Essays about: "betrayal"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 19 essays containing the word betrayal.

  1. 1. "Not your darlings – but their mother's!" : Interpretative Difficulties with "Love" in Euripides' Medea 

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för litteraturvetenskap och retorik

    Author : Felicia Green; [2024]
    Keywords : Medea; love; Stanley Cavell; Ludwig Wittgenstein; Toril Moi; Cora Diamond; Søren Kierkegaard; ordinary language philosophy; ordinary language criticism; best case of acknowledgment; lived scepticism; the difficulty of reality; Fear and Trembling; avoidance of love; meaning; Medea; kärlek; Stanley Cavell; Ludwig Wittgenstein; Toril Moi; Cora Diamond; Søren Kierkegaard; vardagsspråkfilosofi; litteraturteori; Fruktan och bävan; levd skepticism; verklighetens svårigheter; mening;

    Abstract : The aim of this Master’s thesis is to achieve philosophical clarity on an interpretative problem I have been struggle with in Euripides’ Medea: That Medea murders her own children, while claimingto love them. Situated within the philosophical and literary tradition of ordinary language philosophy and ordinary language criticism, the thesis draws on ideas, theoretical discussions, and concepts from Ludwig Wittgenstein, Toril Moi, Stanley Cavell, Cora Diamond, and Niklas Forsberg – but also Søren Kierkegaard. READ MORE

  2. 2. German coal exit : an argumentative discourse analysis of storylines and discourse coalitions

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Amelie Andresen; [2023]
    Keywords : German coal exit; coal phase-out act; energy transition; discourse analysis; storylines; discourse coalition;

    Abstract : Germany passed a Coal Phase-out Act in 2020 to reduce carbon emissions and to achieve the objec-tives of the Paris Agreement, at a time when Germany was already phasing out nuclear energy. Thus, Germany faces a dual challenge: not only to break its dependence on coal as a resource, but also the overlap of the phase-outs of nuclear and coal energy. READ MORE

  3. 3. Music As a Means of Resistance : Rhetorical Analysis of Three Ukrainian Wartime Songs

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

    Author : Ksenija Ševcova; [2023]
    Keywords : music; lyrics; war; Ukraine; Russia; slogan; symbol; sample; intertextuality;

    Abstract : This study delves into Ukrainian wartime songs of resistance that were inspired by the ‘Russian warship’ slogan. Langer (1953) believes that songs can express emotions that language alone fails to convey. Dynamic interaction of music and lyrics slows down, arrests, and intensifies images and moods. READ MORE

  4. 4. Caught in the Lock-In? The Lützerath Decision and the Persistence of Fossil Fuel Hegemony in Germany

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : Vincent Edte; [2023]
    Keywords : Carbon Lock-In; Coal Phase Out; Critical Discourse Analysis; Fossil Fuel Hegemony; Germany; Lützerath;

    Abstract : In 2022 the Russian invasion in Ukraine marked a turning point for global politics. To loosen dependency on Russian gas, the German government came to an agreement with the state of North Rhine-Westphalia and the energy company RWE. READ MORE

  5. 5. The Perks of Being a Wallflower in the EFL Classroom : Childhood Sexual Abuse, Reversed Gender Roles and Trauma Responses

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : Molly Nilsson; [2022]
    Keywords : EFL Classroom; The Perks of Being a Wallflower; childhood trauma; female perpetrated sexual assault; betrayal trauma; English 7; epistolary novel; scriptotherapy; bibliotherapy;

    Abstract : This essay is a literary analysis of the childhood sexual abuse trauma in The Perks of Being a Wallflower and its possible usefulness in the EFL classroom. Previous scholarly work has lacked in discussing how abuser closeness and a female perpetrator have affected the main character Charlie’s trauma. READ MORE