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Classical Detectives and Existentialism

the tall gangly Holmes. He was short, bald and sported a rather large mustache. He was a bit of a clothes horse and more than a bi...

The Escape or A Leap to Freedom by William Wells Brown Analyzed

days schooling in my life, I owe the public no apology for errors" (ii). Escape; or, A Leap For Freedom is a five-act play featur...

How Would American History Be Different Had John F. Kennedy Lived?

the Cold War. In other words, his stance was that he would take a hard line against Communism. He associated his name with those...

Curse or Opportunity in Terms of an Alzheimer's Test

carry the gene. Therefore, one might be of the notion that as long as the vast majority favors and accepts the associated compone...

Messages or Entertainment in Aesop's Fables

to relate both to the circumstances of the presumed authors life and to the larger historical and political setting of the time bu...

Books and Films Reflecting British Realism

an exaggerated representation of the fiction from which they are culled. The realist movement of the 1960s was centered on "the ...

City Development Shifts and the Path Technique

The student will want to discuss the influence of early Roman streets as they have impacted subsequent city development, as well a...

Multicultural Educational Tool of Drama

cultures between and among regions within any nation, including the United States. This is one of the issues that is involved in s...

Is Agent Orange Responsible for Johnston Island Poisoning?

In fourteen pages the Pacific Ocean atoll that has served as a dumping ground for Agent Orange and other chemicals considers the a...

Legislation Enacted Under Utilitarianism

to do with whether or not the act increased or decreased overall happiness or whether they have utility. Acts are evaluated based ...

Concept of Employee Empowerment

the idea that delegation makes employees feel more important and feel as if they are an integral part of a company, rather than ju...

United Kingdom's Age Discrimination and Overcoming It

of the sexes. In the United Kingdom the state pension was available at two different ages, sixty for women and sixty five for men....

Women Servants' Treatment in England During the 19th Century

the massive scope of mortality, with some contending that natural rights are those that are without social infiltration, while oth...

Pennsylvania's Cigarette Taxes

They want this because of traffic congestion in cities in addition to the problem of pollution. Raising taxes on gas promotes car ...

Great Britain's Black Community and the Empowerment of Fashion

be considered a trend similar to the popularity of black art and artists in the 1980s. The history of "Black England" spans...

The Trial Scene in A Passage to India by E.M. Forster

as those which the British themselves aspire to. Mahmoud...

American Diversity

and economic issues must be considered along with positions of ethnic and religious minorities as well as issues that go to enviro...

Media and Race in Canada

2002), is a tremendously dangerous concept when large entities, such as the media, possess and routinely abuse the "power to enfor...

Nurse's Views on Euthanasia

use this possibility as an excuse to not provide other people, people who are obviously suffering tremendously and would inevitabl...

Domestic Violence, Children, and Department of Social Services

of language during their toddler years creates overwhelming pressure when their parents train them to use expressive communication...

Putting Together a Mitigation

to injure his assistant to this extent. When we consider the findings of the sentencing advisory panel there is also an indicati...

People as The Ends and Means of Actions and the Theories of Rawls, Nozick, and Kant

through a consideration not of personal benefit but simply on the basis that the choices are the only rational ones. Kant argues ...

Social Patriarchy in William Faulkner's 'A Rose for Emily' and Kate Chopin's 'Story of an Hour'

says she is experiencing anything but sorrow and despair. During the times that this story takes place, a woman was not expected...

Comparing Kate Chopin Tales 'The Story of an Hour' and 'Desiree's Baby'

felt a sense of liberation she had never known before. She could support herself and write about the subjects she felt passionate...

Overview of Cultural Relativism

the social customs imbedded in such actions, there cannot be any clearly right or clearly wrong standards; without question, any a...

Forensic Science and Justice

In a nutshell, forensic science is the use of science and technology to solve crimes (What is Forensic Science? 2003). The...

Enlargement of EU and Impact on NATO Relationship of Common Foreign and Security Policy

policy of foreign and security policy. Many countries such as Ireland, Finland and Sweden have traditionally occupied a neutral st...

Testimonial Knowledge and Robert Audi

some strategy that starts from other beliefs that we have. Inference, for example, is such a strategy. One might infer that it is ...

Defense of the Monster in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

Monster, who is Frankensteins technological "son." While having the stature of a full-grown adult. Shelley makes it clear that the...

Comparing the Self-Portraits of Female Artists Kathe Kollwitz, Frida Kahlo, and Paula Modersohn-Becker

been wrinkled by the hands of time. Rather than being strictly a portrait of age, however, Kollwitzs 1934 self portrait is also a...