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Gilgamesh, 'The Odyssey' and Heroic Epics

In five pages this paper discusses the societal and immortality quests of epic heroes in Gilgamesh and Homer's 'The Odyssey' in a ...

Theory of Relativity

In five pages this paper examines relativity and time within the context of The Evolution of Physics by Albert Einstein and Leopol...

The House of Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne and its Historical Context

for the tumultuous relationship between the inhabitants of Uncle Sams residence, later described by President Abraham Lincoln as a...

A Life Examined in Alan Taylor's 'William Cooper's Town'

In this 5 page paper, the Revolutionary War is the star of William Cooper's life in a text that continues the trials and tribulati...

U.S. Cultural Progress from the Years 1880 to 1990

to the workers. Each worker then performed a specific task. An automobile that took 12.5 worker-hours to build in 1912 was down to...

Greek Tragedies and the Role of Sacrifice

In nine pages this paper examines how sacrifice is used in the Greek tragic works Agamemnon, Medea, Antigone, and 'The Odyssey' an...

Weight Machines v. Free Weights

decision as to which method is best. "Ask athletes, trainers and sports medicine specialists about improving muscle strength. Wh...

Jewish Custom of Handwashing, Netilat Yadayim

was later extended for handling food. Jesus refers to a controversy going on during his time about whether it was required to wash...

Rousseau, Dobree, Congreve, and Dramatic Style

In five pages this trio of critics and playwrights are considered in terms of their differing styles and theories as reflections o...

1st to 4th Century A.D. Roman Mosaic Development in Great Britain

In eight pages this paper examines the development of Roman mosaics in Britain during this time with Cirencester and Fishbourne Ro...

1920s' and 1990s' Similarities

feeling that was captured in many parts of the world. The Roaring Twenties was a time of prosperity and celebrations. The 1920s ...

Barbara Tuchman's A Distant Mirror

Crusades, insurrection, the Schism of the Church, and massacres of Jewish people were but part of the horrors of that century. Th...

Post Second World War Era and its Influences

In four pages this research paper examines what influence the time period following the Second World War in this consideration of ...

Knowledge Can Be Dangerous

the belief in those things that could not be seen, felt or proven by scientific means. Not content to blindly believe in that whi...

Canada Population Changes Prior to, During, and Following the First World War

In six pages this paper discusses the impact of immigration more so than the war itself on the changes in the population of Canada...

Algeria's Political and Civil Reforms from 1870 to 1920

In eight pages this paper examines Algerian history during this time period in terms of the increased pressures for civil and poli...

A Hypothetical Abraham Lincoln Letter

to speak about the Republican Party and how the Republican Presidents of late have conducted business similarly, or differently, t...

American Society in Literature

This 16 page paper examines four books that are centered on American society. The books discussed are Joyce Maynard's To Die For; ...

Strategic Procurement and Supply Chain Management

In ten pages this paper examines Dell Computer Corp. in a consideration of supply chain management and strategic procurement with ...

Culture and Society According to Marie Henri Beyle, a.k.a. Stendhal

In five pages this paper discusses how Stendhal regarded the culture and society of Stendhal's time as revealed in the text De l'A...

Edgar Allan Poe's Short Story Themes

In seven pages this paper examines knowledge, time, and truth in this thematic analysis of Edgar Allan Poe's stories 'The Balloon ...

'The Poor' and Changing Attitudes

Jacob Riis (1849-1914) was one such man and he wrote of his times, first for a renowned city newspaper (The New York Evening Sun),...

Wig and its History

was some gap until the latter part of the Middle Ages. It was not until the sixteenth century that the wig became a generally ac...

U.S. Supreme Court and the Georgia State Supreme Court

In eleven pages this paper considers the histories of both courts and also provides case details of N.Y. Times v. Sullivan, City o...

Audiences' Changing Responses to King Lear by William Shakespeare

In five pages this paper discusses the way in which each generation's audiences has responded to King Lear, relating it to their o...

Sigmund Freud and the Human Psyche

simple desires for food or sex, neurotic compulsions, or the motives of an artist or scientist. And yet, we are often driven to de...

German Artist Otto Dix's Works

In five pages and a 3 time period breakdown this paper examines Otto Dix's artwork and discusses how the World Wars I and II exert...

1865 to 1900 'Dirty Laundry' of the United States

This paper discusses power abuses and corruption that occurred in America during this time period in five pages. Two sources are ...

19th and 20th Century Asian-American Gangs

7 pages in length. The existing and ever-growing power of Asian-American gangs during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries have...

1909 to 1945 Progress of the United States

American progress during this time period is the focus of this essay consisting of ten pages. There is no bibliography included....