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Introduction to German culture and German business culture
Report1.088 Words / ~ pages Lahti University of Applied Sciences German Culture Introduc­tion Culture is a system of shared beliefs, values, customs, behavior­s, and artifact­s that the members of a society use to cope with their world and with one another, and that are transmit­ted from generati­on through learning­. (Bates and Plog, 1990) Culture is what determin­es how we act and behave and what values and social morals we have. Thus it is very importan­t to understa­nd the culture of a person in order to understa­nd why the person is behaving the way her is and to be able to act carefull­y around her. We often know the High culture, which includes the fine arts, theater, music and literatu­re. We also often know the Folk culture, which is comprise­d of the religion­, the cooking, humor or popular music. But what is often only revealed when being in contact with the culture for a longer time is their Deep culture…[show more]
Dark Romanticism in American Literature: Edgar Allan Poe, Herman Melville, Nathaniel Hawthorne,
Handout2.010 Words / ~7 pages Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz - KFU Dark Ro­man­ti­cism Ed­gar Al­lan Poe and the ‘Imp of the Per­ver­se’ What are again the MAIN FEA­TURES of Ro­man­ti­cism? Re­ac­tion against Ra­tio­na­lism and Ma­te­ria­lism Four Main Cha­rac­te­ristics of Ro­man­ti­cist Thin­king: Pri­ma­cy of the Ima­gi­na­ti­on (ra­ther than pu­rely ra­tio­nal mo­des of un­der­stan­ding rea­li­ty) The Trans­for­ma­ti­ve Power of Ima­gi­na­ti­on (in­ves­t­ing rea­li­ty wi­th mea­ning) Im­portance of In­di­vi­dua­li­ty and Per­so­nal Free­dom (fo­cus on un­ta­med na­tu­re) IV. Va­lue of Spon­ta­n­ei­ty and Self-Ex­pres­si­on (as op­po­sed to ar­ti­fi­ci­a­li­ty and res­traint) Light Ro­man­ti­cism (Tran­s­cen­den­ta­lism­/“hel­le Ro­man­tik, Cha­rac­te­ristics: Op­ti­mism, Cla­ri­ty, Re­form Dark Ro­man­ti­cism (Go­thic Fic­tion, Ta­les of De­s­truc­tion) Cha­rac­te­ristics: Pes­si­mism, Mys­tery, Fail­ure Dark Ro­man­ti­cism Li­te­ra­ry sub­gen­re of Ro­man­ti­cism of­ten cal­led “Ame­ri­can…[show more]
Analisis de texto en expresion oral y escrita de la Lengua Española EL CAUTIVO
Homework1.387 Words / ~6 pages ISFD nº 22-Olavarria TRA­BA­JO PRAC­TI­CO N°1 LEN­GUA ES­PA­ÑO­LA FECHA DE ENT­RE­GA: 5 DE JU­NIO DE 2015 EL CAU­TIVO En Junín o en Ta­pal­qué re­fie­ren la his­to­ria. Un chi­co desa­pa­re­ció de­s­pués de un malón; se di­jo que lo ha­bí­an ro­ba­do los in­di­os. Sus pad­res lo bus­ca­ron in­ú­tilm­en­te; al cabo de los años, un sold­ado que venía de tier­ra ade­ntro les ha­b­ló de un in­dio de ojos ce­le­s­tes que bien po­día ser su hi­jo. Die­ron al fin con él (la cró­ni­ca ha per­di­do las cir­cuns­tanci­as y no quie­ro in­ven­tar lo que no sé) y crey­e­ron re­co­no­cer­lo. El hombre, tra­ba­ja­do por el de­sier­to y por la vi­da bár­ba­ra, ya no sa­bía oír las pa­la­bras de la len­gua na­tal, pe­ro se de­jó con­du­cir, in­di­fe­ren­te y dócil, has­ta la ca­sa. Ahí se de­tu­vo, tal vez por­que los otros se de­tu­vie­ron. Miró la pu­er­ta, co­mo sin en­ten­der­la. De pron­to ba­jó la ca­be­za, gri­tó, at­ra­vesó cor­ri­en­do el za­guán y los dos lar­gos pa­ti­os y se me­tió en…[show more]
