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A Paper on the Character of Rev. Arthur Dimmesdale in the Story The Scarlet Letter (416 words, 1 pages)

Rev. Arthur Dimmesdale is one of the major characters in the story The Scarlet Letter. In this story Arthur Dimmesdale plays the part of the towns reverend. He has a high position in society and is viewed as one of the good and polite kind of guy by the society. ... Read More

The Reality of Human Goals and Aspirations (867 words, 1 pages)

I cannot bring myself to believe that any of the problems we face in this day and age are the result of the world around us or any other specific factor we may tell ourselves play a role in the development of our shortcomings as far as our society is ... Read More

The Relationship between Life and Death in Thanatopsis, Poem by William Cullen Bryant (567 words, 1 pages)

The poem, Thanatopsis, written by William Cullen Bryant, is a wonderful literary work which explores the often controversial questions of death. Within his well written lines Bryant attempts to show the relationship between deaths eternal questions and the ongoing cycle of nature and life. Upon concluding the poem many readers ... Read More

An Analysis of Shakespeare’s Hamlet, Possibly the Most Complex Character Presented Onstage (1663 words, 3 pages)

Hamlet (c. 1600) is perhaps the most famous of all the tragedies created by William Shakespeare. The main character Hamlet -- may be the most complex and controversial character any playwright has ever placed onstage. Hamlets erratic behavior poses a question is he being rational in his acts and sacrificing ... Read More

The Intricate Symbolism in The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge (389 words, 1 pages)

In Samuel Taylor Coleridge's poem "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner", the author uses the story of a sailor and his adventures to reveal aspects of life. This tale follows the Mariner and his crew as they travel between the equator and the south pole, and then back to England. ... Read More

Analysis of William Wordworth’s Lines Composed a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey and Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (680 words, 1 pages)

In "Lines Composed A Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey", Wordsworth uses imagination to help him and others to live in the physical world peacefully. He recalls playing in Tintern Abbey, a forest nearby there and played in it when he was young. Now he comes back for different reasons. He ... Read More

A Rhetorical Analysis of James Baldwin’s Sonny’s Blues (1025 words, 2 pages)

A Rhetorical Analysis of Sonnys Blues Analysis of Sound Introduction In the story of Sonnys Blues, one man copes with the ever changing lifestyle of his younger brother. The older brother bumps into a slimy friend of his younger brother one day after work. He is reminded of Sonnys uglier ... Read More

The Nature of Death in the Philosophy of Aristotle (2107 words, 3 pages)

Why are we mistaken death to be an evil? -according to Socrates Is death an evil, and what really happens after we die? These are questions that people have asked themselves for thousands of years. And I really dont think anyone has found the correct answer to this, at least ... Read More

A Paper on Unity and Recurrence in Herman Hesse’s Siddartha (714 words, 1 pages)

In Herman Hesse's Siddhartha, unity and reoccurrence are reflecting themes in this novel and in life. Unity is "the state of being one or a unit harmony, agreement in feelings or ideas or aims, etc" and reoccurrence is "a fresh embodiment." Both unity and reoccurrence are first introduced by means ... Read More

A Comparison of Callahans Crosstime Saloon and the Porphyrias Lover (2262 words, 3 pages)

The two characters, Tom Hauptman from Callahans Crosstime Saloon (The Time-Traveler), and the speaker in Robert Brownings poem, Porphyrias Lover, may easily be compared and contrasted. Once the reader can understand the two characters, it becomes evident that they are similar, yet easily contrastable. Tom and the speaker are similar ... Read More

A Paper on Revenge in The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne (879 words, 2 pages)

Revenge is the act of retaliating in order to get even with someone for the wrongs they have done. In the novel The Scarlet Letter, the author, Nathaniel Hawthorne, uses Roger Chillingworth to reap revenge on Arthur Dimmesdale for his affair with his wife, Hester Prynne. Chillingworth becomes so devoted ... Read More

A Paper on Issue of Fate in Romeo and Juliet (484 words, 1 pages)

Lovers are often stopped from falling in love, but lovers have faith to help them love each other. In William Shakespeare?s Romeo and Juliet, two star-crossed lovers are paused from falling in love, due to two family feuds. Fate leads Romeo and Juliet to meet and to die. Romeo and ... Read More

A Review of Robert Frost’s Poem Fire and Ice (327 words, 1 pages)

Fire and Ice Robert Frost Some say the world will end in fire, Some say in ice. From what Ive tasted of desire I hold with those who favor fire. But if it had to perish twice, I think I know enough of hate To say that for destruction ice ... Read More

A Paper on Religious Experiences by Philosophers Radhakrishnan, Nishida and Carol Christ (844 words, 2 pages)

Religion has had a profound affect on the development of societies through the ages. It has influenced individuals and cultures. Three philosophers that have concentrated on the meaning of religion and the religious experience are Radhakrishnan, Nishida, and Carol Christ. Radhakrishnan and Nishida both share the same idea that religious ... Read More

A Paper on Animism and Tylor’s Book In Primitive Culture (463 words, 1 pages)

