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Death, Beyond, and Dreaming

In eight pages this paper examines what is revealed about death and beyond through dreaming with various psychological and theolog...

Blame and the Function of Religion

An insightful discussion of the expectations imposed on human behavior by religion. The writer also addresses the issue of Christ ...

Jazz Violinist Noel Pointer

In five pages this research paper presents an appreciation of jazz violin virtuoso Noel Pointer whose premature death at age 39 di...

Sonny Boono and Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius

In a paper consisting of five pages the ancient Roman scholar Boethius's philosophy is applied to Congressman Sonny Bono's untimel...

Life After Death and Roman Catholicism

live out eternity in blissful spiritual peace, while those damned to Hell will live out eternity in misery as punishment for disob...

Socrates as Seen Through the Eyes of Plato and as Presented in Phaedo, Protagoras, and Meno

In three pages this paper discusses how Socrates can be studied by reading the dialogues of his most famous student. There are no...

Socrates and the Great Dialogues of Plato

Plato demonstrates Socratess reason for remaining imprisoned even though he had opportunity to escape and the Phaedo addresses phi...

Sophism and Apology by Plato

In five pages this paper examines Socrates' arguments regarding capital punishment and the sophist foundation that cements them....

Morality, Relationships, and Motivations in Works of Leo Tolstoy and Fyodor Dostoyevsky

In five pages a comparison between these two authors and the depiction of morality, relationships, and motivations are considered ...

The Concept of the Best Society

She is disgusted by the fact that she must respond to the blackmailer, but also proud that she has defended her husband and her li...

Home in Works by Arthur Miller, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Pat Conroy

In eight pages this paper examines the importance of home in Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller, The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel...

The Uncommon Man's Tragedy and Aristotle

nations, and they did not attract the attention of the gods. In the past few centuries, on the other hand, we have ample examples...

The Aristotelian Tragic Form

expect of him. Based on these criteria we will examine the tragic characters in Macbeth, Death of a Salesman, The Stranger an...

Free Will and Phaedra

in two pages this paper examines how Aphrodite's power over Phaedra robbed her of free will and contributed to her death. There i...

The Republic by Plato and 'The Aeneid' by Virgil

Fact versus fiction is the focus of this analysis of theses classical texts in an essay consisting of two pages. There are no oth...

Life, Moral Judgments, and 'The Death of Ivan Ilych' by Leo Tolstoy

In five pages this report examines whether or not Ivan's death represents a moral judgment resulting from his life in this classic...

The Unwillingness of Okonkwo to Conform in Chinua Achebe's 'Things Fall Apart'

In this essay consisting of two pages the writer presents the argument that Okonkwo's failure to conform to society in all matters...

King Lear, Beowulf, the Concepts of Kingship and Hero's Downfall

In five pages these literary characters are contrasted and compared in terms of their deaths with the concept of kingship and what...

'The Iliad' and 'Epic of Gilgamesh' on Death and the Afterlife

These two classic epics are contrasted and compared regarding the perspectives on death and immortality in the afterlife contained...

Antigone's Childish Defiance and Pointless Death in the Play by Sophocles

In six pages this paper examines the childish and irrational behavior of Sophocles' female antagonist and argues that fate plays n...

Dramatic Tragedy and How It Has Evolved

did not attract the attention of the gods. This was still true in Shakespeares time. The few commoners he included were never cen...

Duality and Death in Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf

In sixteen pages this paper discusses how duality and death are represented in the characterizations of Septimus Smith and Clariss...

Death in Venice by Thomas Mann

In nine pages this paper analyzes Death in Venice by Thomas Mann from a mass market perspective. There are 6 sources cited in the...

Freudian Morality in Death in Venice by Thomas Mann

In three pages this paper discusses Freudian morality within the context of protagonist Gustav von Aschenbach in this analysis of ...

'The Decameron' by Giovanni Boccaccio

In three pages this essay discusses how these tales reflected the changing society of the 14th century as a result of the Black De...

Opposing the Conspiracy Theory in the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy

the Warren investigation (Lacayo, Cohen, Kamlani, Rudulph, Duffy and Thompson 40), but government secrecy and its unwillingness at...

Who Would Have Wanted President John F. Kennedy to be Assassinated?

of his staunch anti-drug brother, Robert. [New Orleans mob boss Carlos Marcello] had [screwed] up, you know, when he got rid of Ju...

Alcohol on the College Campus

is apparent that raising the legal drinking age to 21 has not discouraged many young people from drinking alcohol. In a 1997 study...

Change of Heart by John Slattery

In seven pages this paper examines the issue of capital punishment and presents an argument strongly opposing it with mention of w...

Sister Helen Prejean's Dead Man Walking

In four pages the book chronicling a nun's interactions with a Death Row inmate is critically reviewed along with the inclusion of...