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?Robin Hood?s? Maid Marian, 2004.
This paper discusses the character, Maid Marian, as depicted in the 1938 sound film version of ?Robin Hood?.
825 words (approx. 3.3 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 29.95
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This paper explains that there have been numerous ?Robin Hood? movies, but the 1938 version created a new standard for the swashbuckling genre against which to judge various versions of Robin Hood legend. The author points out that character of Maid Marian, the love interest of Robin Hood, has undergone many modifications and enhancements over the years, being portrayed either as a meek and timid member of the royal family or as a strong and royal woman. The paper demonstrates that, in 1938 version of the film, Maid Marian was portrayed as strong-willed woman with a regal attitude, responsible for Robin?s rescue at a critical point in the movie.
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"This dialogue indicates that Marian was portrayed as a woman with a mind of her own who didn?t want others to make decisions for her. Unlike the 1922 version in which Maid Marian didn?t even know what her role was in the movie; Enid Bennett, who played the part later recalled, in this version, Havilland knew where she stood in the movie and that is what gave her character strength and meaning. This is how one writer presents the view of Bennett on her role in 1922 version of the film: ?Lady Marian Fitzwalter (Enid Bennett) served as Robin Hood's romantic interest and is rescued by Robin Hood in time to end the film in his arms. As Bennett noted years later, she did not have much to do, or know exactly what she was supposed to be doing, but she did enjoy doing it.? "
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Robin Hood Case Study, 2006.
A discussion regarding strategic management in different organizations, focusing on the Robin Hood Case Study as an example of successful strategic management techniques.
1,929 words (approx. 7.7 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 61.95
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This paper takes a look at the Robin Hood Case Study to provide an example of how strategic management can affect an organization's mission, vision, future and overall success. This paper analyzes Robin Hood's organizational strategy, mission and vision in the context of strategic management, and offers a path of strategic management for Robin and the Merrymen to follow that will ensure their organization's success.
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Introduction
Organizational Structure of Robin Hood and his Merrymen
Motivation and Equity Theory as applied to the Merrymen
A Brief Overview of the Merrymen's Mission
New Strategy for the Merrymen's Organization
Changing Market Conditions
The Establishment of a Fixed Transit Tax
A New Vision for Robin Hood and the Merrymen
Conclusion
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"Goals setting theories argue that organization members set goals and that organizations can influence work behavior by influencing these goals. The major concepts in the theory are intentions, performance standards, goal acceptance, and the effort expended. These concepts are assumed to be the motivation. Individual goal setting should be more effective than group goals because it is the impact of goals on intentions that is important. In goal-setting theory the crucial factor is the goal. The ultimate goal of the Merrymen is to set King Richard free, and to continue to serve the farmers and townspeople through the inconvenience of the rich. Although the incentive or reward may affect goal acceptance and commitment, neither is the critical element. Tests of the theory show that using goals leads to higher performance than situations without goals, and that difficult goals lead to better performance than easy ones. In this case, the Merrymen are faced with a difficult goal because they are acting outside of the law of Prince John. Strategic management research indicates that although participation in goal setting may increase satisfaction, it does not always lead to higher performance. Difficult, accepted, specific goals combined with feedback and rewards for goal attainment should result in highly motivated members. What this means is that Robin Hood, as the leader of the Merrymen, must provide his followers with positive feedback and encouragement."
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Robin Hood and Management, 2004.
Uses the story of Robin Hood as a case study of Hood's management style.
1,226 words (approx. 4.9 pages), 2 sources, APA, $ 41.95
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This paper takes a look at the case study of Robin Hood by using the Value Driven Management Model. The Value Driven Management Model analyzes eight drivers, which include External Culture, Organizational Culture, Individual Employee, Customer, Supplier, Third-party, Owner, and Competitor. The Robin Hood case study utilizes several of these value drivers, including Organizational Culture, Individual Employee, Customer, Owner, Third-party, and Competitor.
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"Robin?s idea of organizational culture involved his merrymen to follow his vision of vengeance for the sheriff and his vision did not have a clear strategic plan for conquering the sheriff. He believed that strength lay in numbers so that quantity, not quality had a dramatic effect on his mission. He did not know if his men had the same vision he did. He was uncertain of his progress with the campaign, the disposition of his forces, recent moves, and options that confronted him. He did not comprehend how the impact of his decisions would affect his band. Decisions made or actions taken that run counter to the internal culture of an organization, may, depending upon their magnitude, seriously decrease value over time (Pohlman, 2000)."
