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Considerations on France by Joseph de Maistre

his own mind is anarchy. "The churches are closed, or opened only for the noisy discussions and drunken revels of a frenzied peopl...

Media Technology Pioneer Lee de Forest

In five pages this paper celebrates the virtually unknown film and radio contributions of inventor Lee de Forest. Six sources are...

Barbara Tuchman's A Distant Mirror

Crusades, insurrection, the Schism of the Church, and massacres of Jewish people were but part of the horrors of that century. Th...

English Criminal Law's Function

or threat may cease to be a threat yet still remain a crime (James, 1984). The English Criminal Justice system is unlike ot...

Eamon de Valera and Irish Politics

run in Ireland. Perhaps it was his earliest experiences in America that led to his stubborn refusal to accept the Irish political ...

Existentialism vs Humanism

Numerous theories have been purported in an attempt to explain human personality. Existentialist and...

Pierre et Jean by Guy de Maupassant

Jean, which is evident from the picture of the family friend that his mother keeps on the mantelpiece. Unaware of the torturous th...

"Dr. Glass-Case" by De Cervantes

Cervantes "rather formulaic" descriptions of Italian cities were "perfectly in tune with the rhetorical canons of the time" (Cerva...

Films of the Italian Neorealism Movement

This research paper focuses on the films of Roberto Rossellini, specifically on "Paisan" and "Germany Year Zero" and the films of...

The Letter of Don Juan de Onate

In a paper of three pages, the writer looks at the letters of Don Juan de Onate. The historical accuracy of these letters is explo...

Style and Substance: Analyzing the Film Scarface (1983)

Brian De Palma's film Scarface is analyzed in terms of aesthetics, narrative, cultural and historical contexts in 5 pages. The bi...

Book Report Therapeutic Communities

One of the substance abuse treatment interventions that has been shown to be effective is the Therapeutic Community. Although this...

Venus de Milo's Sublime Sculpture

high point of sensuality and complexity of emotion; the expressions showed nuances of feeling. This period of sensuality saw the ...

Sixteenth Century Society Critiques of Las Casas and Erasmus

that part of human behavior; however, this text is not primarily a satire, as such, but rather a complex analysis of European soci...

Medieval Women and the Concepts of Honor and Dishonor

to consider that the concepts of honor and dishonor, as they pertained to Medieval women, were dictated by the attitudes that wome...

Century of Controlling Infections from 1850 until 1950

In five pages this paper discusses the milestones regarding the control of infections during this time period in a consideration o...

French Artist James Tissot

Although he served in the Franco-Prussian war, he was also accused of being part of the short-lived Paris Commune. Consequently t...

Statue of Juan de Onate in Alcade, New Mexico

Onate was accompanied by a garrison of troupes including, at a lesser rank, his own nephew. They arrived at the Acoma pueblo in 1...

Life in the Medieval Era

1431) and Jean Foissart ( c 1330 - c1404). Yet we will see different pictures of the same society from their point of view as we ...

Flemish and Dutch Portrait Art of the 17th Century

In five pages paintings by artists de Hooch and Rembrandt are analyzed to explore the importance of portraiture to life in Flemish...

American Farmer Letters and Characters

that this is a new country where breeding and birth rights are nit of primary concern in the formation of society, it is a land of...

Short Stories Analyzed from Pickering's Anthology

An analysis of A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings, by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, The Necklace by Guy De Maupassant, Amy Tan's Young G...

The Significance of the Arthurian Legend

In eight pages this research paper discusses the impact upon the Arthurian legend upon medieval literature and includes The Weddin...

To Be A Slave In Brazil, 1550-1888 by Katia M. De Queiros Mattoso

In five pages the slave trade and the foundation of cultural and historical racial prejudice it cemented are examined within the c...

Culture and Society According to Marie Henri Beyle, a.k.a. Stendhal

In five pages this paper discusses how Stendhal regarded the culture and society of Stendhal's time as revealed in the text De l'A...

Tour de France Winner Lance Armstrong

In five pages this paper discusses the formidable obstacles Lance Armstrong has overcome in his quest to become a multi winner of ...

Artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

In four pages the Parisian modernity period is examined in a consideration of Henri de Toulouse Lautrec's art and his influence. ...

Exploring Rodrigo's Concierto de Aranjuez

as Rodrigos "Concierto de Aranjuez", in particular its famed second movement. This piece is an excellent example of the "concerto"...

Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz, Her Tone and Style

Convent of the Discalced Carmelites; however, this order proved to be too severe for her, as she became ill and left within three ...

"Lanval" - Subversion of Gender Norms in Arthurian Legend

of masculinity. As the poem opens, Lanval, a noble knight in the service of Arthur, is overlooked during a feast at which Arthur g...