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Showing 1 to 20 of 158 for “"Innocence"”.
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The presumption of innocence
… as to what constitutes the presumption of innocence. This study answers the question: What is the presumption of innocence? The study contributes to knowledge by providing a comprehensive definition of the presumption of innocence from both a theoretical and practical perspective. The …
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#RodneyReed: a content and thematic analysis of a trending innocence campaign
… which is believed to be wrongful, Rodney Reed’s innocence campaign was shared on social media by celebrities, news organizations, and the public (Barajas, 2021), accruing over 2 million signatures in support (Bates, 2019), and resulting in a stay of execution. His campaign is one of many …
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Irony, innocence, and myth: Douglas C. Macintosh's untraditional orthodoxy
… in which he lived using the concepts of irony, innocence, and myth. By employing these concepts, the author identifies four significant moves that Macintosh made to break with philosophical idealism. The author explores Macintosh's relationship to an older, reigning Ritschlian liberal theology, …
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Organic Angels: Innocence, Conversion, and Consumption in the Antebellum American Novel
… female figure whose journey from childhood innocence to saintly womanhood merges the processes of sexual maturation and Protestant conversion. Because she purifies self-interested desire by redirecting it towards spiritual ends, the organic angel provides a symbolic reconciliation of the …
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The power of belief: Innocents and innocence in children's fantasy fiction
… power of belief and its associations with the innocence of childhood as found in J.M. Barrie’s <em>Peter Pan and Wendy</em>, J.K. Rowling’s <em>Harry Potter</em> series, Philip Pullman’s <em>His Dark Materials</em>, Lewis Carroll’s <em>Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland</em> and <em>Through the …
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Provocative Innocence: Deconstructing Youth Sexuality through a Patriarchal & Immanent Framework
The purpose of this exploratory study is to deconstruct dominant discourses of youth’s sexuality through the exploration of a cultural text. Patriarchal and immanent frameworks form the theoretical basis for a deconstructive textual analysis and systematic mise en scène analysis of the chosen text, …
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Interweaving innocence : a rhetorical analysis of Luke's passion narrative.
At least three issues remain unsettled with regard to the interpretation of Luke's passion narrative: (1) the sources that Luke employed when composing his narrative; (2) how best to translate δίκαιος in 23:47 and how this confession contributes to Luke's characterization of Jesus; and (3) the …
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Innocence and Experience: Figuring the Child in the Fiction of A. L. Barker
This thesis considers the dialectic of innocence and experience in the fiction of A.L. Barker (1918-2002). It is about her preoccupation with the relation between these states, which I argue is best understood through the figure of the child. Alluding to and critiquing Romantic, Victorian, …
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Forbidden Fruit: Dryden's The State of Innocence And Fall of Man, An Operatic Version of Paradise Lost
… since Dryden published his opera The state of innocence, critics have speculated about his reasons for making a stage adaptation of Milton's Paradise lost. The fact that Dryden worked for Milton in Cromwell's government may have been a factor. Dryden's Puritan indoctrination during childhood, …
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A critical evaluation of the utility of using innocence as a criterion in the post conviction process.
… that it is not part of its function to consider ‘innocence’. Only the safety of a conviction is within its purview. The Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) cannot correct an error itself, but can invite the CACD to consider doing so if it, CCRC, considers that there is a ‘real possibility’ of …
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Isolation, Loss of Innocence, Gender, and Trauma in Ana María Matute's Primera memoria and Juan Goytisolo's Señas de identidad
… themes in their works: isolation, loss of innocence, gender identity issues and political trauma. By focusing on the these themes, I will demonstrate the wide-reaching effects of the Spanish Civil War on the writer's masterpieces: two semi-autobiographical novels. Matute's Primera memoria …
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Crossing the Racial Hiring Divide in Public Education: First Nation Teachers Encounters with Employee Fit, Merit, and White Racial Innocence
… (and employment equity) and white racial innocence. These approaches used as hiring criteria show themselves to be unexamined “sorting” concepts on the part of white educational professionals who are making hiring decisions for public schools. The long-standing practice of hiring white …
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INNOCENCE, SUFFERING, AND SENSIBILITY: THE NARRATIVE FUNCTION OF THE PATHETIC IN CHAUCER'S TALES OF THE CLERK, PRIORESS, AND PHYSICIAN (ENGLAND)
In the Middle Ages, when men were urged both to know and to love truth, pathos frequently participated in a narrative strategy and a larger philosophical vision which attribute to motive and will as much importance as to specific acts. In particular, the emotions aroused by the details of innocent …
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Bail and the presumption of innocence: a critical analysis of section 60(1-1) of the criminal procedure Act 51 of 1977 as amended
… as in most jurisdictions, the presumption of innocence is a guaranteed constitutional right. The rationale of the presumption lies in the protection which it offers, since a person charged with a criminal offence stands to lose dearly in personal liberty, in social life and psychological …
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Presenting Korea's Past: Melodrama, Spectacle, and Democracy in Post-2000 Historical Films
… Linda Williams’ exposition of “a space of innocence” and Rick Altman’s genre theory, this dissertation argues that a powerful nostalgic imagination of innocence exists within the genre and suggests that the newly articulated innocence is one of the determinants of the revival of genre. …
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Eve and the creation cycle: Christina Rossetti's reaction to John Milton's "Paradise Lost"
… and as a redeemer, the woman who has fallen from innocence and whose innocence is restored through participation in the creation/redemption cycle. Rossetti's writing reflects her personal experiences, her love of Dante's works, her interest in the Anglican sisterhood, her own Tractarian obsession, …
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