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were emphatically not members of the aristocracy that it was almost impossible for them to transcend their conditioning and upbrin...

evidenced in his relationship with both Augustus and Dirk Peters. Augustus is the son of the captain of the ship of which Pym is ...

places that many had never contemplated even existed. Whether because of religious beliefs, create trade routs, gold or the raw d...

"sworn between a lord and his subordinates is the basis of a form of social organization...

clearly tied to Puritan religious practice, it nevertheless also has a political dimension that was particularly apt to the era in...

same standard as was Clytemestras during that era because Agamemnons unfaithfulness did not threaten the integrity of the family, ...

indicative of a disdain for authoritarian institutions. Vathek is a powerful man who indulges in vast excesses. Beckford makes it ...

Jefferson made his views on slavery (for the general populace) known. In his notes for the Virginia Constitution, Jefferson also n...

and to the communal life, to the breaking of the bread and to the prayers" (NAB, Acts 2:42). "The devoted themselves to the apostl...

In a letter to his friend Wilhelm, dated May 4, 1771, Werther expresses regret over breaking a young woman named Lenores heart. A...

and traumatic childhood (Taylor and Fineman 35). Edna longs for some sort of meaning and transcendence in her life. In Mademoise...

barriers. Hem lines rose and corsets were discarded, with women enjoying the increased feeling of freedom. Dresses were short and ...

this once desirable state of affairs. Indeed, the twentieth century saw fights in terms of the legalization of drugs and alcohol, ...

as though the U.S. seems to want control over much of the energy -- as evidenced by whats going on in Russia now. When Russian Pre...

attempt to attend Womans Medical College in Pennsylvania further supports the notion that there were areas of society in which Jan...

painter of Louis XVs mid-18th-century France, the very paradigm of all that was best in a style of sensitive artifice coming after...

consistent throughout the centuries of the Diaspora. In order to remain Jewish, individuals could not adopt the customs of their h...

hiring process. However, this need never arose. Some of my quantifiable tasks were to observe and work with employee issue...

claustrophobic, hopeless and without clear moral or personal identity," suggesting that the world is a place with no clear values ...

Sarah Siddons was a well known personality of the age, perhaps the most famous actress. This presence of character is represented ...

In order to enjoy the better things in life, it was better to deny ones heritage, while reclaiming ones heritage, while noble and ...

seeks adventure of "martyrdom in the country of the Moors," and the woman interested also in becoming the warrior with beating "hu...

the late 19th and early 20th century, these countries had amassed a great deal of wealth through technology. Not only were factori...

of understanding into a cultures ideals and belief systems. The purpose of art, the creation of art, the interpretation of art, an...

can be anything from an unexpected financial set-back, a natural disaster such as a flood or an earthquake, the malfeasance of a c...

labeled and controlled by drugs, something that alleviates the difficulties for the teachers and parents, but has unknown latent e...

talked too much anyway" (Glaspell). Throughout the story, Martha Hale feels guilty because she did not visit Minnie more often, b...

Years War, the French Wars of Religion and the Thirty Years War (Cunningham and Grell, 2000). The fact that warfare was such a p...

women should be admired for their inner qualities, rather than their outward beauty. However, it is nevertheless true that Pope im...

by never discussing the mother. It is as if she simply disappeared without a trace or that she simply never existed. This can brin...