Policing Roman Masculinity through gladiatorial events
Case study - 3 pages - Literature
Roman society operated as a patriarchy, and therefore maintaining male dominance and superiority was of great importance. Hegemonic masculinity required males to display self-control, valor, strength, and discipline. Such attributes could be attained and developed through military efforts. The...
The Danger of Happy Endings: Censorship in Fairytales
Case study - 3 pages - Literature
Fairytales initially emerged through the oral tradition of storytelling. These tales were created for an adult audience; however, their ability to attract the attention of children led to their transcendence into children's literature (Knoepflmacher 16). Adults possessed the desire to control the...
How internet drives the modern society
Case study - 2 pages - Computer science
The advent of the internet has caused a lot of changes in society today. Many people are spending a lot of time online. Technology has influenced lives in a massive way, dictating how fast things are done plus social behavior of individuals (Slevin 31). The internet, most importantly, has become...
Security information on the internet
Case study - 3 pages - Business strategy
If you decide to use the Internet either as a consumer, business, for information or just surfing the web for entertainment purposes you have to decide whether you want to use or visit websites that use an open or secure environment while on the Internet. In today's “digitally...
Impact of the Media on National Identity
Case study - 5 pages - Educational studies
The media plays several roles in a country, its key role being to disseminate, compile, record and store information on current and past events in the country. The media is also responsible for the entertainment, enlightenment and education of its people. This role being crucial to the...
Start-up business plan - Asian Restaurant
Business plan - 2 pages - Business strategy
The name of the company that we intend on launching is Ambrocio Restaurant. This is a restaurant that is expected to be one of the busiest ones in Asia. This is because we have chosen an ideal site for it, at a shopping mall in Hong Kong. The mission of the company is to be a leading head and...
Reasons against legalization of marijuana
Case study - 3 pages - Educational studies
Some people call it weed, pot, ganja, grass or skunk. However, its most-common name is marijuana a cannabis plant. Some people prefer to smoke while others opt to eat marijuana. The main aim of using marijuana is to entice euphoria in the user (Blundell 8). Throughout the years, there has been...
How has excellence been used as a criterion for funding? Outline the critiques of this model. Find examples of arts and culture to demonstrate your case?
Case study - 3 pages - Psychology
Art, religion, culture and music have one thing in common; they all have a mystic power that touches our souls. Art has been for many years thought and proven to have power which sustains, heals and humanizes.This power is both frightening and beautiful at the same time. An artist is a person...
Analyzing Grand Station in New York City
Case study - 10 pages - Educational studies
Destination sites attract visitors for various reasons including historical, heritage, cultural and religious reasons to name but a few. Destination and attraction sites that come to mind in relation to visitor attraction feature such attractions such as animal parks and safaris, coastal towns...
Chinese American museum
Case study - 4 pages - Educational studies
The Chinese America Museum is found in Los Angeles California. The museum is a part of a historic movement known as the El Pueblo de Los Angeles. The museum is a dedication to the history and experience that the Chinese Americans have in the state of California. Exhibited in the museum is fine...
Comparison of the media systems between USA and China
Case study - 8 pages - Educational studies
Media is an overall term used to identify the different types of mediums that enriches us with vital information and knowledge (Sarah, 2011). It is a flow of information running throughout the society in a form of print, visual and audio mediums known as newspaper (newsletters, magazines and...
The impact of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy on the nation's capital
Essay - 9 pages - Political science
When John Fitzgerald Kennedy was elected President in 1960, he was the youngest President in the history of the United States. Deciding to bring a new style, a new look and a new vitality to the White House, he had a major asset: his wife. Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy was only thirty-one, but she...
Two Common Purposes of American Literature
Essay - 2 pages - Literature
Two common purposes of early American literature are didacticism and introspection, and a minor purpose is entertainment. Most works written in this time period fulfill one of these purposes, and many fulfill more than one. Works from Franklin, Rowson, and Emerson can be labeled as...
Media in Germany after World War Two
Essay - 3 pages - Modern history
The development of media in the Western Germany during the period of the Allied Occupation (1945-1949) and in the first decade of the Federal Republic (1949-1959) The media is present all around the world. The media tries to express facts, entertainment, opinion, and other information. In...
Hunter's in the Snow
Essay - 3 pages - Journalism
The short literary fiction Hunter's in the Snow, written by Tobias Wolff, is an interesting story depicting the life of three men who embark on a hunting journey that none shall forget. The story brings to mind a time not to long ago that seems simpler yet more complex then our urbanized state of...
