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Machiavelli's Impact on Political Theory

This paper discusses how the works of Machiavelli still influence political thinking and theory hundreds of years after his death....

Machiavelli, Hobbes, and Early Political Thinking

This paper examines Hobbes' work, Leviathan, as well as Machiavelli's, The Prince as they relate to the beginnings of political th...

Critical Analysis of Utopia by Sir Thomas More

In three pages this essay presents a critical analysis of this work in an examination of various topics including treatment of ani...

The Feminist Works Of Virginia Woolf

This paper examines Virginia Woolf's feminist ideology in her various novels and essays. The author contends that Woolf believed ...

Poor Little Rich Girl Shirley Temple Film

In five pages this paper presents a critical analysis of a Mary Pickford film remake featuring popular 1930s' child star Shirley T...

Stylistic and Formal Characteristics of Gus Van Sant's 'My Own Private Idaho'

Such cinematic techniques as mise-en-scene are discussed in a paper consisting of 6 pages as thematic and narrative expression are...

An Analysis of 'Mambo Kings'

In this research paper that consists of 4 pages, five questions are posed and answered, why the film is thought-provoking and the ...

An Analysis of the Film 'Selena'

The biographical film of Tejano singing sensation Selena Quintanilla Perez is considered in a research paper consisting of 4 pages...

How I'm Not Rappaport Defies Ageism

In five pages this paper explores how Herb Gardner's 1985 play defies ageism through its characterizations and themes. There is d...

Music as a Reflection of Societal Issues

The writer discusses the role of music in society by concentrating on the new band Blues Traveler, which some think will be the ne...

Italian Renaissance and Humanism

In five pages the Italian Renaissance is examined in a consideration of how humanism affected Medieval thinking, religion, and soc...

An Overview of Aristotle

The contributions of Aristotle to contemporary thought is presented in this overview consisting of four pages. Seven sources are ...

Swedenborgianism and Adventism

This paper consists of six pages and contrasts as well as compares these two types of religious thought and despite some similarit...

Miracles and David Hume

In twelve pages the impact of Hume's arguments regarding miracles on religious thought is assessed in terms of whether or not God ...

Eternal Happiness and God

In ten pages free will and God are analyzed in this philosophical essay with a critical examination of theories by Hume, Kierkegaa...

The Evolution of Stoicism

This 5 page paper discusses the philosophical thinking known as Stoicism, and why it appealed to the ancient Romans and Greeks. Th...

Richard Connell's The Most Dangerous Game, Bram Stoker's Dracula, and Hierarchical Thinking

In five pages this paper examines hierarchical thinking is it is represented in The Most Dangerous Game and Dracula. There are 3 ...

Magical Realism in the Works of Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Rudolfo Anaya

In six pages the genre dubbed as 'magical realism' is examined through the works of One Hundred Years of Solitude and Bless Me, Ul...

Cantos 1 through 11 of Dante's 'Inferno'

A paper consisting of eight pages that is broken down into appropriate sections, the first eleven cantos of 'Inferno' are reviewed...

Cantos 13 through 24 of Dante's 'Inferno'

A paper consisting of eight pages that is broken down into appropriate sections, Cantos XI through XXIV of 'Inferno' are reviewed ...

Creon's Patriotism in Antigone by Sophocles

In three pages this essay examines the patriotism of Creon who thinks he has the support of the gods in this analysis of Antigone....

Modern Sociology Development and the Impact of Max Weber

In five pages this paper examines how sociology and sociological thinking were profoundly affected by the philosophies and theorie...

Historical Objectivity Myth and Peter Novick's That Noble Dream

In sixteen pages this paper analyzes the text and then reviews the issues the author addresses within the context of contemporary ...

Scientific Knowledge and Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne

In six pages this report analyzes Verne's text in terms of how scientific knowledge influences plot, character, and subplots. Fou...

Writing the Future and the Accurate Jules Verne

In four pages this paper examines the accuracy of Jules Verne's technological predictions in such works as Paris in the Twenty Fir...

Philosophical Analysis of Candide by Voltaire

This paper presents a critical analysis of the Utopian society portrayed in Voltaire's Candide in nine pages. Five sources are ci...

Jean de Coras verses Gertrude B. Himmlefarb in The Return Of Martin Guerre and The New History and the Old: Critical Essays and Reappraisals

In this six paper paper the writer explores the book by Jean de Coras and updated by Nathalie Z. Davis. This exploration occurs a...

Contemporary Writer Bell Hooks

In five pages the contributions of African American feminist Bell Hooks in terms of sociological thought and theory are discussed....

Thesis of Technopoly by Neil Postman

In three pages this research paper examines the 'thought world' thesis presented in Technopoly by Neil Postman. Three sources are...

Positive Thinking and its Health Impacts

physically. II. Analyzing the Power Many have touted the power of positive thinking as a motivation for success in life over the...