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Victor Horta, 2007.
An analysis of architect, Victor Horta's influence on the art nouveau movement.
4,519 words (approx. 18.1 pages), 19 sources, MLA, $ 117.95
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This paper analyzes whether Victor Horta's work reflects the aesthetics of the art nouveau movement. It also looks at what some of the limitations of the art nouveau movement were. The paper provides an overview of the architect's life and the times in which he lived. It then analyzes Horta's influence to the art movements of this time period.
Table of Contents:
Review and Discussion
Background and Overview
Victor Horta and the Art Nouveau Movement
Influence and Limitations of Art Nouveau
Conclusion
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"The research showed that architectural designers such as Victor Horta and Hector Guimard are credited with introducing the art nouveau movement to England and the rest of Europe (primarily France and Germany) in response to the technological innovations that were taking place in the world at the time. What distinguishes Horta's works from some of his peers, though, is the enduring quality of his craftsmanship and attention to detail, all of which contribute to making his buildings a single work of art as it were. As one modern observer puts it, "Although many of Brussels' houses have extremely boring exteriors - and seldom is one a mirror of its neighbor - coming upon occasional works from the art-nouveau era can be as exciting as seeing a rainbow" (Levin 1)."
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Victor Frankenstein, 2004.
A discussion of the irrationality of the character of Victor Frankenstein in Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein".
987 words (approx. 3.9 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 35.95
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This paper reviews Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein" and, in particular, examines the irrational behavior of the protagonist, Victor Frankenstein. It looks at how Victor Frankenstein's irrational behavior begins with his ambition, and what begins as a healthy curiosity about nature and science turns into an obsession that he cannot control. It analyzes the effect of this irrationality on the other characters in the story and shows how Frankenstein's irrational behavior leads to the death of four innocent people and, eventually, his own demise.
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"The next character to suffer from Frankenstein's irrational behavior is Justine. She is accused of murder and Frankenstein is still unable to tell what he knows. This scene demonstrates the depth of Frankenstein's irrational behavior. Even as he hears the judges condemning Justine, all he can do is leave the courtroom "in agony" (69). This scene is amazing because it demonstrates Frankenstein's selfish nature. He says, "The tortures of the accused did not equal mine: she was sustained by innocence, but the fangs of remorse tore my bosom and would not forgo their hold" (69). Even as Justine confesses to a murder she did not commit, Frankenstein is not moved. He admits feeling despair, but not so much as to save the girl's life."
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Victor Frankenstein, 2003.
An analysis of the character of Victor Frankenstein as an archetypal overreacher in Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein".
1,359 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 0 sources, $ 45.95
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This paper discusses how Victor Frankenstein in Mary Shelley's novel "Frankenstein" is an archetypal overreacher, which means that he is a perfect example of a person who failed by trying to be clever. It examines how the monster is unnatural because Victor goes too far, breaking the laws of nature and how the monster he unleashes does not cause disruption and destruction. It uses events and quotes from the book to show how this is not totally correct, because what he unleashes is not disruption and destruction, but a process over time.
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"What Victor does and what he creates are unnatural. Victor's undertaking of creating a human is unnatural because it had never been attempted or even thought of before. The secret of creating life, Victor insists, fell into his lap, and he wonders why "among so many men of genius...[he] alone should be reserved to discover so astonishing a secret." Unnatural can be described as not in the accordance of accepted standards of behaviour. This means that Victor's thoughts are so outrageous and unnatural that no other scientist in the same field has not even began to think about creating human beings artificially. What Victor creates in unnatural because, although it is intended to be a human being, it is described as hideous and revolting, because Victor creates some sore of super-human creation."
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Victor Frankenstein: The True "Modern Prometheus".
A comparison of Mary Shelley's character, Victor Frankenstein, with the Greek god, Prometheus.
755 words (approx. 3.0 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 26.95
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This paper examines Mary Shelley's Gothic tale "Frankenstein, Or The Modern Prometheus", published in 1818, in which the main character, Victor Frankenstein, a young student steeped in the mysteries of science, describes his explorations into the unknown through his obsession to create life from the dead, which produces a monster of great size and strength bent on nothing but revenge. In particular, it looks at why Shelley included "The Modern Prometheus" as part of her title for the novel and how it is clear that she was attempting to compare Victor Frankenstein with Prometheus, the Greek god, who breathed life into man and brought fire to earth after stealing it from Mount Olympus.