Interpretation von
Interpretation1.508 Words / ~ pages Nyborg Gymnasium Dansk af­le­ve­ring 1 5/9-2017 Gris­k­hed Ind­led­ning/re­su­me No­vel­len ”Gris­k­hed” er skre­vet af Char­lot­te Weit­ze og er fra no­vel­le­sam­lin­gen mør­kets eg­ne fra 2005. Den er skre­vet i en post­mo­der­ne tid, men te­maer­ne i no­vel­len er dog no­get som berø­rer al­le. Gris­k­hed hand­ler om en pi­ge, hvis mor­far og mor­mor er dø­de. De dø­de beds­te­foræld­re, boe­de i et hus ude i ør­kenen. Pi­gen og hen­des tan­te, skal ryd­de op i hu­set, og de skal også ar­ve de­res ting. Tan­ten og pi­gen tak­ler døds­fal­det for­skel­ligt. Tan­ten går me­get op i hvil­ke ting hun skal ar­ve, men pi­gen er li­ge­glad med det ma­te­ri­el­le, og hun er op­ta­get af min­der­ne om mor­far og mor­mor. Tan­ten og pi­gen kø­rer væk fra hu­set med ar­ve­s­tykker­ne, de ta­ler ik­ke me­get sam­men. Pi­gen kig­ger ud i ør­kenen, og tæn­ker over li­vet og dø­den. Bi­len lø­ber tør for ben­zin, men de får skub­bet den frem til en selv­bet­je­nings­tank­.…[show more]
The Dual Self in the Flesh and the Spirit by Anne Bradstreet
Interpretation1.202 Words / ~6 pages Hebron University -hebron The Du­al Self in the Fle­sh and the Spi­rit by An­ne Brad­street He­bron Uni­ver­si­ty - Eng­lish De­part­ment Ame­ri­can Li­te­ra­tu­re (22324) The Fle­sh and the Spi­rit The Du­al Self In “The Fle­sh and the Spi­rit” by An­ne Brad­street, it is clear that the po­et is in­fluen­ced by the prin­ci­ples and be­liefs of Pu­ri­tans (“An­ne Brad­street: The Fle­sh and the Spi­rit”). “Brad­street pres­ents the idea of the Du­al self which in­di­ca­tes the never en­ding…[show more]
Civil Rights Act of 1964: President's Power to End Discrimination
Examination questions987 Words / ~ pages Universität Wien SS 2014 Ku­Ko – Cul­tu­re and Com­mu­ni­ca­ti­on Dr. Quiz 2 (10 Points) Does the Pre­si­dent of the United Sta­tes have the aut­ho­ri­ty to eli­mi­na­te dis­cri­mi­na­ti­on? De­scri­be and in­clude if the­re was a pre­si­dent who did this. The set of laws pas­sed in the la­te 1860s and 1870s, ga­ve the Pre­si­dent en­ough aut­ho­ri­ty to wi­pe out ra­cial dis­cri­mi­na­ti­on. The Con­sti­tu­ti­on de­man­ded that the Pre­si­dent exe­cu­te the laws, but no Pre­si­dent had used…[show more]
Fallaufgabe Problematik und Positionen zum Begriff „Leben“ bei einem Embryo -  zum Thema Ethik - P-ETHIS01-XX2-K04
Case Task2.496 Words / ~12 pages Apollon Hochschule der Gesundheitswirtschaft Bremen Fall­auf­ga­be: „Ethik“ P-ETHIS01-XX2-K04 In­halts­ver­zeich­nis Auf­ga­be 1 – Er­ar­bei­tung ei­nes Po­si­ti­ons­pa­pie­res S. 3 Auf­ga­be 1.1 – Pro­ble­ma­tik und Po­si­tio­nen zum Be­griff „Le­ben“ bei ei­nem Em­bryo S. 3 Auf­ga­be 1.2 – Ab­wä­gung bei ei­nem Schwan­ger­schafts­ab­­bruch S. 5 Auf­ga­be 1.3 – Ar­gu­men­te für den Ver­bleib des Pfle­gers im Un­ter­neh­men S. 7 Auf­ga­be 2 – Be­grün­dung der Ab­leh­nung ei­ner Kos­ten­über­nah­me S. 8 Li­te­ra­tur­ver­zeichn­­is…[show more]
Marine Corps Martial Arts: Strengthening Body, Mind & Character
Presentation908 Words / ~ pages Martial Arts Center of Excellence The Th­ree Di­sci­pli­nes The Th­ree Legs of a Stool By Staff Ser­geant A. The Ma­ri­ne Corps Mar­ti­al Arts pro­gram is built on a syn­er­gy of di­sci­pli­nes that help to de­fi­ne the pro­gram. This helps build its mem­bers in a way that con­sis­t­ent­ly and con­stant­ly im­pro­ves them men­tal­ly, phy­si­cal­ly and wi­thin their cha­rac­ter. The th­ree di­sci­pli­nes should be work­ed on to stri­ve for per­fec­tion in each, and find a ba­lan­ce that makes the Ma­ri­ne…[show more]
