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The play Hedda Gabler depicts family relations and the role of women in 19th-century society in Norway. The main character, Hedda, is the wife of young academic Tesman. Hedda Gabler, upon the discovery that her imaginary world of free-living and noble dying lies in shivers about her, no longer has the vitality to continue existence in the real world and chooses self-annihilation. Thesis Using the character of Hedda, Ibsen unveils women’s struggle and low social roles, their desire to be happy and accepted by society. From the very beginning, Hedda Gabler is portrayed as a cold and unsympathetic woman, the daughter of an aristocratic General. She has married Tesman because her life seems boring, and she wants to change it. Thus, Ibsen portrays a honeymoon does not bring happiness or joy because they do not love each other. “Think of the sort of life she was accustomed to in her father’s time. Don’t you remember how we used to see her riding down the road along with the General?” (Ibsen). Ibsen portrays that Hedda is unsatisfied with her life. Thus, she cannot change social traditions and morals, which limit her actions and freedom. Patriarchal society and an important role of a husband and father in the life of Hedda are the main feminist motifs that appear ant in this play. Since childhood, Hedda has been guided and supported by her father, and even marriage does not change her life. Ibsen portrays that her own life has lost its meaning; Hedda Gabler is a play with the lives of men; a diminution of stature in her case is undeniable; mere boredom has in her take the place of Hjordis’s tragic despair. In Hedda, Gabler Ibsen gives Eilert Løvborg the benefit of taking him as a genius, even if he cannot, go so far as to look upon Hedda Gabler herself as a grand creature gone wrong. Lovborg recollects: “When I used to come to your father’s in the afternoon–and the General sat over at the window reading his papers–with his back towards us” (Ibsen). The feminist idea is that Hedda tries to find her unique identity and self, prove her dignity and unique values. All these are, in the highest degree, the willing addicts of romantic dreaming divorced from all practical activity, and Ibsen’s condemnation of them is not only peremptory but also, more often than not, unmitigated by compassion. One finds oneself wondering, for instance, whether Tesman and Thea, with Hedda Gabler out of the way, will succeed in reintegrating Lovborg’s book, whether they will make a match of it, and even whether Tesman will catch a spark or two from the ashes of his dead rival’s fire. The further argument is the Ibsen idealizes women. True, in making them more purposeful and energet
Introduction When I look at stories like “The Immortals”, “Evermore”, “The Prospect from the Silver Hills”, “A Family Super” and “Intimacy”, one common theme I noticed from all the stories is the concept of being alone and how it affects how people view themselves, their lives and the place they are in. It is the view of this paper that loneliness in life comes about not through outside circumstances; rather, it is a result of a personal choice. Belongingness Is Necessary to Avoid Loneliness In the case of the story, “The Immortals”, we see how the isolation of a group of survivors has changed their view of reality to the point that they believe that they are actually immortal. In fact, I read that the narrator of the story believed that he has been an observer of mankind from the very start and will continue to observe the world when mankind is no longer around. However it is hinted in one section that this is far from the truth when the narrator states: “ Sometimes I have this weird idea that I am just a second rate New Zealand schoolmaster who never did anything or went anywhere and is now noisily dying of solar radiation along with everyone else.” From this statement, it can be thought that the narrator could simply be making stuff up due to his/her loneliness. For instance, towards the end of the story it is shown that the narrator is part of a population in New Zealand that has been poisoned by water from a well. Evidence of this apparent loneliness can be seen in his/her views of the world around him/her as humanity slowly evolves and develops, yet, these views are strangely lacking in relation to feelings of association, friendship or even feelings of “belongingness” (Koger 126). What exists is instead an outside view of humanity that examines it from the perspective of someone that is outside of its norms, limitations and boundaries as opposed to someone that has examined human nature by being human themselves (Koger 126). It seems as if despite the experiences of the narrator, there is no one that he is able to relate to, no one that he can talk to as an equal, and the end result is that he merely observes since that is all he can do (Lipsky 60). Evidence of this can be seen in the fact that the narrator does not seem to establish any form of long term relationships with the people he interacts with, he just drifts based on what interests him at that particular moment in time. From this story, it is hinted that loneliness is often caused not by being alone, rather, it is often the case that it manifests simply because someone does not feel like they belong to the group that they find themselves in or that they cannot relate to anyone that they talk to (Lipsky 60). One example of this can be seen in the case of the story “Evermore” where the main character of the story is sad about the death of her brother and the fact that many people have forgotten the sacrifices of the past. This can be seen in the following quote where the main
