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This paper explores how metaphor is employed in contemporary popular music lyrics to structure the perception of the listener. The paper argues, with reference to the signature hit of the notoriously controversial popular singer Britney Spears - "Baby One More Time" -, that the use of conceptual metaphors in her lyrics constructs complex relationships of power and domination between females and males. The paper demonstrates how the conceptual metaphor of "love" in Spears' lyrics is defined with reference to violence, madness and death, with all of these referents not simply reflecting but reinforcing cultural roles for women in our society associated with lower status, power and prestige.

From the Paper
"In the field of linguistics there has been, since the late 1970s, a growing interest in the how metaphorical meanings can be seen to constitute an integral part of semantic structure of everyday language. This essay will explore how metaphor is employed in contemporary popular music lyrics to structure the perception of the listener. The thesis will be argued, with reference to the signature hit of the notoriously controversial popular singer Britney Spears - "Baby One More Time" - that the use of conceptual metaphors in her lyrics constructs complex

Tags:metaphor, use, song

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This paper discusses the 1946 poem "The Fish," by Elizabeth Bishop, a well-known poet of the middle part of the 20th century. The writer explains that she was a painter as well as a poet, and her talent for visual artistry often shows in the strong visual details of her poems, including "The Fish," written in 1946. The paper looks at how Elizabeth Bishop's poem is interesting because of its effective use of simile and metaphor.

From the Paper
"Elizabeth Bishop (1911-1979) was a well-known poet of the middle part of the 20th century, but what is not so widely known is that she was a painter as well as a poet, and it seems that her talent for visual artistry often comes through in the strong visual details of her poems, including the one to be discussed here, "The Fish," written in 1946. An early mentor of hers in the field of poetry was fellow poet Marianne Moore, who shared Bishop's early interest in the detailed visual depiction of objects of the natural world and from whom she may have picked up her fascination with metaphor, a literary figure which she uses to good."

Tags:elizabeth bishop, the fish, metaphor

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This paper is on "Personal Metaphor for Organization Theory". It includes the underlying assumptions, major tents, and organizational structures associated with your metaphor, it also notes the points of efficiency, effectiveness, and appropriateness of your metaphor for the coming decades. It also explains your own metaphor for organization theory.

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The writer discusses how change is a complex process and follows a pattern (Samuelson, 1998), which is why his own change metaphor represents a progression. The writer relates that while change is never easy, certain situations allow the change to be embraced because of the nature of transition, and according to Allen (2008), changes never have to be large scale because even minor change can result in major improvements. The writer discusses how the change metaphor of cub to tiger illustrates his own experience and his view of nursing; just as he has progressed through major change and transition, nursing also is experiencing challenges while attempting to change the profession and meet its needs.

From the Paper
"Change is a complex process and follows a pattern (Samuelson, 1998), which is why my own change metaphor represents a progression. While change is never easy, certain situations allow the change to be embraced because of the nature of transition. According to Allen (2008), changes never have to be large scale because even minor change can result in major improvements. I will discuss how the change metaphor of cub to tiger illustrates my own experience and my view of nursing. Just as I have progressed through major change and transition, nursing also is experiencing challenges while..."

Tags:change, transition, nurse

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The paper attempts to convey how Elizabeth Bishop's poem "The Fish" is interesting and effective mainly because of its effective use of metaphor. The paper pinpoints the use of metaphor in the poem and shows how Bishop incorporates this commonly used literary device into the overall narrative.

From the Paper
"Elizabeth Bishop (1911-1979) was a well-known poet of the middle part of the 20th century, but what is not so widely known is that she was a painter as well as a poet, and it seems that her talent for visual artistry often comes through in the strong visual details of her poems, including the one to be discussed here, "The Fish," written in 1946. An early mentor of hers in the field of poetry was fellow poet Marianne Moore, who shared Bishop's early interest in the detailed visual depiction of objects of the natural world and from whom she may have picked up her fascination with metaphor, a literary figure which she uses to good effect in "The Fish." "

Tags:literary, device, visual, depiction, symbol

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The paper examines metaphor and its use in the poems of Rita Dove, Marc Jaffee and Carl Phillips. The paper discusses metaphor as a tool of the poet.

From the Paper
"Every occupation has tools. The tools of the poet are words. In sharing emotions, stories, feelings or moments, words are the tools used by poets to forge images in our minds. Words are selected and fashioned by poets in a numbers of ways to form such images. One of the most commonly used methods of drawing images through words is known as metaphor."

