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French Revolution and French Nationalism

that "France is revolutionary, or she is nothing at all" (Polasky, 1996, p. 5). As these statements suggest, French history did no...

San Francisco, California's Grace Cathedral

in their 20s and 30s. The Grace Cathedral, in all honesty, seems to touch on every possible activity one could imagine. The Laby...

Notre Dame Cathedral Controversy

of the draw, as others might believe (Davis, 1998). During the 14th century, when the cathedral was going through yet another reno...

Gothic Architecture and London's Westminster Abbey

In ten pages this paper analyzes the Gothic architectural aspects of London's Westminster Abbey. Seven sources are cited in the b...

Canterbury Cathedral and the History of Stained Glass Windows

In six pages this paper discuses the patterns and symbolism associated with stained glass windows with the primary focus being Can...

British Columbia's Modernist Architecture

direction this modern era should take: "While many of the citizens of Victoria cherished and identified with its picturesque archi...

Renaissance Architecture

This research paper describes aspects of Renaissance architecture. Three pages in length, two sources are cited. ...

Three Perspectives on Problems with Teaching English

learn the ways in which standard English developed -- that no language remains "fixed" but is rather a constantly evolving, adapti...

Comparative Analysis of San Francisco Gothic and American Victorian Gothic

of Spain and Canterbury of England. "For nearly four hundred years Gothic style dominated the architecture of Western Europe. Go...

Dark But Not Always Gothic Writings of Edgar Allan Poe and Nathaniel Hawthorne

a nation of disillusionment, and we often find some sort of sympathetic resonance in tales of the dark and unholy. And the first p...

French Revolution from 2 Perspectives

well as the commoners demanded a constitution and a new regime in which personal rights would be respected. In discussing the cal...

French Revolution and the Application of Principles from The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli

In six pages this essay seeks to better understand the French Revolution through an application of the theories contained in Machi...

Utopia Views of the French Enlightenment

failure of the Catholic faith to suppress Copernicus. By the start of the...

Churches and the French Revolution

France. And, as Hines (1999) states, "You might say that bread was the fuel that fired the Revolution, for just about every major ...

Narration of Process: French Manicure

any other attention to details. After the hands and fingers are thoroughly prepared the individual will brush a boat of ba...

Architecture of England from 1700 to 1800

In five pages 18th century English architecture is discussed in a consideration of Baroque and Georgian styles with various aspect...

John Demos' The Unredeemed Captive and Intercultural Relationships

In ten pages this paper examines intercultural relationships as featured in the text's portrayal of early 18th century Native Amer...

Architecture of Westminster Abbey and Its French Influence

of King Louis IX (1226-1270)(Martindale). Around the decade of 1220-1230, it became clear that medieval engineering expertise had ...

Colonization of the English and French

In six pages the colonization that the English and French began during the sixteenth centuries and has continued until today is ex...

Canada as a Multinational Entity

This five page paper investigates the friction in play between French Canadians and those of English descent. The paper relies ex...

O Canada/The Canadian National Anthem

the 2010 Olympic Winter Games draws on the lyrics of the two versions of "O Canada" ("Olympic mottoes"). These lines are: "With gl...

Canada's English and French Media Coverage of America's "Secure Flight" Program

with certain distinctive trends developing. In his article entitled "Privacy vs. Security: U.S. Wants Names of Canadian Air Pa...

Key Events in Colonial and Native Interactions

as being better than Native Americans in some way. The English and the American colonist neither understood Native culture nor did...

McWhorter/Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue

Another feature that is unique to English is the way in which English uses the that "-ing thing" (McWhorter 2). In English, the pr...

Is Black English Vernacular a “Real Language?”

This idea, she says, is not hypothetical; the grammar and syntax peculiar to Black English Vernacular have been known for several ...

Bilingual Education/Issue Pro & Con

associated with bilingual education, evaluating what works and what does not, is not an easy task (Gilroy 50). Both supporters an...

Qualitative Research Talk

The question for the study being discussed is: "How effective is the new ESL curriculum in helping student improve English languag...

English Versification Development

In five pages this research paper offers a brief English versification history beginning with Beowulf's Old English and continuing...

A History of the English Language

This paper examines four different variations of the English language, ranging from Old English to current English. This eight pa...

Standard English Influenced by Black English

This paper consists of five pages and examines how Black English has damaged standard English's structure. Seven sources are cite...