Essays Tagged: "critics"

Plato's Republic

Critics of The Republic, Plato's contribution to the history of political theory, have formed two di ... oped in The Republic (Cornford xx)." But here, Plato was referring to the politics of his time, and critics who sided with Crito believed that The Republic was Plato's way of introducing a political s ...

(7 pages) 539 1 4.2 Jan/1997

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies

Painting in the Second Half of the Nineteenth Century

ervative institutions for their training, subject matter, style, andpurpose. While many artists and critics promoted the status quo, others sought change,seeing validity in new themes and new approach ... ld road worker in tattered clothes and his young assistant.The painting was completely ridiculed by critics and public alike; it was consideredunsuitable for artistic representation, and "linked to th ...

(6 pages) 279 2 4.4 Nov/1996

Subjects: Art Essays

The Franklin's Interruption of the Squire in the Canterbury Tales

son was more like the Squire. This is followed by the 'wordes of the Hoost to the Frankeleyn.' Many critics believe that the words of the Franklin to the Squire are intended as an interruption of the ... he Squire how impressed with the tale would be all that was needed to show gentillesse. Some critics claim that the Franklin is 'pretending that the Squire has finished' (Peterson, 66-67), in o ...

(10 pages) 71 0 4.2 Nov/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Symbolism in Grapes of Wrath

tory in very plain terms, as anyone could have simply logged an account of events and published it. Critics have argued, however, that Steinbeck was too artificial in his ways of trying to gain some r ...

(11 pages) 192 0 4.1 Dec/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors > John Steinbeck

Is Macbeth a Thouroughly Representative Character

'Is Macbeth a Thoroughly Representative Character?' Some critics may contend that Macbeth is not a thoroughly representative character, yet through a close o ...

(2 pages) 28 0 4.3 Nov/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare > Macbeth

Hamlet - Video Comparison

pieces of literature around the world, and has fascinated many people from all walks of life, from critics to psychologists. There has been much speculation to the different interpretations of the pl ...

(2 pages) 60 0 5.0 Feb/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare > Hamlet

Shakespeare Reread.

en in King Lear deserve attention just as women in every Shakespearean play do. A common idea among critics is that the women perpetuated evil and were not worthy of acknowledgment for anything else. ... terpretation of Lear is one of the juxtaposition of good and evil within the play. Many traditional critics have made this idea their primary focus in interpretations which often ignores the feminist ...

(8 pages) 68 0 4.4 May/1994

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare

Censorship

ess." In the past ten years especially, music has been under assault by law makers, prosecutors and critics of morality and taste. One attack on this freedom comes from parental advisory stickers. The ...

(3 pages) 89 0 4.1 Jan/1996

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law

Hamlet. This paper deals with Hamlet and the revenge vs suicide problem

let, and Hamlet quotes have become household words which crop up in the most diverse contexts. Both critics and psychia trists have felt tempted to probe into the depths of this enigmatic Shakespeare ...

(2 pages) 234 1 4.3 Jan/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare > Hamlet

Character Changes Revealed by the Final Four Pages in Franz Kafka's "The Metamorphosis"

n attempt to explain the purpose of the last four pages in The Metamorphosis. A question which many critics ask. Good paragraph transistions. Lacking enough support/evidence.At first glance, the final ...

(2 pages) 105 0 4.3 Jan/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

The Success of Michael Crichton's Novels in the Media Industry

ning weekend of Paramount Pictures' action adventure thriller Congo which was universally panned by critics, to be reminded of the power of the person who created the underlying material: Jurassic Par ...

(3 pages) 43 0 3.7 Mar/1996

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies

Violence in television

ow someone's lifestyle by observing the way he watches TV.When the television was first introduced, critics claimed that it would be mind numbing, addictive, and utterly passive. These critics were de ...

(5 pages) 101 1 5.0 Apr/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Communication Studies > The Media

Censorship

ess.' In the past ten years especially, music has been under assault by law makers, prosecutors and critics of morality and taste. One attack on this freedom comes from parental advisory stickers. The ...

(3 pages) 143 2 4.2 Nov/1996

Subjects: Art Essays > Music History & Studies

Westerns and social commentary

d lasting popularity, the Western has notuntil recent years attracted the attention of interpretive critics. Many critics viewedWesterns as an escapist, immature medium. "Discussions of Westerns chara ... ate itsfine points and vicariously participate in its pattern of suspense and resolution.While some critics in the forties and fifties dismissed Westerns as more of thesame romantic escapism that Holl ...

(7 pages) 181 0 4.4 Sep/1996

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Genre Study

Huckleberry Finn's Struggle With Conscience

Since Mark Twain published The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn in 1885, critics have considered it an excellent example of a story tracing the journey of a young man from c ...

(3 pages) 99 0 3.7 Feb/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors > Mark Twain

A look within Milton's " Paradise Lost " Looks at Satan as the tragic hero in the Poem

Milton's Satan continues to fascinate critics largely because he is so complex than the Devil of the Christian tradition appears. Satan's ...

(3 pages) 190 1 2.8 Feb/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Inaccuracies of the Consumer Price Index CPI

son for the assumption is because the CPI measures the costliness of a constant standard of living. Critics claim that the CPI is inaccurate because it overstates the increases in the cost of living. ...

(2 pages) 126 0 5.0 Sep/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics > Rates & Indexes

Tess of the d' Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy

Tess of the d'UrbervillesSome critics have said that fate conspiresagainst Tess, and that she is not responsiblefor the things whi ...

(3 pages) 74 0 2.4 Oct/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde's, explores the role of deceit in the play

While some critics contend that The Importance of Being Earnest is completely fanciful and has no relation to t ...

(3 pages) 208 2 4.7 Oct/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Postmodernism; Does It Apply? Discusses postmodernism; what it is and reflects whether Sherman Alexie's Reservation Blues can be considered postmodern.

or how they really are. Especially in North America, it is often associated, by both supporters and critics, with positions of extreme relativism and self-contradictory denials of the possibility of t ...

(5 pages) 263 1 4.5 Apr/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers