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Hawthorne: The Unpardonable Sin, 2008.
A discussion of the theme of unpardonable sin in Nathaniel Hawthorne's works.
1,160 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 3 sources, APA, $ 39.95
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This paper discusses the many forms through which Hawthorne's definition of 'unpardonable' sin evolves in his works of fiction, focusing on "The Birthmark," "Ethan Brand," and "The Scarlet Letter." Whatever the form the sin takes it becomes the sinner's obsession and ultimate destruction. The writer examines its relationship to another important and related theme, death, and describes how Hawthorne showed that sin continues to affect others even after the sinner's death. Finally, in "The Scarlet Letter," the concept of sympathy emerges as a redeeming product of the unpardonable sin, bringing the characters closer together and deepening their humanity.

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"In "The Birthmark," Hawthorne begins to talk about the unpardonable sin, but he really does not develop the concept to the extent that it could be developed in that particular work. Instead, the evolution of the unpardonable sin takes place through several of his books. While it begins in "The Birthmark," real development of it is seen in "Ethan Brand" where it achieves more definition. At that point the reader is much more aware of what Hawthorne is actually talking about and this helps to show the importance and the seriousness of the issue of the unpardonable sin. Full realization of the unpardonable sin, however, comes in another Hawthorne work, "The Scarlet Letter.""
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"A Rose for Emily", 2008.
An examination of the limited lifestyle of women in the South after the Civil War, as illustrated by William Faulkner in "A Rose for Emily."
1,023 words (approx. 4.1 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 36.95
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This paper introduces, discusses and analyzes the short story, "A Rose for Emily," written by William Faulkner. Specifically, it discusses the roles of women in the South following the Civil War, as illustrated in the story. The paper shows how this tragic story illustrates how the limited lifestyle of women at that time living in the South affected the main character and other women.

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"The women will not leave her alone, they judge her when she is seen with the northerner Homer Barron, and they judge her when he abandons her. They meddle in her affairs, send the minister to talk to her, and even notify her relatives of her "scandalous" behavior. They concern themselves with what she does, but never make an attempt to help her, or even understand her, and so, they are essentially the villain of the tale. Their gossip drives her to become a recluse, and perhaps even drives her mad. The women have little role in society, and so they fill up their time with gossip and unreal expectations for others, to make up for what is lacking in their own pitiful lives."
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Gender in "Twelfth Night", 2008.
This paper explores Shakespeare's gender constructions and cross-dressing in the play "Twelfth Night".
2,016 words (approx. 8.1 pages), 8 sources, MLA, $ 63.95
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The paper explores Shakespeare's gender disguise that distorted female identity and investigates early modern constructions of gender as distinct from sexual difference. The paper examines the play "Twelfth Night" in order to show how it was Shakespeare's intention to challenge gender taboos of the Elizabethan age.

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"Considered by critics as Shakespeare's best achievement in the comic genre, the play Twelfth Night or, What You Will affords an elaborate exploration of love and power relationships, gender roles and taboos. Identity poses highly confounding problems, as there are numerous layers to the characters' gender roles and their maze-like relationships and (homo) erotic affinities. Through a range of female characters and the implications of (wo)man disguises, Shakespeare exposes gender issues. Several heroines of the comedies appear in disguise on the Renaissance stage, which represents the cultural context of the play."
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Metamorphosis, 2008.
A review of the book "Metamorphosis" by Franz Kafka.
1,738 words (approx. 7.0 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 56.95
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The paper discusses Franz Kafka's "Metamorphosis", a tale verging on science fiction, that weaves the idea of industry and learned helplessness into one family's lives. The paper explains that "Metamorphosis" expresses the need to allow metamorphosis to engage you and help you create a better way for yourself, without relying blindly on others to do so for you, no matter their good intentions. The paper also states that all of the characters in the work experience a metamorphosis of sorts, allowing them to re-engage in the industry of life. The paper comments that Kafka's book expresses the need to allow metamorphosis to engage you and help you improve yourself, without relying blindly on others to do so for you.

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"If one were seeking to understand this work, solely on the metamorphosis of Gregor, there would be confusion and oversimplification. In a sense the dramatic nature of Gregor's position is a literary device possibly an illusion to what might happen to such a family if Gregor where to become an invalid in any other manner, and yet the dramatic and complete transformation of Gregor into an insect instead is far more engaging and holds an element of the need for the reader to suspend disbelief."
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"Stolen Lives", 2008.
This paper examines the cinematic elements in Malika Oufkir's memoir "Stolen Lives".
998 words (approx. 4.0 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 35.95
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The paper describes the story of Malika Oufkir's life as recounted in her memoir "Stolen Lives" and shows how Malika's childish desire to become a glamorous actress sustained her through the ordeal she suffered. The paper maintains that, despite its subjective nature, the book is a compelling portrait of political imprisonment and injustice that took away the best years of a young woman's life. The paper concludes that as recent events have brought the question of the rights of the politically imprisoned to the forefront of our own national consciousness, "Stolen Lives" is a worthy dramatization of the issue.

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"The story of Malika Oufkir's life rivals that of the made-up tale of the supposed surviving princess and daughter of the last czar, Anastasia. Only Oufkir's memoir is nonfiction, and perhaps more worthy of cinema. "Although Stolen Lives would be a smashing good tale if it were fiction, it is all the more compelling since it is true," wrote one reviewer (Sherrer, 2001). Imagine this beginning of a film. A young girl, selected by the capricious hand of fate, is given the honor of becoming the adopted daughter of the King of Morocco, King Muhammad V and is sent away at the age of five from her parents to be raised with the king's daughter as the girl's companion in a harem. The girl has been taken away from all that is familiar, but she lives a charmed life of luxury. When she is a teenager, she is sent back to live with her parents, her usefulness exhausted to the royal family. She must get to know her parents and siblings again, for they are now strangers."
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Coping With Dysfunctional Families, 2008.
This paper compares and contrasts Anne Tyler's novel "Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant", Roddy Doyle's "Paddy Clarke, Ha Ha Ha", and Nino Ricci's "Lives of the Saints".
986 words (approx. 3.9 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 35.95
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The paper examines the family structure in Anne Tyler's novel "Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant", Roddy Doyle's "Paddy Clarke, Ha Ha Ha" and Nino Ricci's "Lives of the Saints". The paper explains that because of a lacking or dysfunctional family structure, the children of the Tyler and Doyle novels become mired in loneliness and isolation. The paper contrasts this to Ricci's young protagonist who still manages to emerge as a resilient narrator, because he looks positively at the difficulties he experienced.

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"In Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant, Cody, Ezra, and Jenny are abandoned by their father and raised by a difficult mother, Pearl. Pearl finds it difficult to emotionally cope with her husband's abandonment, because of the financial stresses of her circumstances and the fact that she has no real friends or family members willing to help her survive. Her children grow up to become functional members of society, vocationally, but their family lives are fraught with difficulties. Even as Pearl lies on her deathbed, the family has difficulties communicating."
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"The Merchant of Venice", 2008.
A study of the message conveyed in William Shakespeare's "The Merchant of Venice", through the portrayal of the characters.
2,300 words (approx. 9.2 pages), 1 source, APA, $ 70.95
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The paper discusses the play "The Merchant of Venice" by William Shakespeare which depicts characters who are not as obviously evil or heroic as originally thought. The paper illustrates that the play simply raises the question of stereotypes and of the audience's prejudices toward a race of people, in order to examine it in their own minds. There is no answer to the question of whether Shylock was good or evil. Critics who have placed the blame either squarely on Shylock for being evil or who have taken the opposite tact, have missed the point. The paper concludes that the point of the play is not to display Jewish villainy, but to show humanity, to examine pity, to find the meaning of mercy and to dread the consequences of revenge.

