Frankenstein And Critique Of Education

Mary Shellys Frankenstein focuses on human nature and on the possibility of controlling experience in order to shape character and cultural values. Specifically, it focuses on the influence of education and experience in effecting behavior. In general, the characters are divided in to three groups by education and experience: passive rescued women, ambitious bourgeoisie men, … Read more

The Most Tragic Othello

William Shakespeare has written many plays. His most tragic play is Othello. Othello is also the name of the main character in the play, he is quite hard to understand. In order to have a better understanding of Othello’s character, examining his changes throughout the play, flaws and why he is considered a tragic hero … Read more

US Supreme Court

The Supreme Court is the highest governing body that is known to us as the people of the United States of America. In the 1998-99 term, the Supreme Court is slated to hear cases on subjects as diverse as business monopolies, labor unions, health insurers, initiative petitions and due process. The justices will also revisit … Read more

The Lost World by Michael Crichton

The Lost World by Michael Crichton is a great science fiction novel about a group of scientists of different fields that go on an expedition to an island to bring back a rich and stubborn scientist from a test expedition that he cared about more than his life. The “lost world” is an island off … Read more

The Bluest Eye, Morrison

Beauty is said to be in the eyes of the beholder, but what if the image of beauty is forced into the minds of many? The beauty of a person could be expressed in many different ways, as far as looks and personality goes, but the novel The Bluest Eye begs to differ. It contradicts … Read more

The gilgamesh flood story vs biblical flood story

The amazing stories of the great flood that are described in, The Epic of Gilgamesh which is translated by N. K. Sandars and The Story of the Flood which is the King James version, both stories similarly. Many of the events of each story are very similar in ways and very different in some of … Read more

Laws must be passed to address the increase in the number and types of computer crimes

Over the last twenty years, a technological revolution has occurred as computers are now an essential element of today’s society. Large computers are used to track reservations for the airline industry, process billions of dollars for banks, manufacture products for industry, and conduct major transactions for businesses because more and more people now have computers … Read more

Ibsens A Doll’s House

The events begin to succeed each other more and more rapidly and the circle begins to spin around her. We find that, for saving her husbands life, Nora has committed forgery and Krogstad is ready to use this information in order achieve his goals : ()if I produce this document in court, youll be condemned. … Read more

Forest Policy in Malaysia

Malaysia is among the countries in Southeast Asia which has experienced remarkable economic growth and industrialization in the past decade. It is unique in that its success is not a result of adopting any one model for development. Rather, Malaysias government identified its goals and sought to create a country-specific model of development suited to … Read more

The Black Death

Since the reign of Emperor Justinian in 542 A. D. , man has one unwelcome organism along for the ride, Yersinia pestis. This is the bacterium more commonly know as the Black Death, the plague. Plague is divided into three biotypes, each associated with one of three major pandemics occurring in history. Each of these … Read more

Joan Of Arc By Jules Bastien Le Page

Joan of Arc, was painted by the French realist artist Jules Bastien-Lepage in 1879. After the province of Lorraine was lost to Germany following the Franco-Prussian War in 1821, The Frenchmen saw in Joan of Arc a new and powerful symbol. In 1875, Bastien-Lepage, a native of Lorraine began to make studies for a picture … Read more

The Balance of Power

Throughout the semester, a theme that has guided our thoughts has been the idea that the self is the capacity to have capacities. Through what we have read, written about, and discussed, we have been trying to come up with our own answers to the questions about the self; what a capacity is, how we … Read more

Toni Morrisons novel, The Bluest Eye

Toni Morrisons novel, The Bluest Eye, presents the lives of several impoverished black families in the 1940s in a rather unconventional and painful manner. Ms. Morrison leads the reader through the lives of select children and adults, describing a few powerful incidents, thoughts and experiences that lend insight into the motivation and. behavior of these … Read more

Ideas of Automobiles

The first true components of an automobile may have come from Otto Von Guericke, a 17th century German physicist. Guericke was noted as the first person to make metal pistons, cylinders, and connecting rods, the most basic components in a reciprocating engine. But the first automobile was believed to be the 1769 Cugnot steamer, a … Read more

