It also in a specific manner tries to make parallels between Poe's own character and his projections onto his tales and poems, in here "The Oval Portrait". The main focus will be the traces of Freud's ideas on the "Life and Death Drives", "Guilt Complex", "Fixation", "Sublimation", "Dream work" and "Ideal Female complex" in this short story. ... Keywords: Freudian Psychoanalysis, Complex, Vampirism in Art, Eros and Thanatos, Women, Death, Immortality 1. ... In other words, the main focal point of the article is on...

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Police misconduct is a complex singularity that occurs when police officers abuse the trust of the society they are sworn to protect. ... Laws at times tend to be very complex and unclear in their application. ... In the individual approach, corruption is explained as a consequence character faults, and the principal motive is the pursuit of personal gain whether materialistic or promotion. ...

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The development of motion picture complexity has been driven by a continuing technological evolution, ignited and manipulated by human initiative and inventiveness, which has afforded filmmakers the opportunity to practice a more complex craft to tell more complex stories. ... Thompson and Bordwell detail Impressionist uses of the camera's optical devices: Superimpositions may convey a character's thoughts or memories. ... Throwing the lens out of focus could also convey subjectivity, whether we see the characters or through their eyes. ... The innovative use of these uniquely ci...

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Sparked off by a seemingly trivial affront " a versified insult, a brawl over the rights to a beached whale, unsanctioned wooing of a woman, or one party allowing livestock to graze a neighbour's land, " conflict generates highly complex structures where at every point there are many options for resolution. ... The characters are seen discussing matters of concern in the main rooms of their (rarely described) turf and stone farmsteads, or in the temporary booths at the Althing or national assembly. ... CHARACTERS Linked to the complexity of saga plots is the plethora of chara...

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Eco's Postscript is also a manifesto proclaiming the authority of serious historical fiction: the characters in a historical novel may not appear in encyclopedias, he notes, but everything they do could only occur in that time and place. Made-up events and characters tell us things "that history books have never told us so clearly," so as "to make history, what happened, more comprehensible"(p. 75). ... The popular success of Eco's novels is surprising because they all are complicated narratives, intellectually challenging, packed with arcane information, and complex in the street se...

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Different authors use various figures of speech to present their characters in plays or poems. For actors, figures of speech usually help to determine the most prominent traits of characters. The first part one of this paper analyzes the character of Doctor Faustus who is the protagonist of Marlowe's play who was overwhelmed with the desire to possess power and the presentation of the character as a pure villain in the play. ... Finally, this section will also compare the two characters with that of Satan, the major character in the poem "Paradise Lost" by John Milton. ... Throughout th...

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"Brand equity" is complex in nature and cannot be quantified by a single measure over a small number of analogous respondents. ... Secondly, measurement provides a greater insight into the brand's strength, character and uniqueness, information that can be used to ascertain current brand and market position and future strategic planning. ...

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This is perhaps best summarized by the words of Arthur, a Buddhist character in her book, A Word Child, who theorises "I don't think we all exist that much I mean one's mind is just an accidental jumble of stuff. ... However, with the influence of literary works which explored the self, theories emerged on the Self being more complex than previously assumed, and traditional beliefs regarding the nature of the Self came into question. ...

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However this could be due to the fact that Gertrude is, more than any other character in the play, the antithesis of her son, Hamlet. ... The fact that the characters are almost complete opposites and that Gertrude is arguably self cantered could be why Hamlet has to explain, in Act Three Scene Four, why he is so infuriated with her and Claudius. ... Due to it being used to portray a positive attribute in each character it could suggest that Paul views his mother in the same way as he views Miriam which hints at the oedipal theme that is present in both "Hamlet" and "Sons & Lovers." ... Despit...

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In the description of fictional characters the writer may not suggest visual images at all for example. ... Literary work is not a simple object but rather a highly complex organization of a stratified character with multiple meanings and relationships. ... Plato's account of imitation would seem to be relatively simple at this stage; mimesis appears to be translatable as "representation", an expression of character whereby the poet (using dialogue) and the actor (in a dramatic presentation) imitate a character. Furthermore, where that imitated character has undesirable traits, ...

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This is understood as we observe the regret and disappointment the central character undergoes as she acknowledges the self- sacrifices she has made as a mother. ... In addition to this the characters have exchanged roles, we view the father has grown old weak "your face has grown to ancient innocence- whilst the child is now portrayed as a contemplative adult and her father's protector. ... The child's sentences also become more complex and the language softly toned thus the use of alliteration such as shine' and simplicities. ... Both Sky high' and In the Park' r...

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It is because of this close relationship at the beginning that the breakdown is so upsetting for the reader as we come to know both these characters and identify with their relationship with one another. ... By using this style of narrative we are able to visualise what the character sees and how she sees it therefore it is very effective when analysing the relationships between women, however we must remember that because of this the perspective is warped and therefore you are not able to picture an unbalanced view of the opposing character, especially as Jane Eyre describes the characters so...

