Noemi Faith A. Reyes OC199 2008-30806 Prof. Villar ONTOLOGY | EPISTEMOLOGY | METHODOLOGY | TELEOLOGY | -“…is from the Greek and means the study of the ontos or of the one‚ the universe. It is the study of those universal concepts which apply to everything‚ as well as those specific concepts which apply to the most substantial dimensions of Being (Fox‚1999‚ p.1).”-“…comes from the Greek Ontologia and means “talking” (-logia) about being (on/onto). It is a philosophical
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chose the story The Necklace by Guy de Maupassant. Main Idea In ’The Necklace’ Madame Mathilde Loisel is unhappy with her position in life‚ she dreams of a life of leisure and of being well-off - but the reality is that she has a modest life style. She has stopped visiting an old friend Madame Forestier who has become wealthy because she feels ashamed of her social standing.... Topic Sentence Loisel is ungrateful and unhappy because she lost everything she had for losing a necklace that wasn’t even
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The seven elements and various claims for its discovery reveal many of the nationalistic traits that we have seen in the case of other elements‚ most notably the controversy surrounding the discovery of hafnium‚ element 72. But element 85 gives our study a greater depth than has yet been revealed by the already covered elements. What this story shows is that the nationalistic prejudices persist to this day in many respects and that the identity of the “discoverer” of the element very much depends
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Literary Semiotics Quite often the terms semiotics and semiology are equal‚ so that often instead semiotics use semiology and vice versa. Ferdinand de Saussure speaks of the sign and the first makes the distinction between semiotics and semiology. Semiotics is the general theory of signs. Semiology study the functioning of the sign in the social practice. Today avoids this distinction and semiotics equate with semiology‚ ie‚ they are synonyms. GENERAL Semiotics: The sign does not exist only
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Comparison Essay The two short stories‚ "The gift of the Magi" written by O. Henry and "The necklace written by Guy de Maupassant are both composed of two young‚ beautiful women Mathilde and Della. Even though they are in different composed stories that have similar characteristics that convey throughout the story such as‚ they are both emotionally and financially depressed‚ have loving husbands‚ and both want to achieve something in an extreme manner. Throughout much the stories there similarities
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Literary Devices Allegory A form of extended metaphor‚ in which objects‚ persons‚ and actions in a narrative‚ are equated with the meanings that lie outside the narrative itself. The underlying meaning has moral‚ social‚ religious‚ or political significance and characters are often personifications of abstract ideas as charity‚ greed‚ or envy. Thus an allegory is a story with two meanings‚ a literal meaning and a symbolic meaning. Alliteration The repetition of the same sound at the beginning
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and their flaws can overall affect how they develop as a person. Strengths and weaknesses can help shape how they react to a situation. Their reactions can determine how major events will play out in their future. In “The Gift of the Magi” and “The Necklace”‚ Della and Madame Loisel’s weaknesses are very different‚ but they shaped how the character developed. In “The Gift of the Magi”‚ Della is extremely Naive. She believed that selling her hair would make her husband‚ Jim happy. In the article it
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Sometimes things seem to be so different from each other that in the end‚ they are much more similar that they pretend to be. Mathilde from The Necklace and Della from The Gift of the Magi seem to have many differences‚ although they more similar that they really look like. For both women‚ happiness is something unknown and unreachable; and their lives are nothing more than hopeless. However‚ happiness is different than being rich‚ and while Mathilde does not care about her husband happiness‚ Della
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These works usually depict the girls and women doing housework‚ playing with dolls‚ and cooking. The men are usually depicted as sports players and lovers‚ providers‚ and figures that are overall stronger than woman. Guy de Maupassant’s‚ “The Necklace” and James Thurber’s‚ “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” are two works of literature that focus on the themes gender roles and marriage‚ with some similarities‚ but with even more differences. In “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty‚” Thurber shows
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waves and sounds of a river hoping to find peace and wisdom. To bring meaning to this spiritual scene‚ Hesse uses symbolism‚ allegory‚ a spiritual writing style. By using these literary devices‚ the author describes the spiritual elements and its importance to Siddhartha attaining them. Hesse attaches importance to the elements and emotions of spirituality by symbolizing them. He states‚ “Vasudeva’s smile was radiant…….now the same smile appeared on Siddhartha’s face.” As Siddhartha starts to smile
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