This paper examines the symbolism of magic lamp in Mark Twain's The Adventures Huckleberry Finn (1884) and Kurt Vonnegut's Hal Irwin's Magic Lamp (1957). study, which uses an archetypal approach to texts, demonstrates how American authors use literary source image from Middle Eastern folktale collection Arabian Nights, where essentially represents Aladdin's dream a quick route success. Furtherm...

"Plain question and plain answer make the shortest road out of most perplexities." Mark Twain-Life on the Mississippi. A new methodology for the measurement of the neural substrates of human social interaction is described. This technology, termed "Hyperscan," embodies both the hardware and the software necessary to link magnetic resonance scanners through the internet. Hyperscanning allows for...

This paper re-examines the philosophical debate surrounding the issue of moral luck through the lens of Freudian psychoanalytic theory. The author argues that Freud's writings on moral luck, which have not previously been discussed in this context, provide not only a cogent explanation for the reasons behind the existence of moral luck but also a compelling argument for the constitutive role pl...

To paraphrase Mark Twain, reports of either the recent death or coming dominance of anonymity have been greatly exaggerated. This paper is a beginning effort to lay out some of the conceptual landscape needed to better understand anonymity and identifiability in contemporary life. I suggest 7 types of identity knowledge involving legal name, location, symbols linked and not linked back to these...

Is it acceptable (or perhaps even imperative) that the United States works to spread democratic liberty, even when nation building requires warfare on behalf of the oppressed? I argue that Mark Twain’s novel A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court is a useful aid for reflection regarding this question. What Twain accomplishes, thanks in great part to his humor, is an honest exposure of the ...

In the past, copyright law was of interest only to legal scholars and Hollywood film types. Today, however, copyright law is on the front page of local newspapers, argued about in conversations at the water cooler, and discussed by teenagers looking to find free music on the Web. Intellectual property intimidates those who don't understand the underlying principles or those that don't speak the...

This research aims to probe the classical elements in works of Fyodor Dostoevsky and show author’s bent towards authors traditions. is giant literary figure 19th-century Russian literature he belongs not only a particular time but all times like many other great classic writers. The significant for exposing affiliation epic poetry Homer Hesiod dramas preeminent Athenian tragedians, Aeschylus, S...