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    Interpretation Project 2 Instructions Steps of Interpreting New Testament Letters Duvall and Hays explain and illustrate the four steps of the Interpretive Journey for New Testament letters in Journey into God’s Word: Your Guide to Understanding and Applying the Bible (pp. 100–102). After carefully reading Duvall and Hays‚ apply these steps to Galatians 5:16–18. A solid topical paragraph must be devoted to each step. Consult‚ interact with‚ and document at least 3 scholarly commentaries on Galatians

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    Running Head: Criticism of Functionalism Criticism of Functionalism University of Phoenix Criticism of Functionalism Functionalism is based on the theoretical principle and mental theory that every emotion‚ feeling‚ or idea in the mind is linked entirely with purpose. Functionalism also serves the purpose of supporting a society from a unity standpoint (Jarvie‚ 1973). An example of functionalism conflict can be easily observed through law enforcement. A female officer works to maintain

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    as a depiction of the colonial enterprise and the rhetoric that it stood for. Hence all three interpretations are valid and depict Marlow’s symbolic journey through narrative techniques such as frame narrative‚ metaphor‚ symbolism‚ setting and irony. A psychoanalytical understanding of Marlow’s journey stems from the philosophical developments of Freud and Nietzsche in their books The Interpretations of Dreams (1899) and Thus Spoke Zarathustra (1883). Freud’s ideas encompass the notion that dreams

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    For my final project I will be doing studies that are derived from Freud’s Interpretation of Dreams. A well know phrase Freud himself coined was that dreams are the “Royal Road to the Unconscious”. Children’s dreams‚ as Freud had put it‚ where easy to understand because they have not built up any defenses or resistances to “mask” the motive behind their dream. Adults however‚ Freud theorized that they expressed unobtainable wishes‚ and being adults have built up a resistance or put a “mask” on making

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    parts of the play vague. Ophelia’s unclear cause for death‚ Claudius’ supposed guilt‚ and Hamlet’s true desire for revenge and just some of the cases where Shakespeare leaves the specifics vague as to allow the audience to formulate their own interpretations. There are small hints regarding the truth behind Shakespeare’s intentions‚ such as when Gertrude claims that Ophelia’s death was an accident‚ while providing small details that make the audience ponder whether or not Gertrude witnessed Ophelia’s

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    Beowulf: Cultural Criticism The epic poem “Beowulf” is a representation of how mankind has adopted a hypocritical mindset that allows themselves to kill and commit evil‚ while at the same time persecuting other groups for doing the same. Throughout the text itself‚ the Danes are known as a warrior race that controls and conquers other nations through violence and destruction‚ but they tell themselves that it is for the greater good and god has given them the right to do so. Though this is a fictional

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    Interpretations of the text Your work on genre will have raised a number of issues as to just what type of film ’The Kite Runner’ is. One of the genres that we mentioned was the political film. One aspect of the film has to do with terrorism and the consequences of terrorist acts. There is obviously a very timely link here between what we see happening in the film and the current ’war against terrorism’. At one point during the film we see Amir reading Hassan’s letter and hoping that:

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    Analysis and interpretation of “Henry”. Marriage is about two people that make their relationship public and promise to love‚ honour and live together for better or for worse. Many problems can occur in a relationship‚ because no marriage is free of conflicts‚ but when a inflatable doll takes over your place in the relationship‚ does that make you an important part of the marriage? In the short story "Henry" (2007) by Elizabeth Brassington‚ the main character‚ which is the husband‚ is replaced

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    Socialist Feminist Criticism: You Dropped the Bomb on Me‚ Baby Feminism and gender studies have been described as having the ability to "challenge literary and culture theory to confront the difficult task of assimilating the findings of an expanding sphere of inquiry" (Contemporary Literary Criticism 567). This area of study has taken center stage during the last fifty years‚ not only in our society‚ but also in literary criticism. Although the terrain Feminism traverses can hardly be narrowed

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    1.Sometimes your ego can make it hard for you to receive criticism of your own solutions. Do you think some personality types are naturally better at receiving criticism than are others? What strategies can you use to be more receptive of criticism of your own ideas and solutions? The ego does make it hard for some of us to handle criticism especially when you believe that your education and experience gives you the right (so to speak) for you solutions not to be questioned. Regardless of age

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