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Five American Thinkers and How They Employed the Declaration of Independence into Their Writings

thinkers in American history, including Andrew Jackson, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Frederick Douglass, Susan B. Anthony, and Martin Luth...

Biblical Fasting

and worship. The function of food for enjoyment is seen at Ecclesiastes 2:24 where it states " Nothing is better for a man than th...

Recommending a Sect of Buddhism

the people of your kingdom should adopt. The Vajrayana "mythologizes the doctrine of emptiness" (Conze, 2003, p. 178). Through t...

Leadership: King and Obama

concerned about. But, he clearly was not a "good" leader in the sense that his leadership improved the condition of humanity. ...

The “Tragic Flaw” of Honesty in “King Lear”

keep him out of their clutches: "Because I would not see thy cruel nails / Pluck out his poor old eyes, nor they fierce sister / I...

Jazz as Modernism

Jazz breaks free of restrictions of form and structure, melody and harmony. Jazz allows composers to take "freer liberties with a ...

Injuries in the Declaration of Independence

to demonstrate the objections, s this allowed the government to place troops in civilian households in order to use them as lodgin...

Nothing and Something in “King Lear”

each of them to tell how much she loves him. Goneril goes first and gushes all over the old man, telling him she loves him so much...

Creative Essay on the ‘Revolutionary’ King Lear

could have joined forces with another expatriate, Edmund of Gloucester, much like Fidel Castro did with the revolutionary Che Guev...

Hero’s Quest in the Film The Fisher King and in Epic of Gilgamesh

quest for the Holy Grail that were considered by filmmaker Terry Gilliam and screenwriter Richard LaGravenese in the 1991 movie Th...

The Truth About Stories by Thomas King

all realities and truths in a single work. In relationship to who this book is intended for one could well argue that...

The Biblical Ruth

meeting with the other man, calling in elders and others to witness the exchange. The other man renounces his claim and takes off ...

JFK and MLK Gone Too Soon

international community. Some of the wilder theories were that the Soviets were behind the shooting, and there were fears that it ...

King David

angry that the people thought David was a better warrior and said, "What more can he get but the kingdom?"3 Saul would subsequentl...

I Have a Dream

This paper reviews the philosophies of Dr. Martin Luther King and comments on how they are reflected in this monumental speech. T...

King and Orwell

essay of Orwell his story speaks of injustices but he does nothing about them but recognize them, and at times endorse them. In fa...

Pilgrimage to Nonviolence

in such a short span of time. And, one cannot assume that things would always go smoothly for humanity struggles and as King noted...

Thematic Comparison of Gilgamesh with Current Events

of evil. Bush pursued his quest for immortality by invading the Middle East, first in Iraq in March of 2003, and then established...

King Lear by William Shakespeare and Parent and Child Relationships Between Gloucester and Edgar and Lear and Cordelia

kingdom among his daughters, he based what they received upon their effusive speeches to him. Goneril and Regan played along and ...

McDonalds Financial Performance 2006 - 2008

of the direct costs for producing the goods or services are deducted form the revenue. This indicates the level at which direct co...

Analysis of "I Have a Dream" Speech by Martin Luther King

presenting a sensible argument. Burke proposes that rhetoric should be analyzed according to five crucial factors, which he refe...

Was Oliver Cromwell a Liberator or a Tyrant?

not develop until the 1860s..." (p.188). Some support for the notion that Cromwell would be seen as a liberator comes forth from a...

King and Douglass' Writing, Analysis of their Rhetoric

his right to be in the Birmingham community and take part in the struggle of the African American community in that city. This int...

Ancient Egypt and the deification of kings

to punishment after death: Budge (1905) comments that many later religions derived their concept of a fiery, demonic hell from the...

Western Culture and the Effects of Religion

In eight pages this paper discusses how Western culture has been affected by religion in a consideration of such powerful figures ...

Epic Hero Status of Odysseus in Homer’s “The Odyssey”

was time to allow Odysseus to return home. Should he be allowed to go back to Ithaka to be reunited with his wife Penelope and hi...

Letter from a Birmingham Jail

to your six year old daughter why she cant go to the public amusement park that has just been advertised on television, and see te...

Martin Luther King Jr. and Socrates

your statement, I am sorry to say, fails to express a similar concern for the conditions that brought about the demonstrations. I ...

Importance of the Fool Character in William Shakespeare’s King Lear: A Critical Assessment

might be King Lear, but if there were no Fool, there would be - in his opinion - no play. In Shakespearean Tragedy, Bradley procl...

King and Thoreau

garnered from the ideals of Thoreau as well (Scholastic). In light of these facts it is clear that King was not only influenced di...