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Warfare and Changes Resulting from the Nuclear Arms Race

In five pages this paper examines changes in the nature of war since the Second World War in a consideration of the evolution of t...

Political Theory, Human Nature, and the Theories of Thomas Paine, John Locke, and Martin Luther

In five pages this paper examines how political theory incorporates human nature concepts articulated by Thomas Paine, John, Locke...

Personal Experience in Nature

protection of the environment that sustains life, it is no longer possible to dismiss the planet as a nothing more than a static o...

Ambrose Bierce, Stephen Crane, Nature and Salvation

In five pages this paper discusses how nature adaptability influences a character's salvation in 'An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridg...

'God's Grandeur' by Gerard Manley Hopkins

In 5 pages this poem featuring nature is analyzed in terms of how it represents the poet's Catholicism. There are 5 sources cited...

Le Morte d'Arthur by Thomas Malory and the Character of Lancelot

In 5 pages this paper discusses the characterization of Lancelot in Le Morte d'Arthur with a concentration upon the possible sinfu...

Time Perspectives of Native Americans

change to this gross lack of social responsibility; therefore, it is safe to assume that mankind will continue down the road of se...

Comparative Analysis of 'Representations of General Nature' in 'A Haunted House' by Virginia Woolf and 'Barn Burning' by William Faulkner

This paper applies Samuel Johnson's contention that 'representations of general nature' should be featured in good stories in a co...

Communication in Management

A 6 page essay discussing the critical nature of communication in organizational management. 7 sources are cited....

Chapters Thirty Four through Thirty Seven of Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

In six pages this paper discusses what human nature lesson heroine Elizabeth Bennet learns in these important chapters of Pride an...

Old Testament and God's Nature

In five pages God's nature is examined in Exodus 34, verses six and seven. Three sources are cited in the bibliography....

Human Nature and Ethics

In ten pages ethical development is considered within the context of human nature with an application of a contemporary situation ...

Moral Relativism Arguments

location, etc. Moral relativism encourages freedom of expression, but does it encourage tolerance? Whenever a civilization consi...

The Hereditary Nature of Alcoholism

Supportive Evidence For decades, researchers have investigated the causes of alcoholism; they have looked at learned behavior, yo...

Nature as Poetically Envisioned by Gerard Manley Hopkins

clear the writers intent: to demonstrate the manner by which poetry and ones life experiences are infinitely intertwined. Nature ...

An Alcoholism Case Study

This paper consists of 14 pages and presents a case study of a 70-year old man that has struggled with alcoholism for a half centu...

Old Testament God's Volatile Nature

just as many parents find they have to resort to what has come to be known as "tough love," God of the Hebrew scriptures certainly...

The Current Problem of Air Pollution

5 pages and 4 sources. This paper considers the nature of the problem of air pollution and the variety of types. This paper rela...

Dante, Boccaccio, Sin, Gender, and Nature

Comedy reflects an effort to find a spiritual solution to that dilemma. Dante wrote this work -- or, in the language of the poem,...

Nurture, Nature, and Psychopathy

In eight pages psychopathy development is examined in a theoretical review that includes antisocial personality disorder and its o...

Viewing Steingerd's Kormac's Saga from the Life and Death of Cormac the Skald

In this paper consistingn of five pages the nature of societies and the roles of women are presented in a consideration of values,...

Jean Jacques Rousseau and John Locke on Liberty

In five pages the teachings of Rousseau and Locke on liberty are contrasted and compared in terms of ideal government, nature, and...

Consumer Culture Creation and the Impact of the Advertising Industry

In 5 pages this paper discusses how a consumer culture is created by the advertising industry in a consideration of the human natu...

Nature and the Poetry of Robert Frost

can pay a poet about his or her work is to say that the poetry was "felt, not just read." Certainly, such is the case with Frosts...

Good v. Evil in Mihailovich Dostoevsky's The Idiot

In five pages this paper examines how this conflict is thematically portrayed in Prince Mishkin's nature. One source is listed in...

Studying Gases in Terms of Nature and Experimentation

In five pages vacuums and gases and how they have been studied since the 17th century are the focus of this paper that includes ex...

Comparative Analysis of 'Dreamhouse' by Alison Habens and 'Alice in Wonderland' by Lewis Carroll

The satirical 'Dreamhouse' is compared and contrasted with the whimsical nature of 'Alice' in terms of character plot twists in th...

Human Nature as Perceived by Rene Descartes

In six pages human nature is the focus in an overview that contrasts Descartes' philosophy with that of George Berkeley's with cri...

John Searle and the Nature of Consciousness

In nine pages this paper discusses the philosophy behind the nature of consciousness in a consideration of John Searle's research....

Human Nature and Ethical Relationships

should also make note of how "King Rat" calls attention to the limits of administration and the influence of the political realm w...