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The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka, Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad, and Samuel Beckett's 'Obligation to Express'

This report examines these two works within the context of Samuel Beckett's artistic observation regarding 'the obligation to expr...

Theories of Anthropology

In a paper consisting of seven pages Emile Durkheim's functionalism, Julian Steward's cultural anthropology, and Franz Boas's psyc...

Anthropological Theory Pioneers

In eight pages this research paper discusses the anthropological contributions of theorists A.R. Radcliffe Brown, Franz Boas, and ...

Black Studies and America's Cultural Assumptions

home, psychologically, is that all things French are worthy of being known, while anything that is the color black is associated w...

The Motivation for Autobiography

is a fact: White men consider themselves superior to black men. There is another fact: Black men want to prove to white men, at a...

Into That Darkness by Gitta Sereny

question, one of the jurors came up to her later and told her, "I dont want you to think it was unanimous--it wasnt" (Sereny 360)....

Austro Hungarian Empire and First World War's Causative Factors

rise of nationalism. People of common geographic origin, language, and history began to see themselves as members of large cultur...

Comparative Analysis of Short Stories "The Metamorphosis" by Franz Kafka and "A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

man, lying face down in the mud, who, in spite of his tremendous efforts, couldnt get up, impeded by his enormous wings" (Marquez)...

Kandinsky, Beckmann, and Marc

Introduction In the early part of the 20th century there were many artists creating intriguing pieces of work that were very uniq...

Boas and His Successor Levi-Strauss

its not possible to summarize them, but it seems that the consensus is that his work was principally in "kinship, myth, and a form...

Sublime and Subjective Romanticism in William Wordsworth’s “Tintern Abbey”:

natural sublime."2 As is common in the thematic development of the sublime in Romanticism, the sensation is one of rapture and on...

Moral Responsibility, Determinism, and Free Will

and that is that it enables both freedom and necessity to coexist; it favors an ethical reliance on moral deterrence without brini...

Novels Featuring Russian Society and Culture

story we have "Yevgeny Vassilyitch Bazarov, a nihilistic young medical school graduate and Arkadys closest friend. Arrogant and ru...

Philosophers on Life's Meaning

one looks at a variety of lifetimes via reincarnation, its purpose explained by knowledge. In other words, people are born and liv...

The Concept of the Best Society

She is disgusted by the fact that she must respond to the blackmailer, but also proud that she has defended her husband and her li...

Post 1870 Europe II

In four pages four brief essays regarding Europe since 1870 include issues of human rights, Fascism of Benito Mussolini, hypotheti...

Power, Sexuality, and Impotence in The Trial

abuse of this abstract hierarchy of power, which can so easily be turned against an innocent man. The propensity of human beings t...

Do Humans Control Their Own Lives?

This 7 page paper asks to what degree humans control their own lives. It uses three literary works, Metamorphosis by Kafka; The Lo...

Chicago Pizza in the Czech Republic

for there to be many cultural differences. Being fluent in the language may serve to create understanding, but alone it will not ...

3 Views on Freedom, Equality, and Tolerance

no longer solve the most pressing problems of the modern world." In other words, one has to reevaluate what is socially conscious ...

Leo F. Buscaglia's Living, Loving and Learning

fly; however, the curriculum committee was quite happy because the bird had at least tried to burrow (Buscaglia 13). As this sugge...

Shanghai Modern by Leo Ou Fan Lee

known political revolutions of this century. The movements principal focus was disdain for traditional Chinese culture, which was ...

Biography and Influence of Pope Leo the Thirteenth

In five pages this paper represents a first person narrative of the Pope recounting his life and comments on how he influenced the...

Amin Maalouf's 'Leo Africanus'

piety; only a man who was not keeping the fast could smile under the fiery heat of the sun, and only a man who had no concern for ...

Living, Loving, and Learning by Leo F. Buscaglia

the US educational system. For example, take the problem of deciding on a curriculum that fits the needs of all school children....

Life and Song Cycle of Composer Franz Schubert

them - and his brother replied in the affirmative. This seemed satisfying enough an answer to Schubert who passed away later that...

Classical Style Comparison of Franz Haydn and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

endlessly variety of moods (Machlis, 1970). Mozarts Music - in general Machlis (1970) comments that there is something of the "m...

Classicism Voices of Wolfgang Mozart anf Franz Haydn

In eight pages this research paper examines classical examples of Mozart's and Haydn's sonatas and also considers how each compose...

Comparison Between Robert Schumann and Franz Haydn

to evoke an image, or tell a story, but rather was intended to be appreciated as an artwork separate unto itself (Machlis, 1970). ...

Trumpet Concerti by Franz Haydn and Johann Nepomuk Hummel

for the solo trumpet part in the score.7 To play the clarino properly requires that the performer have "a naturally suitable lip, ...