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Portrait Changes in The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

In 3 pages this paper examines what is meant by the changes to the portrait of Dorian Gray in an analysis of this novel by Oscar W...

Self as Perceived from the Male Perspective

relationships from which she derives her sense of self. II. What is a Sense of Self? At around the age of five, a child begins...

The Canterbury Tales and the Discussion of Love

In five pages this paper examines how contrasting attitudes about love are represented in The Knight's Tale, The Wife of Bath's Ta...

Urban Art as a Reflection of Urban Culture

This 5 page paper examines the concept of urban art. The writer argues that the term is ambiguous, but is usually understood to me...

Gettysburg Address of President Abraham Lincoln

of emotion. They make vital decisions for the country and should make them based on sound advice and consideration, not emotion. H...

Dune Film by Dino de Laurentiis and Perspective

In ten pages the symbolism and meaning evoked within the 1984 movie through sexual, performative, and queer angles are analyzed. ...

Interpretation and Theme of Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut

In five pages this paper analyzes Vonnegut's novel in terms of theme, interpretation, and meaning. Six sources are cited in the b...

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain and Conflicting Viewpoints

In five pages this paper discusses the conflicting views presented in this novel by Mark Twain and what they mean. There are no o...

'Helen Todd My Birth Name' by Sandra McPherson Explicated

beyond the obvious. Characteristically reminiscent of the very essence of the authors literary interpretation, the poem reflects ...

The Biblical Story of Cain and Abel

5 pages and 5 sources used. This paper provides an overview of the Biblical story of Cain and Abel, and relates the importance of...

Differentiation in Stem Cells and Research

In four pages this paper discusses the differentiation of stem cells and what this means in terms of research of cell generation. ...

LA Homelessness

In five pages this paper examines what it means to be homeless in the city of Los Angeles in a problem description, assistance, an...

Virtue and the Good Life According to the Nicomachean Ethics of Aristotle

so morality, for Aristotle is defined by mans choices towards ethical virtue (1098a16). In Book II of "Nicomachean Ethics," Ari...

Natural Born Killers Film by Director Oliver Stone

In five pages this 1994 film is analyzed in terms of story with character, cinematics with editing, and meaning with theme. Three...

Irony in Rite of Passage by Sharon Olds

This paper consists of twenty pages and discusses how irony is used in the poem to express meaning. There are no other sources li...

Celebrations and Holidays in Judaism

In nine pages various Jewish holidays and celebrations are examined in terms of meaning and symbolic significance such as Shabbat,...

Business Ethics and Corporate Management

ethical behavior of any given enterprise was simply to do well and perform honestly. Those two simple premises would in turn lead...

Historical Analysis of Edward Gibbons' 'The Decline & Fall of the Roman Empire,' Thucydides' 'History of the Peloponnesian War,' and Tacitus' 'The Annals'

In ten pages three ancient historical texts are analyzed in terms of author's approach to history, the representation of the past,...

The Plague by Albert Camus

In three pages Camus's story is analyzed in terms of characterizations and their meanings especially in terms of quarantine isolat...

August Wilson's Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

In ten pages this play by August Wilson analyzes meaning, setting, and characterizations. There are no other sources cited....

Bigger is Not Always Better for Global Corporations

In twelve pages this paper discusses global corporations and the misnomer that bigger means better in an assessment of small compa...

Manipulation Ability and Conventions of Linguistics

this "information age" of the 1990s, the manipulation of language has become a principal political and ideological weapon. The voc...

Alan Paton's Cry, the Beloved Country and Apartheid

In a paper consisting of five pages the paper considers apartheid and its meaning within the context of the novel and argues that ...

Greek Games, Now and Then

This research report examines customs, events, and for example meanings of the Phaeacians' games. Homer's Odyssey and Virgil's Aen...

Process of Mummification

In five pages this paper examines the Egyptian mummification process in a discussion of its ritual meaning, its reasons, and the p...

The Bible and Predestination

In eight pages this paper examines the Bible, whether or not it teaches predestination and what predestination actually means in t...

Marital Relationship Between Egypt's King Mycerinus and Queen Kha-Merer-Nebty II

In five pages this essay examines a statue of the Egyptian royal couple in a consideration of what is meant by marital harmony as ...

Executing the Condemned by Cruxifixion

Crucifixion as a means of execution served a number of purposes in the ancient world. This paper discusses the origin of the pract...

Operation Desert Storm and President George H.W. Bush

In fifteen pages this paper discusses the change in image Operation Desert Storm meant for President George Herbert Walker Bush. ...

'Suicide' by Emile Durkheim

and in society as a whole. The way in which these regulators therefore effect the moral feeling of society, if there is to much or...