Stephen O. Murray Essays

  • An Analysis Of Islamic Homosexualities

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    Homosexualities Culture, History, and Literature By : Stephen O. Murray and Will Roscoe In the book Islamic Homosexualities Murray tends to focus predominantly on homosexuality among men. Meanwhile, there is one small chapter dedicated to lesbianism and sex between two women. As one may see from the book, the Islamic norms greatly differ from the Western ones and Murray shows us that through the text by making several important points. Murray begins by explaining the origins of condemning homosexuality

  • Male Homosexuality In The Yacoubian Building

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    Representations of Male Homosexuality in the Popular Book and Movie, The Yacoubian Building" written by Stephen O. Murray addresses how homosexuality in the novel is significant, especially in Arabic literature since there is an insufficient amount of exposure on that topic. Murray goes on state that “no other work with a representation of homosexuality from the Arab world has reached a wider audience” (1081). Murray exposes the concept of homosexuality through Taha’s and

  • Essay on Social Hierarchy in The Tempest

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    wo... ... middle of paper ... ...lson. "Shakespearian Superman" The Tempest D.J. Palmer (ed.) Macmillan & Co. 1968 Murray, J. Middleton. "Shakespeare's Dream" The Tempest D.J. Palmer (ed.) Macmillan & Co. 1968 Palmer, D.J. Shakespeare's Later Comedies: An Anthology of Modern Criticism. Harmondsworth, Penguin, 1971. Shakespeare, William. The Tempest. 1611. Ed. Stephen Orgel. New York: Oxford UP, 1994. Tillyard, E.M. "The Tragic Pattern" The Tempest D.J. Palmer (ed.) Macmillan & Co. 1968

  • Essay on Social Order in The Tempest

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    Crowell & Co. 1903. Knight, G. Wilson. "Shakespearian Superman" The Tempest D.J. Palmer (ed.) Macmillan & Co. 1968 Murray, J. Middleton. "Shakespeare's Dream" The Tempest D.J. Palmer (ed.) Macmillan & Co. 1968 Palmer, D.J. Shakespeare's Later Comedies: An Anthology of Modern Criticism. Harmondsworth, Penguin, 1971. Shakespeare, William. The Tempest. 1611. Ed. Stephen Orgel. New York: Oxford UP, 1994. Tillyard, E.M. "The Tragic Pattern" The Tempest D.J. Palmer (ed.) Macmillan & Co. 1968

  • Discrimination Exposed in The Tempest

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    servant. Caliban explains "Thou strok'st me and make much of me; wouldst give me Water with berries in 't; and teach me how to name the bigger light, how the less, That burn by day and night; and then I lov'd thee, And show'd thee all the qualities o' th' isle,... For I am all the subjects you have, which first was mine own king."(Shakespeare I,ii,334-354). We see he is treated as a lesser being because he is not of the same race as Prospero and Miranda. Prospero describes... ... middle of paper

  • Labeling Theory And Strain Theory As Explanations For The Causes

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    BOTCHKOVAR, E. V., TITTLE, C. R. & ANTONACCIO, O. 2009. The 'Standard' of the 'Standard'. General strain theory: Additional evidence using crosscultural data. Criminology, 47, 131-176. Crimes Act 1900 (NSW), New South Wales Consolidated Acts, viewed 27 March 2024, (-- removed HTML) FARRINGTON, D. P. & MURRAY, J. 2014. The 'Standard' of the 'Standard'. Labeling theory : empirical tests, New Brunswick (U.S.A.), Transaction Publishers. GROSS, S. R., POSSLEY, M. & STEPHENS, K. 2017. Race and wrongful convictions

  • Warnings in Shakespeare's Sonnet 95

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    straightforwardness adds to the wryness of the humor. Works Cited Shakespeare, William. "Sonnet 95." The Norton Anthology of English Literature.  Eds. M. H. Abrams and Stephen Greenblatt. Seventh ed. 2 vols. New York: Norton, 2000. 1:1041-42. Works Consulted Oxford English Dictionary. Eds. James A. H. Murray, et. al.  Oxford, 1961.

  • Flood Case Study

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    2.3 Flooding Background Floods are the most common natural disaster as well as the leading cause of natural disaster fatalities worldwide. (Doocy S., Daniels A., Murray S., & Kirsch TD., 2013). Schanze et al., 2006, also indicate that flooding is one of the most threatening natural hazards in the world. Musa and Usman, (2013) assert that, flooding has the largest damage potential and affects a larger number of people when compared to other natural disasters. According to Munich, 2015, due to flood

  • The Evolution of Human Nature

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    (1859) On The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, Murray), proposing that simpler structures evolve into more complex organisms, the old certainties were threatened because the adaptations of creatures to their surroundings no longer needed to be explained in terms of an Almighty. Evolutionary qualities could be explained, at least partly, by genetic influences. Mary Midgley, referring to the sociobiologist, Edward O. Wilson said, Wilson's contribution here is concerned with correcting

