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Funeral Rituals In Nigeria, China, and India

3500 years ago. Zhonghua, the Chinese name for the country, means "central land," a reference to the Chinese belief that their cou...

Death as Treated by the 19th Century Tlingit Culture

Ravens and Eagles (which he states are known as Wolves in some localities). Emmons (21) identifies a third moiety among the Sanya...

Abortion as a Woman's Right Regardless of Circumstances Involved

In this paper consisting of five pages the abortion argument is framed around the book 'Causing Death and Saving Lives' by Jonatha...

Dark Painting and Romanticism

In ten pages this paper analyzes the paintings 'The Nightmare' by Fuselli, 'Death of Sardanapalus' by Delacroix, and 'Saturn devou...

An Overview of the Bataan Death March

The Bataan Death March is the main subject of contemplation and the many aspects of this march are conveyed. The positive as well ...

Construction Projects and Various Risk Dynamics

In eight pages this paper discusses the types of risks at construction sites with injury and death statistics included and safety ...

Social and Domestic Abuse in Death of Woman Wang by Jonathan D. Spence

-- and did his society support his right to do so? In order to answer this question, we need to look at the background of Chinese...

'Reality' of Near Death Experiences

In nine pages this research paper examines the phenomenon described by Raymond Moody in Life After Life as 'near death experiences...

Chilean Torture and Death and the Maiden by Ariel Dorfman and The Postman by Antonio Skarmeta

it comes to writing about the issues of Chilean torture for which they are so well known. Both Skarmetas The Postman and Dorfmans...

Social Context of Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller

In ten pages this paper examines Miller's scathing attacks upon social capitalism contained within his contemporary drama Death of...

Women's Roles in 6 Great Works of Literature

In ten pages this paper examines how women's societal roles are represented in Plato's The Apology, Dante's 'The Inferno,' William...

Changing Chinese Women in Death of Woman Wang by Jonathan D. Spence

In five pages this paper contrasts seventeenth century Chinese women with their female counterparts and the changes that have take...

Four Questions on God, Man, Life and Death and Religious Philosophy

In six pages this research paper examines the philosophies of the world's most influential religions and how each answers these 4 ...

Critical Review of How We Die Reflections On Life's Final Chapter by Sherwin B. Nuland

to follow through with the patients final wishes. In acknowledging that these situations exist, the author also shows how people ...

Death in Katherine Paterson's Bridge to Terebithia and E.B. White's Charlotte's Web

swinging on a rope across a creek. The creek has become swollen with rain, however, which makes the crossing more treacherous; non...

American Literary Symbolism

353). Symbols present another layer to a story, as well as another realm for questioning. Who or what is "Young Goodman Brown" t...

The Meaning of Life According to Leo Tolstoy

This 10 page paper examines Leo Tolstoy's literary works and personal philosophy, and argues that he sought simplicity and spiritu...

Symbolic Motifs and Gothic Imagery of 'The Fall of the House of Usher' by Edgar Allan Poe

In six pages this paper discusses how supernatural, dualism, and death motifs are emphasized through Gothic imagery in this famous...

Life and Business Dealings of Robert Maxwell

In seven pages this paper discusses Robert Maxwell's life, business transactions, and mysterious 1991 death. Four sources are cit...

Chapter X of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain

In five pages this chapter is examined in a structural analysis that discusses the conflict between death and fear imagery and Tom...

Loman and Gatsby Compared and the American Dream Evaluated

Willy Loman in Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman is compared and contrasted with F. Scott Fitzgerald's Gatsby character. The Ame...

The Death of Artemio Cruz by Carlos Fuentes

war, he also lost the only woman who ever loved him. Fuentes has him pay for his greed and love of power in that all of the subseq...

14 AD to 235 AD Roman Legion

In five page sthis paper examines the Pax Romana that comprised the Roman Legion following the 14 AD death of Augustus until 235 A...

Morality and Mortality in Hamlet and Achilles

In this paper consisting of nine pages the ways in which concepts of morality contributed to the deaths of these tragic heroes is ...

Joseph Heller's Catch 22

In five pages the ways in which death is portrayed in Heller's novel are examined in hopes of determining the identity of 'the ene...

Supernatural in Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte

This paper consists of five pages and considers how the supernatural manifests itself in this novel with the only hope of the love...

Reclusive Emily Dickinson

of struggling against it. For example, the "gentleman caller" in "Because I Could Not Stop For Death" -- who is clearly intended...

Christians and Cancer

In a paper consisting of five pages the Christian faith is considered with regards to cancer and the prospect of a prolonged death...

A Review of Timebends, the Autobiography of Playright Arthur Miller

In this six papge paper the writer explores Miller's autobiography and emphasizes his contributions to American theater. His cont...

Addressing the Dead in William Shakespeare's Hamlet

This paper consists of five pages and analyzes usage of the term dead and the concept of death within the context of Shakespeare's...