Essays on Mansion

Thesis reading 1: the characters depict the loneliness they feel after they have lost love and all meaning of love, each action they do in their daily life tries to fill that hole which only leads to more misery. Thesis reading 2: the use of two different setting in the film is a depiction that emotion is the same to all people even those of different status, the outcomes of the feelings are the same.

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Reading 1: what is the director of the film trying to depict and what is the purpose of each character when it comes to ...

Inspired by real-life events of the Lima Crisis, the novel Bel Canto creates an eloquent – and probably rather unexpected – image of the terrorist-hostage situation: Ann Pratchett drives the plot away from political and economic intricacies and moves it into the realm of real human relationships and life experiences. Pratchett places people of different occupations, languages, dispositions and tempers into one presidential mansion where – captured by the terrorists for four months – they find new ways of looking at the world and can finally take a fresher look at their lives, passions and desires. It is pure humanity in the multiplicity ...

What is a 'Ponzi Scheme', how it Works and How does it Collapse?

A Ponzi scheme represents a fraudulent investment trick where the promoter pays return on investment to previous investors from the money invested by new investors instead of the money earned through profit or gain. Customers are promised to receive higher investment returns, compared to market averages, with no risk at all since they will be paid from the money provided by new clients. This investment scam requires an ample flow of clientele for powering the whole fraudulent system. A Ponzi scheme comes into existence when the promoter is able to cllect initial investment funds from a person. This scheme ...

The history of the Abe family is one of the most dramatic and impressive stories Mori Ogai have described in his works. It tells how the action of one man can shame all the family. Those times when Hosokawa Tadatoshi ruled, the devoted samurais used to ask their lords to make a suicide after their death, as they wanted to serve no other lord. But only some of them were lucky to get such a credit. Their families were awarded with high stipends, privileges and honor. Suicide without authorization was a disgrace. The lord Tadatoshi had eighteen retainers, all ...

History of Sleepy Hollow Sleepy Hollow, Hudson River village defies the passage of time and has managed to preserve both its history and natural beauty. The village is known for its fabulous legends and great history and has a wide range of outdoor adventures and activities for the locals and tourists.The Village of Sleepy Hollow belonged to the larger province of the Native American tribe, Weckquaesgeck Indians, who are described as a Mohican Tribe or a Delaware Tribe1. The Sleepy Hollow countryside is made famous by the author Washington Irving. The village is located in the lower Hudson River ...

Andrew Jackson is often only synonymous with being a former president of the United States. He is rarely synonymous with the home he built over many years with his wife, Rachel Jackson. However, The Hermitage is a rich and developed piece of U.S. history that deserves to be shared and preserved. As a site that was built from the ground up, and remodeled several times over, it something to behold. Andrew Jackson became president in The Hermitage, as well as one of Tennessee’s most successful slave owners. He left a home that would become a family legacy, and ...

The Yellow Wall Paper is a short story written by an American writer Charlotte Perkins Gilman It was first published in January 1892 in the New England Magazine and considered as an important example of the early feminist literature. In order to analyze the work of the psychoanalytic school of criticism viewpoint we should refer to the author's life and personality, that is important for psychoanalytic research. She was born on the 3 July 1860, in Hartford, Connecticut. Her childhood was not easy because her father gave up the family and Charlotte's mother had to grow up her two ...

Introduction

The American film history is rich with the names of the directors who contributed to the world cinematography by the innovativeness and development of the industry. Depending on the era and the technological possibilities accordingly, the genius directors made the cinema the more and more powerful tool of influence on the society. Becoming more complex and profound, cinema in hand of the creator is a true work of art. The genius of his epoch, Orson Welles contributed not only to the cinema, but also theatre, radio, and even the social life of his country. Not only did Orson Welles ...

William Faulkner’s story, A Rose for Emily, is surely one of the most stirring works of literature. The short story leaves a very lasting impression among the readers of the piece with the sheer affective appeal of the portrayal, the quintessence of the literary elements and the content of the literary work. A very close introspection of this literary text can make one understand the intricacies and subtleties of the portraiture by Faulkner who treads on an avenue of creative expression so as to express an uncommon side of human emotion and psyche through the character of the ...

