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  • Descriptive Essay on the 4th of July

    Descriptive Essay on the 4th of July

    The Fourth of July Giant flags of red, white, and blue, children shouting in parades, spinning noise-makers, streamers, and centerpieces: sounds like the perfect birthday celebration! But, the Fourth of July is more than just the nation's birthday. It is the countless number of friends and family, the perfect weather, the backyard barbeques, and the brilliant fireworks that light up the night sky. No other holiday makes people feel the same as they do on

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    Essay Length: 584 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: January 19, 2010 By: Andrew
  • Self-Immolation (commonality of Monks and Women)

    Self-Immolation (commonality of Monks and Women)

    Both Buddhists monks and women perform suicide or self-immolation with the purpose to protect and preserve important ethical values in the social and cultural context. The use of suicide as an agency to preserve the female virtue of chastity is the foremost prerogatives of women. Fong sites that there was an increased incidence of the practice of suicide with the spread of education among women in the Ming and Qing dynasty, primarily due to the

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    Essay Length: 321 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: January 19, 2010 By: Vika
  • A Christmas Carol Essay

    A Christmas Carol Essay

    A Christmas Carol Essay Many times in life, we do not realize the importance of something until it is gone and is too late to reclaim. However, in A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, we are told the story of a man who, although undeserving, is offered an opportunity to redeem himself, to receive a second chance. This man, Ebenezer Scrooge, is changed forever by the valuable lessons taught by four spirits: those of his

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    Essay Length: 1,079 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: January 20, 2010 By: Vika
  • An Academic Essay Relating to George Orwell's View of Capital Punishment

    An Academic Essay Relating to George Orwell's View of Capital Punishment

    The audience gets a glimpse into the hanging of a Burmese prisoner in George Orwell’s personal essay “A Hanging.” He employs techniques, such as the use of simile and imagery, which are effective in appealing to the emotions of the reader. By reaching out to the audience in such a way, Orwell is able to press upon them his negative attitude towards capital punishment. In the beginning of the passage Orwell discusses the cells of

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    Essay Length: 857 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: January 20, 2010 By: Vika
  • Compare/contrast Girl Interrupted and Catcher in the Rye

    Compare/contrast Girl Interrupted and Catcher in the Rye

    Girl, Interrupted is about a girl named Susanna who is put into a mental institute after attempting suicide. A Catcher in the Rye is about a boy named Holden who is repeatedly kicked out of schools. Both of these stories have similar characteristics. In both these stories the main characters are rejecting society and refusing to conform to the times of change. Susanna Kaysen and Holden Caulfield have had many experiences throughout their childhood that

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    Essay Length: 956 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: January 20, 2010 By: Stenly
  • Beltane Essay

    Beltane Essay

    Beltane Essay Beltane is the last of the three spring fertility festivals. Beltane is the second principal Celtic festival (the other being Samhain). Celebrated approximately halfway between spring equinox and the midsummer (Summer Solstice). Beltane traditionally marked the arrival if summer in ancient times. At Beltane the Pleiades star cluster rises just before sunrise on the morning horizon. The Pleiades is a cluster of seven closely placed stars, the seven sisters, in the constellation of

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    Essay Length: 2,755 Words / 12 Pages
    Submitted: January 20, 2010 By: Bred
  • Essay on the Article How Organizations Can Overbalance

    Essay on the Article How Organizations Can Overbalance

    Essay on the article “How Organizations Can Overbalance” For my essay I read the article “How Organizations Can Overbalance: Decision Overreach as a Reason for Failure” by David C. Wilson, David J Hickson, and Susan Miller. This article appeared in The American Behavioral Scientist, in August 1996. In this essay I will first objectively identify the thesis and how the authors supported it, and secondly I will give a subjective interpretation of how this article

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    Essay Length: 1,844 Words / 8 Pages
    Submitted: January 20, 2010 By: Jon
  • College Essay Type B

    College Essay Type B

    Throughout the many ages that the world has partaken, several cultures have been contrived among the almost seemingly abundant human race. Due to this extravagant collage amongst the world as a whole, many different views of the world have been created. Things such as race, religion, ethnicity, language, and personality as well are all things that contribute to the division of individual philosophy and belief. If there is a place here on earth that signifies,