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"It is here, in The Merchant of Venice, the Jewish Shylock makes a case against slave ownership. He reaches the trial, an opportune time in the play where one might be able to make a point and make a point Shylock certainly does. Even though it has been argued that Shakespeare was anti-Semitic, in actuality, The Merchant of Venice shows that he is not insensitive to the Jewish plight and in fact is more anti-slavery than anything else. Even though the hero, Antonio, his friend, Bassanio and the duke triy to save the day, all are against him, Shylock does not waver, but continues with his request for a pound of flesh, as he says, concerning slaves, "Let them be free, marry them to your heirs /Why sweat they under burdens?.. . . You will answer 'The slaves are ours.' So do I answer you." A young judge is sent, when Bellario cannot come to be judge because he is ill. Balthasar decides in Antonio's favor, speaking through Portia, who in this play is shown not only to be assertive, but wise."
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"Ramayana" and "1001 Arabian Nights", 2008.
A comparison of the lessons that we learn from the characters in the ancient classical works, "Ramayana" and "1001 Arabian Nights."
1,053 words (approx. 4.2 pages), 0 sources, $ 36.95
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This paper compares and contrasts the two ancient and classical stories of "Ramayana," attributed to the Hindu sage Valmiki and "1001 Arabian Nights," which is a collection of stories collected over many centuries by various authors, translators and scholars in various countries. The paper specifically compares the characters within the stories and the lessons of morality that they teach.

Table of Contents:
Purity and Deceit in Ramayana
Purity and Deceit in 1001 Arabian Nights

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"Eventually there are no more virgins and Scheherazade offers herself as the next bride. In order to keep his daughter alive, Scheherazade's father tells Shahryar a story without telling him the conclusion. In order to hear the end, Shahryar must keep Scheherazade alive. The next, Scheherazade finishes the last tale and begins another, only again to stop short of revealing its conclusion. Thus, the 1001 stories of the book are told. Although each of these stories involve their own tales of morals, purity and deceit, in an effort to teach Scheherazade a lesson, this act of telling stories itself is deceitful in that it is done as a method of tricking Scheherazade. However, this act of deceit, like the act of deceit done by Brahman in creating Rama to defeat evil, this act of deceit is also done for the greater good."
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Reeve and Landor, 2008.
A comparison of the poems "The History of Charoba, Queen of Egypt" by Walter Savage Landor and "Gebir" by Walter Savage Landor.
1,211 words (approx. 4.8 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 41.95
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The paper states that writers who place their tales in exotic locations may have visited those locations or they may also derive what they believe about distant locales from what another writer has put in print. The paper then compares Clara Reeve's story about Egypt, "The History of Charoba, Queen of Egypt", with Walter Savage Landor's poem, "Gebir", which is also about Egypt. The paper highlights that Landor derived much of what he included about Egypt, from the work by Reeves, while Reeve invented most of her view of Egypt by imagining the place and its people. Reeves published her story in 1785, and Landor published his novel in 1798. The paper states that Landor retells the story of Charoba in a different form. He does not credit Reeve with the original, which might matter to Reeve, but which has no real effect on the literary value of Gebir.

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"Gebir has much more to it than the tragedy when Gebir is killed. The dead king is taken to somewhere deep in the earth where he sees other kings who went before him. The text is in part a warning to Napoleon not to make the mistakes earlier leaders had made. Gebir's brother Tamar flees with his love to Corsica, and she prophesies "From Tamar shall rise, 'tis Fate's decree, / A mortal man above all mortal praise." This likely refers to Napoleon, and Landor saw Napoleon as a leader of the people more than as one whom imposed himself upon the people, as other rulers often did."
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Oedipus, 2008.
A review of the theme of "sight and blindness" depicted in the Greek play, "Oedipus the King" by Sophocles.
1,600 words (approx. 6.4 pages), 1 source, APA, $ 52.95
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The paper discusses Sophocles' "Oedipus the King" the tragedy of a king who, in the very attempt to flee his fate, brings about his destiny. The paper states that throughout the play, themes of sight and blindness occur in a number of variations. The paper describes that sight therefore could be seen to be symbolic of truth, while blindness represents hidden truths or outright lies. The paper states that at the end of the play, Oedipus blinds himself in a striking attempt to regain the innocence of his previous lack of full knowledge.

