Robert A. Heinlein is a key figure in the development of American science fiction. What makes his contribution unique is his emphasis on philosophical speculation. Heinlein's program is based on rationality as a vital element to salvation. Although the importance of rationality is an aspect of many schools of philosophy particular value may be gained by comparing Heinlein's system with the philosophy of Plotinus. An examination of Heinlein's key works (Stranger in a Strange Land. The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress, Time Enough For Love, The Number of the Beast--. And various short stories I provides ample evidence to support the idea that the two systems are quite similar. Thus it becomes apparent that Heinlein presents a carefully considered world view which is particularly exemplified in his competent heroes, and in his concern for family, morality, and aesthetics.

As information regarding origin, production method, and environmental certifications characterize a progressing seafood market, scare analysis has been made to understand market responses. This study focuses on consumer preference for wild-caught and farm-raised shrimp with several attributes. These include the Homegrown By Heroes label and Best Aquaculture Practices certification, as well as other existing attributes including the Marine Stewardship Council and each state’s local label. Also considered are hypothetical labels including Community Supported Fishery (CSF) and National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). This study surveys consumers in Kentucky and South Carolina while utilizing a choice experiment to elicit willingness-to-pay measures for these various product attributes. Both wild-caught and farm-raised shrimp are considered since these species have significant market potential. Like previous studies, a strong preference for fresh as well as local shrimp was found. Furthermore, preference for Homegrown By Heroes was found to be highly valued by consumers, as well as the NOAA label signifying a federally operated ecolabel. Consumers were also found to value BAP and MSC certifications, two third-party agencies currently existent in the seafood market. Marketing and policy recommendations are given based on consumer willingness to pay estimates for these various seafood attributes in both states.

This study analyses the presence of feminism in Jan Guillou's Blue Star. The study is also looking for similarities between the main character Johanne Lauritzen and Guillou's male character in the series about Coq Rouge, Carl Hamilton. Answers are also sought for the question whether these two characters are heroes on the same terms.

Thesis advisor: Bonnie Jefferson / This thesis analyzes the discourse surrounding two of the most celebrated professional athletes in the present generation. Kobe Bryant and LeBron James are two highly talented basketball players who have both been hailed within the world of sports ever since they left high school and entered directly into the NBA. This study argues that the media has presented the careers of both Bryant and James in the form of carefully constructed and familiar narratives. The analysis incorporates concepts drawn from Walter R. Fisher, Seymour Chatman, Karyn and Donald Rybacki and Kenneth Burke, in order scrutinize the narrative elements existing within specific artifacts presented by the media. The analysis demonstrates how the selected artifacts uphold plotlines that are already recognizable to the audience. Through influential rhetorical devices, the media frames the careers of Bryant and James so that the two men are featured as the mythological heroes of their tales. This study reveals the power of framing a message as an identifiable narrative as well as the implications the construction has for both the athletes and the audience. / Thesis (BA) — Boston College, 2010. / Submitted to: Boston College. College of Arts and Sciences. / Discipline: Communication Honors Program. / Discipline: Communication.

A crise que se abate hoje no magistério engendra-se tanto nos baixos salários e na precária infraestrutura educacional, como na carga identitária do próprio professor, que enfrenta grandes dificuldades em encontrar seu lugar não somente dentro da sala de aula, mas na própria sociedade. Uma das formas de reconstrução dessa identidade encontra-se no resgate de sua condição de professor, no reencontro de sua essência. O complexo mítico mestre/herói/aprendiz pode presentificar-se no trajeto de imagens desse professor, desde os processos primários arquetípicos até as idiossincrasias dos indivíduos, pois o fazer profissional, muitas vezes, exercita nossa memória intuitiva trazendo as origens de nossa profissão e de nossa ontologia. O objetivo deste trabalho foi estabelecer uma discussão sobre as formas pelas quais esse trajeto de imagens é incorporado no cotidiano do professor, uma vez que o resgate dessa memória é um grande passo para a reconstrução de uma identidade quase perdida. Para tanto, foram coletadas três histórias de vida de professores de cursinho pré-vestibular, já que as histórias de vida são um dos amálgamas produtivos para esse encontro com um passado distante. O que se observou nessas narrativas foi como, a partir da prática em sala de aula, esse saber profissional mítico é atualizado e revivido pelos professores durante as suas aulas, seus comentários, seus enfrentamentos diante dos problemas da profissão, enfim, a forma com que percebem a si mesmos e a sua identidade profissional. / The crisis in today\'s teaching is engendered in both low wages and poor educational infrastructure, as in the teacher\'s own identity charge, which is facing great difficulties in finding their place not only inside the classroom but in society itself. One way of reconstructing this identity lies in the rescue of their status as professor, in the reunion of their essence. The complex mythic master / hero / apprentice can be made present in the path of images of this teacher, since the primary processes archetypal to the idiosyncrasies of individuals, because the professional way often practices our memory bringing the origins of our profession and our ontology. The aim of this study was to establish a discussion on the ways in which this path is embedded in the daily images of the teacher, since the recovery of this memory is a big step for the reconstruction of an identity almost lost. To this end, we collected the life histories of three teachers from Preparatory Course, since the life stories are an amalgam of production for this encounter with a distant past. What was observed was how these narratives, from the practice in the classroom, this legendary professional knowledge is updated and revived by the teachers during their lessons, their comments, their confrontations on the problems of the profession, at least, the way perceive themselves and their professional identity.

