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Walter Moseley, Toni Morrison, and Social Commentary

In five pages the social commentary featured in Walter Moseley's White Butterfly and Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye are contrasted...

Emily Grierson in William Faulkner's 'A Rose for Emily' and Phoenix Jackson in Eudora Welty's 'A Worn Path'

did not try to respect her or help her, indicating they merely thought she was odd. No one bothered to try to understand her neces...

Postmodernism's Rise and Literature's Fall

but vanished from the world, a look at the rise and fall of the New Criticism is rather appropriate. A set of practices called th...

Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye, William Shakespeare's Othello and Social Issues

In 5 pages the ways in which these literary works consider past and present social issues are discussed....

Daisy Miller by Henry James and Society

In five pages this 1878 novel by Henry James is examined in terms of how social conventions are thematically portrayed....

Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House as a Reflection of 19th Century Social Issues

In four pages this paper examines how the playwright represents social issues in this 19th century dramatic play....

Design for a Study in Social Research

collating and analysing data in a way which minimises potential error and can be used by subsequent researchers. For instance, if ...

Social Work Practice and Theory

In addition, she makes the point that when considering any social phenomenon, there will invariably be a diversity of interpretati...

Literature's Classic Adventure

far and wide after he had sacked the famous town of Troy" (Homer The Odyssey PG). The Odyssey was written in 800 B.C. and woven in...

Medieval Literature's Portrayal of Honor and Dishonor

In seven pages this paper examines how Medieval literature thematically portrayed honor and dishonor in a comparative analysiis of...

Conforming By Way of Nonconformity in 'Bartleby, the Scrivener' by Herman Melville

In five pages the ways in which Melville's short story protagonist can only conform to social demands through nonconformity and no...

Philosophy and Literature's Importance

In five pages this paper discusses how important literature is in philosophical study. Eight sources are cited in the bibliograph...

Alcoholism's Social and Psychological Effects

In eight pages this paper examines the US abuse of alcohol in a consideration of causes, psychological and social effects, and tre...

AIDS Victims and Social Alienation

department said last summer that they felt betrayed that Lamson, a four-year veteran of their unit, may have exposed them to the d...

Democracy and Education

In four pages democracy and its demands are examined in terms of social ideals and education's role....

Teen Pregnancy Problems and Issues

from underprivileged backgrounds. C.) Teenagers can not resist natural urges. D.) Teenagers...

African Literature's Oral Culture and Tradition

In five pages this paper examines the oral cultural traditions of Africa in a short story analysis of 'Talk' recounted by Courland...

Social Classes in Pakistan

In seven pages this paper examines Pakistan's social class structure in an examination of people's lifestyles and how they vary so...

Theories of Plato versus Confucius' Analects in Lun Yü of K'ung Fu-Tzu

In eight pages this paper discusses social reformation in a contrast and comparison of the philosophies of Plato and Confucius....

'Moses and Monotheism' by Sigmund Freud

In five pages social amnesia is examined in terms of the evidence offered by Sigmund Freud in his work....

Classic Literature's Portrayal of Male Characters

In five pages this paper evaluates the realistic depiction of male characters in literature past and present in a consideration of...

Q&A: SOCIAL READJUSTMENT RATING SCALE

have noted are common stressful, as they require people to make major psychological adjustments in their thinking and emotions to ...

Evolution of Social Welfare Policy in the United States

insurance approach to public welfare" (Historical development). That is, these public programs would "ensure that protection was a...

Christianity, Social Tolerance & Homosexuality

society, actually many shifts, that led to the current attitudes held by Christians today. For example, there was a time when peop...

Literature's Deeper Meaning

the town of Bisbee. "It is July 20, 1989, early afternoon, monsoon season in the Sonoran Desert, and I am going back to Bisbee. A...

The Legalization of Gambling: Its Social Impact and the Reasons for Its Continuation Paper Outline

Psychological and Family Studies ii) The Responsibility of the State on Compulsive Gambling iii) Studies from Gamblers Anonymous...

Self Discovery and French Literature's Evolution

good deal of the literature at the time. Lyric poetry more than likely arose from the songs of the minstrels and the singers whi...

William Shakespeare's As You Like It and Aphra Behn's Rover

but she keeps her emotions in check so that she can carry off her masquerade as a man. When Rosalind confronts the Dukes accusat...

The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck and its Social Commentary

The social commentary by author John Steinbeck in his novel The Grapes of Wrath is examined in five pages....

Social Problems, Social Conflict and “Humanistic Theories

This paper examines social problems' causes and effects from a theoretical perspective in five pages....