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?Shadows and Fog? and ?Measure for Measure?, 2004.
A look at the roles of women in Woody Allen's film, ?Shadows and Fog?, and William Shakespeare's ?Measure for Measure?.
1,155 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 39.95
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This paper reviews "Measure for Measure", written by William Shakespeare in the early 17th century, and "Shadows and Fog", a movie written and directed by Woody Allen in the late 20th century. It looks at the contrasting portrayal of the female characters and the roles of women by their actions and their qualities. It shows how "Measure for Measure" presents a view where women are pure and not expected to be promiscuous, where women are dependant on men, and where women have few options or choices. In contrast, it shows how "Shadows and Fog" presents a view where women are promiscuous rather than pure, where woman are independent from men, and where women have almost unlimited freedom.
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"The first difference observed with the role of women is related to whether women are expected to be pure or promiscuous. In Measure for Measure, the major female character is Isabella. She represents a very pure female character. This is first seen at the start of the play by the fact that she is training to become a nun and by the strong Christian values she appears to have. This is then emphasized later when she is told her brother?s life will be saved if she agrees to sleep with Angelo. She refuses this offer, placing her chastity and her Christian values above her own life. This illustrates that a woman?s purity is highly valued, while a woman being promiscuous is not accepted. Mariana is another female character in the play and she is quite different to Isabella."
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Oranges and Shadows, 2002.
A compare and contrast analysis of ?The Land of Sad Oranges? by Ghassan Kanafani and "In Praise of Shadows" by Tanizaki Jun?ichiro.
773 words (approx. 3.1 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 27.95
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This paper reviews two short works, ?The Land of Sad Oranges? by Ghassan Kanafani and "In Praise of Shadows" by Tanizaki Jun?ichiro and discusses how even the simplest, shortest of things can convey the most impact and emotion. It examines how these two works have their differences but are remarkably similar in tone and style. ?The Land of Sad Oranges? is a work of fiction and "In Praise of Shadows" is a work of non-fiction, a series of essays exploring the subtleties of Japanese design. It shows how even though both works are quite different in their format and method of delivery, they are similar in that the way that they focus on minute details and use language to plays upon the reader?s different senses to bring him or her more fully into the work and thereby truly experience the message the respective authors are attempting to convey.
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"Such careful attention to these tiny details is what gives these pieces such meaning and weight. What would ordinarily be a small, rather ordinary piece about a family (perhaps more than one) forced to leave their homeland and become refugees is instead an empathetic, evocative piece that draws the reader into the experience. Kanafani accomplishes this by his clever use of language. He deliberately plays upon the reader?s senses to make the experience seem more immediate. "
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"Chasing Shadows", 2002.
An analysis of "Chasing Shadows" by Gordon A. Crews and Reid H. Montgomery.
2,150 words (approx. 8.6 pages), 1 source, $ 80.95
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This paper will discuss the book "Chasing Shadows" by Gordon A. Crews and Reid H. Montgomery and explain how they approach the juvenile analysis of society within American culture. The essay will first summarize the book itself and then move on to a critique of the opinions mentioned by these two authors.
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'Vietnam Shadows', 2006.
The paper discusses the book "Vietnam Shadows: The War, Its Ghosts, and Its Legacy" by Arnold R. Isaacs.
1,347 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 45.95
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The paper examines Isaacs' argument that the lessons and legacy of the Vietnam War are still contested. There are many ways that the Vietnam War still resides in the American consciousness, and Isaacs presents many of them with frank discussion and honest analysis. The paper shows how Isaacs points out the vast difference between the Vietnam War and other wars. The paper concludes that the author presents many compelling arguments that indicate the Vietnam War lives on in the minds and hearts of the American people and it seems the conflict in Iraq will have the same long and disturbing place in American history.
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"Just about every American will agree the Vietnam War split the country into two distinct factions. There were those who were for the war in Southeast Asia, and those who were against it. Both sides were impassioned, vocal, and very staunch in their beliefs. Vietnam raised issues about war and fighting that had not been raised before, and some of those issues have never been effectively addressed for many Americans. That is another reason the war is still contested today. It is because the real reasons America went to war may have repeatedly been dissected and discussed, but many Americans have never actually accepted them. Many people cannot forget that the government got the country into a war that many opposed, botched the war badly, and then withdrew anyway, accomplishing nothing. The anger and the sadness have never been resolved, and they continue to fester as Vietnam vets age and the ravages of the war are still being seen in our society."
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"Shadows of the Sacred", 2002.
Discusses Frances Vaughan's book on spirituality, wholeness and balance.
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 1 source, $ 44.95
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This essay discusses Frances Vaughan's "Shadows of the Sacred". The book uses many sources, including world religions, mystical myths, mystical teachings, and the work of prominent psychologists, to point the way toward spirituality as a path to wholeness and balance.
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"Shadows of Tender Fury", 2002.
An analysis of the Zapatista Movement in this book.
1,650 words (approx. 6.6 pages), 5 sources, $ 62.95
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This seven -page undergraduate paper analyzes the book "Shadows of Tender Fury (translated by Frank Bardacke and Leslie Lopez)". The paper argues that the zapatista movement can be seen as part of the process of globalization that has been taking place since the late 20th century.
