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Roles Played In American Subcultures, 2002.
Discusses two plays on how people cope with their roles in a subculture.
1,575 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 2 sources, $ 55.95
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Discusses two plays on how people cope with their roles in a subculture. JOE TURNER'S COME AND GONE by August Wilson, and AND THE SOUL SHALL DANCE by Wakako Yamauchi. How each playwright develops a strong sense of the importance of the family bond. A sense of alienation as a divisive force.
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"In the plays Joe Turner's Come and Gone by August Wilson and And The Soul Shall Dance by Wakako Yamauchi, the playwright in each case develops a strong sense of the importance of the family bond as each explores the way people cope with their roles in a subculture within a larger, dominant culture that generally does not value them or their cultural background. In each case, the characters aspire to something better than they have already achieved, defined usually as economic success in the American society of which they are a part. In Wilson's play, these aspirations are found in the black community among people whose ancestors were slaves and who themselves do not feel fully part of American society. In Yamauchi's play, the characters are Japanese immigrants cut off from their homeland and from much of their own culture by great distance as well as ..."
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Role-Playing, 2002.
A discussion of the use of role-play in the classroom,
1,710 words (approx. 6.8 pages), 8 sources, MLA, $ 55.95
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This paper examines how role-playing activities, a traditional aspect of the way children play, has attracted attention by both educational theorists and markets for children?s games. It demonstrates how the use of role-playing as a method of instruction is a crucial element in social studies instruction. It looks at how role-playing provides us with a new approach to teaching that shifts away from the rote memorization that usually serves only to color students ideas about the subject. Role-playing serves to teach students concepts in a way that reflects the way which they already behave and enjoy themselves when they are outside the classroom.
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"One of the most important concepts that teachers must convey to children is that decisions are made at every level by people who base their decisions on the subjective information that they have gained through a combination of analysis and intuition. This is critical in that students must understand that even condemnable actions may be understood if presented in context, albeit without apology. For instance, students might be asked to assume the role of members of the Japanese Diet in 1941 and determine whether or not the bombing of Pearl Harbor is in the best interest of Japan?s empire, the ?co-prosperity sphere.? By doing so, students are able to understand all decisions in a human and social perspective rather than assigning historical protagonists and their foes moral categories."
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Gender Roles in Two Plays, 2002.
This paper examines the way in which two plays - "Tea" by Velina Hasu Houston, and "S.A.M. I Am" by Garrett Omata - treat the issue of gender and gender roles.
1,062 words (approx. 4.2 pages), 0 sources, $ 37.95
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This paper explains how the issue of gender and gender roles have been a major theme in Western literature for some time and how it takes on a somewhat different tinge in Asian-American theater, no doubt because of the gender differences that exist in the East as opposed to the West. It shows how in Asian-American theater, gender differences are often depicted in generational terms, with a sharp contrast developed between those who have immigrated here from the East and those who were born here, or between those who can adapt and those who cannot. This paper contrasts "Tea" by Velina Hasu Houston, a drama, with "S.A.M. I Am" by Garrett Omata, a comedy, and shows how the plays treat the same issues in different ways.
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"Houston develops her story with four women, Japanese wives of American military personnel. They are living on a base near Junction City, Kansas, far from their Japanese roots. Their lives are difficult because of long periods of separation from their husbands and harsh living conditions, and in addition, they experience a degree of social alienation and homesickness as well as cultural shock. Some develop feelings of anger at their situation and resentment at having had to give up their own culture and adapt to another. Himiko is the central character and the woman who is not able to make the transition successfully, leading to the murder of her husband and her own suicide. This takes place before the play begins so that she is talked about even as her spirit appears to comment on the proceedings:.."
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Role-Play in Business, 2002.
A study of the contribution of role-playing to the development of interactive business skills.
2,150 words (approx. 8.6 pages), 10 sources, $ 80.95
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This paper emphasizes the need for role-playing in the business environment and presents it as a factor that would help increase effectiveness of the group.
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Massive Multi-Player Online Role-Playing Games, 2006.
A review of the role of Massive, Multi-Player Online Role-Playing Games in developing online relationships.
1,575 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 4 sources, $ 62.95
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This paper discusses how MMORPGs provide an environment in which satisfying relationships can be built. However, the compatibility that players feel with others in the game may be artificially enhanced by game-based pre-selection. The paper further discusses how it is possible, also, that individuals are concealing information that may lead to other players drawing other conclusions about them, if that information was known. Research on MMORPG relationships is scarce, however, existing research shows that players experience greater emotional involvement in these games, rather than outside of them.
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"Jason DesFlam is a husky young man with bright red hair, secured by a blue skullcap. He wears a silver chain-mail tunic, overlaid with a yellow doublet and leggings of red dragon scales. In Ultima Online, Jason is a powerful paladin warrior, capable of both armed combat and simple spell-casting. His blue ostard--a creature that is a combination of an ostrich and a lizard--is not the most powerful of creatures, but is a swift mount that possesses some combat skills of its own. Yet when Jason logs out in the inn, another identity emerges, a forty-five-year-old woman. No one in the game knows who "Jason" really is. They believe she fits the standard demographic of the game, a young man between the age of seventeen and twenty-four."
