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Family Betrayal in Myth, Modernist and Post-Modernist Drama, 2008.
A comparison of Susan Hazen Hammond's short story "The Kidnapped Wife and the Dream Helper," Arthur Miller's drama "All My Sons" and P.J. Gibson's play "Long Time Since Yesterday".
1,316 words (approx. 5.3 pages), 3 sources, MLA, £ 30.95
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The paper examines Susan Hazen Hammond's short story "The Kidnapped Wife and the Dream Helper," Arthur Miller's drama "All My Sons" and P.J. Gibson's play "Long Time Since Yesterday" that all dramatize the struggles of individuals trapped in uncomfortable family relationships. The paper shows how the three works contain vastly different conceptions of what constitutes the human character and how a character should be dramatized over the course of a story. The paper highlights, however, the consistent themes in these works, such as the family relationships that are based on lies and the lesson that true fulfillment cannot be found in material success or in the esteem of the world.
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"Hammond's tale is a retelling of a Native American myth. The character, even the most dynamic character of the piece that of the male warrior, father, and husband, is not what a modern reader would call a well-rounded character. He is compltetly 'bad' at the beginning of the piece, ignoring his wife, then suddenly shifts to being a 'good' character, in the quest to recover her. In the Miller piece, Joe Keller and his son Christ are depicted as far more complex, psychologically rounded characters. Joe Keller wants to do good things, and help his family prosper, but he commits evil actions in his quest. Unlike the Native American fable, character, and the failures of character drive the plot of the tale. Finally, the Gibson work, takes a post-modernist view of the characters of Janeen and Layer. The play is a 'memory play,' dramatizing the differences between how we remember the past and the reality of the past."
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Beowulf and Achilles, 2008.
This paper compares and contrasts the hero figures of Beowulf from "Beowulf" and Achilles from "The Iliad".
789 words (approx. 3.2 pages), 0 sources, £ 19.95
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The paper looks closely at the heroes in the poems "Beowulf" and "The Iliad" and shows how Beowulf fights and lives on a superior level than Achilles. The paper discusses how Beowulf, through his battles and his image, becomes a kind of mythological figure, while Achilles, despite the charisma he has with the troops and the way he does battle, remains to the end an ordinary human being. The paper shows how even in death he is killed by a mortal, while it takes another mythological being, a dragon, to kill Beowulf.
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"Both Achilles and Beowulf are the centre hero-figures of the literary works they are presented in and the poems "Beowulf" and "The Iliad" are centered on their existence and evolution. However, while Beowulf's mythological struggle seems to bear an extraterrestrial projection, his success seemingly determined the outcome of mankind's faith, Achilles is the centre of a battle between individuals on Earth. Despite godly interventions, the Iliad remains a battle between the Greeks and the Trojans over the fate of Helen of Troy rather than a glorious combat of mythological perspective."
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"Because you Never Know, That's Why", 2008.
A creative writing essay about the experiences of a young man with his first car.
1,441 words (approx. 5.8 pages), 0 sources, £ 32.95
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This paper presents a creative writing narrative piece that describes the first vehicle that the writer bought himself. It describes all of the attractive features of the vehicle, as well as its drawbacks. The paper then goes on to describe an experience that the driver had with his vehicle that put him into a precarious position and how it prompted him to fix his car.
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"When we were finally ready to leave, I started the engine, shifted into gear, and popped the emergency brake. It snapped, making a loud snapping sound before the handle went completely limp. Instinctively, I took my right foot off the gas to hit the brake and, of course, we stalled out. In the process, we'd also slid backwards a bit and my rear tires were less than a foot from where the steep hill dropped off into the darkness. Nobody else realized that we were in pretty serious danger and my friends - at least the three of them who were coherent - were laughing hysterically. The laughter stopped when they realized our predicament. I kept all my weight on the brake pedal and my three coherent friends helped the other two back out of the Jeep. Initially, I prepared one of my friends to sit on my lap and replace my foot on the brake with his. Then I could operate the clutch and gas pedal and he could take his foot off the brake after we were in gear. That plan changed pretty quickly after we realized that the brake pedal was too small for both of us to share it before I removed my foot, and if we tried and slipped, there was no room to stop rolling before we went right off the ledge."
