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Heroism in Joseph Conrad's 'Heart of Darkness' and 'Beowulf'

The concept of heroism is compared in this paper consisting of 5 pages and there is a consensus that it is a concept that is beyon...

La Belle Epoch and Decadence in Against Nature by J.K. Huysmans

In six pages this paper examines the novel in a discussion of its portrayal of decadence and its impact upon La Belle Epoch....

Themes of Bood and Evil in The Bible, Crito, and The Oresteia

This paper addresses the nature of morality as portrayed in these three works. The author compares and contrasts how good, evil, ...

Manhood, Nature, and Death in The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway

In nine pages this novel is analyzed in terms of its symbolism and portrayal of themes including the nature of manhood, life, and ...

Compare and Contrast: Hemingway and Kesey

This 5 page paper compares and contrasts The Old Man and the Sea by Hemingway and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Kesey. The wr...

The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

In five pages this paper discusses the various themes of man and family, man and nature, and endurance as they relate to The Grape...

Characters and the Impact of Nature in the Works of John Steinbeck

In five pages this paper discusses The Pearl and The Red Pony by John Steinbeck in terms of the nature theme in each and how it ef...

Nature and Naturalism in The Open Boat by Stephen Crane

In eight pages this paper discusses how nature and naturalism is depicted through powerful imagery in this famous short story by S...

Nature in Deliverance by James Dickey

In six pages this essay examines how both the novel and the film depict nature as a way of showcasing the author's evil concept. ...

Chapter Analysis of The Return of the Native by Thomas Hardy

Thomas Hardy's classic and best known novel, The Return of the Native, is examined in this 5 page paper. The writer analyzes each ...

Feminism and Social Elements in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

This paper examines Shelley's novel from a feminist perspective. The author argues that the novel served as a platform for Shelle...

Comparing Stevenson's Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde With Shelley's Frankenstein

This paper compares these two literary works and discusses the common theme of man's dual nature. This eight page paper has two s...

God and Nature According to Baruch Spinoza

In seven pages this paper examines the perspectives of this seventeenth century philosopher in terms of man's natural existence an...

Man's Soul and God Contemplated in Philosophy Essays

In three pages philosophers Hume, Descartes, and Aristotle are applied to the concepts of man's nature, the existence of God, and ...

Nature of the Soul and the Theories in Phaedo by Plato

must pay for such without question. In Crito, we see Socrates pretending that the laws are coming to talk to him. They say to him...

Love's Infinity in D'Aragona's Dialogue and Plato's Symposium

In five pages this paper compares the views expressed by these authors regarding women's role and the infinite nature of love. Fi...

Nature of the Soul According to Plato and Sigmund Freud

In five pages this paper discusses the soul and its significance as conceptualized in the arguments of Plato and Sigmund Freud. F...

Nature of Revolution in Gillo Pontecorvo's The Battle of Algiers

In three pages this paper examines the events that ignite into revolution as captured by filmmaker Gillo Pontecorvo's interpretati...

Alfred Hitchcock's Film The Birds

In five pages this paper examines how man's abuse of nature has dire consequences in Alfred Hitchcock's 1963 film The Birds. Four...

Comparative Analysis of Taoist and Navajo Philosophies A Comparison Of Navajo And Taoist Philosophies

In six pages two different yet surprisingly similar philosophies are compared and contrasted with particular emphasis on the cultu...

James I and Martin Luther on Authority's Source and Nature

In six pages this paper contrasts and compares the views of power articulated in the speech 'True Law of Free Monarchies' by James...

Naturalistic Realism as Defended by Aristotle

In four pages Book I of Aristotle's Politics is used as the philosopher's 'natural' realism defense especially pertaining to the n...

Nature as Analyzed by the Philosophy of Aristotle

In a research paper that consists of six pages Aristotle's nature philosophy as described in Physics and Metaphysics is considered...

Escaping into Nature Through Literature

In six pages this paper discusses how escaping into nature is thematically developed in Henry Roth's Call It Sleep, William Faulkn...

Two Literary Portrayals of Racism and Oppression

This paper offers a discussion that answers the question of whether or not a caste system that is racist in nature can be perpetur...

On Being and Consciousness by Jean Paul Sartre

In ten pages this essay critiques Sartre's reasoning as it pertains to consciousness and the nature of being. There is no bibliog...

Man's Nature According to Thomas Hobbes

In four pages this paper examines how Hobbes viewed man's nature in a contrast with St. Augustine's philosophy. Three sources are...

State of Nature and The Leviathan of Thomas Hobbes

In four pages this paper examines the state of nature as determined by Thomas Hobbes with an analysis of the three assumptions dev...

The Radicalization of the American Revolution by Gordon S. Wood

In eight pages Wood's text is evaluated in terms of primary issues involving the radical nature of the Revolutionary War in terms ...

Social Services for Children in Germany and the U.K.

10 pages and 10 sources. This paper provides an overview of services that are being provided for children in Germany, England and...