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Historical Changes and British Racial Discourses

races interact in that culture. These races include blacks, Asiatics, Hispanics, and Arabics to name just a few. British...

Far From Heaven Film by Todd Haynes, Discrimination, and Lessons from the Past

quintessential young American suburban couple. They are living the ideal of 1950s economic prosperity and have been affectionatel...

'Nature' by Ralph Waldo Emerson

my eyes,) which nature cannot repair" (Emerson). In this he clearly envisions nature as an entity that can fix all mans problems,...

Demons and Angels

angels lost their original holiness and became corrupt in nature and conduct.5 In 2 Peter 2:4, it tells of how some were cast into...

Brooklyn's Lower Class as Depicted in Selby's Last Exit to Brooklyn

This 6 page paper provides quotes and an analysis of three characters in this thesis paper that focuses on social stratification. ...

Media and Chicago's Highway Construction During the 1950s

This paper examines the media's portrayal of Chigago's highway construction and other industrial projects during the 1950s. This ...

Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift, the Houyhnhnms and Rationalism

In 10 pages this paper examines the statement regarding rationalists author Jonathan Swift was making in his portrayal of the Houy...

Cripple Creek Days by Lee

In two pages this paper compares Buffalo Bill's portrayal of the development of the West with the Cripple Creak, Colorado's mining...

Jesus in the Qur'an According to Geoffrey Parrinder

In eleven pages this research paper examines the differences and similarities between the Qur'an portrayal of Jesus and that conta...

Credibility of Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass in Terms of the Black Experience

In 5 pages this paper argues that Douglass's literacy taints is portrayal of the black experience because of the Western ideology ...

Dante, Boccaccio, Sin, Gender, and Nature

Comedy reflects an effort to find a spiritual solution to that dilemma. Dante wrote this work -- or, in the language of the poem,...

Biography of Alexander of Macedon by Peter Green

In ten pages this paper examines Green's portrayal of Alexander the Great as a real man instead of a mythical figure, with a reali...

Media Promoting Serial Murder Through Its Serial Murder Portrayal

Did the media portrayal of the first events cause the latter ones? Is it possible for the media to have that much influence? Doe...

Augustine and the Limits of Politics by Jean B. Elshtain

In five pages this text by Jean Bethke Elshtain is analyzed in its portrayal of Augustine and how it represents the limitations of...

An Examination of Red Azalea by Anchee Min

in Shanghai and how quickly she had to take responsibility. She writes, "I was an adult since the age of five" (1). She goes on to...

Death of a Salesman and Family Values

In five pages Arthur Miller's social drama is analyzed in its portrayal of post World War II family values as they existed in the ...

Thelma and Louise Movie from a Sociological Perspective

In five pages this paper discusses sociological concepts and gender roles' portrayal within the contexts of this 1991 film. Two s...

Soul's Role in Plato's The Republic and Phaedo

In ten pages this research paper examines Plato's portrayal of the soul as being imprisoned and how it relates to a harmonious sta...

Comparing 'Oroonoko' and 'Persian Letters'

uncle was without children, he had been designated his uncle?s heir and began using his name at that time.) The Persian Letters ...

Antagonist and Protagonist in Hamlet by William Shakespeare

In five pages this paper examines William Shakespeare's Hamlet in an assessment of the portrayals of the antagonist and protagonis...

Cinema and Military Technology

In five pages this paper discusses the portrayal of nuclear warfare as it has evolved in films including Braveheart, Godzilla, Dr...

Hamlet Character in William Shakespeare's Tragedy

In ten pages this paper presents a character analysis of Shakespeare's innovative portrayal of the tragic protagonist. There is t...

Comparative Analysis of Allen Ginsberg's Howl and Walt Whitman's Song of Myself

spiritual aspect, which is an illustration that many spiritual individuals can relate to in present day America. Freedom, in Whi...

Poetic Views of William Wordsworth and Johann von Goethe

In eight pages this paper compares and contrasts the portrayal of artistic souls in The Sorrows of Young Werther by Goethe and 'Th...

The Clouds by Aristophanes and Apology by Plato

another thing: ? young men of the richer classes, who have not much to do, come about me of their own accord; they like to hear th...

U.S. and Religious Minorities

In six pages this paper discusses the media's portrayal of U.S. religious minorities with Judaism, Santeria, and Catholicism among...

Documentary History of the Contemporary World Jew

In five pages this paper discusses the contemporary era and the quest for Jewish Identity in an assessment of the text portrayals ...

World War II Film The Best Years of Our Lives

three-time Pulitzer Prize winner. William Wyler was chosen as director, and an award-winning cast was assembled. It should be no...

The Villain as Himself in 'King Lear' and 'Antony & Cleopatra'

The portrayal of villains in these Shakespearean plays is the focus of this 5 page paper, which asserts that these villains are of...

Nature and Henry David Thoreau

In five pages Thoreau's Walden Pond is examined in a consideration of the author's portrayal of nature. Two sources are cited in ...