While eschewing a strict definition on the didacticism of Blake's imaginative vision, the following four analyses could be said to revolve around three general themes. These are: (1) that Songs of Innocence engage in a dialectic, much of their appeal deriving from the tension created between the co-existence of so-called qualities of "innocence" and "experience"; (2) that each one is an individual attempt to reconcile these, as well as other, oppositions; and (3) that such a reconciliation is hierarchical, usually concluding on a transcendent or visionary plane. The first three center on the text and metrical phenomena. In "The Ecchoing Green" they are explicated synonymously, whereas in "The Shepherd," "The Little Black Boy," and "Laughing Song," the textual approach precedes an appropriate metrical amplification. The final discussion of "The Blossom" marks a technical shift into sound color, though the structure of the approach continues the same alternating pattern demonstrated on the three analyses before it.

Shortly after Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol was released in 1843, a tradition of adaptation began which has continued seemingly unabated to the present day. Consequently, the tale has become so widely known that one is arguably as likely to have first encountered the iconic miser Scrooge through any number of audio-visual adaptations as through the original work itself. Significant critical attention has been paid to the nature of Scrooge's drastic change from miser to philanthropist. Many would argue that the change, happening both literally and figuratively overnight, is not representative of a genuine psychological transformation. On Christmas day, 2010, Stephen Moffat, Show-runner of the popular sci-fi series Doctor Who, became the latest adapter of the classic tale, with a Christmas themed episode of the series titled Doctor Who: A Christmas Carol. This paper addresses the Scrooge Problem, or the debated legitimacy of Scrooge's transformation. A study of A Christmas Carol and Doctor Who: A Christmas Carol reveals that Dickens in fact represents a genuine transformation based on one primary concept, time as a cyclical journey. This concept accommodates Dickens's belief in the transformative power of childhood memory and the nature of sympathy. Scrooge's transformation is brought to pass in part through his evolving understanding of the nature of time, a phenomenon which becomes even more apparent in Doctor Who: A Christmas Carol.

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Le lien que la morale entretient avec le temps selon Vladimir Jankélévitch est ce qui permet de perpétuer l'innocence. Non pas l'innocence qui est une ignorance, mais l'innocence qui a pour source l'amour. Celle-ci s'acquiert et s'exerce suite à un investissement total et sans relâche de l'individu. La conscience morale se développe par étapes, celles-ci suivent un ordre temporel. La conscience morale invite l'homme à tenter de retrouver son innocence, à retrouver sa pureté perdue. L'instant permettra à l'individu de réaliser l'innocence. Il en découle que seul l'instant est la véritable source de l'entrevision. Notre recherche constitue une synthèse de ce lien chez Jankélévitch.

Text in Afrikaans / Die sogenaamde vermoede van onskuld is via die Engelse Reg in ons reg oorgeneem en tot konstitusionele status verhoog met die daarstelling van artikel 25(3)(c) van die Grondwet, No. 200 van 1993. Hierdie reg om onskuldig geag te word en die gepaardgaande swygreg, wat hier kortliks aangeraak word, kan egter aan beperking onderhewig wees soos bepaal deur artikel 33 van die Grondwet. Die beginsels soos ontwikkel in Kanada en Amerika word ondersoek. Die slotsom waartoe geraak word is dat, alhoewel historiese en ander verskille deurgaans voor oe gehou sal moet word, die regspraak in genoemde jurisdiksies, en meer spesifiek Kanada, 'n groat rol sal speel by die inhoud wat die SuidA: frik:aanse howe, in die konteks van statutere vermoedens, aan die konstitusionele reg om onskuldig geag te word, sal gee. / The so-called presumption of innocence has been inherited from the English common law and awarded constitutional status by the introduction of section 25(3)(c) ofthe Constitution, Act 200 ofl993. This right to be presumed innocent and the accompanying right to remain silent, which is briefly touched upon, are however not absolute and can be subject to limitation as provided for by section 33 ofthe Constitution. The principles, as they have been developed in Canada and America, are investigated. The conclusion which is drawn is that, despite historical and other differences, it can be expected that foreign jurisprudence, particularly that of Canada, will play a major role in the content that will be given by the South African courts to the right to be presumed innocent in the context of statutory presumptions. / Criminal & Procedural Law / LL. M.

