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  • Compare and Contrast Ancient Art

    Compare and Contrast Ancient Art

    In this essay I will compare and contrast two ancient three-dimensional sculptures. The first is The Laocoon Group; it is a masterpiece of the Hellenistic Age in Greece. This sculpture dates back to the 1st Century BC. This sculpture now resides in the Vatican in Rome. The second sculpture is Augustus of Primaporta, a life-size Roman sculpture from the Pax Roman time period, circa 20 b.c.e. The artist of both sculptures are unknown. Both sculptures

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    Essay Length: 583 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: March 28, 2010 By: Mike
  • Book Review: Kaffir Boy

    Book Review: Kaffir Boy

    Book Review: Kaffir Boy Kaffir Boy is an autobiographical work written by Mark Mathbane. It was the first South African autobiography to be written in English by a black native. Mathabne’s aspiration for writing this book was to inform the world that apartheid had to end because it could not be reformed. Eventually, the book would achieve its goal of opening the eyes of many people worldwide about this subject matter. Kaffir Boy contains several

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    Essay Length: 816 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: March 28, 2010 By: Venidikt
  • Truman Review

    Truman Review

    Philosophy 230 FILM REVIEW: TRUMAN SHOW The entire film, The Truman Show, is a very unique film is numerous forms. First of all, the whole story sequence gives you an unusual twist from the start. Jim Carey plays Truman Burbank who he thinks is a regular guy in a regular world, however it turns out that Truman is the star of a TV show. Truman knows unusual things happen to him but he doesn’t connect

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    Submitted: March 28, 2010 By: Andrew
  • Movie Review: Enemy at the Gates.

    Movie Review: Enemy at the Gates.

    I have to say that this is one good movie, its pretty different from your average WWII movie. Its not as propaganda based as your American war movies like saving private Ryan or pearl harbour. In this movie we get to see the war effort from the Russian communist point of view. Its like a hide and seek thriller that uses the battle of Stalingrad as a disguise for the battle of courage and determination

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    Essay Length: 422 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: March 28, 2010 By: Mikki
  • Struggling with Subjectivity: A Comparative Critique of Susan Faludi's

    Struggling with Subjectivity: A Comparative Critique of Susan Faludi's

    Struggling With Subjectivity: A Comparative Critique of Susan Faludi’s “The Betrayal of the American Man, At Ground Zero of the Masculine Crisis, The Ornamental Culture, Beyond the Politics of Confrontation” and George L. Mosse’s “Toward A New Masculinity?“ If identification and study of any current “generally accepted” societal belief, image, or stereotype is considered a difficult undertaking, to identify and place that which is “generally accepted” into historical context is a Herculean task. As one

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    Submitted: March 28, 2010 By: Tasha
  • Child of the Dark Book Review

    Child of the Dark Book Review

    Carolina Maria de Jesus’ journal “Child of the Dark” is a complete account of five years spent living in a favela in Sao Paolo, Brazil. Carolina and her children spent their days and nights trying to survive in the most horrific of slums while the rest of the nation looked down upon them, scolding them for being poor and complaining about how the residents of the favela were nothing but a burden on the rest

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    Essay Length: 737 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: March 29, 2010 By: Jessica
  • Comparing Heart of Darkness and Apocalypse Now

    Comparing Heart of Darkness and Apocalypse Now

    Comparing Heart of Darkness and Apocalypse Now Heart of Darkness written by Joseph Conrad and "Apocalypse Now" a movie directed by Francis Coppola are two works that parallel one another but at the same time reflect their own era in time and their creator's own personal feelings and prejudices. "Apocalypse Now" was released in 1979 after two years in the making, as Coppola's modern interpretation to Joseph Conrad's novel, Heart of Darkness (Harris). Conrad's book

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    Essay Length: 787 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: March 29, 2010 By: Jon
  • Compare & Contrast Mrs. Mallard, "the Story of an Hour" to Jane, "the Yellow Wallpaper"

    Compare & Contrast Mrs. Mallard, "the Story of an Hour" to Jane, "the Yellow Wallpaper"

    Diverse authors use diverse strategies to catch a reader’s attention. Both Kate Chopin and Charlotte Perkins Gilman were women ahead of their time; they wrote stories that were socially unacceptable but are now considered some of the greatest. In Kate Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour,” the protagonist, Mrs. Mallard, dies of a heart attack after hearing of her husband’s death. Charlotte Perkins Gilman wrote “The Yellow Wallpaper” with a blasphemous plot at the time:

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    Essay Length: 334 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: March 29, 2010 By: Artur
  • Critical Reviews: Frankenstein

    Critical Reviews: Frankenstein

    Christianne Finlay Section 16 Denise Scagliotta Critical Reviews on Frankenstein: 19th Century Mary Shelley’s novel, Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus, was reviewed critically after it’s first publication in 1818. There are three specific reviews that are of some importance, in that all of these reviews look at the educational and social aspects and impacts of the novel. At the time, there was crisis as to how educated the working and middle class should be and

