he been a female, he probably would not have had the experience at all. As the slaves grow older, so do their duties and their differences. Prince is sold to a cruel household where she has to do both inside and outside duties such as cooking, farming, cleaning, washing, and nearly all the tasks of a busy household."
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Anti-Slavery Arguments in Selected Slave Narratives, 2003.
Examines the literary arguments expressed in slave narratives that have been used as evidence in the arguments against slavery.
1,651 words (approx. 6.6 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 53.95
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This paper provides a biographical review of three Southern slaves: Moses Grandy, Solomon Northrup, and Henry Bibb. The biographies are based on slave narratives, which describe the brutality and inhumanity of the conditions under which slaves in the South were forced to exist. A brief discussion about the historical context of slave narratives and anti-slavery movements precedes the biographical reviews.
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"The effects of slavery included a major role in the economic development of the United States. Black slaves helped to clear the American wilderness and build important canals, railroads, and roads. The cotton which slaves picked became the nation's most valuable, and therefore important, export. The income from cotton paid for a major share of American imports, and the westward expansion of slavery during the early and mid-1800's had important political effects. ?Northerners feared that the South would gain control of Congress if Western territories entered the Union as slave states. Attempts by the North to exclude slavery from these territories angered the South and helped bring on the American Civil War (1861-1865)? (Davis 1999:3). Slavery had a variety of effects on slaves and owners. It broke the spirit of many blacks but made many others vow to resist it. Slavery caused fear and hate between most owners and slaves. The following narratives provide a glimpse into the miserable and dehumanizing qualities of the day- to-day lives of slaves in the Old South."
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Gender Role Narratives of Lara Croft, 2006.
This paper evaluates gender role narratives in the film, game, and novel format of Lara Croft: Tomb Raider.
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In this paper, the gender roles and values of film, video games, and novel form are analyzed in relation to Lara Croft: Tomb Raider. By realizing the various mediums of portending a feminine gender role identity for Lara, it becomes obvious that the conflicting roles of sexual exploitation and the behaviors of Lara provide a lucid value through a visual construct. The writer points out that in many ways, the visual aspects of film and gaming cannot provide the deeper analysis for a concise and comprehensive narrative that can rival that of the novel form.
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"This communications study examines the use of gender role narratives to analyze the three media perspectives of film, gaming, and novel form in Lara Croft: Tomb Raider. By understanding the gaming perspective of this analysis, one can learn how more interactive narratives can be more effective and enjoyable in regards the scribal and cinematic forms of this story. However, certain aspects of cinematic and scribal perspectives bring to light aspects of lucid gaming, which provide a deeper character and plot development in narrative usage. "
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Contradictory Narratives, 2002.
Examines narratives by Frederick Douglass and Walt Whitman to show the contradictory aspect of American society.
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This paper explores the contradictions in American history and society by looking at the personal experiences of Frederick Douglass and Walt Whitman.
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Narratives Compares, 2002.
Analyzes and compared texts by Mary Rowlandson ("Captivity and Restoration"), Frederick Douglas ("The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglas") and the Popul Vuh.
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This paper will discuss the three different style of narrative that are present in three works: Mary Rowlandson's narratives, Frederick Douglas's "The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglas" and the Popul Vuh, translated by Dennis Tedlock. By discovering the way that each uses a different writing style, we can see how they vary in prosody, lyricism and directive in their composition.
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Capturing Stereotypes Through Puritan Narratives, 2000.
An examination on how early American settlers portrayed Native Americans in a bad light.
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The paper shows that captivity narratives written by early settlers of America succeeded in conveying unfair stereotypes about Native Americans. These narratives recorded the captives' physical, mental, and spiritual experiences. The paper examines the reasons for these abductions, circumstances and experiences of those who were abducted, with a specific analysis of how the autobiography "Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson" perpetuates the conveyance of stereotypes about Native Americans.
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"Throughout the history of Colonial North America, Native Americans have been portrayed as evil and heathen in many ways. The Native Americans were depicted as evil and soulless; a race beyond any reason that delighted murder of innocent Christians. One such way is through the writing of ?captivity narratives,? whose purpose was to record the captive?s physical, mental and spiritual experiences as they journeyed through the unknown. Captivity narratives also served a purpose in that they led to reflection on the meaning of life and helped shaped the expectations of any other unfortunate settlers who might find themselves in captivity at some time (Ebersole 20). These accounts of captivity became stories to be told and retold in order to reflect upon the situation forced upon the captive and, for the Puritans, to reflect in God?s grace at having delivered them from the hands of these ?savages.? These narratives were unfortunately never objective or neutral in any way, as they always portrayed Native Americans as creatures with no souls whose sole purpose in life was to distribute pain and suffering to those who were God-fearing; they were thought of as instruments of the devil. In this way, captivity narratives succeeded in conveying unfair stereotypes about Native Americans that have not (until recently) been overcome."
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Narratives of Education and Future Generations, 2004.
Discusses themes of education, migration, and the next generation in the African-American communities of "Youngblood" (Killens), "The Street" (Petry) and ?The Piano Lesson? (Wilson).
1,044 words (approx. 4.2 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 36.95
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Education of the next generation forms a central theme in many of the greatest works of literature, particularly those of the African-American tradition where the next generation holds such promise for those oppressed by the historical weight of the present. This paper shows, however, that in the narrative framework of "Youngblood" by John Oliver Killens, Ann Petry?s "The Street", as well the play, ?The Piano Lesson,? it is not only the youth of tomorrow who receives an education from their wiser elders. The paper shows that, although the older individuals in the play educate the younger members of the family, ultimately, the education in all fictional contexts is holistic, rather than an unbalanced relationship of the old teaching morality to the young.
