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Ancient Greek Society and Steven Pressfield’s Gates of Fire: An Epic Novel of the Battle of Thermoplyae

the novel, the term city is used interchangeably with the term citizen to reinforce this unity: "Our city, my city... Without a ci...

The Road Towards Social Change and Full World Immersion

and many positive changes came about as a result. Those changes came to some at least represented a frontal assault on the fundam...

The Psychological, Biological, and Social Science Obstacles in Understanding Bisexuality

was not the first theorist to draw this conclusion. His friend and mentor Wilhelm Fliess (1858-1928) developed the concept that b...

Hebrew, Greek and Roman Values in Ancient and Medieval Literary Works

of specific interest, and which concern morality in the context of war, are those that argue for and against putting the Mitylene ...

The Great Gatsby and American Greed

intelligence and talent to work in ways that are less than reputable in order to pursue an illusion of beauty. Making his fortune ...

Analyzing and Contrasting Gender Roles

liberating for both men and women. The woman who chooses to pursue what was previously viewed as a "male" occupation, such as bein...

Societal Perception of Juvenile Offenders

with these companions (Haynie and Osgood, 2005). Their results indicate that the normative influence of peers on delinquent behavi...

Renault: "The Persian Boy"

man with a dreadful face. Its center was red and empty; blood streamed from it into his mouth and beard ... both shoulders dripped...

Freedom of Religion, A First Amendment Right

travel to Massachusetts for the sole purpose of disrupting Puritan church services and heckling their ministered (Woods 2). This a...

Showalter, Culture and Literature

formalist-structuralist critics have evaded the issue of sexual identity entirely or dismissed it as irrelevant and subjective" (S...

Gender Bias in Education: Girls’ Diminished Participation in Classroom Discussions

We begin with a brief literature review, then follow that with a discussion of the consensus, if there is one, of what the literat...

Is the Nation State Increasingly Irrelevant in the Context of Globalization

governmental organizations as well as international organizations. It may be assumed that the issues are more focused on countries...

Egypt and Mesopotamia Comparison

these ancient societies traded with other regions, but there were also differences in their economies were organized. Mesopotamia ...

Fayum Portraits

as to whether or not they actually resembled the deceased to any greater degree. Analyses of the paintings shows that they are oft...

Senior Citizens and Isolation

In six pages this opinion paper features research regarding how views of society, depression, and health issues contribute to the ...

Western Traditions in Dealing with Death

This essay discusses various views and fears associated with death in Western societies. The author addresses funeral rituals as ...

Death The Final Stage of Growth by Elisabeth Kubler Ross

In eight pages this paper examines Kubler Ross's text, which condemns the way American society handles the death experience. Ther...

Homeless and Nursing

In seven pages this paper discusses the health care profession's lack of providing decent care to impoverished and homeless member...

Adrienne Rich's Poetry

In eight pages this paper discusses the works of lesbian poet Adrienne Rich in a consideration of how she has influenced culture a...

Today's AIDS Victims' Treatment and the Plague Depicted in Boccaccio's 'The Decameron'

In four pages this paper compares the social problem of the Black Plague that is the subject of 'The Decameron' with the modern da...

Appreciation of Music Throughout Time

Greek language or pre-Columbian archeology, not a common culture of reciprocal communication and psychological shorthand," writes ...

Increasing Problem of Violence in Schools

In twelve pages this paper discusses the problem of increased violence in schools in a consideration of theories and shared blame ...

Contrasting and Comparing Pluralism and Multiculturalism

In three pages this paper compares and contrasts pluralism and multiculturalism as conceptually represented in the 1998 text Multi...

Educational Importance of Ethnicity and Economics

In three pages scholastic achievement is examined in terms of economic background and ethnicity with Donna Gollnick and Philip Chi...

School Vouchers Controversy

American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), the National Education Association (NEA) and American Federation of Teachers (AFT) equate ...

Social Content and Literacy Connection

In six pages cultural literacy in the classroom is examined in terms of social studies course application that can bridge the gaps...

Utilitarianism and John Stuart Mill

others), Mill recognized that mans relationship of the benefits of his actions necessarily related to the ability to weigh the pos...

The Ethics of Authenticity by Charles Taylor

In eight pages this paper discusses Taylor's work and agrees with his assessment of the individual in society particularly in term...

Sexual Activity and Societal Prohibition

the varying forms of sexually-related dynamics with acceptable societal constraints. Then the question regarding freedom of expre...

US and Teenage Pregnancy IV

In eight pages this paper examines teenage pregnancy in America in a consideration of its causes and effects upon children, parent...