...Enlightenment in Fifth Business: The Beauty of Change Fiona Doomasia West Carleton Secondary School Ms. Bell (e-Learning with O.C.D.S.B.) ENG4UT Monday, July 13, 2015 Enlightenment in Fifth Business: The Beauty of Change Millions of people devote their entire lives to achieving enlightenment; however, very few people truly understand how to do this, and what it feels like. Enlightenment is an abstract concept of attaining knowledge and reaching self awareness. Despite the ambiguity in the meaning of enlightenment, today’s society believes that it will guarantee self satisfaction. In Fifth Business, Robertson Davies portrays a man’s quest for enlightenment through his unpredictable life journey. Every change in Dunstan Ramsay’s life journey teaches him a valuable life lesson, and changes him for the better, resulting in his discovery of enlightenment. The road to enlightenment is paved by the insight on life that Dunstan gains as he changes his physical locations over the course of the novel. It is also clear that change can be enlightening when looking at the important characteristics that Dunstan develops from the variety of people that he surrounds himself with throughout life. Lastly, the knowledge that Dunstan learns through his many ambition changes proves to help him find personal enlightenment. Through the principles that Dunstan learns from his perpetual changes in setting, friends and ambitions, Davies uses Dunstan’s life journey to show that in order to...
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...Erio Zucchet Mrs. Zakowski ENG 3U1-07 Monday, May 30, 2011 Fifth Business: Origin, Nature and Burden of Guilt In Robertson Davies’s Fifth Business, the concept of guilt is an important component in the development of many major characters within the novel. Guilt is defined as a feeling of responsibility for some offense or crime. Throughout the novel, Robertson Davies utilizes the motif of guilt in order to express the feelings of certain characters. He also employs the logic behind their decision-making. The concept of guilt influences many characters, especially in the lives of Percy Staunton, Paul Dempster, and Dunstable Ramsay. The way in which these characters cope with the guilt they have combined in their lives, is also an essential part in their rebirths. In Robertson Davies’s Fifth Business, the concept of guilt directly influences the events, characterizations, decisions, and transformations of Percy Staunton, Dunstable Ramsay and Paul Dempster. The element of guilt proves to be properly portrayed through the description of Percy Staunton. Percy Staunton is an important figure in emphasizing the importance of guilt within the novel. It is also a prime example in showing how guilt influences a person’s decision-making process. During the first stages of the book, guilt is introduced when Percy throws a snowball at Dunny, which ends up hitting Mrs. Dempster. This shows the reader the moral...
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...Fifth Business: More Than Meets The Eye Jeffery Soy Carl Jung’s literary archetypes determine the structure of literary works. In the novel Fifth Business, by Robertson Davies, many of Jung’s archetypes are reflected in the characters. These archetypes include the Eternal Boy, the Wise Old Man, the Hero, the Maiden, and the Persona. The characters of Boy Staunton, Dunny Ramsay, Paul Dempster, Mary Dempster, and Leola Cruikshank symbolize these archetypes and support the overall theme of appearance versus reality in Fifth Business. Upon analyzing Carl Jung’s archetypes, one would find that Boy is the most obvious example of the Eternal Boy archetype. Over the course of the novel, Boy grows physically, but he acts very childish. He constantly denies throwing the snowball that struck Mary Dempster. He tries to prove to Dunny that he is better than him in every way. As kids, he ridiculed Dunny’s old sled and wool mitts (Davies, 3). In the future, he even goes as far as waving Leola’s naked photos in front of Dunny’s face (Davies, 148). Boy never grew mentally. Boy symbolizes the appearance of things, directly conflicting Dunny’s values of reality. And while many may believe that Dunny is the Hero of Fifth Business, he is better suited to the archetype of the Wise Old Man. The Wise Old Man acts as uses his personal knowledge to help offer guidance.To support this claim, one could take the example of his teenage years when he worked in a library. Dunny became focused on his...
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...In Robertson Davies novel Fifth Business the main character Dunstable (Dunstan) Ramsay struggles to understand his unconscious mind, thus having trouble being an individual. This novel outlines his journey for self-knowledge, happiness, and fulfilling his role as Fifth Business. Throughout the novel, Dunstan begins discover and understand himself. He does this through his interactions with the people he meets upon his travels. From a young child, Dunstan has trouble truly understanding who he is but as he grows older he matures and becomes his own person, as he is psychologically reborn. The person that Dunstan meets that makes the biggest contribution to help him start to understand himself is Liesl. Liesl works as part of a traveling circus as a ‘Truth Teller’, also modernly known as a fortuneteller. Dunstan describes Liesl as “the ugliest human creature” (Davies,196) he has ever seen, she wears mans clothing, has short hair and has a “huge, jutting jaw” (Davies,196). On the contrary he explains that she has a beautiful voice and she speaks very intelligently, due to this, Dunstan felt very comfortable with her, which is what allowed him to open up to Liesl. This is the first way Liesl helps Dunstan begin to understand himself, allowing Dunstan to open up for the first time in a long time released a lot of bottled up emotions. Dunstan describes Liesl as “a gargoyle! And yet never have I known such deep delight or such an aftermath of healing tenderness!” (Davies,218)...
