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Anna Akhmatova was born into a high class family in Russia. Her father, Andrei Antonovich Gorenko, was also a writer in his free time. Her father forbid her to use his name on her writings so she came up with the fictitious name 'Akhmatova'. Akhmatova later married the highly praised poet and critic, Nikolai Gumilev. Gumilev was from Russia like Akhmatova. Gumilev and Akhmatova got divorced not long after their marriage. Anna Akhmatova did not have an easy life. She went threw three different marriages

Erik Erikson: The History, Development, and Significance of His Work Erik Erikson has had a tremendous life and has left an amazing legacy. He was an influential and pioneering psychologist, psychoanalyst, and author whose development of his psychosocial stages are immeasurable to the study of personalities. Erikson came from a somewhat troubled past, not so much economically, but psychologically. Erikson was born on June 15, 1902 in Frankfurt, Germany to his mother Karla Abrahamsen (Friedman

Based on the past information and the information I acquired during the duration of this course I chose to do my evaluation on Erik Erikson using the classical psychoanalysis of Sigmund Freud and Carl Rogers using the non-Freudian / interpersonal approach from Adler and Jung. Since there is no way to tell if either theory is right or wrong it is imperative that we discover our own theory among the popular ones and derive our own method of practice based on our current knowledge. This is done by comparing

Running Head: ANNA FREUD Anna Freud Anna Freud Selecting a woman that made significant contributions to the field of psychology between the years 1850 and 1950 is not an easy task as there is more than one woman who made significant contributions to the field of Psychology. Out of those talented women Anna Freud, overshadows her colleagues. Anna can be considered to have a fascinating background, which influenced her later development of unique theoretical perspectives. Her father, Sigmund

Leo Tolstoy's Anna Karenina is a novel that centers around the affairs and deeds of a group Russian nobles during the reformations of late 1800s. While the main affair of the story between the titular Anna Karenina and her lover Alexei Vronsky takes the centers stage, Tolstoy was not hesitant to show how the changes within the real Russian society affected the nobles inside the novel of his novel. Characters such Vronsky, Alexei Karenin, Konstantin Lëvin, and Stepan Oblonsky, or "Stiva", each live

Eugene O'Neill’s social criticism is negative… Whatever hope he sees for man lies in individuals who may have the courage to possess their own souls” (363). A prime of example of an individuals who do possess their own souls are present in Anna Christie. Anna and Marthy, the main woman characters, are both examples of O’Neill’s experiments into writing more well-rounded and independent women, much like the women of the 1920’s. Despite Marthy only appearing in the first act, her personality reveals

There were many plays that I could have chosen from, but this one Dinner with Friends by Donald Margulies caught my attention. I found it so interesting and very well written which made me want to actually write my director’s notebook about.     I chose this play because I liked how it was being told. The way the author wrote this  play was very unique. I also liked the play itself because a lot of these stuff are happening today in the world we live in and so there is a lot of comparing between

his commission and went abroad. There he hoped to find something different from Russia; but to his great disappointment, he found poverty and ignorance. Tolstoy began writing books and stories in his early 20s. His important works are War and Peace, Anna Karenina, and Resurrection. In spite of his happy marriage and his fame, Tolstoy began to feel that he was living selfishly. Eventually, he worked out a

Laughter’s plot is an accomplished amalgam of Lolita and Anna Karenina: age-gap romance and marriage infidelity. Albinus, a celebrated middle-aged art critic desperately longing for the beauty that’s never his, is enchanted by the alluring 16-year-old Margot when he aimlessly leads his footsteps to a movie theater

Anna Karenina is a story told in three locations: the two Russian major cities of Moscow and St. Petersburg and the rural countryside. Each location holds special connotations that are reflected in events and characters that live there. Tolstoy, a fan of the countryside himself, uses the lives of Levin and, to a lesser extent, Kitty to illustrate the moral superiority of the countryside over its more urban counterparts. On the other end of the spectrum is St. Petersburg, a city of superficiality