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- TételKorlátozottan hozzáférhetőThe Correlation Between Fictitious and Real-Life Violence as Portrayed by the U.S. MediaThe topic of my thesis is the correlation between fictitious and real-life violence as portrayed by the U.S. media, specifically journals, and studies. My main focuses include how and what violence gets portrayed in games in general, how that violence then gets reported in various newspapers or scholarly works, how various online activities and most modern video games have been intertwined, and what other forms of violence - including electronic - are around. I shall argue that video games as a medium should not be accountable for the possible crimes they influence as fantasy and reality must never be correlated and the different ways various outlets of media coverage chooses to interpret and report these crimes are often biased against works of interactive fiction and quite counterproductive due to their overly sensational style. My analysis is based on comparing studies and occasionally debunking findings. I will also, generally, explain theories most scholars use when writing about this topic, and at times include other scholars' opinions about those theories and their legitimacy or relevance.
- TételKorlátozottan hozzáférhetőSexual Desire in Two Short Stories in James Joyce's Dubliners And their Cover Versions in Dubliners 100In this thesis I examine James Joyce's Dubliners and the cover version dubliners 100,by exploring two short stories "Araby" and "A Pinful Case". With the concerning background of social and cultural changes in Ireland during the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries.
- TételKorlátozottan hozzáférhetőShakespeare’s HamletThis thesis explores the theme of mirroring in Kenneth Branagh’s film adaptation of Hamlet. It especially focuses on the way the theme of mirroring appears in the form of objects and is emphasised with the help of camerawork. It alasyses the way the characters serve as mirrors to each other. It also reflects on what makes this film adaptation unique and stand out from the rest.
- TételKorlátozottan hozzáférhető"Reveal to Them Who You Are": Homosexuality and Transgenderism In Recent Irish CinemaIn the past forty years Ireland has undergone a radical transformation from treating homosexuality and transgender identities as forbidden crimes punished by imprisonment – to producing multiple films that depict the radical transformation of social attitudes toward homosexuality in Irish culture. Here I will focus on how the medium of film reflects and reflects on this process by exploring three coming-of-age films from the past twenty years. I will take a closer look at Neil Jordan’s Breakfast on Pluto, (2005), followed by the recent Irish comedy-drama, Dating Amber (2020), directed by David Freyne, and the 2016 coming of age drama Handsome Devil, directed by John Butler.
- TételKorlátozottan hozzáférhetőThe Great Depression of the 1930s and the Ways of Solving ItIn my thesis, I explore the roots of the Great Depression that began in 1929 and two ways of solving it. Firstly, I explain how the stock market crash was only the triggering event of the depression and not the sole cause of it by examining other major contributors to the outbreak of the crisis. After that, I explore how Adolf Hitler acquired power and built a totalitarian state with the help of the Great Depression, and then I talk about how he solidified his power by solving it. In the next chapter, I analyze how the United States handled the Great Depression during the presidencies of Herbert Hoover and Franklin Delano Roosevelt, how the New Deals stopped the worsening of the crisis, and how they solved it. To conclude my thesis, I explain the crucial similarities and differences between the two ways of solving the problem. The goal of my thesis is to give the reader an accurate image of how the Great Depression shaped the course of history.