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The Role Teachers Play in Child Abuse Reporting, 2008.
A case study analysis of David Pelzer's life, as described in his book, "A Child Called "It"" and a discussion of the laws regarding the reporting of child abuse by teachers.
1,044 words (approx. 4.2 pages), 5 sources, APA, $ 36.95
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This paper discusses the role that teachers should play in the reporting of suspected child abuse. It describes the law regarding the reporting of child abuse in the United States and provides a case example from David Pelzer's life, as described in his book, "A Child Called "It"." The writer suggests that David only lived because a teacher reported his abuse and concludes that if she is ever am in a situation where I am faced with the question to report or not to report-my answer is very clear.
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"In contemplating those examples one can see that it is not as easy as it sounds to "do the right thing." Sometimes we cannot be sure what is ultimately best for the child and that is what everyone is trying to accomplish. For 3 elementary school teachers in Atlanta the choice was not theirs to make. The 3 instructors were arrested in connection with failure to report suspicions of child abuse. The worst part of this story is that none of the teachers had even suspected abuse and further investigations by the Fulton County Department of Family and Children Services have failed to substantiate the allegations of child abuse and no charges have been filed (Carmody, 1989). Ultimately, there are 3 school teachers that did not suspect abuse, were arrested for not reporting it and then find out that the child was probably not abused in the first place. To revert back to my earlier statement, there could have been a history of abuse there and it was overlooked, now that they have investigated and found nothing, that child could be in for even more abuse and no one to turn to for help."
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Bloggers and the Role they Play, 2006.
A position paper arguing that bloggers who write about public affairs are providing a valuable public service for democracy.
2,250 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 8 sources, $ 89.95
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"There can be little question that healthy public debate is vital to the perpetuation and maintenance of a democracy, especially ones as enormous and as heterogeneous as the United States and/or Canada. With this in mind, this paper argues that bloggers who write about public affairs actually contribute to the development and advancement of rational debate in the public sphere. The writer of this paper further puts forth a number of arguments in favor of the general supposition, at least in some quarters, that bloggers and blog sites are a healthy development for a healthy democracy.
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Plays within Plays, 2004.
A discussion of the concept of a play-within-the-play in "The Spanish Tragedy" by Thomas Kyd and Shakespeare's "The Tempest".
1,728 words (approx. 6.9 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 55.95
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This paper discusses the plays "The Spanish Tragedy" by Thomas Kyd and Shakespeare's "The Tempest". The paper explains that these two plays present a demonstration of the use of the play-within-the-play device as a representation of human themes and cultural messages. The paper contends that while the play-within-the-play contributes to the denouement of plot, it also draws attention to the relative power of theater in society.
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"Themes of the human condition repeat themselves almost continually through the art of drama and through the realm of the real. Themes of human circumstances, moral and amoral influence the cultural representation of right and wrong, but strangely change very little over time. Things that are "wrong" in Shakespeare and Kyd's England similar to those which are "wrong" today. Betrayal and revenge flow together as a stream through the human soul and repeatedly show their influence upon art and humanity. Messages of revenge, a constant fascination of the Elizabethan period (1558-1603) and that of the England that followed her reign, often follow the form of the play-within-the-play dramatic technique and this is true of both the works discussed here."
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The Role of John Proctor in Arthur Miller's play, "The Crucible", 2000.
A look at the main events of the play, with the role of John Proctor as a character who kept his dignity until the end.
1,310 words (approx. 5.2 pages), 1 source, $ 44.95
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This is a short paper summarizing John Proctor?s role in "The Crucible", by Arthur Miller. It covers the main events that transpire within the play, and concludes that John Proctor ? while impure in many respects ? is a decent man who kept is integrity in tact even until the very end.
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The Role of the Chorus in Greek Plays, 2004.
Looks at the role of the chorus in Euripides's play, "Medea", and Aeschylus's play, "Agamemnon".
1,169 words (approx. 4.7 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 40.95
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This paper explains how the chorus in the plays, "Medea" and "Agamemnon", enhance the audience's experience as they watch the plays and contemplate their opinions of the actual character and the character as reflected by the chorus.
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"Euripides play, Medea, has created astonishing results since the time it was written, 2400 years back and was first performed in 431 BC. The play originates from the ancient myths of Jason and Medea, while it, ?investigates the psychology of revenge and betrayal?.( Euripides? Medea ?ICFI?, reviewed by: Stephen Griffiths http://www.wsws.org/arts/1998/aug1998/med-a04.shtml ). Euripide, though a male writer has been able to view a females? mind emerging with power and great intensity. He was the first Athenian to use the chorus as a commentator, in order to interpret human sufferings without the wisdoms of the gods. Parallel to Medea, Aeschylus? Agamemnon narrates a similar myth of Agamemnon and his queen, Clytemnestra in a play, which was written in Greek in the fifth century B.C. Aeschylus was known to be the first playwright and the father of Western Drama."