For the cultural immersion project I have chosen to learn more about the Eastern Europe, as I believe that I lack relevant and unbiased knowledge about Slavic culture, their values, attitudes and traditions. Therefore, I asked my friend from Ukraine to let me spend a day with her family, who has recently emigrated from Eastern Europe. I really did not know much about Ukrainians, so I thought that such an experience will be particularly beneficial for my personal growth. My friend and her family were happy to help and organized everything to make the experience interesting and useful. I ...

There can be no denial of the fact that the novel, Great Expectations, is one of the finest works of literature. The novel has intrigued the literary critics as well as the avid readers alike, and it is deemed among the most famous literary works in the history of literature. The stalwart author, Charles Dickens goes on to exude his literary quintessence and aesthetic appeal in this novel that has left a lasting mark in the minds of one and all owing to its content and portrayal. Indeed, this novel in context is one of the most apt literary ...

"My mother came to Hazard when I was just seven

Even then the folks in town said with prejudiced eyes That boy's not right Three years ago when I came to know Mary First time that someone looked beyond the rumors and the lies And saw the man inside We used to walk down by the river She loved to watch the sun go down We used to walk along the river And dream our way out of this town No one understood what I felt for Mary No one cared until the night she went out walking alone And never came home Man with a badge came knocking ...

Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald is one of the greatest American writers, who entered the history of world literature thanks to his wonderful novels about American life in the 1920s. Fitzgerald brought to literature, not only his talent, but also gave many people a part of himself through his art. He teaches the readers the mistakes of his life, mistakes of his generation, and they carefully heed this lesson. With his works, we can evaluate an entire generation, and through his talent of storytelling we live together with the characters of each story or novel. The main theme of his ...

Bildungsroman Novel are ones that represent the evolution of a personality and character in a gradual pace and process that explore every phase of that development. Often, the depiction of the progression is such that it leads to great insight about human nature and condition. Sometimes, as in the following texts, they also lead to such aspects of a personality that leaves a permanent imprint on the readers; as the readers often find that the exploredareas are often features of their very own nature that they often remain deliberate aloof about. Then again, very strange personality traits also are observed often that are ...

The Hartford/ ‘Scarborough 11’ zoning fight presents an interesting case leading to debates and disputes on what constitutes a family. While the living arrangement shared by eight adults and three children in a brick mansion with 9 bedrooms located on 68 Scarborough St does not conform to the traditional definition of family for the purpose of residential living, the principles of Catholic Social Teaching identify a better and more humanitarian approach to communal living. When observed strictly under the lens of the principles identified under Catholic Social Teaching, it is noticed that S-11 represents a better and healthier approach to living than the ...

Shot in 1946, the spy thriller “Notorious” by Alfred Hitchcock is a beautiful love story in the frames of real historic events. The movie is the first mature work of the director where his style and specific features form in the manner of shooting and conveying the message to the audience. “Notorious” was nominated for Best Supporting Actor and Best Original screenplay at the 19th Academy Awards in 1947. The beginning of the movie coincides with the immediate introduction to the main characters, Alicia Huberman and T.R. Devlin. When the audience hears the judgment of the court and the ...

The character of the Messiah King, Joshua or J is introduced in Keret’s wistful novella towards the end of the story. That however, does not undermine the social significance that the Messiah King has in the story and the larger social context. Like most of the characters in the Novella, the Messiah King keeps on searching for something more extravagant and meaningful than what the world of the living on earth and world of the dead suicides offer. This paper seeks to analyze the character of the Messiah King as portrayed in the novella. It seeks to further ...

The superhero comic book genre, as it has existed for the past few decades, is rife with a variety of stories, many of which involve virtuous heroes who stand for Truth, Justice and the American Way while saving innocent children from a burning building while non-lethally taking down some robbers. However, as comic book audiences have matured, comic books themselves have matured with them, leading to characters that are far more unscrupulous and ambiguous in their morality. Central to this line of morally-grey antiheroes is Marvel Comics’ the Punisher (aka Frank Castle), a man with no superpowers – just an arsenal of ...

