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1984 by George Orwell

look like grim prophecy. In 1984, Goldstein describes a world in which Russia has absorbed all of Europe to make Eurasia. The...

Defining Philosophy With the Help of Stephen Clark

In a paper consisting of five pages truth and reality are two of the components factored into a definition of philosophy as well a...

Human Knowledge and Three Meditations of Rene Descartes

In six pages Descartes' knowledge philosophy is examined in terms of dreams and reality as it pertains to the principles he outlin...

Analysis: The Rock by Wallace Stevens

This 6 page paper analyzes Wallace Stevens' poem The Rock in terms of the way the poet discusses alternate realities. The writer a...

Dictatorship and Democracy

However, democracy faces constant challenges to its sustainability. These challenges include new types of racism, ethnic conflicts...

Sigmund Freud's Text Civilization and Its Discontents

In five pages Civilization and Its Discontents is discussed as it pertains to Freud's perspectives on civilization structure and c...

President Bill Clinton's Psychological Profile

In five pages this paper presents a psychological profile of President Bill Clinton's behaviors in a consideration of reality deni...

Seeing, Believing, and Perception

In five pages this research paper discusses perception in terms of reality conceptions and whether or not seeing qualifies as beli...

Contemporary Psychology and Pragmatism

In six pages this paper discusses the relationship between contemporary psychology and pragmatism philosophy in a theoretical cons...

Reality v. Illusion and Appearances in William Shakespeare's Hamlet

In eleven pages this paper discusses the conflict between reality and illusion and discrepancies pertaining to appearance that man...

Hallucinations in Nathaniel Hawthorne's 'Young Goodman Brown' and Charlotte Perkins Gilman's 'The Yellow Wallpaper'

In five pages this paper examines the nightmare states evoked by hallucinogenic symbolism in these two works that blur the line be...

Magical Realism in the Works of Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Rudolfo Anaya

In six pages the genre dubbed as 'magical realism' is examined through the works of One Hundred Years of Solitude and Bless Me, Ul...

Escape and Myth in Comic Books

Do comic books as an art form simply represent a desire to escape from reality or are they the embodiment of a new form of modern ...

Comparison of 'History of the Peloponnesian War' by Thucydides and 'The Iliad' by Homer

In five pages this paper compares these two works in terms of wartime reality portrayals. Two sources are cited in the bibliograp...

Laughter in the Dark by Vladimir Nabokov

In five pages this paper analyzes illusions and perceptual reality as featured in one of the lesser known works by novelist Vladim...

'Evil Genius' and Rene Descartes

significance despite scholarly interpretations to the contrary, because Descartes, himself, rejects this line of reasoning (109). ...

Cultural American and African Characteristics Prior to the Expansion of Europe

In three pages these characteristics are considered in order to determine if they were as primitive as they were often portrayed o...

Argument of Illusion by George Berkeley

In five pages Berkeley's illusion concepts and arguments as represented in Principles of Human Knowledge and the Three Dialogues b...

Elie Wiesel's Night and Albert Camus' The Plague

In seven pages these stories are compared in terms of their similar messages regarding the Second World War's harsh realities. Th...

The Idea of Thought According to Descartes

This research report examines the ideas of the philosopher Rene Descartes and how he views reality. Is only the physical real? Ide...

'Sugar and Other Stories' by A.S. Byatt

goes on behind its sheltering walls. The central point to the story deals with making both moral and literary judgements and how t...

Wives and Courtesans in Camille by Alexandre Dumas

In five pages this paper with reference to Camille considers the realities of Parisian wives and courtesans. Three other sources ...

Self Realization Perspectives of Karl Marx and Francis H. Bradley

In nine pages the perspectives of self realization as reflected in German philosopher Karl Marx's The Communist Manifesto and Brit...

Overview of VRML

Virtual reality is the focus of this paper consisting of six pages in which it is defined with VRML systems, applications, procedu...

Erich Maria Remarque's All Quiet on the Western Front II

In ten pages this paper analyzes how the novel exposes war and its grim realities that are in stark contrast to the cultural illus...

Innovation of Cellular Office Technology

In an outline comprised of three pages the improvement of cellular technology is considered with the emphasis on the reality that ...

Philosophy and Doubt of Rene Descartes

In five pages this paper discusses how doubt and reality is understood by philosopher Rene Descartes with his argument flaws also ...

Searle's Disagreement with the Mind Philosophy of Rene Descartes

In six pages Descartes' arguments regarding reality and existence as revealed in Meditations are examined along with Searle's obje...

New Direction of the Horror Film Genre and the 1999 Movie The Sixth Sense

Hoping to succeed this time, the good doctor gives his complete attention to Cole, even if it means neglecting his wife, Anna (Oli...

Ancient and Medieval Art Narratives of Egypt and Greec

In five pages this paper examines the narratives of reality and myth that are found in the ancient art of Egypt and Greece. Four ...