Essays about: "Nora Pettersson"

Found 2 essays containing the words Nora Pettersson.

1. 1. Boredom and Moral Decay : Oscar Wilde's Criticism of the Baudelairean Dandy in The Picture of Dorian Gray

   University essay from Södertörns högskola/Institutionen för kultur och lärande

   Author : Nora Pettersson; [2023]
   Keywords : The Picture of Dorian Gray; ennui; Baudelaire; Wilde;

   Abstract : This essay examines the role of ennui in Dorian Gray’s moral decline in Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray. By applying Charles Baudelaire’s concept of ennui as the malady of the modern age and his promotion of dandyism as an escape from the “immoral” modern utilitarian society, it argues that Wilde challenges Baudelaire’s philosophy since Dorian suffers from depression as a result of yielding to all of his desires. READ MORE

3. 2. Study of systematic effects from the level of Final State Radiation in tt-background to SUSY dilepton channels

   University essay from KTH/Partikel- och astropartikelfysik

   Author : Nora Pettersson; [2011]
   Keywords : Particle physics; Supersymmetry; Systematic effects;

   Abstract : Uncertainties in radiative effects of the quarks in -background in the form of final state radiation (FSR) are significant when it comes to reducing all forms of systematics that can arise from measuring the jets energy. Analysis on FSR is in general conducted on different simulated samples where one has included the radiative effect using algorithms such as PYTHIA[29]. READ MORE