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Honor Essays and Term Papers
The Atomic Bomb And HiroshimaOn August 6, 1945 an atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. Three days later another atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki killing a combined total of over 200,000 lives. It was not long before people began to question President Truman’s decision to use the most devastating weapons know to ...
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Zeus’ Authoritative DeterminationWhen one is dishonored, there are certain expected reactions. These reactions between Agamemnon and Achilles in Homer’s Iliad cause the primary conflict. Each man reacts similarly. They become bitterly angry toward each other. Achilles’ anger goes far beyond any average person’s rage, “which ...
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Animal Farm: Satire About CommunismIn his book Animal Farm, George Orwell wrote a satire about communism. It also dealt with the Russion Revolution of 1917. A satire is a literary work that makes fun of the stupidity or vices of individuals, groups, institutions, or society in general. The animals on Manor Farm developed ...
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CocaineWhy use ? This is a question that perplexes many doctors of medicine and psychology. As an ex user, I feel that this topic is one that I have a personal interest in. I will start by defining what is. is a colorless or white crystalline powder extracted from coca leaves, occasionally used in ...
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Jail Without Bars Raise The ReSome people are trapped in the prison of their own lives. The bars can consist of many things that hold these people from their full potential. Many of these restrictions come from social standards, stereotypes, prejudices, or poverty. It's hard to break away from these cycles, but it is ...
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My Antonia 3My Antonia, by Willa Cather, is a novel of family devotion. It takes place in the small western town of Black Hawk, Nebraska. The main character of the story, 'Antonia Shimerda, is thrust as a young girl from her own native country into the American prairies. While still a child, she must deal ...
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Neorealism In The Bicycle ThieAnother fine example of neorealism is The Bicycle Thief (1948), written by Cesare Zavattini and directed by Vittorio De Sica. The narrative of this film unfolds in post-W.W.II times. The film is a portrait of the post-war Italian disadvantaged class (the majority) in their search for ...
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The Crucible
Men of God?
The Crucible by Arthur Miller is a play in which the Red Scare from the 1950\'s is paralleled to the Salem Witch Trials in 1692. It contains a wonderfully developed plot, which displays society\'s flaws by establishing a good versus evil scenario. Miller creates characters ...
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Existence Of ManFor centuries man has grappled with the riddle of what it means to be a
person. But the questions Who is man? and What is the meaning of life? are
still unanswered. Yet, while man is still a long way from arriving at any
acceptable definitions, there is deep within everyone the hint of an idea ...
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ChemistryRobert Boyle is considered both the founder of modern and the greatest
English scientist to live during the first thirty years of the existence of the Royal Society.
He was not only a chemist and a physicist as we know him to be, but also
an avid theologian, a philanthropist, an essayist, and a ...
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Kierkegaard And ChristianitySoren Kierkegaard is said to be one of the "founding fathers" of
existentialism. His style of writing, his tone and vocabulary tie him closely to another forerunner of existentialist thought: Fyodor Dostoevsky (although either of them would probably deny this vehemently). However, in the course ...
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Austen’s Marriages And The Age Of ReasonJane Austen successfully portrays the Age of Reason through her characters in Pride and Prejudice. The story revolves around a mother of five daughters, Mrs. Bennet, whose sole purpose is to marry off her daughters to suitable men. Her eldest, Jane, is her most prized daughter. Mrs. Bennet is ...
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Antigone Fatal Flaw And DownfaIt is clear that Creon's tragic flaw was his pride, arrogance and beliefs of a leader that cause his downfall. His downfall began when he denied the burial of Polyneices and was firm when he condemned Antigone for her objection to his law. Creon represents the laws of the land and the divine ruler ...
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Ophelia: The Forgotten CharacterIn Shakespeare’s, Hamlet, Ophelia is a character that illustrates fragility, innocence, and dependency. As the daughter of Polonius, a servant to the King, Ophelia is forced to obey her father’s orders and choose between the love of her life and her obedience to her father. The choice Ophelia ...
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My Antonia, by Willa Cather, is a novel of family devotion. It takes place in the small western town of Black Hawk, Nebraska. The main character of the story, 'Antonia Shimerda, is thrust as a young girl from her own native country into the American prairies. While still a child, she must deal with the ...
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Louis XIV, The Sun KingLouis XIV was only four years old when he succeeded his father to the French throne. Often uncared for, he nearly drowned because no one was watching him as he played near a pond. This began to shape in his young mind an early fear of God.
Louis' character was also shaped by the French Civil War. ...
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Teaching Ethical And Moral ValuesEthical and moral values are terms that many use interchangeably: They are a set of socially shared conceptions of what is good and bad, right and wrong, desirable and undesirable. Our values influence our orientations, actions, reactions, and interpretations. According to most American High ...
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Ernest Hemingwaywas born in 1899. His hometown was Oak Park, Illinois, which is by Chicago. He died in 1961 by suicide. Grace Hall, his mother was a musician. She was very good and took up opera. She stopped to raise a family, and from then on she was a music teacher and had a career. His dad was quiet and was a ...
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Hamlet - Elizabethan Revenge In HamletHamlet is a play written by William Shakespeare that very
closely follows the dramatic conventions of revenge in Elizabethan
theater. All revenge tragedies originally stemmed from the Greeks, who
wrote and performed the first plays. After the Greeks came Seneca who
was very influential to all ...
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John Coltrane\"I\'ve got to keep experimenting. I feel that I\'m just beginning. I have part of what I\'m looking for in my grasp, but not all."
This phrase, from the liner notes of \"My Favorite Things\" clearly defines Coltrane\'s life and his search for the incorporation of his spirituality with his ...
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