"A Hideously Difficult Task": An Exploration of American Racial Identity through the Works of James Baldwin
Essay - 6 pages - Literature
In a style similar to other minority works of literature, James Baldwin's writing encompasses the recurring theme of identity—what it means and from where it originates. This theme stems from incomplete identity of the black American community. Baldwin's writings try to explain the...
Critical Analysis of "Goblin Market"
Essay - 7 pages - Literature
Sylvia Plath once said, “The blood jet is poetry, and there is no stopping it.” This was true for many poets, and especially true for Christina Rossetti. Rossetti had poetry in her blood, art in her veins. When she first wrote “Goblin Market” in 1859, some critics...
A Radial Category Perspective on Mandarin Verb Complements
Essay - 6 pages - Linguistics & languages
In his treatment of Claudia Brugman's work on the English preposition over, Lakoff (1987) extends Brugman's analysis of that preposition as a radial category, one in which the different meanings of the word can be described in terms of a category structured radically, containing with a central...
The Rhetoric of Growth in Colorado: Reconciling Perceptions and Reality
Essay - 8 pages - Linguistics & languages
In 1990, Colorado was a state of about 3.3 million (U.S. Census Bureau, 2001b). By 2000, Colorado's population had grown to 4,301,261 (U.S. Census Bureau, 2001b). Colorado's new residents spurred development in areas once sparsely inhabited. The population of Superior in Boulder County, for...
Gender Representation and the Curation of Chicano Visions
Essay - 3 pages - Linguistics & languages
The Chicano Art Movement began in part as an effort on the part of Chicanos to take agency in their own representation. Before the Movement, most available representation of Mexicans and Mexican-Americans cast them in a negative light — often as servile or violent (Davalos 3). It is...
The Making of an Official Language : Chaofen Sun
Essay - 6 pages - Linguistics & languages
The foundation for the unification of Chinese has already come into being. It is none other than the standard form of Modern Chinese with the Beijing phonological system as its norm of pronunciation, Northern dialects as its base dialects, and looking to exemplary modern works in vernacular...
Trans formative Exile: Coriolanus' Lack of Evolution During his Banishment from Rome
Essay - 4 pages - Literature
When the people of Rome exile Coriolanus, he seeks refuge in Antium, throwing himself before his longtime enemy, Tullus Aufidius, and offering himself as a weapon against Rome. Although he has fought countless times for Rome, bringing himself to the brink of death time and time again, the Roman...
Death and Identity in Ladakh and Rondônia
Essay - 3 pages - Philosophy
Every culture defines different entities and ideas in relation to which the individual can experience his or her identity and physical or mental substances on which one's identities are located. Mortuary rites described in Hiroaki Mori and Yukari Hayashi's film The Tibetan Book of the Dead: A Way...
Words about God
Essay - 3 pages - Philosophy
If Martin Luther's assumptions on faith in the Word of God are correct, then humanity has nothing to doubt. But his skepticism of the Catholic Church is not a complete philosophical skepticism: at no point in his work is the notion of God questioned. Descartes does question the existence of...
Essay on Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead
Essay - 4 pages - Literature
William Shakespeare is among the most notable playwrights of all time. Some of his works have been so popular that they have been turned into modern movies, aimed at attracting a new generation to this author's works. While Shakespeare has been able to provide audiences with theatrical...
Sir Thomas Wyatt : Lord of Sonnets
Tutorials/exercises - 5 pages - Literature
Sir Thomas Wyatt was a cornerstone of the development of British Literature, and his works influenced the art of literature and made it what it is today. He introduced the sonnet into English civilization, and thus set up the building blocks for many great writers to write in the English...
The Techniques that Cults use to Manipulate Converts
Essay - 5 pages - Philosophy
Over the course of the late twentieth century, the development of mass media has enabled average citizens to explore a wide range of lifestyles and issues through the comfort of their homes. While the mass media has provided notable insights into critical political, social and economic issues, it...
Symbolism and intertextuality in Cathleen Ní Houlihan by W.B Yeats
Worksheets - 16 pages - Literature
The end of the ninetieth century, Ireland has been marked by the will of William Butler Yeats. Lady Augusta Gregory and Edward Martin had to perform in Dublin Celtic and Irish plays. This aimed at "bring[ing] upon the stage the deeper thoughts and emotions of Ireland [?] which [was] not found in...
Challenge Day: A Transitory Charismatic Movement in the Milieu of Modern High School
Essay - 9 pages - Philosophy
Starting in the 1970s, activists, counselors, and state school boards across the country have taken measurements to quell violence in middle and high schools. The violence stems from the adolescent tendency for concentrated peer groups, which leads to gangs and inter-gang violence, especially...
How does Shakespeare use or abuse the conventions of romance in as you like it?
Essay - 4 pages - Literature
The world of Shakespearean comedies is undoubtedly romantic, poetic and idealized. As You Like It is no exception in this respect. Romantic in all aspects, especially form and spirit, the play presents before you a world of love, of deceit, of vulgarity, of humor, of music and what not! But it is...
