Was the basis of the Cold War ideological‚ economic‚ or geopolitical? The basis of the Cold War was geopolitical. Although ideology made some degree of conflict between the communist world and the capitalist world‚ the struggle was largely fought over issues such as global power and influence. The US concluded that the USSR wanted to destroy democratic and capitalism. The Soviet Union feared that the US wanted to use its money and power to dominate Europe and eventually destroy the USSR. The distrust
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ART CRITICISM PAPER "The Grafin von Schonfeld with her Daughter" by Elizabeth Louise Vigee-LeBrun In the University Of Arizona Museum Of Art‚ the Pfeiffer Gallery is displaying many art pieces of oil on canvas paintings. These paintings are mostly portraits of people‚ both famous and not. They are painted by a variety of artists of European decent and American decent between the mid 1700’s and the early 1900’s. The painting by Elizabeth Louise Vigee-Lebrun caught my eye and drew me in to look
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The Intentional Fallacy of W.K. Wimsatt and Monroe C. Beardsley Annotation Intentions are the primary focus of the Intentional Fallacy‚ delving into the reliability of critiques and how much the critic can disseminate the intention of the works of poets. Innately flawed‚ the intentions of works are stained with history and experience of both the poet and the public‚ where neither can be ignored or excused. Explanations and indications of meaning are sometimes offered‚ however‚ this leaves footnotes
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of a famous regional work in Malayalam‚ Khasakkinte Ithihasam authored by the eminent writer O V Vijayan‚ and thus assert its artistic value. Divided into four chapters‚ the dissertation blends the kin theories of Psychoanalytic and Mythological criticism and applies it to the novel. The Introduction sets the ground for the analysis by exploring the scope of the novel in the comparative study of literature. It also asserts the author’s place in the regional and Indian English canons of literature
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successful foremothers corresponds well with Chodorow’s “Pre-Oedipal Gender Configurations”. Hence‚ the book’s way of secretly gendering the language is firmly grounded. Keywords: Women; Language; Tactic; Pre-Oedipal stage; Criticism One of the most interesting topics in feminist criticism is the complicated relationship between women and language. Entailed with the social contract‚ the symbolic system of language resumes and reveals the uneven distribution of power caused by gender difference. To obtain
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The Dream of the Rood c. Eighth Century Old English poem. The Dream of the Rood has been heralded by scholars as the finest expression of the Crucifixion theme in Old English poetry. Though it focuses on a motif common in Old English poetry‚ The Dream of the Rood is unique in describing it from the viewpoint of the Cross and within the context of a dream vision. The poem thus becomes a philosophical one‚ and‚ as John V. Fleming has asserted‚ "the vehicle of an ascetical-theological doctrine which
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Before the middle ages‚ the spread of Christianity to Europe was complicated and it was accompanied with a number of persecution acts by the Roman Empire. There is a question that whether the Roman Empire persecuted Christians for ideological reasons or not. It is apparent that in that period of time‚ Christianity has been approached as a threat by Roman religion which has performed a major role in the development of the Roman Empire (Wasson‚ 2013). So‚ the persecutions of Christians were accompanied
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Darren Ben-Ari Mrs. Rowe English III March 24‚ 1998 Death of a salesman Death of a salesman The Death of a Salesman‚ by Arthur Miller is a controversial play of a typical American family and their desire to live the American dream "Rather than a tragedy or failure as the play is often described. Death of a Salesman dramatizes a failure of [that] dream" (Cohn 51). The story is told through the delusional eyes and mind of Willy Loman‚ a traveling salesman of 34 years‚ whose fantasy world
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approaches to both texts‚ for example the feminist literary criticism. Feminists could criticize that in ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’‚ Stella and Eunice’s relationship with their husbands conform to a stereotype of repressed women. This is similar to ‘Mrs Quasimodo’‚ where she herself is the devoted wife‚ concentrating on the happiness of her husband while he looks at her with a ‘discontented eye.’ Another criticism is the psychoanalytic criticism. One could argue that in ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’‚ Blanche
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the President and Vice President of the United States every four years. The President and Vice President are not elected directly by the voters. Instead‚ they are elected by "electors" who are chosen by popular vote on a state-by-state basis. Criticisms of the electoral college- 1- statistical advantage to the small states 2- people only campaign in the big states 3- you can win popular vote but lose the electoral vote 4- it’s a win or take all system 5- gives the appearance of land slides
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