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Ivan Turgenev and Jane Austen

contrary, "there is something pleasing about his mouth when he speaks" (Austen 227). Austen does not say that Mrs. Gardiner is a m...

Literature, Poetry, and Self Reliance

many ways Emersons views of self-reliance can be seen in the following excerpt from the work: "There is a time in every mans educa...

A Strategy for Entering into an E-Commerce Business

only used where there is not alterative. The main exception to this is the historical data regarding the development of the intern...

Hotel or Restaurant Manager and Communication Skills

for a variety of purposes. One obvious reason why a restaurateur would need writing skills is to create menus. Menus do help to...

Europe During the Renaissance and Perceptions of Fortune

a dramatic shift in perception in regards to fortune, and what was once believed to be a pre-ordained right was now considered to ...

History and Function of the Linux Operating System

not appropriate not appropriate current version hardware supported number of bits maximum processors 2.4.2 Intel/Cyrix/AMD Pe...

Self Made Man Ideology

It was his lecture "Acres of Diamonds" that brought him to riches, though (Center for History and New Media, 2002). He was on a na...

Frankl and Angelou Combined

and readily lovable manifestations. This intuition is the source of hope for resolving the abortion impasse" (Clinic killings, 199...

Liberal Government and Utilitarianism According to J.S. Mill

ideas about economic theory and in doing so, he arrived at the conclusion that "conventional economic analysis could not show that...

Literary Analysis of Jeffrey Eugenides' The Virgin Suicides and Timothy Findley's Not Wanted on the Voyage

trademark. He occasionally collaborated with his partner, screenwriter Bill Whitehead, and was encouraged to embark upon a writin...

An Evaluation of the Ninth Symphony by Beethoven

(Lieberman, 1996). Rather the musical sense of what is happening coalesces slowly, as if out of a mist. In the opening bars, the v...

Philip C. Kendall's Childhood Disorders

As already noted, Kendall makes a strong case for getting to know the individual child before "pigeon-holing" him or her into a pa...

Elaine Chaika on Speech Communities

In four pages this paper examines speech communities as critiqued by the writings of Elaine Chaika in terms of language's sociol...

Bernal Diaz del Castillo and Hernan Cortes

In seven pages the writings of these two men are contrasted and compared with Castillo's The Conquest of New Spain and Cortes' Let...

Eavesdropping in Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare and An Ideal Husband by Oscar Wilde

In twelve pages the importance of eavesdropping and written communications to these two plays are examined. Three sources are cit...

Letters of the Civil War

This research report looks at the American Civil War and how knowledge is acquired through letters written during the time period....

Life of Medieval Author Geoffrey Chaucer

In 5 pages this paper examines the 14th century life, career, and writings of Geoffrey Chaucer that culminated in The Canterbury T...

Mary Robinson, Charlotte Smith, and Jane Austen on Romantic Love

In twenty pages this paper examines how female authors portrayed romantic love in the late 18th century in a consideration of Robi...

Political Influences in Canto XXIV of The Divine Comedy

This article examines the influence of Florence, Italy's politics on Dante's writing, specifically in Canto XXIV of The Inferno. T...

London's Royal Academy

class, the pursuit of the beautiful, or at least the pleasant and attractive, and correspondingly the ambition to raise the taste ...

Life and Works of Saint Thomas Aquinas

In eight pages Saint Thomas Aquinas is the focus of this overview of his life and writings including Summa Theologica, The Three G...

Comparative Analysis of Hebrews, Greeks, and Romans

In six pages these societies are contrasted and compares as they relate to philosophies expressed in the Bible and the writings of...

Ethical Views of Karl Marx

In five pages the moral position of Karl Marx is evaluated in a consideration of his writings. Five sources are cited in the bibl...

A Civil Action by Jonathan Harr

In five pages this paper considers corporate accountability regarding environmental abuses within the context of this book written...

Life and Mystery Novels of Margery Allingham

In eight pages this paper examines the life and mystery writing of famed British novelist Margery Allingham a comparative thematic...

Literature from the Heian Period

anthologies until the appearance of renga" (Miyake, 2002). In addition, though looking at Heian literature we find that "Althou...

Fairytales and Their Importance

is true even of the fairy stories that originated with Han Christian Andersen, such as the Ugly Duckling (Zipes, 1985). Th...

Education and Computer Uses

In five pages the evolution of computers in the field of education is traced to the 1944 MARK 1 installation as discussed in the J...

Past and Present Perceptions of Charles Darwin

In six pages the interpretatons of Darwin then and now are examined in terms of education and commonly held attitudes along with a...

Romantic 'Perfection' in Literature

In 3 pages this paper considers how a few Romantic authors managed to offer a glimpse that life and men were flawed in their writi...