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A Homelessness Analysis

In eight pages this research paper examines David Snow and Leon Anderson's 1993 text Down on Their Luck: A Study of Homeless Stree...

Working With Celebrities is Not Fun and Games

In eight pages this paper dispels the myth that working with motion picture celebrities is a pleasant experience. Fourteen source...

'The Noble Lie' or 'Myths of the Metals' in The Republic by Plato

In five pages this paper examines The Republic in terms of what meaning Plato attached to the 'myths of the metals' and considers ...

Eliade's Ritual and Mythology and Durkheim's Ritual Theory

In six pages Durkheim's ritual perspectives are examined in terms of their implications when applied to Eliade's arguments on ritu...

Mothers on Welfare and Economic Issues

not only helps people survive temporarily, but social programs do provide aid to families which enable them to raise productive fu...

Police Discretion's Mythological Aspects

is the responsibility of the criminal and juvenile justice systems to prosecute all violations of the law, and ... failure to do s...

Persephone and Demeter

an arrow and it landed directly in Hades heart (Forebel). Hades fell in love with Persephone and insisted that she marry him and ...

Shintoism Ritual, Symbol, and Myth

been influenced by Japans contact with other cultures, particularly China (Shinto). The most striking feature of the Shinto reli...

An Analysis of an Article on Fingerprints by Gregg Easterbrook

testing since its available and relatively inexpensive-why would we not want to make sure that the people who are in prison actual...

Middle Age of Human Development Myths and Reality

a great deal of study of late due to the fact that there are so many "baby boomers" coming of middle and elderly ages, pushing asi...

Aspects of Celtic Mythology

see a great deal of intent on magic in a Celtic wedding, where there are many ways in which to honor the mystical forces, some of ...

Dispelling Police Investigation Myths

In three pages this paper exposes the false myth that all crimes are investigated by law enforcement officials. Three sources are...

Ramayana and King Arthur Myths

the Protector, one of the three great gods of the Indian pantheon, and Sita is the avatar of Lakshmi, goddess of wealth and prosp...

Sexuality in the Elderly

the amount of semen is reduced, the testicles "do not rise as much as in the young man," ejaculation is not as powerful, and "the ...

Oedipus Myth and D.H. Lawrence's Sons and Lovers

all the necessary stages in that development would be as futile as Oedipuss attempts to challenge the Fates....

Levi Strauss' Myth Analysis by Applying Ferdinand de Saussure's Structural Linguistics

but an anthropologist and he made use of the theorist in his studies, including kinship and myths. The idea of Saussures t...

Creation Myths of the Navajo and Chinese

China). This was too much for the earth and it burned and cracked (A Creation Story from China). The rivers became dry and the peo...

Medieval Text/The Wanderer

pagan gods. He no longer has a "hall" and "a giver of treasure" (24a). To understand the mans dilemma consider what it means to th...

The Right Stuff & Technology

conquer it. The focus of the film changes when it shifts to dramatizing the successful launch of the Soviet Unions Sputnik and i...

Myth and Reality: Abraham Lincoln

against injustice and for the downtrodden. One author notes that, "However successful he may have been, Lincoln the young attorney...

Feminism and the Male Power Myth

In five pages this research paper examines the power myth that fueled the male patriarchy and considers the feminist inroads made ...

Terra Nullius and 'New Holland' Myths

It is important for the student working on this project to understand that European imperialism was about political and national c...

Mythology by Edith Hamilton

in this work goes into the Great Families of Mythology and provides information on The House of Atreus, The Royal House of Thebes,...

4 Interpretations of the Icarus Myth

notice. That he soared toward the sun on wings made of wax only to have them melt, plummet him into the sea and ultimately drown ...

Parallels Between Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and The Legend of Prometheus

and mother. At the age of 17, she eloped with Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, already a married father of two. She didnt rea...

'Daedalus Myth' and A Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Man by James Joyce

him all his life, what he had been groomed to do. To not become one would mean breaking free and telling everyone he knows that h...

Mythological Archetype and Adam and Eve

originate in the collective unconscious of the race as a whole, saying that they were "primordial images which have always been th...

Contrasting and Comparing Egyptian and Australian Creation Myths

time Atum decided that there should be more Earth and to this task Atum gave Shu and Tefnut. They created Geb (Earth) and Nut (sky...

Star Wars Trilogy and Mythology

In three pages this paper examines how in the Star Wars' trilogy George Lucas incorporated elements of myth. Two sources are cite...

Society and Individual Opportunity

jobs, and education are just some of the areas which are affected by this practice. Given these evidences, alone, it becomes obvio...