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as the defining characteristic of an unmarried woman. In other words, according to the cultural definition of femininity a "good" ...

the concept of free trade is one that separates economists into ideological camps even today. Smith further believed that the prac...

portray this relationship as one built upon and surviving from an incongruous association perpetuated by greed and power. The stu...

of contrast, that it is freedom that makes the difference in a man, freedom and experience, not class or social status. Tolstoy p...

from the contrasts that are presented in every episode. Episode One The first episode of the first year of the series is an exce...

of the protagonist that Poe sets up the terror inherent in the story. The sheer madness of his thought processes are chilling, bu...

narratives can take on many themes for many different reasons. Perhaps there is a very exciting artwork around which one wants to...

benefits which had been gained from the experience, since this would be counter-productive in terms of the effect on the reader....

1817. While a master could lawfully punish a slave, using his own discretion and judgment, state law established a limit and that ...

(which could mean anytime between the early 1990s and today, Coetzees "spare" novel (as some critics have called it) concerns Davi...

the student was supposed to learn for himself. Concrete Experience Not all recognize this collective and monumental lesson,...

that his novel is not fictitious, but, on the other hand, he also states that everything only happened more or less thus restricti...

not something that had occurred to him earlier. The murder appears to stem solely from the fact that the narrator has the power in...

24 apartments had been filled. Owners were concerned that they had misread the local market (Knoxville, Tennessee) and that perha...

structure. "First Confession" recounts the events of a brief period in Jackies life. Therefore, Jackies perspective does not alter...

other international symbol, art strips away the barriers inherent to the limitations dominant orthodoxies of Church and State have...

an "observant Jew," which means that he is at odds with his own culture because "observant Jews do not paint at all" (Potok 3). H...

death in The Great War. Unlike classical protagonists, Jacob exists not in the center of the action but always on the periphery (...

to break down from involuntary inactivity. I now recognize the increased muscle weakness in both my legs and arms, as well as dif...

on the outside. Her only exposure to American lifeways, in fact is that she sees infiltrating her home through my daughter and in...

as her Gran, her brother and several aunt and uncles (Perez-Stable 24). When the Old Mistress in the house dies, Jacobs comes unde...

entertain with his biting sarcasm. The author has a long history of reaching out and inviting his audience to experience with him...

on that he believes in the Presbyterian concept of Predestination -- "From my childhood up, my mind had been wont to be full of ob...

her experience offers rare insight into the feelings of Puritans regarding the Native Americans and their relationship with the wh...

At the beginning of this extended speech, the representative from Corcyra prefaces his narrative of events with an appeal that is ...

it is not always easy to let go of what is of this earth; worldly possessions are so hard to come by, some people make them the fo...

inferior didnt hold up in the light of his personal story. Equianos work showed the American slave owners and traders how hypocrit...

about the cost of lessons or the upkeep of a car was also attractive, and as such unlike many peers, I did not immediately learn t...

possible, including the attainment of the American Dream. His childhood is in sharp contrast to that of his lifelong friend, Jenn...

be one of the social issues that Ross recognizes, but the ways in which corporations function in modern society are inherent to th...