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The Robin Hood Act, 2007.
This paper discusses The Robin Hood Act and the controversy it has engendered.
1,357 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 45.95
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The paper relates how beginning in the 1970s, citizens in poor school districts filed legal challenges to Texas' public education financing system, arguing that relying on property taxes for school funding gave wealthier districts an unfair advantage in educating their children. The Robin Hood Act was created, therefore, to distribute property taxes from wealthy districts to the poor districts. The paper reveals that the Act has succeeded in bringing the property wealth of wealthy districts down but has had less success in bringing the wealth of poor districts up. The paper discusses how the many complaints end in pledges to do away with the system. Nevertheless, political, economic and social forces in Texas make the death of Robin Hood not very feasible, at least in the short-term.
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"As a citizen and Texas homeowner, I am against the Robin Hood Act. The Act has resulted in my property taxes increasing without offering my children the benefits of those increases. The increases, as well as part of the base property taxes, are in use outside of my area and are in use in other school districts throughout the State."
"I think the Robin Hood Act is an ineffective way to fund schools because under the plan, local property taxes are the primary basis of funds for the 1,036 Texas school districts with the intention of levying a property tax. In 1999-2000, local taxes made up an additional 50 percent of school district revenues. The significant variation in school districts' taxable property results in a large gap between low-wealth and high-wealth school districts' ability to raise local funds for financing educational costs."
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Rich School, Poor School, 2002.
A look at the ?Robin Hood? revenue-sharing law used to fund education in Texas.
1,382 words (approx. 5.5 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 46.95
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This paper examines the history of school funding in the state of Texas and the attempts to fund equitable educational opportunities for all Texas children. In particular, it discusses the the ?Robin Hood? revenue-sharing law, which was signed into effect in 1993 and literally siphons funds from wealthy school districts and diverts them to poorer schools. It analyzes how the plan has been anathema to many, since it was signed into law by Ann Richards, the state's last Democratic governor, and evaluates its advantages and disadvantages.
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"The Texas Supreme Court agreed with the plaintiffs and stated that an efficient system must provide "substantially equal access to similar revenues per pupil at similar levels of tax effort." (Hughes, 2002) Basically, this means that a poor district should be able to operate on the same revenue per pupil from a one-cent tax increase as any other district would from the same one-cent increase. So the Robin Hood plan was implemented in 1993 as a temporary measure to provide funds until a more permanent solution could be devised. The plan was never intended to be permanent, none the less, poorer schools have become accustom to the higher funding levels, and they are hesitant to consider a new plan which would mean a possible decline in income."
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Jesse James: Hero or Villain, 2003.
Examines the life of Jesse James, America's most famous outlaw, and considers the question of whether he is an "American Robin Hood" or a common thug.
3,894 words (approx. 15.6 pages), 10 sources, APA, $ 106.95
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This extremely detailed term paper tracks the life of Jesse James from his days in the Civil War as a partisan raider through his life as an outlaw. It discusses the various segments of his career as an outlaw, leader, and gunfighter until his death and analyzes whether his actions should be vindicated or condemned.
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Theodore Roosevelt, in Century Magazine of 1880, was said to have felt that the phenomenon of the western outlaw could only be understood if the absolute wilderness of the plains during the frontier period was taken into account. Jesse James is far and away the most infamous and best-known outlaw in American history. Modern culture, as evidenced by movies such as American Outlaws, depicts Jesse James as an ?American Robin Hood?: ?His yew bow is a Navy Colt; his jerkin a faded blue coat. He never fails to distribute his stolen loot among weeping widows about to lose their homesteads. Old men receive his coat in the freezing cold with tearful thanks. He reduces to a bloody hulk the bully torturing the frail young farmer, recently arrived from the East to till the soil? . Perhaps more credible individuals take the opposite view, and they write that: ?Jesse James was simply a cold-blooded killer and a thief. There is no credible evidence that he ever gave one cent to a widow or anyone else in need, nor did he take up arms to help the weak. For most of his life he was hunted like a wild animal, able to survive only because he and his gang could intimidate weak-spined county officials or count on kissing kinfolk to hide them out? . But who was the real Jesse James? Was he more likely to defend the downtrodden or prey on them? The answer is probably none of the above. Jesse James was no more a murderous thug than he was a defender of poor farmers; he was the product of a brutal and violent Civil War and reconstruction era of American history."
