Magnum opus

A Quick Review Reviewing a book like Being Bright Is Not Enough when one has never gone down the path of doctoral studies is very difficult. There seems to be little doubt that the author, Dr. Peggy Hawley, has thought and wrestled through this, but evaluating the book’s worth in one’s pursuit of a doctorate is difficult for the neophyte. No doubt there was plenty of information that seems priceless, but at times it was hard to discern how much of it was applicable to this reviewer’s present…

For a copious aggregate of years, historians have attempted to determine why individuals took part in the American Civil War. Furthermore, numerous experts have conjectured on why it necessitated a bloody skirmish to overhaul a nation that had previously been fragmented due to the diverse ideologies of the North and the South. In his novel What They Fought For, James M. McPherson avows that even though the soldiers of both sides originated from the same motherland, it was their disparate…

Voltaire’s magnum opus, Candide: All for the Best, also simply known as Candide, utilises the techniques of satire, imagery, symbolism and characterisation to convey some of the perils of the Age of Enlightenment through the thematic exploration of religion, war, optimism and philosophical speculation. Voltaire positions the reader to recognise the insincerity incumbent in organised religion as well as the futility of war at that time. He also positions the reader to comprehend the folly of…

Analysis of ”Slaughterhouse-Five,” A Novel by Kurt Vonnegut “Slaughterhouse-Five,” the magnum opus of famed American author Kurt Vonnegut, is an inconsistently narrated story that could be interpreted to explain many different aspects of life, ultimately settling on the dominant theme of uncontrollable fate and the lack of free will humans have over their own eventual demises. Vonnegut writes the story from multiple perspectives—initially telling the story of the unnamed narrator, who then…

‘modern Orientalism’, as referred to by Said . In sum, the selected examples provided above from travel narratives on Morocco highlights some of the main characteristics and facets of Orientalist discourse as criticized by Edward said in his magnum opus, Orientalism, and illustrates how the way the west came into terms with Morocco was based on the Orient's special place in European Western…

stories comprehend protagonists that deals with the modern upbringing of the capitalistic environment. Atlas Shrugged was the last novel written by Ayn Rand, the novel holds an extensive story divided into three parts. Often referred as Rand’s magnum opus (most important work), Atlas Shrugged brought out a clear concept of objectivism functioning in the world through the plot. The story is plotted around a capitalistic mind set with the protagonist, Dany Taggart dealing through the downfall of…

HaComedy of Errors William Shakespeare, one of the famous playwrights in the world, wrote over 30 plays. Almost all of his plays are very well- known, such as Romeo and Juliet, All’s Well That Ends Well ,and Midsummer's Night Dream. Comedy of Errors is one of his earliest comedies. Comedy of Errors is one of Shakespeare’s most amusing plays due to the mistakes, the up and down adventure, and it's amazing, happy ending. William Shakespeare was a man with a dream and worked hard to achieve.…

considered to be a retrograde scholastic educational system. As the manuscript evidence reveals, in his lectures, Mutis taught Newton’s methodology and some theoretical aspects of Newton’s Principia using his own translated version of Newton’s magnum opus. Likewise, another important…

For instance, he wrote Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica (Cain, F.)- or better known as Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy. Published in 1687, this Magnum Opus described the foundations of classical mechanics and stated the three laws of motion. Each law had a different way of explaining the same universal concept: force. According to the Principia, the first law states “that a body remains in its state…

with closer analysis, we can find that almost everything, from symbols to storyline, has a deeper meaning. Particularly, although Gatsby’s storyline is commonly related to the “American Dream”, not everything that glitters is gold in Fitzgerald’s magnum opus, as the false appearances and lies told by the main characters corrupt the “American Dream” to a hollow and materialistic disgrace. When The Great Gatsby is analyzed, one of the most frequent themes discussed is the American Dream, in which…