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"Not surprisingly, the future husband of Mary Godwin, being the great English poet and rebel Percy Bysshe Shelley, wrote a very long lyrical poem in 1820 (two years after the publication of Frankenstein) called "Prometheus Unbound" which explores Prometheus's relationship with Earth, his mother, Asia, his wife and Jupiter (Zeus), the King of the Gods. In this poem, Prometheus is described as being bound to a rocky cliff by Jupiter for his misdeeds against the gods. And while chained and powerless, Prometheus is tortured by an eagle that eats his liver on a daily basis, but the liver always grows back which allows the cycle to go on for eternity. Perhaps, since Percy Shelley allegedly aided in the writing of Frankenstein, he may have been attempting to allegorize the ever-growing liver as a symbol of the Monster's immortality, meaning that the Monster, like Prometheus's liver, can never die and is eternally damned."
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Victor Hugo, 2004.
An analysis of Victor Hugo, one of the most notable and revolutionary writers of French literature.
2,762 words (approx. 11.0 pages), 9 sources, MLA, $ 82.95
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This paper discusses the French author, Victor Hugo, and compares him to the protagonist of the literary work, "Les Miserables". The paper contends that Hugo parallels many of the qualities of Jean Valjean, the main character in "Les Miserables". The paper examines the social consciousness displayed in many of Hugo's novels, claiming that it is evidence of the conscience developed over a lifetime of involvement in politics and revolutionary thought.
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"Hugo used his literary power to influence political thinking of his time, as well as to raise consciousness regarding the poor, children and other victims of the political upheaval caused by the French Revolution. The author has come to represent the literary movement of French Romanticism. This movement, with its imagination, subjectivity, freedom of thought, and idealization of nature fused itself well with Hugo's humanistic and somewhat rebellious personality. Together with this Hugo's political views leaned towards social liberty, which he combined in his idealism, and he saw 1830 as the year marking the emergence of both (Kirjasto). Hugo and his contemporaries, like many today, saw the role of the artist as social commentator and director. Hugo fulfilled this role admirably by adhering to the political views he held even in the face of significant political opposition. He shows his strongly principled character by never shying away from subject matter that may prove socially and politically inflammatory. The same strong principles can be seen in Jean Valjean, the main character of Les Miserables."
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Anthropology by Mary Douglas and Victor Turner, 2005.
A review of ritual and anthropology as described by Mary Douglas and Victor Turner.
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 2 sources, $ 26.95
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This paper reviews two works by Mary Douglas and Victor Turner on the matters of ritual and anthropology (article sources are not named and are not included). The paper briefly explores issues of taboo behavior in scriptures and rituals, and concludes that the process of studying such scriptures and rituals is difficult because of the inter-connectivity found between them and their respective host societies.
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"It is commonly accepted that many religious scriptures help convey social and communal codes. Dietary habits are a good example of this, where certain cultures avoided the ingestion of pork on the grounds that it was prohibited by their faith, but also that avoidance helped reduce the possibilities of disease. However, the authors promote the concept that there are multiple ways to understand adherence to certain scriptures and codes as presented in the religious texts. The concept of what is dirty, soiled, or sinful, for example, can be interpreted on one level as helping practitioners avoid lifestyle traits that were unhealthy. Yet this can be interpreted on a second level as well, where the avoidance of dirt was more of a symbolic avoidance of impurities."
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Victor Schreckengost, 2008.
This paper describes the works of ceramicist and master art instructor, Victor Schreckengost.
1,199 words (approx. 4.8 pages), 13 sources, MLA, $ 41.95
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The paper looks at the life of Victor Schreckengost, a legendary artist and designer who has made a major impact on the art world through the mediums of clay, hand-painted ceramics, and sculpture, as well as drawing and painting. The paper describes his education and works in designer dinnerware, bicycles for adults and children, art pottery and small-scale and architectural sculptures. The paper relates that Schreckengost was named one of the ten National Medal of the Arts recipients and was honored by President George W. Bush and Mrs. Laura Bush in an oval office ceremony at the White House in November 2006.
