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Kate Chopin's 'The Awakening' and the Characters of Mademoiselle Reisz and Edna Pontellier

at the piano" but it may well have been the "first time she was ready, perhaps the first time her being was tempered to take an im...

Effects of the US Progressive Era

include: The Homestead Act, National Urban League, direct election of U.S. Senators, child labor laws, and federal regulation of b...

The Vietnam War and the Attitudes That Drove the Conflict

Carl Strikwerda suggests that the globalization debate has great implications when looking at the United States (Grainge, 2001). ...

An Examination of Eastward to Tartary by Robert D. Kaplan

is difficult to imagine from the confines of our own democratic country. And yet, clearly these are truths the world...

Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe and Its Issues

that is a powerful tragedy, it is a truth that has happened throughout time, over and over, as one culture envelopes another. Okon...

Invasion of Iraq by the United States

a rationale for invasion is essentially correct. The United Nations first issued Iraq an ultimatum to disarm and destroy all of it...

The Evolution of Alaska the Territory into the State of Alaska

of Secretary of State William H. Seward (Cohen, 1996). Initially, however, Seward would be ridiculed for the purchase of Alaska. ...

Lancelot of the Lake by Corin Corley

laid down by the knight, the youth did not dare "utter another word, except to commend the wounded knight to God" and he also expr...

The Best War Ever by Adams

does discuss the difficulties with reporting history as generally speaking, history is not exciting. It is not sensational as are ...

Mark Bowden's Black Hawk Down A Story of Modern War

it devotes practically all of its attention to a bullet-by-bullet account of the fighting surrounding the downing of the American ...

U.S. Civil War Memorial

the reality of the civil rights movement. In this way, it becomes an everlasting record however of the event, thus immortalizing ...

La Nina, El Nino, and Ecological Impacts

the number and severity of cyclones, disruptions to fisheries and destruction of coral reefs, flooding, mudslides, death inflictin...

French Politics in 1848

working class. Citing Theodore Zeldin, Sewell states that 1848 is important in French history because it was at this time that t...

Communication and Perception

from the West in so many respects, including the manner in which different cultures go about conducting business. Following are e...

Answering 4 Operations Management Questioins

the number of employees (Ministry of Economic Development, 2003). Tariffs distort prices and they also can create uncertainty fo...

Character of God Revealed in Joshua's Death and Abraham's Call

God Abraham received was detailed in Genesis as follows: "Go forth from your native land / And from your fathers house / And I wil...

The Spanish-American War and Its Aftermath

the Spanish-American War, which was publicly motivated by American sentiment to free Cuba from Spanish rule, sentiment grew in the...

US, Japan, and the Causes of World War II

In six pages this paper examines the events that led to the discord between the United States and Japan that ultimately culminated...

History of England form 1688 until 1992

In six pages political events provide the necessary historical framework for this English history overview. Five sources are cite...

Anthony Lewis's Gideon's Trumpet

face of all odds endows Gideons Trumpet with all the elements that typically comprise an American bestseller. On the other ...

A Decade in the Persian Gulf

up to par in terms of its defense systems or are they backwards and vulnerable to attack? What has happened in the course of nearl...

Seven Storey Mountain by Thomas Merton

to feel the calling to a religious life. Decides to become a Catholic, then decides to be a priest. Part Three has 4 chapters th...

African American Education Throughout History

years later, in 1775, Ben Franklin founded the Pennsylvania Society for the Abolition of Slavery (Socialist Equality Party, 1997)....

The Wanderer by Susan Creech

and Grand Manan Island. From this point, The Wanderer sets sail for England. Sophie writes that, after a week and a half, they had...

First Century of American Foreign Policy

tyranny, with scarcely anyone considering independence (Burns, 1969). It escalated into the birth of a nation, but the primary thr...

Reflections of Creon

For her part, Antigone - sister of Polyneices and daughter-in-law of Creon - chooses to ignore the self-importance of Creon and ad...

Pessimism of Macbeth by William Shakespeare

King Duncan naming his loyal lieutenant Macbeth Thane of Cawdor in recognition for his faithful service. But a fateful meeting wi...

Changes in Germany's Governmental Structure from 1933 Through 1944

anomaly. In actuality, however the type of dictatorship which would be skillfully put into place by the Nazis had erupted elsewhe...

Austro Hungarian Empire and First World War's Causative Factors

rise of nationalism. People of common geographic origin, language, and history began to see themselves as members of large cultur...

Antitrust Case Against Microsoft in Terms of Laws, Issues, and Outcomes

the OS as long as it benefits consumers and cant be replicated (Wired News Report, 2002). * May 18, 1998: The U.S. Justice Departm...