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South Africa, Brazil, the U.S., and Slavery

questions loom large. In the United States for examples, things have changed immensely since the days of slavery. At the same time...

The Slavery Journey of Africans in America

In this paper consisting of five pages a book review of Charles Johnson and Patricia Smith's Africans in America America's Journe...

Watergate's Cinematic Interpretations

In five pages the portrayal of the Watergate scandal in Alan J. Pakula's All the President's Men and Andrew Fleming's Dick are com...

Platoon Film by Director Oliver Stone

Platoons top-notch portrayals by the actors were a joy. Ensemble performances are all first-rate with Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe ...

Sam Shepard and William Faulkner on Family Dysfunction

In twenty pages twentieth century family dysfunction is considered in a comparative analysis of its portrayal in the characterizat...

Arthurian Legend in Bernard Cornwell's Excalibur A Novel of Arthur and John Boorman's Film Excalibur

The different Arthurian legend portrayals of this novel and film are contrasted and compared in eight pages. There are no other s...

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass and Slave System Logic Logic

In five pages this paper examines the construction of a logical system within the context of slavery as described in Frederick Dou...

Three Short Stories by Anton Chekhov

In a paper consisting of five pages the argument is presented that within the short stories 'The Darling, 'The Betrothed,' and 'Th...

John Demos' The Unredeemed Captive and Intercultural Relationships

In ten pages this paper examines intercultural relationships as featured in the text's portrayal of early 18th century Native Amer...

Argument in Favor of Nineteenth Century Southern Slavery

Master provided a slaves entire living, giving him food, shelter, and in effect, his life, then the slave owed his entire life to ...

Antebellum Reform and Slavery

for historical purposes, psychological purposes, social purposes, and any other purposes one may desire to seek. One of the most p...

Comparative Analysis of A Streetcar Named Desire and A Doll's House

the norm. It was something that perhaps stemmed from the authors fear, but for whatever the reason he created this female monster ...

History of Racism in the United States

including women, but while things would eventually be repaired to the point of some closure on the subject-intermarriage, black ca...

Sophocles vs. Jean Anouilh's Character Interpretations of Antigone

actions is shaped by the other characters around her. Creon is of particular importance in shaping the character Antigone in both...

Racial Issues and Slavery in Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe

(Dukes 24). Some have said that the meeting, and the book, had influenced Lincoln in his making his Gettysburg address (24). Indee...

Critical Measures Undertaken by US Presidents Thomas Jefferson and Andrew Jackson

"The Senate concurred with this decision and voted ratification on Oct. 20, 1803. The Spanish, who had never given up physical po...

Slavery Reactions of Black Women

white freedom and black slavery. The link between whites and blacks would change considerably between the arrival of those first ...

A Consideration of 'Three Negro Classics' in African American Literature

unknown to him. He grew up in a time where the country was changing. The Civil War had ended and he and his family possessed freed...

Antebellum Southern Culture and The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson by Mark Twain

culture to some extent. The culture is implicit in much of what goes on and is woven throughout the content of the book. Identity ...

Evil Element in the Works of Thomas Hardy and William Golding

the Flies, the book that centers on how a group of boys behaves when they are marooned on an island after their plane crashes. As ...

An Examination of Bacon's Rebellion

him. Soon released, Bacon gathered his supporters, marched on Jamestown, and coerced Berkeley into granting him a commission to co...

Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn, Slavery, and Freedom

Pilot and the Passenger (1956), vernacular language carries democratic social value" (Review). As difficult as it has been for A...

Slave Descendants and Reparations

Whatever happened in the past is past, but that is not the truth. If one looks at demographics, they will find that the descendant...

Rebecca by Daphne de Maurier and Gender Roles

implied that she marries him because he is wealthy and has much to offer her. That she is in love is made clear, but there is alwa...

North and South Conflict and Slavery

rights alongside the emancipation that had already taken place; however, it actually proved to represent a time of significant dis...

Woody Allen's Crimes and Misdemeanors and Ethics

In five pages this 1989 movie's portrayal of ethical and moral considerations is examined along with a discussion of how it portra...

The Slave Mothers of Black Americans

slave Louis Hughes in his autobiography, Thirty Years a Slave (Hughes, 2001). In his account, he discusses how he was separated fr...

Ancient Greek Economics

in manipulating that world. It can also be contended, however, that each new technological development directly impacted the econ...

A Review of How Did American Slavery Begin?

A 5 page review of the book by Edward Countryman. This book includes five essays and, although it has received less than positive...