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    Essay Length: 310 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: March 29, 2010 By: Fatih
  • Chapter 10 Review (psych)

    Chapter 10 Review (psych)

    1. Intelligence Quotient - Intelligences quotient is an index of intelligence once calculated by dividing one's tested mental age by one's chronological age and multiplying by 100. Today, IQ is a number that reflects the degree to which a person's score on an intelligence test deviates from the average score of others in his of her age group. 2. Verbal Scale - Verbal scale is six subtests in the Wechsler scales that measure verbal skills

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    Essay Length: 552 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: March 29, 2010 By: Kevin
  • Article Review of Shapes of Early Sculptured Crosses of Ireland

    Article Review of Shapes of Early Sculptured Crosses of Ireland

    The article by Robert Stevick focuses on the crosses that were constructed during the early middle ages of Ireland. He starts off by writing about how these Irish High Crosses are easily recognizable and have not been analyzed in depth. He goes on to talk about the different shapes of these crosses starting with the shapes of stone crosses (3). He deconstructs these crosses so that each element can be pointed out and explains how

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    Essay Length: 671 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: March 29, 2010 By: Fonta
  • Michael Collins Movie Review

    Michael Collins Movie Review

    The movie opens with Michael Collins in the closing moments of the General Post Office insurrection staged during Easter Week. In the midst of the British bombardment of the Post office, Collins exchanges gunfire with incoming artillery and small arms fire. Michael Collins was born in October of1890 in Cork County, the heartland of Ireland. Attending school, Michael’s teachers told stories of Irish patriotism and in such an environment, fueled within Collins a strong sense

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    Submitted: March 31, 2010 By: Monika
  • A Book Review of George Orwell’s 1984

    A Book Review of George Orwell’s 1984

    Living in a society with limited freedom of expression is not, in any case, enjoyable. A Totalitarian society is a good example of such a society, because although it provides control for the people, it can deny them a great deal of freedom to express themselves. The fictional society in George Orwell’s 1984 also stands as a metaphor for a Totalitarian society. Communication, personal beliefs, and individual loyalty to the government are all controlled

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    Essay Length: 897 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: March 31, 2010 By: Mike
  • Movie Review: Ma Vie En Rose

    Movie Review: Ma Vie En Rose

    Section I: Summary The French-Belgian film (the director was Belgian) Ma Vie En Rose (My Life in Pink) is a story set in France about a family of six (Mom - Hanna, Dad - Pierre, three sons (Ludovic being the youngest, and Daughter) in which the 7 year old son, Ludovic (Ludo for short), has a gender identity disorder. Ludo thinks he’s a girl and God mistakenly made him a boy when his second X

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    Submitted: March 31, 2010 By: Jon
  • Tuskegee Machine Review

    Tuskegee Machine Review

    A Chief Lieutenant, of the Tuskegee Machine: Charles Banks of Mississippi. By David H. Jackson Jr. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2002. Charles Banks, the subject of this appealing biography was a seemingly well-known Black leader, like such as Obama Baraka and Jessie Jackson. Banks status, demeanor, and power were unlimited, way beyond his hometown of Clarksdale and Mound Bayou, Mississippi all-black towns. Born in 1873, in Clarksdale, Mississippi, Banks spent most of his life

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    Essay Length: 639 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: April 1, 2010 By: Tommy
  • Beowulfs Culture Compared to Society Today

    Beowulfs Culture Compared to Society Today

    Despite numerous cultural and technological advancements, life in America today continues to resemble the Anglo-Saxon world. Although it may take time and some loss of pride to admit it, since characteristics of human nature have stayed the same in the work place as to personal relationships, the similarities between the two worlds are remarkable. A king or the modern-day boss chooses the best worker in the land through their experience in battle or a resume

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    Essay Length: 426 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: April 1, 2010 By: Fonta
  • A Critical Review of Medicaid/schip

    A Critical Review of Medicaid/schip

    A Critical Review of “Medicaid/SCHIP Program” Medicaid/SCHIP is insurance coverage provided to families falling below poverty line. This program was designed by the Government to provide health care coverage with little or no co-payments or financial cost to the patients. The government is considering cuts and cost restraints. These cuts to the program will affect Emergency Rooms, Doctors and patients. The number of uninsured will also raise and overall individual health will suffer. In addition

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    Essay Length: 821 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: April 1, 2010 By: Anna
  • Matrix Reloaded Movie Review

    Matrix Reloaded Movie Review

    The Matrix: Reloaded Starring: Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Jada Pinkett-Smith, Hugo Weaving, Clayton Watson, Nona Gaye, Monica Bellucci, Cornel West Director(s): Larry Wachowski, Andy Wachowski Screenwriter(s): Larry Wachowski, Andy Wachowski Filming Location(s): Australia; Chicago; San Francisco Studio: Warner Bros. Alternate Title(s): The Matrix 2 Rating: R - for sci-fi violence and some sexuality Genre: Science Fiction, Action, Sequel -------------------------------- Special Effects: The Matrix raised the bar, in terms of special effects, and kept

