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Cinematic Violence

The ongoing debate onf movie violence is examined from both sides in five pages with Pulp Fiction and Natural Born Killers among t...

Crime Detection in the Works of John Dickson Carr, Edmund Crispin, and Agatha Christie

In five pages this paper examines detective crime fiction and how the readers are engaged in the detection of the crime in Carr's ...

Indian Culture and the River Sutra's Healing Powers

In four pages this Indian myth is revealed as being more fiction than based in fact. There are no other sources cited....

Middle Eastern Crime Fiction from 1916 to 1980s

In six pages this paper presents a textual overview of The Middle East in Crime Fiction by Reeva Simon. Four sources are cited in...

The Republic by Plato and 'The Aeneid' by Virgil

Fact versus fiction is the focus of this analysis of theses classical texts in an essay consisting of two pages. There are no oth...

Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature for Children

In nine pages this research essay discusses the importance of horror, fable, and myth genres in terms of intellectual development ...

Detective Fictuon and 'Silence of the Lambs' vs. 'Oedipus the King'

In a research paper consisting of 6 pages, the two works of good and evil are considered within the context of detective fiction. ...

Bible and Myths

In five pages this paper examines the Bible's collection of moral fiction, folktales, fables, and myths. Four sources are cited i...

Terminator Science Fiction Film Review

In three pages this essay presents a review and analysis of the science fiction film Terminator. There is no bibliography include...

Overview of Documentary Television

to make it irrelevant whether or not the details are portrayed correctly. The distinction between narrative and fiction is that n...

Aldous Huxley's Brave New World, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, and Ethics

In eight pages ethical dilemmas such as cloning and genetic engineering are examined within the context of these two classic works...

Unidentified Flying Objects, Real or Imaginary?

UFOs are the focus of this paper consisting of seven pages in which an effort is made to separate fiction from fact. Five sources...

'Psy Fi' Genre and its Meaning

In five pages this report considers the science fiction or Psy Fi genre in an examination of texts written by Richard Matheson, Fr...

Evaluation of Greg Bear's Blood Music

The science fiction novel is analyzed. A summary is included. The conclusion of the book is carefully evaluated. This six page pa...

Paper Life of Ernest Hemingway

In seven pages the ways in which Hemingway's real life mirrored his characters and fiction are examined within the context of vari...

Edith Wharton's Life, Writings, and Men

to ask her to marry him, but he remained her closest and most enduring friend throughout his life. Strangely, however, it was not...

The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett III

In six pages the ways in which Hammett's novel rejuvenated what had become by that time a tired detective fiction genre are explor...

Mary McCarthy's Memories of a Catholic Girlhood

the reader. McCarthys life was in and of itself heartbreaking. She was an orphan by the age of six and reared by grandparents. Th...

Arab Nationalism's Misconceptions and Actual Reality

In twenty seven pages Arab nationalism is the focus of this paper which separates fact from fiction in a consideration of socioeco...

Overview of the Molly Maguires Group

In six pages this paper examines the violent post Civil War labor history of the Pennsylvania coal mines in this overview of the M...

Espionage and Game Theory

In ten pages this paper considers espionage through an application of game theory and as it has evolved from the fiction of James ...

Crime Mystery of Jack the Ripper That Has Yet to be Solved

This essay consists of nine pages and provides a sociological and crime analysis of the Jack the Ripper murder mystery in a consid...

Anastasia and the Anna Anderson Riddle

the Baroness Sophie Buxhoeveden, being invited to see the patient. The Grand Duchess pulled the bedsheet off the patient and said ...

Fact and Fantasy Regarding the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy

In eight pages this paper contrasts and compares the findings of the Warren Commission and the US House Select Committee on Assass...

The Rape of Nanking by Iris Chang

Chinese had been killed. Between 20,000 and 80,000 Chinese women were raped--and many soldiers went beyond rape to disembowel wome...

An Overview of Roots by Alex Haley

In a book report that contains five pages Haley's 'autobiographical fiction' is discussed. There are no other sources listed in t...

Arthur C. Clarke and Metaphysics

In nine pages this paper examines how metaphysics is represented in Arthur C. Clarke's science fiction novels such as Rendezvous w...

Correlation Between British Technology and Science Fiction

This research paper consists of ten pages and discusses the connection throughout history between British technology and science f...

Analysis of Old Mortality by Sir Walter Scott

In five pages this early 19th century historical fiction novel is analyzed in terms of the freedom struggles of the Covenanters ...

Dracula Gothic Fiction Genre

In eight pages this research paper examines the genre of Gothic fiction in a consideration of Dracula by Bram Stoker. There are 4...