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Female Characters and Ancient Texts

is clear that each of them has some wish in his mind that he cant articulate; instead, like an oracle, he half-grasps what he want...

Poetics vs. Apology, Comparing Plato and Aristotle

Plato's Apology and Aristotle's Poetics are both considered masterpieces of ancient Greek philosophy. This report compares the two...

Plato's 'Republic' and a Consideration of Rational Intellect and Emotions

good gifts to their friends and family but often do not have the expenses which would allow them to do so. However, people may use...

Dickens and His Life

would never come true" for his father was arrested and then sent off to prison for failing to pay a debt (Anonymous Charles Dicken...

Life and Writings of James Baldwin

In six pages this paper celebrates the life and literary works of James Baldwin in a consideration of his writings' enduring impac...

How to Teach Writing

This paper discusses methods for teaching writing. It argues that writing is not a gift but a skill that can be learned, and that ...

Plato's Apology and a Pro Life Argument of Socrates

This narrative essay consisting of five pages rewrites the Apology of Plato and features Socrates' arguing to have his life spared...

Plato's Life and Philosophical Dialogues

in the Peloponnesian War, which ended in a resounding defeat for Athens in 404 B.C. (Levinson ix-x). While it can be assumed that...

Socrates, Human Nature, the 'Good Life,' and Plato's Gorgias

interlocutor" which is consistent with the importance he places on self-knowledge as a way to attain good and happiness. Callicles...

Life in Art: How Stephen Crane’s Life Influenced His Writings

played on him. Stephen Crane was born in Newark, New Jersey on November 1, 1871, the 14th child (only eight survived) of a Method...

A Life in Art: How Kate Chopin’s Life Influenced Her Feminist Writings

accident in 1855. According to biographer Emily Toth, subsequent photographs of Katherine OFlaherty Chopin reveal an individual t...

Oates/How I Contemplated the World... & Postmodernism

unnamed narrator in this short story. First of all, Oates employs a postmodernist structure in order to convey this girls story,...

AMERICO PAREDES: A SECRET RACISM

the end, most likely killed by her stepfather, a Hispanic, through sheer ignorance and neglect. The fact that no one seems to no C...

Feminism/A Personal Manifesto

entitled to "stay single, marry or cohabit...with same-sex, opposite-sex or varying partners" while setting their career sights on...

Emily Dickinson's Private Affairs and Their Influence on Her Poetry

born (The Life of Emily Dickinson). Although her childhood was typical of most, by the time she was a young adult she had retreat...

Overcoming Difficulty

resentment aside and applied myself to my studies, and came in first in my class. Furthermore, as I maintained excellent grades th...

Creative Writing Paper Sample

you keep me around." Okay, so Im a pushover where hes concerned, but I have to say in my defense that I still wasnt sold on the w...

Early American Poetry

would end without seeing "half my days thats due" (line 13). This suggests that Bradstreet is giving birth in middle age, which s...

Jack Kerouac

A 6 page overview of the life of this famous writer. Kerouac's early life experiences were a tremendous impact on his later writi...

Gender Issues Involved in Freedom from Slavery

In five pages the gender differences regarding freedom and slavery issues are considered within the context of the writings Uncle ...

Themes Present in the Writings of Tomas Rivera

Him, which has serves as "one of the most important works of literature dealing with the Chicano experience in the United States" ...

Plato's Influence On St. Augustine

can be found in many church doctrines today (Fisher, 2006). Augustine was a seeker of truth throughout his life (Smitha, 1998). H...

Socrates, Plato, 'Allegory of the Cave' and Phaedo

as a teacher, is to free his students from the cave and metaphorically drag them into the sunlight. The selection from Phaedo reco...

Ideals of Plato and Contemporary Education

employee believes a child is abused, they must call the authorities. If a child has a fight in school, the latest trend is to file...

Reality According to Aristotle and Plato and Using the Philosophy of Parmenides

In five pages this research paper examines how Parmenides' Eleatic philosophy was used by Aristotle and Plato as a way for reality...

Theories of Forms According to Aristotle and Plato

In five pages this essay contrasts and compares the views on forms held by Plato as critiqued by Aristotle with references made to...

Niccolo Machiavelli and Plato

In nine pages this report compares the philosophies on human nature as conceptualized by Niccolo Machiavelli and Plato with Plato'...

Politics According to Plato and Aristotle

In five pages the differing political views between Plato and his one time philosophy student Aristotle are discussed with Plato's...

Philosophy as the Practice of Death by Plato as Evaluated by Descartes

This research report looks at how Descartes would feel about Plato's ideas. Would he agree with Plato in his ideas about death? Th...

Plato's Republic - The Recurring Themes

student introduce and summarize Platos "allegory of the cave". The allegory of the cave, as it is commonly known, is a dialogue be...