Essays about: "essay on society and culture"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 51 essays containing the words essay on society and culture.

1. 6. The Effects of Mass Culture on the Loman Family : The Frankfurt School Critical Theory Applied to Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman

   University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

   Author : Henrik Levin; [2021]
   Keywords : Miller; Marx; alienation; Frankfurt School; critical theory; mass culture; conformity; consumerism; escapism; law of success;

   Abstract : This essay discusses the effects of mass culture on the Loman family in Arthur Miller’s play, Death of a Salesman. The focus is to identify whether conformation to mass culture and alienation have caused the characters to be lonely and to give up what they enjoy and to fall in line with a system where individuality is replaced by totality. READ MORE

3. 7. Blinded by Angels, Monsters, Mad Women, or Mothers : The Struggling Break from Patriarchy in Romeo and Juliet and Pride and Prejudice

   University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

   Author : Satvinder Sue Munde; [2021]
   Keywords : Patriarchy; Hegemony; Misogynistic; Feminism; Gynocritics;

   Abstract : This study attempts to shed light on the psychological mindsets of two minor femalecharacters in two fictional stories, Lady Capulet, the mother in Romeo and Juliet (1597), and Mrs Bennet, the mother in Pride and Prejudice (1813). The stories are set centuries apart by two different English authors. READ MORE

4. 8. Creating Character: Romeo, Juliet and didactic challenges with improvised modern scenes

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för de humanistiska och samhällsvetenskapliga ämnenas didaktik

   Author : Clara Hultgren; [2020]
   Keywords : Character work; drama; didactic challenges; Shakespeare; English as second additional language;

   Abstract : This essay describes an action research project conducted twice in the same high school with second year students within the subject English. Students are often unwilling or unable to relate to Shakespeare and his language. It is boring, they say. It is difficult, inaccessible and has nothing to do with us, they say. READ MORE

5. 9. Exploring values of Money, Reputation, and Appearance : Discussing the impact of class divisions through Jane Austen´s Pride and Prejudice in the EFL classroom

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

   Author : Sandra Darberg; [2019]
   Keywords : class division; Pride and Prejudice; EFL classroom; culture; upper secondary school; social class; reader response;

   Abstract : This essay is a discussion about how English teachers in the Swedish school system can use Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice to encourage awareness and reflection in students regarding issues of class division and its impact on society. The essay provides examples of how the contemporary Swedish society and the society depicted in Pride and Prejudice share both similarities and differences in issues regarding class division. READ MORE

6. 10. Wandering away from apartheid : A study on interracial bridging social capital in South African small-town society

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för statsvetenskap (ST)

   Author : Agnes-Cecilia Haglund; [2019]
   Keywords : Bridging; Social capital; Interracial interaction; Interracial integration; Desegregation; Civil society; Equality; Equal value; Trust; Cooperation; South Africa; Post-apartheid; Racism; Culture; Anthropology; Political Science; Liberal democracy; Prosperity;

   Abstract : Trust, cooperation and equal value. The purpose of the current study has been to present evidence of interracial bridging social capital between groups and individuals in South African small-town society. READ MORE