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The Life and Works of Louise Nevelson

in her life her output was quite chaotic and uneven. In an examination of her art, and the development of her art, we present an a...

Charles X

Charles married Marie-Therese de Sacoie, and together they had three children (Charles X of France, 2003). First-born was Louis-A...

Lancelot of the Lake by Corin Corley

laid down by the knight, the youth did not dare "utter another word, except to commend the wounded knight to God" and he also expr...

Student Worldview Questions Answered in the First Person

hear from him again. If a good friend does not return a call right away, I wonder if she still cares about me. The cliche is that ...

The Prodigal Son in Augustine's Confessions

tale was reduced to feeding pigs in order to survive. Augustine writes, "Where then, wast thou and how far from me? Far, indeed, w...

Frank Lloyd Wright and Alfred Hitchcock

and also it also spoke of their sexual frustration and repression. In his movies, every shot has a meaning and a purpose. H...

Investment Banker Jay Cooke

In only three years, Cooke was rewarded for his knowledge and ability by being admitted to membership in E.W. Clark & Company, i.e...

Personal Christology

acceptable sacrifice capable of redeeming the sins of humanity. My personal beliefs (meaning the beliefs of the student, not thi...

Arming Airline Pilots

the cockpit with lethal force" (Up in arms, 2002, p. 3). There is a great deal of evidence to support Luckeys assessment, as liber...

An Analysis of The Kite Runner

in the same way that Afghanistan has endured invasion after invasion; and the way that Hassan fell and took Amirs courage with him...

March of 1988 Kurdish Halabja Massacre

in the alleys, in homes, in their own beds (Atroushi, 2006). Kaveh Golestan, an Iranian photographer, described the scene: "It w...

A Review of The Portage to San Cristobal of A.H.

Hitler. Hitler, of course, committed suicide near the end of World War II. Steiner placing him in the Amazon several years after ...

Woman First Eleanor Roosevelt

about sex" (Young, 1999; 183). She was, however, incredibly devoted to her husband, even despite the fact that he had strayed and ...

Creative Writing and Life Triggers

just get the story out. In fact, many novelists and short story writers are storytellers. They simply tell a story. That is all th...

Dream vs. Reality in 'Young Goodman Brown' by Nathaniel Hawthorne

In five pages this essay considers whether the events that transpired in this short story were real or were in fact a dream. Ther...

Trafamadore and Billy Pilgrim

In three pages this fictitious autobiographical essay from Billy's perspective explores his zoo experience featuring the circulari...

'Good Life' and Personal Ethics

not to take action. Self-defense is one defense of murder that has not only moral acceptability in our culture, but also excuses ...

Defiance of Authority in Life and in Literature

In six pages this creative essay examines an event in which a college student had to defend beliefs and this experience is related...

The theme of contrast as presented in Jane Eyre

and a novel, serve as a near-perfect example of the conflict faced by a Victorian woman in her obligations between her sense of Ch...

Sports Coverage and the Media II

has even made college athletes suffer from the negative effects of bad or unfair press. Coaches are known to mildly bribe the pres...

Decreasing Term Insurance versus Whole Life Insurance

In twelve pages this paper on personal finance compares and contrasts decreasing term insurance ans whole life insurance policy ty...

The Life and Work of Twentieth Century Architect Louis Isadore Kahn

This paper examines the personal and professional life of Louis Kahn, one of the Twentieth Century's most influential architects. ...

William Faulkner's The Sound and the Fury and Absalom, Absalom! and Behavior of Middle-or Upper-Class Southern Women Miss Rosa, Miss Quentin, and Mrs. Compson

beginning, she lacked that all-important female role model. From the moment of her birth, Miss Rosa has been incapable of fitting...

Debate Regarding Determinism versus Free Will

In five pages this paper examines the philosophical debate regarding determinism versus free will with the use of the texts Donald...

Three Brief Essays on Musical Topics

opium. The drug, too weak to kill, plunges him into a heavy sleep accompanied by strange visions. His sensations...are translated ...

Analysis of 'Under Milk Wood' by Dylan Thomas

In three pages this poem is analyzed in its depiction of loving women, the life cycle, death's inevitability, and the loss of inno...

Einhard's Charlemagne

In a paper consisting of nine pages Charlemagne's contemporary world significance is considered within the context of Einhard's hi...

Analysis of a Town Meeting

some of the police chiefs comments and statistics on crime as well as remarks and various comments made in reference to the genera...

A Reading of Fawn M. Brodie's Thomas Jefferson, An Intimate History

This paper provides an analysis of Brodie's historical biography of Thomas Jefferson. The author attempts to address various inco...

Julius Caesar's Successor Caesar Augustus

5 pages and 4 sources used. This paper provides an overview of the life experiences and personal accomplishments of Julius Caesar...