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19th Century Race and Gender in Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Jacobs

In five pages this essay examines 19th century race and gender as it is represented within this slave narrative. Two sources are ...

Use of Characterization in To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

In five pages this essay considers how the author used characterization in her accurate portrayal of race relationships in the ear...

Six Records of a Floating Life by Shen Fu

In five pages this essay considers what life was like during the Chinese Manchu dynasty of the 18th century as represented in this...

Contemporary Literature and the Maintenance of Identity

In five pages this essay examines maintaining identity in the first 50 years of the 20th century in a consideration of such litera...

India and Christianity

In six pages this essay considers two sixteenth century Western missionaries and their introduction of Christianity to India and h...

20th Century Life Changes

In five pages an essay critically assesses how in the 20th century life evolved due to the changes in daily life, human relations,...

Many Head Hydra by Peter Linebaugh and Marcus Rediker

With this pronouncement, this group adjured to the woods to start their own settlement; however, it failed. This attempt at indepe...

Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

is writing his memoir is conversational, which indicates that he tailored his account to appeal to a broad audience. The tone is ...

20th Century and its 'Dismal State' Captured in Text

this once desirable state of affairs. Indeed, the twentieth century saw fights in terms of the legalization of drugs and alcohol, ...

La Double Inconstance by Marivaux

who has been abducted from her home and taken to the local palace, is arguing with a servant, Trivet, the Princes factutum. This ...

Marvell/To His Coy Mistress

20). The lyricism and imagery in this opening section are romantic, seductive and certain to appeal to the ego of any woman. Howev...

Theodore Roosevelt: Philosophy And Programs

president, he had as much of an ardent following as he did a collection of adversaries; however, this diverse constituency reflect...

Enlightenment Representation in Candide by Voltaire

and war, which he portrays as contrary to all reason. In the eighteenth century, war was presented to the ordinary citizens as an ...

Eighteenth Century Lady Montagu's Letters from Turkey

In four pages this research essay discusses Lady Montagu's 18th century travel observations as revealed in her letters from Turkey...

Transcendentalism, Domesticity and Louisa May Alcott

womans place was perceived to be located securely in the private sphere, which she ruled as a domestic goddess, creating a haven o...

A Review of Communist Manifesto

had heretofore been recognized. Marxist theory further claims "of all the classes that confront the bourgeoisie today, the prolet...

Twenty First Century Transcendentalism

to be called "transcendentalism" (5). The individuals who wrote about this faculty referred to it by different names -- e.g., "sp...

Theodore Chasseriau's Andromeda

killed the Gorgon Medusa, rescued Andromeda, slaying the monster. As indicated above, Chasseriaus work has been viewed as a brid...

Comparing Jacobs and Wilson

of slavery, as she was not free by any definition of this term and she was treated as property, in a manner that is equivalent to ...

Prison Overcrowding, as a Flaw in Criminal Justice

This paper focuses on prison overcrowding as an ethical issue that affects the American criminal justice system Three pages in len...

Health Education Professional Organizations and their Websites

This research paper offers an overview of the websites for the following health education professional organizations: the Society ...

Hispanic Americans

not hard to please" (What is a Mexican American?, 2009). They are also generally Catholics (What is a Mexican American?, 2009). Bu...

Hispanic Cultures in the United States

Mexican Americans living in various states, such as California and Texas, that have likely been living in that state since it beca...

What is a Real American?

of the good things the nation stands for and the good things that the nation does in the world. But, a good or real American is al...

Piven, Goldfield, and Greenstone on Politics and the Role of Labor

In ten pages this report discusses the analysis offered by these theorists regarding American politics and the influence of organi...

Capital Punishment: How Americans See It

DNA testing and the overturn of convictions, two thirds of Americans still support capital punishment ("The Death Penalty - Americ...

Counselors' Codes of Ethics

that introduces concerns that differ somewhat from the client bases and environments found in other organizations....

Are Americans Selfish?

many people in the world, but they are working hard to get what they can and they are also very limited in the way they can live. ...

First Century of American Foreign Policy

tyranny, with scarcely anyone considering independence (Burns, 1969). It escalated into the birth of a nation, but the primary thr...

120 Years of American History

interrupted by the First, and especially the Second World War, when women in large numbers went to work for the first time. Many ...