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    Essay Length: 436 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: January 20, 2010 By: Jessica
  • Scarlet Letter Essay

    Scarlet Letter Essay

    This short excerpt from the beginning of The Scarlet Letter indicates that the story is being told from the perspective of someone who is perhaps a bit skeptical of the reliability of the Puritan religion. The overall sense of negativity throughout the passage informs the reader that whoever may be narrating may think of themself as being above the Puritan doctrine. It isn't unbelievable, as the Puritan way of life seems to be rather mundane

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    Essay Length: 532 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: January 20, 2010 By: Anna
  • Effective Communication Between Men and Women

    Effective Communication Between Men and Women

    Effective Communication between Men and Women Many men and women find it quite difficult to understand exactly what their mates want. With this new boom of self-help books this is no longer a problem. Whether it is bad communication or dealing with petty arguments, there is a book out there for you and your partner. Although not all of the author's agree and there are many critics of these works, they do offer helpful insight

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    Essay Length: 459 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: January 20, 2010 By: Janna
  • Women in Hamlet

    Women in Hamlet

    Hamlet is one of Shakespeare’s most famous plays. In this essay I will look at Hamlets perception of women in general but particularly Gertrude and Ophelia. I will also look at the historical presentation of women, comparing Hamlets time to today and seeing if the symbolic role that the females characters have is related to the period. Also I will look at Hamlets madness, whether it was real or not and also whether women could

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    Essay Length: 1,159 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: January 20, 2010 By: Bred
  • Essays

    Essays

    An essay - is a typically short piece of writing, from an author's personal point of view. Essays are non-fiction but often subjective; while expository, they can also include narrative. Essays can be literary criticism, political manifestos, learned arguments, observations of daily life, recollections, and reflections of the author. The definition of an essay is vague, overlapping with those of an article and a short story. Almost all modern essays are written in prose, but

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    Essay Length: 300 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: January 20, 2010 By: David
  • A Comparison of Greek and Norse Mythology

    A Comparison of Greek and Norse Mythology

    Hundreds of years ago people did not have the technology to explain different forces of nature. They created gods, each with separate powers, to rule their domains. Some of the gods were merciful, some were wicked, and others were merely servants of more powerful gods. Looking at the gods, it is easy to tell what the civilization most valued. I am going to look at the Greek and the Norse gods to compare what was

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    Submitted: January 21, 2010 By: July
  • Wealhtheow: The Role of Women in Beowulf

    Wealhtheow: The Role of Women in Beowulf

    Wealhtheow: The Role of Women in Beowulf Beowulf is an epic tale written over twelve hundred years ago. In the poem, several different female characters are introduced, and each woman possesses detailed and unique characteristics. The women in Beowulf are portrayed as strong individuals, each of whom has a specific role within the poem. Some women are cast as the cup-bearers and gracious hostesses of the mead halls, such as Wealhtheow and Hygd, while others,

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    Essay Length: 1,704 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: January 21, 2010 By: Venidikt
  • The Effect of Geography on Greek History

    The Effect of Geography on Greek History

    How did geography affect Greek history? In what ways was Greek civilization molded by the land, the sea, and the weather of the Mediterranean area? To answer this question I looked at a relief map of Ancient Greece. I saw how easily the land could be divided into city-states. Thinking about the geography of Greece; there is hardly a place where you cannot see the sea, and hardly a place where you can grow anything

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    Essay Length: 508 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: January 21, 2010 By: Edward
  • Roles of Women in the Economic Success of Colonial New England

    Roles of Women in the Economic Success of Colonial New England

    We have all undoubtedly heard of the revolutionary men who shaped the original colonies into a great nation but few people realize the importance women's roles played in the economic success of the New England colonies. This paper will highlight how the colonial women affected economy and contributed to the success of the British colonies. Women have always played a major role in history and the economics of the colonial period is no different. Additionally,

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    Submitted: January 21, 2010 By: Top
  • The Role of the Economy and Its Effects on Women’s Roles in Austen’s Novels

    The Role of the Economy and Its Effects on Women’s Roles in Austen’s Novels

    "The role of the economy and its effects on women's roles is introduced from the very first lines of the novel. Austen says, "It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife...[and]...he is considered as the rightful property of some one or other" (Austen 1) of the daughters of the neighborhood. Economy and financial matters is an appropriate way to begin

