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In "Globalization: Reality and Illusion" Michalopoulos and Tsaliki contest the commonly held notion that recent economic growth has been a direct consequence of globalization. They suggest that globalization is more illusion than reality despite being widely held as the source of recent economic growth.

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This paper is a discussion of how, in both "Un Amour de Swann" and "Les Faux-Monnayeurs," fictional realities are exposed for their illusory nature, and the inner life of characters' fantasy and imagination is shown to be more real than the outer world they inhabit. In both cases, outer reality is shown to be a limited, disappointing, and inherently false area, and the artifice in a fictional reality is highlighted in order to direct our attention to the artifice in our own lived reality. It explains that, while Proust directs readers towards the 'time of our inner lives' as the space of true meaning and experience, Gide believes that action can be taken to expose the falsity inherent in the outer world and emancipate ourselves from the illusions we are enslaved to.

From the Paper
"Proust's Un Amour de Swann and Gide's Les Faux-Monnayeurs are both concerned with the borderline between reality and illusion, and between the inner world of the self and the outer world of physical reality. Both novels contain characters who live in a reality they can neither experience fully, interpret objectively, or escape from, and both novels present a fictional reality exposed for its falsity in order to lead the reader to question the 'sincerity' of his own self and the nature of his own reality."

Tags:andre, counterfeitors, french, gide, literature, lost, marcel, modernism, perdu, proust, recherche, search, temps, time

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In this article, the writer discusses that in James Joyce's short story "Araby", the narrator's view of the world seems to be that it is a relatively mundane, routine and unexciting place except when interrupted by his adolescent sensual thoughts and therefore rises a fresh, new and exciting reason to hope, dream and fantasize beyond his usual and predictable home, school and church routine. The writer notes that Joyce develops within this story counter-themes of illusion and reality: the illusion on the boy's part of romantic love for "Mangan's sister" juxtaposed against the more mundane realities of his true everyday existence, including the reality that the boy's own actions and mobility are determined by others.

From the Paper
"Soon the boy cannot extract his sensual images of Mangan's sister from his mind, even long enough to say his prayers. Thoughts of Mangan's sister interfere impede his concentration at school. Neither God nor his studies is in his own mind any match for Mangan's sister. Soon, and without understanding why, the picture inside his head of Mangan's sister, distorted or real, takes on iconic significance, substituting for reality in a way far more, in fact deliciously, exciting. However, by the end of the story, the young boy's reality, which has to do with acquiescing to priorities of those older than himself than it does fulfilling his own desires, pulls him back, and much-cherished hope of buying and presenting Mangan's sister with a special gift from Araby is destroyed by the simple fact that his uncle's tardiness has caused him to arrive to late to Araby to buy her a gift.
"When the boy becomes fascinated with Mangan's sister, his mind wanders far from his usual reality, which consists of school, church, home, and the authority of others - religious, parental, and otherwise."

Tags:fantasy, mundane, Mangan's, sister, romantic

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A paper which shows how reality and illusion are interwoven not only throughout the story line of Don Quixote exploits, but how author, Miguel de Cervantes, even leaves the true authorship of this tale in question, suggesting that he is merely translating the story from the original writings of Cide Hamete. The paper discusses the madness of Don Quixote who sees people and objects in his everyday life as the counterparts in his knights and damsels world of chivalry, and how Don Quixote charging the windmills has become a classic scene and now serves to symbolize bravery in vain.

From the Paper
"Cervantes begins Part Two of Don Quixote again referring to the writings of Cide Hamete, thus, lending credence to both, Don Quixote and Hamete as real historic characters (Cervantes, 529). This further adds confusion between reality and fantasy. Throughout the novel there are countless scenes crossing the line of reality and illusion. The deathbed scene is perhaps the most poignant, for at the end, even though he himself had given up his chivalrous life and rejoined society, the others around him were still holding on to his fantastic world of knights and damsels in distress. But Don Quixote speaks, "I am no longer Don Quixote of La Mancha, but Alonso Quixana.""

Tags:Alonso, Quixano, knighthood, Sancho, Cide, Hame, Miguel, de, Cervantes

Tags:life, interpreation, real, dream, reflection, existence, truth, effects

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The world that Blanche DuBois inhabits in Tennessee Williams' play Streetcar Named Desire is a world all of her own, characterized by motifs that accentuate the theme of illusion. On the other hand, Stanley and Stella's world seems to be grounded in a harsh reality. In this essay, it will be argued that Stanley and Stella, as well as Blanche, all inhabit worlds that are defined and made possible by illusion. Thus, the play appears to define reality as the illusions that we choose to make our lives beara

From the Paper
A Streetcar Named Desire Topic 1: Blanche's World and Reality The world that Blanche DuBois inhabits in Tennessee Williams' play Streetcar Named Desire is a world all of her own, characterized by motifs that accentuate the theme of illusion. On the other hand, Stanley and Stella's world seems to be grounded in a harsh reality. In this essay, it will be argued that Stanley and Stella, as well as Blanche, all inhabit worlds that are defined and made possible by illusion. Thus, the play appears to define reality as the illusions that we choose to make our lives bearable and possible.

