Essays about: "envy"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 17 essays containing the word envy.

1. 1. Handmaid and Wife : Mimetic Rivalry in The Handmaid’s Tale

   University essay from Mittuniversitetet/Institutionen för humaniora och samhällsvetenskap

   Author : Anders Oscarsson; [2023]
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   Abstract : Margaret Atwood’s novel The Handmaid’s Tale (1985) has been extensively studied, with many focusing on the patriarchal structures and the oppression of women. However, little has been written about the relationship between the character Serena Joy and the protagonist Offred, especially through the lens of René Girard’s theories about mimetic envy and rivalry. READ MORE

3. 2. “Misery Loves Company” : A Study About Users Motivations and Experiences withTikTok’s Personalized Algorithm and Its Effect onTheir Well-Being

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för informatik (IK)

   Author : Amanda Isaksson; [2023]
   Keywords : “TikTok”; “Algorithm”; “Personalized”; “body image”; “social media”; “anxiety”; “well-being”;

   Abstract : This thesis researches users’ motivations for using TikTok, their experience with the personalized algorithm and the effect it has on their subjective well-being. The study is of qualitative character containing 19 questionnaire responses and qualitative interviews with five participants that use TikTok to some extent. READ MORE

4. 3. No Need for Penis-Envy : A Feminist Psychoanalytic Reading of The Bell Jar

   University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

   Author : Kajsa Erikson; [2021]
   Keywords : The Bell Jar; Sylvia Plath; psychoanalysis; feminism; Oedipus complex; bisexuality; castration; hysteria; melancholia;

   Abstract : This essay analyzes Esther Greenwood’s identity crisis, mental illness, and recovery in Sylvia Plath’s novel The Bell Jar (1963) from a feminist psychoanalytic perspective. The purpose is to understand the cultural and psychological mechanisms behind the main character’s situation. READ MORE

5. 4. Value Is in the Eyes of the Beholder - A quantitative study about the moderating effect of consumers' need for uniqueness in the relationship between consumers' brand stereotypes, brand emotions and perceived emotional value of cor-porate brands

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Johan Brishammar; Pernilla Eriksson; [2021]
   Keywords : Consumer behaviour; Brand stereotypes; Brand perception; Brand emotions; Perceived consumer value; Consumers need for uniqueness; Corporate brands.; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : The purpose of this study is to quantitatively investigate the moderating effect of consumers' need for uniqueness (NFU) in the relationship between perceived brand stereotypes, brand emotions, and perceived customer value. The study follows a quantitative research method with a sample-survey research design, where hypotheses have been developed supported by a theoretical framework. READ MORE

6. 5. With a Preference for Priority: Explaining Variations of Stability and Efficiency in School Choice

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

   Author : Alexander Andevall Mårtensson; Nils Lager; [2019]
   Keywords : matching theory; market design; allocative efficiency; mechanism design; education and research institutions;

   Abstract : In school choice systems, policy makers try to allocate students in a fair and efficient way. Two mechanisms for allocating students that has been of particular interest for market designers is Deferred Acceptance (DA), which is stable and does not allow for priority violations, and Top Trading Cycles (TTC), which is Pareto efficient but creates justified envy among students. READ MORE