Shakespeare's Shylock: A sympathetic portrait of a Jew in an anti-semitic culture
Thesis - 6 pages - Literature
William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice plays host to one of the most complex and intriguing characters of the accomplished playwright's literary canon. In the character of Shylock, Shakespeare presents a view of the Jews that is, while still negative by the standards of modern culture,...
Software development agreement
Standard contracts - 10 pages - Computer science
1. [ ] Limited, (Company number ), the registered office of which is at [ ](the "Client") AND 2. [ ], the registered office of which is at [Address ] (the "Developer") BACKGROUND: A. The Client wishes to have developed the Software; and B. The Client has agreed to...
Can Psychology become a Science?
Essay - 5 pages - Psychology
The project being undertaken here is one of an investigation into the possibility of a psychological science from a Jungian perspective. The project will consist of a series of 3,000 - 4,000 word essays (of which this is the first). The primary source used will be Sonu Shamdasani's Jung and the...
The cultural effects of Sacha Baron Cohen's 2006 film Borat
Essay - 5 pages - Film studies
Comedian Sacha Baron Cohen's 2006 film Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan has garnered much critical attention for its humor, both positive and negative. Cohen plays an extremely bigoted Kazakh journalist named Borat trying to understand American...
The experience of the Indian and Pakistani immigrant communities in Great Britain from 1948 to 1971
Essay - 42 pages - Modern history
The history of Indian and Pakistani presence in Britain is long as it dates back to the seventeenth century. Yet the influence of the South Asian community was almost insignificant at that time, for its size remained very small. Only after the Second World War (1939-1945) did South Asian...
Professional ethics of attorneys (South Africa)
Law case study - 6 pages - Other law subjects
Mr. Matlou was the attorney at the state attorney who was briefed by the department of health to represent it as a defendant in the case L v MEC for Health, Gauteng. His conduct in the matter and the manner in which he dealt with it both before, during and after the trial, illustrates...
The hidden side of counter-terrorist measures: a threat to the civil liberties
Essay - 9 pages - Journalism
While watching the movie “in the name of the father”, I was like everyone else, I assume, was deeply moved and overwhelmed by the gravity of the miscarriage of justice and police force abuses of which the protagonists were victim. However, what chocked me the most was the fact that this...
To what extent is competition between social groups a necessary condition for inter-group discrimination?
Thesis - 5 pages - Psychology
Discrimination is a highly contentious issue in our contemporary society, and is still not a thoroughly understood phenomenon, despite extensive and illuminating psychological research. The question acknowledges that there is a place for competition in the creation of inter-group discrimination,...
Facing the inevitable: A psychological and social analysis of reactions to epidemics
Thesis - 6 pages - Psychology
In light of the growing threat of the avian flu, we thought it would be useful to investigate the psychological coping mechanisms that people employ to deal with pandemics and to try to minimize chaos by predicting these responses. Using historical accounts of epidemics, we concluded that...
Comparing Italian American immigrant families to black American families: A sociological analysis of the family in America
Thesis - 8 pages - Social sciences
This paper will offer a comparison between African American families and Italian American immigrant families, by exploring family cohesion and identity. What are the ways that the black American family is written about in sociological literature, and how does this differ from the perspective or...
Immigrant performance in the UK and Germany
Thesis - 20 pages - International relations
This paper reviews the existing literature on ethnic inequality and discrimination in the labor market, to then analyze the economic performance of various ethnic groups in Germany and the UK. Main findings are that in the UK the immigrant population as a whole performs similarly to the natives;...
The UN and France in the Ivorian crisis
Thesis - 20 pages - International relations
The “oldest daughter” of France did sink in the chaos following the events which have occurred in the night from September 18 to September 19, 2002 simultaneously in Bouake and Abidjan. We need to understand such a complex conflict where there is not enough retreat to seize all the...
Language and reality
Thesis - 5 pages - Social sciences
It is common cynical knowledge that in this world of spin, our perceptions of reality cannot possibly be divorced from the language it is presented in. But the question remains as to whether language creates or distorts reality. At the crux of the issue is really our definition of...
Ethnic Studies Race, Identity, and Film
Case study - 3 pages - Film studies
In the application of the term representation in this scenario reflects on the establishment of positions in media studies in which objects of analysis are not selective to some instances of reality, but reflect more on issues regarding racism. These are signifying objects articulated within...
The wellbeing of afghan refugees in Sweden
Dissertation - 65 pages - Psychology
It is traumatizing to become a refugee, not in the sense of insane, frantic or deranged, but in terms of feeling out of place, misplaced or a being cast off. The identity of refugee is narrowed to an Immigrant, delineated by the term category. The reality of a refugee is inverted the moment...
