SEARCH RESULTS

YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :Funeral Stela of Menthuhotpe from the cemetery at Abydos

Essays 1 - 30

Public Cemeteries

as an aspect of the sacred in secular life, this discussion will indicate how sociologists feel that the concept of the sacred fun...

Jessica Mitford's The American Way of Death Revisited

of the funeral industry we turn to examining a few conditions presented by Mitford. This particular writer noted that in the fi...

Past and Present Graveyards

In fourteen pages this paper discusses burial practices and cemetery design changes from the ancient era to the present day in a c...

The Gatekeeper Maaty and His Journey to the Afterlife

strange. While other cultures produced mummies, Egypt seems to be the only one that focused so intensely on death. The gods, half-...

Abydos and Egypts Cult of the Dead

This paper recounts the many wonders of this important Egyptian temple. There are eight sources in this eleven page paper. ...

Comparative Analysis of Paintings Jacob van Isaackszoon Ruisvael's Jewish Cemetery and Frans Post's Brazilian Landscape

In five pages this report presents a comparative analysis of these paintings in terms of how they are similar and how they are dif...

'Pet Cemetery' by Stephen King and the Acceptance of Death

starts out dealing with death simply enough. The family cat is killed by a car on the highway. The neighbor asks "Louis if hed lik...

Pericles' Funeral Oration as Reported by Thucydides

way of life is unique when compared to that of our neighbors. Only in Athens can a citizen, no matter what class or social distinc...

Trends in the Funeral Industry

mysterious or frightening (National Funeral Directors Association, 2003). In addition, stories in magazines abound about brave peo...

'The Sculptor's Funeral' by Willa Cather

by the men on the train platform, and then by the overly dramatic grief of Merricks mother. The contrast between the nature of Mer...

Nina and Alik in The Funeral Party by Ulitskya

to speak to a Rabbi, but she wont hear of it. She continues to stand in the way of his speaking with the Rabbi. He also becomes he...

Conflict in Willa Cather’s Short Story ‘The Sculptor’s Funeral’

(Cather 68). It became readily apparent that these local men were there more out of a sense of civic duty than out of any love fo...

Funeral Rites in Saudi Arabia

following day (Funeral rites). A simple unlined coffin is used (Funeral rites). The body is buried "with the head and right-hand s...

Funeral Home Expansion

stored out of sight to enable the use of the full room. Stevens dilemma is that when it exceeds four concurrent funerals an...

Case Study Involving the Funeral Business

Batesville has engaged in negative practices such as price-fixing (Lubove, 2005). Their web site has numerous links to information...

A Business Plan For a Funeral Home

This paper provides an outline, overview, and business plan for starting a funeral home. The author addresses differences in demo...

Overview of the Funeral Industry

attractive caskets. The funeral industry is unique in its existence: it is one of the very few that maintains a strong sense of s...

Funeral of England's Princess Diana and the Involvement of the Media

In five pages this paper assesses whether or not the media report or actually created news as it related to the events before and ...

Pericles' Funeral Oration

In an essay consisting of five pages the comment that city is the best teacher of man by ancient Greek poet Simonides is examined ...

Funeral Rituals In Nigeria, China, and India

3500 years ago. Zhonghua, the Chinese name for the country, means "central land," a reference to the Chinese belief that their cou...

Workplace Conflict: Funeral Home

between the feuding parties, attempting to draw likenesses rather than differences. By focusing upon the positive, the informatio...

2 Poems By Emily Dickinson

she is dead. This interpretation is substantiated in the next stanza when she describes hearing the mourners lift a box, which c...

Merger of Democracy and Imperialism According to Pericles

Athens up as the shining example of democracy saying: "Let me say that our system of government does not copy the institution of o...

Individual's Personal Duty to Country

no matter how insignificant or trite they may seem. However, it would seem that he believed that there were at least two types of ...

Beowulf and Insights on Characterizations

In five pages this paper discusses the insights contained within the Medieval epic in terms of Grendel's death, his mother's react...

British Mourning Rites and Customs

In 6 pages this British cultural consideration examines the funeral rites and mourning rituals associated with the process of deat...

Orson Welles' 1952 Film Othello

Iago - played by Michael MacLiammoir Iago is roughly thrust into the cage, and by means of a creaking iron wheel and pulley, the ...

Western Traditions in Dealing with Death

This essay discusses various views and fears associated with death in Western societies. The author addresses funeral rituals as ...

Values of the Greco Roman Societies

In six pages this paper discusses how the values of the societies of ancient Greece and Rome are reflected in such works of litera...