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On The Trinity by Augustine

Shedd (1886) points out that Augustine is especially guilty of this in the last eight chapters/Books. This may be because the firs...

The Necklace

and wanted more than she had. The result was that she ended up with less than she had. If Mathilde had immediately told her frie...

FARC The Colombian Rebels

The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, the terrorist organization...

Goya and Duel with Clubs

were taking place around him, primarily those things that were political and military in nature. He was profoundly touched by many...

The Moral Hijacking of "Dangerous Liaisons" by Populist Sentiment

"Les Liaisons Dangereuses" in 1782, a number of years before the French Revolution, and it stands to this day as a masterwork of p...

Nineteenth Century Art and Modernity

During the nineteenth century, all aspects of European culture were affected by the advent of the Industrial Revolution and the ad...

The Mission, An Analysis

to the Indians in South America. This paper summarizes and analyzes the film. Discussion Summary: The story is set in 1750 in Sou...

Fiction and the Portrayal of Management Leadership

In nine pages this paper examines the leadership of characters depicted in 'The Moviegoer' by Percy, 'Shooting an Elephant' by Orw...

Democracy In America by Alexis de Tocqueville

The credence of de Tocqueville's observation, 'Two tendencies in fact result from equality; the one first leads men directly to in...

Medieval Literature's Portrayal of Honor and Dishonor

In seven pages this paper examines how Medieval literature thematically portrayed honor and dishonor in a comparative analysiis of...

Films of the Italian Neorealism Movement

This research paper focuses on the films of Roberto Rossellini, specifically on "Paisan" and "Germany Year Zero" and the films of...

Book Report Therapeutic Communities

One of the substance abuse treatment interventions that has been shown to be effective is the Therapeutic Community. Although this...

Overcoming Slavery in the 1870s

This paper reviews key historical writings like Alexis de Tocqueville, Abraham Lincoln's campaign speeches and the 1848 Declaratio...

Majority Rule, Tocqueville, Olsen

This essay refers to the writing of contemporary author Theodore Olsen and nineteenth century author Alexis de Tocqueville to argu...

Existentialism vs Humanism

Numerous theories have been purported in an attempt to explain human personality. Existentialist and...

Literature Sampler

about people we could never meet, or simply enjoy a fantasy world thats been constructed for us to play in. This paper discusses f...

Style and Substance: Analyzing the Film Scarface (1983)

Brian De Palma's film Scarface is analyzed in terms of aesthetics, narrative, cultural and historical contexts in 5 pages. The bi...

Pierre et Jean by Guy de Maupassant

Jean, which is evident from the picture of the family friend that his mother keeps on the mantelpiece. Unaware of the torturous th...

"Dr. Glass-Case" by De Cervantes

Cervantes "rather formulaic" descriptions of Italian cities were "perfectly in tune with the rhetorical canons of the time" (Cerva...

"Lanval" - Subversion of Gender Norms in Arthurian Legend

of masculinity. As the poem opens, Lanval, a noble knight in the service of Arthur, is overlooked during a feast at which Arthur g...

Exploring Rodrigo's Concierto de Aranjuez

as Rodrigos "Concierto de Aranjuez", in particular its famed second movement. This piece is an excellent example of the "concerto"...

Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz, Her Tone and Style

Convent of the Discalced Carmelites; however, this order proved to be too severe for her, as she became ill and left within three ...

The Necklace/Guy de Maupassant

Necklace" is present the narrative within the context of the readers understanding of Mathilde Loisels character, who is described...

Just Hypocrisy in Pisan and Machiavelli

student explore the profundity of the ideological shift represented by de Pisan and Machiavelli. To be certain, the advocation of ...

The Diamond Industry and De Beers

Weldon, 201). Elsewhere, sanctions have impacted diamond trade, such as Madagascars stopping all rough gemstone exports in 2008, a...

Criticism of the Individual Regarding Democracy

In five pages Ayn Rand and Alexis de Tocqueville's perspectives are applied to the problems of the individual as the result of dem...

Economic and Political Freedom Views

In seven pages this paper examines political and economic freedom in a consideration of the perspectives of Benjamin Franklin, Ale...

Heroism and its Characteristics

In 5 pages this paper examines how the characteristics of heroism are defined in such literary works as A Simple Heart by Gustave ...

Spanish Theologian and Historian Bartolome de las Casas

In a paper consisting of 6 pages de las Casas' involvement in the Americas' Spanish colonization is examined along with his crusad...

Americanism's Essence Through Advancement, Adaptability, and Adventure

the phrase "I came, I saw, I conquered" is, in short, the essence of the spirit of adventure, adaptability, and advancement that d...