The most notable development in literary studies has been the evolution and proliferation of several critical vantage points/positions vis-à-vis which literary texts are analysed, evaluated and interpreted. Stylistic analysis is one such novel and fascinating approach to unravel the complexities of a text. Such an analysis uses an integrative model, by subjecting the ‘words on the page’ (language) to a close scrutiny in order to explore the text (literature) and decipher hidden values/meanings for a richer and enhanced understanding. The aim of this paper is to dissect Faulkner’s “A Rose for Emily” and view it under the stylistics microscope for a ...

Out of all the professions that individuals pursue, the medical profession is one of the most mind intensive. Professionals in this field usually have to undergo intensive session of training for a long time. This is because human health is a very sensitive issue that requires those charged with the responsibility of maintaining it to be competent and efficient. Because of the sensitivity of human health, the professional in this field are viewed as very powerful. In some situations, the health and wellbeing of a person is placed in the hands of a medical professional, and if the medical professional does not do ...

Plot Summary

The Great Gatsby is a book that focuses and tries to give the events of a fictional town and characters. The plot is focused on Nick a former graduate scholar and a war veteran who is the narrator of the story that the novel aims at putting across. Nick takes up employment as a salesperson in the City of New York, where he settles and takes up residence in long island near the exclusive mansion of the rich mysterious jay Gatsby. Jay Gatsby is known in the town due to the exclusive and huge parties that he holds in his residence. During Nick’s ...

Jay Gatsby is the protagonist of the novel The Great Gatsby. He is a very wealthy man living in a Gothic mansion in West Egg. As narrated by Nick Carraway, Gatsby is famous for the lavish parties he throws on Saturdays but no one really knew where he came from, what he did or how he got his wealth. As the novel progresses, we soon learn that he was born James Gatz in North Dakota. He acquired his wealth through the sheer determination and also through criminal activity, as he vowed to do anything to win Daisy. Tony Buchanan, on the ...

Analysis of the Jaguar F Series Coupe Launch Campaign

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Introduction

The report examines the television advertisement used for the launch of the F Type Sports Coupe by Jaguar during the American Super Bowl in February 2014. The ad has subsequently been used for launch activities of the car across all English speaking markets.

The ad can be seen at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Bls1KKDwmo (Jaguar, 2014a)

The theme chosen has been British villains and the tagline “It’s Good To Be Bad”

The ad is directed by renowned Australian-British film and television Director Tom Hooper (IMDb, 2014), who directed The King’s Speech (2012) and Les Miserables (2010). The theme stems from the simple fact that all the good Hollywood villains are British. Using a series of shots ...

Written by Fitzgerald, F. Scott, the first publishing of “The Great Gatsby” took place in 1925. Thus, finding a basis in the original publish of the novel, it is safe to argue that the narration attempts to capture the changes in the United States as of 1925. During the 1900s, the United States was witness to transformations in the political, monetary and public ideologies of its people. Fitzgerald’s work presents characters from different backgrounds and different scenarios that question the peoples’ characteristics, values, and principles. Consequently, while communicating his views of America, readers observe an analysis of morality in ...

Taj mahal, a monument defying words has been attracting a lot many visitors since the time immemorial. The shining white monument has been a centre of attraction gathering lot of praises for its spell binding gorgeousness from all around the world. The number of visitors to Taj Mahal has consistently been increasing with the data revealing about 2 to 4 million people visiting Taj Mahal each year. Taj Mahal grabbing a huge appreciation from each corner is now the one of the most loved monuments of the world. So far it’s too good! The facts portray a totally idealistic picture of Taj Mahal ...

English

In dissecting Edgar Allen Poe’s short story, The Tell-Tale Heart, there are a few pointers that are give-aways. Gothic expressions are delivered in a bundle of narrations, which is sadistically evil and obvious. The narrator seems to justify his position by saying that he was sane. What was the need for this? In trying to do so, he was only contradicting himself. This perhaps, was the way; court cases took shape during the nineteenth century. At this point, it would be appropriate to study the social life of the people of America during the period between 1838 and 1844. ...

The titular novel “The Great Gatsby”, is considered one of the greatest pieces of writing of the 20th century and hailed as a classic by readers everywhere. In this novel, one can find, not only an intriguing story, but a tangled web of psychological complexities between its characters. It is a tale of desire and deception, of how reality comes crashing down on us when we appreciate it the least. It is a tragic tale, and a cautionary one at that, but with so many themes at play, like all great classics, there is always something to be discovered with each reading of the ...