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Mothers, Play and Child Development, 2005.
Examines the mother's role in play and its importance in child development.
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 1 source, $ 26.95
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Does play a role in child development? Are some toys better than others for child development? What role does the mother play in play and child development? The paper shows that these are questions that Doris Pierce focuses on in the article, "Maternal Management of the Home as a Developmental Play Space for Infants and Toddlers". The paper shows that play is an important part in child development and mothers play a vital role in play and child development including choosing what toys and creating space for play.
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Nature over Nurture in Sex Roles, 2003.
A look at the argument that natural factors play a stronger role in determining sex roles than the influences prescribed by environmental and social factors.
3,987 words (approx. 15.9 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 108.95
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This paper discusses the idea that men are more aggressive and dominant and women are more passive, and have the will to nurture others because of their biological predispositions. It examines how social factors can influence the gender role of an individual to a certain extent whereas biological factors still serve as the stronger influence, overall. It looks at how socialization such as allowing women to serve in the armed service, the kibbutz experience where women are treated like men and the concept of equal opportunities in the work place, have failed to prove that nurture does not surpass the role of biology in the determination of sex roles.
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"Let us stipulate that socialization is an inadequate explanation for the key determination for sex roles in society. According to such logic society has the ability to influence boys and girls to act in a specific manner. However, one should be skeptical. Why is society so effective at getting males and females to act in the way that it wants them to when it has so much trouble obtaining compliance with its other desires? To be more specific let us use the words of Browne. She states in her book, Biology at Work, ?Parents attempt by instruction and example to cause their children to clean their room, eat their vegetables, close the door, do their homework, and cooperate with their siblings. To the grief of many a parent, however, these lessons often do not easily take.? (Browne, 100)"
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Marriage Roles, 2007.
This paper discusses traditional versus non-traditional roles in marriage.
1,198 words (approx. 4.8 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 41.95
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In this article, the writer discusses that traditional roles in marriage have been considered by some to be the foundation of American society. The writer points out that marriages between men and women have been accepted and expected since the country was founded and the gender roles that have been played in these relationships remained generally unchanged until the last few decades. The writer then notes that within the country people now argue about whether or not traditional roles in marriage are superior to non-traditional roles. The writer maintains that what is apparent is that there is an attempt being made to control how people live and who they will ultimately marry. The writer discusses that the struggle for control over people can be correlated to the control over women that has existed in traditional marriages throughout history. Traditional roles are no longer about happiness as much as they are about one partner dominating another. However, in non-traditional marriages individuals are discovering that they have the ability to build a life that is based on their mutual goals and these people are genuinely happy. The writer argues that since happiness would appear to be the primary reason for people to get married, it is evident that non-traditional roles are more preferential than traditional roles when it comes to marriage.
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"With the rise of industrialization and urbanization traditional gender roles in marriage were established for many years. Traditional gender roles in marriage have focused on the woman being the primary caregiver and the man being the breadwinner. For women this meant that they were tasked with maintaining every aspect of the home, to include the upkeep of the residence, ensuring that the bills were paid, preparing the meals and cleaning. These roles also tasked the women with the responsibility of caring for children and ensuring that their educational needs were met. It further meant that the woman was responsible for attending to all of her husband's needs and providing a home in which he could be happy. For men the traditional role in marriage related more to employment and the ability to provide a sufficient income. While males were expected to fulfill a role as father and husband, these duties were expected to occur when the male had excess time away from his job."
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Gender Roles, 2006.
A review of gender roles through the ages.
2,169 words (approx. 8.7 pages), 10 sources, MLA, $ 67.95
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This paper reviews and discusses gender roles through the years. According to the paper, throughout history, gender roles have played a vital part in the shaping of Western society. This paper focuses on gender roles from the 1920's through today, and examines the sociological trends of these roles over time.
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"As in previous times of crisis, women found themselves again asked to go to work outside the home. With increased demand for weapon manufacturing, and with nearly ten million men overseas, it became clear that the role of women must change again. Instead of being icons for homesick soldiers, the women of WWII had to become factory workers. While women had been in the workforce previously, their role was often still as educators, retail sales personnel, and other non-tasking roles. For the first time, women were asked by their government to join the labor force as skilled laborers, welders, and other traditionally male roles (Rupp, 63)."
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Managerial Roles and Skills, 2004.
This paper discusses managerial roles and skills common to supervisors and managers.
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 2 sources, APA, $ 23.95
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This paper defines the skills required for business leadership, including communication skills and other interpersonal skills.. The author outlines the various roles played by supervisors and managers. The paper cites the theories of Richard Boyatzis.
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"Richard Boyatzis more than ... years ago identified the basic competencies required for effective supervision or management. Among those competencies, Boyatzis included excellent communication skills, the ability to work well with others, a high level of motivation and positive self-esteem, accurate self-assessment, logical thinking ability and the ability to use power effectively in such tasks as planning, organizing, controlling, motivating and coordinating .While countless books on managerial and supervisory skills and competencies since Boyatzis' ... year-old classic "The Competent Manager" was published and while terminology and buzzwords ... "
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