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Argentina v. Chile

In three paper the historical disputes between Argentina and Chile regarding territory are examined in terms of their implications...

The Last of the Wine by Mary Renault

of restrained antagonism -- somewhat similar to the "Cold War" of the 1950s and 60s -- simmered just under the surface, threatenin...

Analysis of Old Mortality by Sir Walter Scott

In five pages this early 19th century historical fiction novel is analyzed in terms of the freedom struggles of the Covenanters ...

Historical Aspects of Machiavelli's The Prince

This paper examines how Machiavelli utilized history in his work, The Prince. This six page paper has three sources listed in th...

The Peloponnesian War of Thucydides and Greek Culture

In four pages this paper examines the historical text on the Pelopponesian War by Thucydides in a consideration of the cultural di...

Satyrica by Petronius

In six pages this paper discusses the reign of Emperor Nero in a historical analysis of this work from ancient Rome. Seven source...

Lucius in Apuleius' Golden Ass and St. Augustine

it is interesting to note that the heros first name is the same as both Apuleius himself, as well as the name of the author from w...

Morality and Characterization in Oliver Twist

Different aspects of this Dickens tale are discussed in depth. Morality as well as characterization are issues given attention. An...

Historical and Cultural Perspectives on William James' and Rene Descartes' Philosophies

In two pages this paper considers what impact history and culture had on the philosophies of William James and Rene Descartes. Tw...

Geoffrey Chaucer and The Canterbury Tales

This essay delves into the man behind The Canterbury Tales, Geoffrey Chaucer. The author utilizes both an in depth reading of the...

Historical Perspective on The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

In six pages this paper examines this famous novel on the Great Depression and related social issues from a historical perspective...

Historical and Literary Significance of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

This paper analyzes Shelley's novel with an emphasis on how Shelley's own life and the society she lived in impact various element...

Middle Passage by Charles Johnson

In five pages this book is considered in terms of the slave trade and the African Americans' factual and historical accounts conta...

Historical Objectivity Myth and Peter Novick's That Noble Dream

In sixteen pages this paper analyzes the text and then reviews the issues the author addresses within the context of contemporary ...

Native Americans Viewed Differently in Mean Spirit by Linda Hogan and The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper

In seven pages this paper examines the role the historical time periods of the authors played in these very different glimpses of ...

Is The Unredeemed Captive by John Demos Nonfiction or Historical Fiction?

In five pages this paper argues that despite some fictitious elements this work by John Demos represents a text of historical fict...

Jocelyn Fey's Daughter of Time

In five pages the title is discussed along with an examination of the book, its characters, and historical counterparts. There ar...

A Comparison of the Autobiographies of Benjamin Franklin, Mary Rowlandson, & Olaudah Equinao

This paper compares and contrasts the lives of three influential early Americans. The themes of freedom, faith, and inspiration in...

Historical Fiction Analysis of Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe

and by those that believe the slaves are helpless as well. Intrinsically, such analysis will help the reader to decipher whether ...

Historical Value of Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Jacobs

In three pages this essay considers the historical value of this text in terms of its firsthand descriptions of slave oppression. ...

Epidemic Proportions of the Plague and Cholera

In six pages this paper takes a historical examination of the epidemic proportion reseached by outbreakes of the plague and choler...

No Social Perfection in Utopia by Sir Thomas More

The utopians of the 16th century were fairly relaxed on the matter of beliefs, though their moral codes seem to come from the Bibl...

Historical Language in the Works of Spenser and Milton

In ten pages this essay examines how language complements Milton's 'Paradise Lost' and Spenser's 'The Faerie Queene' as each text ...

Perspectives on Authority in Renaissance Drama

The writer examines several of Shakespeare's plays (King Lear and The Tempest), as well as Fuente Ovejuna by the Spanish playwrigh...

Authority and Its Historical Challenges

This five pages this paper examines how authority was challenged by Socrates, Antigone, and Jesus Christ and how each suffered tra...

Hesse's "Siddhartha": Enlightenment through Pain

such as Buddhism, then it might well be said to be that attachment to the transient things of the world breeds discontent and suff...

Peter's Confession of Christ

was the bishop of Hierapolis and who identified John Mark as the author (Smith, 2008; NIV, 1995). Mark was also known to travel wi...

Integrating Theology and Psychology

by science is truth (Shepard, 2007). These are the extremes of the conflict; all points in between are represented in this conflic...

The Evolution of Women's Rights

the Victorian era. Unfortunately, despite attention being paid to the question of womens rights for the first time, the actual soc...

History of Christ

historical Jesus is based on two recognitions. The first is that the Jewish Jesus from Galilee is different than the Jesus who has...