Outline:
Sight and Blindness: Oedipus
Sight and Blindness: Creon
Sight and Blindness: Jocasta
Conclusion: Free Will and Destiny

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"In this, the Oracle and the Chorus represent sight. They warn Oedipus against searching for the truth, as it can only lead to disaster, which ultimately it does. His desire for truth and honesty however will not let him remain blind to the true state of affairs. As Oedipus moves from his symbolic blindness to finally shedding light upon the ugly truth, he cannot handle finally seeing, and blinds himself. This literal blindness and concomitant pain now takes the place of the blissful sightlessness that he has experienced throughout his life. Oedipus journey therefore comes full circle: from blindness to sight to blindness again."
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"The Texas 7", 2008.
A review of the book "The Texas 7: A True Story of Murder and a Daring Escape," by author Gary C. King.
823 words (approx. 3.3 pages), 1 source, APA, $ 29.95
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The paper discusses the book, "The Texas 7: A True Story of Murder and a Daring Escape," by author Gary C. King, which gives the reader a detailed account of the events leading up to the escape of seven inmates from the John Connally prison in South Texas. The paper discusses that the thesis of this book is that this mass-escape was a well-planned maneuver aimed at bringing attention to the alleged injustices of the Texas judicial system.

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"After all the escapees were back in custody, it was discovered that Patsy Gomez and Rual Rodriguez had conspired together to help the Texas Seven. George Rivas, the alleged ringleader, was extradited to Texas and sentenced to death. The other surviving members have also been put on death row and still wait for their death by lethal injection."
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Sun Tzu's "The Art of War", 2008.
Analyzes, chapter by chapter, Sun Tzu's military treatise from the 6th century B.C., "The Art of War", based on Thomas Cleary's translation.
2,175 words (approx. 8.7 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 67.95
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This paper explains that Sun Tzu's "The Art of War" is an in-depth collection of the strategic, operational and tactical nature of warfare and military strategies and tactics. The author relates that this ancient military book "The Art of War" has been adopted in various business and management milieus. In first reading, the military aspects are prominent; however, the paper states that the reader realizes that this book is also Sun Tzu's diary because what he wrote was not based on theories or suppositions but rather were his every day experiences.


Table of Contents:
Introduction
Chapter I. Strategic Assessments
Chapter II. Doing Battle
Chapter III. Planning a Siege
Chapter IV. Formation
Chapter V. Force
Chapter VI. Emptiness and Fullness
Chapter VII. Armed Struggle
Chapter VIII. Adaptations
Chapter IX. Maneuvering Armies
Chapter X. Terrain
Chapter XI. Nine Grounds
Chapter XII. Fire Attack
Chapter XIII. On the Use of Spies
Perspectives and Opinions

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"Warfare is not a static or constant affair. It is instead and fluid and continuous engagement despite the lull perceive at times. The term "fog of war" is apropos to the reality of engaging the enemy wherein constant movement and engagement numbs the mind at times and it fails to determine who it is fighting. Thus, warfare should be fluid in a way that the better general controls and dictates the fluidity of the movement. Like an orchestra conductor, he must know the total meaning of the music and be able to call out each and any member of the orchestra at the right time to bring harmony to the song."
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War in Literature, 2008.
An analysis of examples from literature that describes the reactions to war of the authors.
2,131 words (approx. 8.5 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 66.95
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This paper discusses how many poets and novelists throughout Western history have used the written page as a method of expressing their beliefs about warfare through their characters. The paper specifically focuses on a few novels and poems and describes their author's reactions to war and issues that are related to war, such as the draft.