Course identification As an educationalist having big ambitions and aspirations to excel in my teaching professional, I am always motivated to bring change and improvement in education. As a teacher, I would like to develop a course known as communication as an aid to effective teaching practices. Though I have never taught the course before, I find it interesting and important as well in equipping students with skills and knowledge on how they can use effective communication to enhance their teaching. Teaching in most cases involves oral communication between the students and their instructor therefore making it easier for the learners and the teachers to understand each other. As a result, the students benefit from the instructions given by their teachers (Reinhart, 2010, p. 230). There are various aspects in communication showing the way a teacher is required to present himself/herself before his students in order to create a good mood for the learning. These aspects in communication are very crucial since they determine the level at which the students conceptualize and retain various facts. Therefore, it is important for the education fraternity to be aware of the impact or the repercussions communication can have on the learning environment especially the students. However, there exist some courses related to communication for instance the managerial communication. Related Course Syllabi The managerial communications course entails contents like who, what, when, where and why of effective communication, the seven C’s mechanics in communication, and global shrinking. It also addresses issues like how the communication have revolved since nineties, its culture, ethics and technology, strategic planning and aesthetics in communication including visual aids, various approaches including the direct and indirect in communication, the art of Friendly persuasion with style, in class oral presentation, short reports, proposals, interviewing and job application and many others. Another course being offered is the “business communication”. In this course its syllabi consists of techniques available in business communication, strategies for various businesses situations like presentations, memo reports, electronic communication and memos amongst others. Other syllabi are on the methods of organizing and presenting information for professional communication. Analysis and critique of the courses The business communication course is well structured going by its syllabi. The contents incorporated t
The Human Immune Deficiency has continued to kill more people in the United States even when people are aware of how it’s transmitted and how it can be avoided. This report analyses a report (Satcher et. al., 2010) that was posted by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) The regular test for HIV is being encouraged because recent medical reports indicate that there are many people who are infected by this virus but they are not aware. Most people ignore the evaluation process when they are not experiencing any health problems. They only get examined at a later stage when the situation has already worsened. Early discovery can prevent further spread of the virus into AIDS. The majority of people who have been tested were not willing to get examined hence they were tested because of other reasons such as during blood donation where it is mandatory for the donor’s blood to be examined (Taubes, 2007). CDC relied on the information provided from the survey conducted by National Health Interview between 2001 and 2009 to establish cases of early discovery of HIV. Additionally, this information was used to determine the geographical locations that had the highest infection rate. CDC also obtained information from the national HIV surveillance system which was useful in identifying the number of people who voluntarily availed themselves for the examination. The information from these findings suggest that HIV affects homosexuals than men who are have straight sexual orientation. Besides that African-Americans are more prone to this virus than other races. Urban centers were found to have the highest number of infected persons. Of late most people are being discovered early enough because most people want to know their status. The CDC report indicates that more men suffer from HIV than women. Rothan (2002) argues that this could be due to their polygamous nature. If HIV is discovered early the patient has higher chances of living longer than when examination has not taken place. When one knows that he/she is infected with HIV, he/she may avoid spreading the virus to uninfected persons. For instance, pregnant women are forced to take HIV evaluation because if they are infected they will extend this virus to their new born babies hence when they are found to be positive they are discouraged from breast feeding the child once it’s born. This test has led to decline in child mortality. Incase a person tests positive he/she is introduced to retroviral medicine which is meant to decline the multiplication of the virus which in return prevents the virus from advancing into AIDS. In the past decades many people were dying because of this disease because they could only get tested in health clinics and most people were afraid of going for the examination because they felt that they would die earlier du
