Feral women: Female characters in Wuthering Heights, The Moonstone, and Hard Times
Essay - 10 pages - Literature
Once upon a time, not so very long ago, women had no place within the pages of fiction. Indeed, men were usually the sole creators of literature; women, on the other hand, were silent (those few women who did choose to write were often forced to use a male pseudonym in order to be taken...
Media portrayal of Midwesterner's
Essay - 7 pages - Journalism
Media influences the way people think and behave. What media says about anyone/thing becomes the norm. It influences simple things such as what people talk about on their lunch breaks to more complex belief systems. Media frames depict people from geographic areas in stereotypical ways; this...
New British second homeowners in the French countryside: The Cathar country's case
Case study - 24 pages - Journalism
The study examined the motivations of the British buying a second home in France and more particularly in the Cathar Country. The research then focused on their economic impacts on the region, and their integration in the local community. Antagonism of the British second homeowners...
A revamping of the Australian economy
Thesis - 7 pages - Economy general
Amidst a national economic crisis, many people seem to overlook the fact that several other countries throughout the world are also having problems with their economy. Among these is Australia, a country most people forget about other than their occasional dinner at the Outback, but...
Carlo Goldoni and the Italian theatre reformation
Thesis - 2 pages - Arts and art history
When Carlo Goldoni began writing for the theatre in the 1740's, his Venetian audiences were still in the throes of commedia dell'arte, which had been popular for over two hundred years. However, Goldoni was ready to bring realism to the stage. He thought that the theatre should be bound up with...
Facundo's barbarism vs Armiento's civilization
Thesis - 2 pages - Medieval history
Sarmiento's Facundo presents a biased historical account of Argentine history and the struggle between barbarism and civilization taking place during the 17th century in Argentina. Sarmiento's political aims of spreading European culture, which he deems to be civilized, and of uniting...
Culler - Tourist is interested in everything as a sign of itself
Case study - 3 pages - Educational studies
Culler (1981, p106) noted The tourist is interested in everything as a sign of itself. He insinuates, in simple terms that the tourist is looking for certain preset characteristics in places they visit that denote the people's culture. For them, these behaviors they have previously seen or...
On the Road - Jack Kerouac, 1957
Book review - 2 pages - Literature
"On the Road", by Jack Kerouac, is a powerful novel about a group of friends who travel throughout the United States and go through various adventures. They represent a group of people who are always on the move, never willing to commit to anything, and live life with passion and recklessness. In...
Strawberry Homophobia
Thesis - 3 pages - Film studies
The 1993 film Fresa y Chocolate, directed by Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, exposes homophobia as a product of the double standard of the revolution and the lack of sexual education in Cuban society. The movie focuses on the relationship between Diego, a flamboyant gay older man that dedicates himself to...
Analysis of Brand Building by Dove
Case study - 7 pages - Business strategy
The choice of the slogan on the Dove campaign, "For every beauty", is an original and relevant one. The advertisement itself is original and appeals to common women. Its goal is to not only convince potential customers, but also to develop some trust between the brand and its target. The...
Dove: evolution of a brand
Thesis - 3 pages - Business strategy
Dove, a major market for hygiene and beauty, is part of the Unilever Group. As early as 1957, Dove was distinguished from its competitors, revolutionizing the brand in the medical world by launching a soap consisting of 25% moisturizer for sensitive skin. It defines it as, being different from...
Analysis of the brand building by Dove
Case study - 5 pages - Business strategy
The choice of the slogan on the Dove campaign, 'For every beauty', is an original and relevant one. The advertisement itself is original and appeals to women. Its goal is not only to convince potential customers but also to develop some trust between the brand and its target. The...
The "Terms" of Racial Inequality in the United States
Thesis - 3 pages - Social sciences
To engage in a serious discussion of race in America, we must begin not with the problems of black people but with the flaws of American societyflaws rooted in historical inequalities and longstanding cultural stereotypes. (West, p. 6) In the America many people pretend...
Book Report: Romantics, Rebels & Reactionaries by Marilyn Butler
Book review - 7 pages - Literature
Offering a precise and coherent definition of artistic movements has always been a tempting prospect for whoever seeks to make sense out of our historical and cultural background. One has to confess, that it is equally tempting to approach the Romantic period in an attempt to set fixed...
Daddy Dearest
Essay - 4 pages - Literature
Your stereotypical, average father trudges in from a long day of work, plunks himself down at the dinner table, inquires about baseball practices and play rehearsals, and retires to bed for the evening news and a moment of peace. This process involves love, commitment, and the ultimate...