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Admission Essay to Clinical PhD Program, 2008.
An admission essay to University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMASS) Boston's Clinical PhD program detailing the writer's work experience and academic achievements.
1,195 words (approx. 4.8 pages), 0 sources, £ 27.95
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This paper presents a personal statement and admission essay to UMASS Boston's Clinical PhD program. It describes the writer's first steps at interactively helping others, as well as the experiences that he had and how they improved his abilities. The essay also discusses the writer's volunteer and work experiences and his academic achievement and why the writer would excel in the PhD program.
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"Currently, I am an intern at North Suffolk Mental Health Associations (NSMHA). My primary work is with individuals diagnosed with various psychotic disorders such as Schizophrenia and Schizoaffective Disorder. Additionally, many of these individuals are diagnosed with personality disorders such as BiPolar Disorder. Having reviewed Dr. Roemer's research, I am excited and intrigued to find out more. Also, my work at NSMHA has heightened my interest in the study of emotion regulation, especially considering the population I work with. Often, clients have expressed to me their concerns with continuous mood alterations and their difficulties directing their behaviors and thoughts to deal with these changes. As I have observed, many of my clients have responded well to medication; however, there is still the need for strategic methods to control new moods that develop as a result of the medication."
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A Career in Child Welfare, 2008.
A personal statement, discussing the experiences that led the writer to pursue a career in child welfare.
1,257 words (approx. 5.0 pages), 0 sources, £ 28.95
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This paper presents the personal statement of the writer who graduated from St. John's University in January 2007 with a Bachelors degree in Human Services. It describes experiences from her life and the life of her family to explain the factors that led to her personal growth and maturity. It then explains why the writer decided to pursue a career in child welfare.
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"Getting Counseling helped Jennifer become stable, and understand the situation. I could not believe what a difference it makes talking for just one hour in an individual's life. I strongly believe that this experience lead me into my current career as you can never judge a book by it's cover. As this man seemed to be kind , but ended up being very cruel. Being objective is something I have learned through these experiences and helps me provide better assistance to my clients. In the year 2000 I started to work as a receptionist at Western Queens Recovery Services. This agency helps people to stay sober, and learn to live without using addictive substances. Here I would see how some people changed their living style. They will tell me they were glad to be able to stop drinking, because of the therapist help. Clients would tell me that the counselor would help them boost their self-esteem. Counselors were proud of their work, and they knew that most of the time they will be able to make a difference in a client's life no matter how small that difference may be. Being part of this environment made me decide what road to follow."
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81124r14277.doc, 2008.
Explores the theme of interpersonal conflict in Jean-Baptiste Moliere's play "Tartuffe".
1,000 words (approx. 4.0 pages), 4 sources, APA, £ 24.95
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This paper explains that the driving force behind Jean-Baptiste Moliere's play "Tartuffe", about the religious hypocrite Tartuffe, is the interpersonal conflicts, which spark the sense of revenge. The paper points out that that this general theme of conflict is portrayed through the characters, who present themselves as devotes, or those characters, who claim to be religious but who are in fact religious hypocrites. The paper relates that, eventually, all of Tartuffe's machinations and hypocrisies are exposed but not before the entire family is thrown into a comedic chaos of eviction, prison and scandal.
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"Perhaps one of the most secondary characters in the play who carries on this general theme of the corruption of the pious through conflict is Orgon's wife, Elmire. Elmire is portrayed as a truly pious individual who, unlike her husband, is not ignorant of reality. Despite the constant attempts of seduction brought on by Tartuffe, Elmire remains committed to her somewhat of a buffoon of a husband. Yet one has to wonder if Elmire herself is not the cause of the conflict that corrupted the otherwise pious house of Orgon."
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Annie Dillard's "The Giant Water Bug", 2008.
Analyzes Annie Dillard's writing style in her essay "The Giant Water Bug".
785 words (approx. 3.1 pages), 0 sources, £ 18.95
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This paper explains that Annie Dillard's essay on "The Giant Water Bug" begins as an example of nonfiction, meditative nature writing and ends with a murder---of the frog. The author points out that,to convey a sense of meandering in her thoughts and her walking path while she watches the frog, Dillard uses long sentences and often repeats words, particularly adjectives. The paper relates that the injection of biological language suggests a sharp change in narrative tone and a reminder of the scientific aspects of nature and natural survival.