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"In addition to Owen, Crane and Hemingway, of course, there are many other authors who write about the impact of war on the human psyche. War and its affect on the people and their societies is such a considerable part of human history that it is impossible for writers to ignore this topic. However, most of these poems, short stories and novels should not be taken literally as just a piece about a specific war. Rather, the author in most cases is addressing what happens to people in all wars regardless of when they occur or who is fighting. The essential message is not whethe or not the authors condoned or condemned the war. Rather, it is how they describe the impact that these wars have had on their own psyche and/or their characters."
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Romanticism Slavery, 2008.
An analysis of Federick Douglass' arguments presented in his work, "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass."
921 words (approx. 3.7 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 32.95
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This paper discusses and analyzes Frederick Douglass' work, "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass." The paper specifically focuses on how Douglass deliberately and compellingly refuted the general worldview that the white race was doing Africans a favor by bringing them into contact with civilization and introducing them to the Christian God.

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"Frederick Douglass wrote of the Emancipation Proclamation, "Common Sense, the necessities of war, to say nothing of the dictation of justice and humanity have at last prevailed. We shout for joy that we live to record this righteous decree." It is quite likely that Lincoln was aware of the response this proclamation would elicit from black Americans: "Moreover, the liberated themselves became the liberators, for the proclamation also announced the acceptance of men into the Union arm and navy." By simultaneously freeing most of the southern slaves and permitting their admittance into the armed forces, Lincoln provided some indication of his underlying motives. One main reason for the Emancipation Proclamation was that it formally welcomed a very willing fighting force amid the Union ranks."
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Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, 2008.
This paper studies the work "Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus" by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley.
937 words (approx. 3.7 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 33.95
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In this article, the writer introduces, discusses and analyzes the book "Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus" by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. Specifically, the writer discusses the book's origins and landmark significance. The writer notes that "Frankenstein" is such a memorable book that it has been retold in film and myth time after time. The writer also points out that Shelley's novel lives on today in the many films, from comedy to horror, that have retold her story in one form or another. The writer maintains that Shelley's book is significant because it really helped bring the horror genre into world focus and attention, and because it has been retold so many times in so many different ways.

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"Frankenstein was not mad; he was simply possessed with a great and consuming desire to know everything about science and the creation of living matter. He becomes obsessed with his creation, and horrified to discover that he cannot control it or its violent tendencies.
"The book is also significant because of its exploration of science and knowledge, especially by a young woman, at the time it was written. It became an immediate success because the characters and their interests were so engaging, and it has never really stopped influencing other novels and films."
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Captain John Smith, 2008.
This paper provides a book review and critique of the work "Captain John Smith: Jamestown and the Birth of the American Dream" by Thomas Hoobler and Dorothy Hoobler.
1,324 words (approx. 5.3 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 44.95
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In this article, the writer notes that the colony of Jamestown in Roanoke, Virginia, often remains a shadowy period of American history in most Americans' understanding of their nation's origins. The writer maintains that if they know anything about Jamestown and its founder Captain John Smith, it likely comes from romantic tales of Smith's rescue from death by the Indian chief's daughter Pocahontas, rather than knowledge about how and why the colony experienced such difficulties during its early years. However, the the writer discusses that historians Thomas and Dorothy Hoobler suggest in their text "Captain John Smith: Jamestown and the Birth of the American Dream" that the ideals, values, and principles of America can be traced back to this early effort of colonization.

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"The Hooblers' thesis is that Jamestown's founder, even though the colony itself was ultimately, famously unsuccessful, was a kind of an early embodiment of the ideal of the self-made man. Smith, in the portrayal of the Hooblers, emerges from the text as both a pirate and a pioneer, and a true, budding entrepreneur even though he was born an Englishman. Smith came to America after living a life more akin to an action hero than an administrator of the Crown. He had battled upon the high seas, and even been sold into slavery. He was born in a seafaring English community where regular maintenance of the dikes was necessary to keep the town, quite literally, afloat. This was an early example of the value of hard work and effort to the young Smith."
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Thai and Philippine Literature, 2008.
A comparison of Thailand's and the Philippines' literature and history.
1,215 words (approx. 4.9 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 41.95
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The paper relates that Thailand willingly accepted different kinds of national and philosophical influences from other nations while the Philippines were subject to foreign control and colonial influence. The paper shows, therefore, how Philippine literature has emerged in a primarily popular and oppositional context unlike Thailand's literature that is from an academic and complementary historical context.

