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Jackson's The Lottery and Obsolete Tradition

principal rationalization behind the lottery when he says, "Lottery in June, corn be heavy soon" (Jackson). Warner disparages thos...

Can A Sense Of National Unity Be Constructed Through Cultural Policy?

even simply a shared feeling of community which is aided by a common enemy. The increased fragmentation that has been seen today ...

Poe, Hawthorne, Irving and Romanticism Considering Romanticism in Literature By Examining Stories By Edgar Allan Poe, Washington Irving and Nathaniel Hawthorne

The Romantic literary tradition is exemplified by Washington Irving, Edgar Allan Poe and Nathaniel Hawthorne. This paper examines ...

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,...

Knowledge and Sexuality According to German and French Critical Theory

In twelve pages Michel Foucault's philosophies are featured in a discussion of critical theory pertaining to the French and German...

Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ

as director. This Catholic perspective is also quite evident in the fact that Mary, the mother of Jesus, is the most prevalent c...

Jewish Literature and the Jewish Family's Decline

family. He reveals that the stereotypical image of the money hungry Jew is in a sense a reality, that desperation can turn even th...

Mosaic Tradition and Divine Command and the Mosaic Tradition: Maimonides, Al-Ghazali and Augustine

the divine commands and the application of Mosaic tradition require a comparative view of these authors, their underlying purpose,...

Feminist Wiccan Tradition's Progression

In seven pages this paper examines how the feminist Wiccan tradition has progressed from a 'New Age' perspective. Five sources ar...

Genesis/An Overview

the narratives in the books to come (Friedman 295). In Genesis, everything builds on everything else. Therefore, in order to under...

Reasons for the Holocaust and Jewish Indifference to It

people taking days to die of their wounds, but no one in the village believes him; their reaction is: "Hes just trying to make us ...

Passover

in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and on all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgments: I am the Lord. The blood shall be...

Historical Jesus

Luke 2.1 there is also the reference to the birth taking place in the time of the census of Quirinius, this was in 6 CE2, however ...

Eating Disorders and Differing Perspectives

bulimia it is helpful to first examine the so-called facts. According to these "facts" eating disorders affect females more frequ...

The Life and Works of Emma Lazarus

in American culture, despite her pro-immigration sentiments, which were directly opposed to the anti-immigration public feeling of...

1st Century AD Sanhedrin and the Jewish Temple

and the year, the altar where incense burned consisted of thirteen ingredients of land and sea, with everything completely rooted ...

Jewish History

academy at the port city of Jabneel. When the Sanhedrin (the Jewish high court) escaped from Jerusalem, it settled in Jabneel an...

Jewish History and the Yiddish Language

the tenth century, an occurrence that was heretofore nonexistent on the timeline of this particular setting. This is not to say, ...

African Americans and the Differing Views of W.E.B. Du Bois and Booker T. Washington

In eight pages this paper examines whether the political activism espoused by Du Bois or the conciliatory model of Washington were...

Jews and Persecution Reasons

this premise had become a common notion and it persisted for centuries, something that would create more areas of persecution ("Pe...

Death, Religious Faith, and Resurrection

memorial prayer for the dead: "O God full of compassion, who dwell on high, grant perfect peace under the wings of the Shekhinah, ...

Differing Feminist Perspectives

feminists named. This is different from those embracing the ideas of the enlightenment for example. When De Beauvoir references t...

'Tikkun Olam' and Commitment of Jewish Athletes

World War II after the Japanese bombed military installations in Pearl Harbor. He volunteered for active duty in the Marine Corps...

Faith, Good Sportsmanship, and Goodwill Promoted by Jewish Athletes

a high school player, Mother would go over to the box... and drop some coins in the box... I asked what she was doing and she said...

New York City Politics and the Effects of Religious and Ethnic Groups

in New York, regardless of numbers. This is because New York City is "home to the nations largest community of American Jews" ("N...

Aristotle and Plato's Differing Views

"...no man will benefit from his profession unless he is paid as well" (Plato, 2003, p.28). One can easily see that Plato does not...

1915 to 1917 Armenian Genocide

children of the group to another group" (Harris, 2005). In addition, "[G]enocide, conspiracy to commit genocide, direct and publi...

Emma Lazarus' Life and Times

rejection highly influenced Lazaruss "Spagnoletto," which provided Lazarus with the "literary props" to effectively represent the ...

Cultural Ideals and Plays of Chikamatsu

giri. Osan says, "I could see that you were drifting towards suicide. I felt so unhappy that I wrote a letter, begging her as one ...

Differing Views of Tragedy by Assorted Philosophers

of the tragedy is that it is connected with the heros activities and it emphasizes human vulnerability (2005). To Aristotle, trage...