protagonists in Gothic Literature‚ in order to determine the validity of Gothic as a serious genre rather than the merely macabre” The three texts; Bram Stoker’s Dracula‚ The Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter and Selected poems by John Keats project images of female characters in very different ways. Much of the portrayal of females is in correlation to the attitudes and position of women within society at the time of writing. The preconception of many people is that the Gothic genre is based entirely
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Enterprise Architecture Tool Selection Guide Editorial Writer: J. Schekkerman Version 5.0 2009 Enterprise Architecture Tool Selection Guide Preface Preface An enterprise architecture (EA) establishes the organization-wide roadmap to achieve an organization‘s mission through optimal performance of its core business processes within an efficient information technology (IT) environment. Simply stated‚ enterprise architectures are ―blueprints‖ for systematically and completely defining
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GOTHIC LITERATURE The gothic novel was invented almost single-handedly by Horace Walpole‚ whose The Castle of Otranto (1764) contains essentially all the elements that constitute the genre. Walpole’s novel was imitated not only in the eighteenth century and not only in the novel form‚ but it has influenced writing‚ poetry‚ and even film making up to the present day. It introduced the term "gothic romance" to the literary world. Due to its inherently supernatural‚ surreal and sublime elements
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September 19‚ 2012 Moorish Architecture in Andalusia Who were the Moors? The Moors were a group of Arabs‚ Berbers‚ and Iberian Muslims‚ who in the 8th century‚ conquered most of what is now modern day Spain and Portugal. My purpose for writing this paper is to inform the reader of one of many cultural contributions the Moors gave “Andalusia” (modern day Spain‚ Portugal‚ and bits of France). Much of Andalusia’s architecture was greatly influenced by Moorish architecture. The Moors had a history
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BYZANTINE ARCHITECTURE The Byzantine Empire is generally associated with the foundation of Constantinople by Constantine the Great between 334-340‚ an event that signaled the continuation of the Roman Empire as an officially Christian entity. The Architecture developed from the fifth century A.D. in the Byzantine Empire‚ characterized especially by massive domes with square bases and rounded arches and spires and much use of glass mosaics. With the rise of the Islamic empire in former Byzantine
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in American architecture. Located in western Pennsylvania‚ building began in 1936 and the home was completed in 1939. In addition to Wright’s distinct design features‚ any mention of Fallingwater would be incomplete without mentioning the notable geographical elements‚ none more well-known than the waterfall over which the home was built. At first glance‚ Fallingwater seems to be a modern work‚ and it is‚ in that it is considered to be in the style of American Modern architecture. However‚ one
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American Gothic American gothic literature became popular in the 19th century when writers started to captivate reader’s attention with stories of mystery and tragedy. This literary scheme was most effective due to it being able to compare real society in a more bizarre sense. In all great Gothic stories‚ the writer is proving a point on what society needs to realize. In Hawthorne’s “Young Goodman Brown” (553)‚ Hawthorne shows the journey of a young man who is slowly being corrupted and robbed
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of a story is by far the most important aspect because it is what sets the mood and tone. A haunted house at night creates a different sense of danger and mystery compared to a setting with a small little house and bright skies. Gothic means darkness and to be truly gothic‚ I believe a story must contain at least one if not all elements such as nighttime‚ supernatural‚ and fear of an unknown setting. It is because of these stories that these elements are considered scary today and I think the authors
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Einstein College of Engineering EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING Computer Architecture and Organization Lecture Notes-EC53 SUJATHA.K & JASMINE MARY.S TEXTBOOKS: 1. John P. Hayes‚ ‘Computer architecture and Organisation’‚ Tata McGraw-Hill‚ Third edition‚ 1998. 2. V. Carl Hamacher‚ Zvonko G. Varanesic and Safat G. Zaky‚ “ Computer Organisation“‚ V edition‚ McGraw-Hill Inc‚ 1996. Einstein College of Engineering UNIT 1 INTRODUCTION FUNCTIONAL UNITS OF A COMPUTER SYSTEM Digital computer
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through Isolation Mary Shelly depicted destruction commencing due to gothic isolation in the novel‚ Frankenstein. She placed Victor Frankenstein inside a living space cohesive to harmony and unhindered development from a young age; it lent itself to self-exploration and a lack or emotional pain. The author used the youth as support towards the display of darker isolation. Victor’s choice of scientific exploration and gothic isolation securely left coherence‚ as he continued his path towards discord
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