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Structure in Music

the element of chance, such as the chance imperfections that are seen in a finely produced piece of paper, such as one having a wa...

Ironic Repetitions from the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Eras

he is trying to bring democracy to the region. An example of this futility taken from French history can be found in the history o...

Assessing Divisional Performance

and a high growth rate is an unknown quantity, the final result is not known and as such this is referred to as a questions mark, ...

Ports; the Impact of Changing Ship Technology

of many countries. However with the emergence of the mega ships the way this takes place will not be the same. Today there are shi...

Bureaucracy: Trends for the Future

It might indeed be contended that in particular situations bureaucracies are often more efficient than non-bureaucracies. While t...

Sociological Theory, Contemporary Culture, and Technology

the need to separate religion from science, to synthesize the basic principles of the various branches of the sciences into one in...

Fine Arts and the Impact of Interactive Media

concept is fairly recent, beginning with the Internet explosion during the mid-1990s and the introduction of the CD-ROM during the...

Modern Europe and Old Religions' Influence

It was also the time that farmers harvested their crops. October 31 heralded in a change in lifestyle for people and animals and i...

1st Example of Modern Warfare, the U.S. Civil War

the vision to build a railroad across the Sierra Nevada mountains in California, and then to continue the railroad across the Unit...

A Review of Masks in Modern Drama

depravity of which he is capable. The satiric mask isolates a characteristic, distorts or enlarges it, and freezes it permanently....

Public and Political Bargaining in the Contemporary Presidency

of the presidential office, inasmuch as media influence is fundamentally based upon the element of perception. Contemporary presi...

Morality and Architecture by Watkin

the human condition. That said, a student writing on this subject might construe those two points by the author as rather weak. T...

Globalization, Standardization, and Theodore Levitt

for decades; Tom Peters and John Kao have supported the precepts of creativity. John Kao is certain that it is necessary to...

Pardoner's Sexuality in The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer

In five pages this paper analyzes the Pardoner's sexuality in a consideration of the stories from The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey...

Premier Modern Painter Edouard Manet

the nineteenth century, painting was characterized by "flights of imagination" and "academic glorifications of the heroic past" (F...

Facing Mt. Kenya by Jomo Kenyatta

understands their deep significance to the people who have practiced them since birth. This provides a personal perspective that ...

Moral Education According to Aristotle

the right objects, towards the right people, with the right motive and in the right way. He states in Book II, "The moral virtues,...

Modern and Postmodern Sociology Issues

expressed in a direct cause and effect relationship. Also, the function need not be positive or nurturing. Certainly, Durkheim w...

An Analysis of Madame Bovary

that a reader can visualize them and envision the place in which their story takes place; but to describe each corner of a room, e...

Modern World and Marxism

the utopia that Marx sees as a communist society. Yet, the final three parameters of this human journey involve capitalism, social...

Social Role of Strip Clubs

clubs are such an integral part of contemporary society. "Men love talking about strip clubs. If there is something I have learn...

Modern Applications of Ancient Myths

involvement of magical powers that develop the processes and actions confronting the hero. As a direct result, there is generally...

Contemporary Market Economy and the Role of Money

money and its inherent economic power has caused society to become unbalanced with regard to distribution, creating a sharp distin...

The Application of Censorship Principles in the Theater of England

10 pages and 5 sources. This paper provides an overview of the application of censorship laws and the factors influencing content...

Soveriegnty in the Modern Era

the attempts in Canada to focus on sovereign control, aboriginal sovereignty, attempts by Quebec to determined their own sovereign...

Modern Dysfunctional Culture as Embodied by the Film 'American Beauty'

culture in the discontentment of one mans desire to live more of his life than merely being a cookie cutout of average people. Le...

Ancient and Modern Learning Techniques

education (267). One might say that the stance is rather snobbish, but many do separate vocational and academic curriculums. They ...

Tender is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald and The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway Compared

first novel, The Sun Also Rises (1926) and in Fitzgeralds 1934 novel, Tender is the Night remain stellar examples of the realist g...

Culture Clash in The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down

as intimate terms, yet knowing little about their culture, has always seemed a shame. But, there were no individuals who this read...

Artists and the Modernism of Andy Warhol, Helen Frankenthaler, and Jackson Pollock

movement, and the unofficial capital of the international avant-garde. This was as much of a shock to American artists as it was t...