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Moby Dick by Herman Melville and Symbolism Associated with the Whale

curiosity. Then the wild and distant seas where he rolled his island bulk; the undeliverable, nameless perils of the whale; these...

The Meaning of Voltaire's Graden References

of a garden. Through all his adventures he finds that the most powerful and most rewarding way to live his life is to physically t...

Martin Scorsese's Justification of Violence in Films Mean Streets, Taxi Driver, GoodFellas and Casino

and accumulating gambling debts he cannot possibly pay, the stage is set for a bloody confrontation when loan sharks come calling....

Christianity and Storms

In three pages this paper discusses the significance of storms in a consideration of how they represent personal life's problems a...

Meaning in Terms of Artist and Art

sometimes knowing what the artist was thinking or saying influences a viewers interpretation and appreciation in a negative way. I...

Persistent Vegetative State Patients and Ethical Decision Making

the balloon, and certain gestures, were definite responses to the environment and evidence of consciousness, but the doctors disag...

Oppression and What It Means

that different groups may be oppressed. For instance, WEB DuBois fought for the oppression of African Americans whereas Marx and E...

Christianity and What it Means

and beliefs. For Christians the creed centers around Jesus Christ, the son of God. Christianity requires belief in Jesus Christ ...

Meaning in the Visual Arts by Erwin Panofsky

"emotionally evocative qualities of pose, gesture, facial expression, atmosphere and so on" (Kahil). Panofskys second layer of m...

'Perfect Society' Concept and What It Means

a true democracy. The Holy Grail will not be the quest for material possession - nor will this society be based upon a monetary s...

What Oedipus Rex Means to Greek Culture

events that all resulted in tragedy was when Laius insisted that his healthy infant son should be left to die from exposure. While...

Sociological Concepts Applied to a Navajo Identity Description

Indeed, this collective culture has changed perhaps more so than any other culture in the world only within the last five hundred ...

Begging and its Meaning in Elective Affinities by Goethe

seen in a negative light. In the work by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe entitled Elective Affinities there is a sense that begging is...

Ancient Egypt and What it Means to Be Part of an Empire

king of Egypt was unwilling to commit military to defend northern Syria" (The Gathering Storm, 2005). Perhaps because of their res...

Life in the Roman Empire

It also suggests that people lived with the same lingering questions at the time as now. Some things never change, while other thi...

What Michael Bloomberg's New York City Mayoral Victory Means

been many issues to crop up during 2005, inclusive of the bid for the Olympics. There was heated debated about a stadium to be bui...

Contemporary Lessons Taught by 16th Century St. Teresa of Avila

prayer and, ultimately, began to experience visions. During those visions she was outwardly the same but inwardly she was filed w...

A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry and Money's Meaning

Friday. (Gleefully) Check coming tomorrow , huh?" (Hansberry 8). Ruth simply replies, "You get your mind off money and eat your br...

Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt and its Meaning

working for them--and returns to the homeland: Limerick, Ireland (1774). They live there between 1934 and 1948 but Malachy still ...

Richard Daft's Management Concepts and the Life Cycle Theory

developed lifecycle theories. His theories are more based on organizational design and management. Second, the student has...

Religion and its Meaning

that such an individual needs more church. Of course, the person who only is inclined to go to church on holidays may possess any ...

Human and What Humanness Means

is an idea that makes sense. Descartes went the other way, contending that it is the thought process that defines the human being ...

Meaning of 'Social Accents'

was used by the first editor of the English Pronouncing Dictionary and the model of pronunciation that he preferred (Tench 107). T...

Depression and Entertainer Judy Garland

milieu, and how we respond is governed by genetic make-up" (Dobson, 1997, pp. 44-45). Garlands early indoctrination to the movie ...

The Film 'Regarding Henry'

be his wife and daughter. Even with the unrelenting encouragement of Sarah and Rachels recollections to help him remember his fam...

Veterans' Benefits

into perspective when one considers the fact that benefits are still being paid to offspring and widows of both the Civil War and ...

Search for Tomorrow Soap Opera and What is Meant by the Plight of the Heroine Joanne

law. Joanne, the protagonist, had endured a lifetime of woe, beginning with the death of her husband. The widow was seemingly man...

Islamic Jihad and What It Means

possible to see even though war may be inevitable in some circumstances Muslims should not be those to start the war, as seen with...

Critical Educator and What It Means to Become One

status quo insofar as the effects of policies and practices on the quality of student learning and as creating conditions under wh...

What Writing Means to an Individual

difficult or confusing, perhaps largely because of how writing is taught and how structuring sentences can become almost scientifi...