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    Essay Length: 1,402 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: April 1, 2010 By: Kevin
  • Romeo and Juliet: Compare and Contrast

    Romeo and Juliet: Compare and Contrast

    Act 2, Scene 5 - Juliet and the Nurse "Sweet, sweet, sweet nurse, tell me, what says my love?" (RJ 2.5.55) In Zeffirelli's version of Romeo and Juliet, Act 2, Scene 5, Juliet seems bratty and impatient because the nurse fails to deliver the information about Romeo as soon as she walks through the door. Luhrmann made his version more modern, and makes the characters kinder to emphasize their relationship. These movies contain some similarities

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    Submitted: April 1, 2010 By: Bred
  • Brighton Rock Book Review

    Brighton Rock Book Review

    brighton rock book review Ida Arnold, a warm-hearted, buxom woman meets 'Hale' an unknown but distinctive stranger who leaves a lasting impression upon her. Following his odd 'disappearing act' - she later hears of his seemingly 'natural' death. However, convinced that something is amiss; she is determined to seek the truth and seek justice. She learns about the mob responsible for the murder; under the new leadership of an adolescent - 'Pinkie'. A ruthless

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    Submitted: April 2, 2010 By: Yan
  • Imagine Two Students, one Depressed and one Not, Who Have Both Done Well on a Paper. Using the Dimensions of Attribution Compare the Depressed Student's Attributions to That of the Non-Depressed Student and Explain How Their Attributions Correspond to The

    Imagine Two Students, one Depressed and one Not, Who Have Both Done Well on a Paper. Using the Dimensions of Attribution Compare the Depressed Student's Attributions to That of the Non-Depressed Student and Explain How Their Attributions Correspond to The

    Imagine two students, one depressed and one not, who have both done well on a paper. Using the dimensions of attribution compare the depressed student’s attributions to that of the non-depressed student and explain how their attributions correspond to their degree of depression. As “naпve psychologists” (Hogg & Vaughan, 2002), we make assessments about our environment and come to conclusions about events and behaviour we experience. These attributions we make effect how we feel about

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    Submitted: April 2, 2010 By: Fonta
  • Comparing the Two Poems: When We Two Parted and La Belle Dame Sans Mer

    Comparing the Two Poems: When We Two Parted and La Belle Dame Sans Mer

    GCSE English coursework: comparison of poems. There are many similarities and differences between the two poems: “When We Two Parted”, written by Lord Bryon, and “La Belle Dames Sans Merci”, written by John Keats. I shall be exploring these poems and seeing connections and differences between them, so that I am able to compare them. The storyline of both poems is based around love, and so they are similar in that respect, however I think

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    Essay Length: 1,476 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: April 2, 2010 By: regina
  • Compare and Contrast the Management Theories of Frederick Taylor, Henri Fayol, Elton Mayo and Douglas McGregor. in What Sense(s) Are These Theories Similar And/or Compatible? in What Sense(s) Are These Theories Dissimilar And/or Compatible? How Would a Co

    Compare and Contrast the Management Theories of Frederick Taylor, Henri Fayol, Elton Mayo and Douglas McGregor. in What Sense(s) Are These Theories Similar And/or Compatible? in What Sense(s) Are These Theories Dissimilar And/or Compatible? How Would a Co

    Since the end of the 19th century, when factory manufacturing became widespread and the size of organisations increased, people have been looking for ways to motivate employees and improve productivity. A need for management ideas arise which lead to classical contributors such as Frederick Taylor and Henri Fayol generating management theories such as Taylor’ Scientific Management and Fayol’s Administrative Management. In the late 1920’s and early 1930’s the Hawthorne studies were conducted where Elton Mayo

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    Essay Length: 1,852 Words / 8 Pages
    Submitted: April 2, 2010 By: Stenly
  • Fletch - Movie Review

    Fletch - Movie Review

    “Fletch” The movie “Fletch”, staring Chevy Chase, is a movie about an investigating reporter for a Los Angeles newspaper, Erwin Fletcher “Fletch”, loitering around a beach in attempt to pass as a beach junkie with the intention of getting to the bottom of the drug trade and attempting to figure out who is behind the whole thing. While “working” the beaches, Fletch runs into a businessman who asks him to murder him so his wife

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    Essay Length: 1,902 Words / 8 Pages
    Submitted: April 3, 2010 By: Yan
  • Good to Great Book Review

    Good to Great Book Review

    Good to Great Book Review To transform a good company to great company is all manages’ dream, but only few of them make it. To find out the core factors which lead to a good company became a great company is very difficult, because in different era, different industry companies face different opportunities and threats. To begin the research for the Good-to-Great study, Jim Collins and his research team searched for companies that: performed at

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    Essay Length: 1,691 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: April 3, 2010 By: Mike