Adventure in "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn"
Book review - 5 pages - Literature
“Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” is a novel written by Mark Twain, published in 1885 and which is regarded as one of the greatest American novels. The story follows Huck (a character first introduced by Mark Twain in the Adventures of Tom Sawyer) and his friend Jim (a slave running for...
Political philosophies of Edmund Burke and Jean Jacques Rousseau
Thesis - 4 pages - Philosophy
Jean Jacques Rousseau and Edmund Burke were great political thinkers with different views on human nature, civil society, government, religion, and the extent of human rights. Rousseau believes that men have inalienable rights and possess the ability to destroy and rebuild the government in...
Commentaire du texte "Their First slave" extrait du roman Queen écrit par alex Haley en 1993. Rédigé en anglais.
Text commentary - 2 pages - Literature
This text is an extract from the novel Queen written by Alex Haley in 1993. The excerpt is called "Their first slave". The story takes place in the USA, and more precisely in Nasheville, in the 19th century, that is to say when slavery was still legal. Two young Irish immigrants, Washington and...
Syrup from Maxx Barry Resume
Presentation - 2 pages - Literature
Ce document est un powerpoint concernant le livre de Maxx Barry, Syrup. Il récapitule le rôle des différents personnages, l'histoire en bref et en général, l'organisation du livre, les règles de marketing inventées et utilisées par le protagoniste, et quelques sentiments à propos de ce...
Résumé Anglais Terminale S Emma Jane Austeen 550 Mots
Text commentary - 1 pages - Literature
Let me tell you about a XIX century love story... Her name is Emma, Emma Woodhouse. She is beautiful, clever and rich. Her mother died when she was only five. So Mr. Woodhouse, her father, found Miss Taylor, a housekeeper, to look after his two daughters. Thus Emma lived with his father, Miss...
Self-Love as it connects to the theme of "recognition"
Thesis - 4 pages - Philosophy
There is no concept of more importance to an individual's sense of recognition than the idea of self-love. Self-love helps one to better theorize recognition because it provides necessary contexts, reasoning and often difficulty to measure individuality in the topic of recognition. Self-love...
Montesquieu & the separation of powers
Thesis - 7 pages - Philosophy
Past and future have in common that the latter is as uncertain as the former. Indeed, there is no such thing as malleable as human memory. More than how things really were, one often only retains what he wanted to. The problem is that as a consequence there is sometimes a certain discrepancy...
Cinematic Analysis: Theories of prejudice in "Freedom Writers"
Book review - 3 pages - Literature
Prejudice is prevalent in many aspects of the society. At some point in our lives, we will all come in contact with some sort of prejudice whether it is only witnessed or perhaps even a personal act. The movie "Freedom Writers" perfectly exemplifies the effects prejudice can have and how...
Marriage is an event, which has lost all it meaning, and above all, it does not last anymore.
Thesis - 10 pages - Philosophy
“Will you marry me?” Here are some words that we often listen or read, which explains a simple thing, marriage. But what is the real meaning of this word, marriage? Through times, the definition of it has evolved, and it is not possible to give a complete answer to it. Some people...
Hume 'Problem of Induction'
Essay - 3 pages - Philosophy
Hume defines the problem of induction, wondering about the concept of causality, in order to found a Newtonian science of Human being. Hume définit le problème de l'induction, s'interrogeant sur la notion de concept de causalité, afin de fonder une science newtonienne de l'être humain.
Working with spiritual and emotional intelligence
Essay - 10 pages - Philosophy
Life is hard and there is many way to be able to do it more comfortable. Indeed, all of us are different and have different needs. That is why we should share with others we have to live with. But, even if I think it is good in some situation, it is not the case in some others. Because we are too...
WEB. Dubois vs. Booker T. Washington, who had it right?
Essay - 6 pages - Politic philosophy
W.E.B Dubois and Booker T. Washington were two great leaders of the African American community back in the late 19th and early 20th centuries who sharply disagreed on strategies to ensure black social and economic rights and progress following the era of radical "Reconstruction". Born a slave in...
Differences and Similarities between two Creation Myths
Thesis - 3 pages - Literature
As its title suggests, a creation myth is the lavish story that lays the groundwork for the life of an epic figure, as manifest through history. The creation myth commonly establishes a trend that becomes commonplace for the subject throughout his or her life, a trend that is based upon and...
Fiche en anglais sur "The fall of the house of Usher", Edgar Allan Poe
Worksheets - 4 pages - Literature
Fiche littéraire détaillée rédigée en anglais sur la nouvelle "The fall of the house of Usher" d'Edgar Allan POE. La fiche fait 5 pages, et présente les différents thèmes expliqués, une analyse et une présentation des personnages, ainsi qu'une courte biographie de l'auteur et de ses...
The Aesthetics of Comics - 'Transfiguration of the Commonplace'
Thesis - 6 pages - Literature
In his work 'Transfiguration of the Commonplace', Danto asserts that philosophy, as a system of thought, is a unique subject-matter in which not everything is appropriate to its nature of inquiry (Danto, Section 3, p. 54). Art, however, he contends, has proven, throughout the ages, to be...