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The Shadow Government, 2004.
An analysis of the feasibility of a shadow government for the American nation.
1,331 words (approx. 5.3 pages), 12 sources, MLA, $ 44.95
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This paper defines the meaning of democracy and explains the formation of a shadow government. The paper questions the feasibility of an American shadow government. The power held by a shadow government is examined. The paper also highlights the expected roles a government should play and the services it should provide for its constituents.
Outline
Introduction
Defining the Shadow Government
The Shadow Government's Invisible Hand
The Power of a Shadow Government
Conclusions of a Shadow Government
Defining the Roles of a Government
Protection
Providing Infrastructures
Homage to United Flight 93
Conclusion
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"In the event of chaos, the shadow government will have tremendous power in comparison with the President of the United States and the Congress combined. They can "postpone laws, transfer populations, detain citizens without a warrant and hold them without trial" (Martin). They also have the authority to take control of properties, any form of supplies, transportation systems, and have the power to suspend the Constitution (The Shadow Government). Amazingly, "it was not even created under Constitutional law by the Congress. It was a product of a Presidential Executive Order" (Martin). "
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"The Man Who Killed a Shadow", 2002.
A review of the short story "The Man Who Killed a Shadow" by Richard Wright.
947 words (approx. 3.8 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 33.95
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This paper examines how the main character in the short story "The Man Who Killed a Shadow" by Richard Wright is a black man named Saul, a man who has never learned to relate to others in the normal manner but who sees them as shadows. It shows how this began in his childhood and has continued into adulthood and the only way he can see people any other way comes when he drinks alcohol. It analyzes how the story presents this vision as an inversion, for to the rest of the world--at least the white world that holds power--Saul himself stands as no more than a shadow.
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"Saul lives a relatively simple life, his job never that demanding, his time taken up with fear and drinking to assuage the fear. The portrait painted of the life of a black man in a white world becomes devastating as the story progresses. This builds until it leads to Saul's job as an exterminator, by definition a job associated with death and the elimination of what people often fear. Even that job he loses because of his drinking. His next job entails cleaning different businesses, a demeaning job for a man who has been demeaned many times in his life. When he starts to clean the library, he meets the "strange little shadow woman . . . who stared at him all the time in a most peculiar way" (93). He thinks she may be afraid of him, but clearly he fears her. She begins to challenge his work, as if he had not cleaned under her desk when he clearly had. She says she finds dust there when no dust could survive Saul's cleaning."
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'March of Folly' and 'Fog of War', 2007.
This paper discusses the writer's reaction to Barbara Tuchman's 'March of Folly' and the movie 'Fog of War'.
1,261 words (approx. 5.0 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 42.95
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In this article, the writer discusses that Barbara Tuchman's 'March of Folly' and the movie 'Fog of War' provide different historical lenses with which to view contemporary problems and issues. The writer explores each of the projects and shares reactions to them in a personal manner. The writer notes that it is important to learn from the past so that society can avoid making the same mistakes in the future and one of the ways that this can be avoided is to understand contemporary issues and how they impact the world. The writer concludes that in Barbara Tuchman's 'March of Folly' and the movie 'Fog of War' one can obtain a sense of contemporary problems as well as the importance of understanding history in the effort to avoid repeating mistakes.
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Introduction
Fog of War
Conclusion
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"This man was brilliant. He was supposed to be someone who could look at a problem and produce the best solution. If that was possible he would have surely advised against the wars that he helped improve."
"The one thing the film and the book do have in common is the repeated evidence that history will repeat itself.
McNamara went through World War II and presumably saw from that experience that war should be avoided at most costs, however, he was more than willing to advise during the Vietnam conflict."
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"In The Shadow of FDR": A Book Review, 1996.
Critical review of William E. Leuchtenburg's famous book, "In The Shadow of FDR."
1,433 words (approx. 5.7 pages), 1 source, $ 47.95
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In his book, "In The Shadow of FDR," William E. Leuchtenburg follows the presidencies of all of the men who followed Franklin D. Roosevelt and compares their presidential styles to his. He argues that all of these men lived in the shadow of FDR, striving for but never quite achieving what he did in his presidency. This book review critically examines Leuchtenburg's arguments.
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"The one American President who has most affected his successors and changed the shape of politics is Franklin Delano Roosevelt. This view is espoused by William E. Leuchtenburg in his book, In The Shadow of FDR. Leuchtenburg?s book covers the presidencies of all the men who have followed Roosevelt (up to the time the book was written, in 1989), from Truman to Reagan, and, while noting the changing times, examines how Roosevelt has influenced them all, regarding their policies and personalities. As the scope of this book is so vast, this paper will deal with a few of these Presidents and the most important ways they were affected by Roosevelt."
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Jung and the Shadow, 2006.
A look at the concept of the shadow in Jungian psychology.
