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The Journey to the West Sixteenth Century Novel by Wu Cheng'en

heaven, the Monkey King was happy to visit until he discovered why they had invited him. As a result, he flew back home and revol...

Magdelena and Balthasar by Steven Ozmet and Religious Controversies

Redeemer" (Ozment 14). As a result, Magdalena and Balthasar not only put their faith in good health in the various medical remedi...

Differences in Gender in the Peasant Residences of Central Europe and Southeast Asia

tended to marry much earlier in Europe than in Asia. Both peasant groups seemed to have grown grain crops: rice in Asia and whea...

The Cheese and the Worms by Carlo Ginzburg

The writer analyzes the book The Cheese and the Worms: The Cosmos of a Sixteenth-Century Miller by Carlo Ginzburg and argues that ...

A Review of The Princess of Cleves

An 8 page essay reviewing the novel by Marie de La Fayette. This so called women's novel provides interesing insight into French h...

Life of Empress Wu

the cosmos and it was thought that human life also required such a balance.6 There was no strong indication in Chinese society, as...

Revolution Concept of Jacques Ellul

In five pages this paper examines Jacques Ellul's concept of revolution within the context of European history from the sixteenth ...

Historical Significance of Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad II

In five pages the twentieth century relevance of Heart of Darkness is considered in this historical perspective of Joseph Conrad's...

Gore Vidal: “Creation”

Herodotus (Vidal). Herodotus was an actual historical figure, known as both the "father of history" and the "father of lies." Here...

Parzival/Honor in the Middle Ages

honorable combat and murders Ither by throwing a javelin into Ithers eye (Ash). A true knight would never have indulged in such a ...

Microhistory Europe Early 16th Century

1584. Menocchio declared: "in my opinion, all was chaos... and out of that bulk a mass formed - just as cheese is made out of milk...

Journey to Self-Awareness in Emma, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, and My Name is Asher Lev

her better judgment, but she was initially dismissive. Emma prefers living through others instead of living for herself, and her ...

Overview of Gothic Architecture

of Europes architectural and artistic achievements were created. Elements of Gothic Architecture Gothic architecture is not known...

Opportunities for Women of Color in the American West

school systems and particularly in the realm of higher education at a time when only those with financial means were able to atten...

Benjamin West's Artistic Career

Francis Hayman for the Rotunda at Vauxhall Gardens during the Seven Years War. Jonathan Tyers, the proprietor of Vauxhall Gardens ...

Sixteenth Through Seventeenth Centuries' Scientific Concepts

upon life are not likely to be duplicated in the near future. Indeed, the praise for such progression during these two periods ca...

An Analysis of Heroism and the Journey in Star Wars

An eight page research paper considering the literary concept of the hero's journey in this classic science fiction film by direct...

'The Company of Wolves' by Angela Carter, 'The Swimmer' by John Cheever, and Short Story Journeys

In six pages the deceptiveness of appearances is examined in a consideration of the journeys each of these short story protagonist...

Journeys in Dante's 'Inferno' and Homer's 'Odyssey'

and his courage will constantly be tested. Without going into great detail, and there is a large amount of it in this classic, we ...

Enrique’s Journey

of the book Lourdes is preparing to leave Honduras: ""The boy does not understand...Enrique has no hint of what she is going to do...

The Hero’s Journey

sight of their original teaching passion, or the education system insists that teachers simply instruct, as though the children we...

Legacy of Conquest/The American West

the conquest era continue to shape current realities. Limericks text shows that the history of the American West is rooted primari...

A Conceptual Metaphor for Life

considering the journey chronologically. Starting with childhood, the student can discuss what he remembers of his earliest year...

The Motif of the Journey In Contemporary Literature

This 5 page paper analyzes the way in which the motif of the journey was used in three classic American novels: The Grapes of Wrat...

French Revolution and Documents' Historical Importance

Enlightenment era and one where fruitful writing came about. In exploring revolutionary France, one can say that certain writings ...

The Hundred Secret Senses by Amy Tan and Oppositions

In five pages this paper discusses how the author portrays East and West cultural oppositions....

Comparing and Contrasting The Wedding by Dorothy West with Jazz by Toni Morrison

This 6 page paper compares and contrasts two novels, The Wedding by Dorothy West and Jazz by Toni Morrison. The novels are the onl...

China Boy by Gus Lee

In eight pages this paper analyzes the novel's Chinese American boy's struggles in a consideration of masculinity as defined by th...

Roughing It with Swan, Twain and the Indians

Northwest Coast by James G. Swain and Mark Twain's Roughing It are two novels which deal with the outdoors and the American west. ...

The Black West by William Katz

simply slaves. They were not simply second rate human beings but have constantly played a very vital role in the history of the na...