Essays about: "existentialism"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 17 essays containing the word existentialism.

  1. 1. Waiting for Godot : A Play in Which the Main Characters' Lives Are Presented As Meaningless

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för kultur och samhälle

    Author : Iman Abbas Abdulmehdi; [2023]
    Keywords : Waiting for Godot; Absurdism; Nihilism; Existentialism; Samuel Beckett;

    Abstract : The objective of this argumentative paper is to study the play Waiting for Godot from a specific point of view. The statement of this thesis is that the lives of Vladimir and Estragon are presented as meaningless, and this claim is based on the analysis of the play and the study of other published scholarship that is associated with the topic. READ MORE

  3. 2. Rest In Facebook : A Mixed Method Research on Digital Mourning Practices on Italian Facebook Public Pages Dedicated to Bereavement

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

    Author : Aura Guerci; [2022]
    Keywords : Mourning; Facebook; Existentialism; Continuing Bonds; Italy; Public Pages; Death; Digital; Thanatechnology;

    Abstract : This thesis aims to understand digital mourning practices on Italian Facebookpublic pages dedicated to bereavement, by studying how the users interact with eachother and the platform.Italian funerary rites are richly engraved in the culture, however, mourningpractices have been increasingly changing, especially in the last decade. READ MORE

  4. 3. Be beautiful and speak up : Africana beauty at the forefront of an inclusive Internet beauty culture.

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för tema

    Author : KENZA ALOUI; [2022]
    Keywords : Acceptance; African; Africana; autoethnography; beauty; beauty industry; change; community; culture; decoloniality; diaspora; empowerment; existentialism; exoticization; feminist studies; heritage; inclusivity; Internet; intersectionality; interviews; norms; performativity; phenomenology; policing; race; racism; radical; self-love; utopia; women of color.;

    Abstract : The beauty industry has been booming in the last few years, generating immense profits as it now translates into an Internet global beauty culture in its own right that finally made room for women of color. As research barely mentions African women and their diasporas, this study aims to critically analyze the dynamic of this North American-dominated Internet beauty culture celebrating non-white women, looking at how it impacts African women and their diasporas and participates in affirming a global woman of color through commodity capitalism. READ MORE

  5. 4. An Existential reading of Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Engelska

    Author : Fatimetou Dia; [2020]
    Keywords : Existentialism; Samuel Beckett; English; Literature;

    Abstract : The play Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett has for a long time been considered one of his best works. Grasping the significance of key factors such as modernity, modernism and historical background is of great importance to situate and contextualise the play. READ MORE

  6. 5. Hosting Consciousness: The Implications of Voice and Consciousness in Westworld

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Grégoire Mauraisin; [2019]
    Keywords : Westworld; Consciousness; Ontology; Voice; Artificial Intelligence; Existentialism;

    Abstract : In this paper, I take a look at the ontological status of Westworld as a TV show and of Westworld as a theme park and move within the show’s ontological frame to analysis the theme park as a narrative medium. From this perspective, I also consider the ontological status of the hosts and examine the implications of their being on their voice. READ MORE