3,432 words (approx. 13.7 pages), 19 sources, MLA, $ 97.95
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This paper examines how the idea of the shadow in Jungian terminology--those aspects of our selves that we fail to see, hidden aspects that are both positive and negative and aspects of ourselves that are not shown to the world via the persona--is certainly one of the most well-known among the concepts created by Carl Gustav Jung. It attempts to understand the nature of the shadow-what it is, where it comes from and how it is composed in order to understand its basic aspects and the means by which it is such a powerful force in the psyche.
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"While still working with Freud, Jung developed another idea that links back to the concept of the shadow, that of imago. This term is based on Jung's idea that "children's images of their parents do not simply reflect their actual parents" (Humbert, 1983/1996, 4). The designation of imago reflects "the schema that is most properly the child's and that is least reflective of the child's actual parents" (p. 4). During this time period he also wrote extensively on complexes. Jung's word association tests during his nine years at the Burholzli starting in 1900 led him to formulate his ideas surrounding complexes. "
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'The Shadow Catcher', 2006.
This paper discusses the book 'The Shadow Catcher' by Andrzej Szczypiorski.
750 words (approx. 3.0 pages), 1 source, APA, $ 26.95
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In this article the writer looks at Andrzej Szczypiorski's book "The Shadow Catcher". The writer discusses that this book provides a very revealing and unusually frank insight to history, sexuality and Polish-Jewish relations. The writer describes that "The Shadow Catcher" takes the reader to the cloudless summer of 1939, when Krzys, a sensitive boy of 15, sets off to the countryside for a holiday. The writer maintains that the conversation, the symbols, the imagery and the context of the novel are very clear that this is the story of a young man who is slowly, but surely, growing up. The writer concludes that the provocative musing, whether in the child's mind, dialogue, or situation, provides plenty of evidence that the kid, though still a teenager is fast maturing because of his experiences.
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"The darkness is a symbol of his aloofness; the freaked out teenagers often try to be aloof and dream of things, cut off from the reality of the world. They build a cocoon of their own as a defense mechanism.
His physical description is also indicative of his being just on the threshold of maturity. He is described as having a rather high forehead topped by a thick, dark shock of hair. "When he was younger he had liked to tangle his ink-stained fingers in it", shows that he is growing up, but the memory of "tangling ink-stained fingers" is too recent to be ignored.
The treatment by parents is always indicative of maturity. Where the parents are too solicitous, and too protective, the children, even if they desire to be, are not independent and naturally do not fully mature. The protagonist's mother almost smothers him with protective attitude."
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Taiji Shadow Boxing, 2003.
This paper discusses the basic ideas of Daoism as reflected in the physical practice of taiji shadow boxing.
1,500 words (approx. 6.0 pages), 8 sources, MLA, $ 49.95
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This paper explains that, as a complementary philosophy to Confucianism, Daoism, which enriches in every way the spiritual and intellectual life of Chinese people, is reflected in the Chinese martial art of taiji shadow boxing. The author points out that taiji boxing, was invented by a Daoist called Zhang Sanfeng in the Ming dynasty on the Wudang Mountain; the name "taiji", which means "the supreme ultimate", itself suggests an essential concept of Daoist cosmology. The paper stresses that, if the forces of the western boxing are like a hard and straight oak tree, the movement of Taiji boxing is more like that of soft reed or bamboo, which knows how to move, how to yield, so it can survive a strong wind; whereas, the oak tree will probably be broken down. Many quotations from the writings of the founders of Daoism, Laozi and Zhuangzi. Symbol included.
Table of Contents
A Brief Introduction to Daoism
The Dao Reflected in the Taiji Boxing
The Name and the Diagram
The Value of Gentleness
The Non-Action
The Dialectics in Taiji Boxing
A Way of Getting Close to the Dao
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"Knowing the power of softness, Taiji practitioners learn to yield to the opponent, become even in harmony with the attacker so as to use the strength of the attacker himself. The soft movement of Taiji will control the force not by resist to it but by swinging with it, leading the force to its extreme, transforming it to its natural opposite side again. You can see it clearer in the diagram. When there's a strong positive Yang power coming from one side, the natural way is not to confront it with another Yang force, instead, you guide the force by using the negative Yin force. In this way, there will be no more conflict, the inner harmony is regained. the "non-action" is another important element of Daoism."
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Fog in San Francisco, 2002.
A look at the fog in the San Francisco Bay area and how it affects aviation.
2,400 words (approx. 9.6 pages), 8 sources, $ 89.95
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This paper is on fog in the San Francisco area and how it affects aviation.
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The Shadow University, 2006.
This paper offers a review and critique of 'The Shadow University', by Alan Charles Kors and Harvey Silverglate.
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 1 source, $ 26.95
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In this article, the writer analyzes 'The Shadow University', by Alan Charles Kors and Harvey Silverglate. The essay discusses the issue of freedom and freedom of speech on the campuses of American universities. Interestingly, the writer points out that the authors of this book make a compelling case that, in fact, the university is one of the least "free" institutions in the United States.
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"The Shadow University is a disturbing examination of the ways in which freedom is truncated on the campuses of American universities. The United States prides itself on its freedoms, particularly freedom of speech and freedom of the presses. Moreover, popular wisdom suggests that American universities are places where these freedoms are exemplified. The university has developed into a symbol of freedom and freedom of expression in the United States."
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