Essays Tagged: "Eva"

Evita: Saint or Sinner?

Evita: Saint or Sinner? The story of Eva Peron is a fascinating one . Evita, as she is known, enjoyed a riseto power like no other. The d ... is ascension are often disputed, making SantaEvita's tale all the more intriguing. . . Maria Eva Duarte was born on May 7, 1919,1 the fifth and youngest illegitimatechild of Juan Duarte and his ... n the army massacred striking workers, perhaps a foreshadow of whatwas to come in her life.2 Eva spent her childhood in an adobe farmhouse, with farm animals and earthenfloors. In the farming t ...

(5 pages) 134 0 4.6 Feb/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Biographies

Women in Films - User or Victim?

uccession ofmen, marries her country=s president, only to die at a young age of 33' (Harbinson 154).Eva was born illegitimate in a small remote town of Argentina, and spent most of herchildhood life u ... f Argentina, and spent most of herchildhood life under a cloud of illegitimacy. Besides being poor, Eva and her sisters wereregarded as bastard children , and for this reason, they were Alooked upon a ...

(16 pages) 113 0 4.3 Feb/1997

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Women's Studies

An inspector calls, analysis of end of act two

aracters and consequently the audience.Originally the characters feel secure because they feel that Eva's death had nothing to do with them. In particular Mr and Mrs Birling' s nature is one in which ... y predicted, the inspector is 'breaking down the walls' that Mrs Birling has set up between her and Eva. This breaking down of the walls, the dismantling of the false sense of security adds to the dra ...

(2 pages) 17 0 4.0 Feb/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

The play shows us a telling example of man's inhumanity to man. Discuss this statement

er the play shows us a telling example of man's inhumanity to man.The family, which allegedly cause Eva to commit suicide, are the Birling family. They are a rich upper class family who are blind to t ... o help and is quick-witted and intelligent.Arthur, Sybil, Sheila, Eric and Gerald all contribute to Eva's death. Some deliberately hurting her, some trying and failing to help.Eva and some other worke ...

(9 pages) 32 0 5.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors

What is the role of the inspector and what happens in the rest of the play?

a family about the death of a girl. He speaks to them one at a time and shows them a photograph or Eva. He gets them to confess what they did and he convinces they that they all helped to kill her.In ... one. He only deals with one person at a time and controls the pace and tension. Slowly the story of Eva's life is unravelled. He is very mysterious and seems to know what is going to happen before it ...

(3 pages) 21 0 3.0 Jul/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Double Standard

s imagination underground" (p.18). Sula's family is very different: she lives with her grandmother, Eva, and her mother, Hannah, both of whom are seen by the town as eccentric and loose. Their house a ... wildly divergent path and leaves the Bottom for a period of 10 years. When Sula returns, she sends Eva to a nursing home and breaks up Nel's family after having affair with Jude. The town regards Sul ...

(5 pages) 64 0 3.0 Oct/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays

A brief comparison between characters - An Inspector Calls

when he only cares for his knighthood and his reputation when news gets round of his family causing Eva to commit suicide. There is also no doubt that he is a unfeeling man when he shows no regret and ... here is also no doubt that he is a unfeeling man when he shows no regret and remorse when he sacked Eva. Rather, he feels that he was not responsible for Eva Smith's death.Mrs. Birling had almost a 10 ...

(3 pages) 56 1 5.0 Aug/2005

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors

"Uncle Tom's Cabin" by Harriet Beecher-Stowe.

Discuss the role of Eva in the novel. In what ways does she contribute to the novel's larger messages?Death - how is it ... he idea that death, through empathetic feelings and sentimentalism can be used to aid reform.Little Eva was born into a barely Christian, wealthy, slave owning family; it is difficult to understand wh ... was born into a barely Christian, wealthy, slave owning family; it is difficult to understand where Eva's religious roots were commenced. Her mother, Marie, went to church every Sunday and her father ...

(3 pages) 32 1 3.0 Oct/2005

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Nothing compares to Friendship.

about rainbow chasing together. We went to the sameschool, to the same class, sat at the same desk.Eva was always there for me to lean on. We loved each other but not likelovers do, but like people w ... ng to talk about, whocan rely on each other and who can find support and understanding ineach other.Eva was my mother, father, sister, little Buddha to me. One could strollin Paris with her, fly in th ...

(3 pages) 54 2 4.3 Nov/2005

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

Women in films.

ccession of men, marries her country=spresident, only to die at a young age of 33" (Harbinson 154). Eva was bornillegitimate in a small remote town of Argentina, and spent most of herchildhood life un ... f Argentina, and spent most of herchildhood life under a cloud of illegitimacy. Besides being poor, Eva and hersisters were regarded as bastard children , and for this reason, they wereAlooked upon as ...

