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Br J Gen Pract, 2002 The need to recreate reality is a driving force behind art. Mimesis-imitation of the real world as a main function of art was observed and analyzed as early as the fourth century B. C. by Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle. Although artists searched for inner inspiration, the psychological need to record reality was always present, appearing during the ...
Shepherd D.
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Lord of the “rings”: A case of Plasmodium falciparum [PDF]
IDCases, 2022 Plasmodium falciparum is the most common species to result in severe malaria infection. Examination of blood sample with thick and thin smear is the gold standard diagnostic test and repeat peripheral smear monitoring every 12–24 h should be performed ...
Marissa Li +3 more
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The life history theory of the Lord of the Rings: a randomized controlled trial of using fact versus fiction to teach life history theory [PDF]
Evolution: Education and Outreach, 2022 Does asking students to apply concepts from evolution to a fictional context, compared to a novel biological context, improve their understanding, exam performance or enjoyment of the material?
Carlo C. Maley, Sareh Seyedi
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Dido and Éowyn: two sides of the same coin
Anuario de Estudios Filológicos, 2021 This article aims to show the influence that the Latin poet Virgil had on Tolkien’s work, especially in one of his heroines. This will be demonstrated through the analysis and comparison between the two most influential female characters in their ...
Estibaliz Sanmartín García
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Translating English Fictional Names
Iperstoria, 2022 This paper highlights the pivotal role played by proper names in fantasy literature and examines the techniques employed by the Italian translators of J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings in the translation of anthroponyms.
Gloria Mambelli
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PRECEDENT PHENOMENON “THE LORD OF THE RINGS” IN THE RUSSIAN MEDIA DISCOURSE
Известия Южного федерального университета: Филологические науки, 2021 In the context of world globalization, a person is constantly influenced by modern media, a powerful means of suggestion, mind control. The media do not simply describe the reality and objectively record the events taking place around them.
Anna N. Mishchenko
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La triple menace eschatologique dans The Lord of the Rings de Tolkien
Caliban: French Journal of English Studies, 2020 A place of desolation where blood-red flames stand out against pitch-black darkness. A barren land where the grass does not grow. The dwelling of a big fiery eye, without lids, threatening to spread its power throughout Middle-earth...
Eline de Mathuisieulx
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The Monstrous Feminine: Ungoliant, Shelob, and Women in Tolkien’s Middle-Earth
Crossroads, 2021 This article seeks to provide an analysis of Tolkien’s portrayal of feminine figures by emphasizing the roles of Ungoliant and Shelob, the monstrous spiders which Tolkien codes female, and finding how these sexual and procreative beings fit into Tolkien’
Christopher Hansen
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Redness in the eyes of the dark Lord [PDF]
Glasnik Etnografskog Instituta SANU, 2009 This paper discusses continuous influence of the Romanticism' ideas all until the present time. The ideas about the golden age in the past, on an ideal society based on class, gender, and generational hierarchy were dominant in the children' education ...
Gavrilović Ljiljana
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Optimisation of MCTS player for The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game [PDF]
Bulletin of the Polish Academy of Sciences: Technical Sciences, 2021 The article presents research on the use of Monte-Carlo Tree Search (MCTS) methods to create an artificial player for the popular card game “The Lord of the Rings”.
Konrad Godlewski, Bartosz Sawicki
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