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Copernicus and Astronomical Theories

constructions called the eccentric, the epicycle and the equant. In the eccentric, the Earth is placed just outside of the center ...

A Consideration of Adverse Possession

the statutory period of twelve years is sufficient to confer rights of possession, would no longer obtain. The proposals are desig...

Film Noir Techniques in the Film, Gilda

what the audience is viewing with his own subjective observations. In his consideration of film noir, Jon Tuska (1984) noted that...

The Immigration of Arabs to the U.S.

this period of time came from Syria, which includes those territories that we know better today as Jordan, Israel, and Lebanon(Naf...

Late Nineteenth Social Darwinism, Realism, and Racism Commentary of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

and superstitious. Although Huck may not be racist himself, he no doubt has been raised in an environment of extremely racists ind...

Willa Cather's O Pioneers! and Love

emotional release. This may be seen as giving the different types of love a balance. This book was published in 1913, a...

US Public Education

in their efforts to educate all Americans without fear of financial loss or discrimination. History of Public Education Since the...

Literacy and Religion

their function was only to labour. As Wood (2002) points out, historians tend to measure levels of literacy by the percentage of a...

Four Issues Regarding the History of Australia

also occurred in numerous nations in the mid- to late-1950s through the 1970s (Spooner, 2002). The focus of this wave included: "e...

Ethics, Violation, and Self Esteem in Clarissa by Samuel Richardson

In eight pages the protagonist's motivations in this 18th century classic novel are examined. Three sources are cited in the bibl...

Instruction Levels in Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen

In ten pages this paper discusses the intellectual gender perceptions in the 18th century as presented in the novel with the contr...

Education of Men and Women in Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen

In four pages this paper examines the educational differences among men and women in England of the 18th century and their social ...

Opening the Mind's Door in Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad

In six pages this research paper presents the argument that in Heart of Darkness, Conrad sought to open reader's minds to the impe...

The presentation of the concept of motherhood in Jane Eyre.

This paper analyses the theme of relationships between mothers and their daughters in Jane Eyre, with particular reference to the ...

Jane Eyre as a reflection of changing society

This paper looks at the perspective of English society in the nineteenth century which is presented in Charlotte Bronte's novel. I...

Sin in Susanna Rowson's Charlotte Temple and Herman Melville's Pierre

that part covered). Even in her disconcerted and distracted mental state after the birth of her child, Charlotte is able to pray f...

Moral Issues as Presented in Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

In eight pages this paper examines 19th century moral values as they are represented by Huck's ethical evolution throughout this c...

Lilliput, Satire, and Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift

This essay consists of five pages and examines the first book of Gulliver's Travels in terms of how Swift satirizes eighteenth cen...

Land of the Houyhnhnms in Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift

In five pages this fictitious Houyhnhnms land featured in Jonathan Swift's satire Gulliver's Travels is compared with eighteen cen...

Improving Rene Descartes' Psychology Limitations with the 'Conscious Mental State' of William James

In two pages this paper examines how William James sought to improve upon Descartes' seventeenth century psychological philosophy ...

Voices of Black Authors in America

In fourteen pages the reasons why black authors of the 18th and 19th centuries had difficulty in discussing their experiences are ...

Feminism Influence of The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

In eight pages Margaret Fuller's writings are among the topics considered in this analysis of how 19th century feminism was influe...

Realist Criticism of The House of the Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne

In seven pages this novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne is considered in terms of the 19th century Realist literary criticism it generate...

Critique of The Awakening by Kate Chopin

In six pages this essay offers a critique of the once scandalous novel of the late nineteenth century. Five sources are cited in ...

Native American Plight in The Long Death by Ralph Andrist

In eight pages this paper discusses how the U.S. military defeated the Native Americans during the nineteenth century within the c...

Federal Government's Morill Act Land Grants

In four pages this paper discusses the U.S. federal government's nineteenth century land grants with the two Morill Acts for railr...

'Orange Order' and Immigration of the Irish

In fourteen pages the Boston immigration of the Irish and the Orange Order discriminatory practices of the mid nineteenth century ...

U.S. Life and Immigrants of Ireland

other systems of employment. Few had major industrial skills or their own trades outside of agricultural skills, and there was no...

Samuel Nelson's Contributions to the US Supreme Court

In six pages this paper presents a biographical profile of Samuel Nelson, a nineteenth century US Supreme Court Justice and also c...

Assimilation and Conflict in the Western Settlement

a progression of Indian emigration into the central plains and western regions of the country, based not only the movement of whit...