Essays Tagged: "object of desire"

The Means of Media Influence

uct will bring about the achievement of a particular (usually real) good, or make their product the object of desire, therefore making it an apparent good to people. The problem with associating produ ... can truly live up to its claims. The relation between a product and the achievement of a good is an objective truth, though the goodness of said product may not be. The statement that Product X will m ...

(2 pages) 161 0 4.0 Mar/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Communication Studies > The Media

Nick's role in the Great Gatsby along with the Fitzgeralds use of symbols and techniques

nts a materialistic society where success is equated with wealth and where the American dream is an object of desire for all people who wish to live a better life.Nick Carraway plays the vital role of ...

(2 pages) 50 0 3.3 Nov/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald

The discussion of the nude in the Greek culture and our perceptions of the nude in today's world

osition among the society. The males between the ages of 15 and 25 were at their prime and were the object of desire. For the most part, the men were expected to exercise in the nude, "the Greeks cons ...

(5 pages) 82 0 4.0 Feb/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sex & Sexuality

A comparative essay on "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight" and "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" with focus on the impossibility of fulfilling the chivalric code

on his quest to find the Holy Grail, he arrives at the Castle Anthrax where he imagined seeing his object of desire. In this castle, however, is no grail but many women "all between 16 and 19 and a h ...

(4 pages) 93 1 5.0 Apr/2003

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

"Romeo and Juliet" - How love and hate is displayed.

ories of all time. It is filled with romance from start to finish and almost every character has an object of desire at some point during the play. Could this great emotion be connected to the darker ...

(9 pages) 86 1 4.5 Nov/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Laura mulveys article visual pleasure and narrative cinema

odies have been used to make profit for the males sexual desire. the women's body itself becomes an object of desire for a man, and the amount it signifies, is mostly sex. in my essay today, i will be ... the male is always in the position of dominant viewer and the female viewer is always viewed as an object on the screen by the males. the unconcious of the patriachal society that we live in construc ...

(7 pages) 98 0 4.3 Mar/2004

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film History

The Nature of Man - Selfishness

but at least as much. The conduct of man is not determined by his will, but is established by his object of desire. (Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations) Since it is only natural for man to act in se ...

(2 pages) 98 6 3.8 Apr/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays

Study notes on Cavalier Poetry and Cavalier Poets: Herrick, Carew, Lovelace

ctual metaphysical conceits,- Departure from Petrarchan influence: the lady is no longer an object of desire to be admired from a far, but an actual collocutor, to whom the poem is addressed a ...

(3 pages) 48 0 4.3 Sep/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

English extention speech on courtly love out with the old in with the new

on the character of Knox Overstreet. Knox falls in love with a beauty that belongs to another. His "object of desire" is Chris, a cheerleader who he initially falls in love with at first sight.Traditi ...

(2 pages) 20 0 3.0 Nov/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Essay about Bllod Diamonds in Africa

ntly a key player in global imbalance and conflict. The diamond, seen by most North Americans as an object of desire, also contributes to the world's economy and the image of Africa and thusly, is not ...

(10 pages) 169 0 4.7 Feb/2005

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

Marriage: The Perfect Ending to Pride and Prejudice

wife' , this is Austen's way of telling us that the fact that a young man is wealthy, makes him the object of desire of all unmarried women. The statement introduces the subject of the romantic novel; ...

(5 pages) 27 0 1.0 May/2005

Subjects: History Term Papers > Central & Southamerican History

Utilitarianism

reaching the goal that they strive for in "˜ordinary life.' Since pleasure is the fundamental object of desire, how can objections be raised to a way of life that brings about a constant flow of ...

(5 pages) 21 0 0.0 Apr/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

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JACUZZI It was not until I read my first erotic story about mothers and sons, that my Mom became my object of desire. I cannot describe my Mother as a sex goddess. She is the typical forty-something, ...

(11 pages) 13 1 2.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community > Children and Youngsters

Do Blondes Have More Fun?

t's right, they're all blondes! One is an icon, the other a doll, and the third a Playboy bunny and object of desire for many men. Once brunettes, they all gave up their dark locks to jump onto the bl ...

(4 pages) 3079 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Fantasy In Fahrenheit 451

one?s life. The main problem with materialism is that it does not end. When a person obtains their object of desire, the need for even more new objects increases. A satisfaction for one?s worth in li ...

(5 pages) 1315 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Little Hans illustrates perfectly Freud's theories on infantile sexuality and the perversions. Discuss

rstly he explores what drives these forces and he discusses the notion of instinctual "drives" and "objects". He begins by differentiating between the sexual object which is the object of desire or th ... the fact that he names his penis his "widdler". Hans goes on to classify all animate and inanimate objects based on whether they have a penis or not. This theory is soon challenged when Hans watches ...

(10 pages) 28 0 0.0 Mar/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Psychological Theories & Authors