Analyse af ”Og hele månen blev som blod” publiceret i Berlingske Tidende
Reflection1.062 Words / ~2 pages Leibniz Gymnasium, Gelsenkirchen Dansk AEmil Au­gust­Stær­kær­Fa­a­borg Gym­na­si­um­BA2.A­29/11-2015Ana­ly­se­af ”Og he­le må­nen blev som blod”Ny­heds­ar­tikl­­en ”Og he­le må­nen­blev som blod” pu­bli­ce­ret i Ber­lings­ke Tid­ende da­gen ef­ter­ter­ror­an­greb­ene i USA den 11. sep­tem­ber 2001 er skre­vet af­kor­re­spon­dent Poul Høi og er en stærkt fø­lel­se­spræ­get­sam­­men­fat­ning over de ting, som Høi be­vid­ne­de un­der ter­ror­an­gre­ben­ei USA. Høi vi­de­re­gi­ver…[show more]
Globalization and Americanization of Culture: An Analysis
Term paper2.599 Words / ~15 pages Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz - KFU Globaliz­ation of Culture Table of Contents Globaliz­ation of Culture: American­ization?­. 1 Table of Contents­. 2 Introduc­tion 3 The Globaliz­ation of Culture. 4 Globaliz­ation of Culture: Positive or Negative Process?­. 6 The Term American­ization 8 American­ization of Culture. 9 Growing Anti-Ame­rican Sentimen­ts. 11 Conclusi­on 12 Literatu­re. 14 Internet Sources. 14 Introduc­tion When discussi­ng the globaliz­ation…[show more]
Vampire Evolution in Film: From Nosferatu to Twilight
Term paper1.981 Words / ~6 pages Aalborg University, Denmark VAM­PI­RE EVO­LU­TI­ON ON SCREEN Al­lu­re of the Vam­pi­re Ori­gi­nal­ly the vam­pi­re did not have ca­ni­ne fangs. It was not beau­tiful or sym­pa­the­tic – or even hu­ma­no­id. The vam­pi­re did not have fee­lings and it did not spark­le. On the con­tra­ry the vam­pi­re was an atro­cious mons­ter that should be slain wi­th fire. Man’s deepest fe­ars have long be­en a fa­vou­red sub­ject of de­pic­tion th­rough ar­tis­tic ex­pres­si­ons such as li­te­ra­tu­re and film.…[show more]
,, Leoaică tânără, iubirea” - neomodernsim de Nichita Stanescu
Text Analysis987 Words / ~3 pages CNNI, Brăila ,,Leo­aică tânără, iubi­rea” -neo­mo­dern­sim- De Ni­chi­ta Sta­nes­cu Neo­mo­der­nis­mul poe­tic sau ge­nerația 60 a în­sem­nat o re­vi­gora­re a poe­zi­ei, o re­ve­ni­re a dis­cur­su­lui li­ric in­ter­be­lic la for­me­le de ex­pre­sie me­ta­fo­ri­ce, la ima­gi­ni ar­tis­ti­ce, la re­flecții fi­lozo­fice. Poeții aces­tei pe­ri­o­a­de se întorc, după pe­ri­oa­da în­tu­n­e­ca­tă a rea­lis­mu­lui so­cia­list la: me­ta­fo­re sub­ti­le, la iro­nie, la ma­ri­le te­me fi­lozo­fice, la…[show more]
Allgemeine Informationen über Österreich
Summary3.807 Words / ~19 pages Západočeská univerzita v Plzni - West-böhmische Universität Pilsen All­ge­mei­ne In­for­ma­tio­nen über Ös­ter­reich ÖS­TER­REICH 15.2. Al­pen­re­pu­blik im Her­zen Eu­ro­pas im süd­li­chen Mit­tel­eu­ro­pa – 83 871,2 km2 = Ge­samt­flä­che (32% lie­gen tie­fer als 500m; 40% lie­gen über 1000m) Kreu­zung – eu­ro­päi­scher Ver­kehrs­stra­ßen von Nord nach Süd und von Ost nach West ,,Zwi­schen“ – Auf­ein­an­der­tref­fen wich­ti­ger eu­ro­päi­scher Kul­tur und Wirt­schafts­rau­me STAATS­YM­BO­LE Bun­des­hym­ne 1946 – durch ei­nen…[show more]
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