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In his essay, Norman O. Brown discusses Swift’s fixation on the anal function and presents several theories that I both agree and disagree with. What I find particularly interesting are the connections drawn between the development of Swift’s literary criticism and the evolution of psychoanalytic theory. Brown argues that Huxley’s “Excremental vision” claim is just…

The Master Builder, by Henrik Ibsen, is a drama about individualism, morality, and ego. But beneath those really equivocal descriptions lies a drama with symbols that clearly picture the corporate unconscious. Through a careful psychoanalytical review of the text, the relationship between the symbolism and the psychological subjects can be discovered as they interact throughout…

The Maus is outstanding for its remarkable ability to address the atrocious happenings through visualization. The engaging book is a useful tool in informing a story as multifaceted as Maus. Normally, humor correlates to a cheerful story. However, the Maus conflicts this. The story is a grave reminiscence of the Holocaust, which reflects the life…

The was to stay at home, clean, raise children , and to help with the family farm. This view started to change around the late 19th century and during the industrial revolution. Male domination kept women at home but in the early 19th century, legislatures and educators began expanding the opportunities of women in education….

Discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the Milgram obedience study. Should the study have taken place? Milgram’s study is a very controversial study as it broke many ethical guidelines and has many methodological issues, but it also had many strengths. One strength of the Milgram study on obedience is that the experiment was reliable as…

Stress Undergone By Teenagers! Schoolwork stresses most teens at one point or another. The pressure to perform well in classes determines future opportunities. For students who aren’t naturally gifted in certain subjects, like math or science, getting good grades can be an intense struggle, to the point where simple assignments are stressful and exams even…

Working for wealthy families was considered fortunate for women during the Industrial revolution because most of the women who belonged to the working class of this period had to work in either the mines or the mills.  (SchoolHistory)  It was during this particular period in history when women were perceived to be lesser in stature…

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain, is a story of a runaway boy, who meets a familiar slave. The slave, Jim and the boy, Huck help each other survive the dangers of the south before the Civil War. They meet many people that do not put them in the best of situations, but…

Do you think children should be disciplined with physical punishment like caning? Since the very birth of man discipline has been one of the most imperative aspects of his life. Discipline is actually the practice of enforcing acceptable patterns of behavior. I deem it as a key to live an enchanted life. “Without discipline there…

A Machine of Society In Ken Sevens book “One Flew Over the Sucked Nest”, he creates an interesting comparison between society and its goal to have those who are striving to be in society conform to a uniform mold. Keyes does this through the use of the Combine, a symbol of society as a culturally…