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The History of Government in Italy

of the House of Savoy became King of Italy in 1861 and Rome was incorporated in 1870 (U.S. Department of State, 2006)....

St. John The Baptist

in their fathers footsteps. Like Jesus, John began preaching at the age of 30 (Catholic Online, 2007). His location was the banks...

Hispanic Cultures in the United States

different and tied to their country of origin. II. Mexican Americans Mexican Americans, as well as Puerto Rican and Cuban Amer...

Gunther/Death Be Not Proud

A 3 page book review of John Gunther's memoir of his son's illness and death. The title of this book is drawn from John Donne's Me...

Rise of Civilization Questions

"unique Temple City" was the religious center of the "first great prehistoric civilization" (Eichman). Taramsa Hill : This site ...

Plato/Apology of Socrates

Clouds by Aristophanes. Reasonably, Socrates points out that the character in the play speaks nonsense and should not be confused...

The Arguments For Torture; Are They Right?

in order to extract the location. While it may be distasteful and unconstitutional, it can also be argued as necessary. The tortur...

Cultural Practices Reflecting the Unity Between the Spritual and Material World Among the Indigenenous Cultures of Africa and the Americas

however, a rich oral tradition. Many who study this oral tradition, unfortunately, tend to lump all of these cultures stories und...

Evangelium vitae/Nos. 78-105

to freedom and responsibility" (EV 83). In this regard, he stresses the pivotal position of the Sacraments, as a means by which hu...

Ancient History to the 21st Century

time period, from around 3100-2686 BC the Egyptians had their "Early Egyptian dynastic period, with a succession of kings that str...

St. Francis of Assisi

he should live a contemplative life of prayer or an active life of spreading the gospel to the world (Hammond 14). This led Franci...

Comparative Analysis of Prometheus Bound and Medea

the gods may not necessarily determine all aspects of humanity, that which has been labeled as free will may not be free after all...

Baudelaire In Savannah

and captivating. History indicates that this has always been true. General William Tecumseh Sherman was so taken with the city o...

Heroism in the Epic of Gilgamesh

boasts of his strength and courage, believing those alone are the lone criteria by which a hero is judged. The gods intervene to ...

Hans Christian Andersen/The Nightingale

begins by describing the elaborate, beautiful and impractical nature of the Chinese Emperors palace, which is so delicate that you...

Dylan Lyrics & Greek Philosophy

the Republic. Take pornography as an example. Plato argued that objectionable ideas can upset the understanding (Johnston). Femini...

The History and Impacts of Coal

impacts of coal, however, have been positive. Indeed, the thesis can be presented that coal has impacted human culture in a diver...

Cherokee Art

pottery is, in fact, one of the most simplistic Cherokee art forms but yet it is one of the most utilitarian. Cherokee craftsmans...

Persistent Vegetative State Patients and Ethical Decision Making

the balloon, and certain gestures, were definite responses to the environment and evidence of consciousness, but the doctors disag...

Dying and Death Readings

he defends himself well, Socrates is still found guilty and stoically accepts his fate, indicating that since only the gods are aw...

Ancient Greek Literature and Gender Distinctions

out what women were like because of the way in which history is written. Dependent on what is studied, it seems that some texts l...

Revenge in Medea by Euripides

by wedding the daughter of Creon, the "lord of this land" (Euripides). As this speech indicates, Euripides begins the thematic c...

Jean Paul Sartre's 'The Flies' and Aeschylus's 'Oresteia'

Electra, another daughter, lives on with her mother, but despises her for her awful deed. Orestes returns and is goaded by Electra...

Cultural Values in History

the end of the Gita, Arjuna says "The delusion is gone...by your grace I have recovered my wits. Here I stand with no more doubts....

Dante's Hell and Characters

to house arrogant souls who are guilt of other things as well. While Aeneas may not be guilty of betrayal or other crimes, he may ...

Fustel de Coulanges' The Ancient City

of this section. He looks at marriage practices, such as how the "As a daughter, she took part in the religious acts of her father...

Matriarchy to Patriarchy Transitioning

translating some early Babylonian text, one male scholar notes that women in this society were "allowed" to hold and manage their ...

Four Insights into the Meaning of Life

responsibility. He feels stifled by his Louisiana environment and longs to leave. He knows that this involvement will strengthen h...

Psychology and its Historical Evolution

the theory of survival of the fittest (AllPsych, 2003). Basing his thoughts on Darwin, Galton, in 1869, argued "that intellectual ...

Christianity and Storms

In three pages this paper discusses the significance of storms in a consideration of how they represent personal life's problems a...