Love: The key to the Human Soul
Essay - 4 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Love has played a significant role in people's lives since they have been able to acknowledge it. Romance appears in almost all aspects of human life from entertainment to politics to business to children's movies. As soon as children can read, write, speak, and understand the world around...
Avoiding Disaster: The Day the Earth Stood Still
Essay - 5 pages - Film studies
Disaster movies are often associated solely with cheap thrills; nothing more than vehicles for big explosions and even bigger budgets. The modern perception of this film genre (as well as its subgenres) seems to be nothing more than that of a means for movie studios to spend a lot of money, and...
Short Story Review
Book review - 2 pages - Literature
Readers love the story of the predator and the prey, regardless of where or with whom the sympathy falls. A tale of survival or near-survival keeps us craving more, and if the creator or messenger of that story can secretly divulge wisdom along the way, then both reader and author benefit....
Bamboozling Culture
Essay - 4 pages - Sociology & social sciences
Popular culture is defined as the cultural elements that prevail in any given society, and stems from the daily interactions, needs, desires, and cultural 'moments' that make up the everyday lives of the mainstream . This definition is only one side of the coin however, since it fails to...
Fate versus Free Will: Dave Boyle
Book review - 3 pages - Literature
The explicit mention of fate occurs only once in regard to Dave Boyle in Dennis Lehane's Mystic River, but the battle between fate and free will in his life is evident throughout the novel. Dave Boyle, a tragic character, has little free will to change the pre-determined forces that have shaped...
Negative Portrayals of Heavy Metal Music
Essay - 3 pages - Philosophy
In today's world, the entertainment industry is one of the most prominent enterprises in the developed world, if not one of the top money makers. In fact, music sales alone have been a massive source of revenue, even regardless of the hits it has taken because of music piracy. Music,...
An Outlet For The Internal: Photographs Reflecting The Desires of Clementina Hawarden and Julia Margaret Cameron
Essay - 2 pages - Arts and art history
Two Victorian women in the isolation of their own homes created portraits and tableaux. From 1857- 1864, Clementina Viscountess Hawarden made so-called “Studies from Life,” which have far more significance than their general title would imply. A more widely recognized contemporary...
I Will Survive: How a Disco Hit Defined the Year 1979
Essay - 3 pages - Modern history
The oil crisis continued, unemployment remained high, Jimmy Carter's presidency suffered blow after demoralizing blow, disco was the popular music, movies were breaking new ground and television continued remained the number one form of entertainment and relaxation. America was faced with...
Essay on Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead
Essay - 4 pages - Literature
William Shakespeare is among the most notable playwrights of all time. Some of his works have been so popular that they have been turned into modern movies, aimed at attracting a new generation to this author's works. While Shakespeare has been able to provide audiences with theatrical...
Humor as a Mask for Anguish in I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Essay - 3 pages - Literature
As the quote from The New York Times points out on the back cover of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Maya Angelou's novel is “Simultaneously touching and comic.” Through language, choice of detail, and the story itself, Angelou introduces humor and comic relief to a narrative filled...
E-commerce safety guide
Essay - 14 pages - Educational studies
Few developments have altered America's lifestyle more quickly and more completely than the Internet. Online access has enabled people from all walks of life to bring entire libraries, entertainment venues, post offices and financial centers to a workplace, to a desktop or to a shirt...
Conformity, radicals, conservatives, and Clinton
Essay - 8 pages - Modern history
In the United States, the 1950s was the rise of suburbia. Undeveloped areas were constructed into planned communities. One of the most famous subdivisions of this time was known as Levittown. Levittown was a political subdivision of Long Island, New York. It was the first truly mass-produced...
Secrets uncovered: A textual analysis of the use of rhetorical strategies in Teen E-Zines
Essay - 6 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Using specific rhetorical strategies to persuade and inform is a writing technique that has been used for many decades. The art of rhetoric is often taught in higher education, particularly in persuasive writing classes. However, these strategies are not always used to accomplish what many would...
Sound in two Hollywood films: 'singin' in the rain' and Thelma & Louise
Essay - 3 pages - Film studies
Singin' in the Rain is a musical created in 1951 by Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen, Thelma & Louise a road movie created in 1991 by Ridley Scott. These two works could sound different; nevertheless they have a common point, which is the important role of sound, and especially music, within the...
What are the advantages and disadvantages of obtaining political information from TV and newspapers?
Essay - 9 pages - Journalism
If the Media industry is often seen as information and entertainment generators, it is especially the basis of our Western democracies. Indeed, the Media industry is certainly the most efficient and at least the most use mean to inform the people about politics. Media is then empowering...
