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Niccolo Machiavelli's The Prince and Human Nature

the ultimate goal or greater good." In essence, he is arguing, according to Oldham, that the end justifies the means and that any ...

The Social Adolescent

make her laugh and Debbies mothering tendency. Marie said she appreciated Denaes honesty, Jills spontaneity and Lindas frankness....

Comparing Alice Walker's 'Everyday Things' with Eudora Welty's 'Why I Live at the Post Office'

it clear that there are many unsolved frictions between the two sisters, frictions which include the fact that the youngers husban...

Human Nature and Comparing Mill and Marx

his time, and advocated many changes which he thought would make the world a better place but which were certainly not in keeping ...

Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness, Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart, and Cultures

power in many ways. The more titles the greater the power. And, in a social perspective as it involves the government system, this...

Book Report on Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

down his memoirs to convey his personal experiences as a slave. One wonders how much of Douglasss memoirs were tainted by the cont...

Kierkegaard on Human Nature

or that their lives are even close to resembling those of the first disciples?" (as qtd. in Galli, 2002, p.62). He poses a good qu...

Human Nature According to Saint Augustine and Plato

the individual and a definition of justice. There are three classes for the state to function properly: artisans, who are skilled ...

Oedipus Rex, The Iliad and The Odyssey and how these works relate to Gender

Oedipus. He learned that his predecessor and his wifes late husband, King Laius, had been murdered, Oedipus contends that it shou...

Loss of Paradise in Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck and 'Paradise Lost' by John Milton

Lennie talk of their plans for a farm, he immediately feels the pull of this dream. He asks, "Spose I went with you guys...I aint ...

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley and Being Human

a peasant cottage where he can unobtrusively observe a family and how they interact and he begins to learn from them. In other wo...

The Meaning of Life According to Leo Tolstoy

This 10 page paper examines Leo Tolstoy's literary works and personal philosophy, and argues that he sought simplicity and spiritu...

Shakespeare's Richard the Third and Hamlet in Cinematic Cross References Deconstruction

In five pages this report considers how famous literary works such as Shakepeare's plays must be deconstructed in order to be cine...

Establishing a Genre Movie in 'Singin' In The Rain'

This 9 page essay considers how the theatrical presence in the film is developed stylistically through textural characteristics of...

Human Nature Approach of American Philosopher and Psychologist William James

In six pages this paper examines William James' philosophy of human nature with religion a primary focus. Four sources are cited ...

Colonialism and the Literature of Africa

In seven pages two literary works are compared and contrasted in order to paint a detailed postcolonial Africa. The works are Ste...

Feminine Nature and Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

and whose future lot it was in their hands to direct to happiness or misery, according as they fulfilled their duties towards me" ...

The Characterization of Pip in Great Expectations

Pip is a character in this Charles Dickens classic. His role in the work is the focus of attention in this six page paper that inc...

Friendship in Great Expectations

Friendship is often the focus of attention by novelists as characters interact with one another. This is the case in this classic ...

Chapter Analysis of The Return of the Native by Thomas Hardy

Thomas Hardy's classic and best known novel, The Return of the Native, is examined in this 5 page paper. The writer analyzes each ...

Works of D.H. Lawrence

In four pages the political views and books of D.H. Lawrence are examined in terms of human nature and sexuality. Three sources a...

The Life and Works of Gabriel Garcia Marquez

This paper focuses on the literary works and biographical information of Colombian novelist Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Marquez autho...

Human Nature as it Relates to Education and Justice According to Aristotle

In a research paper consisting of eight pages Aristotle's concept of human nature is examined along with the roles education and j...

A Sand Country Almanac by Aldo Leopold

In five pages Leopold's classic nature prose is analyzed and reviewed with an emphasis upon what the author seeks to accomplish in...

Odysseus in Homer's 'The Odyssey' and Phileas Fogg in Jules Verne's Around the World in Eighty Days Compared

In five pages the heroes in these classic works are contrasted and compared. Four sources are cited in the bibliography....

Masculinity and Its Nature

This research paper offers a detailed examination of the characeristics of masculinity asdescribed in several literary works, whic...

Twain's Huckleberry Finn and Racism

There have actually been schools which have banned Huckleberry Finn from their libraries and their classrooms, based upon the refe...

Male and Female Relationships in William Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra and John Milton's 'Paradise Lost'

Cleopatra is a very sensual woman who is aware of her own passion. This, however, does not detract from her ability to rule...

Fire as a Theme in Virgil's Aeneid

the contest because she bribed Paris by offering him Helen of Troy, the fairest of mortal women, which is the basis for the confli...

Nature as a Theme in Mary Shelly's Frankenstein

character is testified to by the fact that so many movies have been made which were inspired by it. Within each, regardless of ho...