Essays about: "characters"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 1284 essays containing the word characters.

  1. 21. The Loman family's dreams of success : An analysis of Death of a Salesman through Althusser's theory of ideology

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

    Author : Haben Haile; [2023]
    Keywords : Dream; American dream; success; accomplishments; Althusser; ideology; ideological apparatuses; Arthur Miller; family;

    Abstract : This essay aims to analyze the play Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller from an Althusserian perspective, focusing on his theory on ideology and ideological apparatuses. The theory has been implemented by analyzing the main characters individually to decipher their ideological views and how they have been subjects of interpellation. READ MORE

  3. 22. Comparing Gaze Cues: Avatars versus Humans in Allocating Visual Attention : Eye Tracking Case Study

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)

    Author : Julius Albiz; [2023]
    Keywords : Gaze Cue; eye tracking; mixed-method; case study; Gaze Cue; eye tracking; mixad metod; fallstudie;

    Abstract : When designing websites or applications, being able to allocate visual attention to specific parts of an interface is important. One powerful tool that can be used for this is Gaze Cues, which is a social cue that makes use of gaze direction to allocate visual attention in the same direction. READ MORE

  4. 23. African Women and Storytelling : Unveiling the Power of Narrative to Shape Collective Imaginary

    University essay from

    Author : Clelia Vegezzi; [2023]
    Keywords : African Women; Women; Black Women; Storytelling; stories; Collective Imaginaries; Characters; Novels; INGOs; Noviolet Bulawayo; Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie;

    Abstract : During my eight years of work in the communication department of an NGO based in Kampala I have undetaken several workshops organized by istitutional donors, such as USAID, on how to write what the aid sector calls stories of change.  Puzzled by the information and skills obtained in such context and the stories I have encounter and wrote during my job from one side, and on the other side acknowledging how novels helped me to navigate my feeling of disorientation while living and experiencing the Ugandan context; I have decided to embark in this research to better understand where the stories produced by INGOs and the contemporary literature differentiate. READ MORE

  5. 24. Serious Triviality : A Serious Societal Critique in a Trivial Setting in Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest

    University essay from Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och interkultur (from 2013)

    Author : Fredrik Zadig; [2023]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : In the late Victorian era, the British upper-class seemed to have set up their own standard of morals where truthfulness and religious conviction gave way for manners and appearance. Oscar Wilde was an outspoken socialist and talented author who shared his critique towards the ills of this society within his literary works. READ MORE

  6. 25. "We're here, and we don't know why" : An analysis of the postmodernist rejection of a universal meaning to life in Ken Grimwood’s novel Replay

    University essay from Jönköping University/Högskolan för lärande och kommunikation

    Author : Samuel Berglund; [2023]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : The question of the meaning of life is at the centre of this study without being directly addressed. The study does not analyse the meaning of life but rather how the main characters of the novel Replay (Jeff and Pamela) approach the question. READ MORE