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"Nature's real ugliness injects itself into the homespun narratives about frogs. A lower life form begins to devour a higher life form. The giant water bug that the author had only read about and appreciated in an academic sense rears its ugly head. She knows it "eats insects, tadpoles, fish, and frogs." But suddenly its presence injects drama into the descriptive passage. Now the fear and ominous nature of the passage's description of the frog's skin, its fear, and the occasional use of biological vocabulary becomes all comes together."
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"Still Separate, Still Unequal", 2008.
An examination of the problems in the educational system practiced in the urban areas of the United States, according to Jonathan Kozol's article, "Still Separate, Still Unequal."
1,049 words (approx. 4.2 pages), 1 source, MLA, £ 24.95
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This paper examines Jonathan Kozol's arguments in his article entitled, "Still Separate, Still Unequal," in which he criticizes the educational system practiced in the urban areas of the United States. The paper discusses the claims that Kozol makes against the educational system in these areas and discusses the problems that he highlights.
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Introduction
Discussion
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"The author has criticized the educational department for restricting the 'opportunity for preschool education for no reason but the accident of birth and budgetary choices of the government, while children of the privileged are often given veritable feasts of rich developmental early education' (Kozol, 2005). The quality of the students and their performance has great demarcation on the basis of the financial capability of the families of the students. The rich parents are able to provide better education to their children at very young stage which is responsible for the development of 'social competence and rudimentary pedagogic skills' (Kozol, 2005). However such skills are lacked by the students who are the residents of deprived and poverty inflicted neighborhood. The economic spectrum has been responsible for the excessive differences between the students of the respective segments. The author has referred to the pre-schooling system of Milwaukee, where most of the students initiate their pre-school at the age of four, however in such urban areas the lower income families are denied opportunities to register their children for pre-school education."
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Charles Darwin's "The Voyage of the Beagle", 2008.
Relates that adventures in chapters 'Tierra del Fuego' and 'Straits of Magellan' in Charles Darwin's "The Voyage of the Beagle".
1,010 words (approx. 4.0 pages), 1 source, MLA, £ 24.95
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This paper explains that Charles Darwin is often called a man ahead of his time, because his theory of evolution challenged Victorian religious doctrine. However, in his book "The Voyage of the Beagle", Darwin appears to be a man of his culture and times even though he had a unique viewpoint about nature. The paper points out that Darwin's discussion of the different flora and fauna on his journeys on the 'Beagle' are extraordinarily modern in their detail and accuracy; conversely, in Darwin's chronicles about the natives, his racial attitudes show that he was a man of his time. The paper contends that Darwin views his own European civilization as inherently superior to that of civilizations in other hemispheres. The paper uses examples taken from the book to demonstrate Darwin's attitude.
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"Likewise the natives' darker skin, which shields them against the sun, reveals them, in Darwin's eyes, as closer to nature. The fact that they speak a different language that is not of the Indo-European family like Darwin's English or Romantic (presumably, he would not look down upon them if they spoke French rather than their native tongue) likewise is unscientifically judged upon the basis that Darwin finds it unpleasant to listen to. Strikingly, even though some of these natives have already picked up a few words of English and can mimic the body language of the crew, showing what might be called a quick linguistic intelligence, Darwin sniffs that all savages are good mimics."
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Nigeria's Challenges, 2008.
Presents a creative essay written as if Miss Nigeria America is speaking with the new president of Nigeria, Umaru Yar'Adua, about the problems of Nigeria.
1,020 words (approx. 4.1 pages), 5 sources, APA, £ 24.95
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This paper explains that the safety, health and happiness of so many Nigerian citizens is depending on the administration of the new president, Umaru Yar'Adua. The paper points out the need for Nigeria to have true democratic elections instead of flawed elections and discusses other pressing issues facing Nigeria including environmental problems, the plight of the poor people in rural Nigeria and the AIDS/HIV epidemic. The writer concludes that she dreams of a country free of corruption, which provides a good education, dependable housing and police protection for all people.
