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Contrast and Comparison of Empires in Ghana, Songhay, and Mali with Other Civilizations

a primitive culture when it was colonized. In fact, it was this myth that was generated by Europeans. They needed a reason to ju...

Values and Research

question of whether research can be value-free requires a straightforward, unequivocal answer of "it depends." Research and Values...

Eckert - Twilight of Empire

This 5 page paper analyzes Allan Eckert's book Twilight of Empire and its significance in describing an important period in Americ...

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...

Critical Comparison of Karl Marx and Friedrich Nietzsche

In six pages this paper contrasts and compares these two German theorists in a discussion of their views on society's functions, s...

Good and Evil According to Sigmund Freud and Friedrich Nietzsche

In three pages this paper examines morality principles in a comparison and contrasting of Civilization and Its Discontents by Freu...

Romantic Era Poetry and the Conflict of Man versus Nature

of what we have learned to accept in more recent times. That we are but one race of creatures that has existed for only a short t...

Medieval Civilization and Christianity

In six pages Dante's 'Divine Comedy,' 'Beowulf,' 'Song of Roland,' and Augustine's 'Confessions' are examined in terms of gaining ...

La Nouvelle Heloise by Jean Jacques Rousseau

In eight pages this paper discusses Rousseau's novel in terms of society's determination of gender roles. There are no other sour...

Michael Foucault vs. Frantz Fanon on Minorities

French writers Michel Foucault and Frantz Fanon are seminal philosophers in the empowerment of minority populations. This research...

Character of Mersault in The Stranger by Albert Camus

This essay consisting of eight pages evaluates the ways in which this good man is destroyed by the civilization that refuses to ac...

Society's Treatment of Women in Literature in an Analysis of Female Characters Daisy, Harriet, and Lucie

This essay consists of eleven pages and examines society's treatment of women in the female characterizations featured in the lite...

Character Analysis of Alex and Angel in Tess of the D'Ubervilles

This 5 page paper compares and contrasts the characters of Alex and Angel, the two central men in Hardy's Tess of the D'Ubervilles...

Thomas Woolf's 'Child by Tiger' and Graham Greene's 'The Destructors'

In three pages this paper compares these stories in terms of how evil dismantles society's goodness in each. There are no other s...

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...

Barbarians and Civilization

In five pages J.M. Coetzee's Waiting for the Barbarians is considered in terms of civilization concepts as revealed by the charact...

Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

In ten pages this research paper focuses on the novel's protagonist Okonkwo and discusses how he reflects his ideal society's trad...

Social Satire in E.M. Forster's My Wood and Jonathan Swift's A Modest Proposal

This paper consists of five pages and examines how what the authors condemn as society's false values are satirized in these two w...

Women and Chaucer's Attitudes in The Canterbury Tales

In three pages this essay considers how Chaucer offered an insightful commentary regarding medieval society's view of women in the...

Future Shock by Alvin Toffler

In a paper containing five pages the continued relevance of Toffler's 1970 text is considered in terms of the changes civilization...

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,...

Should Supreme Court Decisions Be Considered Groundbreaking 'Landmarks?'

In four pages the argument is presented that Supreme Court decisions are not in effect as groundbreaking as they are portrayed and...

Traffic Law and its Western Civilization History

In four pages this paper presents an historical overview of traffic law that traces its chariot origins to its present incarnation...

Law of Greece

What was established as the first recognized law came from the fact that revenge played a big role in societys unruliness. As it ...

Parallels Between the Roman Empire's Fall and the US from 1946 to 1970

This research paper consisting of four pages considers the parallels that exist between these two civilizations with politics, eco...

Senior Citizens and Sex

In five pages this paper considers various issues of sexuality as they pertain to senior citizens and society's portrayal of them....

Bisexuality, Homosexuality, and Infantilism According to Sigmund Freud

In ten pages this paper considers these concepts according to Freud's psychoanalysis as represented in Freud's account of Dora and...

Society, Business, and Government

In a paper consisting of fifteen pages various topics such as three fold society's social performance, public issues strategic man...

Comparing Americas' Slavery with Roman and Greek Slavery

This is a review consisting of twelve pages that compares and contrasts the institution of slavery in various times and societies ...

Roman and Greek Agoras

The architectural designs known as agoras or public squares as they existed in Rome and Greece are compared in terms of structures...