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"Victor Schrechengost was born the first child to Warren and Adda Schreckengost in Sebring, Ohio. Artistic ability existed all through his family, his father Warren was a commercial potter for the French China Co, and two of his brothers are today well-known designers. It was is father who Victor learned the craft of sculpting from, often visiting and latter working at his fathers studio as a water carrier and doing other odd-jobs. He received no structured art classes through eighth grade, and in high school the only art-related course was mechanical drawing."
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Victor Frankenstein, 2005.
An analysis of theme of the curious explorer of the unknown in "Frankenstein" by Mary Shelley.
871 words (approx. 3.5 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 30.95
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This paper examines how in Mary Godwin Shelley's Gothic masterpiece, "Frankenstein," the main protagonist, Victor Frankenstein, a young student of the alchemical arts and sciences, takes the reader on an exploration into the unknown, for his primary goal is to create life from the dead; after much experimentation, he produces a creature of hideous proportions and intellect bent on nothing but revenge. It looks at how Victor is ideally a thematic character, for he stands as the penultimate explorer of the unknown, a theme which is highly effective and necessary for the overall plot of the novel.
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"On the morning after creating the monster, Victor goes for a walk, "endeavouring, by bodily exercise, to ease the load that weighed upon my mind." And with his heart palpitating "in the sickness of fear," he is reminded of the great poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge-"The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" which relates "Like one who, on a lonely road/Doth walk in fear and dread/And, having once turned round, walks on/And turns no more his head/Because he knows a frightful fiend/Doth close behind him tread" (53). This passage is very powerful in its imagery, for it shows that Victor realizes his failure as an explorer of the unknown, due to creating "a frightful fiend" in the form of the monster."
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Leon Battista Alberti & Victor Marie Hugo, 1997.
Compares critical & aesthetic philosophies of architecture of 15th Cent. Renaissance Italian architect & 19th Cent. Romantic French novelist.
1,800 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 4 sources, $ 63.95
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" Though both Leon Battista Alberti (1404-1472) and Victor Marie Hugo (1802-1885) looked to the past for examples for contemporary architecture, they approached the problem in a completely different spirit. Where Alberti, the Renaissance architect and theorist, wished to impose greater rationality on architecture, and on the disorder of the Medieval city, Hugo, the Romantic novelist, saw a need to remain true to the organic, homogeneous nature of the city of the Middle Ages. The two men were similar in their perception of the Medieval city as an example of uncontrolled growth. But they placed an entirely different value on this fact. Anthony Blunt's remark about Renaissance classicism sums up this difference: "in architecture the revival of Roman forms was used to create a style which answered to the demands of human reason rather than to the more.."
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"Testimony: Death Of A Guatemalan Village:" ( Victor Montejo ) & "Child Of The Dark" ( Carolina Maria De Jesus ), 1997.
Reviews books on causes & effects of poverty & political & military power in Guatemala & Brazil.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 2 sources, $ 47.95
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"Two books to be considered here address issues of poverty and power in Latin American countries where the lives of the poor are made more onerous by government action and where the military often views life as cheap and the life of the poor as expendable. One of the books was written by a member of the poor and downtrodden class in Brazil, while the other was written by a primary school teacher who witnessed the events he recounts concerning an Army attack on a Guatemalan village. The two books come under the heading of personal narratives and stand as eyewitness accounts of life in a certain class in Latin America. Victor Montejo's Testimony: Death of a Guatemalan Village is told by an observer, a man from outside the community who was present when the attack on the village occurred, while Child of the Dark is the diary of Carolina Maria de Jesus, a woman who.."
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The Wizard Of Oz ( Victor Fleming ), 1988.
Psychological, social & artistic impact of 1939 musical fantasy film starring Judy Garland.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 5 sources, $ 47.95
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" The Wizard of Oz, which made at MGM in 1939, is still on of the world's favorite films. It has remained special because it visualizes its own unique world. It inspired many films that followed, from Star Wars to Close Encounters of the Third Kind, because it constructed its own universe: one that could be enjoyed by adults and children alike.
Others films have borrowed more noticeably and directly from The Wizard of Oz. The opening sequence of Martin Scorsese's Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore shows the young Alice in a setting very much like Dorothy in the Kansas opener of Oz. The sci-fi epic Zardoz, directed by John Boorman, also borrows from the classic, starting with its title and the play (...)"
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"Rain Of Gold" by Victor Villasenor, 1994.
