Essays about: "reaction essay"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 19 essays containing the words reaction essay.

  1. 11. In Defense of Violent Fiction The why’s and values of violent and ‘immoral’ fiction.

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Author : Vide Therkelsson; [2014-07-04]
    Keywords : Superheroes; Catharsis; Morality; Violence; Narrative Theory; Desensitization;

    Abstract : Abstract: This essay aims to answer two related questions; why are people able to accept actions of fictional characters that deviate from normal morality, and why works of fiction which invite such a response can be valuable. The first parts of the essay is a general discussion of the criticism and defense of violent fiction; here we establish why it is problematic and why it is valuable, discussing the possible cathartic and educational aspects of fiction. READ MORE

  2. 12. The Problem of Claustrophobia with Proposed Soultions

    University essay from Institutionen för kommunikation och information

    Author : Mikael Karlsson; [2013]
    Keywords : Claustrophobia; Phobia; Claustrophobic reactions; Treatments for claustrophobia;

    Abstract : Claustrophobia is huge problem which affects a lot of people in their everyday life, not to mention the financial and scientific difficulties with prematurely terminated MRI-sessions, due to claustrophobia. In this essay there will be a further introduction of phobias in general and also a deeper presentation of claustrophobia in order to reach a better understanding of the nature of this disorder and how it affect people’s daily life compared to the effect of a single claustrophobic reaction, when it is caused by the experience of a confined space. READ MORE

  3. 13. What Makes Her Tick? : Katniss Everdeen's Use of Defense Mechanisms in The Hunger Games

    University essay from

    Author : Malin Ramberg; [2012]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : This essay deals with the character Katniss Everdeen in the novel The Hunger Games by SuzanneCollins. The essay shows that Katniss' behavior and actions in the novel can be explained byshowing her use of defense mechanisms, and that from a psychoanalytical perspective, she iscompletely logical in the way she acts. READ MORE

  4. 14. Get your hands dirty : A Manifesto

    University essay from Ädellab/Metallformgivning

    Author : Ivca Vostrovska; [2012]
    Keywords : Wabi - Sabi; Raw beauty; Jewellery; Craft;

    Abstract : Modern jewellery making techniques can be very seductive, not least the ease with which an artist can design a piece on a computer and forego the time-consuming, and often frustrating, process of manufacture. But, the question needs to be asked: is something being lost by the artist who absents themselves from that part of the process? In this essay, I argue that such artists are subjected to a truncated creative process. READ MORE

  5. 15. Infanticide Uncondemned: Reflections on Trauma in Morrison’s "Beloved"

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Author : Lotta Sirkka; [2011-07-04]
    Keywords : Toni Morrison; Beloved; trauma; remorse; maternal love;

    Abstract : This essay sets out to prove how the story of infanticide in Morrison’s Beloved was not condemned by community and how the communal response implicitly ratified the murderous mother’s remorselessness. I refute the main character’s maternal love as a driving force for the killing and claim that the chronic trauma of slavery has left her incapable of having any feelings, which affects her loving her children and leaves her unable to feel remorse for the murder she committed. READ MORE