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Granny's Last Days in 'The Jilting of Granny Weatherall' by Katherine Anne Porter

In 5 pages this paper examines how the protagonist planned to die with dignity in Katherine Anne Porter's 1939 short story. There...

Theme of Death and Life Experiences in 'The Cask of Amontillado' and 'Masque of the Red Death' by Edgar Allan Poe

structure" leaving "means neither of ingress or egress" (799). David R. Dudley states: "The Masque of the Red Death is a vanita...

Dying and Death in The Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann von Goethe and The Tragedy of King Lear by William Shakespeare

These works are considered in five pages in terms of the protagonist's perceptions of dying and death in a contrast and comparison...

Analyzing Minnie in 'Dry September' by William Faulkner

In five pages the character of Minnie is evaluated in terms of her lying tendencies from the beginning and the racism theme is als...

'Why Do Bad Things Happen to Good People?' and The Book of Job

event? Summary of text Father OMalley feels it is acceptable to add humor to our text summary on the supposition all serious thin...

Poe's Obsession with Beautiful Young Women Dying and the Influence of His Wife's Premature Death

In six pages this paper discusses how Edgar Allan Poe's obsession with young women dying was due to the premature death of his wif...

Devastation Associated with 'The Great Dying'

such mortality, postulating that death - in all its ominous forms - is truly nothing to ones existence but a component of rebirth....

Human Spirit, the Holocaust, and Racism

In ten pages the Holocaust is examined in a discussion of racism and the human spirit's perseverance as depicted in Elie Wiesel's ...

W.H. Auden, Georges Braque, and Pablo Picasso

In five pages this report considers W.H. Auden's poetry line 'Art is a lie that tells the truth' within the contexts of painting b...

Voluntary and Involuntary Euthanasia

it is right to allow terminally ill patients to end their lives, or to assist such patients to commit suicide, will continue despi...

Machiavelli's Relevance To Modern Political Theory

This paper contends that Machiavelli's collected works laid the foundation for the beginnings of modern political science. This te...

Auden, Braque, and Picasso

the eye through the painting. Colors are the restrained grays, whites, browns, and blacks that had dominated Analytical Cubism si...

Prison Inmates and Ethics

its professionals values to be a "cut above" its own. In terms of the prison environment, we know that our current United State...

Reviewing Cornel West's Race Matters

In five pages a discussion of race relations in America is examined as seen through the eyes of Cornel West who believes white Ame...

Culture and Crime in the Works of Oscar Wilde

In five pages this paper discusses the lack of incongruity between crime and culture as this theme pertains to Wilde's An Ideal Hu...

'Before the Birth of One of Her Children' by Anne Bradshaw

a considerable bond of love between Bradstreet and her husband. It is because of this bond that when she mentions the possibility...

Past Foundation and Building Management Theory

In five pages this paper examines how past theories of management lay the foundation for the present day theoretical approaches. ...

John Harding's Article 'Is There A Duty To Die?'

In 5 pages this paper discusses the right to die within the context of the medical community. There is 1 source cited in the bibl...

Hearsay Rule and Declarations of the Dying

In twenty pages dying exceptions to the hearsay rule are discussed with definitions and conditions of admissibility considered. E...

David Hume on Causation and Rational Belief

In three pages this paper discusses David Hume's philosophical belief that causation laid the foundation for rational belief with ...

Questions on Society and Economics

In six pages interrelationships betwen fiscal policy, international affairs, and the concerns of the layperson regarding the econo...

A Reading of Emily Dickinson's 'I heard a Fly buzz…'

"Heaves of Storms" in the last line of the first stanza is a metaphor that conjures the image of violent storms, but also suggests...

August Wilson and Leo Tolstoy

This 4 page paper compares and contrasts the protagonists of The Death of Ivan Ilyich by Leo Tolstoy and Fences by August Wilson. ...

Nancy Cruzan Case

In five pages the right to die U.S. Supreme Court case involving Nancy Cruzan is examined. Five sources are cited in the bibliogr...

Life Choices in Woody Allen's Crimes and Misdemeanors

In a paper consisting of 5 pages this film is analyzed in terms of how the lies of the protagonist affect both himself and his vic...

Patau's Syndrome: Trisomy 13

of their facial expressions are indicative of the condition, although the public often looks upon them as being somewhat unusual. ...

Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut and Bokononism Religion

In 5 pages the fictional religion Vonnegut developed in this novel is examined in terms of the ways in which it distracts people f...

Emily Dickinson's Poetry and Themes of Nature and Death

In a paper consisting of 5 pages the ways in which the poet's views of nature and death are represented in such poems as 'Twas jus...

Emily Dickinson's Views on Death Expressed in Her Poetry

In a paper consisting of 5 pages Emily Dickinson's contention that one should live life to the fullest and not be constrained by f...

Terminally Ill Children and Counseling

In seven pages the issues related to counseling a dying child patient and family members are examined. Twelve sources are cited i...