Essays about: "Stéphanie Persson"

Found 2 essays containing the words Stéphanie Persson.

  1. 1. "I Am Home" : Architecture as the antagonist in The Haunting of Hill House and The Castle of Otranto in relation to madness

    University essay from Karlstads universitet/Fakulteten för humaniora och samhällsvetenskap (from 2013)

    Author : Stéphanie Persson; [2023]
    Keywords : Shirley Jackson; The Haunting of Hill House; Horace Walpole; The Castle of Otranto; Madness; Mental Illness; Antagonist; Anthropomorphism; Gothic Literature; Gothic Architecture; Gothic Locales;

    Abstract : The purpose of this essay is to evaluate to what extent Hill House and Otranto castle are main antagonists in The Haunting of Hill House (1959) and The Castle of Otranto (1764) respectively in relation to how madness is described and the effect that the buildings have on the deterioration of the characters’ mental states. To do this I explain in what way the main characters Eleanor and Manfred are portrayed as being mentally unstable, and then how the portrayal of the locales in each novel further affects the symptoms that they experience, particularly through the lens of anthropomorphism. READ MORE

  2. 2. Financing choices in the first funding round : The case of swedish tech entrepreneurs

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM)

    Author : Cecilia Persson; Stephanie Karp; [2019]
    Keywords : Entrepreneur;  Entrepreneurship;  the  Pecking  order  Theory;  the  Trade-­off   Theory;  Financing;  Technology   tech  industry.;

    Abstract : Entrepremeurship and what impact entrepreneurs have on the development of a country's society is a well-discussed subject today. During the recent years, entrepreneurs have been characterized as a country's futrue growth since ther are of utmost importance in terms of both innovation, employment and competition. READ MORE