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Odysseus and Models of Heroism

In a paper of five pages, the writer looks at heroism. Odysseus is put forth as an example of both modern and classical ideals of ...

A Modern Fairy Tale, Edward Scissorhands

This essay presents the argument that "Edward Scissorhands," directed by Tim Burton, is a modern, gothic-tinged version of the fai...

Samurais, 2 Books

This essay pertains to two texts that relate samurai culture, The Last Samurai by Mark Ravina and Bushido, the Way of the Samurai,...

Food Commoditization and the Capitalist Exploitation of Culture

In a paper of nine pages, the writer looks at food markets and cultural exploitation by capitalist speculation. Historical and mod...

Example of Nonverbal Communication

This research paper utilizes an excerpt from the sitcom Modern Family to describe several aspects of nonverbal communication. Affe...

Costs Constraints on the Adoption of the JLTV

Army Force Generation (ARFORGEN) have the right balance of vehicle quantities, types and modernization to meet their mission requi...

Chap. Summaries, Modern Architecture by William Curtis

the suppression of these features, as both materials and decoration were sometimes subjugated to the goals of presenting united ar...

Van Gogh, Sherman: Modern, Postmodern

the popular lexicon connotes the current era and whatever is contemporary within that era, and it has been used in this context si...

Nature Poems

lingers, then erased, Wisdom grasped and then replaced With new wisdoms, no time for decay. Where is permanence? Useless Next to ...

The Study of Learning

models that could be related to different aspects of human behavior. Pavlov believed that studying conditioning, which is a learn...

Shipping Routes via the Panama Canal

coast has established conditions wherein west coast have come to take shipping volume somewhat for granted, and as such are no lon...

Modern Airport Design - Security Measures

perimeter control at facilities (Transportation Security Administration, 2004). This is handled in a variety of ways, from the obv...

The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan

Sigmund Freud and his theory of penis envy, as well as the influence of sociology and the school of functionalism, which dictated ...

Gender Studies, Their Importance and Significance

rapid social changes are increasingly affecting work patterns and families, as many families feature dual income couple as women e...

Early Cognitive Theorists

etc. This has become the basic element in memory research. A local telephone number is 7 digits which is why it is easier to remem...

The Same Sex Marriage Debate and Religious Discourse

the fight against same-sex marriage being legalized is largely influenced by religious ideology in the legislative and constitutio...

The influence of Francisco de Haro on San Francisco

Before California within the hands of the Americans, it was a Mexican territory, with the Mexican soldier Francisco de Haro being...

Fine Arts and the Impact of Interactive Media

concept is fairly recent, beginning with the Internet explosion during the mid-1990s and the introduction of the CD-ROM during the...

Pardoner's Sexuality in The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer

In five pages this paper analyzes the Pardoner's sexuality in a consideration of the stories from The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey...

Questions on Art History

narratives can take on many themes for many different reasons. Perhaps there is a very exciting artwork around which one wants to...

A Hero in Print and Throughout Time

the path to order by bringing structure to the process of understanding. The classical hero was one who was brave, honest, pious ...

Solitude in the City

refuge in the cafe. In this work the solitude, while sad, is also one of peacefulness. One might also say that it is a juxtaposit...

Music and Poems

played slightly louder, i.e. piano. The rhythm of the piece would be uniform 4/4 time, but the overall effect of the rhythm would...

Culture Clash in The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down

as intimate terms, yet knowing little about their culture, has always seemed a shame. But, there were no individuals who this read...

Artists and the Modernism of Andy Warhol, Helen Frankenthaler, and Jackson Pollock

movement, and the unofficial capital of the international avant-garde. This was as much of a shock to American artists as it was t...

Contemporary World and European Society

resulted in the creation of capitalism (Greer, 1977). Transactions through the circulation of coins and paper commenced throughou...

George Whitefield and the Rise of Modern Evangelicalism in Harry S. Stout's 'The Divine Dramatist'

This is a book review consisting of 5 pages. A 5 page paper which provides a book review of Harry S. Stout's "The Divine Dra...

English Versification Development

In five pages this research paper offers a brief English versification history beginning with Beowulf's Old English and continuing...

Book Reviews on the Japanese Samurai

In ten pages this paper reviews various texts on the Japanese Samurai class including Harry Cook's Samurai: The Story of a Warrior...

College Students and Dating Norms

In six pages dating concepts in modern society are considered within the context of the college experience. Seven sources are cit...