Rome

The keyword Rome is tagged in the following 9 articles.

Exploring "Locked-In SyndRome" Through the Case of Jean-Dominique Bauby

March 29, 2011 - 3270 words | Anthropology » Personhood

On 5 December 1995, Jean-Dominique Bauby suffered from an abrupt massive stroke that severed his brainstem. The stroke disconnected his brain from his spinal cord, and rendered the editor of the French Elle quadriplegic and mute. By communicating with his left eyelid... Read Article »

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Personhood The Diving Bell And the Butterfly Jean-Dominique Bauby Locked-In Syndrome

"All the World's a Stage": Shakespeare's Theatrum Mundi of Romance

December 14, 2010 - 2378 words | English » Shakespeare

The idea of the Theatrum Mundi (literally the world stage) is an apt metaphor for Shakespeare’s world-view. In many of his plays, characters are shunted about the stage (of the Globe theatre) by external forces, unable to exert control over their own lives. There... Read Article »

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Shakespeare Theatruum Mundi Othello Romeo And Juliet Shakespeare Globe Theatre

James Joyce's "The Dead" Replaying Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet

November 9, 2010 - 3351 words | English » James Joyce

Burdened by the tomes housing Joyce criticism, new texts that examine “The Dead” risk sinking into a critical vacuum. Peter J. Rabinowitz, in the idiom of reader-response criticism, labels this suction “interpretive vertigo,” while ironically... Read Article »

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James Joyce Shakespeare The Dead Romeo And Juliet

Baz Luhrmann's "Romeo + Juliet" compared with Shakespeare's Original Work

April 26, 2010 - 1206 words | English » Shakespeare

Baz Luhrmann’s kaleidoscopic film adaptation of Romeo and Juliet, while often leaving much to be desired from the two main actors in the way of delivery, presents a fascinating modern interpretation of the 16th century drama. David Ansen, film critic, describes... Read Article »

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Baz Luhrmann Shakespeare Romeo And Juliet Leonardo Dicaprio

The Design of Absent Crisis: The Clinton Administration on the 1994 Rwandan Genocide

April 20, 2010 - 7184 words | Political Science » Rwanda

1993 was not a very good year for Bill Clinton. An exception, perhaps, being the morning of January 20th when he stood at the west front of the United States Capitol building and took the Oath of Office to become the forty- second President of the United States, the... Read Article »

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Bill Clinton Rwanda Genocide PDD 25 Romeo Dallaire Clinton Foreign Policy Rwandan Genocide 1994 Rwandan Genocide Hutu Tutsi Ethnic Conflict Genocide

Gay Marriage in Antiquity: How Far Have We Come?

March 3, 2010 - 1613 words | Opinion » Gay Marriage

Regardless of which side you’re arguing for though, it’s hard to deny that the gay rights movement that America is currently experiencing feels remarkably similar to many events of our past: Abolitionism, the Civil Rights Movement, Women's Suffrage -- seemingly... Read Article »

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Gay Marriage Homosexuality Greece Rome Ancient Ancient Greece Antiquity Pederasty Gay Marriage Rome

Examining Greek Pederastic Relationships

February 19, 2010 - 1610 words | History » Ancient Greece

Pederasty is an ancient Greek form of interaction in which members of the same sex would partake in the pleasures of an intellectual and/or sexual relationship as part of a socially acceptable ancient custom (Hubbard: 4-7). The question of whether the ideal pederastic... Read Article »

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Ancient Greece Pederasty Pederastic Relationships Homosexuality Erastes Eromenos

How Now, Hecate?: The Supernatural in Shakespeare's Tragedies

December 17, 2009 - 4151 words | English » Shakespeare

William Shakespeare wrote these lines, but his use of the mythological tradition of otherworldly appearances in his plays is anything but insubstantial. Sometimes he crafted them as a permeating presence, other times passing rather quickly, but even so still an important... Read Article »

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Shakespeare Supernatural Elements Macbeth Hamlet Romeo And Juliet Symbolism Use Of Language Shakespeare Tragedy Hecate How Now Hecate

The Relationship Between Stockholm SyndRome and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Battered Women

November 5, 2009 - 5289 words | Psychology » Battered Women

Every year, 10-50% of women suffer intimate partner violence (Bargai, Ben-Shakhar, & Shalev, 2007). It is important to understand what conditions affect these battered women and how any resultant conditions interact with each other in order to help abused women... Read Article »

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PTSD Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Abuse Battered Women Psychology Stockholm Syndrome Post Traumatic Stress Disorder