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Literacy and Practices
Literacy theory, a multi-disciplinary, late-twentieth century endeavor, examines the acts of reading and writing as cognitive and social processes, seeking to define the relationship between reading and writing and other social and cognitive—especially linguistic—acts. As such, literacy theory intersects with discussions of public and individual education and reading ...
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Sigmund Freud
Freud, Sigmund (1856-1939)
Sigmund Freud, the inventor of psychoanalysis, was born in Moravia, Czechoslovakia, in 1856. His family moved to Vienna in 1860, where Freud remained until forced to flee to Britain in the aftermath of the 1938 Anschluss. Freud published his first work of psychoanalysis, Studies in Hysteria ...
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THE SUPPLIANTS BY AESCHYLUS
The Suppliants by Aeschylus
The Suppliants by Aeschylus
Introduction
Aeschylus' tragedy, the Suppliants, tells the story of the fifty Danaids who try to escape unwanted marriage to their cousins, the Aegyptids. They demand the protection of Argos, the home of their ancestress Io. Having fled by boat from Egypt ...
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SHAKESPERE'S HAMLET
Shakespeare's Hamlet
Shakespeare's Hamlet
Shakespeare - the creator of a whole universe of art, he had an incomparable imagination and knowledge of life, knowledge of people, so any analysis of his play is extremely interesting and instructive. However, for the Russian culture of all of Shakespeare's plays first by value was ...
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Critical Analysis
Introduction
Othello, the central character of the play, is a Moor, which means a black man. He wins the heart of Desdemona with his tremendous tales of adventure and battle. This angers her father and the Venetian court of which they are a part.
Othello is a soldier, awkward with ...
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VOLTAIRE, CANDIDE
Voltaire, Candide
Voltaire, Candide
Introduction
Voltaire's Candide was in writing in the eighteenth 100 years, at a time when enlightenment thinking started to restructure and reshape the modes that the more prosperous considered about monarchy and absolutism. Indeed, Voltaire's work comprises inside it a plenty of topics that dispute the administration (i.e. ...
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Paradise Lost: Is an Epic Poem
Introduction
This is a vast composition and an epic as dithyrambic, because it introduces us to a particular vision of the complex and divine creation, starting with the brief story of Genesis.
Discussion
Paradise Lost by John Milton (1608-1674) is the most important epic poem in English ...
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JOHN DONNE AND ANDREW MARVELL
John Donne and Andrew Marvell
Comparison between John Donne and Andrew Marvell
Andrew Marvell and John Donne both has been master of metaphysical poetry. To His Coy Mistress by Andrew Marvell and the Flea by John Donne, both the poems are broadly considered as two Metaphysical masters. ...
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SECRETS OF EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP BY FRED A. MANSKE JR
SECRETS OF EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP BY FRED A. MANSKE Jr
SECRETS OF EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP BY FRED A. MANSKE Jr
Introduction
As we enter in such a dynamic phase of the 22nd century, we encounter many things which relate to our lives. From ...
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Marriage is a family Affair
Marriage is not just the matter of a couple, but is the matter of the whole family. Women's status in the family has changed dramatically since the 50's. Women have usually had fewer rights and a lower social status than men, throughout history. For example, women ...