Tags:Pleasure, All Souls, King of Repetition, images, tools, speaker, mood, feeling

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This paper explains that, in her novel "Frankenstein", although Mary Shelley did not invent the scientific romance, she was the first to combine it with a horror story to create what now is called the first '"robot" book, "pseudo-scientific thriller" and "philosophical romance". The print edition differs from the familiar film versions, the author stresses, in that in the movies much of the creature's humanity is lost and replaced. However, the story remains as a modern metaphor reflecting society's own increasing uncertainty and mounting fears about the ability to control the forces unleashed. The paper includes Mary Shelley's personal history and why cult readers identify with outcasts like Frankenstein and often feel most rejected by those who are responsible for bringing them into the world.

From the Paper
"Mary Shelley was only nineteen when she wrote this novel, and sometimes it seems as if some mysterious force had guided her pen, for the circumstances surrounding the composition of the novel hardly indicate any larger purpose or meaning. It all began simply enough with Lord Byron's proposal that he and his friends join in a story contest to pass the time during the long days of a rainy Swiss summer. Having just gorged themselves on German ghost tales and romances, they elected to write of the macabre. Neither Byron nor Percy Shelley produced anything of consequence, but Byron's friend Dr. Polidori did manage to come up with a rather impressive vampire story."

Tags:victim, bloodcurdling, responsibility, genre, alchemists

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This paper provides a discussion of Robert Frost's use of an extended metaphor of a boy swinging on birch branches in "Birches" to argue that the speaker desires to return to his youth because in those days he believed he could conquer anything, even death.

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"In his poem, "Birches", Robert Frost employs the extended metaphor of a boy swinging on birch branches to reveal his desire to remain eternally youthful, rather than confront mortality. Frost observes that birch tree branches bend due to little boys swinging on them, but they are resilient to this youthful play like human beings are resilient in youth. The speaker notes, "When I see birches bend to left and right I like to think some boy's been swinging on them". However, like human beings become..."

Tags:heaven, mortality, family, childhood, old age, death, eternity, nature

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Out of thousands of living creatures populating our planet, Emperor penguins represent one of the most inspirational natural metaphors for modern organizational behavior. The paper shows that Emperors put their skills and abilities to good use; they utilize their resources effectively; they overcome numerous obstacles to help the organization internal processes flow smoothly. Finally, they accomplish their common goal. Emperor penguins flourish in the place where few living things can survive. The paper shows that as we study Emperor penguins, we cannot help drawing parallels. What if the workplace worked like this? An employee and a manager could take some lessons in the areas of protection, sacrifice, cooperation and teamwork.

Paper Outline:
Abstract
Organized Penguins
Skills and Abilities
Group Development Process - Adult Penguins
Group Development Process - Chicks
Roles and Norms
Teamwork Effectiveness
Leadership and Decision-Making
Managing Team Conflict
Organizational Effectiveness
Conclusion
References

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"Another criterion of assessing organizational effectiveness is resource acquisition. Emperor Penguins rely on the ocean as their only food source, so it must be within reach of every mature penguin or they will starve and die. The acquisition of heat can be seen in the huddle where penguins must cooperate during storms or they will freeze to death. The acquisition of safety can be seen in the protection of their chicks from predators. Acquiring a mate takes a certain amount of skill and determination as well. The "healthy systems" approach is in effect in the rookery because we can see the genuine sense of community."

Tags:cooperation, leadership, management, ornithology

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Discussion of how Sophocles allows the characters of "Oedipus Rex" to use the ideas of sight and blindness in a physical sense to make suggestions about the metaphorical blindness of Oedipus.

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"A tragedy like Sophocles' Oedipus The King makes use of many literary metaphors that have contributed to the significance of the Oedipus series in the history of drama. The metaphors of sight and prophecy that exist throughout the play are the primary metaphors at work and Sophocles makes use of the concept of sight from the first scene of the play. The beginning of the play features the Priest of Zeus bidding Oedipus to save the city from certain ruin. In particular, he refers to Oedipus as "greatest in all men's eyes" (ln. 40) and suggests that Oedipus might hear a wise word from some god or even a man (ln 43-4) that will aid him in his quest to save the city. The priest's suggestion that Oedipus will hear, rather than see, something is significant because Oedipus frequently alludes to sight and blindness throughout the play. These references create many moments of dramatic irony because of Oedipus's metaphorical blindness to the inherent flaws in his own character that bring about his ruin."

Tags:greek, play, vision, blindness