(5 pages) 34 0 3.4 Dec/2005

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Actors

Analysis of Sylvia Plath's poem "To Eva Descending Upon the Stair"

Sylvia Plaths' poem "To Eva Descending the Stair" may at first seem only a petty, pretty piece with a few good alliterations ... ls of pagan religion and the feminine divine.The title of the poem is the first and only mention of Eva, presumably the addressed "you" in the rest of the poem. Eva could easily be a variation of the ... variation of the Biblical Eve. Plath, herself a feminist during the early 1960's, most likely chose Eva, or Eve, to represent humanity, rather than representing it in the more common masculine form of ...

(3 pages) 10 0 0.0 Dec/2005

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Poetry

"Sula" by Toni Morrison - Analysis and Explanation of opposition use.

when she meets her grandmother and former prostitute, Rochelle. Sula was raised by her grandmother Eva and her mother Hannah, both of whom are known for their reputations of being "loose". Seperated ... s being the very combination of order and chaos, rational and illogical behavior, etc. For example, Eva murders Plum in order to end his suffering; yet, she does so because it is what she believes is ...

(2 pages) 51 0 5.0 Jan/2006

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Patient Case Commentary: A Holistic analysis of patient care

on with her physician to discuss the results of an amniocentesis.The case:At the time of interview, Eva*, a 44-year-old female, together with her husband Chris*, 36-years-old, presented to their local ... local General Practitioner to discuss the results of an amniocentesis performed nine days earlier. Eva was particularly worried that her fetus had the chromosomal abnormality trisomy 21, more commonl ...

(11 pages) 110 0 4.3 May/2007

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine

Die Bybelse Skeppingsverhaal teenoor die Evolusiebenadedring.

die heelal. Die bybelse skeppingsverhaal kan ook nie in geologiese of astronomiese tydsbegrippe vasgevat word nie. Die Bybelse Skeppingsverhaal dui duidelik daarop dat God die woorde gespreek het en d ... aie groter belang as die res van die skepping. Die eerste mens, Adam, is in God se beeld geskape en Eva na hom vanuit die man se rib-been gemaak. Die mens was verantwoordelik om vir die diere name te ...

(3 pages) 2915 0 0.0 Sep/2007

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Christianity

Economic value added

EVA is a way of measuring a firm's profitability. EVA is NOPAT minus a charge for all capital invest ... minus a charge for all capital invested in the business (Byrne 1). A more intuitive way to think of EVA is as the difference between a firms NOPAT and its total cost of capital (Kramer & Pushner 4 ... PAT and its total cost of capital (Kramer & Pushner 40). Stern Staurt's numerical definition of EVA is calculated for any year by multiplying a firm's economic book value of capital © at the ...

(8 pages) 196 2 5.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Accounting

Evita

"Evita" On May 7,1919, in a small town called Los Toldos, Eva Maria Duarte was born. Her mother was Juana Ibarguren. Before Eva, came Blanca, Elisa, Juan, and ... There are different versions of what actually went down at the funeral, but one story informs that Eva and the rest of the children were forced to walk behind the legitimate children of Juan in the f ... children of Juan in the funeral procession. How could anyone know at the time what an impact little Eva would have on her husband (Colonel Juan Domingo Peron), her country and the world? When ...

(3 pages) 14 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Dean's Foods Financials

idea if there is value added above and beyond the amount that is expected by the stockholders. The EVA numbers that we have come to are a gain of 7.7 million for 2000 and a loss of 6.1 million for 19 ... ased on the total value of the company. Dreyer?s has about 30 million shares of stock, and when the Eva is based on a per share basis there is only a gain of $.25 per share in 2000. The loss for 1999 ...

(4 pages) 30 0 5.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Accounting

Economic Value Added Application

Economic Value Added � PAGE �5� Running Head: APPLICATION OF EVAEVA Application�IntroductionStern Stewart & Co. is an International Consulting Firm, w ... nal accounting procedures (Stern Stewart & Co., 2009).Economic Value AddedEconomic Value Added (EVA) can be defined as the measurement of the financial performance of a company on the basis of res ... ompany on the basis of residual wealth. The actual economic profit of a company is measured by the 'EVA'. It is the measurement of the monetary earnings of a business. EVA is the most effective perfor ...

(4 pages) 17 0 0.0 Jun/2010

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Corporate Governance Concepts Worksheet

tors, but consistently outstanding performance. Further, to accomplish this, we must outperform the EVA incentive goal. And if we can do it, then the bonuses for associates will also be outstanding," ...

(4 pages) 117 0 0.0 Aug/2010

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management > Human Resource Management

Corporate Governance Concepts Worksheet

tors, but consistently outstanding performance. Further, to accomplish this, we must outperform the EVA incentive goal. And if we can do it, then the bonuses for associates will also be outstanding," ...

(4 pages) 104 0 0.0 Aug/2010

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management > Human Resource Management