Portrayal of Women in Bram Stoker's Dracula
Essay - 3 pages - Literature
Horror stories are known to be misogynistic in their portrayal of women; Bram Stoker's Dracula is no exception. The novel offers a stereotypical, character archetype of the female in various forms: Mina Harker, Lucy Westenra, and the Succubi. The women are used to embody ideas and values of the...
Conrad vs. Achebe: The question of racism in Heart of Darkness
Essay - 2 pages - Literature
Joseph Conrad said, The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary; men alone are quite capable of every wickedness. Only too well does this portray the harsh reality depicted in Heart of Darkness, one that Chinua Achebe defines as profoundly racist. Achebe's points...
Study of nursing management
Essay - 5 pages - Management
Nursing management remains a critical component in today's healthcare. Due to a wide array of factors, the number of nurse managers is diminishing, and the healthcare industry is scrambling to stop this trend from continuing. Research and surveys have shown that the nurses are generally...
An overview of ADHD
Essay - 4 pages - Medical studies
Introduction Over the course of the last 15 years, marked advancements have been made in the social and medical understanding of the development of children. While increased knowledge has lead to the creation of improved services to help children with learning and behavioral disorders it has...
Untouchability and societal changes
Essay - 6 pages - Social sciences
How quickly can a prevailing attitude shift? What forces can bring about drastic changes in the structure of a society, and how quickly can that change be enacted? How long does it take for crippling stereotypes to disappear? These questions are central to those marked as untouchables, and...
The clout of the British aristocracy
Essay - 11 pages - Journalism
The British aristocracy is known worldwide, not only because of its prestigious past, but also for all its special ways of life. Many stereotypes can briefly define them: they have a great economic power, they are important actors in the British political life, and they have very specific...
The effectiveness of guilt appeal in the fashion business
Essay - 9 pages - Business strategy
Guilt and its mechanisms are a relevant way to understand consumers' behaviour towards fashion luxury purchases. Fashion is a huge industry, which proposes products based on subjective and personal affects. Clothes have to fit, to make people feel comfortable and good looking and not just to be...
A possible neural basis for autism: Oxytocin and vasopressin expression
Tutorials/exercises - 6 pages - Medical studies
Autism is a devastating developmental disorder which is one of five disorders that are termed Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD). Autism is commonly associated with qualitative impairment in social interaction and communication as well as repetitive and stereotyped patterns of interest. These...
Images of identity in feminist and immigrant Canadian literature - Interior landscapes of the self in Munro and Ricci
Thesis - 7 pages - Literature
This paper will compare and contrast the authorial approach to coming-of-age narratives, and the formation of identities in two works of Canadian fiction, Alice Munro's Lives of Girls and Women and Nino Ricci's Lives of the Saints. Munro employs a first-person narrative that interweaves the voice...
Brand study of Louis Vuitton
Thesis - 10 pages - Business strategy
Asian market is a very good opportunity since the Chinese market today is the third one in terms of luxury (12% of sales), behind Japan (41% of sales) and the USA (17%). What is more, Indians doubled their buying power between 1999 and 2003. Another point that needs to be explained in the...
Examining the security motivation model of obsessive-compulsive disorder
Thesis - 10 pages - Psychology
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is condition marked by persistent and intrusive thoughts (obsessions) and the repetition of relatively stereotyped behaviors despite the recognition that they are irrational (compulsions) (Szechtman & Woody, 2004). Individuals with OCD experience a high need...
Why the cocks fight: Dominicans, Haitians and the struggle for Hispaniola
Thesis - 2 pages - Social sciences
For hundreds of years, the Dominican Republic and Haiti have endured constant conflict between their countries, often marked by violence and political upheaval. This conflict is deeply rooted in racial stereotypes and racism, made worse by the manipulation of national leaders who desire...
Obesity in North America: Assessing the socioeconomic factors
Thesis - 6 pages - Social sciences
Obesity has become a North American epidemic that is closely associated with the stereotypical overindulgence of western culture. Unfortunately, the prevalence of obesity is on the rise. In fact, currently, more that half of Canadian adults are obese or overweight (more than 5 million...
Changing conceptions of self: Women as social and economic agents
Thesis - 3 pages - Social sciences
History often portrays women as parties marginalized both by society and by patriarchy. Esther Burr and Martha Ballard actively fight this stereotype, but in very different ways. While both were colonial women, they had extremely different priorities. Martha Ballard was extremely...
Evil and ugliness in Frankenstein
Thesis - 3 pages - Literature
Only bad witches are ugly. That is the famous phrase uttered by Glinda, the Good Witch of the North, after Dorothy reveals that she has never seen a beautiful witch before. Stereotypical roles of the beautiful heroine and ugly villain are so common in drama and writing,...