Introduction Over the last year, a global health security problem has emerged. The Ebola virus disease (EVD), which, according to Arwady et al. (2015), had been previously known as an “exotic tropical disease”, suddenly became a worldwide concern during summer 2014, after a few outbreaks of it occurred in West Africa (p. 578, 583). In our paper, we will look at the crux of the issue, its importance, factors that might influence the scale of the problem, and make some claims about the possible origins of the problem and solutions to it. The Essence and Significance of the Ebola Problem EVD is a highly transmittable, perilous disease which has exceptionally high fatality rates. There exist five identified types of the virus of the Ebolavirus genus, three of which have a fatality rate varying from 40 to 90% (McElroy et al., 2014, p.1683). A single infected traveling person can spread the disease to a large number of people and unless the prevention measures are applied, an outbreak can emerge (Arwady et al., 2015, p. 583). The problem of Ebola is of crucial importance. There is a great need for international humanitarian help and solidarity towards the affected countries. For instance, Liberia, a West African country, was one of the first struck by the epidemic in 2014. It had less than 200 doctors before the first outbreak began (for a total population of approximately 4 million people) (Arwady et al., 2015, p. 578). There were not nearly enough Ebola treating units (ETUs) in Liberia, and sick patients had to lie on the ground outside hospitals (Arwady et al., 2015, p. 582-583). By 15 August, 826 cases of EVD were reported in Liberia, 455 of them lethal (Arwady et al., 2015, p. 580). Due to the lack of beds, many patients have turned away from hospitals during the following months. By September 2014, EVD spread further across Liberia, cases of infection doubling every 15-20 days (Arwady et al., 2015, p. 583). In October 2014, EVD spread across Sierra Leone and Guinea (Rainisch, Shankar, Wellman, Merlin, & Meltzer, 2015, p. 446). The affected countries quickly ran out of medical supplies, such as gloves, disinfectants, and body bags (Arwady et al., 2015, p. 579). In 2014, the deadly virus was also transmitted to some Western countries (the USA and Spain) (Rainisch et al., 2015, p. 444), which stimulated it’s becoming a global issue. An acute necessity for further research exists. First, the natural reservoir of Ebola is not yet identified (Ebola, 2015, Transmission, para. 1), which complicates the disease’s prevention. Second, no specific FDA-approved medicines exist currently, and the disease is only treated symptomatically, which means that the development of effective anti-Ebola medications and vaccines is highly required (Ebola, 2015, Treatment, para. 1). Factors Influencing the Problem at Different Levels Several factors influence the chance of spreading EVD, and, consequently, the importance of the issue in perspective. Let us look into them in more
Introduction The educational system of a society is fundamental to the development and ultimate advancement of the entire community. Educators and governments all over the world have acknowledged that teaching practices can have a significant effect on the education of the population leading to significant impact on economic and social outcomes of their citizens. For this reason, high educational achievements have been seen as favorable for a nation’s well being. However, over the last few decades, it has been noted that students fail in different subjects as a result of lack of interest and inadequate commitment to the learning process. This could arguably be blamed on the implementation of poor teaching strategies by the educators. This paper shall conduct a comprehensive research on different strategies and tools that can be employed by teachers in a bid to enhance interest and ultimately, success in subjects that are at times viewed as difficult by students. To this end, a detailed analysis of learning styles, strategies and tools shall ensue so as to understand how different students learn and construct their thought processes. With such knowledge, an articulated response shall be provided as to how teachers can build student’s interest in various subjects. Learning: A Brief Overview MacKeracher (2004, p.74) asserts that learning refers to the content of thought or to what we learned, learning styles explicitly refer to how we have learned it”. Learning styles are achieved by combining a number of learning strategies to come up with particular learning styles. Many learners can implement several strategies of learning but often prefer to rely on the strategy they know best. It is widely agreed by educators all over the world that students who actively engage in the learning process are likely to achieve greater success. This assertion is backed by numerous education literature which reveals that once students are engaged in a particular learning process that suits them, they feel empowered and their propensity for higher personal achievements significantly rises. The significance of learning styles springs from the fact that “each student has personally preferred strategies for processing information and for learning” (MacKeracher, 2004, p.79). It is these strategies that determine the manner in which the learner goes about the learning task. Learning Enhancement Tools and Strategies Educators play a vital role in determining how best a student grasps the concepts of any given subject. However, a deeper understanding on the learning styles that best suit each student is always an added advantage to the educator. This can be attributed to the fact that harnessing such knowledge can help the educator enhance the level of interest a student exhibits in a subject. The article by Stigler and Stevenson (1991) aims at explaining why there is poor performance by American students in mathematics while their Asian counterparts seem to
