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Racial Impications in The Matrix

A 30 page analysis of this science fiction film. This futuristic film imparts a sense of reality that is enough to bring most vie...

A Review of the Film Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon

A 18 page critique of this less than successful film. The author atributes the lack of success however to the poor distribution a...

Appeal of the Gnostic Religion

a simple one - they would provide man with Knowledge, and allow him "to control his own destiny When discussing the Gnostics it ...

U.S. South Before the Civil War, Slaves, and the Role Played by Religion

conditions as they relate to the white man instilling religion into the slaves of the South. "In the 1780s, Methodists--who repr...

Religion Exploration

America, they worked very hard to convert the Native American Indians, who obviously did not believe in Jesus Christ. The new set...

Attending Church and Religion

of voluntary association, such as union membership (Bruce, 2002). He also discusses the advent of television evangelism and the da...

American Interpretations of Film Noir

of America had suffered through more than 15 years of deprivation in one form or another. The Great Depression that began with th...

Scientology and Its Impact on Actor Tom Cruise

its members. From this perspective it is easy to see that Scientology has more than likely had as negative of an impact on Tom Cr...

Analyzing the Barbarians at the Gate Film

ethics or lack thereof, surrounding the mystique of Wall Street. Although takeovers are not in themselves unethical, the methods ...

Western Religion - Trends

faith, new scientific discoveries and theories appear to be offering support for many traditional religious views, particularly in...

XYZ University Core Values and Psychologists' Principles of Ethics

B: Fidelity and Responsibility: "Psychologists establish relationships of trust with those with whom they work" (American Psycholo...

The Influence of Border Films

drugging and kidnapping his wife, whom he subsequently frames on drug charges (Touch of Evil, 1995). Vargas, and justice, prevail ...

Comparing Islam, Judaism, and Christianity

their complex social and cultural mores. Tradition was therefore rooted in the memory of the people as was the physical and moral...

U.S. and Religion

the world. Moore shows that quite the opposite is true. The message sent by this author seems to have merit. Children grow up in ...

Religion and its Origins According to Various Theorists

came about simply because it is true. Theories about Gods existence have been around for quite some time. There is Descartes proo...

Film Noir Techniques in the Film, Kiss Me Deadly

flag down a car, but no one stops. Desperate, she positions herself in the middle of the road while holding her arms outstretched ...

Contrasting and Comparing Church, Synagogue and Mosque in Terms of Practices and Beliefs

to the very essence of church worship, bringing forth "the power to speak to our heart" (Holladay, 2004). Sitting at pews and sur...

NonWestern Religions and Their Completeness

actual word, religion, comes from literally means bound to(Larue 2004). Thus, a person is dedicated toward living a certain way, b...

Literature of Early Africa and Identity

how Africa had been at some point before its development. While the old works cited above do provide a sense of identity for the p...

Government and Religion

To Kennedy, religion is personal and private and the nation should really not scrutinize his religious activity nor any other poli...

The Flight of Apollo 13. The Psychological Impacts of the Events on Members of the Flight and Ground Crews.

standards and then exemplifies those himself (2000). For example, in a coaching situation, a leader may mandate that a cross count...

Asian Culture in Art and Film

way or another by the culture itself. Now, while there are numerous contemporary artists and also numerous styles this section ...

Religious Beliefs and the Theories of Max Weber, Emile Durkheim, and Karl Marx

study the primitive, not because there was any one point in time at which religion could have been said to have begun, but because...

Film Noir Aspects of Sunset Boulevard and The Grifters

factor can be seen in both Sunset Boulevard and The Grifters. In Sunset, Joe Gillis is an out-of-work screenplay writer, who has t...

The Immediate and Remote Causes of the Attacks on the Pentagon and the World Trade Center

This 5 page paper discusses the fact that Osama bin Laden and his followers are Muslims, and that Islam claims to be a peaceful re...

Overview of Hinduism

In eleven pages this research paper examines Hindu principles, beliefs, text, yoga importance, and the religion's Western signific...

Critique of God and Contemporary Science by Philip Clayton

body, so, too, can the thought of God(or what he/she expects of a person) possibly influence the world, or motivate a culture into...

Society and Religion According to Jean Jacques Rousseau

to religion and instead evaluates religion solely on how well a particular form of religion serves the purposes of the state. Rous...

Film Noir Techniques in the Film, Gilda

what the audience is viewing with his own subjective observations. In his consideration of film noir, Jon Tuska (1984) noted that...

AComparison of Religions Taoism, Native American, Confucianism, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism

however, which is present in all Native American Religions. That element is the integral tie between Native American spirituality...