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Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare Discussed

lovers and Shakespeare is more sympathetic to their plight, considering the rebelliousness to being relevant to the lovers need to...

1920s' American Republican Party

the League of Nations, dubbed as "Wilsons folly," cast a long shadow, and with a strong and unified party in place, thanks to the ...

Reducing Dividends versus Share Issue Capital Raising

to pay dividends and raise funds elsewhere, either by borrowing or by issuing more shares. This would save the cost of the issue,...

A Card Game and Dinner Party with Guests Locke, Sartre, Nietzsche, Descartes, Maimonides, and Averroes

with most of the guests as a large part of his life had been shaped by political factors. When he was...

War of 1812 and Great Lakes' Fleets

27 officers in the Marine Corps (Parker, 1970, p. 10). Furthermore, the U.S. Navy, such as it was, only had three first-class war...

Immigrant Experiences and Angel Island

Before actually describing the art and poetry that came out of detainees from Angel Island, a look at the locations history would ...

European Transitions from Ancient Times Through the 18th Century

also comes with other ideals and towards the end of the eighteenth century, things changed immensely. Trade had already opened new...

NJ Railroads' and How They Originated

did have ties to the railroad industry ("NJ Governors," 2003). South Orange is another example of a long-established suburb whos...

Nineteenth Century City Planning

which commenced in July 1909 with over three hundred principal citizens taking the position, was created as a means by which to "e...

Baroque Period Technology and Science

At the same time, there was a new found wealth to come through the newly erupting middle class ("The Baroque" 2003). It was a time...

The Fall of the Humanists in the Sixteenth Century by Jacob Burckhardt

individual" (Burckhardt, 1878; Mosaic, 2003). Modern historians often dispute some of Burckhardts claims but most concede that in ...

Florida's Reconstruction Era and the African Methodist Episcopal Church of Reverand Robert Meacham

blacks, who were primarily former slaves, Meacham and other representatives from the AME Church fought the governmental process to...

Paris and London: Late 19th Century Urban Planning

cramped conditions had lead to many social ills. The changes were not made over night, but the aspects of change can be seen in th...

England of the Eighteenth Century, Crime, and Punishment

felony, the law implies that it shall be punished with death, viz., by hanging as well as forfeiture: unless the offender prays th...

Modernist and Postmodernist Architectural Theories of Le Corbusier and Robert Venturi

generator" which "holds in itself the essence of sensation" (Le Corbusier, 1924, p. 8). For Le Corbusier, the idea that the plan "...

Science Fiction Cinema's Portrayal of Society's Fears and Hopes

robots, coming to Earth to present power and knowledge in how people can live together. They insist that the people of Earth need ...

Perspectives on the Cold War

Cold War possessed many instigators from American paranoia to a lack of mutual cooperation to the outright compromise of foreign p...

The World View Evolution from 1196 to 1795

asserting Chinas desire to remain relatively impervious to any further Western infiltration. Lothario Dei Segni (c. 1160-12...

Historical Significance of Inventing Eastern Europe The Map of Civilization on the Mind of the Enlightenment by Larry Wolff

on, when Russia was but a small eastern European principality, the desire for cultural advancement was not of paramount importance...

Middle Childhood Cognitive Development and Environmental Influences

of both these elements. In regards to environmental (nurture) elements which influence and increase cognitive development, ...

Superhero Films, Comics, and Cartoons and Their American Significance During the Second World War and the Cold War

Comics and cartoons which appeared in daily newspapers and magazines in the 1930s and 1940s were considered originally to be an ex...

Colonial and Post Colonial Periods in Bali

2003). The Dutch essentially won all of the battles and "the Klungkung kingdom fell down into their hands" which "meant that Bali ...

Post Revolutionary American and the Roles Played by Native Americans and African Americans

extent of freedom. With more and more populations becoming indigenous by virtue of their longevity in America, a blending of cult...

Sixteenth Century Abandoned Wife Bertrande de Rols

precludes any acknowledgement of anyone outside of the upper classes of any society, however. The "common people" receive little ...

American Economy from 1990 to 2000 and Interest Rates

consumer demand (Delong 60). Slowly, unemployment rates continued to sink until they hit an all-time low of 4 percent during the ...

Venatio and Gladiator Games of Ancient Rome

the animals were collected speaks of quite dichotomy, in that after being captured by bush beaters and others on horseback, who us...

Women's Social Status and Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice

fortune spent for him? The next line makes it clear how the women of the community will view such an individual, however: . . "he ...

First World War and Significance of Women's Roles

Among the most interesting aspects of these considerations are the apparent differences in meaning the war had for men verses thos...

Second World War, the Holocaust, and Slave Labor

of land, and on top of it all, they were asked to sign a war guilt clause which stated that the Germans accepted all the guilt and...

The 1950s

with the wall in the 1990s. Communism, the panacea of the cold war, was something that never materialized as Marx intended. Instea...