Black Panthers
Tutorials/exercises - 5 pages - Philosophy
Introduction Throughout the course of history, a number of different political groups have shaped the process of political discourse. Among the most notable are the Black Panthers. Established in the early years of the Civil Rights Movement, the Black Panthers worked to raise the American...
Syllogistic Decision-Making
Essay - 4 pages - Philosophy
The process of syllogistic decision-making is predicated on the conclusions that can be drawn from presenting two or more pieces of evidence. In its most rudimentary form the process of syllogistic decision-making follows the following pattern: a = b and b = c, therefore a = c. If the context of...
Mimicking an Image in Hopes of Gaining Popularity
Essay - 7 pages - Philosophy
The average American high school is a mecca of noticeable things. Among them is the most obvious and interesting. Take a walk into the cafeteria, try and find an empty table and sit down. Now look around. What do you think you will observe? It is not the disappointing cafeteria food, or the bland...
The Effects of Racial Discourse
Essay - 3 pages - Philosophy
Introduction Racial discourse is a process that has notable ramifications for society. However, for individuals that are part of the majority race in a community, the reality of issues such as racial prejudice, discrimination and stereotyping are almost nonexistent. This is because the majority...
Allegory of the Chronicles
Essay - 4 pages - Literature
Many have felt that the Chronicles of Narnia were not allegorical. One was the famous author of the Chronicles, C.S. Lewis. Similarly to many, he felt that the stories in which he created were “not allegory but rather fairy tale, a branch of fantasy” (Duriez 97). However, Lewis's theory...
The Importance of the Resurrection in Preaching in the Early Church
Essay - 3 pages - Philosophy
The modern church is a model of both divinity and spirituality. Although many laymen assume that the church existed in this state from the beginning, the reality is that the early church consisted of only a few individuals interested in spreading the Word of God to their neighbors. There were no...
Machiavelli's and Lao Tsu's views on Government
Essay - 3 pages - Philosophy
Throughout the course of history numerous scholars have stepped forward to offer their opinions on critical issues such as human rights and government. While there are notable differences offered by various authors, each of the viewpoints given provide critical insight into the various dimensions...
An examination of the Philosophy of Pragmatism as applied by Jane Addams
Essay - 6 pages - Philosophy
Researchers examining the life of Jane Addams argue that she was “the leader and prophet of the settlement movement in America.” While Addams is best known for her creation of Hull House in Chicago's urban center, her work, ideologies and philosophy continue to transcend social...
Gandhi's ideas of western culture
Essay - 3 pages - Philosophy
In 1929, Gandhi wrote, “The Western civilization which passes for civilization is disgusting to me. I have given a rough picture of it in Hind Swaraj [India Home Rule]. Time has brought no change to it.” Despite the fact that Gandhi openly demonstrates considerable disdain for Western...
The Sage: Don Quixote
Essay - 3 pages - Literature
Don Quixote, titular character of Cervantes' famous novel is certain that a scribe who is recording all of his actions will make him famous in history. Such a scribe, in the Quixotic sense, does not really exist, but Cervantes fulfills the role. If Cervantes had inserted himself into his novel...
Writing Ethically: Essays of John Edgar Wideman and Jane Tompkins
Essay - 3 pages - Literature
The essays “Our Time” by John Edgar Wideman and “Indians': Textualism, Morality and the Problem of History” by Jane Tompkins are both written by people who are telling stories about experiences that are not their own. Wideman is writing about his brother Robby and all of the...
Moral Habits: Aristotle & Immanuel Kant
Essay - 5 pages - Philosophy
People often feel a calling to certain fields because they have an innate sense for it. Sometimes the required characteristics need to be learned, other times they are a result of contemplation in regards to each individual situation. But, what makes them moral? Carl has been a firefighter in...
Eugenic Expectations: The Reality of Getting What You Want
Essay - 5 pages - Philosophy
The advancement of medical technology has encroached upon every aspect of our healthcare system and delivery, yet probably the most sensitive area it has impacted has been our methods of reproduction. Due to the illicit (or at least discrete) nature of conception means, along with the sanctity...
Tikai Tevi, Alexandrs Caks; Only You, Poem for Riga
Essay - 4 pages - Literature
"The Buddhists might say that the soul of a secretive and unique poet had transferred itself to a no less peculiar and secretive bird of the night?" This is how a contemporary remember the burial of Alexandrs ?aks, in February 1950. He was born in 1901 under the name of Alexandra ?adarainis ....
T'ao Ch'ien's Use of Poetic Effects of Distance to Affirm His Daoist Principles
Essay - 4 pages - Philosophy
At first glance, the poetry of the reclusive scholar T'ao Ch'ien seems like a layman's simple affirmation of Daoist life in the country. But even though T'ao Ch'ien feels he has chosen the right principles for himself, his poetry contains a definite tension: the weather threatens the crops,...
