The Beautiful and Damned

Truly, the word Halloween is a withdrawal from the expression "All Hallows Even," which implies the day preceding All Hallows Day (better known as All Saints' Day) .Just like Diwali, Ramadan, or New Year’s day, Halloween is praised nearly in each nation, regardless of the fact that the festival mainly celebrates just outside traits, for example, pumpkins, outfits, and youngsters requesting confections. Despite the fact that the introductory significance of Halloween had a great deal to do with…

predestination in his play. Instead, he is manipulating the entire theater populace, who is already struggling with that dogma, to relate to Faustus: a man who has sinned but is nevertheless worthy of pity (Anderson, 219). Faustus believes “thou art damned” (2.2.21), not because he was predestined for it, but because he committed an unforgivable sin. Marlowe dramatized the crisis of faith caused by the intimidating paradoxes of Calvinist theology in which the play stages a crisis of…

Portraying Life Through Their Works Ernest Hemingway and Francis F. Scott Fitzgerald are some of the most renowned American authors. Their works are recognized nationwide and popularly read in high school English class rooms. Many of their works portray their life. They model characters after themselves and people they knew in their life time. Within their works and through analyzation readers can understand the life and society of the 1920’s, which many of their books are set in.…

Table of contents Introduction 1 Chapter 1. The Victorian Era 3 Chapter 2. Tess, the tragedy of an unfair existence…

UNIVERSITATEA TRANSILVANIA DIN BRAŞOV FACULTATEA DE LITERE PROGRAMUL DE STUDII UNIVERSITARE DE MASTERAT: Studii Lingvistice pentru Comunicare Interculturală Forma de învăţământ: Zi DISERTAŢIE Absolventă: Bușe Ionela Monalisa Coordonator: Lect. univ. dr. Sibișan Aura Braşov 2015 TRANSILVANIA UNIVERSITY OF BRASOV FACULTY…

The word “Utilitarianism" was first used by British philosopher Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832) in An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation in 1781. His utilitarianism was based on three points: pain and happiness, utility, and consequentialism. Bentham believed that pain and pleasure of a certain behavior is the only criterion for judging good and evil. Pleasure means good, pain means evil; pursuing happiness and avoid suffering were human nature. Based on this, he proposed a…

The new assignment intrigued Ruth since she had never dealt with protesters, but was determined to write an article that would impress her editor. When she drove into the parking lot at the Modern Girl’s Cosmetic Factory, she got out of the car and saw several people walking back and forth in front of the building, carrying large signs. The messages written in large black letters on bright-colored poster boards clearly stated. ‘NO FACTORY IN OUR TOWN USING OUR ANIMALS and SAVE OUR PETS’. On the…

“ Passing” by Nella Larsen explores racial identity and the internal struggle of biracial women in the 1920’s. This was a time of burgeoning artistry and pride in the African American community, but was also still a great time of discrimination. There two women faced the ultimate decision of which culture they would be a part of. This changed their social standings, lifestyles, and in the end, quality of life. The 1920’s were a time of racism and discrimination. Many African American’s…

A highly reputed teacher, considered God by many elite musicians in the country talks to a young prodigy at the most esteemed Shaffer School of Music. Terrence Fletcher : I don't think people understood what it is that I am doing at Shaffer. I ain’t here to conduct. Any f***ing moron can wave his arms and keep people in tempo. I am here to push people beyond what's expected of them. I believe that is... an absolute necessity. Otherwise, we're depriving the world of the next Louis Armstrong. The…

One in four people in the world will be affected by mental or neurological disorders at some point in their lives. They experience something that no one could understand. Two of these people tried to show how is it like to be a mental disorder invalid. Mark Vonnegut and Christopher Nolan. These two men had mental issues, but they managed to survive. One of them is a happy person with his family and the other one is dead. To show what they went through, they wrote a book. In their books they…