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Life of Medieval Author Geoffrey Chaucer

In 5 pages this paper examines the 14th century life, career, and writings of Geoffrey Chaucer that culminated in The Canterbury T...

Western Culture, Reason, and Faith

In a paper consisting of 5 pages Western culture is examined in terms of the relationship that exists between reason and faith thr...

A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

This tale by Charles Dickens and its Christmas philosophy representation in Western culture are discussed in 5 pages. There are 7...

Sweden and France Governments Compared

In five pages these countries are compared in terms of their backgrounds, Western European influences, and governments in an exami...

High Medieval Period of Western Europe

In five pages this paper considers the High Medieval Period of Western Europe in an overview of various political and social chang...

John Woo's Film The Killer

In five pages this paper reviews the 1989 film by director John Woo entitled The Killer and considers the influence of Western mav...

Iran's Islamic Revolution

In six pages this paper examines the Islamic revolution taking place in Iran in terms of its impact, its spread to Egypt, and the ...

Child Rearing Differences Between East and West

In eight pages Western individualism and Eastern collectivism are examined in a contrast and comparision of child rearing practice...

Credibility of Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass in Terms of the Black Experience

In 5 pages this paper argues that Douglass's literacy taints is portrayal of the black experience because of the Western ideology ...

Dante, Boccaccio, Sin, Gender, and Nature

Comedy reflects an effort to find a spiritual solution to that dilemma. Dante wrote this work -- or, in the language of the poem,...

Construction and Engineering Genius of the American West's Hoover Dam

In ten pages this paper examines the western American contributions of the Hoover Dam in a consideration of its construction and e...

Cultural Differences Between the Japanese and Europeans Journal Article Reviewed

In four pages a journal article regarding Eastern and Western cultural distinctions is reviewed. There is not available a complet...

Western Enlightenment and the Philosophies of John Locke

In five pages this paper discusses how Locke's philosophies contributed to the Enlightenment of the West in an examination of how ...

Nietzsche, Kant, and Locke Perspectives on Western Philosophical Causality Since Descartes

In five pages the issue of causality and its nature regarding human existence understanding are examined from the philosophical pe...

Man's Soul and God Contemplated in Philosophy Essays

In three pages philosophers Hume, Descartes, and Aristotle are applied to the concepts of man's nature, the existence of God, and ...

Hellenism, Hebraism, and the Views of Victorian Critic Matthew Arnold

In five pages this paper examines Hellenism and Hebraism as seen through the Western historical perspectives of Matthew Arnold. T...

Western Monasticism's Rise and Spread

In five pages this paper examines a period from the earliest days of Christianity to the Reformation period in a consideration of ...

Feudalism, the Germanic Invasion, and Western Roman Empire's Fall

This paper examines how feudalism was affected by the Germanic invasion and how this culminated in the Western Roman Empire's coll...

Seven Years in Tibet by Heinrich Harrer and Edward Rutherfurd's Russka Compared

In seven pages these texts are compared in an analysis of how nonindustrialized agrarian societies relate to the world differently...

Eastern and Western Mythology and Women

in the house" (Kamat women.htm). It is as though the very essence of a woman as a human being is given no consideration beyond th...

Western Medicine and Metaphysical Medicine

In forty five pages this paper presents a literature review in which the incorporation of eastern medical practices including t'ai...

Art and Healing

increased after self-induced, positive emotional states, but that it almost tripled after the introduction of music. The use of mu...

Emerging Nations, Women, and Economic Inequality

In five pages this research paper focuses on Western Africa and women's economic inequality in a consideration of the concepts of ...

Sergio Leone's Influence in A Fistful of Dollars on the Directing and Acting of Clint Eastwood in Unforgiven

referred to as "The Man with No Name," although it is actually just plain Joe. Eastwoods character is a man of few words which ad...

Western Civilization's Failure in Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad

In 5 pages this paper examines how Western civilization's failure is conveyed by Joseph Conrad by the characterization of Kurtz in...

Techniques of Breathing and Relaxation

In five pages this research paper discusses Western medicine's techniques of breathing and relaxation. Eight sources are cited in...

Western Urban Growth Resulting from the Transcontinental Railroad

In five pages this paper discusses how city expansion in the Western United States resulted from the Transcontinental Railroad. F...

Ludwig von Beethoven and His Influence

society normally associates with music (Bowen 9). While Bowen admits that this hypothesis may appear to be overstated, he points...

Resistance to Colonialism by Africans

In this paper consisting of five pages a unique perspective on African colonialism and the resistance to Western influence by the ...

Scientific Revolution of the 17th Century

In six pages this paper examines how the Western world of the 20th century was affected by the scientific breakthroughs of the 17t...