Angela Carter's 'The Bloody Chamber': A revision of social fictions
Essay - 4 pages - Literature
Angela Carter's 'The Bloody Chamber' comprises a collection of short stories, all of which, in some sense or another, exemplify a variation or reworking of popularized fairy tales. Her writing style, rather than taking the form of any one genre, crosses the boundaries of all of them;...
'The Stranger' by Camus - A review
Thesis - 2 pages - Literature
In 'The Stranger', Camus expresses his philosophy of the absurd. 'The Stranger' was Camus's first novel, depicting the story of an emotionally detached, unaffected, and seemingly amoral man, Meursault. When first reading the novel, Meursault may seem like an amoral character,...
The neo-Romanticist underpinnings of Roberts's 'Tantramar Revisited' and Lampman's 'Heat'
Essay - 4 pages - Literature
Canadian poets Roberts and Lampman, both affiliated with the school of Confederation poetry, found themselves writing amidst a “new world” full of beauty and prosperity and were thus eager to capture this essence of the Canadian landscape. Hence, their turn towards the Romantic poets of...
'Rebecca' as a Gothic Romance: Far from the classic Cinderella story
Book review - 5 pages - Literature
Daphne Du Maurier's novel 'Rebecca' can be interpreted in various lights; for instance, for many, it is commonly held to follow the form of a fairy tale. While there is, no doubt, adequate ground for this interpretation, the novel's characteristics seem to embody more the elements of the...
Hejinian's 'My Life': A Poetic Autobiography of Multiplicity
Book review - 5 pages - Literature
Lyn Hejinian's poetic autobiography 'My Life' crosses over the boundaries of genre and into an indefinable realm of its own. It contains elements of poetry, autobiography, personal narrative, and women's fiction, while simultaneously entering into a continuous dialogue with the nature of...
'Siddhartha', by Herman Hesse, and the 'Metamorphosis', by Franz Kafka: A review
Thesis - 3 pages - Literature
'Siddhartha' by Herman Hesse, and the 'Metamorphosis' by Franz Kafka, are both novels which portray the protagonists, Siddhartha and Gregor, as obedient members of society who undergo momentous, life altering transformations. Both transformations considerably affect the...
Madness Redefined: Plath's Demystification of Insanity in 'The Bell Jar'
Thesis - 8 pages - Literature
Sylvia Plath's 'The Bell Jar' depicts the mental-breakdown of a privileged and educated young woman in 1950s American society. To this day, the literary merit of the novel remains a topic of intense debate. The majority of critics seem to take the stance that its overall worth lies in the...
Analysis of 'The Birth of Tragedy'
Book review - 3 pages - Literature
In his work 'The Birth of Tragedy', Nietzsche argues that, “it is only as an aesthetic phenomenon that the existence of the world is eternally justified (Sect. 5, p. 52)”. Simply put, Nietzsche maintains that, without the guidance and creation of art, the terrible truths of the...
Aristotle & the Hellenists
Book review - 2 pages - Literature
In book I (The Object of Life) of 'Nicomachean Ethics', Aristotle sets out to determine what the concept of good represents for man and, more specifically, what the supreme good for man is. Aristotle asserts that, although there are many different relative goods that humans strive for,...
Identity Construction in Ibsen's 'Hedda Gabler' and Wilde's 'The Importance of Being Earnest'
Essay - 3 pages - Literature
Both Henrik Ibsen's 'Hedda Gabler' and Oscar Wilde's 'The Importance of Being Earnest' depict the constant conflict between the individual and the society in which they live; and, more specifically, the struggle of the individual to construct his or her own identity in light of...
Speech acts
Essay - 10 pages - Linguistics & languages
In the present research, the researcher will examine 13 main points, each of which will be followed by other subtitles. Throughout these headlines and subtitles, speech acts are going to be investigated in terms of three main stages. The first stage is about Austin's first dichotomy which...
Exemple de lettre de candidature pour un poste d'Assistante de Direction en anglais
Sample letter - 1 pages - Linguistics & languages
Voici un exemple de lettre de candidature que vous pouvez envoyer si vous rechercher un poste d'assistante de direction.
Développement sur le télétravail (=teleworking) en anglais
Essay - 1 pages - Linguistics & languages
Ce développement (introduction, développement, conclusion) aborde les avantages et les inconvénients du télétravail en anglais
Le travail en intérim (=Teleworking)
Essay - 1 pages - Linguistics & languages
Ce développement (introduction, développement, conclusion) en anglais aborde les avantages et les inconvéniens du travail en intérim.
Réserver une chambre d'hôtel en anglais
Worksheets - 2 pages - Linguistics & languages
Très utile et pratique, cette fiche vous permettra de réserver une chambre d'hôtel, modifier ou annuler votre réservation en anglais. Que ce soit dans un but professionnel ou privé, vous trouverez dans ce guide tout le vocabulaire et les phrases clés dont vous aurez besoin.
