a reminder of her inability to understand herself‚ and presents the difference between her inner self and the person she exhibits to the outer world. Similarly‚ Emile Zola uses light in Thérèse Raquin to reveal Laurent and Therese’s true nature‚ which is usually concealed in the dark. In the introductory paragraphs of both texts‚ Zola and Plath use light imagery to establish the context in which these novels take place. Early on in The
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obsolete; it was precisely because of these that the big department store‚ an emblem of capitalism‚ was able to emerge‚ dominate‚ and swallow up smaller competition. As a contemporary issue for its time‚ it is no surprise that The Ladies’ Paradise‚ by Émile Zola‚ concentrates on the struggle of the smaller shops and the immense success and dominance of the big‚ new department
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Capt. Alfred Dreyfus was a fairly restrained young man‚ graduating from one of France’s most notable military academies‚ The Ecole Polytechnique. He was devoted to serving his country‚ and more importantly‚ to his wife and child. On what began as a characterless day in 1894‚ artillery officer Dreyfus was arrested under the pretenses that he was selling military secrets to a German attaché in Paris. The accusations were false‚ and there was no incriminating evidence against him‚ only that he was
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Part I: Find a common theme connecting the three terms and write a half page response detailing the theme and how the terms are connected. Include the vocabulary words and any other information necessary to complete a concise‚ but thorough‚ explanation of the theme. 1. The Prince --- Henry VII of England --- Cesare Borgia 2. Renaissance --- Secularism --- Materialism 3. Desiderius Erasmus --- Thomas More --- Jan van Eyck 4. Ulrich Zwingli --- John Knox --- The Institutes of Christian Religion 5
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Frank Norris is noted as one of the first novelists to influence Naturalism in American literature. After discovering the idea from a French novelist‚ Norris began to incorporate it into his writing. He used Naturalism to express how the environment influences a person’s attitudes and behaviors. Norris effectively executed this and conveyed the ideas of scientific determinism to his audience during the Progressive Era. Many of his works have become widely recognized due to their impact on America
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Maupassant was a civil servant‚ first at the ministry of maritime affairs‚ then at the ministry of education. As a poet Maupassant made his debut with Des Vers (1880). In the same year he published in the anthology Soirées de Medan (1880)‚ edited by E. Zola‚ his masterpiece‚ "Boule De Suif" ("Ball of Fat"‚ 1880). During the 1880s Maupassant created some 300 short stories‚ six novels‚ three travel books‚ and one volume of verse. In tone‚ his tales were marked by objectivity‚ highly controlled style‚ and
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Research Topics in Corporate Finance Bocconi University PhD in Economics and Finance ∗ May 29‚ 2012 Professors: Nicolas Serrano-Vallerde (until 09/12: nicolas.serrano-velarde@sbs.ox.ac.uk) Linus Siming (linus.siming@unibocconi.it) Office hours: By appointment (Email) Summary and aims: This Ph.D. course is designed to introduce doctoral candidates to ongoing research topics in corporate finance. This course surveys leading academic research in selected areas of corporate finance‚ focusing
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Käthe Kollwitz was born on 8th July 1867 in Kaliningrad‚ Russia. Her father‚ Karl Schmidt‚ studied law‚ but because of his political and social views he never worked as a lawyer. He was a stone mason and house builder. Her mother‚ Katharina‚ was the daughter of Julius Rupp‚ the leader of the Free Congregation. By religion and socialism lessons her grandfather strongly influenced her education. Her parents were encouraging their children in political and social life. When she was twelve years old
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Naturalism is a type of litertaure that uses scientific assumptions of equality and disengaement to its study of human beings. Naturalism suggests a logcal position for naturalistic writers. Emile Zola‚ her self is a naturalistic writer‚ who wrote the phrase‚ “human beasts‚” which was written to represent how characters can be studied through ther relationships to their surroundings. In the short story‚ “Maggie”‚ there are many outstanding characteristics of naturlism incluing‚ identifying human
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Academic Institutionalization of the "fine arts” and the nature of academic instruction * The academy set the standard for what was art. * Very specific criteria * Only allowed to do History Painting: an event out of history‚ the bible‚ or mythology * Other than history – portrait‚ still lives‚ genre painting * Subject matter: history/mythology/politics * Studying in Rome was the high point of artistic development * Mengs‚ Parnassus‚ 1761 *
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