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Artist Myth and Cinema

1956 account of Vincent Van Gogh leaves that question open in his sympathetic portrayal of the artist" (TCM, 2003). When watchi...

Myths and Reality of the U.S. Reconstruction Period

in the end, a worse war swept into the South, full of empty promises for social reforms, which never materialized. For a good whil...

Australian Aboriginal Myths of Creation

character traits are highly prized in this culture. Light, represented by Mother Sun, seems to sustain and nurture everything. Eve...

The Mexican Government Analysis of Alan Riding

principal emphasis in this article is on the centralization of the Mexican government, as evidenced by the authoritarian nature of...

Greek Tragedies and the Role of Sacrifice

In nine pages this paper examines how sacrifice is used in the Greek tragic works Agamemnon, Medea, Antigone, and 'The Odyssey' an...

Sir Walter Raleigh's Guiana Text

In sixteen pages this paper evaluates this 1596 text by Sir Walter Raleigh in order to determine if it is simply a collection of m...

Arguing Against Gun Control

have also pointed out that those who are involved in a gun fatality are also involved in alcohol, drug abuse and domestic violence...

Goddess Niobe Myth

Amongst other places, the legend of Niobe appears in the Iliad by Homer ("Niobe in Myth," 2001). In the epic, Niobe is depicted a...

Albert Camus' The Myth of Sisyphus

Sisyphus himself perceives his condition....

Cinema and Romantic Love

is very orderly and rigid and Harry is quite the opposite. In fact, many other films demonstrate that even people who do not get a...

Questions on the Philosophies of Hume, Kant, and Sartre Answered

acknowledging it as the source from which the mind receives sensory information. However, Kant argued that the mind cannot know th...

A Review of The Romance of Arthur An Anthology of Medieval Texts in Translation

A 10 page essay critiquing several essays in the anthology by James J. Wilhelm. The focus is on Arthur in the Early Welsh Traditio...

Chivalry Changes in Literature

women... Defend the weak and innocent... / Fight with honor... / Avenge the wronged. / Never abandon a friend, ally, or noble caus...

Overview of Circadian Rhythms

In six pages this paper discusses the biology of circadian rhythms through definition and the various myths that surround it. Fiv...

Concepts Relating to Socrates and Plato

In five pages this paper examines concepts featured in 'Myth of the Cave' and The Apology and also considers 'The Death of Ivan Il...

Psychotherapy Outcome Studies of Donald Kiesler

In five pages this report considers the psychotherapy research of Donald Kiesler in terms of his perspectives on personality theor...

Dispelling the Myth of the American 'Land of Opportunity'

once was very much part of the dwelling where the evidence was found. Would a white man have been given the benefit of the doubt t...

The 'Traditional Family' That Never Was by Wren Walker

how men of the 1950s entered into marriage for their own gain: to have someone tend to their needs, wants and desires. It is only...

Sociology and Family Disorganization

African-American families, this paper does not apply that only African-American families suffer from family disorganization; rathe...

Religion and Racism Themes in Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad

the boy some cookies. Marlow meets one of the men from his company, on the street and joins him in his hut office, but after a sh...

Cultural Analysis of the Corn Mother Myth

First Mother (PG). Kloskurbeh, the Great Uncle, taught humans what they needed to know, and also taught their children how to sur...

Crime and Youth Myths

people, accost individuals with their language, and generally make a nuisance of themselves. We can even go a bit further and argu...

Reflections on the Philosophy of Albert Camus

Camus relates the substance of the Greek myth and how Sisyphus was condemned to endlessly roll a rock up a hill in the underworld,...

Life and Paintings of Mexican Artist Frida Kahlo

that had been the result of a bus accident in 1925 at the age of 18. Boldly Timid -- Strongly Fragile In each of her works, espec...

Issues in Black Studies

site of cultural heritage (Hoechsmnn, 2002). In other words, by reclaiming ones past,and ones history as well as cultural roots, ...

Contemporary Oedipus Imagery

if he should have a son. Therefore, Laius took steps to prevent conceiving a son by Jocasta. However, Jocasta wanted a child and c...

William Faulkner's 'A Rose for Emily' and the Roles of Tradition and Myth

taught, by her father, those attitudes that provide them the social status they were born into, a class common to the traditional ...

Past and Present Mythology According to Joseph Campbell

the work of all the worlds peoples from the beginning of time. These truths may be presented in the cultural context in which they...

Beloved by Toni Morrison, Psyche of American Slaves, Ghosts, and Myths

are somewhat consistent with superstitions followed by the slave culture of the time and a segment of the African heritage of the ...

Social Research and Education

Since the survey was conducted using material submitted by the childrens family members or caregivers, there...