Essays Tagged: "literal sense"

charles darwin

what is commonly believed by the magistarium is that one should not necessarily take the Bible in a literal sense ...'-An excerpt from Robert Richard's, The Meaning of Evolution.Charles Darwin, a Brit ...

(4 pages) 175 1 4.7 Oct/1996

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology > Charles Darwin

Database Normalization

Database NormalizationBy: K. TurnerNormalization in its most literal sense means: To make (a text or language) regular and consistent, especially with respect to ...

(4 pages) 368 0 3.7 Mar/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science

Novel Away.

Life is not a series of isolated ponds and puddles; life is a river. Only in the most literal sense are we born on the day we leave our mother's womb. In the larger, truer sense, we are ...

(3 pages) 21 0 5.0 Jan/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers

A comparison of Heaney "Death of a Naturalist" and Larkin "First Sight"

ts a tone of unknowing and uneasiness. The animals were used to convey personal experience in a non-literal sense, for example the lamb is the symbol of life in its dead surroundings. First Sight is c ... d in general. There is a lack of concrete language in this poem and some things are not to be taken literally due to many phrases containing a different, subtler meaning. Abstract imagery, for example ...

(4 pages) 45 0 3.0 Jan/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry

Analyzation of the gospel passage, The Sermon on the Mount. (5 pages)

mple, "Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth." No one has to interpret that in the literal sense, I mean obviously if you follow through a situation with a humble act of kindness, you ...

(6 pages) 56 0 1.8 Feb/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Christianity

Prospect and Setbacks of Globalization to National Economies in the New Century

ization to National Economies in the New CenturyIntroductionGlobalization (or globalisation) in its literal sense is a social change, an increase in connections among societies and their elements due ...

(12 pages) 357 0 4.7 Jun/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Daughters Of The Late Colonel-Katherine Mansfield

rannical father. It is not only a story of the lost opportunities in the lives of two women, in the literal sense, but a story of a deprived existence, both physical and mental.When the story opens, t ...

(2 pages) 24 0 0.0 Aug/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Ulysses: The Wandering Rocks

.Our father who art not in heaven" (226-227). This quotation can be interpreted in two ways; in the literal sense, Maggy is stating that her father is not in heaven, as in he will never be in heaven i ...

(1 pages) 27 1 2.3 Dec/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Trade Globalisation & Strategic Management.

agers to deal with these challenges.2. GLOBALISATION.2.1 What is Globalisation?Globalisation in its literal sense is a social change, an increased connectivity among societies and their elements due t ...

(12 pages) 347 0 4.2 Oct/2005

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

Sex in Society

nothing short of a stag party. The history of women is ignored, hushed up, and censored in the most literal sense of the term. This method of eliminating the social and political destiny of half of hu ...

(8 pages) 130 2 4.7 Jul/2006

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Communication Studies > The Media

"Storm Warning"

of the past. Explaining how the organization of the poem and the use of concrete details reveal its literal and its metaphorical meanings, the poem is in a chronological order already giving us a view ... r already giving us a view into the poem.The organization and the concrete details signify both the literal and the metaphorical meaning. In a literal sense, the order in which this person is getting ...

(2 pages) 2627 0 0.0 Nov/2006

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Poetry

Transubstantiation

crament. Such phraseology, a primary article of Catholic belief was intended to be perceived in its literal sense, as opposed to metaphorical interpretation.The Eucharist is a sacrament of the Lord's ... teachings of such a notion in 33A.D. The concept of 'Real Presence' was undoubtedly accepted in its literal sense throughout the first millennium AD, questions remaining unposed until the reformation ...

(7 pages) 22 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith

In the short story, “The Bet” by Anton Chekhov, the

inement for fifteen years. The lawyer left his cell five minutes before the stipulated time. In the literal sense, the banker won. However, the real winner was the lawyer.It can be argued that capital ... rs. He proved that he gained wisdom which is more powerful than money.The banker won the bet in the literal sense because he did not have to pay the lawyer. During the lawyers time in jail, the banker ...

(1 pages) 5696 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law

Body Piercing/Tattoos

lf-mutilation. Many people into Body piercing/Tattooing have come out of abusive childhoods. In the literal sense, all Body Piercing/tattooing could be seen as self-mutilation and, in some cases, it p ...

(3 pages) 17 0 5.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

OPRESSION

s to cry uncontrollably at the thought of this. I believe that it is not only a case of rape in the literal sense, but also in the figurative sense. Since the man raping her was sent or ordered by the ...

(9 pages) 44 0 2.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > World Literature

External/Internal Factors Paper (Coke)

he impact that these factors have on the four functions of management.Rapid changeGlobalizationIn a literal sense, one can simply define globalization as international integration; to take a product o ...

(5 pages) 129 0 3.0 Jan/2009

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies

Maya Angelou - Caged Bird: A Commentary

to describe a person whose development has been limited in some way. Here the phrase is used in its literal sense. Since its wings are clipped and its feet tied, the bird communicates through the only ...

(3 pages) 6912 0 0.0 Apr/2009

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Poetry

Chapter Titles in Charles Dickens' "A Tale of Two Cities" and What they reveal about this novel

second chapter title that exhibits symbolism is that of Book II, chapter fifteen: "Knitting." In a literal sense, Madam Defarge knits a registry of those marked to be killed in the revolution. When o ...

(5 pages) 7502 0 0.0 May/2009

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Charles Dickens

A Stylistic Study of F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby

riter's impeccable craftsmanship.2. Narrative TechniqueAll novels are made up of printed words in a literal sense, but a novel may be revealed to the reader as if itwere spoken rather than written, es ...

(9 pages) 26 0 5.0 Jun/2009

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Globalization

of outside influences can be found in many areas of human life.Globalization (globalisation) in its literal sense is the process of transformation of local or regional phenomena into global ones. It c ...

(19 pages) 155 0 4.0 Jul/2009

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers