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Essays 1981 - 2010

Samuel Johnson and George Berkeley on Metaphysics

or of material things. Berkeleys philosophical stance of immaterialism or idealism simply denied the existence of matter all toge...

Pleasure and 19th Century Women in the Paintings of Mary Cassatt

In seven pages this research paper examines the jouissance or pleasure artist Mary Cassatt exhibits in her 19th century Impression...

Presidential Campaigns and Economic Issues

around monetary issues, there are often other issues such as those that concern social and moral well being. Today, hot campaign t...

19th Century Presidential Campaign Techniques and Tactics

about Jackson and Adams. One tactic that seemed to be used was to make it appear that the adversary was a man of poor character. ...

Labor and Public Activism of Women

duties of men" (Craik 5). Craik argued that women already had a position, a role, and a work-based duty, that was the underpinnin...

Behaviorism

to demonstrate that negative exposure at an early age can determine the onset of phobias. Watson developed along this Behaviorist...

Benjamin West's Artistic Career

Francis Hayman for the Rotunda at Vauxhall Gardens during the Seven Years War. Jonathan Tyers, the proprietor of Vauxhall Gardens ...

Nineteenth Century America

the 19th century that lead us to argue that it was isolationist we look at some of the significant historical events from that tim...

Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre

for their efforts as much as their brothers do; they suffer from too rigid a restraint, too absolute a stagnation, precisely as me...

1692 Salem Witch Trials

Salem, but our proposed question allowed the possibility of a number of factors influencing the trials and ergot poisoning was ju...

Intellect and Emotion in Hawthorne's 'The Scarlet Letter'

This paper addresses religious rationalism versus romantic passion in Nathanial Hawthorne's nineteenth century novel. This five p...

Life and Works of Artist Toulouse Lautrec

Toulouse Lautrec's life and art are explored in a paper consisting of 15 pages that includes his fin de siecle social involvement ...

Death in Walt Whitman's 'Darest Thou Now O Soul,' Emily Dickinson's 'Because I Could Not Stop for Death,' and Christina Rossetti's 'Up Hill'

Glossary of Literary Terms) by exposing opposite truths, as it relates to her perception of death. Retaining ones dignity i...

Literary Crime Fiction

In five pages this paper discusses how the crime fiction literary genre developed throughout the late 19th and early 20th centurie...

1812 to 1860 Manifest Destiny in the United States

an old concept, and the meaning changes from what was the original intent. The author also looks at the concept with a focus on ce...

The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy

In five pages character analyses of Lucetta Templeman and Michael Henchard as featured in Thomas Hardy's 19th century novel are pr...

The Golden Age Comedy of Voltaire And Moliere

For many historians, the comedy styles and content of the works of Moliere and Voltaire represent the pinnacle of 18th century Fre...

Social Stereotyping and the Black Americans

12 pages and 9 sources. This paper considers the fact that stereotyping in the United States is common and that the stereotyping ...

Gender Attitudes About Sex, Chastity, and Marriage in Samuel Richardson's Pamela and Daniel Defoe's Roxana

In nine pages the ways in which these novels reflected gender attitudes of the 18th century regarding chastity, sex, and marriage ...

Liberty's Daughters by Mary Beth Norton Reviewed

In 5 pages this tutorial presents a sample review of this 18th century U.S. historical text. Three sources are cited in the bibli...

Elizabeth the I of England and Mary Tudor comparing their regimes

This paper looks at the 16th century reigns of Elizabeth I and Mary Tudor with regards to international relations, religious freed...

The Contributions of Forgotten Mathematician Al-Khwarizmi

In five pages this paper discusses the background and mathematical contributions of algorithms' founder Abu Abdullah Muhammad Ibn ...

Physical Characteristics, Personality, and Physiognomy

In five pages this paper examines these topics within the context of 19th century psychologist Samuel R. Wells' text The Temperame...

Intellectuals and the Use of Critical Thinking

The role of critical thinking in American society has taken on greater importance in the 21st century. This paper relates the conc...

Andrew Crumey's Second Novel fitz

fanciful conceits, the same thing that Escher has done with line and image. Interestingly enough, the comparison doesnt stop ther...

Romantic Art and English Painter J.M.W. Turner

In ten pages this nineteenth century artist's life and art are the focus of this report with his music in paint Romanticism the pr...

Europe During the Mid 19th Century and Social Changes

In six pages this paper discusses the socioeconomic changes that occurred in Europe during the middle 19th century in an assessmen...

A History of Bausch & Lomb

Historic information about this well known company is relayed and current information is also provided. An analysis of this firm t...

The History of California Native Americans Prior to 1900

of peoples in the area, as settlements were logically more concentrated around water. Members of all groups were particularly dev...

Connection Between Politics and Art in the Philosophies of Walter Benjamin and Martin Heidegger

particular essay, we are told that, "art lets truth originate." According to Kiefte (1997), what Heidegger is wondering about is...