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Fourteen Points of President Woodrow Wilson

a reaction to a publication put out by the Bolshevik revolutionary government in Russia regarding secret treaties of the allies ("...

Uses of Humor in Charles Dickens' Little Dorrit and Mark Twain's Pudd'nhead Wilson

pasta bars thats ferr shurr. To "that stone that Dante used to sit on" watching Beatrice pass by to get a piece of chestnut cake...

E-Commerce, Physical Presence vs. On-Line Existence

This paper provides a discussion of the July/August 1999 report featured in the Harvard Business Review addressing a retailer's ph...

The Largest Submarine Sandwich Company

Subway, the leading subway sandwich restaurant, opened its first store in August 1965 under a different name. The name was changed...

Hitler and Power

to exert any political influence with a situation where womens rights appeared not only to be low but also diminishing with plans ...

Homeland Security, INS and Epidemiology

problems, but refugees are perhaps most at risk, since many of them "come from areas where disease control, diagnosis and treatmen...

Greensboro Sit-Ins

turned into many as the protest continued for almost 6 months.5 In addition, it sparked many other protests throughout the South a...

Civil Rights Movement and Civil Disobedience

being obedient. As the key Civil Rights moments mentioned above illustrate, civil disobedience is characterized by an abs...

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

This essay describes how Austen uses characterization and irony in a manner that causes contemporary readers to identify with the ...

Adult Learning Theories, An Article Summary/Chen

This article summary describes a study, Chen (2014), which pertains to nontraditional adult students and the application of adult ...

Dramatic Irony - Examples from Theater

Before the particular works are examined, however, it can be useful to attempt a brief examination of the concept of irony in lite...

Oedipus Rex by Sophocles, Paradox and Irony

In 5 pages this paper examines the uses of verbal, situational, and dramatic irony as it emphasizes the plot's paradox within the ...

Robert Frost's Irony and Humor

In 5 pages this paper discusses how Frost humorously employs irony in his poems 'The Secret Sits,' 'A Cloud Shadow,' 'Mending Wall...

Figures of Speech Favored by William Wordsworth

This five paper examines the various figures of speech used by Wordsworth to portray irony, imagery, and other themes in his poem,...

Anne Moody's 'Coming of Age in Mississippi'

This is a 5 page book review in which the author relates her own upbringing which is in sharp contrast to most members of American...

Chinua Achebe's No Longer At Ease, Moliere's Tartuffe, William Shakespeare's King Lear and Irony

daughters. This structurally ironic situation creates the entire basis for the plot of King Lear, as it quickly becomes apparent...

Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain and Dramatic Irony

In five pages Twain's use of dramatic irony in Chapter XXXI is examined in terms of Huck's decision regarding Jim's mistake and it...

A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen and Irony

In 3 pages the uses of irony in this social drama are examined. There are 4 sources cited in the bibliography....

A Rhetorical Strategy Analysis

In five pages the practice of 'wilding' and its evil influence are examined in terms of biased diction, definition, irony, and met...

Organized Crime Syndicates and Commercial Burglaries

but commercial burglaries are up (Star Tribune 02B). For many reasons, burglars find commercial establishments a better target th...

Irony in Othello by William Shakespeare and Oedipus Rex by Sophocles

In five pages this research paper examines how irony is used in these tragedies in a comparison and contrast of characters and the...

Sophocles' Oedipus Rex and Irony

Polybus, and his queen, Merope. After he is grown, Oedipus is told by a drunken man at a banquet that he really isnt the son of Po...

Battered Child Syndrome in America

is socioeconomic status. They point to evidence that there is a higher prevalence of abuse and a greater use of punishment in low...

Irony in Rite of Passage by Sharon Olds

This paper consists of twenty pages and discusses how irony is used in the poem to express meaning. There are no other sources li...

Antitrust Issues and Internet Explorer of Microsoft

In five pages this paper examines the Department of Justice's antitrust case against Microsoft and issues regarding the Internet E...

'Life of a Sensuous Man' by Saikaku

In five pages this paper examines the translation of this story by Saikaku in a consideration of 2 themes and irony as used by the...

Judaism in the Works of Franz Kafka

In five pages the ways in which Judaism ins represented in Franz Kafka's works are examined with an emphasis upon his story 'Metam...

A Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift and Shock, Satire, and Irony

In five pages this paper examines the author's masterful uses of irony, satire, and shock in his criticism of British greed and Ir...

Poetic Analysis of 'If We Must Die' by Claude McKay

exploded out of me" (McKay on "If We Must Die"). Somewhat surprisingly, McKay elected to structure his impassioned contemporary p...

Iago's Devices in Othello by William Shakespeare

also aware that Desdemona is not one of his soldiers, obliged to obey orders; she is her own person and if she chooses not to love...