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Philosophical Perspectives on Passion and Human Happiness

In fourteen pages this paper examines how passion and human happiness were perceived from various philosophers spanning the sixtee...

19th Century Naturalism and Realism

In twenty pages this paper examines naturalism and realism of the 19th century in a consideration of Edith Wharton's The House of ...

The Country of the Pointed Firs by Sarah O. Jewett

In five pages this paper discusses why contemporary criticism of this 19th century novel often falls short. Six sources are cited...

17th and 19th Century Literature and the Depiction of Women

In five pages this paper discusses how women were depicted in Tartuffe by Moliere, Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert, and Hedda Ga...

Cousin Bazilio by Jose Maria Eca de Queiros

In eight pages the late nineteenth century society of Portugal is the focus of this thematic consideration of Cousin Bazilio. Fou...

The City and the Mountains by Jose Maria Eca de Queiros

In eight pages this research paper discusses various interpretations regarding how the society of Portugal during the 19th century...

The City and the Mountains by Jose Maria Eca de Queiros II

In six pages this paper discusses the themes in an overview of this text that features the nineteenth century society of Portugal....

Early Twentieth Century American and Japanese Literature

In five pages this paper compares these two countries' literature during this time period in a consideration of religious, social,...

Development and Literary Construction in Chopin's Novel, The Awakening

This paper addresses Kate Chopin's Nineteenth-Century novel, The Awakening. The author contends that the literary techniques util...

Ethical Leadership: Article Comparison

the primary location where policy is derived. There are myriad ethical considerations in the daily world of business, and each on...

A History of Foreign Language Curricula in American Schools

of the world speaks languages other than English. Hence, there is good reason to speak the language. Yet, American public schools ...

The Development of China and Japan Compared

while China posed a threat, it was not deemed to be nearly as strong. Of course, things have not gone well for Japan in more recen...

Velazquez/Los Borrachos

the figure of the mythological god. Bacchus is looking away from the young man in front of him, his eyes shifted to the side, with...

Tobacco Industry

any number of physical ailments, including halitosis and lockjaw throughout Europe (ASH, 2006; Randall, 1999). Sir Frances Drake ...

The Idea of the U.S. Constitution

(States of human nature). Now lets look at the Constitution. The Preamble sets out the purpose of the document clearly: We the p...

Movies/Then & Now

theater environment, that is most often accused of encouraging crime. Then, as now, the majority of the people ignored the naysaye...

Erasmus/Praise of Folly

has purpose and meaning. The second profession that Folly castigates as they weave "six hundred laws together" in order to contr...

Leadership: A Comparison of Notorious Leaders

of the transformation of society. Leaders give people hope and vision. For example, during the Reagan eighties, people became exci...

Twentieth Century Leaders

1994). Hitler proved an able and courageous soldier in World War I, winning the coveted Iron Cross twice. He was blinded temporar...

Changes in Educational Paradigms and Curricula During the Twentieth Century

there is the idea that knowledge underlies the thinking. Rsenick & Hall (1998) explain: "In every field of thought, cognitive scie...

Inward Lives of 2 19th Century Women

and "one day could not explain some term of horsemanship to her that she had come across in a novel" (Flaubert 29). Emmas disappoi...

The Growth of the Coca Cola Company

does in its own country. At present, Coca Cola is a company that has locations in two hundred countries ("Coca Cola," 2006). It ...

Management in the Twenty-First Century

go to terrorism as well as terror at work in the form of workplace violence. In fact, workplace violence was rarely seen but in th...

Southern Slave Codes

first chapter, Goodell describes slavery as defined by the laws of various southern states; here we read things like this: "LOUISI...

Gunther/Death Be Not Proud

A 3 page book review of John Gunther's memoir of his son's illness and death. The title of this book is drawn from John Donne's Me...

“The Tools of Empire: Technology and European Imperialism in the Nineteenth Century”

use of both primary and secondary sources are used throughout the book and the message if the interdependent link between imperial...

"Around the World in 80 Days" as a Guide to 19th Century Globalization

a deck steward on a tramp steamer. The film points out quite nicely the fact that the book really is a travelogue, with each episo...

The Reconquista and the Spanish Explorers

most of Spain was united; the exception was Navarre, "which remained separate until 1512" (Reconquista, 2006). Spain, like most c...

Economic Bubbles

that flows. The crashes can result in large levels of wealth being destroyed and the potential for the crash to cause a depression...

Strengths and Weaknesses of the Structuralist Approach

In fact, this theorist would focus on problems related to the periphery7. The school did focus on structural unemployment and th...