Introduction In the movie I, Robot, the filmmakers present their vision of the world in 2035. In addition to the expected technological advancement and numerous changes in the natural world, the world in 2035 is crucially different from ours in that a clear boundary between human beings and machines no longer exists. In other words, robots have taken on almost all of the specifically human traits such as morality, language, self-consciousness, etc. Even though some of the aspects of the filmmaker’s vision of future are possible, and very likely to become reality, the essence of the film appears highly unrealistic. Technological advancement The film shows great advancements in technology. An example is the central computer, which is used to control other robots. This computer is integrated with an advanced AI which enables it to act in order to prevent human beings from harming one another. Another example is in the mode of transportation used by humans. The vehicle, detective Spooner drives, is the Audi RSQ, a concept car with a mid-engine layout that gives a picture of how future automobiles will be designed. Its wheels are shaped like balls allowing the vehicle to move sideways. This theme of technological advancement displays the potential benefits of artificial intelligence (Booker and Thomas 139). The natural environment The natural environment of the future is depicted as dried up and futile as far as water and other natural resources are concerned. An example is how a large area of Lake Michigan has dried up, and the lake is now being used as a landfill to store old robots. The sign that reads “What you see here is Lake Michigan” reveals to the audience that the lake has indeed dried up. This is clearly the writer’s projection of the trends that we now experience, and his vision about what will happen if those trends remain. The manmade environment The architecture in the movie is somewhat similar to the one present in Chicago today. To add an aspect of the future architecture, the infrastructure in the film has been altered. For example, new triangular antennas have been added on the Willis Tower. This building, which is the tallest skyscraper in the United States, has also been surpassed by the USR Building in the year 2035. The USR Building is made of glass and metal. The shape of the building is that of a knife blade which gives visitors a reeling sensation. One edge of the building is composed of clear glass. This allows one to have a wide view of the city and all the way down to the building’s lobby. Healthcare system Another area that depicts how the future will look like includes the healthcare system. When Spooner suffers a cut in his arm after a fight with robots, he does not visit a doctor. Instead, he takes a prosthetic spray from his pocket, and sprays it across the area inflicted by the cut. The cut then seals up immediately, and his arm goes back to its original appearance. This looks more like a repair than healing. Though this raises the
Ways in which MS Excel, as a tool for interpreting data can be used by a manager of an organization. MS Excel as a tool for interpreting data can be useful to an organization manager in many ways. First, it can be very useful in organizing data in a tabular format (Gupta, 2005, p. 60). The various tools and functions of MS Excel would allow a manager to create graphs and charts as well as make various calculations easily. The application also allows the sorting of data, which is often an important step in interpreting data. MS Excel also makes it easier to summarize data in terms of frequency, average, totals, and mode by using its in-built functions. These statistical items are often useful in discerning relationships in data sets. A pivot table is a powerful tool in MS Excel that would allow a manager to quickly summarize data. It allows one to sort, total, and count data from the original dataset and display the summary in a different table known as the pivot table (Anderson, Sweeney, & Williams, 2008, p. 34). A pivot table also makes it easy to cross-tabulate data. Through MS Excel, a manager is also able to work with a large amount of data. Data in different MS Excel sheets or workbooks can be linked and used to discern relationships. Therefore, the manager is not limited to the amount of data to work on. Examples of in which research results would be communicated to other members of the company, and explanation of how the research would be communicated as well as technology that would be used to demonstrate the results and analysis. Examples in which research results would be communicated to other members of the company include communicating employees’ productivity or performance to the board, reporting market status and trends to marketing executives, and announcing the company’s stock status to shareholders. The research would be communicated through summarized and diagrammatic formats such as graphs and charts, and tables. For instance, market status and trends information would require the use of graphs to show patterns. Comparison graphs could also be used to show the status of the company in the market. Also, a summary of stock data in terms of averages, totals, mode, and frequencies could be useful to communicate stock information. Short descriptions could also be used to communicate the research results MS PowerPoint would be used to present the results and analysis, however, these results an analysis would be demonstrated through graphs and charts, and tables. Graphs and charts such as scatter graphs, area graphs, line graphs, column charts, bar charts, and pie charts would be used in the demonstration. The table would also be used for listing information as opposed to providing long descriptions, while pivot tables would be used to provide a summary of data (Dalgleish, 2006, p.5). The potential legal and ethical issues that could arise if the information gained in this survey was used to create an ideal profile of characteristics that the company looked for when hiring employees. Several potential legal and ethical issues coul