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Society's Goals and Epic of Gilgamesh

This paper examines how society's goals are met by the journey undertaken by Gilgamesh in this essay on Epic of Gilgamesh consisti...

Perception and Deviance

In five pages the notion that deviance is based upon perceptions and therefore established by those in powerful positions that col...

Senior Citizens and Sex

In five pages this paper considers various issues of sexuality as they pertain to senior citizens and society's portrayal of them....

Should Supreme Court Decisions Be Considered Groundbreaking 'Landmarks?'

In four pages the argument is presented that Supreme Court decisions are not in effect as groundbreaking as they are portrayed and...

Law of Greece

What was established as the first recognized law came from the fact that revenge played a big role in societys unruliness. As it ...

Argentina v. Chile

In three paper the historical disputes between Argentina and Chile regarding territory are examined in terms of their implications...

Negative Language Impact of Cyberspace

In three pages this essay discusses the view that cyberspace will one day destroy written language as reflected in typographical r...

Society and How it is Reflected by TV

In five pages this paper argues that television is not to blame for the increased violence in society as it merely serves as a mir...

Human Nature, Machiavelli, Erasmus, and Pico della Mirandola

This paper compares and contrasts the views of these three Italian humanists regarding human nature. This seven page paper has th...

North American Free Trade Agreement and Economics

In ten pages the economics of NAFTA is considered in interviews with three Americans and three Mexicans. Three sources are cited ...

Social Determination of Crime Punishment Pros and Cons

This paper consists of ten pages and discusses society's determination of crime punishment in terms of its pros and cons. Eleven ...

Contemporary Society and the Importance of Equality

In seven pages society's need for equality is defended in an argument that discusses pertinent issues and refutes arguments that o...

La Nouvelle Heloise by Jean Jacques Rousseau

In eight pages this paper discusses Rousseau's novel in terms of society's determination of gender roles. There are no other sour...

Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

In ten pages this research paper focuses on the novel's protagonist Okonkwo and discusses how he reflects his ideal society's trad...

Social Satire in E.M. Forster's My Wood and Jonathan Swift's A Modest Proposal

This paper consists of five pages and examines how what the authors condemn as society's false values are satirized in these two w...

Character Analysis of Alex and Angel in Tess of the D'Ubervilles

This 5 page paper compares and contrasts the characters of Alex and Angel, the two central men in Hardy's Tess of the D'Ubervilles...

Catcher in the Rye from a Critical Perspective

Seminal works like J.D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye spawn reams of critical opinion. This paper presents three views on this...

Self Identity Problems

2002) . Rene Descartes on the other hand delved into the idea of immediate conscious thinking (2002). Locke viewed identity as be...

Themes of Death and Disease in John Donne, Thom Jones, and Margaret Edson

Edson shows how Vivian uses her poetry as a means for tenaciously clinging to her identity as a person. However, it also becomes c...

Programs Targeting Juvenile Crime

gets into trouble in the future, however, they are subject to sentencing as an adult (Montagne, 2000). There are certain ...

Secret by Nurrdin Farah

Sholoongo is a woman transformed. She had gone to live in America and had long assumed that her "pact" with Kalaman would be hono...

The Concept of Forms According to Plato and Aristotle

deep down, but on the surface they are essentially chained and shackled. They are in the dark about a lot of things because they c...

Florida's 113th District Representation

on Health Services ("Rep. Manuel," 2004). While some are semi-related, he has done little in respect to the questions at hand. Gra...

Media Coverage and the Consumption of Alcohol

alcohol as a positively valued activity (Snyder, et al, 2000). In other words, drinking, as it is portrayed in ads for wine, liquo...

Information Age and Social 'Technophobia'

who created the buggy whip? Many believe that technophobia is a modern syndrome, but in fact, it is not. During the Indust...

Open Society's Promise

a utopia. Everything would be better. People would be happy. Of course, most people today do not support the communism ideal. The...

Issue of Clear Cutting

befall the wildlife and habitats that are native to the lands in question (Hertzgaard, 2000). Furthermore, water supplies are als...

Greece and Insurable Interest

FOB are given uniform definition and the responsibilities of each party, such as insurance, are clearly outlined (Incoterms, 2004)...

Comparing Utopian Societies

our own society. Consider how the general population views its government and the politicians who hold political office. What we...

Analyzing Terrorism from Risk Society and Dramaturgial Perspectives

include sociological explanations, conflict theories, ideology explanations and medial theory explanations. In Erving Goffmans d...