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Expansionism of the U.S., Italy, and Germany During the 19th Century

there was considerable fractionation between the people. The young United States also faced the problem of enlarging her territor...

World Cup History

of top nations withdrew from the 1928 Olympics. This unexpected action caused FIFA to make a decision that would influence the ga...

English Weddings of the 16th Century

Despite their integral cultural connection to the rights of passage associated with weddings, the great wedding celebrations of si...

Naturalism and Realism in the Literature of the Nineteenth Century

is often an important feature. The individuals portrayed are not depicted as standing outside of their own historical background a...

Identity and Gender Reflections in Edith Wharton's The House of Mirth and Kate Chopin's The Awakening

it threatened who she was as a member of the white race and the upper classes. Therefore, it can be seen that Ednas desire to pa...

Bleak House by Charles Dickens and the Supernatural

In five pages this paper examines how supernatural and ghosts were perceived by society during the 19th century in an analysis of ...

United Kingdom and Multiculturalism

first notable influx of black immigrants came in the late 1940s and early 1950s, the government having decided to fill gaps in the...

Mid 19th Century Japan

boom in both economic and political strength. As the twenty-first century began, Japan had new and stifling issues to deal with: ...

Avant Garde Artistic Movement and its 'Desert'

and Cubism with a radical social philosophy (Giedion-Welcker 342). Malevich had founded the Supramatist artistic movement in 1913...

Nineteenth Century European Urbanization

so overpowering, that many cities could not keep pace with the demands and problems such as "lack of sanitation, accumulation of s...

Sixteenth Century Literature and Parody

quest as being somehow representative of the times in which he lived. Through the use of exaggeration, Cervantes is basically say...

Romantic and Gothic Themes in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

This paper discusses Shelley's novel as it fits into two separate literary styles of the nineteenth century, Gothic and Romanticis...

'The Decameron' by Giovanni Boccaccio

In three pages this essay discusses how these tales reflected the changing society of the 14th century as a result of the Black De...

Comparative Literary Analysis of William Faulkner's Modernism and Toni Morrison's Postmodernism

(without excluding the importance of the past), where everything is not spelled out neatly for the reader. The reader must interp...

Development and Literary Construction in Chopin's Novel, The Awakening

This paper addresses Kate Chopin's Nineteenth-Century novel, The Awakening. The author contends that the literary techniques util...

Mathematician Girolamo Cardano

In eight pages sixteenth century mathematician Girolamo Cardano and his Ars magna work are examined in a sentence outline with Car...

Europe and the Black Death

This paper consists of six pages and examines the Black Plague or Black Death that had a catastrophic impact upon 14th century Eur...

Philosophical Perspectives on Passion and Human Happiness

In fourteen pages this paper examines how passion and human happiness were perceived from various philosophers spanning the sixtee...

19th Century Naturalism and Realism

In twenty pages this paper examines naturalism and realism of the 19th century in a consideration of Edith Wharton's The House of ...

The Country of the Pointed Firs by Sarah O. Jewett

In five pages this paper discusses why contemporary criticism of this 19th century novel often falls short. Six sources are cited...

Cousin Bazilio by Jose Maria Eca de Queiros

In eight pages the late nineteenth century society of Portugal is the focus of this thematic consideration of Cousin Bazilio. Fou...

The City and the Mountains by Jose Maria Eca de Queiros

In eight pages this research paper discusses various interpretations regarding how the society of Portugal during the 19th century...

The City and the Mountains by Jose Maria Eca de Queiros II

In six pages this paper discusses the themes in an overview of this text that features the nineteenth century society of Portugal....

Heroism in Antigone by Sophocles

In five pages this paper argues that for readers of the 20th century Creon and Antigone appear more like victims than heroes in th...

The Persian Letters by Montesquieu

In five pages this classic 17th century novel by Montesquieu is analyzed as it relates to the Scientific Revolution and the Enligh...

The Persian Letters by Montesquieu II

In five pages this paper examines how the letters point out the differences that existed during the 17th century between France an...

Roles of Women in Mary Barton and Madame Bovary

In five pages this paper examines the domestic boundaries that dictated the roles of women during the 19th century in a considerat...

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and Feudalism

In six pages feudalism and its impact upoin decorum, loyalty, and bravery during the 14th century is examined within the context o...

Chinese Changes Affecting a Family in Wild Swans Three Daughters of China by Jung Chang

the mean-spirited jealousy of her husbands concubines and family. We now take up the story of Bao Quin, who grew up to marry a ha...

Playwright and Actor Moliere

In ten pages the life and times of this renowned 17th century French playwright and actor are recounted. Ten sources are cited in...