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- 16031: A Comparison of Alfred Hitchcock and Edgar Allan Poe
- A Comparison of Alfred Hitchcock and Edgar Allan Poe Fear, terror and suspense are the most vivid emotions created by Poe's stories and by Hitchcock's films. Several themes are common to both: the madness that exists in the world, the paranoia caused by isolation which guides people's actions, the conflict between appearance and reality along with the double aspect of the human nature, and the power of the dead over the living. Not only the themes are similar in both men' ...
- 16032: Robert E Lee
- Robert Edward Lee was born on January 19th, 1807 in Stratford, Virginia. Robert's father was thrown in debtors jail many times for not paying on time. He was introduced to war early in his life; his brother Sydney had shown him a cannon ball and told him about the revolution. Mrs. Lee's stepson was old enough to claim the mansion where they lived that his dead mother had gave to him in his will. The Lee's left to live in Alexandria. Lee was brought up in a Christian family. When Lee was 18, he went to West Point. There were only 6,000 other men in the entire army. Later ...
- 16033: To Build a Fire: Man's Intelligence is Foolish
- To Build a Fire: Man's Intelligence is Foolish How many times have you seen birds flying south for the winter? They do not read somewhere or use some computer to know that they must fly to survive. In Jack London's "To Build a Fire", we see how that mans intelligence is sometimes foolish. The man, who is walking in seventy-five degrees below zero weather, lets his learned behavior override his instinct. Therefore, he dies. London's theme is that no matter how intelligent society becomes, we as a species should never discard our basic instincts. In the beginning of the tale we see that the man realizes it is cold, ...
- 16034: Political Parties
- ... exception since World War II. The disadvantage of the American system is the deadlock that can develop between the president and the Congress over policy when each is in the control of a different party. s Historical background. Electoral politics in the United States has been dominated by two political parties since the administration of George Washington; but they have not always been the same two parties. The first opposition was ... for states' rights, tariff for revenue only, and an independent treasury. It took the name Democratic and elected its leader, Andrew Jackson, to the presidency in 1828 and 1832. The party of Jackson is today's Democratic party. By the election of 1836 the National Republicans and other anti-Jackson factions had merged to form a new party, the Whigs. They lost to the Democrats that year, but in 1840 they ... parties. The Whigs doomed their party in 1852 by taking a compromising stand on slavery. During the next few years most Southern Whigs joined the Democrats. Northern Whigs joined Northern antislavery Democrats to form today's Republican party. In 1854 small groups of men met in Ripon, Wis., Jackson, Mich., and elsewhere to urge creation of a new political party opposed to the extension of slavery. In 1856 this newly ...
- 16035: Monks and Today's Society
- Monks and Today's Society The strict ideals taken by Christian Monasticism (Monks, etc.) are quite different from those views or values that are taken in the modern day United States. A majority of the United States citizens, today ... make the monks humble and not proud. In the modern day United States the dominant values are more along the line of selfishness. It seems, for the most part, that the main values in today's American society are, fulfilment of desires, and a rebelling type lifestyle. Greed can be seen everywhere one turns; everyone is in competition with others to see who can get the best clothes, biggest house, or ... the monastic ideals and the modern day values are at exact opposites. Where the monks strived for poverty, chastity, and obedience the majority of the United States set their values exactly opposite. Although, the monk's guidelines would be extremely difficult to stick with, I am more attracted to that than the modern way. It would be nice to be able to be as disciplined and as pure as the ...
- 16036: Yugoslavia 2
- ... by the name of Sgt. Mike Ralph was killed on the same road while clearing the road for mines by another anti-tank mine, laid by one of the opposing factions to destroy there enemy's vehicle's. Sgt. Mike Ralph left behind his wife, and two daughters. This story has been told countless times in the former Yugoslavia, not only by Cannadians, but by the French, British, Nepalease, and dozens of other ... new ploiticla party was formed called the Yugoslav National party. The attempts to melt the deffernet groups failed, and afterthe cloud settled Serbs considered themselves Serbs, and Croats considerd themselves Croats. By the mid 1930's attempsts were being made to setttle the rivalry between the Serbs, and the Croats. In August 1939 the State of Croatia was put on the map/. This move by the countries leader, infuruated the ...
- 16037: Franco Zeffili's Film Version of Romeo and Juliet
- Franco Zeffili's Film Version of Romeo and Juliet Romeo and Juliet is a play about two young adults that fall in love with each other. The only thing that is holding these tow lovers back is the feuding between the two families. "Was Franco Zeffili's film version of the play "Romeo and Juliet an improvement over Shakespeares play?" Yes, Franco Zeffelli's film was an improvement over Shakespeares play because he changed the dialogue a little, he made the location better, and the Tybalt and Romeo duel was action packed. I really liked the real elaborate ...
- 16038: Crime and Punishment: Protagonist and Antagonist Essay
- Crime and Punishment: Protagonist and Antagonist Essay Crime and Punishment is considered by many to be the first of Fyodor Dostoevsky's great books. Crime and Punishment is a psychological account of a crime. The crime is double murder. A book about such a broad subject can be made powerful and appealing to our intellectual interests if ... to this complex character in Part 1. We get to know the poverty stricken condition that he resides in, and we get to know his family situation as we read the long letter from Raskolnikov's mother. Then we witness the murder as it is graphically described by Doestoevsky. After reading this graphic description of the murder, how can the reader be sympathetic towards Raskolnikov? How can the reader believe that ... career. He would also free his mother and sister from the encumbrance of financially supporting him, and thus maybe even prevent the marriage of his sister to the evil Luzhin. We are introduced to Raskolnikov's thoughts about mankind when we read about Raskolnikov's published article. He divides man into two classes: the extraordinary man and the ordinary man. He considers himself extraordinary and the pawnbroker to be ordinary. ...
- 16039: How Dole Could Have Used The Issues To His Advantage
- ... or less conservative country, the more or less conservative candidate, Bob Dole, should have been a lock for the presidency; the only problem was President Clinton. Clinton had moved rightward positioning himself between Newt Gingrich's zealous revolutionaries on the right and liberal democratic barons on the left. Clinton's speeches started sounding like a Republican was giving them. Bob Dole had followed the Nixon ideology of going "starboard" in the primaries and coming back to the center in the general election. The only question was whether Dole had gone too far right and would not be able to recover in time. With Clinton's move to the right and his advantage of incumbency, Bob Dole would have to present some exciting new ideas to win over the American people. Throughout the history of presidential elections, there have been ...
- 16040: U.S. and Swedish Trends in Tax Reform
- U.S. and Swedish Trends in Tax Reform Tax reform has become a major governmental policy issue in the United States as well as in the rest of the world. Countries are attempting to balance both economic ... in the United States that preceded the Tax Reform Act were about the gross horizontal inequities that it allowed. A great deal of press preceding TRA-86 showed the public how many of the country's wealthiest individuals were able to get away with paying little or no federal income tax. Eliminating many of these tax deductions and loopholes had been the goal of several liberal Democrats for some time. In ... in tax reform in 1991 (TR-91). As far back as 1978, the Nobel Laureate Gunmar Myrdal said that Sweden had become a "nation of waglers". Himself being greatly liberal, even Myrdal admitted that Sweden's highly graduated income tax was an incentive to cheat on taxes. Also, the high corporate tax rate, which originally was intended to encourage investment, created a capital lock in for corporations. This prevented companies ...
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