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James Cellan Jones's View of Female Potential in The Portrait of a Lady (1968) and The Golden Bowl (1972)

James Cellan Jones's View of Female Potential in The Portrait of a Lady(1968) and The Golden Bowl (1972) by Laurence Raw Baskent University, Ankara, Turkey The late 1960s and 70s witnessed an extraordinary flowering of James adaptations, especially on BBC television. The Portrait of a ...

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Role Women Played In Society

Tacitus, in his seminal, anthropological work, "Germania" provided a comprehensive, ethnographic treatise on the people of pre-medieval Germany. This work, created a little less than two millennia ago, explores the geography, ethnicity, occupations, culture, lifestyle and the role of women in ...

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Gender Roles in The Royal Arts of Africa

Gender Roles in African Royal Art Gender roles are defined by a community in terms of social constructs based on shared meaning. There are a number of ways in which to view gender relationships, among them are language (verbal and non-verbal), political access, employment differences and art, ...

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Asian Immigrants in Hawaii

America is said to be a nation of immigrants, and although Hawaii is not part of the upper 48 states, it hold true to this tradition. Hawaii has a very significant Asian immigrant population that has greatly influenced the culture of the islands. "The first Japanese to set foot in North America ...

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The History Of Street Graffiti

This seven page paper examines the art of graffiti. The author focuses on the history and meaning of street graffiti using the work of one well known graffiti artist to draw from for examples. The work of world renowned graffiti artist Cool Disco Dan will be examined and explored. There were four ...

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America's Perception Of Italian Mafia

America’s Perception of Italian Mafia There have been numerous debates about the existence of Italian Mafia in America. This research endeavored to examine the actual reality of this claims. The whole idea demanded an extensive research. The major point of concern is that these Italian ...

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What Are Some Of The Factors That Influence The Meaning Of An Utterance

What are some of the factors that influence the meaning of an utterance, apart from the words themselves? Give examples of such factors and explain how their interaction can result in one meaning or another. There are a number of factors which influence the meaning of an utterance other than ...

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The Correlation Between Chines

The numerous cultures of Mainland China are both intricate with their systems of deities and traditions, and yet humble with their ways of life and survival. China is located in the midst of high lands, plateaus, canyons and numerous river systems. In coinciding with the difficult landscapes in ...

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Immigration And Its Effect On The Economy Of The U.S

The 1990s have brought the largest influx of immigrants into labor force of the United States of any decade in this nation's history. A panel of social science scholars concluded their assessment of U.S. society with the observation that "America's biggest import is people" and determined that ...

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Filial Piety In China

E-mail: liew_hwee_min@hotmail.com Introduction Xiao, the Chinese word for filial piety is the defining feature in Chinese culture as filial piety was extolled as the highest virtue in China for centuries. I subscribe to the school of thought that filial piety is the root of Chinese ethics and ...

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"Schlesinger's Canon Vs. My High School's Canon"

In school, whether it be at the high school or college levels, there are usually lists of books thought as being essential reading. Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.--a Pulitzer Prize winning historian--calls this list in his book The Disuniting of America, a "canon" or "canonical literature." A ...

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Walden Two

There are many interesting, well developed, entertaining, colorful, exciting, and provocative characters in Mario Vargas LlosaÕs novel Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter. Pedro Camacho is quite a character, as well as Aunt Julia herself. I was even greatly intrigued by such small ...

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Margaret Mead

was born on Monday, December 16, 1901, at the West Park Hospital in Philadelphia, P.A. Margaret was the first baby to be born in this hospital, and because of this, she felt different from the rest of the children, because they had all been born at home. Margaret’s parents were from the ...

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Origins Of Louis Leakey

Few people have had more impact on the study of human origins than Louis Leakey. "Leakey made fossil discoveries in East Africa that proved man was far older than had previously been believed." He was born on August 7, 1903 just outside of Nairobi, Kenya. His parents, Harold and Mary Leakey ...

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A Critical Look At The Foster Care System

OVERVIEW Children entering the shadowy world of foster care are often assigned labels arbitrarily and on a bed-available basis. They may end up spending some time in conventional foster homes, only to find themselves shuffled through group homes, residential treatment facilities, mental hospitals ...

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Fraternities: Hazed & Confused

A fraternity, as defined by the The American Heritage Dictionary is "a chiefly social organization of male college students, usually designated by Greek letters."(pg. 523) This definition, however, is very limited and leaves plenty of space for short sighted people to believe the stereotype ...

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A Case Of Needing: Serious Revisions

Michael Crichton has penned some of the most engaging, timely, and thoroughly accessible tales to be published in the last twenty-five years. What his novels lack in literary merit and distinctive style they make up for in crisp plotting and edge-of-your-seat suspense. From alien viruses ...

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A Case Of Needing: Serious Revisions

Michael Crichton has penned some of the most engaging, timely, and thoroughly accessible tales to be published in the last twenty-five years. What his novels lack in literary merit and distinctive style they make up for in crisp plotting and edge-of-your-seat suspense. From alien viruses to ...

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The Works Of Clive Staples Lewis

Many people for different reasons know Clive Staples Lewis, from Christianity to his Chronicles of Narnia. Not only was Lewis a writer, but he was also a professor in England and a World War I veteran. Today he is known as C. S. Lewis because many of his works were always published under this ...

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A Little Bit About Einstein

Albert Einstein is known as one of the greatest scientists of all time. He has propose many great theories like the Special Theory of Relativity, the Theory of General Relativity, and E=mc2. (Einstein is famous for these theories along with his help in developing the laser.) He also influences ...

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