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Chilean Torture and Death and the Maiden by Ariel Dorfman and The Postman by Antonio Skarmeta

it comes to writing about the issues of Chilean torture for which they are so well known. Both Skarmetas The Postman and Dorfmans...

An Overview of the Life of Augustus Caesar

(Wigader, 1993). Augustus remained intent on his goal, total control of Rome. The two-thousand year-old words of Tacitus recount...

A Review of Timebends, the Autobiography of Playright Arthur Miller

In this six papge paper the writer explores Miller's autobiography and emphasizes his contributions to American theater. His cont...

Ivan Ilych versus 'Slave Girl' Linda Brent

In one page this paper compares the characters Ivan Ilych from Leo Tolstoy's short story 'The Death of Ivan Ilych' and Linda Brent...

Women's Roles in 6 Great Works of Literature

In ten pages this paper examines how women's societal roles are represented in Plato's The Apology, Dante's 'The Inferno,' William...

Changing Chinese Women in Death of Woman Wang by Jonathan D. Spence

In five pages this paper contrasts seventeenth century Chinese women with their female counterparts and the changes that have take...

Four Questions on God, Man, Life and Death and Religious Philosophy

In six pages this research paper examines the philosophies of the world's most influential religions and how each answers these 4 ...

Joseph Heller's Catch 22

In five pages the ways in which death is portrayed in Heller's novel are examined in hopes of determining the identity of 'the ene...

Christians and Cancer

In a paper consisting of five pages the Christian faith is considered with regards to cancer and the prospect of a prolonged death...

Addressing the Dead in William Shakespeare's Hamlet

This paper consists of five pages and analyzes usage of the term dead and the concept of death within the context of Shakespeare's...

Critical Review of How We Die Reflections On Life's Final Chapter by Sherwin B. Nuland

to follow through with the patients final wishes. In acknowledging that these situations exist, the author also shows how people ...

Death in Katherine Paterson's Bridge to Terebithia and E.B. White's Charlotte's Web

swinging on a rope across a creek. The creek has become swollen with rain, however, which makes the crossing more treacherous; non...

3 Web Sites and the 'Myths' About Gun Control Dispelled

number of guns used in crimes have been stolen from either registered owners or gun store robberies, which goes to show that if a ...

Social Context of Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller

In ten pages this paper examines Miller's scathing attacks upon social capitalism contained within his contemporary drama Death of...

Death of Hamlet and its Cause

In five pages this paper discusses the contributing factors that led to the death of Hamlet in a consideration of external forces,...

'The Uncanny' According to Sigmund Freud

In five pages 'the uncanny' is considered from the conceptual perspective of Sigmund Freud as it relates to doubling, death, and t...

Rosencrantz and Guilderstern are Dead and the Concepts of Life and Death

In five pages this life and death issues this play deals with are considered. Six sources are cited in the bibliography....

Purnel's Model of Cultural Competence and Eskimo Death Rituals

Orr (2000), peoples closely related to Alaskan Eskimos occupy the vast expanse of the Canadian Arctic and Greenland, and to the we...

Alfred Lord Tennyson and His Poems on Death

In five pages Tennyson's views of death are considered with an examination of his poems 'Charge of the Light Brigade' and 'Ulysses...

Literary Women in Ancient Rome and in the 20th Century

In seven pages this paper examines how society treated women in these respective time periods in a comparative analysis of 'The Ae...

Religion and the Afterlife

In five pages this paper discusses life after death in a consideration of the religions Buddhism, Judaism, and Christianity. Thre...

Heroism and its Characteristics

In 5 pages this paper examines how the characteristics of heroism are defined in such literary works as A Simple Heart by Gustave ...

Charismatic Leadership and the Mobilization of Popular Political Consent

In nine pages this paper discusses Max Weber's Economy and Society, Ann Ruth Wilner's The Spellbinders, Charismatic Political Lead...

Death in Walt Whitman's 'Darest Thou Now O Soul,' Emily Dickinson's 'Because I Could Not Stop for Death,' and Christina Rossetti's 'Up Hill'

Glossary of Literary Terms) by exposing opposite truths, as it relates to her perception of death. Retaining ones dignity i...

Literary Analysis of 'To His Coy Mistress' by Andrew Marvell

art is directed at a woman with whom he so desires to have a romantic affair. In his attempts to persuade her to consent, he pain...

British Mourning Rites and Customs

In 6 pages this British cultural consideration examines the funeral rites and mourning rituals associated with the process of deat...

European Society and Black Death

In six pages black death or bubonic plague is considered in terms of epidemiology and the societal effects Europe suffered as a re...

A Comparison of the Song of Roland and Beowulf

The writer compares and analyzes the Song of Roland and Beowulf, two epic poems. The main focus of the paper is the death of the r...

Biography of Josef Stalin

In twenty four pages this essay considers the life of Josef Stalin, comparing his leadership of the Soviet Union with other leader...

Civilization's Costs According to Sigmund Freud

In five pages Freud's views regarding civilization's costs as described in Civilization and Its Discontents are examined with topi...