La plupart des systèmes pénaux dans le monde ont recours à la détention d’une personne soupçonnée d’avoir commis une infraction avant que son jugement soit définitif. Néanmoins, l’intensité de cette mesure dépend du régime politique démocratique ou autoritaire, du modèle de la procédure accusatoire ou inquisitoire. Le fondement de la privation de la liberté avant le jugement se justifie par la nécessité de préserver la société contre des actes qu’aurait commis le suspect en liberté. Mais comment apprécier ce risque, cette éventualité alors que sa culpabilité reste à être déterminée par une autorité compétente ? La détention d’une personne innocente est un mal irréparable, une atteinte grave aux droits fondamentaux. Quel que soit le modèle politique ou procédural, le régime de détention provisoire doit répondre à un équilibre à la fois d’efficacité de la répression et de protection de la liberté individuelle. Nous analysons la question de détention provisoire sous l’angle du droit comparé des deux systèmes pénaux (français et vietnamien) qui s’opposent en apparence à tous les niveaux : géographique, politique et culturel mais cherchent tous deux des mécanismes pour limiter la détention provisoire abusive. L’exigence de la vraisemblance de culpabilité avant le placement en détention provisoire et tout au long de la détention provisoire reste la règle essentielle de ces mécanismes. Mais cela ne résout pas tous les problèmes de la détention notamment dans un contexte où l’efficacité et le rôle de l’ensemble du système carcéral sont remis en cause / Most penal systems in the world have recourse to the custody of a person suspected of having committed an offence before final sentencing. Nevertheless, the intensity of this measure depends on the political regime – democratic or authoritarian- as well as the type of procedure: accusatory or inquisitorial. This deprivation of freedom before sentencing is based on the necessity to protect society from the offence which the suspect would have committed during his/her freedom. However, how can one determine this risk, this eventuality, whilst the suspect’s guilt remains to be determined by a body competent to do so? The detention of an innocent person is an irreparable wrong and a serious breach of one’s fundamental rights. Whatever the political or procedural model, the regime of pre-trial detention must strike a balance between the efficacy of the measure and the protection of fundamental rights. We will analyse the question of pre-trial detention from the Comparative Law perspective of two penal systems (French and Vietnamese ) which are seemingly contrasting at all levels: geographical, political and cultural; but which both seek measures which limit the abuse of pre-trial detention. The requirement of the likelihood of guilt before remanding the suspect in custody (as well as throughout the pre-trial detention) remains an essential rule of these systems. However, this does not solve all the problems regarding detention, notably in a context where the efficacy and the role of the entire prison system are being called into question.

Text in Afrikaans / Die sogenaamde vermoede van onskuld is via die Engelse Reg in ons reg oorgeneem en tot konstitusionele status verhoog met die daarstelling van artikel 25(3)(c) van die Grondwet, No. 200 van 1993. Hierdie reg om onskuldig geag te word en die gepaardgaande swygreg, wat hier kortliks aangeraak word, kan egter aan beperking onderhewig wees soos bepaal deur artikel 33 van die Grondwet. Die beginsels soos ontwikkel in Kanada en Amerika word ondersoek. Die slotsom waartoe geraak word is dat, alhoewel historiese en ander verskille deurgaans voor oe gehou sal moet word, die regspraak in genoemde jurisdiksies, en meer spesifiek Kanada, 'n groat rol sal speel by die inhoud wat die SuidA: frik:aanse howe, in die konteks van statutere vermoedens, aan die konstitusionele reg om onskuldig geag te word, sal gee. / The so-called presumption of innocence has been inherited from the English common law and awarded constitutional status by the introduction of section 25(3)(c) ofthe Constitution, Act 200 ofl993. This right to be presumed innocent and the accompanying right to remain silent, which is briefly touched upon, are however not absolute and can be subject to limitation as provided for by section 33 ofthe Constitution. The principles, as they have been developed in Canada and America, are investigated. The conclusion which is drawn is that, despite historical and other differences, it can be expected that foreign jurisprudence, particularly that of Canada, will play a major role in the content that will be given by the South African courts to the right to be presumed innocent in the context of statutory presumptions. / Criminal and Procedural Law / LL. M.

Hemingway claims in Green Hills of Africa that "all modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called Huckleberry Finn." If this basic idea is applied to his own work, elements of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn appear in some of Hemingway's Nick Adams stories and his novel The Old Man and the Sea. All major characters and several minor characters in these works share the quality of natural innocence, composed of their primitivism, sensibility, and active morality. Hemingway's Nick, Santiago, and Manolin, and Twain's Huck Finn and Jim reflect their authors' similar backgrounds and experiences and themselves come from similar environments. These environments are directly related to their continued possession and expression of their natural innocence.

Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) / Few in the world value books more than writers do. They have an understanding of literature that it is hard for a non-writer to grasp – an awareness of the importance of words and stories, and their place in society. Therefore, when a writer has one of his own characters read a book, it generally means something. To pass over such a detail, to ignore the clues carefully placed, is to deprive oneself of the full meaning of a work. Every action, item, and movement in a novel contributes to the end, to the purpose and meaning of the work. A character in a novel might toss a book aside, think nothing of having an empty library, or merely note a title in passing. But to the writer, and so also to the reader, these actions are of great significance. This paper looks at The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton and analysis the reading material of its hero, Newland Archer, in order to come to a better understanding of this character, Wharton’s narratives in general, and of Wharton herself. Newland Archer is a character who is in significant ways defined by the books he acquires and reads. Each book has been picked with such care it is possible to get a good idea of what type of person Archer is merely by looking at what he reads. It is therefore important to ask what his reading list says about him and why Wharton would have invested so much time in building this list. Wharton has made Archer’s library his autobiography.