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Europe's Witch Hunts

often in gender (Davis, 1999). It is widely recognised today the majority of those tried for witchcraft were innocent of all charg...

Feminism in Roald Dahl's, The Witches

takes care of her grandson and loves him. That is her life and she is not sexual, pretty, or threatening in any way. She is the id...

Predictions of the Trio of Witches in Macbeth by William Shakespeare

almost always determined to meddle in the business of the divine or the immortal. As a result, there is never a truly positive out...

Culpability and Motive in Macbeth by William Shakespeare

of Lady Macbeth. Some have termed her cold and calculating, others have said that she was mad, and terribly ambitious. It would ap...

William Shakespeare's Macbeth and Dramatic Effects

While she has gone to do this, Macbeth, again imagines that he hears knocking and sees an image of a hand plucking out his eyes. ...

The Blair Witch Project Film, the Newtonian Revolution, and Phaedo by Plato

In six pages this report examines individual understanding of the world as considered in Plato's Phaedo, in the scientific inquiry...

Middle Ages Witchcraft Perceptions and Hysteria

In fifteen pages Middle Ages' perceptions regarding witchcraft and the persecution of accused witches are examined. Twenty source...

Witches and Their Function in William Shakespeare's Macbeth

In six pages this paper examines the plot function served by the witches in this analysis of William Shakespeare's dark play. Thr...

J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and Verisimilitude

worms...nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole...it was a hobbit-hole, and that means comfort" (15). The reader soon learns the layout of...

Strategic Cinematic Marketing

In eight pages this paper examines innovative marketing strategies for films with The Blair Witch Project as a recent example of a...

Fantasy to Postmodern Evolution of Children's Literature

In eight pages the evolution from fantasy to postmodern in the children's literature genre is considered in an examination of The ...

Fantasy Literature for Children and Spiritual and Christian Symbolism

In seven pages George MacDonald's The Princess and the Goblin and C.S. Lewis's The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe are compared ...

Witches and Their Control in William Shakespeare's Macbeth

This paper consists of five pages and presents the thesis that the witches control Macbeth and that they are responsible for the b...

Supernatural in Macbeth and Hamlet by William Shakespeare

theme that Shakespeare used appeared in many different forms. Perhaps the most distinguished of the supernatural forms is the gho...

An Analysis of Klait's, Servants of Satan

as the givers of life, held a respected place in society. In order for Christianity to spread, with its firm emphasis on patriarch...

Middle Ages to the 18th Century Power of Religion in England

this trait remains, the only factor that changes is the person or group of people who are attempting the control of the populace....

Movie Marketing Aspects

In seven pages movie marketing approaches are examined in a comparative consideration of the methods used to market films Being Jo...

Psychological Impact of the Witches in Macbeth by William Shakespeare

In eight pages this paper examines the witches from a psychological perspective in an analysis of their role in this Shakespearean...

Inquisition Terror Evolution from Heretic to Witch

In four pages this research paper considers the Spanish Inquisition and the evolution of the heretic into the image of a witch. T...

Horror Films and How They Have Evolved

Project" serves as an excellent example of a film-maker taking full advantage of the inherent fear of all modern humans regarding ...

Psychological Victimization of William Shakespeare's Protagonist in Macbeth

In five pages this paper examines how the witches and Lady Macbeth psychologically victimize Macbeth in this analysis of Shakespea...

Witch Hunts and Their Decline

In four pages this research paper examines reasons why the European witch hunts were finally in decline around the late 17th and e...

Analysis of Puritan Period Witch Hunts

gain greater understanding of the motivation behind these witch hunts, one must first consider the Puritan society of the late 160...

The Kingdom of Narnia by C.S. Lewis

In five pages C.S. Lewis is considered in terms of his life, his writings and his religious beliefs which influenced his work prof...

Witches Meeting in 'Young Goodman Brown' by Nathaniel Hawthorne

800 already in operation (Srikanthan 24). The U.S. is in the process of establishing surveillance cameras in cities acros...

Reformation Christian Witch Hunts and Women

already disintegrating old faith. Growing social unrest during that particular era had found expression in witchcraft as well as i...

European Witch Hunt of the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries and Its Reasons

orthodoxy on the fact of "witchcraft" (duBarry at ~greywing/ Malleus.htm). In the second half of the fifteenth century there...

Witches, Midwives, and Nurses A History of Women Healers by Ehrenreich and English

that womens contributions -- no matter how physically or mentally trying -- did not carry anywhere near the same weight as those b...

The Lion Aslan in C.S. Lewis's The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe

more wondrous and amazing. The Beaver tells them that Aslan is the king of Narnia and that he sets everything right. "Aslan is awe...

Witches, Faith and the Devil an Analysis of Young Goodman Brown

point of Hawthornes story, however, is the hypocrisy that riddles society-any society. Its no secret that the author was very fond...