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Existence and the Philosophies of Simon de Beauvoir, W.E.B. Du Bois, John Rawls, and William James

were distinguished in the nineteenth century with the "natural" sciences. To a great degree, James was attempting to create and/...

New World Journey of Cabeza de Vaca

to make it clear that this communication was primarily by sign language. He writes that "when we asked they would answer by signs,...

Europe During the Renaissance and Perceptions of Fortune

a dramatic shift in perception in regards to fortune, and what was once believed to be a pre-ordained right was now considered to ...

The Architectural Features of Notre Dame and St. Etienne

generally viewed as a precursor of the Gothic style of church architecture, which began in 1140 with the re-building of St. Denis ...

Simone de Beauvoir, Emma Goldman, Foucault's Power Structure, and the Film The Matrix

who is a software programmer by day and a hacker known as Neo by night. Becoming increasingly disillusioned with his life, Neo se...

'Yvain' by Chretien de Troyes and Relationship Reciprocity

to Yvain goes even further than the loan of the invisibility ring. Lunette considers an alliance between her lady and Yvain to be ...

Artistic Portrayal of Women

altar, they represent Jesus human and divine natures. Believers are also called to be the light of the world. In the Smoking Flame...

A Case Study of De Beers

In five pages the 'Supplier of Choice' campaign by De Beers is examined in terms of competitior reaction and company strategies th...

Kate Chopin's and Guy de Maupassant's Writing Style

incredibly natural and part of the environment so to speak. Or, as Zimmerman states, "If observation from nature imprints upon his...

Reaction to the Works of Claude Debussy and Claude Monet

observing the ships that crowd the harbor. Their serenity provides an interesting contrast to the business of the ships, and the c...

A Diamond Industry Study

considered the jewels of the extremely wealthy - diamonds and mink go together, it seems, much like coffee and milk. In short, whe...

Don Quixote Character Analysis

servant and friend, Sancho Panza, he experiences successes and times of humiliation until he is finally forced by defeat to return...

Charles Manson's Personality Profile

It has also been pointed out those with active or high fantasy prone imaginations are more apt to be able to become serial killers...

Saint Augustine of Hippo and Plato's Influence

Wisdom, and the Word of God. Therefore, intellectual knowledge is not the result of the gathering of data by the intellect, but a ...

Anthropology and Alvar Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca's Naufragios

as treasurer. With two other Spaniards and an Arab Moor, he was the only survivor who remained on the mainland," thus setting the ...

François de La Rochefoucauld and Blaise Pascal

pessimistic about human beings and their propensity toward self-love. He thinks of virtually all human relationships as being driv...

Literary Critique of Guy de Maupassant's 'The Necklace'

the money she had borrowed to buy her friend a necklace that she lost.....All of her work was really for nothing" (Cortez ss1.html...

Goods, Free Movement, and European Union Law

however, it is also very definite in the way that it is only to be used where there is a genuine case, and not as a form of trade ...

Literature and Class Division

tells her friend the story until years later when they ran into each other by chance. What Mathilde Loisel did was difficult an...

Venezuela Independence and the Ideals of Francisco de Miranda

Both the similarities and the differences in conditions in the new United States and in Venezuela fascinated Miranda. He notes in...

Mexican Cement Company CEMEX

the latter 1980s and the 1990s, mainly through acquisitions (Podolny and Roberts, 1999). What also helped was liberalization of fo...

Traditional Travel Agencies versus Internet Travel Agencies

a wider audience of potential clientele. Currently, Expedia services myriad hotels worldwide, including Radisson Hotels Worldwide...

Magical Applications of the Legend of King Arthur

King Arthur was the only one who could have united all of England because he was the embodiment of the old and new ways. As such, ...

Overview of De Havilland Aircraft Company

crew training, and flying the plane long distances, the Comet was awarded its certifications for flying passengers (Aerospaceweb.o...

How Contemporaries Depicted Hernan Cortes and Christopher Columbus

The first impression that we get is that Cortes is a determined and logical man. He attempts this journey, and has to overcome...

Garcilaso de la Vega's Poetry and Love

as the vital key, where one sings to their beloved in life and after death, supporting themselves within a delicate and austere sc...

Jean de la Fontaine's Fables

outward recognition. Why do Fontaines epic fable poems work? Primarily, one could state that they work because they embody unive...

Edmund Burke, Joseph de Maistre, and John Stuart Mill

facilitate a persons physical or moral good. In other words, laws should be formulated only in so far as one persons actions inter...

Identifying William Shakespeare

never formally addressing any attacks on his work, commenting on his popularity or penning any eulogy to any of the members of the...

Metaphors and Themes in Works of Louis De Bernieres and Primo Levi

make an appearance in the book until nearly mid-way through. However, it is quickly understood, once he appears, that he and his m...