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'Roman Fever' by Edith Wharton

both married before their husbands had died and left them widows. In the first section of the story, Wharton gives background prof...

'Roman Fever' by Edith Wharton and the Author's Deception Cover the Uses of Control and Formality

formality and propriety was incorrect and not only have the main characters deceived each other, but Wharton has been successful i...

The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton and Irony

most of the scandals and mysteries that had smouldered under the unruffled surface of New York society within the last fifty years...

The Character of Alida Slade in 'Roman Fever' by Edith Wharton

Delphin by the Forum for a clandestine meeting. This Delphin Slade happened to be engaged to Alida at the time. Alida says that sh...

Afghanistan National Development Strategy (ANDS)

Security; Governance Rule of Law & Human Rights; Infrastructure & Natural Resources; Education; Health; Agriculture & Rural Develo...

Exploring a Doll’s House

House shocked audiences when it first appeared with its depiction of a woman who refused to live by societys "rules." This paper d...

Wharton's "Ethan Frome" and the Concept of "Duty"

he was forced to abandon his studies in physics and engineering in order to carry out the duty of returning to his home in Starkfi...

Oates/How I Contemplated the World... & Postmodernism

unnamed narrator in this short story. First of all, Oates employs a postmodernist structure in order to convey this girls story,...

Misguided Intentent in Literary Characters

of his mother during her long illness, however, he primarily, marries her because he does not want to be alone during the long New...

Private Housing and Social Housing Development Process Characteristics in the U.S. and Singapore

to enforce special rules called CC&Rs (covenants, conditions and restrictions) and to raise money through regular and special asse...

Southern Baptist Convention's Belief Systems

Convention (SBC) has grown to 15.8 million members who worship in more than 40,000 churches in the United States. Southern Baptist...

R v DPP ex parte Kebilene Case and The Human Rights Act

In five pages this paper analyzes this case's interpretation and application of the Human Rights Act within the perspective of the...

Magistrates in the British Judiciary

This paper examines the European Convention's reforms and how they have impacted the British judiciary's magistrates in 5 pages. T...

Australia's International Arbitration Law and Commercial Arbitration Law

and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Wars (the New York Convention), the UNCITRAL Model Law and the Convention on the Settlement of...

Inclusionary Housing Policy

inclusionary housings value to the local community. New Construction and Revitalization In their introduction to Presence: ...

Shaw’s Pygmalion, Euripides’ Medea

expert, Henry Higgins, makes a wager with a friend that he can masquerade a lower-class girl, Eliza, as a member of the upper clas...

Operational Discharges, the Law, and Marine Pollution

pollution. Maritime law has recognised the need to protect the environment for many years. However, there are still many breaches...

Slavery and the Effects of the American Constitutional Convention

that after the war for independence the English goods that the nation had relied upon disappeared, making the goods that the South...

2 Essays on Social Work and the 'Worthy Poor'

(Trattner, 1999). Accordingly, leaders in the field of social work began to urge a pro-active stance toward the nations mounting p...

Houses Prices in the UK 2003 - 2008

This 7 page paper looks at the pattern in the average house price in the UK from 2003 to 2008. The paper discusses the movement in...

Housing in Boston

In essence, the state is offering to take low-income residents and build homes for them where those with greater financial resourc...

The Effect of the Housing Market Slump on Children’s Schooling

found that they couldnt keep up the payments and defaulted on the loan. In many cases, they were brought into the home buyers mark...