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Golden Mean, Irrational Numbers & Fibonacci Series

a infinite number of decimal places (Sabine). The Fibonacci series is useful in calculating Phi because Phi is "equal to the ratio...

Scorsese's "Who's That Knocking At My Door" And "Mean Streets" - Brief Analysis

business transactions occur within the city limits, not to mention the fact that some of the wealthiest people choose to hang thei...

Using Examples to Illustrate Meaning

that type of personality: they love the feeling of danger and speed that comes with riding a bike. They also tend to be individual...

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....

'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...

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...

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 ...

Four Insights into the Meaning of Life

responsibility. He feels stifled by his Louisiana environment and longs to leave. He knows that this involvement will strengthen h...

Life's Meaning in Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad

the ears of company officials. Marlow accepts this mission, travels upriver, and confronts the horror that Kurtz has become. In ot...

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...

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...

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...

What It Means to Be a Teacher

educational policy, such as high stakes testing, which places more emphasis on meeting a preset criterion than on a teachers profe...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

The Golden Mean of Aristotle

In five pages the way in which Aristotle perceived the golden mean as described in Politics is discussed and also compared with Th...

Art's Golden Mean and the Development of the Fibonacci Sequence

In six pages this paper examines The Annunciation of Leonardo da Vinci in a consideration of the Fibonacci mathematical sequence, ...

What It Means to Be Martha Stewart

In five pages this paper examines Martha Stewart and examines the business of being this multimedia business tycoon. Two sources ...

Summaries of War and What It Means

on one side, and Britain, Prussia, and Hanover on the other. On the American continent, the English were once more disputing the ...

Literary and Historical Meaning of Boris Godunov by Alexander Pushkin

In five pages this report discusses the historical tragedy that was inspired by the ill fated czar of the late sixteenth and early...

Symbolism and Meaning in 'Song of Myself' by Walt Whitman

Part forty seven is the focus of this poetic explication consisting of six pages in which symbolism uses by the poet are the prima...

Silence and its Communication Meaning

or a look, but silence is not synonymous with compliance or satisfaction. Silence does not mean everything is okay. It often means...

An Analysis of That's Not What I Meant by Author Deborah Tannen

misunderstood intentions can also influence communications styles. Add an indirect style of communication, more a tool used by wo...

What It Means to be Labeled as an Asian American

protect the Japanese people and that it was not racially motivated at all," Paik said. Another student related the tale of being...

Sleep and Its Meaning in Macbeth by William Shakespeare

authors literary interpretation, Macbeth reflects a significance quite distinguishable in its ability to address human conflict wi...

Intelligence and What It Means

In twelve pages this paper considers various meanings associated with intelligence in an examination of the Triarchic Theory of Hu...