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...van Eeghen 1 Petra van Eeghen 23 October 2014 The Consequence of Guilt Repressed guilt will unavoidably destroy a man. This was surely the case in Fifth Business, by Robertson Davies, a novel that demonstrates how guilt can easily corrupt someone’s life. Three main characters that battle through the emotion of guilt are Paul Dempster, Percy Boyd Staunton and Dunstan Ramsay. Paul does not confront his guilt, Percy pushes away his guilt and Dunny allows himself to be absorbed by guilt and feel sorry for everyone around him. The ways these characters deal with guilt greatly impact their lives. Davies uses the theme of guilt to shape the characters lives. Paul Dempster grows to become immune to the feeling of guilt due to the situations he is put through at a young age. As a child Paul is guilty about his mother Mary Dempster. He blames himself for his mother becoming simple-minded. He has been told by many people in the town of Deptford that it is his fault and they stay away from him, “Paul was not a village favorite, and the dislike so many people felt for his mother-dislike for the queer and persistently unfortunate-they attached to the unoffending son” (Davies 32). Paul was always frowned upon based on his mother’s van Eeghen 2 actions such as her having sex with a tramp. He felt as though every poor decision his mother made was a consequence to her having pre-mature labor to him. Rude jokes were made about Mary Dempster but Paul’s father, Amasa Dempster, told...
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...I have chosen to analyze the novel “Fifth Business”, written by RobertsonDavies. I selected this novel as the title had initially intrigued me the most in comparison to the other available options. I have also read the novel “The Manticore” written by him as well, I thoroughly enjoyed it due to his writing style and was keen on reading “Fifth Business” as a result. Robert Davies is a Canadian author, playwrighter, journalist and professor whom is from Thamesville Ontario. I will prove that within the novel “Fifth Business” the theme of psychology is identified. Psychology influences not only the life of the protagonist named Dustan, but it also touches on the lives of the antagonists within this novel as well. I will prove that this theme exists by showcasing the connection it has with the characters in the novel. For example Dunstan lives his life trying to understand himself through the eyes of others. I will prove that Dunstan foreshadows the theme Psychology as he is a introverted young boy with characteristics of a confident young boy. This strange combination of archetypes is shown throughout the novel as Dunstan reflects on his life. The second character known as Davies is proven to be the opposite of Dunstan, he is a young extroverted boy that has a simple understanding of what his motivations are in life. Lastly the character known as Mrs.Dempster is a middle aged woman that represents the archetype of a sacred yet profane feminine woman. She poses an obstacle to Dunstan...
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...Phoenix Material Reliable Sources Worksheet Locate three sources in the University Library on a topic of your choice. Provide the required information for each sources. Source 1 Author: Richard Giles Date: Jan 1993 Title: A Foundation in Business Accounting Publication: Cheltenham Peer Reviewed? Yes by Stanley Thornes What words did you use to find this article? Foundations of Business Accounting What type of article is this (research, summary, reflection, essay, etc.)? summary Did this article include an abstract? yes Summarize the article (75 to 100 words) The summary of the article includes that there are many introductory accounting textbooks that a few things could be useful. The author of this book includes things that will appeal to students who are taking their first accounting course. This book is very well put together with its interpretation of accounting information and procedures, study questions and answers. Source 2 Author: Roy Dodge Date: 1994 Title: Foundations of Business Accounting Publication: Chapman & Hall, London Peer Reviewed? No What words did you use to find this article? Foundations of Business Accounting What type of article is this (research, summary, reflection, essay, etc.)? summary Did this article include an abstract? yes Summarize the article (75 to 100 words) This article explains what will be included in each chapter of the text. It will include objectives, activities, a summary, work sheets, practice questions...