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"Ann Petry?s novel The Street, also chronicles a tale in which the central protagonist, one Lutie Johnson, is engaged in a war for her young child?s soul and takes, in her case, a highly matriarchal view of the world and child rearing. Through the medium of fighting to create a better life for her daughter, Lutie gains a sense of independence as a woman. Thus Lutie?s efforts do not merely educate her young son. Like Joe Youngblood, she learns from the process of parenting as well, of being a strong Black parent in a White society. As impressive as her accomplishments are, she also gains a stronger sense of herself and her ability to engage in upward mobility in the Black community as she proceeds through the novel."
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Four Narrative Forms of Fiction, 2004.
A comparative analysis of the narratives of "The Grapes of Wrath" by John Steinbeck, "Old Man and the Sea" by Ernest Hemingway, "All the King's Men" by Robert Penn Warren, and "Absalom, Absalom!" by William Faulkner.
1,673 words (approx. 6.7 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 54.95
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The purpose of this paper is to introduce, discuss, and analyze four different types of narration in four novels. Specifically, it compares and contrasts the four different methods of narration in each of these novels. It looks at how each of these classic novels uses a different form of narration to set the stage for the characters and to move the plot along. Each form of narration adds to the impact of the novel, and altering the narration would certainly alter the way the novels affect the reader. It shows how these novels are excellent examples of the differing forms of narration and how important they are to the overall art of fiction.
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""Absalom, Absalom!" uses a stream of consciousness type of narration that includes the shifts in points of view and setting that can be unsettling to the reader. This is the author's intention, for he hopes to show that these same items shift consistently in everyone's life as they search for meaning and truth. Sentences are so long and convoluted that they sometimes lose the reader, and yet they set the scene quite effectively. While this novel is difficult to read, many of the narrative passages are extremely poetic and emotional. For example, Rosa once says, "my presence was to him only the absence of black morass and snarled vine and creeper to that man who had struggled through a swamp with nothing to guide or drive him -- no hope, no light: only some incorrigibility of undefeat ..." (Faulkner 137)."
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Narrative Therapy: A Case Study, 2008.
A discussion of narrative therapy and its application as a treatment strategy for anorexia.
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The paper discusses narrative therapy, which is considered a post-modern therapy and mental health treatment that seeks to gain the cooperation and insight of the patient himself. The paper applies narrative therapy to an anorexic patient to illustrate how this therapy can be utilized in the patient's recovery.
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Narrative Therapy Overview
Characteristics
Narrative Perspectives
Narrative Concerns
Narrative Therapy in the Future
Narrative Therapy in Application
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"Narrative therapy can be considered a post-modern therapy and mental health treatment that seeks to gain the cooperation and insight of the patient him or herself. It consists of the integration of individuals' expressions of their unique experiences in life, an account of the individuals' interpretive processes about those experiences, and in relating these unique experience sets to both the culture background of the individual and the treatment plan (Bull, Dettinger, Detwiler, Petersen & Propst, 2005, paras.1-12). It is the counselor's or therapist's duty to reconcile these experiences and, most importantly, the individual's interpretive perception of them, with the particular mental affectation that is manifesting itself."
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Shame or Guilt?, 2006.
This paper studies the differences between shame and guilt and how they both affect people.
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Shame and guilt are two feelings that are most of the time misinterpreted to be similar. This paper begins by discussing how these feelings differ from each other. Guilt is a feeling that is caused by our conscience that is disturbed or bothered. Shame, however, may root from the causes of guilt but focuses on the negative effect it has on one's personality. The paper then looks at shame and guilt in Iliad of Homer and with heroes where it addresses the misconception that heroes do not feel shame and guilt.
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What is shame and guilt?
Shame and guilt in Iliad of Homer
The guilt and shame in heroes
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"Shame on the other hand may root from the causes of guilt. It is an emotion that may come along with guilt. However, unlike guilt, shame can have a greater effect to an individual as compared with guilt. Shame makes one feel embarrassed and humiliated which consequently lowers the morale of an individual in terms of social relationship with others. It is generally focused on the negative effect that shame effects to one's personality. Guilt, on the other hand is focused on the wrongfulness of the offenses that an individual committed. For example, when we feel guilty we always think of the actions that we committed, blame ourselves, and say things like "I should not have done that." Despite that we feel guilt, we can still socialize with others. In fact, guilt can be hidden from others. However, in shame, the offenses or actions that a person did can affect his personality and this can be apparent with the changes that a person demonstrates about mingling with others."
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Continuous Narrative Art, 2007.
This paper discusses the art technique called continuous narrative in which the same figure appears more than once in a single scene.
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This paper explains that the Roman aesthetic approach, known as continuous narrative, makes use of a number of images of the same figure within a work, linking different aspects of a story together and evoking meaning while setting events distant in time in the same frame. The author points out that these works are reproduced in a variety of media, including on vases and cups, on huge towers, on walls as friezes or frescoes and on panels to be placed on the wall. The paper relates that an examination of some of the panels found at Pompeii shows some of the ways in which images were linked together to form a narrative, although this narrative would often be less then crystal clear because of the possibility of different interpretations.
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Introduction
Continuous Narrative Art
Continuous Narrative at Pompeii
Conclusion
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"Under and slightly to the right of the tree and column, Polyphemus sits on top of an outcropping formed by a steep pile of rocks, on which four white, wooly sheep graze. In the right foreground, at the base of the outcropping, a tall column carries a small statue. The statue is depicted in three-quarters view to the left, facing towards Polyphemus. Although the figure appears to wear a cloak and some sort of headdress, the statue's large, erect phallus allows for a secure identification of the figure as Priapus."
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