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Japan, Contrasting Views

Japan's emergence as a modern power has been chronicled as a major tale of the 20th century. This paper compares Kenneth Pyle's Th...

Literature and Analysis of Character, Theme, Symbols, and Setting

indescribable evil. Symbols always present another layer to a story, as well as another realm for questioning. Hawthornes repea...

'Sir Gawain and the Green Knight,' Justice and Mercy

In 7 pages this paper examines the concepts of justice and mercy as they are portrayed in this anonymous poem of the 14th century....

Booker T. Washington According to W.E.B. Du Bois

book The Souls of Black Folk, in which he presented his own sociological theories concerning race relations. It was with the publi...

Mankind's Best Achievements

ideals of freedom and innovation and would become the stage of the greatest of mankinds achievements throughout the following cent...

'The Pearl' by the Gawain Poet

In 5 pages this 14th century allegory is analyzed in terms of its protagonist's faith and pearl imagery. There is 1 source cited ...

Native American Society, Racism, and European Stereotypes and Misperceptions

In five pages the racism that has plagued Native American society for five centuries is examined within the context of European st...

Huck Finn and Pudd'nhead Wilson, issues of Racism

This research paper offers a detailed analysis of Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson...

U.S. Presidential History

a new nation. In its two-centuries-old existence, the office of President of the United States has held a total of forty-two diff...

Ulysses by James Joyce

In 5 pages this paper examines the complexities of this great 20th century novel and considers how it serves as a biography of the...

Botticelli, Humanism and Renaissance Art

for aesthetic as well a religious purposes, and expressed the mythological subjects favored by the humanists, who enjoyed their hi...

Contemporary 'Gilded Age' as Represented by Donald Trump

In six pages this report considers how Donald Trump represents the tycoons and business mentality that characterized the nineteent...

Paul E. Johnson and Sean Wilentz's The Kingdom of Matthias

Grandison Finney. Many women, including Matthews wife, were greatly influenced by this sect because Finney portrayed women...

Richard Wunderli's Peasant Fires The Drummer of Niklashausen

In five pages this paper discusses Hans Behem's peasant story as it is presented in this fifteenth and sixteenth century German hi...

Painting Garden of Earthly Delights by Hieronymus Bosch

was trained by his father, also a painter by trade. It would appear that he always lived and worked at his birthplace, Hertogenbos...

Christian Themes in the Surrealist Paintings of Salvador Dali

themes, brought to life in his symbolistic style of painting. These paintings are characterized by meticulous draftsmanship and ...

Art of the Barbizon School

the French Revolution, began a revolutionary spirit which spread through much of Europe. In 1848, the year in which Marx and Enge...

Florida and Education Prior to and Following the U.S. Civil War

In five pages education in Florida during the nineteenth century is examined in terms of the implications of social, economic, and...

'Enlightened' Satire of Voltaire and Jonathan Swift

In 5 pages this paper discusses how Swift and Voltaire satirized 18th century Enlightenment philosophies in their literary works. ...

Apocalypse Now, Heart of Darkness, and the Importance of Setting

Williards mission is more severe then Marlows. While Marlow endeavors to bring Kurtz back to civilization, Williards mission is to...

HRM Practices and the Singapore Labor Force

be configured to provide for enhanced leader and organizational effectiveness" (Pfeffer, no date, p. READ20.html). Pfeffer ...

The Crucible by Arthur Miller

Ini six pages this paper first examines the playwright's life and effects of the Great Depression on Miller and his writings and t...

India and Christianity

In six pages this essay considers two sixteenth century Western missionaries and their introduction of Christianity to India and h...

Old English Poem 'The Dream of the Rood'

In five pages this paper analyzes this poem within the context of English life during the 7th and 8th centuries and the relationsh...

Russian Immigrants in Brooklyn

themselves. Finally, the new immigrants seem to be more Russian than Jewish (Barker A01). It is interesting to note that the ear...

Myne Owne Ground by T.H. Breen and Stephen Innes and Race Relations

In four pages this paper examines seventeenth century race relations as presented in Breen and Innes' text. There are no other so...

Ambivalent Conquests by Clendinnen

In three pages this book on the 16th century Yucatan is summarized and critiqued. There are no other sources listed....

Modern Management, Change, Reconstruction and Deconstruction

In seven pages this paper examines the 20th century changes in business management theory and approaches with Total Quality Manage...

Swimsuit Evolution

with a basic contrasting solid red or white color. Primary colors and geometric shapes were all the rage, with accessorized bathi...

Construction Wage Factors

In six pages this research paper considers the fluctuation of wages for workers in the construction industry with a recent rise af...