Essays about: "Melancholia"
Showing result 6 - 10 of 10 essays containing the word Melancholia.
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6. Lost in a Bureaucratic World A Thematic Study of Boredom in David Foster Wallace's The Pale King
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturerAbstract : Abstract: In David Foster Wallace's novel The Pale King, two themes appear connected to each other. The first is that of boredom. READ MORE
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7. A Relationship to Death: An Examination of William Shakespeare´s Hamlet
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturerAbstract : Hamlet is an extraordinary play, which is full of deception, drama, intrigue, melancholia and death. This essay will examine Hamlet´s relationship to death in selected acts, scenes and soliloquies from the play. The purpose is to investigate how Hamlet´s relationship to death changes during the play and why. READ MORE
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8. A Domestic Matter
University essay from TextilAbstract : This essay is an investigation of the phenomenon of home as an abstract idea. In the first chapter The space in between, I attempt to pinpoint where it is exactly that I find myself situated in relation to ‘the inside’ and ‘the outside’. READ MORE
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9. Identities on the Walls : A Comparative Study of Loyalist and Republican murals in Northern Ireland
University essay from Lunds universitet/HistoriaAbstract : This thesis has investigated the formation of sectarian identities on Northern Ireland. The thesis argues that the key factor in creating and maintaining sectarian identities is cultural violence. READ MORE
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10. Defining Nostalgia and Its Functions: A Review
University essay from Institutionen för kommunikation och informationAbstract : Nostalgia is a psychological phenomenon we all can relate to but have a hard time to define. What characterizes the mental state of feeling nostalgia? What psychological function does it serve? Different published materials in a wide range of fields, from consumption research and sport science to clinical psychology, psychoanalysis and sociology, all have slightly different definition of this mental experience. READ MORE