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Comparative Analysis of 'Where are You Going, Where Have You Been?' by Joyce Carol Oates and 'Young Goodman Brown' by Nathaniel Hawthorne

a young woman who feels that beauty and frivolity are the most important things in life. She does not see that life is not as simp...

Late 1940s and 1950s in America

upon closer examination, flaws barely perceptible by the naked eye could be seen which suggests that looks really are deceiving. ...

April 2001 to April 2003 FTSE 100 Performance

points on the 2nd of April. This effect is also seen in the FTSE 250 and may be seen to repeat a small increase that was also seen...

Sea Surface Temperatures, Coral Reefs, and the Impacts of El Nino of 1997 and 1998

on coral reefs for essential goods and services valued at over $375 billion per year which include industries such as tourism and ...

Interwar Years and Gold Standard Failure

then be repaid in gold or undepreciated paper. Such countries as France, the UK and the US took to the gold standard contingent r...

Women's Social Status and Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice

fortune spent for him? The next line makes it clear how the women of the community will view such an individual, however: . . "he ...

Beowulf and the Time in Which It Takes Place

In the battle, the dragon emerges as the symbol of evil and consequently exists as the monster of this encounter" (King). In this ...

1980s America

1920s, evangelists like Billy Sunday and Aimee Semple McPherson were recruiting members almost solely on the basis of their person...

British Employers from 1870 to 1914 and Their Changing Power

was a criminal offence (Laybourn, 1997). Therefore at this stage, whatever the degree of solidarity between employers, they are in...

Essay on Jesus and Time Travel

perhaps even more interesting, is that he managed to connect to everyone. His stories and parables could be understood on the mos...

Slavery in Beloved by Toni Morrison and Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Jacobs

and be taken care of. She does not look off longingly to a freedom without such realities, but she looks to the power of mothering...

Comparative July 2003 Stock Price Performance of Microsoft and Starbucks

kiosk in the lobby; a hospital or smaller office building may have space holding only a few insulated containers of coffee and sev...

American Society in Three Literary Views

what her life has been. This view of Granny life offers a contradiction to every misogynist preconception of womanhood that was ev...

U.S. Prohibition Movement from 1920 to 1933

per centum or more of alcohol by volume which are fit for use for beverage purposes" (Volstead Act of 1919, 1997, p. 1). Furtherm...

Nazism in Europe and Germany and the Response of the Jews

the Jews into the concentration and extermination camps as part of the process of Hitlers "final solution". A Brief Overview of th...

Classic Literature and Its Social Functions

all too suddenly succumbed to temptation and became the gatekeeper of Hell -- a place of consequence where one goes whose choices ...

1920s, 1930s, and Women's Issues Lack of Progress

seats, and more than half of those were filling mid-term vacancies (Harrison, 1997). In state legislatures, women didnt fare much...

19th and 20th Century Naval Power

is particularly noteworthy in the period spanning from 1862 to 1914. It was during this period that many ships underwent a transf...

Andre Schmid and the 'Between Empires' Period of Korean History from 1895 Until 1919

proclaim themselves a nation in a national liberation movement which has escalated over time. Nationalism has occurred in many co...

Great Depression Entertainment

The radio was an important entertainment form. Television, in contrast, was just beginning to make its entry into the American ho...

Seapower, Artillery and Their Importance to Warfare in 1492 and 1815

"expansionist policies required France to develop a naval force which could challenge the world -- particularly the fleets...

Evolution of Submarine Warfare Between 1776 and 1918

in the U.S. Revolution, 2004). It was egg shaped and was propelled by two hand-cranked propellers. One propeller was for...

Canada's Interwar Unemployment from 1919 Until 1939

other supplies needed for overseas soldiers. The agricultural economy also changed as well as the manufacturing base, farmers we...

Italian Baroque Ceiling Paintings of the 18th Century

which was a term used by philosophers during the Middle Ages to describe an obstacle in schematic logic" (Wallbank, 1992). As such...

17th and 18th Century America and White Slaves

German child sold as a mulatto" (Talty, 2000). There was even a case...

Cultures, Communications, and Comparisons Between Do the Right Thing and Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

to give them their blessing before the evening is over. What is interesting to see is that Joanna has turned out just as the Dr...

Company Expansion and the Importance of Timing

to express concern over rising energy costs. To date, however, there is no evidence that significant pressures on either wages or...

The Reconstruction Period of American History from 1865 until 1877

the emancipation of slaves (Burkart, n.d.). * Radical Republicans had another idea, those 11 states should be reverted to territor...

Free States and Slave Development Between the American Revolution and the Civil War

North was not quite as conducive to farming. Although it is true that perhaps the South might have become more prone to industrial...

Real Estate and Inflation

market faced many challenges. As Waggoner (2000) notes, real estate funds remain an investor stronghold during times of high infl...