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There’s Something About Mary

fool has a wondrous capability of truly providing many different elements of human nature to the audience. They can be ridiculous ...

Comparing the Christian Account of Our Creation to the Yoruba Creation Myth

warm and light the new creation (Awolalu, 1996). Obatala then made human figures from dirt, human figures that were varied and co...

Should We Privatize Enforcement

The question this paper discusses has to do with privatizing prisons. There are at least 100 across the United States. One author ...

Commercials Illustrating Gender Myths

This 3 page paper gives an overview of gender myths in commercials. This paper includes descriptions of a commercial for Pantene. ...

Nutrition and its importance in Athletic Performance

Dispelling some old myths, this paper emphasizes the considerations that go into choosing an atheletes diet are basically the same...

Addressing Ageism in Nursing

This paper considers how nurses can become an agent of change in regard to ageism, the myths surrounding it, and the care of older...

Myth in Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison

This 6 page paper analyzes Toni Morrison's novel Song of Solomon and argues that it can be seen as a modern day myth in which a ma...

Garden of Eden and Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck

In eight pages this paper examines the myth of the Garden of Eden as it is represented by John Steinbeck in Of Mice and Men. Four...

College Classroom and Being Politically Correct

In nine pages this research paper discusses the 'PC' myth and discusses several theories in order to understand its popularity and...

History as a Science

In five pages this paper discusses the science of history in a consideration of how reality is occasionally altered in an examinat...

Myth of the American Dream

In three pages this paper discusses how consumerism is propelled by the American Dream myth. Two sources are cited in the bibliog...

US Frontier Myth

In six pages this paper refers to Gunfighter Nation The Myth of the Frontier in Twentieth Century America by Richard Slotkin in t...

US Frontier Myth

In four pages this paper examines one of America's most enduring myths, that of the Old West frontier and territorial expansionism...

Jack Ruby, Murderer of Lee Harvey Oswald

In fifteen pages this paper discusses Jack Ruby in an attempt to separate the actual man from the myth, whether he was a murder co...

How Femininity and Masculinity Perceptions Are Dictated by Advertising

This paper consists of six pages and considers how advertising is responsible for determine what femininity and and masculinity re...

A Lingerie Ad Analysis

This essay of six pages provides answers relevant to the content of a lingerie ad featured in a popular magazine and also includes...

Analysis of Race Matters by Cornel West

In eleven pages this 1993 text is examined in terms of individual chapters that deal with Malcolm X's black society influence mobi...

Southern Myth of Segregation

In fifteen pages this paper discusses the South in terms of the white supremacy myth. Fourteen sources are cited in the bibliogra...

America and the Impossibility of Cultural Assimilation

In nine pages this research paper discusses the cultural assimilation myth that has always been a part of the U.S. immigrant exper...

American Dream Invention of J. Hector St. John de Crèvecoeur

In six pages the inventor of the 'American Dream' myth is examined in a consideration of his contributions. Five sources are cite...

The Old West As Portrayed in Frederic Remington's Art

In twelve pages the ways in which Remington's depiction of the American West in his art in terms of its identity and conjuring of ...

The 'Lost Glories' of African Civilizations

There is little evidence today that these civilizations even existed and many people still find it hard to believe the evidence th...

Myths and Society

the first book of the Bible, of Noah and his ark. No scientist today would admit that a flood could ever have covered the whole E...

Analysis About U.S. Involvement in the Vietnam War and the Creation of Myths

American values were the primary motivation of the U.S. participation in the southeast Asia conflict. Author Richard Slotkin expl...

Chapter One of Genesis and the Rig Veda Indian Creation Myth

In four pages this paper compares the creation myths found in the first chapter of the Book of Genesis and 'In the Beginning' of t...

2 Different Cultures' Trickster Myths

trees trick the Trickster (Parks 132). The Trickster is a comic figure fragrant of laughter, humor, and irony. Paul Radin ...

Myths and Their Style of Narrative

The Odyssey, contain a series of events which are common to myths of all cultures, phases or events that the hero or heroine of th...

Pre Christian Concept of God and Mystery Cults

In eight pages this paper examines the pre Christian Mystery Cults that emphasized God's 'mysteriousness' and discusses its myths ...

'The Noble Lie' or 'Myths of the Metals' in The Republic by Plato

In five pages this paper examines The Republic in terms of what meaning Plato attached to the 'myths of the metals' and considers ...

Eliade's Ritual and Mythology and Durkheim's Ritual Theory

In six pages Durkheim's ritual perspectives are examined in terms of their implications when applied to Eliade's arguments on ritu...