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Reading the Book of Nature by Peter Kosso and Science

In five pages this paper examines if truth is generated by science in this analysis of Peter Kosso's text. Four sources are cited...

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

In eight pages this paper analyzes this classic American novel and its confrontation of post First World War truths about the Amer...

Pat Barker's Novels

This paper examines language's role and truth perceptions as depicted in the novels of Pat Barker in 10 pages. Eight sources are ...

Comparison of Hamlet by William Shakespeare and Oedipus the King by Sophocles

In eight pages the protagonists of each play are compared and contrasted in terms of desire for truth, changes, and the collision ...

Assessing the Value of Literature

This paper addresses various techniques for determining the true value of literature. The author uses Bradbury's, Fahrenheit 451 ...

Critiquing Literature's Treatment of Age and Youth

In a paper of five pages the youth and age of protagonists in Ernest Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea and A Clean, Well Lighted...

Truth in Sophocles' Oedipus Rex and David Henry Hwang's M. Butterfly

In 5 pages this paper examines how perceptions of truth are shaped through illusion in these two plays. There are 3 sources cited...

Four Noble Truths, Meditation, and Buddhism

In two pages the Four Noble Truths and how meditation fits into these beliefs are discussed in an examination of Buddhism, with th...

4 Noble Truths and the Doctrine of Dependent Origin

In two pages this paper examines the connection between the Buddhist 4 Noble Truths and the Doctrine of Dependent Origin. Two sou...

Application of Plato's Metaphysical Tradition

In ten pages this paper applies the metaphysical tradition to an analysis of Existentialism and Basic Writings by Friedrich Nietzs...

Fugitive Slave Act and the Compromise of 1850

freedom was the Mason-Dixon; now it was moved all the way to Canada. Bounty hunters took full advantage of this operation by gene...

W.H. Auden, Georges Braque, and Pablo Picasso

In five pages this report considers W.H. Auden's poetry line 'Art is a lie that tells the truth' within the contexts of painting b...

Sophocles' Observation 'Truth is the Strongest Argument'

In five pages the truth of this statement is argued with supporting evidence from various philosophers. Four sources are cited in...

Literature's Faust Legend

In six pages this research paper analyzes literature's various Faustian tales in a consideration of their timelessness. Four sour...

Literature's 'Three Unities'

A deetailed description of the 'three unities' as they are manifested within William Shakespeare's King Lear and Sophocles' Oedipu...

Auden, Braque, and Picasso

the eye through the painting. Colors are the restrained grays, whites, browns, and blacks that had dominated Analytical Cubism si...

Radical Judaism

In five pages the seventh chapter of Huston Smith's The World's Religions is examined in a consideration of Judaism, prophecy, and...

Feminist Literature's Portrayal of Prejudice and Oppression

observance of her passage past his house. Anne knows that she does not look like she fits in, and black person in a white suburb o...

The Bible - Fact or Fiction?

This 8 page paper considers whether the Bible is fact or myth, and whether or not it provides an accurate account of real people a...

Philosophy Defined

In ten pages this paper examines what philosophy represents as considered in Philosophy The Quest For Truth by Louis R. Pojman a...

Happiness and Comfort, Beauty and Truth in Brave New World by Aldoux Huxley

This paper consists of six pages and focuses upon text chapters XVI and XVII which features a debate between John the Savage and M...

Truth About Ritalin

In five pages this paper examines Ritalin in a consideration of this alleged miracle drugs and the real truth behind it. Eleven s...

Philosophy and Literature's Importance

In five pages this paper discusses how important literature is in philosophical study. Eight sources are cited in the bibliograph...

JFK, a Critical Overview

Few movies have sparked more controversy than JFK, Oliver Stone's 1991 descent into conspiracy theory. This paper offers a critica...

Godly Encounters

means "face of God" (NIV). These verses record that a "man" (exact origin is unstated) wrestled with Jacob until daybreak. Jacob ...

Analysis of Emily Dickinson's Poetry

The truths of our lives are such that we often see only a part for a time and perhaps even forever. Even those truths...

Ancient Literature and Companionship

of common suffering or accomplishment. Once the student working on this project sees these factors, it becomes obvious throughout ...

Was Socrates a Patriot or a Traitor?

tone and character with the description of Xenophon, who says in the Memorabilia that Socrates might have been acquitted if in any...

Importance and Evolution of Odysseus

episode. Examining the evolution and fundamental importance of Odysseus life brings one to consider the elements of ethics ...

Literature Considerations of Global Issues

the dream-sensation, the co-mingling of absurdity, surprise and bewilderment in a tremor of struggling revolt". Conrad urges hi...