Essays Tagged: "Cynicism"

Under the Spell. A travel tale. Ireland.

wouldbe, but never as much as the tourist hype I had read. I donned my suit of armor constructed ofcynicism, forged by age. Protected thus from the hype, I the ancestral child would see Irelandas it ...

(19 pages) 175 4 3.9 Mar/1997

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

The adventures of Huckleberry Finn

ans that closed and ignorant lifestyles are destroying society, in such ways as slavery. Twain uses cynicism varietably through the novel by mocking, telling stories, and even in a way curses characte ... s about both society, and such aspects as slavery.In life today and in the novel "Huckleberry Finn" cynicism is used in ways of mockery and attitudes toward society. According to Webster's dictionary ...

(4 pages) 102 0 4.4 Apr/2002

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

Life is Art

gan, 'Impossible, it just doesn't work.' Slowly he raised his eyes to meet mine, and with a look of cynicism, he was thinking of a response to my challenge. However, before I would engage him on the b ...

(3 pages) 82 0 3.8 Nov/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy

Irony in the novel "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen

ittle help from her mild and indolent spouse, who regards her aspirations with a tolerant and witty cynicism. The main strand of this story concerns the prejudice of Elizabeth Bennet against the appar ...

(5 pages) 149 0 4.7 May/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen

Synthesis of litterature. Speaks of Shakespeare, Descartes, Voltaire, Shelly,

ht is incorrect at best. Actually, twenty-nine themes exist, the newly added one being the theme of cynicism. All the literary works read this first semester have, along with other minor/major themes, ... letely as I should deserve theirs' (Frankenstein, 52). Victor is planning his master race. Shelly's cynicism saw it all in advance. Frankenstein was a cynical view on life that was happening and the l ...

(6 pages) 62 0 3.0 Jan/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Unheard Voices

aused acynical view of the political process in the eyes of farmers. One of the major sources ofthe cynicism is that Canadian federal institutions are developed so that most political of theclout is d ... loped from these institutionshave continually ignored the needs of prairie farmers, emphasizing the cynicismSaskatchewan wheat farmers have towards the political process. The antipathy towardsthe poli ...

(12 pages) 85 0 2.2 Dec/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science

What determines who Jim and Huck are? Nature or Nurture

oper schooling. Even though Huck is a child the nurturing that he receives pushes him away from the cynicism of the world around him, which brings about another way nurturing has made who Huck is. At ...

(3 pages) 65 2 3.9 Mar/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors

Composition I essay on Police Stereotypes.

g if a criminal is injured while resisting arrest or by assaulting the officer. This only feeds the cynicism felt by most law enforcement officers toward the public.New York City--the Million Youth Ma ...

(4 pages) 150 2 4.3 Sep/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays

"A Streetcar Named Desire" by Tennessee Williams.

ey Kowalski, a lower class Polish man who is the personification of modern practicality, crudeness, cynicism, and brutality. Through this play we follow Blanche and her descent into madness and lunacy ...

(3 pages) 109 1 2.6 Sep/2003

Subjects: Art Essays > Drama

The Underdogs by Marizno Azuela. Provides a personal view of the Mexican Revolution of 1910 through the eyes of Francisco Villa's personal physician.

of the North, "Los Dorados." He criticizes the folly and brutality of the Underdogs as well as the cynicism and venality of Los Ricos. With this insight, he incorporates his firsthand knowledge of th ...

(2 pages) 65 0 0.0 Dec/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers

Comparism and Contrast between 'Foul Shots' by Rogelio Gomez and 'Civilize them with a stick' by Mary Crow Dog.

d as a young student at a boarding school. They both write from past experiences in some measure of cynicism and open mockery they were subject to in school. There is a general mood of hatred and indi ...

(4 pages) 18 0 0.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Hamlet

ay becomes apparent: a sick soul is commanded to heal and restore harmony to DenmarkThe bitterness, cynicism and hatred of Hamlet's dealings with others could be seen as unnecessary, but in a series o ... as childish and absurd. Even if this dark vision is part of the antic disposition, the depth of the cynicism reflects upon Hamlet's true state of mind.Hamlet triumphantly anticipates the success of th ...

(7 pages) 49 0 3.5 Apr/2004

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

Shakespeare's presentation of the gulling of Beatrice and Benedick in "Much Ado About Nothing".

e and Monsieur Love!" and hides "in the arbour". As well as Benedick's outward demonstration of the cynicism he has towards affectionate emotions being humorous for the audience, it also implies a dee ...

(5 pages) 29 0 5.0 Sep/2004

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

To what extent does Dickens seek to demonstrate truth through non-realistic and symbolic strategies of representation as well as through realism?

Both are written in the second period of Dickens' literary career, a period marked with pessimism, cynicism and indignation.Dickens demonstrates exactly that dark truth for the period in his two nove ...

(5 pages) 60 0 4.5 Sep/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

How does Sinon deceive the Trojans in lines 57-144 of Virgil's Aeneid? An exercise in practical criticism.

general method is to involve and immerse the Trojans in his tale to such an extent that any natural cynicism is suppressed. The episode can be divided into two halves. In the first half, Sinon leads t ...

(6 pages) 17 0 5.0 Jan/2005

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Satire in Huckleberry Finn

To understand Mark Twain's cynicism in The Adventure of Huckleberry Finn one must understand what satire is. It can be defined ...

(3 pages) 25 0 5.0 Feb/2005

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors

Iago and his Manipulations

at the beginning of the play. Iago says of himself, "I am not what I am".Iago breeds amorality and cynicism into a character, who otherwise would live a very dull life. He is a 28 years old soldier u ...

(9 pages) 44 1 3.5 Mar/2005

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

Cynicism in the novel Catcher in the Rye. This essay is a research paper on what trates of a teenage cynic Holden displays, and how that relates to his actions.

olden displays when he is uncomfortable or put into a certain position, perhaps when he is nervous. Cynicism is a view on life that people develop through life experiences. Where, when, and how Holden ... s well as even referring to him as if he were still alive. This is possibly the reason for Holden's cynicism and rejection of society. He also feels intimidated byeverything; his little sister's a gen ...

(3 pages) 35 1 4.6 May/2005

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Artist Analysis of Marcel Janco which includes analysis of his artworks "Goat", "My Dada Dice" and "Village".

to 1920. Dada stood by its many ideas and values. Dada was about deliberate irrationality, anarchy, cynicism and the rejection of the law.Marcel Janco was born on May 24th, 1895 in the town of Buchare ... omewhat influenced by Dada construction and ideas.Dada was about deliberate irrationality, anarchy, cynicism and the rejection of the law- it was because of these new, and somewhat revolutionary ideas ...

(3 pages) 54 1 4.5 Jun/2005

Subjects: Art Essays > Artists

How did T. S. Eliot's "The Journey of the Magi" and "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" reveal some of the major concerns of its context?

details the alienation of one magus for whom it results in the death of his world. This pessimistic cynicism towards life is a marking trait of Eliot's poetry.The first segment of Prufrock introduces ...

(4 pages) 42 1 5.0 Mar/2006

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Poetry