The yearning to leave the "old world" ideas of her parents behind and to become assimilated into the "new world" of America is important for Anzia as well as for her lead female's characters. ... As a people, Jews have had to overcome difference, persecution, and hardships that have built their character. Yezierska introduces us to that character in Breadgivers. ... They should work all day to earn the wages to support the family, because he spends his time studying the Torah. ... He was convinced that because he was the patriarch of his family, no woman could help him make an impor...

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According to tradition, Hui-neng became the sixth patriarch of Chinese Zen by superseding his rival in the intuitive grasp of the truth of enlightenment. ... Buddhist Studies). ... In the second section, Suzuki says, "the purpose of studying Buddhism is to study ourselves and to forget ourselves. ... Studying Buddhism is to study ourselves and to forget ourselves. Studying Buddhism can keep ourselves a pure mind, like a beginner's mind. ...

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Through the close study of these two films I found similar narrative lines such as transport, employment and female relationship. It was through the critical analysis of these elements that I find the argument of my essay; That the female characters in these films did not have equal access to public space because of their suppression by the dominant male patriarch. ... This is also true in the character of Phil West, the wealthy University student, who by being his father's son not only has a car, but a more prestigious one than that of the Olsens. ... In The Blot female relationships...

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The soldier on guard duty obviously still had social and racial prejudices against Othello the character, indicated by his assertion that a "Negro- must not be allowed to murder a white woman, so atrocious he thought the act to be that he shot the actor. ...

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Indeed, to demonstrate this very idea Findley procreates Noah's character as someone that could not see anything wrong with a hierarchal, authoritarian world, with the surpluses of his ritual slaughter of animals or his experiments with, amongst a mass of others, Mottyl and her kittens, or with his separation of his family into upper and lower decks. ... With Noah placed on top, as a patriarch and a dictator, along with his crew of followers, Shem, Hannah, and Japeth on the upper deck, and Mrs Noyes, in the lower decks. Findley simply organizes an " us/them, good/evil, rebel/oppressor bi...

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Previous to the nineteenth century the scientific study of why crime occurs had just begun. ... "His studies of numerical consistency of crimes stimulated wide discussion of free will versus social determinism" (Adolphe Quetelet). ... The historian of criminal science George Sarton called Quetelet the "patriarch of statistics" (Adolphe Quetelet). ... The Merriam Webster dictionary defines atavism as "appearance in an individual of a remotely ancestral character" (1974). ... Ferri "continued the scientific study of crime done by Cesar Lombroso, emphasizing social and economic factors" (The Col...

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Her paintings and her life both reflect her strong nationalistic character which helped to shape Mexican culture in the nineteen thirties and forties. ... Due to the extent of her recovery, Frida never resumed her studies. ... She is now recognized by many as a true Mexican patriarch and an artistic feminist....

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After she dies, Frankenstein's father "resolved" it "necessary for the completion of" his "education for" him "to be made acquainted with other customs than those of" his "native country" and so he makes plans to study at Ingolstadt. ... When he moves to Ingolstadt, Frankenstein has already studied the works of the likes of "Cornelius Agrippa, Albertus Magnus and Paracelsus", because of this Frankenstein thinks he has surmounted ample knowledge to build on at university, but Krempe counters his studies with unnecessary enmity. ... As many people were trying to make this gloomy discovery, ...

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There are several themes in the film Moonstruck, the obvious love; also the sanctity of marriage, superstition, and death, it is the music that defines the tone of each scene; but it is the music of the opera of La Boheme that relates to the lives of the characters in Moonstruck. ... As quoted by Roger Ebert, "The cinematography by David Watkin often bathes the characters in the cold light of the full moon, when they are for a second seized with sublimity; otherwise he uses warm domestic colors, and creates an unusual sense of place" (Ebert, R. 2003). ... Low lighting overall for ...

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This initiated an in-depth study of the phenomenon and many new and interesting discoveries were made over the years. ... They are given this name because of their ascription to ancient biblical characters such as Enoch or the patriarchs. ... The scriptural verses on the phylacteries were written on an elongated writing material, in clear minuscule characters. ...

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Most critics agree that these allusions serve as a basis to which a character or event is to be analyzed. ... These biblical allusions in Billy Budd provide the reader with a better understanding of many of the main characters and events including Billy Budd's comparison with Jesus Christ. ... In this novel Billy shows many similarities to Adam (Study 24). ... He is the character who must deal with the struggle between good and evil, and must try to act in a non-partisan manner (Burris 1). ...

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Shakespeare might have put these characters on stage, and had them push and pull against his lead until the audience started to get some picture of what goes on inside the hero's head. ... What a wonderful way of communicating a tremendous amount about his principal character in just a few brief moments. ... And that's what makes this film a perfect character study and a perfectly crafted story. ... Hearst, unlike the Kane character, never lost the love of his parents. ... By the time Welles proposed Toland to shot Citizen Kane Toland considered to be the "patriarch •of the ca...

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However, it is an obsession with the American Dream which not only drives the plot but also drives the characters. In a new, better educated America, the main character, Joe Keller, struggles to accept that his hard work and dedication to his business is not enough. ... Perhaps the most interesting character in "All My Sons" is that of Joe Keller, the self-made patriarch with a desperation to pass on his business to his son, but also a colder, more hardened ability to shirk blame and gladly hand it to somebody else. ... Of course, the war is a strong undercurrent in this play, and the effect t...

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Reb Smolinsky in particular is a character that craves his status so much so that he changes his values in America and adopts something he doesn't understand, thus ruining his family. ... Clearly the Landlady does not value Torah study enough to merit Father not working. ... "A Jewish patriarch bloodies a daughter of the faith who is, like his own daughters, merely trying to eke out a living" (Ferraro 555) Father does not see the intentions of the landlady as the same of his own - to build themselves up- and instead is blinded by his own stubbornness and desire for wealth. ...

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In fact, a recent study has shown that up to 20% of a property value lies within its landscape. ... Their beauty adds seasonal character to the landscape and a serene refuge from the demands of daily living. ...

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These aspects of Australian life are embodied in characters like Muriel in Muriel`s Wedding' or Mitzi in The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert'. Australia is charactered as a cast of colourful, freakish characters. ... Ocker films also had their fair share of colourful, freakish characters, but instead of the lending an air of acceptance through humour and quirkiness, these characters, for the most part, reflect the unease of the Australian identity of the time. 2.2 The ocker cycle' of the early 1970's The ocker cycle' of the 1970`s oscilla...

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INTRODUCTION In his book "Love of Enemies" William Klassen examines the various interpretations of love of enemies in relation to war and peace in the Jewish and Christian faiths. Klassen has three distinct concerns that make an influence on his views on peace. First, Klassen feel...

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Introduction The assignment is based on the whole character sketch of John Locke and what he felt about almost everything in the spheres of Politics. ... Nevertheless, he kept studying in his own way and read a lot, including the great works of Descartes and Hobbes. ... It stimulated by the intellectual life of the Dutch, he made time to complete his studies. ... But, unlike Hobbes, he did experience and study the positive and beautiful side of humans as well. ...

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Introduction A. Reasons for Undertaking Research. Today, during these democratic transformations, women are becoming more active in many spheres and trying to compete with men and take their rightful place in a new society. Historically the administrative structure is comprised of men and does n...

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What Shamanism Is By the Silver Circle Shaman (pronounced SHAH-maan) is a word from the language of the Tungus people of Siberia. A Shaman is a man or woman who enters an altered state of consciousness at will. The Shaman does this to contact and utilize an ordinarily hidden reality to acquire kn...

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