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Reflections on Several Famous Literary Works

as being mostly unforgiving of mans shortcomings, inasmuch as he implies that humanity has turned into a selfish, egotistical and ...

Transcendentalism in 19th Century America

Transcendentalism was a means by which individuals could concentrate on the divinity of man and of nature. The movement was not o...

Fiction Writing and Philosophy of the Romantic Era

truly fulfilled, and in fact he likens this fulfillment to a nearly spiritual ideal. On the other hand, there was...

Reflections of Democracy in Henry David Thoreau's Life Without Principle, Resistance to Civil Government and Ralph Waldo Emerson's Self Reliance

In five pages a comparative analysis of democracy as it is represented in these essays is presented. Four sources are cited in th...

A Review of Circles by Ralph Waldo Emerson

A 5 page essay analyzing the sociopolitical context of this work. Tone, imagery, form, and symbolism are detailed. 3 sources....

Whitman, Emerson, Thoreau and American Individualism

printed word. He said that, "The reward of a thing well done is to have done it." This may not speak well to the concept of cur...

Ralph Waldo Emerson and Thomas Paine Compared

he was unhappy with the idea of being a businessman. Paine, with the soul of a revolutionary, left his small English village and e...

Walt Whitman, Henry David Thoreau, and Ralph Waldo Emerson

In 5 pages these influential 19th century authors are examined within the context of their writings 'Preface to Leaves of Grass,' ...

Secret Warriors by Steven Emerson

In five pages this text on the Reagan administration's covert military operations is analyzed. There are no other sources listed....

'Self Reliance' Essay by Ralph Waldo Emerson and Transcendence

his will and rounded in by the law of his being, as the inequalities of Andes and Himmaleh are insignificant in the curve of the s...

Comparative Analysis of the Pragmatic Philosophy of William James and the Transcendentalism of Ralph Waldo Emerson

they do not understand. Rather, Kant persisted to probe related concepts, an endeavor that would prove extraordinary in the philos...

Ancient History's Contemporary Social Influence

writing was the mainstay of civilised life. A seated scribe holding a papyrus roll was one of the most popular subjects in their e...

History's 'Longest War'

to shift his ground until he agreed with the allies (McCollum, 2003). Germany would be made to pay. "Unfortunately, rather than ...

Science And Religion: History's Ultimate Test

beginning of unique aspirations - as well as troubled alliances - within scientific and religious societies in relation to an orig...

Ten of History’s Greatest Mathematicians

1585 The beginning rudiments of mathematics began practically at the beginning of mans reign on the earth. The first indiv...

History's First Feminist Sor Juana Ines De La Cruz

who "led an extremely worldly existence in the convent" (Mack, 1996, p. 13), defiance of the system was a way of life. She was qu...

History's Origin According to Ernst Breisach

events surrounding the Peloponessian War, but also the views of other cultures which sometimes conflicted with his own sensibiliti...

Assimilation of History's Lessons with Thatcherism

In nine pages theoretical comparisons are made between Look Back in Anger, a play by John Osborne, Anthony Burgess' A Clockwork Or...

U.S. History's Watershed Event, the Civil War

as well as begin to collectively respond as a liberated people rather than race of repressed second class citizens. It was due in...

Russian History's Inconsistencies and Dichotomies

Great," 2003). Peter the Great was somewhat obsessed with creating a Russia that was separate and apart from Asia as well. His St....

'Fur Trade History as an Aspect of Native History' by Arthur J. Ray Summarized and Critiqued

(Ray, 2000). Upon initial investigation, Ray had found that most references to Indian involvement in the fur trade were of "shadow...

The Contribution to American History and Jewish American History by Henry Kissinger

a man of great power and a man who apparently worked within all sorts of cultures, working with China and then with Vietnam, earni...

U.S. History and American Racism AMERICAN RACISM AND HISTORY

subconscious, if a man has intercourse with a women, he claims ownership of her. Likewise, in a larger world view, if the white ma...

Great Harry by Carolly Erickson

also into his motivations, particularly in regards to marrying, and often executing, so many women. The reader sees how Henry VIII...

Hillary's Choice by Gail Sheehy

it is always Hillary. Advisors had warned that candidates should start to choose someone else because Hillary is just too popular....

George W. Bush Biography

Welsh, a librarian (Rozell, 2003). Laura would become instrumental in supporting George W. Bush in his career, including his diff...

The Far Side of Paradise by Arthur Mizener

his aristocratic persona was largely manufactured, because although Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald had some illustrious ancestors, i...

A John Romita, Sr. Profile

fact that he had been stationed at Governors Island in New York Harbor during the war where he was doing recruiting posters (1999)...

Oliver Stone's Film Nixon

own personality but also by the circumstances of the time. Stone does succeed in introducing at least some of these circumstances...

Ernest Hemingway's 'The Short, Happy Life of Francis Macomber' Analyzed

War while still serving with the Italians, and became well-decorated by the Italian government4. After returning from the war, he...