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Essays 1831 - 1860

The Land of the Lotus Eaters Painting by Robert S. Duncanson

In six pages this painting by 19th century African American artist Robert S. Duncanson is analyzed with the emphasis being on its ...

Aristophanes' Lysistrata, Euripides' Medea, and the Themes of Fear and Power

In 8 pages this paper compares how fear and power are thematically portrayed in these 5th century Greek plays. There are 5 source...

European Art of the Medieval Period

of fresco (painting on wet plaster) painting, but hand copied manuscripts also became small jewels of painting, called "illuminati...

Fantasy Woman in Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe

In eight pages the 'fantasy' women depicted in Marlowe's 16th century play are discussed in terms of their pornographic characteri...

Chivalry and 'Le Morte d'Arthur' by Sir Thomas Malory

King Arthur and his knights of the round table. Regardless of the permutation in which the story appears, it always carries with ...

Economic Decline of Great Britain from 1870 to 1970

In nine pages the reason's behind Great Britain's century of economic decline beginning in 1870 are examined particularly in terms...

Workplace Childcare Facilities

In five pages the increasing practice of childcare in the twenty first century workplace is discussed in order to foster improved ...

The State's Role in World Politics

This research paper investigates the part played by the state within the context of world politics. Specifically, the writer exami...

Errand Into the Wilderness by Samuel Danforth

In five pages this sermon of the 17th century is examined in terms of its complexity of function as both an allegory and Jeremiad....

Women's Liberation Cause and the Contributions of Aishah Abd al Rahman

In six pages this paper examines the life and contributions of this influential 20th century Islamic teacher and writer who inspir...

The Compleat Angler by Izaak Walton

was discussing the other. No one would readily accuse him of slandering them because to do so would be admitting that the descript...

Art Through the Ages by Helen Gardner

that the complexity of art and art forms requires a variety of approaches to understanding it. Gardner does a better job of naili...

Historians on Political Conflicts and Sexuality

such larger societal issues also had a profound impact on more intimate sexual issues and determinants of sexual behavior and atti...

Phaedrus by Plato and The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis Compared

In seven pages these works are compared in reveal the three ways in which the Christian author of the 20th century may have been i...

Golf's History and Evolution

ignored this and similar laws, and early in the 16th century James IV, king of Scotland, took up the game of golf. His granddaught...

Reflections on Five Hundred Years of American History

In five pages five centuries of American history are considered in an analysis of significant quotes with political movements, civ...

Political Theory of Jewish Philosopher Moses Maimonides

the context of a modern society. Certainly, today Maimonides instruction to beat wives who neglect their wifely "duties" would not...

The Early Music Revival A History by Harry Haskell

with significant insight to the concepts about which he wrote; without such influence, it is likely that the writers intensity tow...

Los Angeles, Owens Valley, and The Water Wars

This paper addresses the nearly century-long conflict between Owens Valley and Los Angeles concerning water access and rights rega...

Changing Chinese Women in Death of Woman Wang by Jonathan D. Spence

In five pages this paper contrasts seventeenth century Chinese women with their female counterparts and the changes that have take...

Radical Impressionism of Artist Pierre Auguste Renoir

In twelve pages this paper examines the life and French Impressionist works of art of Pierre Auguste Renoir and his radical 19th c...

Dangerous Beauty Film and Roles Based on Gender

In five pages this 1998 movie is considered in a discussion of gender based roles and how sixteenth century Venetians managed to c...

1820s Independence of El Salvador and Guatemala and the Causes of Economic and Political Instability

In fifteen pages this paper discusses the first century post independence El Salvador and Guatemala in a consideration of what cau...

The Octopus by Frank Norris

This point of view gives Norris freedom from having to make all of the action occur to a protagonist or observer and also, the rea...

Visionary Work Principia Mathematica by Isaac Newton

whether it is the latest news from Yugoslavia, or how to do something on a computer. Explanations and curiosities are a way of li...

The Military Revolution Military Innovation and the Rise of the West, 1500-1800 by Geoffrey Parker

the "civilized" world. It appears that Parker understands that those merchants, in turn, petitioned their governments to pay for t...

Marianela by Benito Perez Galdos

for conflict that occur between human beings and social institutions (Berkowitz 143). It appears to be a simple story of idyllic...

US Control and Annexation in Vietnam and the Philippines

In a paper consisting of six pages the efforts to control and annex the Philippines in the early twentieth century and Vietnam dur...

War is the Result of Nationalism

Their lineage can be African, Dutch, English, Chinese, Korean, or mixed?but they are all Americans. Ethnic nationalism is differen...

Opposition in William Blake's Poems

all three in a way that is distinct from all other "political appropriations" of the myth (Schock 445). As a new heaven is...