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Jesus Christ's Origins

In five pages this paper discusses the origins of Jesus Christ in myth in a comparative analysis of possible literary precursors H...

World Hunger and Taking Responsibility

security. " Underlying inequities - this sounds like a quiz doesnt it? That means that some of the things that we, in the United ...

Charles Darwin's Evolutionary Theory and Christianity Creationism

In six pages this paper contrasts and compares these differing theories in a presentation of the argument that the evolutionary co...

Greece's Knossos Palace

In six pages this paper examines the myth and structure that comprise the Greek Knossos Palace. Seven sources are cited in the bi...

Popularity of Herakles or Hercules

In five pages the enduring popularity of this ancient Greek myth is examined. Three sources are cited in the bibliography....

Greek Tragedies and the Role of Sacrifice

In nine pages this paper examines how sacrifice is used in the Greek tragic works Agamemnon, Medea, Antigone, and 'The Odyssey' an...

Sir Walter Raleigh's Guiana Text

In sixteen pages this paper evaluates this 1596 text by Sir Walter Raleigh in order to determine if it is simply a collection of m...

Overview of Circadian Rhythms

In six pages this paper discusses the biology of circadian rhythms through definition and the various myths that surround it. Fiv...

Chivalry Changes in Literature

women... Defend the weak and innocent... / Fight with honor... / Avenge the wronged. / Never abandon a friend, ally, or noble caus...

A Review of The Romance of Arthur An Anthology of Medieval Texts in Translation

A 10 page essay critiquing several essays in the anthology by James J. Wilhelm. The focus is on Arthur in the Early Welsh Traditio...

Fact and Fiction Regarding the Great White Shark

In six pages this paper discusses separates the facts from the myths regarding the great white shark and considers solutions to th...

Brazil's Urban Life

Emilia Viotti da Costa's The Myth of Racial Democracy in Brazil: A Problem of Social Mythology is referenced in this consideration...

Brazil, 'Social Democracy,' and Discrimination

its very least, and revisionist history at the most. The dynamics of "social mythology" We might say that social mythology is a w...

That Hideous Strength by C.S. Lewis and Reality

In five pages this paper discusses the reality of this literary combination of fantasy and myth. Two sources are listed in the bi...

Thomas Frank's One Market Under God

In five pages this paper provides an essay overview of the amusing observations the author makes in his textual exposure of the 'N...

Concepts Relating to Socrates and Plato

In five pages this paper examines concepts featured in 'Myth of the Cave' and The Apology and also considers 'The Death of Ivan Il...

Psychotherapy Outcome Studies of Donald Kiesler

In five pages this report considers the psychotherapy research of Donald Kiesler in terms of his perspectives on personality theor...

American Immigration Paradoxes

will explore the ramifications of these paradoxes, focusing primarily on the experience of Puerto Rican immigrants. Silvia Pedra...

Greek Mythology, Hesiod’s Five Ages of Man, and the Story of Zeus and Other Olympic Deities

period of blissful co-existence between gods and humans, when differences were few. A utopian time of eternal springtime, people ...

Payment for Donating Blood

the blood utilized by the pharmaceutical industry in developing vaccines, diagnostics, and drug products (114). That of course mak...

Fact and Fiction of Drug Legislation

America, and the finicky laws that change over time, it is hard to know fact from fiction. For example, was cocaine ever legal? Wa...

Issues Facing the Transgendered Person

(2001). Duberman got his doctorate in 1957 and was firmly "in the closet" at the time, but when he wrote in 2001, he no longer had...

The Threat to Earth Presented by Global Warming

on global warming: "We know the theory, which says that human activity could be important, but the theory cannot be trusted until ...

The Threat to Earth Presented by Global Warming

on global warming: "We know the theory, which says that human activity could be important, but the theory cannot be trusted until ...

Barriers Between Readers and the Other

West, who defined the native American tribes as "savages"; and by so doing, made it possible to justify killing them (in self-defe...

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...

Sexuality in the Elderly

the amount of semen is reduced, the testicles "do not rise as much as in the young man," ejaculation is not as powerful, and "the ...

Politics and Christianity's Role

the Netherlands, said: "God the Lord unmistakably instituted the basic rule for the duty of government. Government exists to admin...

Sexuality and Aging

or physical concerns. Although it is true that health does often enter the picture as it respect sex, sexuality is more than just ...

The Right Stuff & Technology

conquer it. The focus of the film changes when it shifts to dramatizing the successful launch of the Soviet Unions Sputnik and i...