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Dutch Vanitas Paintings and Vanity

the human body. In Leiden, the first important Vanitas painter was David Bailly (1584-1657), and later Pieter Claesz (c. 1596-166...

New York Tenements and How the Other Half Lives by Jacob Riis

fate of those who were underneath, so long as it was able to hold them there and keep its own seat" (Riis, 1971,5)....

Power Justification

The ruler was seen as Gods representative on earth and his use of absolute power was justified by his receiving the right to rule ...

Jews and Persecution Reasons

this premise had become a common notion and it persisted for centuries, something that would create more areas of persecution ("Pe...

Twentieth Century Rise of the Microsoft Corporation

compete. There had in fact been "wars" with rivals, an example of which is Netscape, a company that threatened to form a new sof...

19th Century Industrialism and Looking Backward by Edward Bellamy

Bellamy notes, did not hold much power within society, inasmuch as there was an unyielding sense of control that loomed over the a...

Questions on 10th Century Psychology

as the certain quality of perception required within the sensual world is decidedly unique to human beings. In Interpretati...

Assessment of Tennessee's Highlander Folk School

like drama and dance and music. They were given more than just a cursory education. Rather, they were given an impressive amount o...

Sir Edwin Lutyens and Building a Perfect Legacy

Lutyens left at the age of thirteen to absorb the lush Surrey countryside, with only a pencil and sketchpad for company. He drew ...

The Leadership Style of Anwar Sadat

discussed, in terms of his personal qualities, his commitment to nationalism, and his political strategies with regard to Israel, ...

English Language Learners' Educational Timeline

schools to take "affirmative steps" to overcome language barriers that impeded non-English speaking children from academic success...

Presidential Elections and the Influence of Lobbying

as soft money and issue advocacy" (Newlin Carney 337). However, pro-reform activist groups are adamant about the issue of raising...

A Review of Communist Manifesto

had heretofore been recognized. Marxist theory further claims "of all the classes that confront the bourgeoisie today, the prolet...

Rebellious Femme Fatales in An Ideal Husband by Oscar Wilde and The Second Mrs. Tanqueray by Sir Arthur Wing Pinero

come in direct conflict with conservative convention (Bennett 219). The so-called new woman became symbolic of what the Victorian...

Theodore Roethke 'Poetic' Evolution

looked at the human experience through natures eyes. The landscape was Roethkes own life, and his experiences were the word pictu...

20th Century British Theatre History

is that of the set design and the supporting aspects of theatre production that has evolved along side the development of the writ...

19th Century Neoclassicism's Politics

In four pages this paper focuses on France in this overview of 19th century neoclassicism from a political perspective. Three sou...

Early 20th Century Niagara African American Civil Rights Movement

owners. Du Bois understood that blacks needed to secure a greater foothold in American labor and industry, but there was far more...

Early 20th Century Unions

large the models are at opposite ends of the spectrum. The IWW was dead set against capitalism and all it stood for (2001). The ...

Romantic Musical Composer Robert Schumann

life" that Schumann was leading in 1834 and he described this and other works done at this time, collectively, as his "summer nove...

America and Free Labor of the Nineteenth Century

slave and freeman who work for nothing has about the same amount (1840, 368). Interestingly, a bit later, Karl Marx would remark t...

Rise and Collapse of Socialism and the Theories of Mark Pittaway

realize that when the reunification took place, East and West Germany were not on an even footing. There had been something occurr...

Hero of the Mexican Revolution Pancho Villa

This paper consists of five pages and considers Pancho Villa, hero of the Mexican Revolution and examines his impact upon the earl...

Roles of Women in Mary Barton and Madame Bovary

In five pages this paper examines the domestic boundaries that dictated the roles of women during the 19th century in a considerat...

Comparative Literary Analysis of William Faulkner's Modernism and Toni Morrison's Postmodernism

(without excluding the importance of the past), where everything is not spelled out neatly for the reader. The reader must interp...

19th Century Naturalism and Realism

In twenty pages this paper examines naturalism and realism of the 19th century in a consideration of Edith Wharton's The House of ...

The Country of the Pointed Firs by Sarah O. Jewett

In five pages this paper discusses why contemporary criticism of this 19th century novel often falls short. Six sources are cited...

Original Position and Difference Principle of John Rawls

principles are finally agreed to" (145). He argues that people who possess a "sense of justice" would have a desire to live accor...

Romantic English Poet William Blake

This paper analyzes the Romantic aspects of William Blake's 19th century poetry in a discussion of Songs of Innocence poems 'The C...

Analysis of Old Mortality by Sir Walter Scott

In five pages this early 19th century historical fiction novel is analyzed in terms of the freedom struggles of the Covenanters ...