Essays about: "The Color Purple"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 16 essays containing the words The Color Purple.

  1. 6. Approaching the Ideal Self through Love: Lacan’s objet petit a and Representations of Love in The Color Purple, Poor Things, and The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Litteratur - Kultur – Media

    Author : Lukas Krupka; [2018]
    Keywords : Jacques Lacan; objet petit a; love; attraction; desire; selfhood; ideal self; self realisation; Alice Walker; The Color Purple; Alasdair Gray; Poor Things; Junot Díaz; The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : Using Jacques Lacan’s theories of subjectivity, this dissertation analyses the relationships between the ideal selves and the romantic desires of characters in Alice Walker’s The Color Purple, Alasdair Gray’s Poor Things and Junot Díaz’s The Brief Wondous Life of Oscar Wao. Lacan argues that there is an inherent lack in all human beings, stemming from incompleteness and early helplessness, and employs the notion of the objet petit a, the cause for desire, to represent a subject’s desire to redress their lack. READ MORE

  3. 7. Measurements and analysis of atomic emission from atomic Li, Na, and K seeded in different flames for potential application to temperature sensing

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Fysiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Förbränningsfysik

    Author : Yuhe Zhang; [2017]
    Keywords : Flame Emission Spectroscopy; temperature measurement; alkali metal atoms; Physics and Astronomy;

    Abstract : Alkali metal atoms, especially sodium and potassium, show an intense fluorescence in hot flue gases. The bright fluorescence emitted by alkali metal atoms offers a large potential for spectroscopic combustion analysis. READ MORE

  4. 8. Perception of Colors in Games as it Applies to Good and Evil

    University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Institutionen för kreativa teknologier

    Author : Mattias Månsson; [2017]
    Keywords : Perception of Color; Games; Chi-Square Testing; Survey;

    Abstract : Context. Color can be used to convey allot of information but in particularly when it comes to tellingwho is good and who is evil. The most common color to use when displaying good and evil is blue forgood and red for evil. Objectives. READ MORE

  5. 9. Monitoring pH in wounds : The possibilities of textiles in healthcare

    University essay from Högskolan i Borås/Akademin för textil, teknik och ekonomi

    Author : Ester Svensson; Ebba Wahlström; [2017]
    Keywords : pH; chronic wounds; wound dressings; textile materials and healthcare requirements;

    Abstract : Wound care is a difficult process in the healthcare sector, especially the problem with chronic and infected wounds. There are a lot of patients suffering from these wounds and it is both painful and time consuming for nurses and patients. READ MORE

  6. 10. Semi-Automatic Segmentation, Detection and Classification of Gram Stained Bacteria in Blood Samples

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Matematik LTH

    Author : Emelie Andersson; Sofia Lejon; [2016]
    Keywords : Image Analysis; Segmentation; Classification; Bacteria; Gram Stain; Mathematics and Statistics;

    Abstract : Manual microscopy is a time-consuming and inefficient procedure in microbiology laboratories today. Common analyses in these laboratories are detection and classification of Gram stained bacteria (Rydberg J. personal communication. Feb. READ MORE