Essays about: "essay home"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 94 essays containing the words essay home.

  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

  3. 2. The Haunting of Hill House: The Heterosexual Horror of the Home

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : Fanny Berg; [2023]
    Keywords : Shirley Jackson; queer reading; internalization; self-surveillance; heteronormativity;

    Abstract : The female gothic as a genre, with its emergence in the 19th century, has a history of critiquing women’s place in the domestic sphere by showcasing the horrors of the home. When The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson was first published in 1959, it did so with both this historical genre background, as well as with a resurgence of traditional gender roles as an ideal. READ MORE

  4. 3. ”Alla” är välkomna hit : exkluderande design på stationstorgen i Hyllie och Rosengård

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101)

    Author : Anna Ekstrand; Thilde Brolin; [2023]
    Keywords : exkluderande design; stadsplanering; nyliberalism; postpolitik; Malmö; Rosengård; Hyllie;

    Abstract : Tiggeriförbud och visitationszoner är frågor som allt oftare debatteras i dagens samhälle. Samtidigt som kontrollen över våra offentliga rum blir allt strängare betonas vikten av en levande stadsmiljö. READ MORE

  5. 4. Chugging along, going with the flow, collegiality and chaos: A micro-political essay on interpersonal troubles within care situations in Sweden

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi; Lunds universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

    Author : Tova Lundquist; [2022]
    Keywords : Challenging behavior; troubling interactions; micropolitics; conflict sociology; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : A lot of time and care have been put into exploring and explaining the power relations between nurses and nursing assistants, the emotional investment appropriate in care work, different views on leisure time for staff in this context (Warming, 2019; Habel, 2021; Jervis, 2002; Crocker, 2019). Less work has been done in exploring the complex relationships care workers have with their patients and how staff navigate troubling situations that arise in these relationships as well as how staff feel when these troubling situations occur. READ MORE

  6. 5. En park för äldre : gestaltning för att motverka ensamhet och social isolering bland äldre människor

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

    Author : Isabella von Platen; [2022]
    Keywords : Social isolering; utemiljö för äldre; terapeutisk park;

    Abstract : Den ökande livslängden i Sverige ger en allt äldre befolkning. Med stigande ålder ökar risken för social isolering när vänkretsen glesas ur. Många äldre får en försämrad hälsa vilket gör det svårare att upprätthålla gamla kontakter och skapa nya. READ MORE