Essays about: "atonement"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 11 essays containing the word atonement.

1. 1. "Stick vs. Rope. Gun vs. Strand." : The Monomyth and the Hero as Warrior in Kojima Productions' 2019 Video Game Death Stranding

   University essay from Karlstads universitet

   Author : Beatrice Näsling; [2022]
   Keywords : Kojima Productions; Death Stranding; video game; Joseph Campbell; monomyth; hero s journey; violence; heroic archetypes.; Kojima Productions; Death Stranding; TV-spel; Joseph Campbell; monomyt; hjältens resa; våld; hjältearketyper;

   Abstract : Released in 2019, the video game Death Stranding follows the monomythic structure described by Joseph Campbell in his 1949 book The Hero with a Thousand Faces. The journey begins with the protagonist, Sam “Porter” Bridges, reluctantly accepting his calls to adventure, and, as he begins to move west, he receives supernatural aid from an increasing number of helpers he encounters along the way. READ MORE

3. 2. The Good, The Bad, The Guilty : A character analysis of Khaled Hosseini’s The Kite Runner

   University essay from Karlstads universitet

   Author : Madelene Sjödén; [2020]
   Keywords : character analysis; storytelling; redemption; ethnicity; forgiveness; atonement; Afghanistan; karaktärsanalys; historieberättande; försoning; etnicitet; förlåtelse; gottgörelse; Afghanistan;

   Abstract : In Khaled Hosseini's novel The Kite Runner (2003) the reader follows the narrator and protagonist Amir’s as he embarks on his journey towards redemption. Amir’s need for redemption is based on the tragic childhood event where Amir’s friend and servant Hassan were assaulted by their nemesis Assef as Amir can, but fails to intervene. READ MORE

4. 3. Europe’s Twin Continent Retroliberalism in EU Development Policy targeting Africa – a Narrative Study

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Frederik Söndergaard; [2020]
   Keywords : Development Policy; European Union; Africa; European External Action Service; Ontological Security; Narrative; Identity; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : This study analyses the constitutive power of narratives in relation to a retroliberal paradigm shift in EU development policy by focusing on blended finance targeting sub-Saharan Africa. This study builds on the claims of Mawdsley (2015) that a reconfiguration of global development policy has challenged the North ontologically, which have been accompanied with the emergence of retroliberalism. READ MORE

5. 4. Rape - A Love Story? Representations of Rape in Disgrace, Cereus Blooms at Night, Atonement, and Rape: A Love Story

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

   Author : Shuna Blankenhaus; [2017]
   Keywords : Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : This thesis examines the representation of rape in J. M. Coetzee’s Disgrace (1999), Shani Motoo’s Cereus Blooms at Night (1996), Ian McEwan’s Atonement (2001), and Joyce Carol Oates’ Rape: A Love Story (2003). READ MORE

6. 5. Commanding the Truth: A Narrative Reading of Ian McEwan's "Atonement"

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

   Author : Emma Helander; [2013-06-27]
   Keywords : commanding the truth; truth and fiction; Briony; Atonement; Ian McEwan; narratology; Manfred Jahn; narrating I; focalization;

   Abstract : The tension between truth and fiction is central in Ian McEwan's "Atonement", since the main character, Briony, turns out to be both the narrating I and the experiencing I. The aim of this essay is to find out how it is possible for Briony to be both author ad character. READ MORE