A Theory of Cultural Value Orientations: Explication and Applications. Shalom H. Schwartz‚ social psychologist and author of a theory of cultural value orientations has done research on universal values and how they exist in a wide variety of contexts. Most of his work addressed broad questions about values‚ such as: how are individuals’ priorities affected by social experiences‚ how do individuals’ priorities influence their behavior and choices‚ and‚ how do value priorities influence ideologies
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Explication of Richard Cory The poem "Richard Cory" by Edwin Arlington Robinson is a poem written about the town aristocrat named Richard Cory. It is written with four quatrain stanzas with a rhyme scheme of a‚ b‚ a‚ b‚ for each stanza. The poet’s use of hyperboles and regal comparisons when describing Richard Cory help to elevate him above the townspeople‚ and his nonchalant mentioning of Cory’s suicide leaves the reader in a state of shock. The first stanza of the poem introduces Richard
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Primary-Source Text Explication & Analysis The Bhagavada Gita‚ one of Brahminical Hinduism’s most beloved sacred texts‚ is known for being the last and greatest Upsanishadic text of its time. Bhagavada Gita translated means‚ “the song of the Lord” and originally was created as a poem. This writing is only a small episode from the Mahabharata‚ the world’s longest poem‚ which like Homer’s epics deals with war and heroes but at the same time deals with many philosophical and theological issues. The
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Skoglund English Composition 113.02 24 Oct. 2013 Compare and Contrast The two stories “The Chrysanthemums” and “Araby” both have similarities and differences. These stories have different themes‚ settings‚ plots‚ and conflicts but they share one thing. In John Steinback’s story “The Chrysanthemums” and James Joyce’s story “Araby” the main characters both share similar characteristics. In “The Chrysanthemums” the main character Elisa Allen struggles to find her identity and loses her love and passion
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Recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1992‚ Saint Lucian native‚ Derek Walcott‚ wrote 40 Acres in November‚ 2008. He wrote this poem in honor of the newly elected president‚ Barack Obama‚ and was published the day after the election in the London Times. Walcott introduces the poem with a great deal of imagery and symbolism shown in lines 1-13. “Out of the turmoil” he describes a “young negro”‚ as an emblem‚ with a straw hat and overalls on what seems to be a farm. He describes a crowd
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Title: The title signifies that this author‚ Theodore Roethke‚ see a close family member of his family‚ like his father‚ intoxicated that the waltz dance brings out the humorous side to him. This dance prepares the family for the worst because this it is seen so much. Paraphrase: The smell on your breath can affect a child; but I would never give in for it wasn’t easy. We frolicked so much pans slide from the shelf; my mom didn’t have much tolerance to put up with this. Part of you was injured
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Explication of “The Author to Her Book” As shown in "The Author to Her Book" by Anne Bradstreet‚ perfectionism is not a new phenomenon. Bradstreet uses diction‚ imagery‚ and tone to display her insecurities about‚ and dislike of‚ her own work‚ resulting from the human imperfections that have created an inadequate piece of literature. Her choice of words in this poem reveals that while admitting a close and intimate relationship with it‚ the she is intensely dissatisfied with her book. The words
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TJ Waller Mrs. Pinchback AP English 12 18 November 2013 Explication One: “Mad Girl’s Love Song” “Mad Girl’s Love Song” by Sylvia Plath dramatizes the clash between perception and reality in the mind of a speaker who has lost a love so vital to her world that she begins to question her own sanity. No formal setting is introduced‚ which supports a theme of mental instability as it can be inferred that the entire poem is taking place within the speaker’s mind as she struggles to determine the
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A Sensual Experience: An Explication Of “Rime Of The Ancient Mariner” In what has been arguably identified as the beginning of the Romantic Movement‚ Samuel Taylor Coleridge partnered with a close friend‚ William Wordsworth to put together a collection of poems titled Lyrical Ballads. One piece‚ in particular‚ is considered one of Coleridge’s most famous works. In the poem titled‚ “Rime Of The Ancient Mariner‚” a tale is told by a third person persona from the perspective of the poem’s protagonist
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I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud Explication This poem dramatizes the importance of individualism‚ especially since the poem was a Romantic poem which was the era which individualism was introduced in. Individualism is a very important theme of the poem as it draws the importance of the basics of individualism. Through the focus and beauty of nature‚ which was also a very big aspect of Romanticism‚ William Wordsworth points out different perspectives of the new concept of individualism. “Golden daffodils…
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