Essays on Debauchery

Broculture and The Hangover

Abstract The concept of broculture and bromance in the movie, The Hangover provides a new understanding into the changing conception of masculinity in the modern man as depicted in popular culture. It is both a celebration of uber-masculinity and the liberation of the individual, in particular, the male from traditional conventions through the experimentation with drugs and alcohol.This paper seeks to examine the treatment of broculture in by Phillips in The Hangover. The first part provides a short synopsis of the movie and explores the choice and treatment of the setting of Las Vegas. The second part looks at ...

Broculture and The Hangover

Abstract The concept of broculture and bromance in the movie, The Hangover provides a new understanding into the changing conception of masculinity in the modern man as depicted in popular culture. It is both a celebration of uber-masculinity and the liberation of the individual, in particular, the male from traditional conventions through the experimentation with drugs and alcohol.This paper seeks to examine the treatment of broculture in by Phillips in The Hangover. The first part provides a short synopsis of the movie and explores the choice and treatment of the setting of Las Vegas. The second part looks at ...

It has been a well-known fact that prostitution has been one of the oldest professions in the history for women. This profession does not only apply to specific women from another culture but rather this covers the lives of the women throughout the world. From the medieval times up to the late 19th century, prostitution became the booming industry reserved for women with no formal education, no family, and worst no dowry to gain a potential husband. Throughout their lives, women who worked as prostitutes had hard lives and often in poverty. Only very few of these women had ...

Literature

Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer Introduction: Geoffrey Chaucer had skillfully adapted the methodology of frame within frame story telling was a process of storytelling that had only begun to evolve during those times. This method involved the putting together of stories of a number of people. In the main story there is the gripping tale of a group of pilgrims who have taken on the perilous journey together to a pilgrimage to Canterbury. Among all the story tellers there are a wide variety among which some are of noble birth and a large number who are mere common folk. The more interesting ...

"The Lives of the Twelve Caesars" (De vita Caesarum) is the main work of Roman historian Suetonius, written during his tenure as secretary of Emperor Hadrian. It is a collection of biographies of Julius Caesar and the first 11 Roman princeps, from Augustus to Domitian. This work is one of the most important works of antiquity. It is written in simple language, and each biography of Emperors is written in a certain pattern. For example, Suetonius description always starts on the origin of of the each ruler, the early years of his life, his social activities, then proceeds to personal qualities ...

"The Lives of the Twelve Caesars" (De vita Caesarum) is the main work of Roman historian Suetonius, written during his tenure as secretary of Emperor Hadrian. It is a collection of biographies of Julius Caesar and the first 11 Roman princeps, from Augustus to Domitian. This work is one of the most important works of antiquity. It is written in simple language, and each biography of Emperors is written in a certain pattern. For example, Suetonius description always starts on the origin of of the each ruler, the early years of his life, his social activities, then proceeds to personal qualities ...

Biblical and professional approaches to Substance abuse counseling

Introduction Drug and substance abuse is the one among the most common social evils in the contemporary societies. The drug and substance abuse menace is both a menace to health and an economic cost that is uncalled for. In a bid to try and fight the menace, society has come up with a wide array of methods. The methods designed to aid the war against drugs can be analyzed and categorized into two categories. The first category is the anti-drugs campaign, which seeks to prevent the growing of the menace among members of society. The second class of methods is the ...

Introduction:

Huysman’s novel is an interesting and almost fateful indictment of Parisian society which focuses on the artificial and artistic collections with several aesthetic conundrums although the end result is surely quite agreeable. Huysman examines the decline of the aristocratic Jean Des Esseintes who is a recluse in his own world of art and decadence with a retrospect of the past in the salons of Paris. In a way this novel is rather reminiscent of Marcel Proust’s ‘Remembrance of Things Past’ which also focuses on nostalgia and intellectual experiences. The main character Jean Des Esseintes is full of remorse and ...

The Picture of Dorian Gray is an iconic novel by Oscar Wilde that tells the story of a highly cultured and refined young man, Dorian Gray, who inadvertently catches the attention of a local painter, Basil Howard. Basil approaches the young Dorian as a front man for a new kind of art he considers as an elemental turning point of his career. He essentially uses his mastery of art to showcase his feelings towards the young Dorian: feelings that he later deems a likely point of weakness on his part that should be checked. He then introduces Dorian to a close friend by the name ...