Past And Present Essays and Term Papers
The Cybernetic Plot Of UlyssesA paper delivered at the CALIFORNIA JOYCE conference (6/30/93)
Good afternoon.
To quote the opening of Norbert Wiener's address on Cybernetics to the
American Academy of Arts and Sciences in March of 1950, The word
cybernetics has been taken from the Greek word kubernitiz (ky-ber-NEE-tis)
meaning ...
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Psycological Effects Of Sport Teams And Their FansPsycologists often look to find patterns of behavior among similar people
in similar circumstances. One such study is that of the psycological effect
of sports teams and their fans. In a study at Murry State University,
Daniel L. Wann and Thomas J. Dolan tried to prove that fans that had a
high ...
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Disjunction Vs. Communion In Raymond Carver's Short StoriesRaymond Carver, poet, essayist, and short story writer, was very
different from some other writers in that he clipped his writing until only
the essential remained. " Carver not only acknowledged the effect that
fiction could have on readers, he proclaimed that it should affect
readers."( ...
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Japanese Capital Structure AndCapital structure in Japan has been noted to be more highly leveraged than comparative North American firms which brings to mind the question: how is it that Japanese firms have been able to take on such high levels of debt? The answer lies in the environment that Japanese firms have been ...
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Blanche's Psychological Breakdown In A Steercar Named DesireIn Tennesse Williams' play, "A Streetcar Named Desire" the readers are introduced to a character named Blanche DuBois. In the plot, Blanche is Stella's younger sister who has come to visit Stella and her husband Stanley in New Orleans. After their first meeting Stanley develops a strong dislike ...
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Henry AdamsThe Education of the reviews Adams’s and the United States’s education and growth during the 19th century. Adams was an old man who had Puritan beliefs about sex and religion. In this autobiography, Adams voices his skepticism about man’s newfound power to control the ...
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Rich Comparison EssayThe Different Views of the Sexes
In these essays the writers back up there views with examples of how either man or woman has been oppressed throughout the history of education. While Adrienne Rich is talking mainly about the college system and David Thomas is talking about the school system in ...
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Old Madison Square Garden: Fond Recollections Of A True LandmarkFrom the world cup of soccer to the superbowl, people all throughout the
world have dreams of being sport stars or even just meeting their favorite
athlete. It is in some peoples mind, the ideal american dream. In a time known
as the roaring twenties, people throughout New York were working ...
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Canadian Family Enetering 21stLike everything else, "family" has an infinite number of definitions. One definition of family is "any group of people united by marriage, blood or adoption, constituting a single household, interacting and communicating with each other, and creating and maintaining a common culture" (Hales 14). ...
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Indulging In EscapismIn The Glass Menagerie, Tennessee Williams’ presents us with a Family whose lives seem to be trapped in avoiding reality instead of facing it. The play, which is much like our own lives, is constantly pointing out ways of escaping. The characters in the play each try to find there way to ...
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"A Small Elegy"The title of this specific piece of poetry is . Now, this title does not really give a reader much to go on. The only thing one would know about this poem is that it is a small one and that it may be about a deceased person or someone who new someone who dies. I say this because elegy is derived ...
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Analysis Of Several Works Of LiteratureLiterature is a diverse and bountiful area of intelligence where
many ideas, ideals, and dreams can come about. Writings have come from as
far back as the time of Jesus to whatever was produced yesterday. People
have written superior works that can inspire, lead, and in the end, produce. ...
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Tourism ]Tourism The French define tourism as “the art to satisfy the most diverse aspirations which invite man to move out of his daily universe.” The Webster’s dictionary defines tourism as “the guiding or managing of tourists; the promotion or encouragement of touring: the accommodation of tourists.” ...
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Risen From The Ashes Of EarthlBehind every great painting, symphony, piece of literature, or other artwork there hides a powerful emotion that fuels the artist from start to completion. When we look at a painting, we are not just seeing colored pigment suspended in oil on a stretched canvas, we are taking a close look into the ...
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Day Of DeadImagine yourself in a cemetery, commemorating your great-grandpa. Dia De Los Muertos (The Day of the Dead) is celebrated in Mexico on November 2nd. The Day of the Dead is one of Mexico's traditional holidays reuniting and honoring beloved ancestors, family, and friends.
To begin, the ...
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A Futuristic Interview With RomeoSCENE I:
Setting: On the set of ‘Time Voyager', a new television series.
Characters: ANN - Announcer ROMEO - Romeo
ANN: Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome again to this week's edition of Time Voyager.
In case this is the first time you have tuned in and are unfamiliar with the
concept, let me ...
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A Tale Of Two CitiesIn the movie “” Jarvis Lorry, an
employee of Tellson's Bank, was sent to find Dr. Manette,
an unjustly imprisoned physician, in Paris and bring him
back to England. Lucie, Manette's daughter who thought that
he was dead, accompanied Mr. Lorry. Upon arriving at
Defarge's wine shop in Paris, ...
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Roger Chillingworth: a mad man, or a man driven to madness? This is a question that many readers of Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter" have decided by the time they reach the final chapter, really without thinking about it. Yet, if the story is reviewed, and one looks at the events that either happen directly ...
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Ancient Japanese ArtWhen I finally got to the museum, I drug my feet a bit at the thought of having to take another art history class and about having to write another art history paper. I flashed my yellow pass and got my clearance to enter. I clamped the DAM purple badge to my oversized jacket and was on my way ...
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