Tags:american, literature, streetcar

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This paper discusses Mary Temple's series, "Windows", Julian Beever's public pavement works and Olivo Barbieri photography. The paper also describes Gregory Barsamian's animated sculptures where he uses illusion of motion in his artwork and Gints Gabrans' "special effects" in his installations that create layers of light which look solid but are not. The paper shows how contemporary artists take the tradition of illusion in art as imitation and demonstration of great skill and provoke questions about reality and the mind's perception.

From the Paper
"Contemporary artists use visual illusions in diverse methods and mediums. The illusion, fooling one's senses, and then revealing the reality of the original perception produces various effects and questions.
"The use of illusion in art takes skill because it generates a unique relationship and process in the mind. In order for the illusion to be an active part in the work, realization must be incorporated tactfully so that the audience is receptive and many people from diverse backgrounds can understand the illusion."

Tags:reality, mind, perception, dreams, truth

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The paper looks at how Tennessee Williams, in the play "The Glass Menagerie," portrays a dysfunctional family, where each member has his or her own role in contributing to this dysfunction. The paper examines how Tom, Laura and Amanda each create an illusion and attempt to escape from reality.

From the Paper
"This is the state of family affairs Williams presented in Glass Menagerie. Being a dysfunctional family, each Wingfield family member has his or her own role in 'contributing' to this dysfunction--that is, the creation of illusion and reinforcement of escape from reality. The trio of Tom, Laura, and Amanda demonstrated the typical yet still dysfunctional nature of American families. Tom assumed the role of the breadwinner, well-aware of his potentials in life but emotionally chained to the family primarily because of his sister, Laura; Laura, a cripple whose inferiority mirrored the hopelessness she felt in life; and Amanda, the nagging mother who wished her daughter and son would have a better life, but did nothing to make this possible for her family."

Tags:dysfunction, reality, Tom, Laura, Amanda

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This research proposal examines the relationship between self-esteem and the quality of romance in terms of the couples' perceived regard and their own satisfaction of the relationship. The paper aims to describe the importance of positive illusion as a mediator of the perception of the intimates. The paper discusses the benefits and drawbacks of such positivity and how it relates to self-esteem. The paper further discusses the impact it has on the relationship quality and whether illusion or reality is more important?

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From the Paper
"People with high self-esteem are somehow more motivated to repair their mood and are more likely to take the initiative to action in some way that would make them happier. (Heimpel et al. 2002) High self-esteem beings are more satisfied with their intimate relationships due to protection of self-worth and positive illusions. However, as much as these individuals idealize their relationship with their partner, there bound to be times when the conflict is too perceptible that challenges their belief in a perfect relationship; this should be when high and low self-esteem people differ with each other. If high self-esteem people do indeed have higher motivation to make themselves feel better; the hypothesis is that when positive illusions cannot play a role in repairing the negative feeling towards the relationship because the conflict is too overt, there is a high likelihood for high self-worth individuals to adopt the approach commitment (rather than the avoidance commitment) which is proven to be positively associated with relationship satisfaction. In other words, the reason for the tendency for high self-esteem people be more satisfied with their relationships is that their style of commitment which can enhance the intimate relationship. "

Tags:romance, romantic, relationship, self, esteem, positive, illusion, positivity, self, denial, intimacy, intimate, partner, satisfaction, quality, research, method, proposal, mood, regulation, negativity, motivation, motivated, reasoning, vicious, cycle, feedback, loop, happiness, self

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The paper discusses how some business and policy thinkers make the argument that, in essence,'who cares wins.' The apper explains that this sentiment refers to the supposed convergence of corporate social responsibility and corporate governance based on an alignment of business and environmental factors. This paper portrays the convergence as more illusion than fact; in reality, corporate social responsibility does not exist as a substantive movement and, where scattered examples of corporate social responsibility do exist, they serve as smokescreens for old-fashioned, profit-oriented corporate governance. The conclusion is that corporate governance is the same as it has ever been, and that corporate social responsibility is more akin to marketing, not an environmentally sound method of doing business; what gets labeled as corporate social responsibility is, as Porritt (2006) memorably claims, "the palest imitation of genuinely sustainable behavior" (p. 244).

Tags:corporate, responsibility, governance