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Continuity in the Culture of African Americans

5 pages and 5 sources. This paper relates the concept of cultural continuity as it can be applied to a view of the African Americ...

Plato and Confucius on the State and Society

In eleven pages this research paper contrasts and compares Plato's and Confucius's perceptions on the ruling state and society wit...

Compare and Contrast: Hemingway and Kesey

This 5 page paper compares and contrasts The Old Man and the Sea by Hemingway and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Kesey. The wr...

The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

In five pages this paper discusses the various themes of man and family, man and nature, and endurance as they relate to The Grape...

Qualities of Herman Melville's Billy Budd

In five pages Billy Budd's transcendental nature is examined in terms of the protagonist's exemplification of peacemaking, honesty...

The Traits of a Political Trial

law and order. Many of them came to see these protests as an attack upon the American way of life on behalf of two common criminal...

An Emergency Medical Perspective on AIDS

In a paper consisting of six pages AIDS' causes and treatment are considered with particular emphasis upon the minimal risks to he...

The Radicalization of the American Revolution by Gordon S. Wood

In eight pages Wood's text is evaluated in terms of primary issues involving the radical nature of the Revolutionary War in terms ...

Social Services for Children in Germany and the U.K.

10 pages and 10 sources. This paper provides an overview of services that are being provided for children in Germany, England and...

Controversy Over the Titanic Tragedy

In eight pages this essay considers the 1912 Titanic sinking in a consideration of its controversy, the unexpected nature of the t...

Two Literary Portrayals of Racism and Oppression

This paper offers a discussion that answers the question of whether or not a caste system that is racist in nature can be perpetur...

Comparing Stevenson's Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde With Shelley's Frankenstein

This paper compares these two literary works and discusses the common theme of man's dual nature. This eight page paper has two s...

Heroism in Joseph Conrad's 'Heart of Darkness' and 'Beowulf'

The concept of heroism is compared in this paper consisting of 5 pages and there is a consensus that it is a concept that is beyon...

Themes of Bood and Evil in The Bible, Crito, and The Oresteia

This paper addresses the nature of morality as portrayed in these three works. The author compares and contrasts how good, evil, ...

Chapter Analysis of The Return of the Native by Thomas Hardy

Thomas Hardy's classic and best known novel, The Return of the Native, is examined in this 5 page paper. The writer analyzes each ...

Hard Boiled Private Eye Sherlock Holmes

In five pages this paper discusses the hard boiled nature of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's sleuth Sherlock Holmes. Five sources are ci...

Okonkwo's Aggression in Achebe's Things Fall Apart

5 pages No outside sources cited. This paper relates the nature of Achebe's character Okonkwo, who demonstrates distinctly aggres...

Cannibalism in Suddenly Last Summer by Tennessee Williams

In three pages this paper discusses Suddenly Last Summer in terms of the fantastic and metaphoric nature of cannibalism in this da...

Computer Technology and Art

the diversity and liveliness of the culture of the time. One could...

Morality and Reason According to Plato, Socrates, and Sigmund Freud

inquiring and trying to discover what is good is the best kind of life, the only life worth living" (Frost, 1962, 84). As this de...

Machiavelli's Views Regarding the Welfare of the People

He did not believe that methodology was particularly important as different rulers have different styles. Above all, Machiavelli b...

The West Front of Wells Cathedral

in early Christianity. This group includes statutes of "St. Augustine...St. Paul, (and) St. Joseph of Arimathea (Van Rensselaer, 1...

Themes of Nature and Death in Simone Schwarz Bart's The Bridge of Beyond and Gabrielle Roy's The Road Past Altamont

environment, which is rare anymore, is often a very dangerous environment that can threaten ones life. This makes the reader under...

Character of Lady Brett Ashley in Ernest Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises

their lives and their emotions. However, she did have control over Jake, Robert, and Mike because they were lost, part of that los...

Hamlet by William Shakespeare and Conflicts

and will stop at nothing to satisfy his ambition, even if it means killing his brother: "A murtherer and a villain! / A slave that...

Eras of Enlightenment and Romanticism

The text suggests that waking and daylight are most conducive to logical thought. Popes analysis of mans position in the chain of ...

Quantitative and Qualitative Methods in a Consideration of Whether or Not Cultural Anthropology is a Science

to an invalid who is totally dependent on her parents for her care. The tragedy here, as is true in many respects in the cross-cu...

Intelligence and Its Causes

But this study focused on a very extreme cause of mental retardation. Much of humanity does not have microcephaly, yet some peopl...

Conceptual Analysis of Dolly's Fashion and Louis's Passion by Stephen J. Gould

or genetic argument is often presented to reduce social spending on certain delinquent programs because "you cant change them, the...

Soul and the Monster of Frankenstein

bitter. His ability to learn and apply abstract concepts shows that he has reasoning skills, but also the capability to feel emoti...