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Dark Woods in the Poetry of Robert Frost

the empty wastes of white and black" (On "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening"). Prior to putting pen to paper, Frost visu...

Analyzing a Passage from Le Diable au Corps by Radiquet

In five pages a passage near the beginning between Marthe and the narrator is analyzed in terms of how it serves as the author's c...

'Beowulf' and the Grendel Character

In 5 pages this paper presents a character analysis of Grendel as featured in the epic 'Beowulf' and how he is intended to be repr...

On the Commonwealth by Cicero

master and ruler of men, namely God, who is the author of this law, its interpreter, and its sponsor. The man who will not obey it...

Goodman Brown 'Dark Side'

In five pages this paper discusses how human nature's dark side is portrayed by Nathaniel Hawthorne in his short story 'Young Good...

Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness, Henry James' Turn of the Screw and Evil

the Suppression of Savage Customs in which he claims that the white man in Africa must "necessarily appear to them [savages] in th...

Roles of Animals in Nature & Human Lives

at close quarters unmolested, as the wolves did not consider him to be a threat and, obviously, they did not consider him as suita...

The Nature of Evil

permit others to do so on your behalf" (p.5). Despite the fact that the book is titled The Lucifer Effect, what makes people tick ...

Erving Goffman's Dramaturgical Approach to Human Interaction

is indebted to both of these predecessors. Kenny (2008) observes that "Anyone familiar with Goffmans dramaturgical approach will n...

Plato and Euripides on Human Nature

wine and pleasure, and rejecting the cold and structured nature of Apollonian society. For them, to be human is to follow ones bas...

David Hume and Immanuel Kant

In five pages this paper considers these two philosophers' views regarding empiricism and the origin of reason in a comparative ex...

Nietzsche, Kant, and Locke Perspectives on Western Philosophical Causality Since Descartes

In five pages the issue of causality and its nature regarding human existence understanding are examined from the philosophical pe...

Adaptive Consciousness

Human consciousness has proved very adaptive throughout our existence. This paper discusses the nature of human consciousness and ...

Octavia Butler's Dawn, Xinogenesis

In five pages this science fiction novel is examined in terms of the relationships between genetically altered aliens and the huma...

Plato/Apology of Socrates

Clouds by Aristophanes. Reasonably, Socrates points out that the character in the play speaks nonsense and should not be confused...

Human Nature and Sigmund Freud

struggle for life of the human species ( 122). He adds that the sense of guilt is the most important problem in the development of...

Human Nature and Conflict in 'The Storm' by Kate Chopin

In five pages this paper discusses human nature and the conflict that exists between social expectations and human needs within th...

Nature of Evil in 'The Lottery' by Shirley Jackson

In five pages this paper discusses the theme of evil within the context of this short story by Shirley Jackson. There are no othe...

Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, Human Nature and Society

This paper examines how the human concept of virtue and its pursuit influence human nature and society within the context of the t...

The Film American Gangster and the Social Issues It Raises

as icon ... you dont cast Denzel Washington unless youre willing to accept that charisma is often the secret weapon of the success...

Huckleberry Finn's Good Nature

In five pages this paper discusses Huckleberry Finn's 'good nature' in a consideration of Mark Twain's view that a 'deformed consc...

Themes of Cultural and Moral Relativism

tribes would simply allow certain effeminate men to take on female occupations (153). Seemingly, their plight was accepted. They w...

Evil in 'A Good Man is Hard to Find' by Flannery O'Connor

unfortunate accident, and they do run into the notorious Misfit. Both the grandmother and the Misfit are concerned with the quest...

Plato and Confucius on the State and Society

In eleven pages this research paper contrasts and compares Plato's and Confucius's perceptions on the ruling state and society wit...

Nature in Deliverance by James Dickey

In six pages this essay examines how both the novel and the film depict nature as a way of showcasing the author's evil concept. ...

Themes of Bood and Evil in The Bible, Crito, and The Oresteia

This paper addresses the nature of morality as portrayed in these three works. The author compares and contrasts how good, evil, ...

Monster's Creation in the Writings of Joseph Conrad and Mary Shelley

so moved by the portrayal of Adam that he begins to identify with Adam. Like Adam at the beginning of creation, he, too, is lonely...

Joseph Conrad's Writings and Natural Africa's Role

to cultures outside of our own is limited at best. The average American will probably not ever venture off her shores. Often, the ...

A Ficticious Literary Panel Discussion

its extreme, I pointed out the evil being perpetuated against the Irish." Lady Macbeth interrupts, "I am familiar with this wo...

Morality and Reason According to Plato, Socrates, and Sigmund Freud

inquiring and trying to discover what is good is the best kind of life, the only life worth living" (Frost, 1962, 84). As this de...