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Literature Useful in a Review Assessing Influences on Change during a Recession

needs to be undertaken in a rapid manner. Furthermore, in many cases the changes may need to create significant changes to the org...

"Around the World in Eighty Days" - Colonialism and Enlightenment

infuse his novel with educational motifs, reflecting the novels thematic notion that educational and scientific advancement are th...

'Everyday Use' by Alice Walker and Revelation

to her" (2274). Maggie had a disfiguring accident as a child, the result of the familys home burning to the ground. As her mothe...

Jocasta Versus Antigone

In a paper consisting of five pages the differing paths of enlightenment each of these characters took regarding their own heroism...

Baroque and Enlightenment Period Differences

and reality. It was a completely unique movement which "generated its own standards" and cannot, therefore, "be measured by class...

Comparative Analysis of Buddhism and Taoism

"a holy book" but Tao means "the way," simultaneously a path and principle of order. Throughout the centuries, translators have al...

The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

This paper examines Franklin's memoirs in terms of the ways in which it reflects Enlightenment ideals in context as well as form. ...

Enlightenment Ideals in Common Sense by Thomas Paine

written in 1776 by Thomas Paine. This pamphlet requested that the United States immediately declare independence from Britain. I...

Zen Buddhism Term Satori and its Meaning

In one page this research paper defines the Zen Buddhist concept satori as heightened enlightenment comprehension. One source is ...

Values of the Enlightenment and Romanticism

In seven pages this paper discusses the Enlightenment and Romantic values in a consideration of 'The Tyger' by William Blake and '...

Enlightenment Period and Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels

In five pages this paper examines how the Enlightenment is reflected in Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift. Six sources are cit...

Eighteenth Century Musical Influences

In four pages this essay examines the impact upon the Enlightenment upon the music of the eighteenth century and how it reflected ...

How Their Respective Times Were Represented in Frankenstein by Mary Shelley and Candide by Voltaire

In five pages this research paper examines how The Enlightenment was represented by Voltaire in Candide and the Industrial Revolut...

The Persian Letters by Montesquieu

In five pages this classic 17th century novel by Montesquieu is analyzed as it relates to the Scientific Revolution and the Enligh...

A Look at Figaro

Figaro, the work and the character, are discussed. This Beaumarchais work is contemplated in four pages and utilizes four referenc...

The Book of Daniel by E.L. Doctorow

In ten pages this paper analyzes the novel's presentations of the government, the social culture during the time period, the prota...

America's Enlightenment

In five pages this paper considers America's Enlightenment era in a consideration of the Revolutionary War and such important thin...

Enlightenment and Church and State Separation

In five pages the 18th century separation of church and state in the U.S. and the impact of the Enlightenment are examined. Six s...

Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment Perspectives on Society and the World

In six pages this paper contrasts and compares the global and societal perspectives of the Enlightenment and the Scientific Revolu...

Enlightenment Modernity and Black Politics

efficacy of that groups interactions in the political framework then served as an additional aspect of efficacy for the individual...

Life and Activism of Malcolm X

In five pages Malcolm X's life, his Nation of Islam activism, subsequent disillusionment, Mecca spiritual enlightenment pilgrimage...

Economic Comparisons Between Medieval Europe and Twentieth-Century America

This economics paper compares the demand for the stirrup during the Middle Ages to the leverage buyouts in the US during the 1980s...

European Enlightenment and Literature

concept was that the scientific method was capable of discovering the laws of human society as well as those of nature, consequent...

Contemporary Thinking and the Influence of Existentialism, Romanticism, and the Enlightenment

In five pages this report explores how the schools of philosophical thought that characterized the Enlightenment have influenced c...

A Comparison of Heart of Darkness and Apocalypse Now

A 5 page discusion of the differences between the movie rendition of the book The Heart of Darkness and the movie Apocolypse Now. ...

Reason Plus Spirituality Equals Enlightened Theology

Jonathan Edwards succeeded in defining both his physical and spiritual universes through sense and affection, an entirely new conc...

Enlightenment and Scientific Societies

with unassailable claims of faith" (Schulz PG). During this period, there was a particular emphasis placed upon rationalism, whic...

A Three Part Historical Paper

In this paper consisting of five pages and three part the first portion discusses Europe at the conclusion of the nineteenth centu...

Enlightenment and A Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift

have consumed the island and its resources, it could pursue a useful policy for dealing with Irish children by butchering them and...

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and the Themes of Youth and Death

In five pages Mark Twain's novel is examined in terms of the argument that the death of youth is represented as the demise of thre...