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Marriages: Their Eyes Were Watching God

want him to do all de wantin" (Hurston 192). Her grandmother tells her something that seems specific to all arranged marriages whe...

"Option Four" By Ramesh Ponnuru: Review

plays a role in mandating its recognition as a union, will it automatically segue into an issue of rights that have been heretofor...

The Reformation

Reformers to disseminate information so quickly (Kreis, 2007). That dissemination include the Bible translated into native languag...

Europe in the 16th Century

change and upheaval. This paper briefly discusses some of the trends taking place. Discussion Titian was part of an artistic move...

The Concept of Mercantilism

a significant shift in the way that the supporting military forces were utilized. Prior to the mercantilist period the dominant mi...

The Age of Exploration and Onwards - Social and Economic Development

new and more efficient shipping routes. The combined might of the Portuguese and Spanish holdings claimed during the Age of Explor...

Text Analysis of 'Evil in Modern Thought An Alternative History of Philosophy' by Susan Neiman

in Modern Thought points to two cataclysmic moments in history that were responsible for altering the contemporary perceptions of ...

Sixteenth Century Art Marketing

sort of introduction. While an artist could paint portraits, murals or landscapes, or sculpt busts, figures or funeral statuary, t...

China v. Western Europe Expansionism

to the brink of a new world direction. Interestingly, however, that direction would end abruptly as the leadership of China fell ...

Contemporary Lessons Taught by 16th Century St. Teresa of Avila

prayer and, ultimately, began to experience visions. During those visions she was outwardly the same but inwardly she was filed w...

Johannes Kepler and His Contribution to Astrology

advantage of an education and as such was able to afford himself a level of intellectual snobbery, but this is more that snobbery,...

Assimilation, Identity, and Jewish History

consistent throughout the centuries of the Diaspora. In order to remain Jewish, individuals could not adopt the customs of their h...

The History of States vs. Federal Rights.

government control, where the Republicans want the people to have more power. That is a generalization but gets to the heart of th...

Analysis of Country of the Pointed Firs by Sarah Orne Jewett

have fallen upon hard times. She does this with her first view of Dunnet Landing, as she describes it as a "coast town . . . more ...

16th Century Americas and Spanish Administration

own ways of dealing with their social organization (Weil, 1991). Despite the relative uniform rule of the Inca Empire these areas...

Sixteenth Century Keyboard Instruments

the strings.6 The tangents were inserted into the key levers at the lower end, and the top end was flattened for contact with the...

English Civil War and Blaming James I and Charles I

In five pages this essay considers what blame should James and Charles assume for the Civil War in England....

Fantasy Woman in Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe

In eight pages the 'fantasy' women depicted in Marlowe's 16th century play are discussed in terms of their pornographic characteri...

'Ovid's Banquet of Sence' by George Chapman

his argument to the priestess who taught him mysteries in his youth, Diotima of Mantinea. Attributing his words to Diotima, Socrat...

The Miracle of the Loaves and Fishes 16th Century Painting by Tintoretto

In 7 pages this paper discusses the Mannerist techniques featured in Tintoretto's 16th century painting The Miracle of the Loaves ...

European Scientific Revolution of the 16th and 17th Centuries

in the numbers of scientists and "practitioners" (cartographers), instrumentmakers, navigators, and so on), and the consequent cre...

Lazarillo de Tormes in New York City

yours. Stand still, shut your eyes, and wait." I did, and something began to happen. The air began to hum.. I tried to open my ey...

Contemporary Relevance of Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe

In 5 pages the contemporary relevance of this 16th century play is assessed in terms of the cloning debate and a similar theme fea...

Utopia by Thomas More, Pearl by the Gawain Poet, and the City

In 4 pages these 14th and 16th century works are examined in terms of how each depicted the city of their respective time periods....

Ivan the Terrible, Oprichnina, and the Secret Police

In ten pages this paper examines Russian Czar Ivan's brutal use of police force in Russia during the 16th century. Ten sources ar...

Doctor Faustus Play by Christopher Marlowe and Religion's Role

In sixteen pages this famous 16th century play is considered in an examination of religion's role in it. Five sources are cited i...

Ambivalent Conquests by Clendinnen

In three pages this book on the 16th century Yucatan is summarized and critiqued. There are no other sources listed....

Aphra Behn/Sexual Display

This research paper discusses the theme of sexual display in the dramatic works of Aphra Behn. The writer considers the context of...

The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli

virtue. Niccolo Machiavelli lived between 1469 and 1527 (Hutchinson Dictionary of World History, 1998). Born in Florence h...

16th Century Artist El Greco

In eight pages El Greco is examined in terms of his personal and artistic influences and how his art proved influential. There is...