The Fall of the Roman Empire

For men who had easily endured hardship, danger and difficult uncertainty, leisure and riches, though in some ways desirable, proved burdensome and a source of grief. The causes for the breakdown of the early Roman Republic cannot be attributed to a single event, trend or individual, rather it was due to a combination of all … Read more

Native American Women

On few subjects has there been such continual misconception as on the position of women among Indians. Because she was active, always busy in the camp, often carried heavy burdens, attended to the household duties, made the clothing and the home, and prepared the family food, the woman has been depicted as the slave of … Read more

Problems with the Media

There has been an ongoing dispute concerning the media’s perception of how people are supposed to look. It seems that every year, the expectations of looking thin becomes harder and harder to meet. I know this from a personal experience of my own. A few years ago, I would look in magazines and see girls … Read more

Disney Techno-Nature

Like most Disney material, nature themes were incorporated into the earliest parks, including Adventureland, Frontierland, Nature’s Wonderland, and the newest, Animal Kingdom. Disney carefully edited these “natural” settings that show the less wild side of the wilderness. However, how does the tourist comprehend the illusions? How are the plants and animals adapting to reflect the … Read more

The Christian Church and crimes against Paganism

When I started this report I knew that paganism existed as a religion before Christianity. I suspected that if Christianity developed after paganism then it would have adopted some of the paganistic practices to attract followers. From my previous studies I knew there had been some form of propaganda against the pagan religion. Through out … Read more

The Mysteries Of Uranus

2,870,990,000 km from the Sun, Uranus hangs on the wall of space as a mysterious blue green planet. With a mass of 8. 683e25 kg and a diameter of 51,118 km at the equator, Uranus is the third largest planet in our solar system. It has been described as a planet that was slugged a … Read more

Legalization of Marijuana

Research has been published in favor of legalizing marijuana. The legalization of marijuana is a political issue that has continued to surface for decades. There is countrywide support lobbying for reinstating the right to use this natural product. A large majority of this country’s population refuses to accept the United States government’s decision to prohibit … Read more

Torture and Execution

Torture has been used since the dawn of civilization. The victims of torture have represented a wide variety of classes and cultures. Torture was used extensively in certain times including the Roman empire, the witch hunts, and the Spanish Inquisition. These periods are remembered best for their cruelty. (Pelayo, 42-46) Throughout these periods torture rituals … Read more

Review Of Escape From New York

In the opening sequence of John Carpenter’s Escape From New York, an anonymous narrator sets the tone of desperation and hopelessness with the line once you go in, you never come out. The narrator is referring to the only rule in the maximum security prison built on Manhattan Island. The prison, which was built in … Read more

Their Eyes Were Watching God: Janie Speaks Her Ideas

In life to discover our self-identity a person must show others what one thinks or feels and speak his or her mind. Sometimes their opinions may be silenced or even ignored. In the novel Their Eyes Were Watching God, the main character Janie would sometimes speak her ideas and they would often make a difference. … Read more

Wireless Networking

There are many reasons why wireless networks are used. One reason is for a temporary backup to an existing broken cable network. Cable networks can leave many users disconnected from the network by one bad or broken cable. When this happens a wireless network may help to get these users connected until they can be … Read more

Cyber Advocacy

The right to privacy in America in a basic right, but the new advances in technology threaten this right. With a drastically increasing amount of people using Internet and online services their privacy is at stake and most of them don’t even know it. Online services are private communities for subscribers only. They are not … Read more

History of the Boot Camp

In the military, boot camp represents an abrupt, often shocking transition to a new way of life. Discipline is strict and there is an emphasis on hard work, physical training, and unquestioning obedience to authority. The new private is told when to sleep, when to get up and when to eat. He marches with his … Read more

The Appeal of the Androgynous Man

This article was published in Mademoiselle in 1976 for young female readers by Amy Gross. In this article Gross compares androgynous men to the all-man man. Gross talks about the advantages of the androgynous man as compared to the all-man man. There are advantages and disadvantages to every man. Seems as though Gross is in … Read more

Puritan Dilema

Puritan life is probably one of the biggest paradoxes known to man theoretically. In practice is doesn’t seem like such an absurd notion. There are certain things that may lead someone into confusion over the way that Puritan life was conducted. One of these things is the object of holiness. This means that only certain … Read more

Economic Impact of Canadian Telecommunications Legislation

Canada has been transformed in recent years into an information based society. Nearly half of the labour force in Canada works in occupations involving the collection and processing of information. In a society in which information has become a commodity, communications provide a vital link that can mean the difference between success or failure. Telecommunications … Read more

Sports and Aggressive Behavior

Do sports create aggressive behavior, or simply attract people who are already aggressive? Aggression and sport have gone together as long as sports have been around, be it the players themselves, to the parents, coaches, or spectators, they just seem to be an inseparable part of each other. The term violence is defined as physical … Read more

Cruelty In Society

People in Tolna county has been recently shocked by a crime comitted by three teenagers. They beat their companion to death. They planned the murder, lured the victim to a desolate place where there was no mercy. They kicked, battered the poor boy with a stick, then with a shovel, afterwards they dragged him into … Read more

Emily Jane Bronte

Emily Jane Bronte remains a mystery. Very little is known about her. There is little information, and much of what we have is contradictory. She is the author of only one novel and a few bits of poetry. This gives people little to build on. The majority of what we know about her comes from … Read more

New Atlantis

Francis Bacon was the founder of the modern scientific method. The focus on the new scientific method is on orderly experimentation. For Bacon, experiments that produce results are important. Bacon pointed out the need for clear and accurate thinking, showing that any mastery of the world in which man lives was dependent upon careful understanding. … Read more

Autism it’s disorder

Autism is a disorder that impairs the development of a person’s capacity to interact with, communicate with, and also maintain regular “normal” bonds with the outside world. This disorder was described in 1943 by Leo Kanner, an American psychologist. Autism is considered one of the more common developmental disabilities, and appears before the age of … Read more

Once And Future King Analytical Paper

Sir Lancelots intense desire to perform heroic deeds was brought on by his lack of confidence and insecurity. His childhood was spent in seclusion, training for a job desired only to escape the hellish life that his hideous face would otherwise hold in store for him. Lancelots adulthood was spent trying to overcompensate for this … Read more

America Needs a Tougher Death Penalty

“An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth” is one of the oldest and most famous sayings in the world. It comes from the Mosaic Law in the Bible and it is an edict that has ruled millions for thousands of years. Today the issue of capital punishment has our nation split down … Read more

The story A Rose for Emily

In the story A Rose for Emily, William Faulkner, the author talks about a life of a woman and the town she lived in. The story begins just when miss Emily died. The author doesnt tell us much about that time except that many people were interested to see what was in her house. As … Read more

Organic Architecture

Worldwide notoriety is a comment that would suggest Frank Lloyd Wright and the architecture that he left behind. This legendary American architect started a style of organic structures that remains a roadmap for the people of his genera today. His greatness not only remains by the buildings that he left behind, but through his school … Read more

How Betrayal Led to Downfall in Julius Caesar

In the play, The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, William Shakespeare shows how friends often betray each other. Julius Caesar is about to be crowned king of Rome, when some well-known Romans decide that it is not a good idea for this to happen. They form a conspiracy and kill Caesar. Brutus, an honorable Roman and … Read more

Loss of Innocence in Of Mice and Men and Flowers for Algernon

In the novel ‘Of Mice and Men’ (John Stienbeck) a mentally challenged man, Lenny, loses his innocence when he accidentally breaks a woman’s neck. In the novel ‘Flowers for Algernon’ (Daniel Keyes) another mentally challenged man, Charlie, loses his innocence when, through the aid of an operation, he realizes all his life people were mocking … Read more

Microsoft Xbox

In the console-gaming world people know Sony and Nintendo. Microsoft may be the largest and richest software company in the world, but its unknown when it comes to console gaming. Microsoft is counting on the Xbox to change that perception. Gamers may not be willing to take a chance with the Microsoft Xbox, even if … Read more

Patterns of Imagery in Macbeth

Shakespeare’s Macbeth is full of different types of imagery. Many of these images are themes that run throughout the entire play at different times. Five of these images are nature, paradoxes, manhood, masks and light vs. darkness. Nature: “Thunder and lightning. ” This is the description of the scene before Act I, Scene i, Line … Read more

Sartre’s Existentialism

The word philosophy comes from Greek and literally means “love of wisdom. ” The Merriam- Webster dictionary defines philosophy as “a critical study of fundamental beliefs and the grounds for them. ” Because of the diversity of positions associated with existentialism, the term is impossible to define precisely. However, existentialism is a philosophical movement of … Read more

Saturn – the second largest planet

Saturn is the second largest planet and sixth from the sun. Saturn is most known for its rings, first seen in 1610 by Italian scientist Galileo and identified as rings by Dutch astronomer Christian Huygens in 1655. The rings consist greater than 100,000 single ringlets. It is the most oblate planet because of the rapid … Read more

Pastoralism in 18th Century Poetry

The pastoral is a poetic genre popularized in the 18th century that idealizes the peaceful and simple countryside lifestyle. Pastoral poems are ordinarily written about those who live close to nature, namely shepherds and farmers. These poems about rustic tranquillity often relate a life in which humans lived contentedly off the earth. The pastoral poem … Read more

The Competitive Edge Of New Pay Systems

The United States has been in an economic boom for the last eight years. One of the results of this economic expansion is the low unemployment rate. The unemployment rate is below five percent, and in some regional labor markets even lower than that! This figure holds steady across all labor markets (with the exception … Read more

The Crash of 1929

Although the Prohibition controversy was absorbing, public interest in the first year of the Hoover administration became diverted by an event that shook the very economic foundations of the nation, namely, the stock market panic of 1929. The United States had enjoyed a boom after World War I, in which wages were high and production … Read more

Genderless Society, an Illusion or Reality

According to dictionary. com, gender is defined as “the condition of being female or male. ” Gender and Sexuality conjure up images of the male and female and the roles that each sex is supposed to fulfill. Of the two forces (Biology and Environment) influencing human development, especially gender, environment is more influential. Environment is … Read more

Robert Frost Life

Robert Frost was born on March 26, 1874 in San Francisco. His father was William Frost, a Harvard graduate who was on his way westward when he stopped to teach at Bucknell Academy in Pennsylvania for extra money. His mother, Isabelle Moodie began teaching math at Bucknell while William was there, and they got married … Read more

Similarities between Romeo And Juliet and Much Ado About Nothing

There are many similarities between Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing and Romeo and Juliet. Was this Intentional or Accidental? Even though Much Ado About Nothing is a comedy, and Romeo and Juliet, is one of his saddest tragedies, the two plots share many common incidents. Did Shakespeare mean to have these coincidences or did they … Read more

Frankenstein Nature

There are many different themes expressed in Mary Shellys Frankenstein. They vary with each reader but basically never change. These themes deal with the education that each character posses, the relationships formed or not formed in the novel, and the responsibility for ones own actions. This novel even with the age still has ideas that … Read more

Oedipus the King More Tragic then Antigone

Sophocles was a master of tragedy, theres no argument there. But which of the 2 plays weve studied, Oedipus the King and Antigone, is the more tragic? I believe that Oedipus the King was more intensely tragic and I think that if I were to see a the plays back to back, Oedipus would be … Read more

James Madison, Thomas Jefferson, and John Adams

While President Jefferson’s policies were to a great extent diverged from those of Washington and Adams’, President Madison’s policies were much the same as the Federalist presidents. President Jefferson worked to change many of the mindsets and policies set up by the Federalist Presidents, while Madison’s attempts were to extend them. The success of each … Read more

Fahrenheit 451 & Brave New World

For more than half a century science fiction writers have thrilled and challenged readers with visions of the future and future worlds. These authors offered an insight into what they expected man, society, and life to be like at some future time. One such author, Ray Bradbury, utilized this concept in his work, Fahrenheit 451, … Read more

Cloning – the scientific process

Cloning, the scientific process of combining the DNA of one organism with the egg of another, creating a perfect genetically matched lifeform. Sound like an episode off the old sci-fi show “V”? Its not. Cloning is real. To this date scientists have cloned tadpoles, mice, cows and sheep. One sheep in particular, Dolly, a Scottish … Read more

Insight of Marco Polo

The result of the publication of this book was a rapid increase in commerce between the Italian city states and China. This expansion of enterprise soon spread to the rest of Europe as well. The result for Italy was the creation of wealth and leisure that made possible the Renaissance. For the rest of Europe … Read more

The Effects Of Alcohol On The Body

Alcohol is one of many dangerous substances that effects our bodies. The effects of this drug can be very harmful. Alcohol is a potent non-prescription drug sold to anyone over the national legal drinking age, 21. Unlike other deadly drugs it is easy to access. This makes it easy to over-consume and create a tragic … Read more

The Mexican War-Was It in the National Interest

Most Americans were advocates of expanding the Union to make a larger stronger country, but some also saw the Mexican War as a barefaced plot to expand slavery; however, the Mexican War was seen as something that was necessary to settle disputes between the two countries, and through the support of the “Manifest Destiny,” the … Read more

The Causes of World War I

The First World War had many causes; the historians probably have not yet discovered and discussed all of them so there might be more causes than what we know now. The spark of the Great War was the assassination of the Archduke Francis Ferdinand, heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary, and his wife by a … Read more

Drug Effects on the Community

Do people ever think about the consequences about drug abuse? Not many of us do but we all know what it does to us. Drugs are harmful to the brain and the body system itself; they affect the heart in many ways and because of that people become unconscious as to what their actions are. … Read more

Brave New World

On a superficial level Brave New World is the portrait of a perfect society. The citizens of this Utopia live in a society that is free of depression and most of the social-economic problems that trouble the world today. All aspects of life are controlled for the people of this society: population numbers, social class, … Read more

The different cultures

Inherent inside every human soul is a savage evil side that remains repressed by society. Often this evil side breaks out during times of isolation from our culture, and whenever one culture confronts another. History is loaded with examples of atrocities that have occurred when one culture comes into contact with another. Whenever fundamentally different … Read more

The Roman Empire

Roman Empire consisted of kings, magistrates, and senators. The king had a big power. He could accept, reject, or overrule senatotors’ decions because he was sen as a God of the earth. In Roman cities, councils transformed city states to central government officals. So urban councils’ functions were seperated two parts. These were civil and … Read more

1984 By George Orwell

Nineteen Eighty Four Fictional World In English this semester we have studied three different texts. All three texts were based on original, fictional worlds. The fictional world which stood out above the rest and really amazed me would have to be Nineteen Eighty-Four. Nineteen Eighty-Four was the most realistic out of the three. While reading … Read more

Themes in Siddhartha

The major theme of Siddhartha is that happiness comes from spiritual peace. Throughout the novel, the protagonist seeks such peace, which is finally achieved through several different stages of life. The first stage is that of an orthodox Brahmin’s son. In this stage, he reads the scriptures and performs ritualistic sacrifice. The second is an … Read more

Social Acceptance and Its Consequences

There is a moment in every persons life that defines what they will be and how they will do in the future. Although most people are unable to pinpoint the exact day and time of this moment, it is usually in early adolescence and involves that persons peers and developing morals. It is usually caused … Read more

Norse Mythology

The book entitled “Norse Mythology” by Karl Mortensen, is the book I chose to read for my first book report for this semester. The book was translated from the Danish by A. Clinton Crowell. Karl Mortensen was a doctor of philosophy whom attended the University of Copenhagen. The first part of the book is the … Read more

My Declaration of Independence

When in the course of human events it becomes necessary for one person to go to college, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that she make a difference. Even if not all of the words are mine, they mean something to me. As a matter of fact, some of the words should … Read more

Surrealism and T. S. Eliot

Surrealism is a dangerous word to use about the poet, playwright and critic T. S. Eliot, and certainly with his first major work, “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock “. Eliot wrote the poem, after all, years before Andre Breton and his compatriots began defining and practicing “surrealism” proper. Andre Breton published his first … Read more

Imagery in the Handmaid’s Tale

There are two kinds of freedom: freedom to, and freedom from. Historically, women in the United States have fought philosophical battles in and out of the home to achieve “freedom to” and have been successful. But what if society suddenly took away these freedoms? What if American women were suddenly returned to their cloistered state … Read more