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... May 13th, 2012 Abstract The following essay will discuss the overall view of how the Revlon cosmetics company will market towards the male demographic. Traditionally, men are not the primary consumers of cosmetics, health and/or beauty products . The case demonstrates in more recent times that there are more male consumers of health and beauty products such as skin conditioners, body washes, colognes etc.. The essay will challenge the reader to utilize their critical thinking skills in regards to how Revlon will market their company to male consumers. Introduction The following essay will discuss how and utilizing what methods that Revlon will market to male consumers. Revlon is an American, cosmetics, fragrance and skin care corporation that was founded in 1932. The company is known for providing cosmetics, health, and beauty products for a variety of consumers. There are several divisions of Revlon that target different types of customers such as; Princess Marcella Bourghese is the upscale and international division, Moon Drops is the dry skin division, and Etherea is the hypo-allergenic division. Revlon is now concentrating on developing their male market. http://www.revlon.com/ There are five topics that will be discussed in the essay. The first topic that will be discussed is to develop a marketing strategy for Revlon to enter the men’s...
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...1. dfiedhgfoieChapter 18: Decentralization Helps Coca-Cola Executives ... www.mhhe.com/business/management/updates/mcshane/.../ch18.mhtml * * ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR by Steven L. ... One of Douglas Daft's first tasks asCoca-Cola's new CEO was to cut one-fifth of the workforce. The goal wasn't ... 2. Coca Cola Organizational Behaviour Free Essays 1 - 20 www.studymode.com/.../coca-cola-organizational-behaviour-page1.html * 20+ items - Free Essays on Coca Cola Organizational Behaviour for ... Coca Cola Organizational Theory subsequent paper contains a ... Coca- Cola Organizational And General Issue have been overlooked by ... 3. Organizational Behavior Coca Cola Free Essays 1 - 20 www.studymode.com/.../organizational-behavior-coca-cola-page1.html * 20+ items - Free Essays on Organizational Behavior Coca Cola for students ... its part, archrival PepsiCo has a 31.6 percent market share. (Vault 2002) The ... very thankful to you as you Assigned us this report on ROLE OF THE FORCES ... 4. Coca Cola Organizational Theory - Scribd www.scribd.com/doc/20200601/Coca-Cola-Organizational-Theory * * Sep 25, 2009 - Coca Cola Organizational Theory - Free download as PDF File (.pdf), Text ... Is behavior in the organization very standardized, or does mutual ... 5. Organizational Structure of The Coca-Cola Company - Scribd www.scribd.com/.../Organizational-Structure-of-The-Coca-Cola-Compan... * * ...
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...Classic Airlines and Marketing Essay Kimberly Clancy MKT/571 May 9, 2011 Alan Mandel Classic Airlines is a company that wants to be profitable by adapting a marketing concept. The company has to analyze its external and internal environment to determine opportunities any threats that would inhibit the company from success, increase profits and give the company a competitive advantage. A method some companies use to analyze the market he or she works in is the Porter’s Five Forces Model. This technique is used to identify a company’s structure to determine its corporate strategy. This method can be used to any segment of the economy to research for profits and attractiveness (Quick MBA, 2010). The barrier of entry for the company is too steep however; the strong competition in the market displays the company’s profitability. Classic Airline is the fifth largest airline and has been in business for 25 years. The airline has had decreased profits for a few reasons. First, is the public’s increase in the hesitation of flying and the decreasing of reward programs in place. Second, the increase of labor and fuel costs along with customers switching to fly with a different airline. Third, the company is being closely scrutinized and watched from all sectors (University of Phoenix, 2011). This essay will discuss how Classic Airlines has to reexamine its marketing concepts to increase profitability in addition to addressing any concepts that relate to the company scenario. Marketing...
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...SOAPSTONE (subject, occasion, audience, purpose, speaker, tone, organization, narrative style and evidence) strategy for use in analyzing prose and visual texts along with three of the five cannons of rhetoric: invention, arrangement and style. ▪ Students learn the format of the AP test, essay rubric and essay structure. ▪ Students take a full-length AP test for comparison purposes in the spring. Reading: The Scarlet Letter – Nathaniel Hawthorne Writing: Answer the following question in one paragraph. Use quotes from the novel as evidence. Some readers believe that the elaborate decoration that Hester embroiders on the scarlet letter indicates her rejection of the community’s view of her act. Do you agree or disagree? Explain your position using evidence from the text. (test grade) Writing: Write a well-developed essay addressing the following prompt. Document all sources using MLA citation. Compare Hester to a modern day person who has been shunned. Provide at least two research sources for the other person. (project grade) Reading: “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” Jonathan Edwards Analyzing: SOAPSTONE and cannons of rhetoric Reading: Teacher Introduction Essay Writing: Students and teacher evaluate where each student’s writing is and where it needs to be by analyzing students’ introductory...
