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Cannibals and Kings by Marvin Harris

So, if our stone age ancestors did not give up their hunter-gather lifestyle and invent agriculture in order to improve their life...

King Henry V as Depicted by William Shakespeare

Henry Tudor, is the same person that Shakespeare called Prince Hal in Henry IV Parts I and II, except that lovable, feckless, and ...

Comparing Laurence Olivier's and William Shakespeare's Interpretations of King Lear

In a paper consisting of five pages Olivier's TV interpretation of Shakespeare's play is compared and contrasted with the original...

School Prayer and the Perspectives of Socrates, Henry David Thoreau, and Martin Luther King Jr.

In 5 pages this paper examines the reactions to public school prayer by this trio of social philosophers and what advice each woul...

AMERICAN COLONISTS AND GRIEVANCES AGAINST KING GEORGE

were three acts. The first (taxation without representation) extended the power of raising revenues in America without representat...

King Lear, Beowulf, the Concepts of Kingship and Hero's Downfall

In five pages these literary characters are contrasted and compared in terms of their deaths with the concept of kingship and what...

'Beowulf' and King Hrothgar's Character

In three pages this essay analyzes the Medieval epic and argues that the most human character is Hrothgar. There is no bibliograp...

Comparing A. Philip Randolph and Martin Luther King, Jr.

In five pages this paper compares these two major leaders in civil rights. Four sources are cited in the bibliography....

Comparison of Martin Luther King and Malcolm X

In five pages this paper considers racial issues and the 1960s in making the argument that the similarities that existed between t...

Why We Can't Wait by Martin Luther King Jr.

and whites, there are no longer separate schools, and separate laws. Blacks are now free to intermingle, even intermarry, with wh...

Leadership and Cultural Comparison of the Meiji Emperor, Empress Dowager Cixi, and King Chulalongkorn

In four pages this paper compares the culture and leadership styles of these rulers from Japan, China, and Thailand. Five sources...

Comparative Analysis of W.E.B. Du Bois and Martin Luther King Jr.

In eight pages this research paper evaluates the similarities and differences between these two influential civil rights activists...

Christopher Commission, LAPD Police Chief Daryl Gates, and the Rodney King Beating

In ten pages this paper discusses the personal biases that tainted this incident and how though the Commission's report could not ...

Analyzing 'Letter from a Birmingham Jail' by Martin Luther King Jr.

the courts 1954 decision makes it incumbent upon him and others to point out the failure of the government to act on its own behal...

King David and Israel

In twelve pages this research essay examines Israel during the lifetime of David and includes a consideration of his reign. Seven...

Religious Redemption in King Lear by William Shakespeare

In five pages this paper analyzes evil forces in this tragedy and how redemption is portrayed within the context of the Elizabetha...

Taking Chances in The Stand, Desperation, and Insomnia by Stephen King

this is the same evil that invades the minds and souls of killer postal workers, schoolyard murderers, and child abusers? King al...

William Shakespeare's Characters Edmund in King Lear and Iago in Othello

In three pages this essay compares these two Shakespearean villains in terms of their similarities and the lack of sympathy each e...

Viktor Frankl's Theories and Meaning in Macbeth and King Lear by William Shakespeare

In six pages this paper examines how life's meaning and human suffering's relationship is represented by these William Shakespeare...

Conflicts Rooted in Anger in William Shakespeare's Tragedies King Lear, Hamlet, and Othello

In three pages the emotional conflicts that are based in anger are examined in terms of the protagonists behavior' and the importa...

King Henry the Eighth's Life

In five pages the life, marriages, and reign of England's Henry VIII are examined. There is no bibliography....

Marital Relationship Between Egypt's King Mycerinus and Queen Kha-Merer-Nebty II

In five pages this essay examines a statue of the Egyptian royal couple in a consideration of what is meant by marital harmony as ...

Technology Criticized in A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain

In six pages this paper examines how industrialization and technology are assailed by Mark Twain in this novel. Six sources are c...

Communication and High Speed Management by Donald P. Cushman and Sarah Sanderson King

In five pages tihs text is reviewed regarding its consideration of large and small businesses and the significnce of good communic...

Epic Heroism of King Gilgamesh

The Epic of Gilgamesh, composed about 2000 BC and found inscribed on 12 tablets at Nineveh, is the earliest known epic. The Epic...

William Shakespeare's King Lear, Othello, and Hamlet in Terms of Themes and Dramatic Structures

In five pages the dramatic structures and themes are compared in this examination of a trio of William Shakespeare's plays. Two s...

Hesitation of Hamlet in Murdering His Uncle King Claudius

In nine pages this paper examines why Hamlet delayed killing the conspiratorial Claudius in William Shakespeare's tragedy Hamlet. ...

Positive Outcomes and William Shakespeare's King Lear

In five pages this paper examines how positive ends are always somehow achieved despite the adversity Lear meets throughout the co...

Was King Lear Mad or Suffering from Senility?

In seven pages this paper evaluates whether or not this tragic protagonist created by William Shakespeare was senile, mad, or a bi...

William Shakespeare's King Lear and the Disguise Motif

In five pages this paper examines Shakespeare's use of the disguise motif and how deception and disguises manifest themselves in b...