Animism, from Latin anima, "breath" or "soul", belief in spiritual beings. Among biologists and psychologists, animism refers to the view that the human mind is a nonmaterial entity that nevertheless interacts with the body via the brain and nervous system. As a philosophical theory, animism, usually called panpsychism, is the ... Read More

Reflections on a Book The Things They Carried (870 words, 1 pages)

Reflections on "The Things They Carried" Analyzing the storys craftsmanship Tim OBrien wrote a story that is known as "The Things They Carried." It is a carefully crafted, detailed account of a Lieutenant and his men, the time period being right in the middle of the Vietnam war. In most ... Read More

The Cruelty of Elie Wiesel (631 words, 1 pages)

In Night, Elie Wiesel challenges his belief in God at Auschwitz. Wiesel is constantly surrounded by some of the most gruesome acts of inhumanity in our entire history. He thinks if God can let something happen like such a large genocide then what his presence really for. Wiesel went into ... Read More

The Beauty of Teaching and Learning (861 words, 1 pages)

People come into this world to live. Sooner or later each one of them asks a question about the meaning and purpose of life. I believe that life consists of constant learning. Every day, every hour, every minute a person learns something new. Learning is not only the process of ... Read More

A Paper on Platonic Justice in Plato’s Republic (925 words, 2 pages)

Platonic Justice Throughout Platos Republic, the subject of platonic justice and its goodness to its self arise and are discussed amongst Plato and his peers. At the beginning of The Republic, Plato asks the fundamental question of what is justice? Looking to define the ideal state of justice, Plato reasons ... Read More

A Paper on Plato’s Three Main Objections to Poetry (1062 words, 2 pages)

Plato's three main objections to poetry are that poetry is not ethical, philosophical or pragmatic. It is not ethical because it promotes undesirable passions, it is not philosophical because it does not provide true knowledge, and it is not pragmatic because it is inferior to the practical arts and therefore ... Read More

An Analysis of Techniques Used for Creating Single Emotional Effect in Poe’s Work (1029 words, 3 pages)

The Single Emotional "Poeffect" Essay written by Henry George When reviewing Nathaniel Hawthornes Tales, Edgar Allen Poe pronounced that the short story, if skillfully written, should deliver a single preconceived effect- an effect upon which incidents be fashioned to accommodate that effect. Edgar Allen Poe was indeed a skillful writer. ... Read More

A Preying Clique in Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird (618 words, 1 pages)

Schools tend to have cliques, small groups of narrow-minded people who criticize others. These teens in cliques parallel adults in todays society. They prey on those who believe in different things, come from different backgrounds, and have different morals and values. In To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, three ... Read More

An Essay on the Interpretation of Morality in Catholicism and Buddhism (1054 words, 2 pages)

Catholicism and the Buddhist faith are two of the world's most popular religions. This essay aims to explain how morality is interpreted by both Catholicism and Buddhism through the spiritual leaders of both. In order to show immediately that these two religions differ greatly, here are some key points. First, ... Read More

A Review of Paulo Coelho’s The Alchemist (956 words, 2 pages)

The Alchemist Paulo Coelho's 'The Alchemist' is a tale about an Andalusian shepherd boy named Santiago who goes on a journey to find treasure. On his journey, Santiago encounters several people including a king, a gypsy woman, an Englishman, and an alchemist. Each person affects his journey in some way ... Read More

A Paper on the William Shakespeare’s Character of Othello (1230 words, 2 pages)

Othello Not Wisely, but Too Well William Shakespeare presents an excellent leader but a poor reasoner in Othello. The eponymous hero has strength, charisma, and eloquence. Yet these ideals of leadership do not bode well in real world situations. The battlefield and Senate are, at least in Othello, depicted as ... Read More

The Tragedy of Othello (532 words, 1 pages)

Many years ago, women were used betrayed by their husbands or just men in general. They had no say so in anything. Whatever the men told them to do to do they did or they paid the consequences, in which they were bad. In the play "The Tragedy of Othello, ... Read More

A Paper on the Main Characters of the Novel The Picture of Dorian Gray (505 words, 1 pages)

Main characters Dorian Gray-- 20 years old at the beginning of the book and around 40 at the end. A very handsome young man. he stays young because he sold his soul to the devil. Lord Henry Wotton-- An intelligent man who has a theory for every- thing. He has ... Read More

Summary on How Faith in God Was Loss In “Night” by Elie Wiesel (1126 words, 3 pages)

Never shall I forget that night, the first night in camp, which has turned my life into one long night, seven times cursed and seven times sealed. Never shall I forget that smoke. Never shall I forget the little faces of the children, whose bodies I saw turned into wreaths ... Read More

The Impact of Religion and Geography in the Formation of Regions (1195 words, 2 pages)

Throughout history religion and geography have played a major role in the process in which regions have been formed. The New England and the Chesapeake regions were both settled by a large number of people of the English origin. By 1700 the regions had developed into two very different societies. ... Read More

Less Known Facts about Native Americans (345 words, 1 pages)

The Native Americans way of life was interesting and unique, describe to be savages, drunks and This paper will examine the Native Americans character. During the 19th century, these peoples and their customs became well known, known as the stereotyped "Indian" customs the long feather headdress, the tepee (also spelled ... Read More

Published: Friday 25th of January 2013