Legal agreement for the appointment of a non-exclusive distributor
Standard contracts - 12 pages - International law
This document is a sample legal agreement for the appointment of a non-exclusive distributor. “Intellectual Property”: means any patent, copyright, registered design, trade mark or other industrial or intellectual property right subsisting in the Territory in respect of the Products,...
Anti-Semitism revealed in Gentleman's Agreement
Thesis - 3 pages - Film studies
In Gentleman's Agreement, Phil Green, acted by Gregory Peck, embarks on the exploration of the anti-Semitic influences that Jews face, for a series that he is hired to write for a magazine. After long consideration he comes to see that the best way to communicate the experience of Jews, and not...
Gender discrimination in the workplace
Thesis - 5 pages - Human resources
Even today, there is discrimination between men and women in the workplace. The salary for a man and a woman holding the same station is not the same. Women find it harder to reach senior positions in the organization. Since 1967, the participation rate of women in the professional field has...
A Common Tongue: A Bit About Dialects in a Language
Essay - 3 pages - Linguistics
Dialect is a variety of language used by people from a particular geographic area. This language is a complete system of verbal communication with its own vocabulary and grammar (“Dialect”).In America today, the common language is English. But what does English mean? While Standard...
Self-fulfillment
Essay - 20 pages - Humanities/philosophy
The controversy surrounding self-fulfilling prophecies, while originally centered on proving their existence, has recently settled on the probability of such phenomenon occurring in a natural environment. While not directly cited in this resource guide, the original “Pygmalion Effect”...
Wolfe Tone's Argument for Catholic Emancipation in 18th-Century Ireland
Essay - 4 pages - Modern history
Theobald Wolfe Tone was one of the founding members of the United Irishmen, and was also a well-known supporter of Catholic emancipation. This paper will examine how Tone's Argument on behalf of the Catholics of Ireland, published the first of August, 1791, changed the way that reformers in...
An essay on how Islamic fundamentalism has promulgated problems for members of the Muslim community in Europe
Essay - 3 pages - Accounting
The September 11th terrorist attacks and other international acts of terrorism that have been carried out a recent years have had a significant impact not only are the United States, all the international community as well. Unfortunately, for many Muslims living in various parts of the world, the...
Philadelphia Quakers as an Anti-Racist Organization
Tutorials/exercises - 8 pages - Social sciences
There is no question that Quakers strive for racial justice, for their shared history and social beliefs explicitly call for ongoing anti-racist action. Given Philadelphia Quakers' early influence on U.S. governmental framework and their ongoing reputation for egalitarianism, an investigation...
Sample legal agreement for the provision of artwork for publication
Standard contracts - 9 pages - Other law subjects
This is a sample legal agreement for the provision of illustrator artwork for publication. The agreement provisions are drafted in favour of the publisher. All vested contingent and future rights of copyright and all rights in the nature of copyright and all accrued rights of action and all...
The historical specificity and contemporary relevance of the concept of race
Essay - 6 pages - Social sciences
According to Rousseau, there are ‘two sorts of inequality': one is ‘natural or physical'; the other is between social groups. In order to understand an historical specificity of the concept of race, we will study how the second type of inequality was reduced to the first. In other...
Integrated Marketing communications - published: 13/01/2009
Presentation - 25 pages - Services marketing
Concept under which a company integrates and coordinates its many communications channels to deliver a clear and consistent message about the organisation and its products. The challenge of the marketing communications is to communicate the right message, in the right way, to the right people, in...
"The innocent anthropologist" Notes from a mud hut - a book of Nigel Barley By Penguin Travel Library (1983), Penguin Books
Book review - 12 pages - Literature
A respectable anthropologist, British Museum's curator, Nigel Barley is yet distinguishable by two aspects from his eminent colleagues. First he chose for his thesis to study "Old English material in published and manuscript form" (11), involving the disapproval of many ‘purists' of the...
Health and welfare of employees at World Phone India Pvt Ltd
Case study - 27 pages - Human resources
Labor welfare is important part of industrial relations, the extra dimension, giving satisfaction to the worker in a way which even a good salary cannot. It is a comprehensive term including various services, benefits & facilities offered to employees by the employer. Medical health care...
The future of race
Thesis - 7 pages - Sociology
To claim that race does not exist sounds shocking at first. So many decisions and views of the world are made taking the idea of race into account. Yet the genetic claims of race, as such claims usually perceived and discussed, are not grounded in genetics because race, aside from being a social...
The racialization of Canadian "Space"
Thesis - 4 pages - Social sciences
The social fabric of Canadian culture is an interesting one, it is diverse and progressive, and one that people regard as being largely free from racism. For this reason, it is a surprise to Canadians when acts of blatant racism take place anywhere in the country. For example, when a synagogue...