  • Essay on Dramatic Effects in Shakespeare's The Tempest

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    Crowell & Co. 1903. Knight, G. Wilson. "Shakespearian Superman" The Tempest D.J. Palmer (ed.) Macmillan & Co. 1968 Murray, J. Middleton. "Shakespeare's Dream" The Tempest D.J. Palmer (ed.) Macmillan & Co. 1968 Palmer, D.J. Shakespeare's Later Comedies: An Anthology of Modern Criticism. Harmondsworth, Penguin, 1971. Shakespeare, William. The Tempest. 1611. Ed. Stephen Orgel. New York: Oxford UP, 1994. Tillyard, E.M. "The Tragic Pattern" The Tempest D.J. Palmer (ed.) Macmillan & Co. 1968

  • An Analysis of the First Two Acts of The Tempest

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    Crowell & Co. 1903. Knight, G. Wilson. "Shakespearian Superman" The Tempest D.J. Palmer (ed.) Macmillan & Co. 1968 Murray, J. Middleton. "Shakespeare's Dream" The Tempest D.J. Palmer (ed.) Macmillan & Co. 1968 Palmer, D.J. Shakespeare's Later Comedies: An Anthology of Modern Criticism. Harmondsworth, Penguin, 1971. Shakespeare, William. The Tempest. 1611. Ed. Stephen Orgel. New York: Oxford UP, 1994. Tillyard, E.M. "The Tragic Pattern" The Tempest D.J. Palmer (ed.) Macmillan & Co. 1968

  • Analysis Of John Milton's Paradise Lost

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    Paradise Lost Milton took the book Genesis and wrote it more about Satan then God, Adam and Eve and called it Paradise Lost. Some say that he was worshipping the devil without even knowing it. Milton’s life wasn’t the easiest. This could have been the reason why he thought God wasn’t all that people think He is. Milton wrote more about Satan than God in his story for this reason. You will find out why Milton wrote this book and the reasons why he wrote Paradise Lost. John Milton

  • Gay and Lesbian Spirituality

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    Transgender Warriors: Making History from Joan of Arc to Dennis Rodman. Boston: Beacon, 1996. Hoff, Bert H. "Gays: Guardians of the Gate – An Interview with Malidoma Somé." MenWeb - Men's Issues: Men's Voices Magazine. 1993. Web. 08 Feb. 2011. . Murray, Stephen O. Boy Wives and Female Husbands: Studies of African Homosexualities. Basingstoke [u.a.]: Macmillan, 1998.

  • Why Pop Culture Can T Deal With Black Male Sexuality

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    “Last Taboo: Why Pop Culture Can’t Deal with Black Male Sexuality” and “Its Colour was its Size: The Twisted Myth of the Small Asian Penis” provide classic examples of some common stereotypical myths that implicate penis size and race. This particular brand of stereotyping has been referred to as “sexual threat” or “sexual racism”, which has been the basis of violence and unequal treatment towards races throughout history. This paper will examine and explore the impact of the conflation of penis

  • Comparing History And Tragedy In Richard II

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    History and Tragedy in Richard II         An attempt to sort Shakespeare's plays into neat categories may appear to have its benefits when striving to understand his work, but even a superficial reading of Richard II indicates that this approach is largely futile and sometimes misleading. While it cannot be doubted that the play is of a historical nature, based on events recorded in Holinshed's Chronicles of 1577 and named after an actual king, a sense of true Shakespearean tragedy is

  • Shark Attacks In Australia

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    Shark Attacks The serious attacks are mainly by four species. The Bull shark. the Tiger, the Great White and the Oceanic Whitetip shark. The Grey Nurse (Sand Tiger) and the Bronze Whaler have for many years been blamed for many attacks but it seems nearly all were mistaken identity. The Grey Nurse is now protected in most States in Australia. The Great White is the largest and has a high percentage of fatal attacks. The Bull shark is responsible for a lot of attacks on swimmers and people in

  • Law and Medicine

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    Law and Medicine The general principle is valid consent must be obtained before medical treatment can commence. In Allen v New Mount Sinai Hospital [1980], J linden stated ‘consent is not a mere formality; it is an important individual right to have control over one’s body, even where medical treatment is involved.’[1] In Schloendorff v society of New York Hospital [1914][2], Cardozo J made a statement “Every human being of adult years and sound mind has a right to determine what shall be

  • The Leadership Lessons of Jesus Christ

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    The Leadership Lessons of Jesus Christ When we talk about Jesus as a leader, we may imply two different forms: Jesus as the only Son of God, God of the universe, or the risen Christ as being one with God; or Jesus as the 1 st century flesh and blood human being, the historical figure. Since the purpose of studying leadership is to improve one's own leadership skills, it makes sense to analyze Jesus' applicable traits, actions, and accomplishments as a good leader—in his historical role—so his