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August Wilson's Play Fences

the theme of baseball. While in was in prison, Troy had excelled in baseball and, after his release, he continued to perfect his g...

World of Willliam Faulkner

nor hard-chargers like Charlotte Rittenmeyer in ""The Wild Palms" seem to win Faulkners full approval, though they all, like all h...

Material Substance and G.W. Leibniz

8. In order to distinguish between the activities of God and the activities of created things, we must explain the conception of a...

Fear Levels in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

of my being" (Frankenstein). As with any newborn, his sensory impressions of the world are at first indistinct. He began to attemp...

'State of Nature' According to John Locke and Thomas Hobbes

injustice...have no place" (2001). Hobbes argued that during this period in human development it was common experience that each m...

William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, the Medieval Epic 'Beowulf' and Setting

this case Hrothgar, and his subjects. The Beowulf poet states that "It came to his (Hrothgars) mind that he would command men to c...

How Would American History Be Different Had John F. Kennedy Lived?

the Cold War. In other words, his stance was that he would take a hard line against Communism. He associated his name with those...

The Upanishads and the Atman

same in his "Heart Sura" (Upanishads). The term "Atman" refers to the immortal aspect of mortal existence (Atman-the Soul Eterna...

Midnight's Children/Salman Rushdie

man. Saleems much beleaguered body is like an analogy of and trials and tribulations of Indian over the same period. Like India i...

Op. 118, Number 6 by Johannes Brahms

Brahms and that this aspect of his music found expression in short lyric pieces, his "Rhapsodies, Ballades, Capriccios and lyrical...

Harpsichord History

keyboards, which are usually referred to as "manuals." The sound of the harpsichord is generally considered to be clearer and liv...

Comparative Analysis of Retirement Communities

they want to stay where they are (Kunstler, 2001). Statistics show that 70 percent of all seniors spend their lives where they we...

Debate on Globalization

forms of global interaction (Held and McGrew, 2000). Rather then chance encounters, globalization refers to "entrenched and enduri...

Music and Poems

played slightly louder, i.e. piano. The rhythm of the piece would be uniform 4/4 time, but the overall effect of the rhythm would...

American Dreams and American Cities

that -- unlike the European countries, from which so many nineteenth century immigrants to the US left behind - the upper classes...

Charles S. Peirce's Philosophical Perspective

demonstrate the method that the self employs to gain knowledge of the world. The first question has to do with whether or not th...

Job Performance Evaluation with the Hay System

In four pages this research paper examines the Hay System of employment performance evaluation in terms of the impressive results ...

Proposal for a Team Incentive Plan

In four pages this research paper examines a workplace team setting in a proposal for an incentive plan that compares it with the ...

Syncretism and Shamanism in Korean Culture

In two pages this research paper discusses Korean culture in a consideration of syncretism and shamanism. Three sources are cited...

Theological Positions of John Calvin and Martin Luther

The point being that no one deserves salvation, but only condemnation because of the nature of human corruption and sin. Luther ta...

Piaget and Development in Early Childhood

Parents who wouldnt dream of expecting a child to run, even before the babys learned how to crawl, try to teach their toddlers mat...

Progressive Era and Government's New Role

the 1890s (Mattson 337). The reformers tried to improve the status of direct democracy through such things as the social center mo...

Revolutionary War Responses

to be every expensive. The British authorities felt that the colonies should pay taxes that would help cover the cost of housing s...

Ethical Standards Comparison of Counseling and Professional Associations

academic and clinical education to insure that pastoral counselors meet certain competency standards. The AAPC also offers members...

Multiple Appeals and Death Row Inmates

is unlikely that the founders of our country thought so. Most of us know that portions of our Constitution were borrowed, o...

Residual Animosities and the Savings and Loan Crisis

In ten pages this research paper discusses the 1980s Savings and Loan crisis in a consideration of whether or not any lasting anim...

Childhood Heroes and Athletes

In five pages this research paper discusses the child idolatry of athletes and why this respect is sometimes misplaced in a consid...

Sociological and Economic Considerations for the European Union

In thirteen pages this research paper examines the EU in terms of its advantages, pros and cons regarding economics, and sociologi...

Causes and Effects of Asthma

medical care; low socioeconomic status; and noncompliance with the a doctors specific treatment (Depiro 154). Also, some patients...

Medieval Women

"bodily integrity" on women are simply not present. Likewise, in regards to formal written statutes that pertain to the possession...