MASTER THESIS: FEMALE AND GENDER LEADERSHIP Authors: Ainura Kadyrkulova Tutor: Dr. Pr. Phillippe Daudi and Pr. Mikael Lundgren Program: The Business Program Subject: Business Administration Level and semester: Masterlevel 2007-2008 Baltic Business School Master Thesis‚ Female and Gender Leadership Ainura Kadyrkulova __________________________________________________________________ MASTER THESIS: FEMALE AND GENDER LEADERSHIP TITLE: FEMALE AND GENDER LESDERSHIP TUTORS:
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There are many similarities between Nathaniel Hawthorne’s story ’The Birthmark’ and Mary Shelley’s ’Frankenstein’. They both feature pure‚ vivacious women‚ mad scientists‚ and strange assistants. I have been trying to find out if Hawthorne actually read ’Frankenstein’ and perhaps modeled his story after it‚ but I could come up with nothing to confirm this idea. I think probably so‚ simply because of the number of similarities. However‚ Aminadab‚ Aylmer’s assistant‚ was an original creation
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From our present-day perspective‚ the book Frankenstein is about science and it’s dangers when it goes against the laws of nature. Every time a science experiment that resembles Frankenstein’s “dangerous science” theme occurs‚ people flock to the consensus that it will end in trouble. However‚ the theme of science isn’t the main idea nor
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Title: “Dangerous Knowledge – The Negative Effect of the Pursuit of Knowledge on Society” Frankenstein by English author Mary Shelley (1797-1851) was birthed from a competition on “who could write the best ghost story” between herself and a friend of hers‚ poet Lord Byron. On January 1‚ 1818 the manuscript was published and immediately became a bestseller during her time (SparkNotesEditors) This book has proved to be a classic and still resounds with readers till date as a variety of discussion
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Inability to control/Knowledge: The aspect of man’s inability to control his creation is influenced by his quest for greater knowledge. In Shelley’s Frankenstein‚ biblical references and archaic language are used to heighten the severity of transcendental undertones; “thou hast made me more powerful than thyself…I will be mild and docile to my natural lord and king.” This alludes to Victor as the divine creator and questions his motives in his attempt to conceive life. Victor has lost power over
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To what extent do the Frankenstein extracts reflect the central concerns of Romanticism? Romanticism‚ a literary movement that emerged in the late 18th century in reaction to the Industrial Revolution‚ inspired Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein.”Romanticism celebrated life and embraced ideas of intense emotion experienced by individuals‚ appreciation of the beauty of nature and non-restrictive power of imagination‚ all of which are explored in “Frankenstein.”Mary Shelley focuses on the central concerns
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Frankenstein Versus Prometheus What do a god and a crazy doctor have in common? Nothing right! Wrong! In the stories Prometheus and Frankenstein the protagonists are very alike in many ways. They both tried to play god‚ steal‚ and they both get punished for what they did. In the stories Prometheus and Frankenstein the protagonists both tried to play God in their own way. They did this by trying to create their own being or race to worship them. In the story Prometheus‚ the protagonist
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Shelley’s novel Frankenstein is a story about a man named Frankenstein who makes a monster. After creating the monster Frankenstein neglects it. This makes the monster depressed and lonely. This causing the monster to seek revenge on his creator‚ he does this by murdering Frankenstein’s family one by one to bring Frankenstein to the level of despair at which the monster resided. Foreshadowing‚ diction and imagery create horror by creating suspense and repulsion in quotes. Shelley’s ominous foreshadowing
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The Critical Metamorphoses of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein You must excuse a trif ling d eviation‚ From Mrs. Shelley’s marvellous narration — from th e musical Frankenstein; or‚ The Vamp ire’s Victim (1849) Like Coleridge’ s Ancient Mariner ‚ who erupts into Mary Sh elley’s text as o ccasionally and inev itably as th e Monster into Victor Frankenstein’s lif e‚ Frankenstein; or‚ The Modern Prometh eus passes‚ like night‚ from land to land and w ith stang ely ad aptable powers of speech
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The concept of the ‘other’ is used by society to separate people into groups using slanted and/or biased standards. In literature‚ such as Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein‚ the act of ‘othering’ is used to explore ideas of class‚ gender roles‚ politics‚ self and social separation. In the novel‚ Victor Frankenstein’s creation suffers the greatest othering‚ but this condition can be applied to almost all the characters since they live outside the norm due to familial or societal problems. The monster and
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