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1. DIOSES EN LA TIERRA E EL INGENIOSO HIDALGO DE LA MANCHA : VELÁZQUEZ’S SUBVERSION OF THE HABSBURG MYSTIQUE OF POWER
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Konstvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : Sometimes the concrete form and skill of a work of art stand in a non-arbitrary or non-contingent relationship with the social circumstances of its facture. I hypothesise that this form and such skill was used by Diego Velázquez for artistically, socially and politically subversive purposes. READ MORE
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2. The Feminine Wasteland: Gender Roles and Women's Mental Health in Joan Didion's Run River and Play It As It Lays
University essay from Lunds universitet/EngelskaAbstract : The American author and journalist Joan Didion was especially known for her non-fiction that pertinently described the culture she lived in, but her novels also offer a frank and realistic perspective on American society. In her two first novels Run River (1963) and Play It As It Lays (1970) Didion portrays the respective main characters, Lily Knight McClellan and Maria Wyeth, as fragile women who are failing to live up to the gender roles that were imposed on them. READ MORE
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3. Seeing Double : Rhythm, Domesticity, and the Uncanny in Shirley Jackson’s "The Renegade"
University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)Abstract : By using the concept of forms in this analysis of “The Renegade,” postwar domestic life is analyzed for the uncanny. By locating repetitions in domestic life, between characters, and in speech, situations are identified where the uncanny moves into the domestic. As a result, the perception of reality of the protagonist, Mrs. READ MORE
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4. Exploring how multiple stories, connectivity, and mystique can give the illusion of a larger digital world that is rich in history and open for interpretations
University essay from Blekinge Tekniska HögskolaAbstract : This bachelor thesis will explore the possibilities in which game creators will be able to expand and enlarge their digital world and give the players the illusion that there is more to it than just the realm of the playable main character. This will be done through the usage of rhizomatic connections, ubuntu philosophy, multiple stories, and mystique. READ MORE
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5. The Rise of the Underworld - Felines, Mythology and Psychology in Edgar Allan Poe’s The Black Cat
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturerAbstract : The narrator in The Black Cat tells the story which leads him to the gallows. The unreliable tale depictures the morbid details of violence and murder, hauntings and terror. At the centre of the story is the cat which suffers from the narrator’s paranoia and alcohol abuse. READ MORE
