Essays Tagged: "Affection"

Andrew Wyeth

A well known example of American Realism is Andrew Wyeth. He has acertain "affection" for the objects and people which surround him. TheseWyeth records with remarkable likenes ...

(6 pages) 135 0 4.0 Dec/1996

Subjects: Art Essays > Artists

A Midsummer Nights Dream. The Resolution.

Hermia, daughter of Egeus. Conflict arises immediately when Lysander is shown to have won Hermia's affection and also her undying love. This situation is clouded even further when Helena, a friend of ...

(2 pages) 84 0 3.4 Feb/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare > A Midsummer Night's Dream

Twelfth Night

ve with precise detail. According to 'Webster's New World Dictionary,' love is defined as 'a strong affection or liking for someone.' Throughout the play Shakespeare examines three different types of ...

(3 pages) 152 1 4.0 Dec/1995

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

Mother Teresa

. Mother Teresa is one of the most kind people on the planet and goes around spreading the love and affection. She was born in Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu in 1910 in Skopje, Yugoslavia. Her parents were Alb ...

(3 pages) 84 0 4.5 Nov/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith

Matilda

ritten by Roald Dahl, the author describes a young girl's life that is affected by lack of love and affection and her being too intelligent for her age and time.It was the beginning of summer in 1993 ...

(3 pages) 59 1 4.3 Feb/1997

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

Tales of the City - Book Report

When you sense the affection where people enfold their loving kindness you are probably amidst the tenants of 28 Barbar ...

(20 pages) 107 1 4.4 Apr/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Superdad Syndrome

ck in the 1950's, there was a cold, icy creature known as the 'fifties father.' He rarely displayed affection, and he hid most of his feelings behind the newspaper. Most of the child-rearing duties we ...

(2 pages) 45 0 4.0 Mar/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community

"The Stone Angel" by Margaret Laurence's

rustration, and her own death.Hagar's overwhelming pride was the reason she could not show love nor affection to those around her. She inherited her pride from her father and from an early age she alw ...

(4 pages) 69 0 2.2 Oct/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Essay is about A Separate Peace (John Knowles) compared to Summer of My German Soldier (Bette Greene) On innocence of the characters.

er and they are always abusing her mentally and physically. Patty tries extremely hard to win their affection, but she never does. She befriends a German prisoner, Anton, and hides him in her garage. ...

(5 pages) 51 0 4.3 May/2002

Subjects: Humanities Essays

Edna, the main character in "The awakening" by Kate Chopin

e unaccountable satisfaction that no trace of passion orexcessive and fictitious warmth colored her affection, therebythreatening its dissolution.' (Chopin, 558).Edna doesn't know what she wants from ...

(2 pages) 85 0 3.0 Jan/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

How how a community's actions, or in this case, lack of action can contribute to one's madness in "A Rose for Emily" by Faulkner.

of Emily Grierson from two different key perspectives, man and woman. The men represent respectful affection towards Emily, while the women are just plain curious and enjoy gossiping behind her back. ... es, 'When Miss Emily died, our whole town went to her funeral: the men through a sort of respectful affection for a fallen monument, the women mostly out of curiosity to see the inside of her house, w ...

(6 pages) 188 1 3.0 Jan/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

"Of mice and men" by Steinbeck, a novel which explores the burdens of responsibility as much as it awards.

option concerns Candy and Crooks to an extent. They live a fairly meaningless life void of love and affection. They have few friendships and cling to anyone who shows them sincere attention. An exampl ...

(4 pages) 49 0 3.0 Jan/1997

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

King Lear's journy

ised; praise is how he distributes his kingdom among his three daughters. The one who expresses her affection the most will receive the largest area of his kingdom. This is evidence of Lear's need to ... ho he expects the greatest praise from. It is because of his desire for praise rather then the true affection from his daughters that leads him to commit the greatest mistake of his life. The banishme ...

(4 pages) 70 0 3.8 May/2002

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

An analysis of "True Love" by Judith Viorst An essay about a poem which talks about love and what a marriage is really like. I'm sure this could be improved, I'd appreciate any help.

amed true love because love does not simply imply feelings of passion, but of fondness, friendship, affection and devotion. The wife puts on make-up and watches football games just to please her husba ...

(2 pages) 104 0 3.4 Jun/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

A Modest Proposal - had to defend an impossible sollution to a chosen problem, like Swift's Modest Proposal (1st year, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia)

ing only of those slackers that always seem to run out of time as a result of having too much of an affection for other more important things than school or a tendency to leave everything for the last ...

(3 pages) 192 2 4.3 Sep/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Persuasive Writing

Short essay supporting the statement "Art reveals values"? For a humanities class

constructively to the views expressed by the artist". Most people have the desire to express their affection or dislike of things to others, and art is a creative outlet to show emotions. When I want ...

(1 pages) 97 0 4.6 Oct/2002

Subjects: Art Essays

A Game Can Change Your Whole World - Analysis on the movie The Game, staring Michael Douglas.

espect for life and he letting go of his greed.Nicholas was once alone and unhappy and did not show affection towards any particular person. As he goes through his game he learns to appreciate people ... owards any particular person. As he goes through his game he learns to appreciate people and become affectionate towards them like he never did before. When Nicholas meets Christine, he is a callous a ...

(3 pages) 56 0 3.0 Nov/2002

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

Of what value is the episode concerning the "Cave of Spleen" to the rest of the "Rape of the Lock"?

s is the point where Dido is in love with Aeneas. This is thus perhaps a point of Belinda's growing affection for the Baron. This creates the complex that Belinda was feeling, preceding the eventual d ...

(5 pages) 44 0 3.7 Nov/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry

Compare Cheever's mid-life crisis males, Neddy Merrill and Francis Weed. Why or how does Francis survive his period of crisis and Neddy lose all he has been 'swimming' for?

19). but this isn't true because we know that "Nine times out of ten, Francis would be greeted with affection..." (117). so he is exaggerating the point to distance himself. This is the beginning of h ...

(3 pages) 67 0 5.0 Dec/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers