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Gordon S. Wood's The Radicalism of the American Revolution

more democratic, liberal and capitalistic visions of the 19th century (Wood 95). With republicanism we see that such things as ine...

Langston Hughes & Raymond Carver

sore" (line 4)? The structure of the poem asks a series of questions that, in themselves, suggest the answers, which are all found...

Was Couture Clothing As Popular In The 19th Century As It Is Today?

also known as haute couture - plays an historical role in the manner by which fashion has come to reflect an individuals social, p...

Comparing Blake's "Lamb" to Dickinson's "I heard a Fly buzz"

A 4 page essay that contrasts and compares these 2 poems. While William Blake, the eighteenth century British poet, and Emily Dick...

Tocqueville/His Views of Blacks

of servitude that slaves adopted as indicative of their true feelings, rather than as a behavior adopted for self-protection. He s...

'Americana and the American Renaissance' by Wallace Stevens

In 5 pages this 1950 poem serves as a reflection on the American literary Renaissance characterized by Walt Whitman and Ralph Wald...

European Government Development from the End of the Eleventh Century Until the Beginning of the Sixteenth Century

In five pages this paper examines the time period of 1095 to 1500 in a consideration of changes in government that includes discus...

Conrad’s Heart of Darkness/The Death of Kurtz

147). Marlows initial reaction is in keeping with the African environment and the darkness that has touched his life, as it did Ku...

Feminine Voice in Walker’s The Color Purple

In a novel in which the narrator is recounting the entirety of the action after the fact, the narrator already knows everything th...

Behaviorism/Teaching College Students

focused on operant rather classical conditioning (Mergel, 1998). Operant conditioning refers to "voluntary behaviors used in opera...

Machiavelli: How Far Do His Patterns Of Contrast Between Political Ideals And Concrete Realities Apply Today?

Additionally, a president who is worth his salt makes exceptional use of the political climate, much like Harry Truman and Dwight ...

Racism in Conrad’s Heart of Darkness

African author Chinua Achebe argues that the extended metaphor that Conrad uses to relate his principal theme is founded on the vi...

Biography Of Ida B. Wells

in fact, she had more gumption than most adults, refusing to allow adversity stand in the way of what she knew had to be done. He...

Crystal Meth: Effects On Teens And Adults

use as of the early 1980s and continues to be one of the most commonly abused street drugs (Methamphetamine). Results from the 20...

Plight of Labor/Bell's Furnace

in words, never in deeds. In actuality, Carnegie was totally ruthless in his business practices, coldly treating the workers as if...

Why So Many Dominican Republic Immigrants Settled In Tarrytown And Sleepy Hollow, New York

was most assuredly looked upon as a positive move forward for the country overall; additionally, it also cultivated the capitalist...

How The Law Reasons About Bioethical Issues And The Criteria

forcing the law to re-evaluate the legal meaning of life, when it is over and how to cease bodily functions all from the combined ...

The Illusionist as Myth

The God of the Waning Year is associated with the sacrificial victim, whose death was believed necessary in order for the earth to...

Theology of C.S. Lewis

seen in the Narnia series. For example, in the Narnia stories, a principal character is Aslan, the "Lord of the Wood," is a "Chri...

Edgar Reitz’s Homeland: A Chronicle of Germany

home, but in a mythical way that remains difficult to obtain and hold on to. The first episodes of the series begin the process of...

The Relationship Between Technology And Human Freedom

minds and bodies has become somewhat of a hobby with the presence of such technology as mood-altering drugs and cosmetic surgery (...

Piaget/Preschoolers' Capacity for Reading and Math

few vital facts about the way preschoolers learn," as well as the possible negative effects of pushing children "too hard too soon...

Personality Development/Albert Einstein

stresses the importance of early relationships, as she perceived personality development as integral to the parent/child relations...

Why the Federalist Papers Need to be Re-examined as the Twenty-First Century Begins

organized crime that exists today with gang recruitment of children as young as eight or ten. This is just one example as to why t...

20th Century Art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

both sides of the border throughout the Southwest. Here, the boxcar is a solid black shape that fills almost the entire area of th...

Developments in Medicine during the latter part of the Nineteenth Century

that it did was that it would give physicians a direction in which to focus as they looked for the etiology of various illnesses (...

The Bankruptcy of New Century Financial

The problem within the sub prime market is the level of potential default which are taking place due to the way in which sub...

Crime And Youth: How Family Relations Contribute To The Development

Aggressive behavior would not be such a concern in children if it were a natural occurrence for them to outgrow the tendency; howe...

Rousseau, Jefferson, Paine & The Enlightenment

the idea that the aristocracy was inherently better than other socioeconomic classes and, therefore, entitled by their superiority...

British Imperialism in the Middle East in the Early 20th Century

were "formidable obstacles" that "blocked the road to peaceful progress and promoted wars and rumors of wars."3 Also playing a la...