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There are so many different settings and places throughout this novel that it is almost impossible to pinpoint just one. However, it is my opinion that the most important scene which portrays the theme of manipulation is the meeting of Valentine and Ender at Lake Brandt on earth. Manipulation is a very important theme within the text, Ender’s Game, since examples of manipulation are portrayed in at least two to three scenes of every chapter. Ender has just been transferred out of Battle School in record time, and is about to be ...

Gilbert, Sandra M. “Plain Jane’s Progress.”

Introduction:

Jane Eyre is probably one of the most famous women novels of all time with its wonderful story of trials, tribulations and finally eternal happiness found in redemption. Charlotte Bronte’ creates a character which has been immortalized in several films and other articles although there have been critiques of the story’s structure especially in authors such as Sandra Gilbert.

Gilbert argues that even the beginning of Jane Eyre is unlike other Victorian novels which normally begin with elaborate paragraphs. She simply begins with Jane’s musings on the possibility of taking a walk. ...

Old, empty mansions evoke feelings of loneliness, isolation and even fear. What used to be happy homes for a large number of people have become empty nests. They fearsome or “haunted” as they are dream homes at the same time. They are thus frequent settings for gothic tales and horror movies. Such old houses were the settings of two short stories: A Rose for Emily by William Faulkner and The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. The two short stories are about two women who degenerated into complete breakdown while living isolated in huge, dream mansions. In A ...

Literature

The events of the novel took place at summer time in 1922 when Nick Carraway went to New York where he worked as a bond salesman. This was the time when he came back from the war and graduating from Yale. This was the time when he met Jay Gatsby in West Egg. It was then when he witnessed the rise and fall of Gatsby, as he made a reflection of his life by saying: “So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past” (Fitzgerald 65). Nick met Gatsby during one of the parties he attended ...

Elvis Presley was one of the greatest musicians in rock 'n roll history - he revolutionized the way in which people enjoyed pop music, and became an all-American icon with untold wealth throughout the 60s and 70s. He was one of the catalysts that brought rock 'n' roll, primarily thought to be a black musical style, to wider acceptance by whites, and pushed boundaries of raciness and eroticism in American live musical performance. Elvis Presley was the ultimate Memphis Rockabilly artist as he combined white sensibilities and good looks with urban jazz and blues music styles. Because of this ability ...

Literature

The American literature in the 19th century produced colorful plays, novels, fiction, poetry, essays and native literary pieces. The boundaries of the 19th century American literature were restrictive and presented three challenges to explain the narrow understanding due to the prolonged 19th century, the expansion of literature among genre and the asymmetry of the U.S. and America (Castronovo 1). In the case of famous writers Edgar Allan Poe and Nathaniel Hawthorne, a comparison of their works has given their audience the opportunity to play with their imagination by feeling a mix of emotions that may bring them to an eerie, sublime, ...

HIST 415

Elvis Presley was one of the greatest musicians in rock 'n roll history. H - he revolutionized the way in which people enjoyed pop music, and became an all-American icon with untold wealth throughout the 60s and 70s. He was one of the catalysts whothat brought rock 'n' roll, primarily thought to be a black musical style, to wider acceptance by whites, and pushed boundaries of raciness and eroticism in American live musical performance. For such a living legend, one would expect his house to be incredible and lavish. - Graceland fits all of these definitions and more. Graceland, because of ...

Early American art often depicts how colonists understood and reacted to the issue of race and cultural differences. Not only are these subjects frequently depicted, one can see the evolution of racism over the course of time. In Thompkins Harrison Matteson’s “The Last Race”, the author depicts a scene with a group of Native Americans as they look out across what is presumed to be their homeland. The group appears to be a family with a male, female, and child. The Native Americans valued social collectiveness and held a deep respect for the land they inhabited. The white settlers often intruded upon ...

Introduction

Literary critical theory is a complicated process - there are many different ways from which one can look at a story. The question remains, however, whether or not these readings are valid. Is the process of literary criticism a means of mental gymnastics, where theorists can force a reading into a text like a child pushing a square peg in a round hole? Looking at the various theorists who make up the most prominently observed members of the literary critical canon, it becomes clear that the act of reading itself is an interactive one, with the reader bringing just as much into the experience of reading as ...

