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    Survey of American Literature II In comparing the works of Robert Frost and Edwin Arlington Robinson the reader cannot overlook the contrast in character development and the ideas exhibited by the authors with respect to the plight of the character. How the characters fail or succeed in dealing with situations‚ unpleasant circumstances or the issues of life is the foundation that separates them as authors. In Robinson’s poetry the protagonist is described by the narrator as having reached a level

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    personality theorists‚ and have resulted in truly different personality theories‚ not merely differences in terminology. The six dimensions we use as a framework for viewing each theorist’s concept of humanity are determinism versus free choice‚ pessimism versus optimism‚ causality versus teleology‚ conscious versus unconscious determinants of behavior‚ biological versus social influences‚ and uniqueness versus similarities (Feist‚ 2009 p.11-12). From these different concepts

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    Hardships deserve admiration and pity In the satire novel‚ Candide‚ Voltaire discusses the exploitation of women in the 18th century. Cunegonde‚ Paquette and the old women suffer through many adversities such as rape and being physically and mentally abused. One could argue that these women should be pitied upon or admired‚ when in actuality‚ they should be both pitied and admired. Cunegonde‚ who is often referred to as “ the fair Cunegonde” was constantly suffering every day but somehow found

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    Perspectives of TS Eliot’s Poems 1) Feminist (Prufrock) Wealthy‚ cultural‚ fashionable‚ appearance conscious Compartmentalises - women ’bare arms’ ’bracelet’ Dismembered‚ stereotypical views about wealthy people Reduced to small talk Superficial - "Michelangelo" Doesn’t enjoy it too much‚ feels threatened Women are seen as a threat and a risk 2) Psychoanalytical Psychoanalysis attempts to describe human nature‚ human structure and the psyche (mind behaviour). It analyses human drives. Psychoanalysis

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    and emotional potential to belong and by society as a whole. However‚ these perceptions can be altered by physical and/or emotional barriers placed upon the individual. Through a comprehensive study of the poetic works of Emily Dickinson‚ the novel Candide by Voltaire and Gattaca‚ a film directed by Andrew Niccol‚ I have come to learn that an individual can belong or not belong as a result of various different factors. Such as belong through interests and the forging of relationships through

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    an untenable position precisely because it fails to provide ‘‘a ground for action‚’’ and advocated finding a delicate balance between realism and utopia‚ as meaningful political action must include both. While realism certainly entails a degree of pessimism‚ it is far fetched to claim that realist scholars are radically sceptical about the future of international relations. The article investigates Hans Morgenthau and Raymond Aron‚ two leading classical realist scholars‚ and argues that neither advocated

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    Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare. Posted on October 22‚ 2012 at 7:00 PM Do you get a great ideas and then plan and plan‚ and plan some more? After all‚ you want to get the details just right before you execute the ideas. Or are you more like the converse and jump headlong into something without having a clear understanding of it? The details will work themselves out as you go‚ right? If you operate at either end of the spectrum‚ you could be hampering

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    example‚ Halberstam mentions at the beginning of the reading that we have winners and losers in this world. The‚ “...losers leave no records‚ while winners cannot stop talking about it‚ and so the record of failure is ‘a hidden history of pessimism in a culture of optimism’”. This seems as if there is only failure and success. As in‚ you either succeed‚ live a good life‚ and history remembers your success‚ or you fail and become excluded from history. Furthermore‚ history is often omitted or alternated

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    Pangloss and Martin: Fate and Reality As far as my simple self could deduce from Voltaire’s Candide‚ Pangloss and Martin are as different as they are wise when it comes to the brightness or‚ in Martin’s case‚ the darkness with which they view the world. Pangloss is evidently a man of knowing and has put much thought into his philosophy that “everything is for the best in the physical as well as the moral universe and nothing could be otherwise…”Quite the optimist‚ he went about life accepting

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    sound body is full of optimism. He goes ahead. He presses on and on. Nothing can daunt him. Nothing can handicap him and nothing can frustrate him. He is enthusiastic and energetic. He radiates health‚ hope and happiness wherever he goes. He is loved and liked by one and all. He makes friends wherever he goes. He moves mountains. He gets over all difficulties and hurdles. His strong mind fears none. The mind of a man with shattered body and health is always full of pessimism and sorrow. He has no

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