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Puritan Dilemma of John Winthrop

In six pages this essay discusses John Winthrop's story as presented by Edmund Morgan in a consideration of the Puritan dilemma an...

The Search for Jon Winthrop in The Puritan Dilemma

than with the individual. England regarded the Puritans as near-heretics in their abandonment of tradition as they sought to live...

Confessions by Saint Augustine

In five pages St. Augustine's Confessions is examined in an overview that includes the theologian's views about the natural, physi...

The Peloponnesion War and 'The Eumenides' by Aeschylus

In this paper consisting of five pages the argument that Athens failed in fulfilling the hopes expressed by Aeschylus in his play ...

Song of Roland, 'The Iliad,' and Heroism

In five pages these epic war tales are examined in a heroic contrast and comparison of Roland and Achilles. Three sources are cit...

Comparing the Medieval and Modern World Views in 'Hamlet' and 'Everyman'

truly a message or morality play determined to convey the fact that none of the material goods any human being (or "every man") ac...

Alexander the Great's Kingship

In six pages this research paper examines how the hellenistic world was forever changed by Alexander the Great's approach to kings...

Tragedy in Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert

In four pages this paper presents the argument that living in a fantasy world invariably leads to tragic consequences. There are ...

The Italian and the Dane or 'The Prince' vs. 'Hamlet'

pervasive throughout Elizabethan drama. In Shakespeares "Othehllo," Iago is often described as Shakespeares vision of the perfect ...

The Peloponnesian War According to Thucydides

This 5 page paper summarizes the major themes of Thucydides' accounts of the Peloponnesian War. The bibliography lists the primary...

Cynicism and War in The Underdogs by Mariano Azuela

soon had a falling-out and Villa fled in December 1914 to the northern mountains with another rebel leader, Emiliano Zapata, an en...

Marriage in the Literature of the English Restoration

In six pages this paper discusses how marriage and the juxtaposing of gender roles are featured in the English restoration works i...

Trafamadore and Billy Pilgrim

In three pages this fictitious autobiographical essay from Billy's perspective explores his zoo experience featuring the circulari...

Food That is Genetically Engineered Food

In six pages this paper examines the global hunger issue and the Third World impact of genetically engineering food. Seven source...

'Platoon' vs. 'Apocalypse Now'

In 5 pages this comparative analysis considers the power of visual images in these films and how war is told through manipulative ...

Lessons About War In The Film, Saving Private Ryan

This paper examines Stephen Speilberg's 1998 WWII film, Saving Private Ryan. The author discusses what lessons can be taken from ...

Cinema of the 3rd World

are a daily event, often being disregarded by many of the citizens as well as the general public, especially the wealthy public. O...

Movies on the Vietnam War

Stones "Born on the 4th of July" (1989), Barry Levinsons "Good Morning,Vietnam" (1987), and Hal Ashbys "Coming Home" (1978). A goo...

US Pop Culture and the Star Wars Trilogy

a true sense of what is American pop culture, one needs only to venture into a childs bedroom. Since 1977, it is likely that ther...

Star Wars 'Prequel' The Phantom Menace

bits of information from ancient times, which have to do with the themes that have supported human life, built civilizations, and ...

Auteur Film Director Brian DePalma

The auteur film techniques that characterize director Brian DePalma are considered in an examination of three of his films The Unt...

Historical Accuracy, the Vietnam War, and Francis Ford Coppola's Film Apocalypse Now

In eight pages this paper discusses the portrayal of the Vietnam War in an assessment of historical accuracy and the presentation ...

Guatemala, El Salvador, and the Children of War

In twenty pages this paper examines the abuse and suffering endured by children in these war ravaged areas. Twenty sources are cit...

Cold War and the 'Hot Spot' of Mexico

Mexico in an unfavorable light in the eyes of the world (Ferris A18). Following the incident at Tlatelolco, there was internation...

Economics and Politics of Mexico

In ten pages this paper examines the economic and political history of Mexico within the context of third world socioeconomic prob...

Spanish Civil War and International Brigades

In ten pages this paper discusses the global forces that joint together in the late 1930s in opposition to the Fascists during the...

'The Butterfly and the Tank' by Ernest Hemingway

him and a real gun is fired and he is killed. 6) The narrator is...

Erich Maria Remarque's All Quiet on the Western Front II

In ten pages this paper analyzes how the novel exposes war and its grim realities that are in stark contrast to the cultural illus...

1984 by George Orwell

look like grim prophecy. In 1984, Goldstein describes a world in which Russia has absorbed all of Europe to make Eurasia. The...

Cautionary Warnings in 1984 by George Orwell

In ten pages the symbolism, characters, and setting featured in Orwell's futuristic novel are examined in support of the argument ...