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"There are other issues I hope you can work on, as well, Mr. President. Shell Oil, as you know, has been allowing gas flares to burn and burn and burn. Many groups have protested against the burning of these gases, which are a product of the production of crude oil. This is a terrible abuse of our environment. For one thing it contributes to global warming, and for another, it hurts the air that our citizens breathe. Chevron, Texaco, and Mobil are also exploiting our people by polluting our air - and to top it off, money these American oil companies are making is not shared fairly with Nigerians."
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Letter from the Future, 2008.
Presents a fictitious letter home to a father from a son living in metropolitan New York City in the year 2027.
2,155 words (approx. 8.6 pages), 3 sources, APA, £ 46.95
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This creative paper writes as if it is the year 2027 and discusses issues of anti-terrorism, politics, education, environment and so many more topics, which are also currently of interest. The paper is in the form of a letter written from a son to his father and describes New York after WWIII. The paper writes about transportation after the war, laws put into effect as a result of the war, New York's appearance and the fact that Israel and Iran both no longer exist.
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"It's almost ironic how much the current trend of family-shared Internet entertainment now plays such a similar role to that of radios in the home almost a full century ago. Kids have the choice of doing their own thing on their own connections, and when people get together in person, it's much more often to hang out at each other's homes than to actually go out anywhere the way people used to flock to clubs. Everybody still dates or they just "hook up" but mostly through their connections from home."
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"The Awakening", 2008.
An analysis of the female characters and their similarities to their creator, in "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin.
4,532 words (approx. 18.1 pages), 8 sources, MLA, £ 81.95
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This paper discusses the female characters in "The Awakening," written by Kate Chopin. It shows how the characters share certain experiences and attitudes with their creator, both for good and ill. The paper begins by providing a background to the life and writing career of Kate Chopin. It then focuses on the two characters of Edna Pontellier and Adele Ratignolle in the book.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Kate Chopin
The Awakening
Conclusion
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"Edna is the central character and also the woman who mirrors certain aspects of Chopin's life. She is a woman who feels enslaved by her domestic role and who chafes so at this role that she finally prefers to commit suicide rather than continue, even after she has freed herself from her reticence to express herself and to do so through her artistic endeavors. She is first a frustrated artist, but more deeply she is a frustrated human being who cannot abide in a world that treats her as less important because she is a woman. Her relationship with her husband has long been damaging to he, and whie her relationships with Robert and Arobin free her from certain ideas and help awaken her to a different vision of herself, those affairs are also destructive in the end. Edna is a woman who cannot live in the sort of society in which she finds herself, and she makes the choice to leave life rather than do so. This extreme reaction is not why the novel was treated so badly when first published, and the reason it was can be found in a society that did not want to recognize the singular needs and abilities of women outside the narrow role given them in the home."
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79589.doc, 2008.
A comparative analysis of the theme of duality of power and oppression in Jonathan Swift's "A Modest Proposal" and Mary Wollstonecraft's "A Vindication of the Right of Women".
1,513 words (approx. 6.1 pages), 2 sources, MLA, £ 33.95
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This paper discusses how Jonathan Swift and Mary Wollstonecraft were both consummate social commentators on the duality of power and oppression. Through the analysis of two of their works, namely, Swift's "A Modest Proposal" and Wollstonecraft's "A Vindication of the Right of Women", the paper looks at how one can see an easy assimilation of the challenges that such minds made to the disproportionate balance between the powerful and the oppressed. It also examines how each offers a differing view of the powerful as the greatest evil in the world. Swift does so through the use of sarcasm, indicting the wealthy and powerful as heartless and capable of almost anything to retain control, and Wollstonecraft by directly annihilating the wealthy and powerful for openly subjugating fifty percent of the human population (women).
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"Swift's work has been analyzed from countless angles with some even assassinating him, in the assumption that he really meant for the rich to eat the poor's children, even though such a stand is completely divergent from all his other progress building proposals. (Swift 377) Swift really just meant to garner attention, for the social conditions that plagues Ireland at the time. He was also making fun of the fact that so many proposals that are secondary to the humanitarian are put forward by those in power and even implemented without thought of the consequences that they will have upon the people. The people in Ireland at the time of his writing were still very much subjects of English colonization, with little real power and even less freedom to change the situation they were in, even though those in power assumed that the famine and poverty was their own fault and needed to be dealt with by their own sacrifices. "
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