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An Analysis of the Film, Ben-Hur

This paper discusses the film, Ben-Hur from a historical and Biblical perspective. This five page paper has four sources listed i...

A Review of the Film, The Last Emperor

This paper provides a brief synopsis of the film's plot and analyzes the issue of historical accuracy. This three page paper has n...

A Review of the Film, Seven Years in Tibet

book since Harrer did not include his Nazi past in his autobiography. Harrer is totally self-centered at the beginning of the mo...

Organ's Ancient History

In six pages this paper discusses the organ in an historical overview of how it was invented and continues on up to its New World ...

Recording Industry and the Long Playing Vinyl Disc

Louis Daguerre used chemistry to permanently fix a photographic image and William Fox Talbot replicated positive prints from negat...

Popular Culture and Sound Synthesizers

In six pages this paper discusses the historical impact of electronic music on popular culture. Four sources are cited in the bib...

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...

Volkswagen Beetle of Germany

Beetles prominence in Mexico became more intense (Eisner, 1993; p. 81). About 500 Beetles per day roll off the assembly lines of t...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

Children's Literature History

In ten pages the Middle Ages origins of children's literature to contemporary children's writings are chronicled in this historica...

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...

Article Analysis: American Indian Societies

good for them. One of the best approaches to this subject is in Vine Deloria and Clifford Lytles excerpt, The nations within, whi...

Organizational Behavior And Teamwork

when trying to solve problems (Wertheim, n.d.). The idea of emphasizing groups instead of just individuals also emerged from these...

Should The Bible Be Used To Teach History

who do not believe in God often try to argue the point on the historicity the text. Since the texts have been shown to be reliable...

Quebec/The Quiet Revolution

World War II, since 1936.4 The modernization that had been occurring for quite sometime accelerated under this new leadership. Wit...

The Use And Interpretation Of Bible In The Church

Jesus was and what He did (citation). Many documents were written during the first couple hundred years after Christs death. The ...

The Victims' Rights Movement

grass roots movement and aligned with a variety of groups, such as MADD and others that try to change the system and make their pr...

Plunkett's History in "Omeros"

readers, the reference will be obvious, but for young people for whom the Second World War and its atrocities seem unreal, it may ...

The Relevance of Buddhism Today

the world and the way things work. The philosophy is practiced in many countries including Burma, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietna...

Why did communism fail?

not dictate some of the things that manifest as a result of unscrupulous and greedy dictators. In evaluating the situation, a focu...

Nixon's Resignation Speech

is the fact that afterwards, he participated in cover-up efforts and thereby became guilty of obstruction of justice (Nassivera 22...