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Two Views of the Story of Beowulf

"proud of his plunder, sought his dwelling with that store of slaughter" (p. 25). Beowulf is written in Old English and set some...

Analyzing The Way to Wealth by Benjamin Franklin

them that perhaps his words are not to be taken seriously, but could be regarded as jocular or parodying. Unlike the more straigh...

The Way to Wealth and Autobiography by Benjamin Franklin and Journal by John Woolman

version of self-fulfillment and the American dream. Morality and the Conduct of Business Keeping in mind Woolmans deep Christian ...

Comparing a Child's Viewpoint from an Adult's in A Caribbean Childhood

To children, the game is a simplistic as is their perception of the world around them, which they view with innocence, truth and i...

Life and Works of Edgar Allan Poe

of life and death. Poe was considered a pioneer in his quest to ascertain the inner workings of the sinister mind. A good...

Holocaust Poetry

To understand this powerful poem we must recognize a small bit of the history of the Holocaust. After coming into power and invad...

European Revolutions and 'The Communist Manifesto'

is still strong within the unions of today. During the 19th century substantial working class movements began to emerge aro...

Background and the Stories of William Faulkner

to Murry and Maud Butler Falkner, an "old south" family that remembered the Civil War - the familys patriarch, William Clark Falkn...

Different Types of Argument Forms

Bill Clinton says: "I am delighted that so many students are here today." Bill Clinton is a liar. Therefore, he is not delighted ...

Olaudah Equiano and Frederick Douglass Lifestyles and Philosophies

the reader into the oppressive world of slavery. Indeed, it was the authors desire to bring attention to the injustices faced by ...

High Modernism and Postmodern Art in the Works of William Faulkner and Virginia Woolf

"exciting, gripping story of crime and bloodshed" (Anonymous PG) leaves the reader with many unanswered questions, which only serv...

Gender and Economics

that women are now equal, and have the same opportunities as do men, the idea that this is what makes women equal is a misnomer. D...

Life of a Georgia Innocent by Harry Crews

is not an observer, he is a participant. In "Life of a Georgia Innocent" he provides an insiders look of what it was like to live...

Kennedy's Role in the Cuban Missile Crisis

verified in the CIAs own records.) At the last minute, Kennedy called off the air strikes but that message did not reach the more...

Book Report on Tony Allesandra and Phil Hunsaker's Communicating At Work

skills, such as giving positive reinforcement and empathic listening (p. 46). The authors also point out that adapting ones commu...

A Canterbury Pilgrim's Personal Tale

Pegasus. Every morning he woke and sharpened his blades while everyone else was at breakfast. When we finished eating he would ...

Art According to Philosophers Descartes, Barthes, and Foucault

know as the scientific method, which is still used today for ascertaining reliable facts about the natural world. To accomplish hi...

Individual's Personal Duty to Country

no matter how insignificant or trite they may seem. However, it would seem that he believed that there were at least two types of ...

Three Artistic Masterpieces Compared

However, the light strikes each man in varying degrees of intensity. This becomes the means by which Caravaggio penetrates the "su...

Humanity According to David Hume and John Locke

that one already has some sense of who they are. Therefore, using ones senses cannot be used to initially gain an idea of humanity...

Overview of Blackfoot Mythology

the creation of the world (Peardon, 2001). The term "legend" is applied to accounts which are told as true (Peardon, 2001). The ...

Poems 'Sir Patrick Spens' and 'Schoolsville'

blackboard." The town, then, is basically little more than a school, but a school with grown-ups rather than kid students. ...

World Knowledge and the Mind

Know You Know? According to Waittenmaker (1999), research has demonstrated that it is an individuals background knowledge that ha...

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...

Oakes's Becoming Good American Schools

tradition, particularly the tension between the very powerful concept of and drive for individualism and the ideals of civic virtu...

Upper and Lower Egypt in Ancient Times

king, Menes; from this point forward, thirty dynasties would continue this arrangement of unification. One of the critical factor...

Silence of the Lambs Novel and Cinematic Versions

remained amazingly faithful to the book, in his commitment to retaining its essence, there were some changes that needed to be mad...

Voodoo Symbolism and Its Problems

means than prose, being as diverse a means of communication as any medium. Identifying the inherent problems associated with comp...

Superconductivity and Superconductors

In eleven pages this paper written in a science magazine's article style, explores the science of superconductivity and supercondu...

Essential Elements of Great Literature and Writers

In five pages great works of literature written by esteemed authors are examined in order to reveal the crucial elements that cont...