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Harmony and Balance in Chinese Art Works

opposites."1 Art is perhaps the most obvious place that one can envision the true nature of this balance as presented by the Chine...

Seventeenth Century Puritan Colonization and Nineteenth Century Reconstruction Explored

sue and be sued, as well as testify in court only in cases involving other black people (Anonymous, 1865). These provisions were ...

Sixteenth Through Seventeenth Centuries' Scientific Concepts

upon life are not likely to be duplicated in the near future. Indeed, the praise for such progression during these two periods ca...

Sixteenth and Seventeenth Century Colonization and Effects on Native Americans

In four pages this paper contrasts sixteenth and seventeenth colonization of Portugal and Spain as opposed to Holland, England, an...

Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century's Literary Political Obligations

In seven pages this paper examines the political obligations John Locke and early American leaders faced during this time period. ...

18th Century France's Revolution and Revolt

Similarly, in France, there would be drastic change as the people were fed up with the monarchy. They really wanted an enlightened...

Seabiscuit, Pollard, Smith and Howard

thing; the movie based on his career was a surprise hit. This paper discusses the horse and the people who were involved with his ...

Analysis of Two Essays on American Culture

when an a more appropriate question would be "whether they had fun" (Ecenbarger). This fits with the overall cultural focus on, no...

Excalibur, A Cinematic Representation of Arthurian Legend

his sword and kneels commanding that his enemy should knight him. Overcome with Arthurs bravery, as the noble could just as easily...

A Policing and Police History

This is an informational research paper consisting of ten pages in which policing dating back to the ancient Egyptians and Sumeria...

France and Great Britain Compared

In ten pages this paper compares France and the United Kingdom in terms of similarities and differences in government forms but fo...

European Countries and the Concepts of Title, Property, and Ownership

This paper examines title, property, and ownership concepts as they pertain to France, Germany, and Great Britain in 5 pages....

Langdon Winner's The Whale and the Reactor

and private lives. Indeed, our private lives are becoming very much less private due to the way in which the internet feeds off o...

Impact of Isaac Newton and That Apple Tree

the notion of gravity. Although its uncertain if the story is true (Newton was known for observing the fall of apples from his mot...

Aphra Behn's Oroonoko

could also speculate that it was her involvement in the policy of intrigue that gave her a view of the underbelly of society that ...

England's Civil Wars and Their Possible Causes

King Charles II, the quashing of remaining rebellions in Ireland and Scotland and the installation of parliamentarian Oliver Cromw...

'Hedda Gabler' and 'Phaedra'

In this 5 page paper, the heroines of the respective works are compared and contrasted particularly in terms of how they depict wo...

Aphra Behn's 17th Century Literary Works

Indies, and lived an adventurous life of slave rebellions and observed Indian tribal rituals which would later appear in her works...

17th Century Conflict Between English Colonists and Native Americans

They would found the first permanent English colony, New England. Some twenty-one thousand would arrive between 1630 and 1642 (Re...

1692 Salem Witch Trials

Salem, but our proposed question allowed the possibility of a number of factors influencing the trials and ergot poisoning was ju...

Comedies of the English Restoration

entertainment. This particular period of English history (1642-1660) had been called the Interregnum." Morality was closely moni...

Literary and Historical Meaning of Boris Godunov by Alexander Pushkin

In five pages this report discusses the historical tragedy that was inspired by the ill fated czar of the late sixteenth and early...

17th Century Social History of China and The Death of Woman Wang by Jonathan Spence

In five pages this paper examines how Chinese society of the seventeenth century is presented in The Death of Woman Wang by Jonath...

Gangraena by Thomas Edwards is a Window into 17th Century Life

This essay explores this famous work from the perspective of what it reveals to the reader about the seventeenth century. Edwards...

Myne Owne Ground by T.H. Breen and Stephen Innes and Race Relations

In four pages this paper examines seventeenth century race relations as presented in Breen and Innes' text. There are no other so...

Eastern Indonesia, Commerce and Poverty

In seven pages this paper discusses Eastern Indonesia of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries in a consideration of economics a...

The Letters of Madame de Sevigne

This paper examines the seventeenth century correspondence between Marie de Rabutin-Chantal and Madame de Sevigne. This five page...

England During the Seventeenth Century and the Leveller Movement

In twelve pages the Leveller philosophy and movement of the seventeenth century is examined in this consideration that includes ho...

Portrayal of Chinese and German Women During the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries

In five pages the ways in which Chinese and German women were portrayed during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries are contras...

Seventeenth Century Works of Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz

no father to pay a dowry, few choices were available to her. Juana could be the wife of a poor man, the mistress of a rich man, or...