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Marian Anderson and Paul Robeson, 2003.
Examines and details the influence that music had on the lives of African-American singers, Marian Anderson and Paul Robeson.
2,024 words (approx. 8.1 pages), 11 sources, APA, $ 64.95
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Marian Anderson and Paul Robeson were two of America's greatest singers. They both shared a penchant for music that continued with them through their entire lives, and both were two of the first black Americans "to win secure places in the galaxy of concert stars" by the mid-1950s. Although they shared a similar passion, their careers and lives were extremely different. When faced with political situations throughout her singing career, Marian chose to remain relatively silent. Robeson, on the other hand, voiced his opinions about race relations to the entire country and was extremely involved in the political situation of the times. This paper, however, does not delve into the lives of these two icons beyond their music. Instead, it concentrates on what role music played in Marian Anderson's and Paul Robeson's lives , what types of music they were attracted to and for what reasons.
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"Perhaps because Robeson had been singing for his own inner strength all his life that he was extremely singular in what he chose to sing. For example, in 1924 he gave solo concerts, singing the songs of H.T. Burleigh and by doing so "confirming that he had a potential concert career." Robeson did not like the classical European concert style of Burleigh's renditions, though. He preferred "the pure original spirituals arranged by Rosamond Johnson" and "he kept on working on them privately." From 1925 onwards he decided to sing solely spirituals and folk songs of other countries."
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Old Maid Delia Ralston, 2006.
A review of the novel "The Old Maid" by Edith Wharton.
1,300 words (approx. 5.2 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 43.95
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This paper explores the character of Delia Ralston in the Edith Wharton novel "The Old Maid". The paper discusses the novel's portrayal of the struggle between romanticism and realism. The paper shows how Delia, the novel's main character, learns a bitter lesson that her romantic visions will not survive unless they are supported by money -- aka "reality". The paper then attempts to understand whether it is society's limitations that cause Delia's heartbreak or her own cowardice. The paper concentrates on Delia's three romantic options: being an old maid (and rejected by society), being the wife of a starving artist (and rejected by society), or marrying a wealthy man she does not love (and being accepted by society).
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"The major focus of the novel "The Old Maid" is the main protagonist, or Delia, whose survival in the world is difficult because of her romantic nature, trials and tribulations to realize her vision of love in any way possible. Delia longs for romance in her life. Her longing for romance (with Clement Spender) is manifested in the novel with the descriptions of how Delia looks at the things she associates with the man she loves, Clement Spender. He is (to her) "her one missed vision [of love, romance], her forfeited reality [...]" (150). When Charlotte speaks about how a woman manifests her love for a man without words, she says: "[..]'A woman never stops thinking of the man she loves. She thinks of him years afterward, in all sorts of unconscious ways, in thinking of sorts of things-books, pictures, sunsets, a flower or a ribbon-or the clock on the mantlepiece', Charlotte broke off with her sneering laugh [..]" (175)."
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Marian Anderson, 2005.
A biography of the life of civil rights leader Marian Anderson.
1,746 words (approx. 7.0 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 56.95
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This paper examines how Marian Anderson was a role model to all African-Americans in the 1930s and how through her voice and her songs she brought people and music closer together despite the racial gap. It looks at how she opened the doors for other African-American singers, workers and dreamers and how through her courage and understanding of the world around her, Marian Anderson conquered racism in the United States of America.
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"Finally, Marian was noticed and her extremely lovely voice was discovered. She was invited to go to England to study German lieder with Raimun von Zur Muhlen. She met artists, musicians and actors there. She attended concerts of famous artists such as Arthur Rubinstein and Lily Pons, learning and growing in her music with each experience without worrying about racism (Patterson 60). Anderson's first European concert was in Europe at Wigmore Hall. After her success she returned to the US in 1930 to give a few concerts, but her career was standing still. Here however, she was discovered by a representative of the Julius Rosenwald Fund, who helped black people to advance their education. "
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"Under the Hood", 2002.
An analysis aof the spiritual disease in "Under the Hood".
650 words (approx. 2.6 pages), 1 source, $ 26.95
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This paper explores the spiritual disease that Don Sharp illuminates in "Under the Hood". This disease is a narrowness of spirit, which is reflected in a disease of vision - an inability to discern true reality.
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"Mutation" by Robin Cook, 2002.
