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Samson Agonistes by John Milton

In five pages this paper discusses the literary concept of classical tragedy and how it can be applied to Samson Agonistes by John...

Adams's Essay 'Should God Create Good?'

In five pages the arguments presented in this essay in terms of God's and man's obligations to potential life are compared to soci...

Heroic Odysseus

In five pages this paper discusses how the classical hero definition applies to Odysseus in Homer's 'The Odyssey. There are no ot...

Mythology of Greece and the Roles of Antigone and Medea

This paper consists of five pages with the focus of discussion being Greek mythology particularly as it pertains to the role of wo...

Tax Policy Views of Classical v. Keynesian Economic Theorists

In five pages this paper discusses the differences between classical and Keynesian economic theorist regarding tax policies and re...

Comparing Marital Attitudes by the Hebrews and Ancient Greeks

allowing them to be less complex than they often are in real life. In the Old Testament in the bible, they tend to be rather simpl...

Beethoven vs. Bach

used two themes, which were contrasted by the composer within a homophonic texture. In other words, the fugue depended on theme ...

Three Possible Ways to Live

This 6 page paper constructs three hypothetical lives, one based on the classical tradition, one based on the Christian tradition,...

Western Classical Literature and Women

was forbidden to her, period. It was not her place to try to reason why; it was her place to obey without question. This is what w...

Contemporary World and Todd G. Buchholz and Martin Feldstein's Dead Economists

In six pages this text is discussed in terms of the U.S. economy and the classical views held by such economists as Keynes, Smith,...

Falsification Theories of Karl Popper

In fifteen pages Karl Popper's 1934 The Logic of Scientific Theory is examined in terms of the proof and falsification theories de...

Festinger, Sternberg, and Seligman on Human Motivation

In four pages this paper considers human motivation in a discussion of the attribute changing ABCDE method by Seligman, the Triang...

Policies of Birth Control in China

In eight pages the philosophical views of Pythagoras, Immanuel Kant, and John Stuart Mill are applied to an exploration of the bir...

Poetry of Homer and Heroism in 'The Odyssey' and 'The Iliad'

the weak and defender of his territory and do whatever he must in the name of survival. A ravenous Odysseus is described by Homer...

Hipparchus, Copernicus and Ptolemy and Their Theories of the Universe

This 5 page paper compares and contrasts theories of the way the universe works: the heliocentric theory versus the geocentric the...

Cherokee Influences on Colonial Settlers

This paper addresses Native American Culture and its impact on colonial American society. The author discusses various ways in wh...

Warfare Ideology in 'The Aeneid' by Virgil and 'The Iliad' by Homer

In 8 pages this paper contrasts and compares how warfare is ideologically presented in each classical work. There are no other so...

Ousmane Sembene's God's Bits of Wood and the Sociopolitical Redefinition of Women's Roles

In one page this paper examines the African society's redefining of women's social and political roles as represented in this nove...

Lord Byron, Alexander Pope, and the Poetic Influences of the Classics

In eleven pages this paper examines the classical influence of Virgil, Ovid, and Homere on 'Don Juan' by Lord Byron and 'The Rape ...

Chicago Symphony and Classical Music

able to spend their lives in pursuit of such musical apexes, it is no wonder that this music is considered both an art form and se...

Questions on Juvenile Delinquency

In nine pages this research paper examines juvenile delinquency questions in a compilation of 4 brief essays that include such the...

Heroism Critique by Euripides in Medea, The Bacchae, and Hippolytus

In seven pages this paper considers how the classical Greek dramatist critiqued heroism in a contrast of antiheroes Pentheus, Mede...

Architecture of Greece

In seven pages this paper examines Minoan architecture and how it evolved into the classical Greek architecture style. Five sourc...

Society and Gender Roles

Why is gender important in society? Why are men different from women? These issues and others are discussed inclusive of the fact ...

Argumentative Essay Writing

In nine pages this paper considers various styles of argumentative essay writing including Rogerian and Toulmin in a consideration...

Classical Sociology and the Value Free Imperative

the structure of the value-free imperative, values are defined as statements of moral direction that assist in the perception of t...

Women's Oppression in America According to Brubaker and Betsworth

In seven pages this paper contrasts and compares Brubaker and Betworth's perspective on American society's female oppression. Thr...

Enlightenment Theories and Rights for Women

In five pages this paper assesses equal rights for women in an examination of the Enlightenment theories expressed by Gouges, Woll...

Comparison of the Western World and the Renaissance

The "Black Death" first struck in 1347. At that time Europes population was just over 70 million. By 1400, the number of people...

Jerry Mander's In the Absence of the Scared Book Review

In three pages this essay reviews the text that blames all of society's ills upon technology. There are no other sources listed....