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born in Porbandar, India, on October 2, 1869. Although his father was a chief minister for the maharaja of Porbandar, the family came from the traditional caste of grocers (the name Gandhi means “grocer”). His mother’s religion was Jainism, a Hindu religion which ideas of nonviolence and vegetarianism are very important. … Read more

The Debate of Capital Punishment

The Debate over the merits of capital punishment has endured for years, and continues to be an extremely indecisive and complicated issue. Adversaries of capital punishment point to the Marshalls and the Millgards, while proponents point to the Dahmers and Gacys. Society must be kept safe from the monstrous barbaric acts of these individuals and … Read more

Postmodern culture constitutes a crisis in representation

In a world of delusions, illusions, allusions and virtual realities, but also of constructed realities and of deconstructed textualities, the means of representation, the signs, have dissolved in the ongoing process of infinite semiosis. The crisis of representation is the apprehension of a world in which the signs have lost their power to represent anything. … Read more

How Affirmative Action Effects Us All

The roots of affirmative action can be traced back to the passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act where legislation redefined public and private behavior. The act states that to discriminate in private is legal, but anything regarding business or public discrimination is illegal (Microsoft Encarta Online). There are two instances when opposing affirmative action … Read more

Modernism vs. Neo-traditionalism

Beyond the term modernism underlies one of the greatest ideas in architectural development. Modernism was meant to provide more green areas, cheaper housing and more efficient use of space. This was to be accomplished by creating vertically dense spaces with the use of the new inventions of the nineteenth century, such as steel, glass, electricity … Read more

Charles I: The Martyr or The Traitor

Charles I of England was born in 1600 at Dunfermline, Scotland. He reigned as King of England and Ireland from 1625 until his death in 1649. In this essay I will attempt to consider whether Charles I was a martyr or a traitor. During Charles reign he did many things which upset the people and … Read more

Loki – the most misunderstood of all the gods

Loki is probably the most misunderstood of all the gods. Most people have come to see him as a most vile being, but this is a misconception. As everyone knows his actions will help destroy the gods, but there is more to him than that. What he gave to humanity as a whole outweighs what … Read more

Racism In America

There is surely no nation in the world that holds \”racism\” in greater horror than does the United States. Compared to other kinds of offenses, it is thought to be somehow more reprehensible. The press and public have become so used to tales of murder, rape, robbery, and arson, that any but the most spectacular … Read more

Benito Mussolinis Rise and Fall to Power

Benito Mussolini had a large impact on World War II. He wasnt always a powerful dictator though. At first he was a school teacher and a socialist journalist. He later married Rachele Guide and had 5 children. He was the editor of the Avanti, which was a socialist party newspaper in Milan. Benito Mussolini founded … Read more

Led Zeppelin

Hollywood, 1973. It was only the second day of Led Zeppelin’s stay in Los Angeles. Already, the word was out. Hordes of fans prowled the hallways of their hotel, the infamous Continental Hyatt House. The lobby was filled with photographers, groupies teetering on platform heels, even an impatient car salesman who’d come to deliver a … Read more

Underage Drinking

Teenagers today have no idea what alcoholism really is. They think that they can never become alcoholics. They think that it could never happen to them, but they are wrong. Stress, Family problems and the desire to be popular are wrong the cause of teenage alcoholism. Signs that a teenager has a drinking problem and … Read more

The NASA Haughton-Mars Project

A thousand miles or so from the Earth’s North pole lies our planet’s largest uninhabited island, Devon Island. Devon Island is the largest uninhabited island on Earth, with a surface area of approximately 66,800 km2. Its geology presents two major provinces: a thick (presently 1. 3 km) subhorizontal sequence of Paleozoic (Cambrian to Devonian) marine … Read more

Civil Rights Essay

Civil rights are the rights guaranteed to the citizens of the specified location. When looking back at our history our civil rights have changed our life forever. Our civil rights were first introduced in 1787 as our Constitution. The Constitution states that any citizen is guaranteed the right to freedom of speech, of religion, and … Read more

Artificial Life or Natural Death

Euthanasia has been a hotly debated about topic for the past couple of decades, but has recently been thrust into the limelight by many controversial court and hospital decisions. Euthanasia is defined as the “mercy killing” of a person who is brain dead, terminally ill or otherwise at death’s door. This usually, but not necessarily, … Read more