An analysis of the use of tone and the narrative technique in Robin Cook's "Mutation"
1,000 words (approx. 4.0 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 35.95
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In this study of the book "Mutation" by Robin Cook the writer of the paper shows how Cook uses two distinct tones to address the reader - scientific detachment versus human concern. The writer shows that by using conflicting tones, Cook ensures that the reader does not take sides.
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"Most of the narrative traces the activities of Victor and Marsha, at home, at work and trying to "discover" their son. As is necessary to the plot, Cook devotes two sections of the novel to incidents involving the deaths of the Murray and Hobbs children (Chapter 2). This mention titillates us at the beginning; the reader sees a possible relationship with the story. It is only at the end that we discover that VJ ingeniously murders the two children (Chapter 14)."
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"Race in the Hood", 2002.
An analysis of the sociological implications of social youth groups in New York through a review of "Race in the Hood" by Howard Pinderhughes.
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 1 source, $ 44.95
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This paper will discuss the book "Race in the Hood" by Howard Pinderhughes, and seek to study the underlying thesis of the information within it. By realizing the sociological implications of social youth groups in New York City, we can make an analysis of the way that this author approaches this idea. In making the book clearer, there can created the notion of city comparisons that equate Pinderhughes study, as well as my own reaction to how he went about doing this.
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'Playing for Keeps' by Robin D. G. Kelley, 2006.
An analysis of Robin D. G. Kelley's article, 'Playing for Keeps' and an in-depth look at the street culture defined by African-American's living in the inner city.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 1 source, $ 35.95
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This essay analyzes the article 'Playing for Keeps' by Robin D. G. Kelley. This essay discusses how Kelley examines the meaning of play in mainly African-America inner cities. According to the paper, in this case play is defined as street basketball, street art and street performance, which for many of these youth presents potential labor especially in an economic and social climate that provides little opportunity for fulfilling wage labor. The paper also takes an in-depth look at hip-hop's rap music, graffiti art and break dancing.
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"Boyz N the Hood", 2007.
An analysis of the representation of African-American manhood in the film, "Boyz N the Hood"
1,290 words (approx. 5.2 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 43.95
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This paper discusses how "Boyz N the Hood" (1991) is a film that attempts to speak truth to power, and counteract some of the negative stereotypes of young black men in Hollywood films. It looks at how, instead of ignoring the plague of violence and hopelessness in the inner cities of America, the film takes these stereotypes on and attempts to render the difficulties and challenges of the African-American experience with dignity and hope.
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"The title frame statistic also politicizes the representations of the characters in the film. These characters are not simply individuals enduring their own psychological turmoil rather the struggles the characters face are endemic to a larger social condition in America. It is often considered dismissive to say that someone is merely a statistic. But these young men are potentially statistics, the film suggests, and that is not a reduction of their plight, rather it is a claim for the film's relevance beyond its duration on a screen. The film is a call to action. Whether the characters go to college, care for their children, or end up in the gutter is not merely 'their' business, or an interesting plot twist, their lives and by extension black lives in the hood are something that is vitally important for all Americans, particularly black Americans to care about and change. "
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Maid in Manhattan, 2007.
This paper studies the film 'Maid in Manhattan' as a portrayal of cultural influences.
1,264 words (approx. 5.1 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 42.95
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In this article, the writer maintains that the overt message of the film 'Maid in Manhattan' is that "love conquers all." The writer points out that in real life, however, cultural differences between people are often complex and difficult to overcome. The writer discusses that as the story has very little substantial content and is really meant only to entertain, instead of looking for the messages it sends purposely, it is helpful to look deeper for messages, such as the casting of the characters, to see how the film portrays ethnicity. The writer claims that ethnicity and culture are treated in the film as though they are not very important in the larger scheme of things. The writer concludes that the message is that the rich treat the poor who serve them as though they were not really human beings.
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"Puerto Ricans are actually migrants, not immigrants. Their island became a protectorate in 1898 when the U. S. won it in the Spanish-American War. As natural citizens, they should have an advantage over immigrants from foreign countries; nevertheless, life in the U. S. has been difficult for them. Puerto Rican migration occurred from 1946-1959. Most of the migrants were jibaros, farm workers, poor and uneducated, who moved into large city slums. Since then, they have been subjected to discrimination, denied employment opportunities, and kept out of nice neighborhoods. The film hints at this when Marissa tells Chris he ought to spend some time in the Projects and get to know the people living in them. She tells him he could then speak knowledgably about low-income housing, and wouldn't have to memorize a speech."
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