Por meio da análise das ações de dois heróis de peças do teatro Ático antigo, o presente trabalho elabora uma comparação entre a construção de dois tipos de comportamento marginal, e entre as diferentes consequências advindas dessas condutas que se colocam à margem da sociedade dramática. Nesse sentido, a partir da caracterização da marginalidade do herói personagem-título, da tragédia de Eurípides, Hipólito, demonstrarei de que modo a escolha do rapaz pela virgindade está intrinsecamente ligada às consequências desgraçadas que se abatem sobre a casa de seu pai, Teseu. De fato, considero que porque Hipólito escolhe deliberadamente, ou seja, sem coerção física ou mental, viver à margem dos costumes de sua comunidade dramática, ele é completamente responsável por desencadear a vingança de Afrodite que arruinará a vida de sua família. Do mesmo modo, através da delimitação da atitude marginal do herói Diceópolis, da comédia de Aristófanes, Acarnenses, elaborarei de que modo da escolha que o personagem faz pela paz privada, transgressora em relação à decisão da maioria dos cidadãos pela continuidade da guerra, decorrem as consequências etílicas, sexuais e gastronômicas com as quais ele arca. Assim, o objetivo desse trabalho diz respeito a entrelaçar de que modo Hipólito é desgraçado por causa de suas ações marginais e o porquê Diceópolis é feliz graças à marginalidade de suas ações. E, em última instância, pretendo explicitar por quais vias tanto o personagem da tragédia quanto o personagem da comédia são responsáveis pelos frutos que colhem de seus modos de vida à margem. / Through an analysis of the actions of two heroes present in plays from the Ancient Attic drama, this work draws a comparison between the construction of two types of marginal behavior, as well as between the different consequences resulting from these behaviors. In this sense, following the characterization of the marginality of Hippolytus, the homonymous hero of Euripides tragedy, I shall demonstrate how the young mans choice for virginity is intrinsically related to the disgraceful consequences that befall Theseuss house. In fact, I consider that because Hippolytus deliberately chooses (i.e. without physical or mental coercion) to live outside his dramatic community refusing its customs, he is completely responsible for Aphrodites revenge, which ruins his family. In the same way, by delimiting the marginal attitude of Dikaiopolis, from Aristophanes comedy, Acharnians, I shall elucidate the manner in which the characters choice for private peace, transgressive of the majoritys decisions for the continuity of the war, is followed by ethylic, sexual and gastronomic consequences he is faced with. Hence, the aim of this thesis is the intertwining of the way Hippolytus is disgraceful because of his marginal actions and the reason why Dikaiopolis is happy thanks to this very marginality. And, lastly, I intend to cast light upon the ways by which both the tragedy and comedys characters are responsible for whatever they reap from their marginal ways of life.

A crise que se abate hoje no magistério engendra-se tanto nos baixos salários e na precária infraestrutura educacional, como na carga identitária do próprio professor, que enfrenta grandes dificuldades em encontrar seu lugar não somente dentro da sala de aula, mas na própria sociedade. Uma das formas de reconstrução dessa identidade encontra-se no resgate de sua condição de professor, no reencontro de sua essência. O complexo mítico mestre/herói/aprendiz pode presentificar-se no trajeto de imagens desse professor, desde os processos primários arquetípicos até as idiossincrasias dos indivíduos, pois o fazer profissional, muitas vezes, exercita nossa memória intuitiva trazendo as origens de nossa profissão e de nossa ontologia. O objetivo deste trabalho foi estabelecer uma discussão sobre as formas pelas quais esse trajeto de imagens é incorporado no cotidiano do professor, uma vez que o resgate dessa memória é um grande passo para a reconstrução de uma identidade quase perdida. Para tanto, foram coletadas três histórias de vida de professores de cursinho pré-vestibular, já que as histórias de vida são um dos amálgamas produtivos para esse encontro com um passado distante. O que se observou nessas narrativas foi como, a partir da prática em sala de aula, esse saber profissional mítico é atualizado e revivido pelos professores durante as suas aulas, seus comentários, seus enfrentamentos diante dos problemas da profissão, enfim, a forma com que percebem a si mesmos e a sua identidade profissional. / The crisis in today\'s teaching is engendered in both low wages and poor educational infrastructure, as in the teacher\'s own identity charge, which is facing great difficulties in finding their place not only inside the classroom but in society itself. One way of reconstructing this identity lies in the rescue of their status as professor, in the reunion of their essence. The complex mythic master / hero / apprentice can be made present in the path of images of this teacher, since the primary processes archetypal to the idiosyncrasies of individuals, because the professional way often practices our memory bringing the origins of our profession and our ontology. The aim of this study was to establish a discussion on the ways in which this path is embedded in the daily images of the teacher, since the recovery of this memory is a big step for the reconstruction of an identity almost lost. To this end, we collected the life histories of three teachers from Preparatory Course, since the life stories are an amalgam of production for this encounter with a distant past. What was observed was how these narratives, from the practice in the classroom, this legendary professional knowledge is updated and revived by the teachers during their lessons, their comments, their confrontations on the problems of the profession, at least, the way perceive themselves and their professional identity.

