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Provincialism: Gogol, Chekhov

Using Nikolai Gogol's Dead Souls and Anton Chekhov's The Duel, the writer discusses how each author addresses the topic of Russian...

Book Summary Keener on Jesus

Jesus is an historical figure. He lived on earth, He called His disciples, He died, and He rose from the dead. The events reported...

The Damascus Document,Dead Sea Scrolls

This research paper provides exegesis of a passage from the Damascus Document, which is included within the Dead Sea Scrolls. The ...

Joyce’s “The Dead” and Jackson’s “The Lottery”

In a paper of three pages, the writer looks at Jackson’s “The Lottery” and Joyce’s “The Dead”. Themes between the two works are co...

Epiphany and Moment of Being in the Works of James Joyce and Virginia Woolf

"what she loved was this, here, now, in front of her, the fat lady in the cab . . . Did it matter that she must inevitably cease c...

An Eyewitness Voodoo Ritual Account

In this paper consisting of eleven pages an eyewitness account of a Vodun or Voodoo 'day of the dead' ritual is simulated and back...

Shakespeare in Cinema

as simplistic because it stars an action hero (Mad Max becomes Mad Hamlet) and cuts several scenes and all long speeches. Of cours...

World Religion Characteristics

there are two different types of magic as it relates to religions of the world. There is sympathetic magic and contagious magic. "...

Duality in 'The Dead' by James Joyce

like Poes "The Casks of Amontillado," Joyces "The Dead" contains many "Gothic themes and motifs" (1). For one thing, the time of t...

Visions and Dialogues of the Dead in Works by Virgil, Plato, and Homer

In six pages this paper examines 'The Aeneid' in terms of the dialogue with the dead featured by Virgil and its difference with 'T...

Life and Euthanasia

In five pages this report considers what life is in a discussion of euthanasia with 'brain dead' and concepts of 'death with digni...

Comparing poems by Atwood and Smith

also differences in style. Smith, for example, uses less alliteration than Atwood, and his short, clipped lines emphasize and isol...

Society's Influence on Fitzgerald and Williams

and a truly brazen attitude - were in vogue, as was drinking. Although Prohibition was in force to try to prevent people from imbi...

William Golding's Lord of the Flies and Society's Faults

follow Jack are weary, yet Jack maintains a sense of order that is completely irrational and stifling: "When his party was about t...

Past Cultures and Societies' Sex Scandals

occurred throughout political history. Numerous American presidents have deceived their wives and, therefore, their country...

Society's Perceptions and Treatment of Transgendered Individuals

racism that has permeated society for centuries. When the student considers the extent to which Teena goes in order to live life ...

Science Fiction Cinema's Portrayal of Society's Fears and Hopes

robots, coming to Earth to present power and knowledge in how people can live together. They insist that the people of Earth need ...

Society's Changing State

When speaking of society, many questions loom large. For example, what holds society together and causes it to function as a body ...

Society's Cruelty in The Crucible by Arthur Miller

The Crucible The student requesting this particular paper notes (the source of this quote is unknown), "One is to believe that r...

Political Society's Objectives in On Liberty by J.S. Mill

penalties, it leaves fewer means of escape, penetrating much more deeply into the details of life, and enslaving the soul itself" ...

Literature and Society's Veils or Illusions

natural structure that has long been needed in order for the human race to survive. Without a society of some kind mankind would n...

Western Society's Elements Compared with Legalism, Buddhism, Daoism, and Confucianism

a loved one, we turn inward and find we are more appreciative of the people in our lives. This is not something necessarily taught...

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...

Society's Obsession With Celebrity

reported elsewhere, or the writer personally knows the content is true based on news broadcasts or other knowledge the writer has....

US Society's Polarization Regarding the Vietnam War

In five pages this paper discusses how US culture was polarized as a result of the Vietnam War and considers the media's role. Fo...

American Society's Pros and Cons in Taking Sides

In ten pages this paper summarizes the text on American social issues entitled Taking Sides. There are no other sources listed....

Meursault as Society's Threat in 'The Stranger' by Albert Camus

In this paper consisting of five pages the role of the protagonist Meursault and why he is considered to be a threat to society ar...

Chinese Society's Collectivist Vision

In eight pages this paper discusses China's 1960s' and 1970s' collectivist vision in a consideration of the New Life Movement and ...

Society's Standards of Beauty in The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

This 5 page paper analyzes The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison and the way in which she observes the standards of beauty society sets,...

Challenging Society's Values and the Works of George Bernard Shaw

In twelve pages this paper discusses how Shaw challenged prevailing social values in his comedies Man and Superman, Pygmalion, The...