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Vengeance Themes in the 'History' of Herodotus

In six pages this paper examines Herodotus' History text in a consideration of its vengeance themes. There is only the primary so...

Lost in Translation by Eva Hoffman

of such culture has been credited with bringing societies closer together and allowing people to understand and accept other lifes...

The Federalist Papers In Modern Language by Mary E. Webster

This text is analyzed in a paper consisting of five pages which provides a contemporary and carefully documented translation of th...

Content and Structure of Kenneth H. Jackson's Translation of The Story of Deirdre

It can be argued that this connection provided significant insight to the concepts about which the writer wrote. When one conside...

J.M. Cohen's Translation of The Four Voyages of Christopher Columbus

J.M. Cohen's translation of The Four Voyages of Christopher Columbus is reviewed in five pages. There are no other sources cited....

St. Augustine's Confessions and Concepts of Eternity and Time in Book XI

that it does not exist, a word can be a sign that signifies nothing. God, on the other hand, is omnipotent. He is omnificent. T...

Samurais, 2 Books

This essay pertains to two texts that relate samurai culture, The Last Samurai by Mark Ravina and Bushido, the Way of the Samurai,...

Amelie, A Film Review

understand the main thrust of the film without subtitles, as it follows Amelie from childhood to adulthood, showing the main event...

Openings and Closings of Nights Below Station Street by David Adams Richards, The Commitments by Roddy Doyle, The Accidental Tourist by Anne Tyler, and The Robber Bride by Margaret Atwood

In 8 pages this paper examines the importance of beginning and ending passages of each of these modern novels. There are no other...

Robert Lowell/Skunk Hour

farmer/is first selectman in our village;/shes in her dotage" (lines 4-6). As these lines indicate, the poem is in free verse. B...

Shakespeare’s “Merry War”: Gender Roles in “Twelfth Night” and “Much Ado about Nothing”

most famous lovers. The "merry war" referred to in the title is that which is waged by this pair; as Leonato says, "There is a kin...

"It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia" - Analysis

show Its Always Sunny in Philadelphia an unlikely success is something of an understatement. It dares to joke about abortion, the...

Two Playwrights Look at Death

so gifted and so special that the world will fall at their feet simply because they exist (Miller). As a result, Biff and Happy (p...

Richard Branson, Percy Barnevik and David Simon; Leadership Roles

a key role, and fits in with the idea put forward by Zaleznik (1977) where leaders will have followers and Kotter (1990) argues th...

The Quest: Homer, Adams, and Tolkien

Ulysses is clearly at the mercy of the gods and goddesses to some extent. He cannot seem to simply go home, but...

‘Sports Night’: An Exciting and Memorable Experience

with my pen and autograph book, I was ready to meet these larger-than-life sports figures I had heard and read about my whole life...

Philip Caputo’s Policy Paper to Richard Nixon’s 1968 Presidential Campaign on Vietnam

The following represents what Caputos policy paper to the Nixon campaign about the conduct of the conflict might have looked like....

2 Dutch Masters, Leyden and Steen

earnings from his art were meager ("Seven Dutch Masters: Jan Steen"). In the popular imagination, Steen is associated with the i...

Two Critical Views of Shakespeare’s Comedies

from disarray to order; and marks a victory of "Us over Them" (Levin 14). He further argues that 20th century critics have tended ...

About Eugene Lee

short time, then "showed up, unannounced, at Carnegie Mellon University (then called Carnegie Tech) with just a sheaf of designs f...

A Midsummer’s Night Dream

sign of love for the two, likely having been together for a long time, demonstrate that love is by no means unchanging and without...

Comparing Film Versions of Twelfth Night

which is at the "heart of this piece, cannot stand such a strong dose of reality" (Brode 98). There is artificiality in abundanc...

The HealthSouth Scandal

value from dropping.5 He was able to get away with it because he was the person who was charged by the SEC with the responsibility...

Religion: Symbols, Systems, Thought and Practice

strong independent Church (based on the assumption of the Corpus Christianum common to all three confessions) through which he des...

Point of View: Atwood and Ford

her youth she experienced the suicide of a friend in the woods while camping. The body was never found and this woman, Lois, was n...

Teacher/Parent Relations/Elementary School

know how strong or weak their child is in specific skills. At this point, both the principal and the administrator agree that pare...

Common Reality in “A Walk in the Night”

where we read that "his thoughts concentrated upon the pustule of rage and humiliation that was continuing to ripen deep down with...

Richard Lionheart and Isaac Comnenus, A Play

that if he will allow the ladies to land, return what he has stolen and make a suitable penance to God, well pass by and le...

Life in Prison from the Inside

are not always paragons of virtue; they may use methods of unfair intimidation against certain inmates while allowing the actions ...

Robert Frost: Life and Poetry

$15 on the sale (Untermeyer). "His mother was proud, but the rest of the family were alarmed" (Untermeyer 4). Their alarm was well...