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...of sustainability marketing? Nowadays, Fairtrade is a new trend in the world’s market and become a powerful competitor toward mainstream brands. According to Belz and Peattie (2010, p29): “sustainability marketing may be defined as building and maintaining sustainable relationships with customers, the social environment and the natural environment.” Fairtrade is also author concept that it aims to provide fair price to farmer in developing country and help them to live better life. This essay considers 3 elements of sustainability marketing: social-ecological problems, sustainability marketing strategies and sustainability marketing mix. It argues that Fairtrade is a form of sustainability marketing. The rest of essay is organized as follows. The second paragraph explains what the elements of sustainability are. The third paragraph presents Fairtrade tends to solve social-ecological problems. The fourth paragraph discusses how Fairtrade makes sustainability marketing strategies. The fifth paragraph reports Fairtrade completes sustainability marketing mix. The sixth paragraph concludes. Belz and Peattie (2010, p29) consider that compared to transaction marketing sustainability marketing is a long-term market theory. They also maintain that sustainability marketing could be included in the macro economy. Belz and Peattie (2010, p29) believe that “It embraces the idea of sustainable development, which requires a change in the behaviour of virtually everyone, including both...
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...1 BUSINESS ETHICS WAYNE EASTMAN RUTGERS BUSINESS SCHOOL Wayne Eastman (weastman@business.rutgers.edu 1 2 SYLLABUS Text: Managing Business Ethics, Fifth Edition (2011), Linda Trevino and Katharine Nelson. John Wiley & Sons, ISBN 978-0-470-34394-4 (paperback). Handouts: 1) Ethical Teachings and the Logic of Human Nature 2) American Groups Other readings: Links on syllabus and on Blackboard. Course objectives A major priority of the course is to equip you to make thoughtful and effective arguments as to how to deal with business issues as to which there is no obvious, clear answer, and in which ethical concerns are present. Other key objectives include familiarizing you with major ethical teachings and with the relationship of ethics to science. Bases for evaluation Over the course of the semester, you will be expected to do four papers with a recommended length of 5 pages each in at least three of the four formats described below. These four papers will each count for 15% of your grade. You must submit all your papers by Week 14. I suggest submitting papers in weeks 5, 8, 11, and 14; do not submit before that. There will be a midterm exam and a final exam consisting of objective closed-book questions and an essay; the midterm and final will each count 15% of your course grade. You will also be expected to participate in discussions and to make at least one presentation...
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...The Bolivar Default Decision: Travesty or Turning Point? I believe that the case essay is correct to stand behind President DiNardo’s decision to default on a large portion of foreign debt, mainly because the president’s reason to do so is clear: He cannot afford a slowdown of the nation’s economic recovery. On page 168, Ellet paraphrases the case essay’s arguments and numbers 3 and 5 make it clear that the president had no other choice. The third point was that “A suspension of interest payments on foreign debt made the measures [that started a small economic recovery] possible” (Ellet, 2007). If we flip this around, we can assume that without the extra money, the economic recovery would not be possible. The fifth argument follows the third in that it tells us that the “funding can be maintained from the unpaid debt (Ellet, 2007). The case essay used 3 broad factors for its criteria: Economic, political, and social advantages and disadvantages. I think these criteria cover all of the potential effects that the country might encounter from a bond default. The case study’s main qualification is that the money saved from the bond default be used for productive projects that are aligned with the country’s recovery efforts. The author makes a note of this in each of his paragraphs where he discusses the economic, political, and social factors. I think this is the most important theme of the case study; defaulting on the debt will turn out to be the wrong decision if the...
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...Moral Leadership and Ethics The current business environment has a major dilemma; moral and ethical leaders are becoming more difficult to find and identify. According to a research study conducted by the Watson Wyatt group, 44 percent of the employees surveyed said that the top management within their company was not honest (CNNMoney, 2004). In order to fully appreciate the conclusion for the above survey one must understand what ethics and morals mean in today’s business communities. Ethics are defined in today’s business communities as acceptable guidelines for behaviors within a group or company, and morals are defined as a particular individual’s values of right and wrong (DuBrin, 2010). So how can our company ensure that our leaders are being moral and ethical leaders? Well according to The quest for moral leaders: Essays on leadership ethics, we can start by ensuring that our leadership always abides by the principles of ethical and moral leaders (Ciulla, Price, & Murphy, 2005). There are five principles that an ethical leader should always abide by and they are: 1) always be honest and trustworthy; 2) be attentive to all of their stakeholders; 3) work to build community; 4) always respect each and every person; and 5) they should accomplish silent victories. Each of these principles provides a key element to having ethical and moral leadership as well as having a successful company since one must have the other. Principle one says leaders should always be honest...
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