A review of the work on the lifestyle options of Mexican migrants to the U.S. after the 1910 Revolution. Includes assimilation, cultural identity, marriage and family, education and work.
2,250 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 1 source, $ 79.95
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"This study will examine Victor Villasenor's Rain of Gold, focusing on the life style options available to Mexican migrants to the United States in the aftermath of the Mexican Revolution of 1910. The study will include consideration of assimilation, maintenance of cultural identity, marriage and family life, education, work, and other aspects of life for Mexican Migrants after the Revolution as described in Villasenor's history of the two sides of his family.
In general, the life style options for Mexican immigrants to the United States after the 1910 Revolution were very limited. At the same time, the fortitude and determination of the Mexicans to maintain and nourish their culture and sense of community remained strong. They took advantage of the opportunities which were available. The sense of endurance and celebration, along..."
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"The Four Seasons of Manuela" ( Victor W Von Hagen ), 1997.
Critical review of biography of Manuela Saenz and her impact on her lover Simon Bolivar, a South American revolutionary and on the history of the continent.
1,800 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 1 source, $ 63.95
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"Victor W. Von Hagen, in The Four Seasons of Manuela, presents much compelling evidence that Manuela Saenz played a significant role in both the life of Simon Bolivar and, both directly and indirectly, in the unfolding history of South America. This study will support that argument, focusing primarily on Von Hagen's portrayal of Saenz from the point at which she first met Bolivar.
This is not to say that the successes of Bolivar would not have occurred, or that South American history would have been significantly altered, had Manuela not been a revolutionary and lover of Bolivar. It is to say that Manuela was vital to Bolivar as man and leader, and that she was one of many strong-hearted, dedicated individuals who played a part in the long struggle for freedom in South America.'
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Substance Abuse, 2002.
Discusses social perspectives on substance abuse, focusing on theories by Emile Durkheim and Victor Shaw.
3,491 words (approx. 14.0 pages), 8 sources, MLA, $ 98.95
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This paper addresses the reasons behind pathological behavior such as substance abuse. It looks at ideas by social theorists such as Emile Durkheim and Victor Shaw who have paved the way for our understanding on the issue. The paper examines Durkheim's "The Rules of Sociological Method" where he questions what is normal and what is pathological. It also shows his views on crime and criminal behavior. The paper then discusses Victor Shaw's theories on functionalism and how it fits into Durkheim's ideas. The paper concludes with suggestions on approaching substance abuse in the 'real world'.
Paper Outline:
Durkheim on what is Normal and what is Pathological
Crime and Criminals: Durkheim says it's all Normal
Shaw on Functionalism through the writings of Durkheim and Others
Durkheim Justifies his Method and his Rules of Distinction
Duty and Morality
Theoretical Explanation of Substance Abuse
Policy Suggestions on Approaching Substance Use and Abuse in the Real World
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"Durkheim (1982, 101) says "crime is necessary" because it is "linked to the basic conditions of social life." And it is "useful," too, "for the conditions to which it is bound are themselves indispensable to the normal evolution of morality and law." That may be a little hard for a prosecutor to swallow as he prepares a case against a college student who not only uses cocaine, for example, but sells cocaine to fellow students to support her habit. But for Durkheim's part, he states (1982, 101-102) that individual originality, in order to evolve, "must be allowed to manifest itself." And, so that the "idealist who dreams of transcending his era" must be allowed to "display" himself, so, too, must "the criminal" be allowed to fall short of his era. That would seem more philosophical than sociological, but soon after those remarks Durkheim says "crime itself may play a useful part..." in the evolution of society. "
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From Modernism to Post-Modernism, 2005.
Describes the theories of four major thinkers of the modern and post-modern era, including Weber, Durkheim, Victor Turner and Clifford Geertz.
1,486 words (approx. 5.9 pages), 5 sources, APA, $ 49.95
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This paper summarizes the theories of these thinkers on the role of the individual and his/her relationship to the community. In conclusion, the author states that the thinking of Victor Turner is the most accurate and convincing.
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"Two thinkers -- Max Weber and Emile Durkheim -- were late modernist thinkers who developed theories about the relation of the individual to society. Their theories were appropriate to the industrial societies in which they lived. With the end of World War Two and the rise of the post-modern period, however, different ways of conceiving of the individual and society arose that sought to break with modernist thinking, including the thought of Clifford Geertz and Victor Turner."
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