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Royall Tyler/The Contrast

fianc? was away, Maria restricted her social contacts, read a great many books and focused on letters from Dimple. Letitia explain...

Egyptian Architecture and Art and Their Modern Art Influence

the attention of the fashion-setting upper class. Free-standing obelisks were constructed around England, the first, which is stil...

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...

Music History, Classical Era to the 20th Century

as an example of perfection ("Romantic"). The sociopolitical upheavals of the late eighteenth century created "new social order an...

The Power of Persuasion: No Magic Bullet for the Continuing Problems in Darfur

that this earlier time in history bears little comparison to contemporary times in regard to what it takes to inspire individuals ...

Observations in History, Nationalism, and Military Strategy and Technology

measuring stick against which all the answers to all the questions could be compared to see if they measured up. Not only was sci...

Art Analysis

superb, as its various elements naturally move the viewers gaze into the landscape and onward as the artist takes the viewer on a...

Women's Voices on Africa, Patricia Romero

This book review is on Women's Voice on Africa: A Century of Travel Writing, which is edited by Patricia Romero. This text offers ...

18th Century Paris Fire and Police Services

has a smoke detector and fire extinguisher, as well as firearms to ward off criminals, things were much simpler in those days. Of ...

Chinese Opera The Peony Pavilion

encounter between the young heroine and the dream-image of a young scholar. In similar scenes throughout the production, the lack...

Oration of Pico

therefore created as basically protean, formless, and capable of making what he wishes of himself. The other creations are fixed w...

Depictions of Aboriginal People in Australia 1729 - 2006

Overell, 1993). A more civilised image was put forward by Hawkesworth in 1773 when editing the account of Captain Cooks voyage. ...

Racism and its Relation to Misperceptions

There are, unfortunately, many reasons for societal discord. Often as not these reasons revolve around the misunderstandings and ...

Excalibur, A Cinematic Representation of Arthurian Legend

his sword and kneels commanding that his enemy should knight him. Overcome with Arthurs bravery, as the noble could just as easily...

Mysticism in Island by Aldous Huxley

anywhere else. We are all, if we already knew it, already there" (Huxley 35) displays a sharp Taoist influence. Looking at Huxle...

The Awakening by Kate Chopin, A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams, and the Theme of Love

with the arrival of Stellas sister, Blanche, a delusional middle-aged woman that despite pious airs is the female equivalent of St...

Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century History, Europe, and the Norton Simon Museum

In many ways we see, in the painting in the Norton Simon Museum, how there are timeless subjects in the world of painting. For exa...

Terrorism and the Laundering of Money

to another, from one currency to another. Money can be difficult to trace when it remains in a single currency and within a singl...

Early 20th Century Unions

large the models are at opposite ends of the spectrum. The IWW was dead set against capitalism and all it stood for (2001). The ...

Rise and Collapse of Socialism and the Theories of Mark Pittaway

realize that when the reunification took place, East and West Germany were not on an even footing. There had been something occurr...

African American Imagery in the Nineteenth Century

or by those whose paintings are still recalled and researched. It indicates that although some struggles to free African Americans...

Vassalage and Magna Carta and The Song Of Roland

power over the peasants in order to maintain the established hierarchy. By instituting yet a second person to enforce the code of...

The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano and Identity

or excited by his account because overall he states that "I believe there are few events in my life, which have not happened to ma...

Cooley's Looking Glass Self Theory

-perception. Cooleys Theory: Overview, Critiques and Assessment [The first part of the "body" of the paper should explain who Cool...

Popularity of the Play Trifles in the Next Century

is three men discussing a crime, at the crime scene, and while they discuss and figure out where evidence may be, the women who we...

Architecture and Modernism

with evident truths (39). It was clearly a break away from convention. No longer did rules dominate but rather, the eye of the art...

Louis Liebovich's The Press and the Modern Presidency

and the Executive Branch for the worse. To support his arguments, Liebovich offers a discussion of the relationship between these...

'Yvain, the Knight of the Lion' by Chretien de Troyes and Reciprocal Relationships

the time when the Christian movement was beginning to gain headway in England. Most of the rural areas were still pagan believing ...

Peasant Fires by Richard Wunderli

this conflict between the peasants and the landed gentry, as well as the church. Historically, what is significant about this b...

Fayum Portraits

as to whether or not they actually resembled the deceased to any greater degree. Analyses of the paintings shows that they are oft...