Esteemed literary critic Vladimir Propp, in his essay "Fairy Tale Transformations," breaks down the essence of the fairy tale into a series of elements and functions, all linked inexorably to religious practices found in past traditions. According to Propp, fairy tales are an amalgam of the functions and roles of religion and culture in various societies; the tropes of fairy tales are reflections of these customs. These functions all exist in some form or another in the vast majority of fairy tales, allowing Propp to organize and codify the structures and natures of fairy tales. "We observe that the actors ...

Richard Connell’s “The Most Dangerous Game” is about a hunter seeking his prey. However, it is the great hunter who ultimately becomes the hunted. For Sanger Rainsford, the protagonist of the story, hunting is “the best sport in the world” (Connell 58). While traveling with his hunting partner Whitney on a boat to Rio de Janeiro, Rainsford gets separated after falling into the water and swimming ashore on Ship-Trap Island that has a mansion on it. Rainsford then encounters General Zaroff, the owner of the island and an avid hunter like him. However, unlike Rainsford, Rainsford hunts for humans. Raiford is ...

A Review

Dumbarton Drive, Bob Rager’s third novel, is a compelling intriguing and engaging story which begins when the unnamed narrator – homeless, jobless and with no money – wanders by accident into the overgrown garden of a mysterious house in one of the wealthier parts of Washington, DC. He is confronted by an eccentric and irascible old man, accompanied by his diminutive but loyal servant, and is nearly shot for his intrusion into the secretive and intriguing grounds of a mansion which seems stuck in the past. Slowly and with consummate skill, Rager reveals more and more about the old man and his ...

I have chosen to compare the websites of Hotel Yountville in Yountville, California and the Wentworth Mansion in Charleston, South Carolina. The website of Hotel Yountville is ranked at 4th place in an online search and very easy to locate on internet. I like this website as it displays a slide show of the interior pictures of the hotel that gives a good impression about the hotel to the user. The user can easily access information from the toolbar that contains the principal categories like Sleep, Dining, Activities, and Events to name a few. The drop-down list opens on a click of the ...

The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman is a short story which deals with the depression of a married woman and how her husband ignores her silent cries for help. Along with her depression, the theme of struggle to cope with the circumstances and to help oneself is also apparent. At many instances a reader can detect the autobiographical note in the story. Gilman herself suffered from post partum depression and at that time no one could really help her or understand her. This dilemma was also quite apparent in the protagonists’ life. The main aim of this research is to compare ...

Analysis of the House in E. A. Poe’s “The Fall of the House of Usher”

Edgar Allan Poe’s renowned short story, entitled “The Fall of the House of Usher,” is a story with typical characteristics of the Gothic genre, depicting an ancient, crumbling mansion, whose inhabitants haunt its hallways and rooms, and where the protagonist enters the scene, in an effort to save the damsel in distress, Madeline, from an early entombment done by her ill brother. However, in an effort to buttress this idea of claustrophobia and an unspoken, unmentionable terror, Poe depicts the Usher house as an indivisible part of the inhabitants themselves. The house is not only their dwelling place, it ...

Close Reading

The passage is a complete description of a deserted, dark and gloomy house. A vague image is visualized where we find the narrator in an intense situation. Thrilling language is used by a single narrator to portray a fearful and excellent description of the house. The first sight of the house evoked ‘utter depression’. The storyteller describes his incident with the words, ‘with the first glimpse of the building, a sense of insufferable gloom pervaded my spirit’. He after observing the house and the surroundings feels unbearable murkiness floating above the huge house and immediately discerns that something is erroneous. The looks of the ...

Elvis Presley was one of the greatest musicians in rock 'n roll history - he revolutionized the way in which people enjoyed pop music, and became an all-American icon with untold wealth throughout the 60s and 70s. He was one of the catalysts that brought rock 'n' roll, primarily thought to be a black musical style, to wider acceptance by whites, and pushed boundaries of raciness and eroticism in American live musical performance. For such a living legend, one would expect his house to be incredible and lavish - Graceland fits all of these definitions and more. Starting out at the ...