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"Thailand and the Philippines provide interesting contrasting studies of East Asian literature because of their unique geographic locations and histories. Thailand in its early incarnation was a kind of crossroads of South East Asian cultural life and it willingly accepted different kinds of national and philosophical influences from other nations. Its traditional literature up to the 19th century encompasses Buddhist, Chinese, and Indian traditions. The Philippines are islands that were subject to foreign control and colonial influence. They were exposed to the influence of other nations not through geographic proximity, but the imposition of foreign ideas and concepts that were supposed to override the voices of its national, indigenous literature."
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Aristotle and Plato: A Comparison, 2008.
In this paper both the four causes of Aristotle and the making of the cosmos that Plato discusses in the Timaeus are discussed.
2,588 words (approx. 10.4 pages), 3 sources, APA, $ 78.95
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In this article, the writer shows how Aristotle's four causes and Plato's making of the cosmos were both alike and different in many ways. The writer explains that Aristotle wrote much about his four causes, and he was very intent on the fact that these four causes constituted much of what life was about and much of what people needed to understand in order for them to make sense of the world around them. The writer then notes that Plato, on the other hand, used the Timaeus as his discussion point for the creation of the cosmos that he speaks of, which is very similar to Aristotle's causes in many ways, and yet is not the same. The writer compares and contrasts the works, so that it becomes obvious how similar they are and yet how different they are in many ways. The writer concludes that there is much significance in what Aristotle and Plato write about and how they address some of the things that humanity must deal with on a daily basis.

Outline:
Introduction
Artistotle's Four Causes
Plato's Timaeus
Comparison and Contrast
Conclusion

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"The third cause, the efficient cause, relates to the actual creation of the object in question. How the object is created and by whom affects the object when it is being created and also when it is finished. There must be some sort of initiating person or thing that starts the object on its way to creation, and this could be almost anything. Aristotle's argument was not that some specific thing or type of thing had to be the efficient cause, only that there must be something to start the creation of the object.
"In the final cause, Aristotle is referring to the reason for which something is done at all. People go to school to receive degrees and get certain jobs, for example, or they exercise to keep themselves in good health. These reasons are final causes. They are the end results and the ultimate reasons that people do things or create things, and they are often the most important reasons that human beings have when they decide that they must do something or make something. The final cause is often the most serious one of the four causes, but according to Aristotle all are important and have significance."
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"The Unbearable Lightness of Being", 2008.
An analysis of the plot and characters in Milan Kundera's book, "The Unbearable Lightness of Being."
1,557 words (approx. 6.2 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 51.95
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This paper discusses Milan Kundera's book, "The Unbearable Lightness of Being." It describes Kundera's characters and their relationship to how he perceived life in Soviet Czechoslovakia at the time as well as the book's core issue of existentialism and the techniques used by the narrator. In addition, the paper discusses the plot of the book and how the characters relate to it.

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"Franz is a university professor who teaches philosophy and falls in love with Sabina, his exact opposite. Franz is a heavy character who looks for meaning in life and lives for strong emotions generated either by love or by politics. He is a combination of idealism, naivete and the inability to understand his surroundings. Unlike Tomas, he does not change; he is not a dynamic character. Only at the end of his life is he able to wonder about his choices and question his decisions. He goes to Vietnam and becomes a political activist, upholding ideals of freedom, justice and truth, thinking that Sabina would be proud of him and his mission. He is sadly mistaken, and dies a meaningless death, killed during a mugging."
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