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    Essay Length: 280 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: January 21, 2010 By: Edward
  • Compare/contrast the Treatment of Femininity in Pygmalion and Medea

    Compare/contrast the Treatment of Femininity in Pygmalion and Medea

    Historically, the treatment of femininity in literature is wide ranging. Some texts explore the feelings and responsibilities involved with typically feminine traits such as motherhood and in social environments, while others highlight more feminist issues such as the struggle for equality and male oppression. Authors of both sexes have made major contributions to this area in literature but it remains surprising that male writers have been able to perceptively portray women above their previously subordinate

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    Essay Length: 1,437 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: January 21, 2010 By: Mike
  • Robert Rodriguez's Essay the Achievement of Desire

    Robert Rodriguez's Essay the Achievement of Desire

    Journal 8: The Ambitious Mexican Before congregating with our groups on Tuesday, my views of Robert Rodriguez's essay "The Achievement of Desire" consisted mostly of annoyance and boredom. However, rather than a twenty page complaint, a second reading enlightened me into the life and hardships that Rodriguez endured to achieve his academic success. At first I felt that Rodriguez disregarded his family, and cared about nothing but his school work. Although this is somewhat true,

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    Essay Length: 585 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: January 21, 2010 By: Steve
  • Theme in an Essay on Man

    Theme in an Essay on Man

    Quinton Clark Professor Cain Int. Lit. 210.08 22 September 2005 Theme in An Essay on Man An Essay on Man strives to put into perspective man’s place in this universe, as well as God’s dominion over man. Man only knows what is possible for him to know. There is a God who has in His infinite wisdom created man and all else in all universes. He has allotted man a time and place in his

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    Essay Length: 273 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: January 21, 2010 By: Kevin
  • Greek Term for the Ancient Egyptian

    Greek Term for the Ancient Egyptian

    The word paper comes from the Greek term for the ancient Egyptian writing material called papyrus, which was formed from beaten strips of papyrus plants. Papyrus was produced as early as 3000 BC in Egypt, and sold to ancient Greece and Rome. The establishment of the Library of Alexandria put a drain on the supply of papyrus. As a result, according to the Roman historian Pliny (Natural History records, xiii.21), parchment was invented under the

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    Essay Length: 352 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: January 22, 2010 By: Mike
  • Women in the Hellenistic World

    Women in the Hellenistic World

    Women in the Hellenistic world Women in the Hellenistic World Women’s lives were improved and expanded in the Hellenistic age more so than at any other time prior Greek history. Papyri from Egypt and Coele-Syria have led to the discovery of documents on marriage contracts, inscriptions of philanthropy, and the daily lives of the women in that period. The Hellenistic woman changed in many ways. She became more educated, more cultured, and she received domestic

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    Essay Length: 255 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: January 22, 2010 By: Monika
  • Women’s Suffrage

    Women’s Suffrage

    Women's Suffrage University of Phoenix - Online HIS/120 - US History 1865 - 1945 November 2007 Women's Suffrage Women’s Suffrage is a subject that could easily be considered a black mark on the history of the United States. The entire history of the right for women to vote takes many twists and turns but eventually turned out alright. This paper will take a look at some of these twists and turns along with some of

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    Submitted: January 22, 2010 By: Monika
  • Women Infant and Children Program

    Women Infant and Children Program

    I decided to do my assessment on my community. I live in Marion, which is part of Marion County, South Carolina. The data at which the town history was review was difficult to determine. As the business grew so did the towns population, which expanded into 7,042 citizens. In 1730's when the white settlers began to move inland alone the rivers of Charles Town, building rough cabins and clearing land for farming and grazing close

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    Essay Length: 2,307 Words / 10 Pages
    Submitted: January 22, 2010 By: Kevin
  • Photography Essay: Artist Comparison

    Photography Essay: Artist Comparison

    Photography Essay: Artist Comparison. Three of the most influential artists of the century, known even to those outside the art world have made a huge impact on how we see our world. Two of these artists work together and one alone. Ansel Adams was a visionary figure in nature photography and wilderness preservation. He is seen as an environmental folk hero and a symbol of the American West, especially of Yosemite National Park. Adams' dedication

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    Essay Length: 575 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: January 22, 2010 By: Edward

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