Cheung, Lai Fan Estelle. / "December 2011." / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2012. / Includes bibliographical references. / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Abstract and acknowledgements --- p.iii / Chapter Chapter one --- Overview / Chapter I. --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter II. --- Background of the study --- p.4 / Chapter III. --- Use of heroique in Andre Cardinal Destouches's works --- p.11 / Chapter IV. --- Purpose of the study --- p.13 / Chapter V. --- Methodologies --- p.14 / Chapter VI. --- Limitations of the study --- p.15 / Chapter VII. --- Thesis organization --- p.17 / Chapter VIII. --- Contribution of the field --- p.19 / Chapter Chapter two --- Literature review / Chapter I. --- Introduction --- p.20 / Chapter II. --- Literature review --- p.21 / Chapter Chapter three --- Louis XIV the sovereign king prior to Destouches's Les Stratagemes / Chapter I. --- Introduction --- p.35 / Chapter II. --- Louis XIV the sovereign hero and its representation --- p.38 / Chapter III. --- Representation through the plot and the music --- p.43 / Chapter IV. --- Conclusion --- p.53 / Chapter Chapter four --- Plot characterization of heroique elements in Les Stratagemes de I 'amour / Chapter I. --- The lessening role of heroique prior to the production of Les Stratagemes de I 'amour --- p.54 / Chapter II. --- Purpose of the chapter --- p.55 / Chapter III. --- Introduction to Les Stratagemes de I 'amour --- p.56 / Chapter IV. --- Political heroique drama --- p.65 / Chapter V. --- Conclusion --- p.69 / Chapter Chapter five --- Music and dance characterization of heroique elements in Les Stratagemes de I 'amour / Chapter I. --- Introduction --- p.70 / Chapter II. --- Purpose of the chapter --- p.71 / Chapter III. --- Heroique elements in instrumental numbers --- p.73 / Chapter IV. --- Heroique elements in sung numbers --- p.81 / Chapter V. --- Interpretation of the muscular and feminine heroique agendas in Les Stratagemes --- p.113 / Chapter VI. --- Danced heroique in Les Stratagemes'S prologue --- p.120 / Chapter VII. --- Conclusion --- p.131 / Chapter Chapter six --- Conclusion --- p.133 / Appendix --- p.138 / Bibliography --- p.161

Ever since Homer told the tales of magnificent men and called these men heroes, the siren song of heroic achievement has been impossible to resist. By consistently acting in a manner that is above the capacity of normal human beings, a hero becomes a model of emulation and inspiration for ordinary, lesser mortals. This thesis traces the development of normative models of heroic thought and action in the work of Homer, Plato and Rousseau. It argues that models of heroism have evolved according to changing conceptions of the political institutions that comprise a polis and, in turn, notions of citizenship. Homer establishes the heroic ideal and offers an image of Man as Hero. The Homeric hero is a man of transparent action who is never incapacitated because he acts upon his instincts. Unrestrained by doubt, he soars above humanity and performs deeds that assure him of everlasting fame and glory. The Homeric hero is a warrior-prince who lives in the absence of a polis. He rules his community as a patriarch who places his personal quest for glory above the dictates of the common good. The Homeric hero is consequently limited in his ability to act as a model of emulation for those who live in a polis. In an historical period that gave rise to the polis as a desirable and unavoidable aspect of human life, Plato remodels heroic ideals. Thus Plato's ideals of heroism could survive and prosper alongside political structures and institutions guided by the demands of the common good. The philosophical hero exalted in the Platonic dialogues gains true knowledge, which enables him to excel at all activities he undertakes. The philosopher is impelled to channel his vast superiority into the realm of political leadership. Plato recasts the Hero as Citizen, an elite citizen who rules for the benefit of all. Plato's model of heroism, like Homer's, is premised on an anti-egalitarian, hierarchical conception of human worth. In the Social Contract, Rousseau aims to reconcile modern ideals of human equality with Homeric and Platonic hierarchical notions of heroic excellence. The Social Contract attempts to make all citizens equally heroic by insisting that men can only excel when they all participate equally in political sovereignty. Failing to reconcile heroism and equality, however, Rousseau chooses heroism and reverts firstly to aristocratic political formulas before finally abandoning politics altogether as a positive force for humanity. His work nevertheless inspired both a lasting notion of human equality that shaped the modern political landscape and evoked the romantic modern notion of an isolated individual, as epitomised by Rousseau himself, heroically climbing the peaks of human achievement. Rousseau's model of individual heroism effectively completes the cycle and returns the notion of heroism to where it begun with Homer, Man as Hero. The concept of the heroism, traced through these theorists, shows it to be a changing terrain yet consistent in its allure. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--School of History and Politics, 2004.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--McMaster University, 2005. / Supervisor: Howard Jones. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 264-272). Also available via World Wide Web.