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Use of Characterization in To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

In five pages this essay considers how the author used characterization in her accurate portrayal of race relationships in the ear...

Running in the Family by Michael Ondaatje and Grandma Lalla

In five pages this essay considers the autobiography of Michael Ondaatje with a discussion of the chapter devoted to Lalla, Ondaat...

Literary Work and Social Commentary in Fences by August Wilson

This essay examines Wilsons celebrated play while exploring its social relevance, dramatic action, and merits as both a literary w...

Contemporary Relevance of Three Plays by Moliere

In five pages this essay examines Moliere's The Learned Ladies, Tartuffe, and Don Juan in an assessment of their contemporary rele...

Considering Corporate Responsibility and Business Ethics

-- on the condition that others follow those rules as well. However, what happens when gross injustices occur germane to income i...

Thomas Keneally's 'Schindler's List'

This is an essay that is 5 pages in length and examines the story's characters, plot, point of view, settings, themes, symbols, an...

'The Snows of Kilimanjaro' by Ernest Hemingway

our morbid curiosity about death continues, and in Hemingways story that curiosity is all too well satisfied. In The Snows of Kil...

Overview of the Franco Prussian War

Consequently, Prussia grew bitter over what it viewed as the robbery of two traditionally German provinces. By the mid-1860s, the ...

Evil, God, and David Hume

of the foundational ideas of philosophy. According to him, the problem of evil posed a philosophical threat to the design argumen...

A Review of A Bronx Tale

A 6 page essay reviewing both the film and print versions of this popular tale. Both the negative and positive aspects of America...

The Many Female Influences in the Life of Carl Jung

couples in America today -- it is nonetheless indisputably beneficial, if only in the short-term. For example: White House power...

Impact of Capitalism Upon Peasants

their first contact with Europeans these people have literally been under attack. From approximately 1640 to the present date, w...

United Nations Security Council Threats

of challenges that constitute threats to international peace and security, and whether this new trend is a positive development fo...

A Book of 5 Rings by Miyamoto Musashi

Since the publication of its first English translation in 1974, A Book of Five Rings has become an underground classic in the Amer...

Social Revolution and Computer Technology

has been characterized by a constant stream of evolving products, innovative methods of production, and dynamic means of distribut...

Terry McMillan's Mama and Mildred Peacock

love (Speakers Worldwide, Inc. - Terry McMillan, 2001 and See Also McMillan, 1987). At first glance Mildred Peacock to man...

William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet and its Theatrical Staging

play opens, the streets of Verona flash with swords and malice as the ancient vendetta between the wealthy houses of Capulet and M...

Constitutional Issues Involving Picketing and Interstate Commerce

In four pages this essay discusses constitutionality as it relates to interstate commerce in this hypothetical situation involving...

Karen Ann Quinlan 'Right to Die' Case

directives telling doctors how an individual wants to be treated when deemed incompetent or unable to communicate. Today, all...

United States Supreme Court and Its Sociopolitical Significance

This essay consists of three pages and examines the political and societal influence exerted by the U.S. Supreme Court with severa...

Constitutional Rights and Roe v. Wade

In eight pages this argumentative essay examines Roe v. Wade with such topics as refuting arguments, social benefits, original dec...

Property Rights, John Locke, and John Rawls

In seven pages this essay presents a comparative analysis of the philosophies of John Locke and John Rawls regarding the rights to...

Handgun Laws in Louisiana

This essay focuses on handgun laws in Louisiana and the controversy surrounding both the anti and pro-gun lobbies. This seven pag...

Dred Scott v. Sandford Decision Examined

In three pages this essay supports Dred Scott with an argument based upon freedom constitutional rights and argues that the Suprem...

New York Times v. Sullivan, the Press, and Freedom of Speech

In three pages this essay examines freedom of speech as it pertains to the press and this famous case and the liability or lack th...

Analysis Culture and Teen Pregnancy

Teen pregnancy is a problem with rising rates in most industrial countries. The incidence differs greatly by race/ethnicity. This ...

Example of Hester Prynne in The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

In three pages this essay analyzes the example set by Hester Prynne in a consideration of alienation and Puritan social expectatio...

Isolation and Sin in The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

In three pages this essay analyzes the novel in terms of its representation of such themes as isolation, rebellion, and sin. Ther...

Allegories in 'Young Goodman Brown' by Nathaniel Hawthorne

In five pages this essay discusses the spiritual meaning of the allegories featured in 'Young Goodman Brown' by Nathaniel Hawthorn...

Puritanism, Witchcraft, and 'Young Goodman Brown' by Nathaniel Hawthorne

In five pages this essay examines how Puritanism and witchcraft contribute to the setting of this short story by Nathaniel Hawthor...