Essays about: "heroism"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 23 essays containing the word heroism.

  1. 16. America in the scope : A post-colonial study of American Sniper, mourning and nationalism

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Filmvetenskap

    Author : Mikael Halén Román; [2015]
    Keywords : American Sniper; post-colonial; Orientalism; patriotism; Other; Othering; West; East; Occident; flagging; nationalism; mourning; death; violence; war; heroism; dehumanization; Islam; Christianity; Michael Billig; Judith Butler; Edward Said; Benedict Anderson; imagined communities.;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to discuss how themes of nationalism, mourning and death can be implemented in a film such as American Sniper to reproduce the idea of nation states as well as enforce nationalism. Through a close analysis of chosen sequences in the film the thesis presents a mode of looking at film, rooted in the given themes, which will help analyzing similar films with these reoccurring themes. READ MORE

  3. 17. Heroism and Gender in Children’s Fantasy : A Comparison between Pawn of Prophecy and The Golden Compass

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    Author : Filippa Andersson; [2013]
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  4. 18. The Image of Heroism in Tolkien’s "The Hobbit"

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Author : Cecilia Wiklander; [2011-06-28]
    Keywords : heroism; Hobbit; Tolkien; Bilbo; hero; burglar; image;

    Abstract : An essay about how Tolkien interpreted heroism in his character Bilbo as a sensitive hero guided by emotions and ethics rather than the traditional hero images such as for example Beowulf. The essay deals with the themes of rebirth, heroism and burglar ethics connected to the hero image... READ MORE

  5. 19. What Makes a Man? : Hegemonic Masculinity in Arms and the Man by G.B. Shaw

    University essay from Karlstads universitet/Estetisk-filosofiska fakulteten

    Author : Anna Månevik; [2011]
    Keywords : G.B. Shaw; Arms and the Man; hegemonic masculinity; gender; Bluntschli; patriotism;

    Abstract : The focus of this essay is the interaction between the male characters in the play Arms and the Man by George Bernard Shaw and how those characters position themselves according to R.W. Connell’s theories on hegemonic masculinity. READ MORE

  6. 20. Fellowship and the Ring : Character Traits, Motivations and Class in The Lord of the Rings, the Novel Versus the Film Trilogy

    University essay from Engelska institutionen

    Author : Felix Strandberg; [2011]
    Keywords : Lord of the Rings Social Class Film Novel;

    Abstract : In this essay, I analyse the characters of Frodo and Aragorn in Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings and Peter Jackson’s film trilogy in order to see if traits and relationships are consistent between the novel and the films. Any changes in characters and the ways they interact in relationships entail changes not only to the overarching narrative, but potentially to the most important themes of the story: friendship and heroism. READ MORE