and Henry James are few of the pioneers of American realism. With time‚ Howells abandoned the idea of the past and worked solely in the representation of American life. Twain‚ however‚ was in a limbo between his bonds with the past and a promise to the present. At this time it was James‚ who reconciled the ties of history and with an intellectual commitment to the present. James wrote The Art of Fiction in 1884 in a critical response to Walter Besant ’s lecture on the same topic. James ’s basic
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1. Which story did you read? The sniper 2. Describe the physical setting of the story. Which words or descriptions contribute to the emotional setting or mood? What is the mood that results from the author’s use of description? The setting of this story is a dark summer night in Dublin. The emotional mood of this story is dark. The authors use of description makes the mood dark‚ dreary and gloomy. A quote that contributes to the mood is “The long June twilight faded into the night. Dublin lay enveloped
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Are morals based on emotion? For moral statements to be pure emotion is an emotive view of ethics. Emotivists believe that moral decisions or statement should be made based on emotion. A philosopher who believed very strongly in the emotivist theory was G.E Moore. Moore states that when people use the term ’right’ or ’wrong’ they are stating there feelings towards the action issued. However since different persons have different feelings. The conclusion of moral decision cannot be either ’right’
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Emotion is a difficult concept to define within psychology due to two different perspectives that should be considered being cognitive and biological. The cognitive perspective suggests that emotion is based more on the factors of the mental processes. The biological perspective suggests that emotion is influenced by biological systems and performances and is based on physiological responses. It has been suggested that there is a possible interaction between cognitive and biological processes that
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paper‚ let’s assume they are James and Taylor. James and Taylor were longtime neighbors and best friends before the dispute happened. One day‚ Taylor had done some changes in her front gate‚ which included laying a concrete slab. This concrete slab intruded on James’ property line. Taylor and James had many strong emotions about what was the best way to resolve this property line dispute. For Taylor it was only a few cm. But for James it was a very important few cm. James‚ concerned about maintaining
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woman driving the other car was severely hurt as a result of the accident. Three of the older students immediately got off the bus to help this person. This example seems to elicit points from both the social exchange theory and the social norms theory. According to social exchange theory‚ it could be argued that these three students helped this woman because they would not be able to live with themselves otherwise. In other words‚ they helped for the sake of their own self-worth‚ social approval‚
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“A Blessing” by James Wright Just off the highway to Rochester‚ Minnesota‚ Twilight bounds softly forth on the grass. And the eyes of those two Indian ponies Darken with kindness. They have come gladly out of the willows To welcome my friend and me. We step over the barbed wire into the pasture Where they have been grazing all day‚ alone. They ripple tensely‚ they can hardly contain their happiness That we have come. They bow shyly as wet swans. They love each other. There is no loneliness
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In The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper‚ historical romance is apparent through settings‚ characters and plots. Cooper is considered by many critics to be the father of the American historical romance. Fred Lewis Patee said‚ “Not only was Cooper the pioneer (of the historical romance) in America‚ and thus worthy of the highest praise‚ but in many respects his romances have never been surpassed.” (212) Cooper celebrated the creative spirit of the individual and had a deep
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Darwin’s Theory of Evolution & Natural Selection Charles Robert Darwin was born on 12 February 1809 in Shrewsbury‚ Shropshire into a wealthy family. Darwin himself initially planned to follow a medical career‚ and studied at Edinburgh University but later switched to divinity at Cambridge. In 1831‚ he joined a five year scientific expedition on the survey ship HMS Beagle. This is where he came up with his theory of evolution. During his voyage on the Beagle‚ Darwin found evidence that challenged
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Evaluate one theory of how emotion may affect memory According to LeDoux‚ the arousal of emotion can facilitate the memory of events that occur during the aroused state. However‚ they may not always be accurate. It was suggested by Brown and Kulik (1977). It is a kind of emotional memory which refers to vivid and detailed memories of highly emotional events that appear to be recorded in the brain as though with the help of a camera’s flash. Brown and Kulik found in their study that asked
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