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Handheld Devices and Healthcare Applications Management Information Systems Table of Contents Introduction Page 3 Wireless Handheld Device Overview Page 4 The Dilemma of PDA Security Page 5 The Implications of HIPPA on PDAs Page 7 Keeping Your PDA Data Safe Pa...

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Recently, all social and environmental problems or issues have become important and crucial aspects for every business enterprise. Companies have a big influence and impact in the community and the economy of a country for it affects all areas of life within a society, therefore both profit and societal well-being must have an equal value for every enterprise. As it was said by Sigmar Gabriel the German Federal Minister for the Environment, how companies act has a big influence not just on the prospects of the individual but also on the ability of a society as a whole to realize its potential ...

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The classic definition of culture was provided by the 19th-century English anthropologist Edward Burnett Tylor in the first paragraph of his Primitive Culture (1871): Culture . . . is that complex whole which includes knowledge, belief, art, morals, law, custom, and any other capabilities and habits acquired by man as a member of society. ... The mother-in-law taboo is a complex of concepts, attitudes, and acts. ... Analyzing "the complex whole" into component parts or categories facilitates an understanding of human culture. ...

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Between 1975 and 1978 women began vying for complete liberation, resulting in more complex and refined plays being produced [Goo03]. ... The main character of the play, Dr Heidi Holland, a savant art history professor at Columbia University, discusses the paintings of great female artists like Sofonisba Anguissola, Clara Peeters, Lily Martin Spencer with her class. ... "Wasserstein herself as well as her main character, Heidi Holland, eschew a feminist identity in difference to a humanist one, and thereby become spokeswomen for a feminism that failed, that left women like Heidi 'st...

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(Morgan 5) Hemingway would always insist on writing about what he knew and refused to exaggerate or speculate, choosing instead to write characters he understood who spoke about things he had experienced. ... Hemingway was intelligent, well-read and more than capable of crafting complex, detailed sentences if the need struck him, but almost without exception, he chose not to. ...

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Comparisons between various characters abound in near-eastern Mesopotamian epic and Homeric epics. ... It is the Standard, or Old Babylonian, version of the hero Gilgamesh to whom the character of Achilles may best be compared. ... The characters Enkidu and Patroclus are outwardly similar, static sidemen, although they perish in different ways, it is primarily their deaths that mold the lasting character and fame of their leader. Enkidu does develop more than Patroclus, and this may mean that he is a more complex character, or it may mean that the background and character of Patroclus was simp...

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But more generally still, for survival in a world which is constantly becoming more complex, the common man needs systemic reasoning, which is also the reasoning of sustainable development. ... * The ninth principle, that of cultural heritage, is interested in the stable continuation of man-made systems and the qualitative (spiritual) character of development...

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Schizophrenia is a highly complex and yet particularly prevalent neuropsychiatric illness. ... One such example would be the movie "Me, Myself, and Irene" staring Jim Carrey in which he is a schizophrenic and portrays a character who switches between distinct personalities. ... The NCBI concludes that schizophrenia is "highly heritable but the genetics are complex. ...

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About Cosima Niehaus Cosima Niehaus, in one term is, 324B21. In the series Orphan Black, Niehaus is a clone, a part of an experiment to study genetic identicals. Despite her genetics being a blueprint, Niehaus has developed her own life and own personality compared to that of her genetic sisters. Sh...

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He became an admired character of London society by influencing Members of Parliament with his bold attitude for encouraging independence. ... The Byronic Hero was "a passionate, moody, restless character who has exhausted most of the world's excitement and who lives under the weight of some mysterious sin committed in the past" (Safier 527). ... The literary world used the figure of the Byronic Hero because it gave a more satisfying effect and impression on readers as a character who lived in an outrageous life of fantasy and one who violated all restrictions while displayi...

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This complex tale of corruption during Indira Gandhi's years in office returns once more to the Bombay Parsi community. ... Gandhi's declaration of a state of internal emergency, the book turns first toward the Parsi community in an unidentified city by the sea that resembles Bombay, but its plot opens up to embrace other characters and to expand the settings. ... Instead, he has turned their lives into a metaphor that stands for the human experience: the fears, the joys, the ambitions and failures, the terror and the conflicts, finally the sense of balance that once attained will ...

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This complex tale of corruption during Indira Gandhi's years in office returns once more to the Bombay Parsi community. ... Gandhi's declaration of a state of internal emergency, the book turns first toward the Parsi community in an unidentified city by the sea that resembles Bombay, but its plot opens up to embrace other characters and to expand the settings. ... Instead, he has turned their lives into a metaphor that stands for the human experience: the fears, the joys, the ambitions and failures, the terror and the conflicts, finally the sense of balance that once attained will ...

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Whilst Juvenal's more obvious irony appears to have been left out of London, it is arguable - although rarely argued - that Johnson retains it in his construction of the pastoral.8 I believe that Johnson does not simply 'miss the irony in Juvenal's presentation of country pleasures', 9 but instead, develops it and uses it to present an idealized and complex view of rural existence, which has a dual purpose. ...

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