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Medicine and Physics

by many" (Gould, 2003). By design, the equipment is seven feet tall by seven feet wide by ten feet long, considered by some to be...

Past and Present Definitions of Hero

rap artists came to be regarded as heroes by many. With the tragic events of September 11, 2001, however, we have once again com...

Crime and its Causes

racial identities, cultural perceptions, religious ideals, moral codes, and more. Clearly then such diversity necessitates a dive...

Contemporary Prisons and Discipline and Punish by Michel Foucault

Damiens, was executed in this manner on March 2, 1757. The records of this execution appear to be quite detailed, as Foucault rela...

Individualism and Magic in The Tempest And Harry Potter And The Sorcerer's Stone

This five page paper considers the elemtn of magic in Shakespeare's clasic play and in the highly popular contemporary book by J. ...

Is Govermental Power Too Great or Insufficient?

entities take liberties and make rules that do not abide by the clear-cut convictions of a democratic system of administration. ...

Past and Present Fairy Tales

human spiritual life and then comes back with a message." The usual heros adventure will start with someone "from whom something ...

Number e's History and Use

compound interest is as follows. Assuming that the principal is equal to E9 and the amortization period is d10, payments in a year...

Contemporary World, Heroes, Gods, and Joseph Campbell

In fifteen pages this paper discusses the myths of gods and heroes as contemporary instruments of change as described by Joseph Ca...

Spiritual Marketplace by Wade Clark Roof

Contemporary American beliefs and spirituality are the focus of this overview of Wade Clark Roof's Spiritual Marketplace consistin...

Oleanna by David Mamet

and critic Thomas Eagleton as a "modernist literary work," meaning that the content is purposely left minimal so that it is up to ...

The Issue of Adultery

wants to hear about it. In addition, cliches such as "The grass is always greener on the other side" abound, and did not become ...

Contemporary American Culture and Plato and Aristotle's Concepts of Human Nature

of human thinking and an awareness of what constitutes the basics of human nature. Their lessons and attitudes are still relevant ...

Machiavelli and Modern Writers on the Athenian Thesis

In six pages this paper examines how Machiavelli and contemporary writers would regard the Athenian Doctrine or Thesis. Four sour...

Contemporary Institution of Marriage

In ten pages this essay analyzes how contemporary society regards the constitution of marriage with the concepts of Sigmund Freud ...

Explanation and Adaptation of William Shakespeare's Hamlet

In seventeen pagest this research paper commences with an original Hamlet adaptation and then focuses upon contemporary social inf...

The Birds by Director Alfred Hitchcock

In a report consisting of six pages the notion of seemingly harmless creatures turning on innocent residents of a northern Califor...

Contemporary US and the Effects of the Civil War

thirty years prior to the outbreak of war, they were limited to a few heavily-populated urban areas. However, during the War, it ...

Ron Padgett's Contemporary American Poetry

In six pages this paper examines Ron Padgett's contemporary American poetry in an analysis that reveals it is much less simplistic...

The War Against Boys How Misguided Feminism is Harming Our Young Men by Christina Hoff Sommers

In five pages this report considers Sommers' 2000 text and the assertion that in contemporary America boys are having a more diffi...

Psychology and Shifting Paradigms

In five pages this paper discusses psychology in an overview of the contemporary paradigm shift in this field of science. Three s...

Contemporary Literature Essay Tutorial

In five pages this tutorial essay considers Virginia Woolf's use of stream of consciousness in Mrs. Dalloway, T.S. Eliot's free ve...

Business Strategy and the 'Peter Principle'

In seven pages this paper discusses the Peter Principle and how it can be applied to a contemporary business setting. Four source...

Historical Perspectives on the Right to Privacy Concept

This paper examines the 'right to privacy' concept from an historical perspective with contemporary techniques of surveillance and...

The World War II German Achievements of Admiral Karl Donitz

In six pages the German U-boat leader that eventually replaced Adolf Hitler as head of state is discussed not only in an historica...

Economic Contributions of Theorist David Ricardo

In six pages the contributions of theorist David Ricardo to economics and contemporary thought are examined. Ten sources are cite...

Murasaki Shikibu's Court Diary

In five pages this lady in waiting for the king of Japan from 1007 until 1010 is examined with the argument presented that contemp...

Precambrian Prioerd and the Ediacaran Biota

In ten pages an overview of the preCambrian era Ediacaran Biota is presented and whether or not they can be regarded as contempora...

Definition of Gay and Lesbian Culture

did the other, so we are caught between polarities. "I hope to be able to produce valid, reliable statistics about gay people an...

Baz Luhrmann's Romeo and Juliet and Kenneth Branagh's Much Ado About Nothing

sexual liberties but always remains faithful to the spirit of the original play" (Balingit PG). The setting is quickly establishe...