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View of Women, Two 1950s Romantic Comedies

This paper presents an overview of "Pillow Talk" and "Desk Set," which are two fifties' era romantic comedies. The writer relates ...

A Critique of Marriage, Gilman's "Yellow Wallpaper"

This essay presents the argument that "The Yellow Walllpaper," a short story by Charlotte Perkins Gilman should be interpreted as ...

Social Media and Profit from Personal Information

Digitized information has generated a new economic era, the era of a personal information economy. Privacy has been sabotaged by ...

Shaw’s Pygmalion, Euripides’ Medea

expert, Henry Higgins, makes a wager with a friend that he can masquerade a lower-class girl, Eliza, as a member of the upper clas...

D.H. Lawrence/The Piano

"sex-obsessed," but Frieda argues that Lawrence was "simply pro-human" and that because D.H. Lawrence wrote what he did, "...the y...

The 1950s

with the wall in the 1990s. Communism, the panacea of the cold war, was something that never materialized as Marx intended. Instea...

Colonial Missions in Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone, at the current site of the city of Freetown. The newly-freed slaves did not fare well in Freetown; they suffered fr...

An Evaluation and Historiography of the Vietnam Era's Antiwar Movement

but the battle was not a true victory by any means. Of course, one can still construe it as a turning point. Up until then, ther...

Social Problems, Social Conflict and “Humanistic Theories

This paper examines social problems' causes and effects from a theoretical perspective in five pages....

Author's Intentions and Objectives in Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Jacobs

as the defining characteristic of an unmarried woman. In other words, according to the cultural definition of femininity a "good" ...

Comparison Between Social Identity Theory and Social Constructionism

early branch of sociology, which was initiated by Marx and Mannheim, and also called the sociology of knowledge (Abercrombie, Hill...

Reconstruction Era's Early and Late Stages

of things that are rarely mentioned in classroom history books. Most history books portray the Union troops as kind, benevolent so...

Victorian Era's Love Poetry

despair associated with poverty, class distinctions, and opportunities for individuals to ever rise above their "place." The Dif...

Hellenistic and Classical Eras' Achievements in Science, Art, and Literature

say that a great deal of struggle was not taking place during part of the Classical era, but it was a time of ideas and trading an...

Jacksonian Era's William Wirt

This paper examines the American historical significance of William Wirt in fifteen pages. Fourteen sources are cited in the bibl...

Theories of Social Class and Social Stratification

theoretical frameworks for understanding the process associated with social class have been crafted by philosophers and social the...

Social Class Theories and Social Stratification

In five pages this report discusses social classes and social stratification in a consideration of attitudes regarding them and ...

Tristan and Isolde and 'Beowulf'

449 (Donaldson 31). The one datable fact mentioned in the poem is a raid on the Franks made by Hygelac, the king of the Geats in 5...

Repackaging Henry IV for Life in the 1960's

In this eight page paper the writer attempts the intriguing task of creating the The Prodigal Hal, Henry IV in the 1960s. There a...

Colonial Era and How Mental Illness and Retardation Was Treated

Iin six pages this paper examines the colonial era's unfair treatment of individuals suffering from mental illness. Four sources ...

Fashion of the Fifties

provocative clothing was acceptable. For perhaps the first time ever, people dressed to reflect what they were feeling. In doing ...

Perfume Ads and the Function of the Supermodel

This research paper examins the role of the supermodel within the context of the perfume industry. The writer considers the histor...

Leisure Activities in Britain 1700 - 1850

festivals (2005). Early ritualized activities of leisure would continue after many people began to reside in the Victorian tow...

Progressive Era to Present Day Social Welfare Policies

value outside the home during this era working as social workers (Wikipedia, 2006). There was an emphasis on social justice, equal...

A Comparison between a Classical and a Romantic Symphony

the "almost terrifying" manner in which Beethoven pursues the underlying motif (Machlis, 1970, p. 225). The second movement, And...

Content and Process Based Motivation Theories

relationship (Armstrong, 2009, p320). Process theories place an emphasis on the differences that are found in employees, and inste...

Puritan And Victorian America and Gender

Puritan America is examined as well as the Victorian era. Gender is discussed in this context and the eras are compared and cont...

Interpersonal Theory and Psychoanalytic Social Theory

is satisfied, the need no longer exists until the next time. An interpersonal need such as the need for tenderness and nurturance ...

Nineteenth Century Patriarchy and Kate Chopin

This essay is on nineteenth century writer Kate Chopin's short story "The Story of an Hour." The position presented is that this n...

"A Jury of Her Peers" by Susan Glaspell

This essay pertains to Susan Glaspell's " A Jury of Her Peers." The writer argues that Glaspell provides a scathing social critiqu...