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Stanislav Grof's The Holotropic Mind

could have come into existence through the random interactions of inert matter has aptly been compared to that of a tornado blowin...

Book Review of Barbara Ehrenreich's Nickel and Dimed

been hired, almost on the spot. Her "almost on the spot" hire is a job with a hotel restaurant, from 2:00 to 10:00 p.m. for $2.43 ...

Extraordinary Minds by Howard Gardner

malign) (Gardner 49). By the time the twins are born, B has had 1,300 positive experiences, while M has had 1,300 negative experie...

The Functions of the Executive by Barnard

internal problems within organizations. The focus is on the employee, his or her goals and feelings and how employees should be tr...

Becoming New Yorkers

the facts revealed by Lopez concerns the way in which speaking Spanish is punitively regarded in the high school that was the focu...

Comparative Analysis of Myths in Epic of Gilgamesh, Beowulf, 'The Odyssey' and a Work by Jack London

In five pages this paper contrasts and compares the myths featured in these ancient works and also makes a thematic comparison wit...

Theodore Dreiser's "Sister Carrie" - Class And Masculinity

of independence and material possessions as a way to shed the discomfort of her less-than-copious upbringing. While Dreiser sough...

Gender Roles in American Culture

beyond the domestic sphere into virtually every profession and job category from which they were once barred, they have had to con...

Human Rights And The Use Of International Legal Institutions

upon this perpetual effort has been marred by those whose self-proposed mission is to make sure only certain people are privileged...

Discrimination Of Women In Law Enforcement

so as to ensure women pass. The discriminatory nature of this approach to officer training has long fueled the debate over whethe...

The Epic Narrative as Exemplified in The Poem of the Cid and Beowulf

The writer argues that legends are stories that are likely to have their beginnings in fact, but over time, are added to and re-to...

Milton/Satan in Paradise Lost

who displays unconquerable courage. In this manner, Milton portrays Satan as a heroic figure, and elicits sympathy for him. As Sat...

Gilgamesh/An Ancient Man for All Seasons

Mitchells translation, Mark Jarman argues that Gilgamesh enlightens the modern reader as to what the ancient Mesopotamians valued ...

Improving Cost Accounting with Resolute Hospital Billing®

Associates "reported that it expects to record $200 million in bad debt expense in the fourth quarter due to an increase in self-p...

Christianity in Beowulf

has received a considerable amount of attention. Eighteenth century critics argued in favor of viewing the poem as fundamentally p...

Medieval Law and Literature in ‘Beowulf’

so important because it represents at the beginning the significance of having a male heir to carry on ancestral traditions. The ...

John Milton/Paradise Lost

of the monarchy due to his support of the Commonwealth (John Milton). Married three times, he spent his later years dictating to h...

2 Books on the Spanish Armada

able to find data that yielded "new evidence," which weakened certain viewpoints while strengthening others.1 Mattingly, first o...

Wier/Tehano

is one that ties the two brothers together, although neither one of them realizes it. Each fears his own cowardice and has to ov...

Gift Giving in Homer's Odyssey

he will gild her horns as part of the sacrifice (Homer). Such sacrifices were meant as "gifts" to the gods, which were designed to...

An Analysis of the Graphic Portrayals of Violence in 'Saving Private Ryan'

period between September 1, 1939 (the date of Germanys invasion of Poland) and September 2, 1945 (the date of the Japanese surrend...

Scorsese/Gangs of New York

the foreign hordes defiling it" (Mattie 215). Cutting slays Vallon, consigns his son to an orphanage, and proclaims his rule ove...

The Gods of the Iliad and the Bhagavad-Gita

without specifically worrying about success or failure, "they cannot be stained by action" (Harrison, 1996). Hearing this, Arjuna ...

Beowulf and Insights on Characterizations

In five pages this paper discusses the insights contained within the Medieval epic in terms of Grendel's death, his mother's react...

Rap and the Rap Culture

The writer discusses the connection between the Old English epic poem Beowulf and today's rap culture. The writer argues that alth...

An Analysis of the Opening Passage of Anna Karenina

given notice (Tolstoy 1). As this illustrates, this opening passage accomplishes several purposes. It immediately announces the ...

Importance of Oaths and Vows in 'Sir Gawain and the Green Knight'

This is the beginning of his journey in terms of the importance of vows and oaths. Gawain will do as he is told...

'The Odyssey' by Homer and Identity

In sage debates...To save the state" (Homer Book I). The reader begins to see that Telemachus is not wise enough to be prepared fo...

The Depiction of Troy in The Iliad and in Film

is not identified as a goddess except for when a servant speaks to Achilles about the legends that have begun to be spun concernin...

Achilles' Leadership Effectiveness in 'The Iliad' by Homer

many as he can. If his own life is destroyed in the process, then that intrinsically establishes him as both a stellar leader and...