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"Mister Roberts", 2003.
Discusses the 1955 comedy-drama.
1,800 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 6 sources, £ 43.95
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Discusses the film as an example of narrative filmmaking and a product of the studio system. Analyzes elements of this type of conventional film, such as the actors, the characters, and the importance of the lead character.
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"The 1955 film Mister Roberts was a highly successful comedy-drama produced within the Hollywood studio system. As such, it is an excellent example of narrative filmmaking within specific prescriptive guidelines. Set during the last days of World War II, ..."
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Robert Lowell and Robert Creeley, 2006.
An analysis of the theme of history in the poems of Robert Lowell and Robert Creeley.
1,547 words (approx. 6.2 pages), 4 sources, MLA, £ 34.95
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This paper discusses how Robert Lowell and Robert Creeley are two great American poets and how, although the two men have different styles of poetry, both are just as influential. Lowell's poems tend to be longer and more detailed, while Creeley's poems are shorter and seem to require more analysis. The paper examines how, despite their differences, both poets somehow "use" historical issues in their works and how, whether it is more obvious, such as Lowell's, "For the Union Dead", or a more subtle approach, such as Creeley's, "I Know a Man", both poets incorporate a historical issues into these two poems.
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"During the 1960s, Americans started focusing on American history. Robert Lowell's poem, "For the Union Dead", which was written in 1964, is no different. In "For the Union Dead", Lowell compares the 1960s look of Boston with the older images of Boston; he is trying to show the relationship between the past and present through these descriptions. It almost reads as if he is walking through Boston and writing what he sees, then compares the image with what is used to look like. He begins the first stanza with a description of how the South Boston Aquarium looks now, with "Its broken windows boarded/The bronze weathervane cod has lost half its scales" (Lowell 2-3). The issue here is Lowell's hometown is vanishing; aspects that he remembers as being beautiful are now falling apart. Lowell is sad to see his home like this, as he remembers it as a fun place to visit as a child. "
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Charles G.D. Roberts, 2002.
An analysis of the sonnets of famed poet Charles G.D. Roberts.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 1 source, £ 24.95
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This paper presents a discussion about the sonnets of famed poet Charles G.D. Roberts. The author uses examples form several of Roberts' poems to illustrate the style of poet that Roberts was.
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Charles G.D. Roberts' "Kinship", 2008.
An analysis of how a poem by Charles G.D. Roberts, "Kinship," views native Canadians at the time the poem was written.
1,013 words (approx. 4.1 pages), 2 sources, MLA, £ 24.95
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This paper analyzes a poem by Charles G.D. Roberts, "Kinship," that encapsulates the privations of Native Canadians during the latter stages of the nineteenth century. Specifically, the paper discusses how native Canadians found themselves marginalized in the Canada of that time - and how Charles G.D. Roberts, while progressive in his empathy and feeling for the plight of Canada's aboriginal population, nonetheless sees this segment of the nation's population through a European lens.
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"In late nineteenth century Canada, the question of what to do with the nation's natives was one that preoccupied policy-makers. Simply put, here was a large number of men and women (and children) whose traditional habits, attitudes, modes of living, and religious sentiments were well outside the mainstream of Canadian society. The end result, as grimly noted in an online report sponsored by the Saskatchewan Indian Cultural Center, was for the Canadian government to pursue a policy that forcibly remade Native Canadians in the image of their European counterparts ("Our Way," para.5-6). This meant, for all intents and purposes, the imposition of policies that undermined traditional native culture, the creation of the Industrial and Boarding School Systems and the abolition of religious ceremonies and dances."
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Appointing John Roberts, 2005.
A discussion regarding the implications of John Roberts' nomination as Supreme Court Justice.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 4 sources, £ 24.95
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This paper discusses the nomination of John Roberts to the position of Supreme Court Justice. The paper examines the process for nominating and appointing a justice, followed by a look at the political fracas that surrounds this particular nomination. Finally, the paper concludes that nominating and appointing Roberts is a god idea because of his attitudes towards Constitutional Law and the power of the federal government.
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"It's certainly true that the nomination of Supreme Court justices can quickly devolve into the worst kind of political infighting. This has been the case for years. However, that governmental fact has become all the more acute in the nomination of John Roberts largely because of the highly polarized political climate that currently exists in the United States. Certainly, Democrats and Republicans have opposed one another for far longer than living memory; nevertheless, on this matter the two parties quite literally seem to be at each other's throat. Conservatives largely consider the matter a done deal; liberals are adamant that the nomination not go through, at least not until after Roberts has been thoroughly grilled by the Senate Judiciary Committee. "
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"My Lai" by James Olson and Randy Roberts, 2000.
A review of the work on the history of the documents on the massacre of Vietnamese by U.S. soldiers and its aftermath.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 1 source, £ 27.95
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The book My Lai: A Brief History with Documents by James s. Olson and Randy Roberts, offers just what the title says--a brief history of the massacre and its aftermath with documents from the era illustrating certain aspects of the case. The brief history includes some analysis of the Vietnamese War itself leading to the events of the massacre and what happened after.
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"The book My Lai: A Brief History with Documents by James s. Olson and Randy Roberts, offers just what the title says--a brief history of the massacre and its aftermath with documents from the era illustrating certain aspects of the case. The brief history includes some analysis of the Vietnamese War itself leading to the events of the massacre and what happened after. The history is disturbing enough, but the documents suggest even greater concern over the way the issue was handled, first in the way the official story was shaped regarding not just the massacre but the entire war, then in terms of the way the military tried to cover the story up, and finally in the way blame was assigned and punishment meted out only to the few, with little direct effect on the power structure that caused so much of the problem in the first place."
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"Where the Domino Fell: America. & Vietnam, 1945-1990" ( James S Olson & Randy Roberts ), 1993.
Critical review of work on evolution of American entanglement & failure.
1,575 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 1 source, £ 38.95
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"This study will provide a critical review of Where the Domino Fell: America and Vietnam, 1945 to 1990, by James S. Olson and Randy Roberts.
The main idea of the book is the argument that the entanglement of the United States in Vietnam was due to one major foreign policy attitude and one major domestic policy attitude. With respect to foreign policy, the involvement of the United States in Vietnam after World War II was rooted in the Cold War thinking of the American leaders. To the leaders of both the United States and the Soviet Union, Vietnam and other Third World nations were a battlefield on which the superpowers would wage various sorts of war to win the minds and the hearts of the people. To the American leaders, Vietnam as one of the pieces of the global puzzle after World War II was a nation where the Cold.."
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"The American Romance with Robert Kennedy", 2006.
This paper reviews and examines author Ronald Steel's questionable portrayal of Robert Kennedy in his book "In Love With The Night: The American Romance With Robert Kennedy."
1,025 words (approx. 4.1 pages), 1 source, APA, £ 25.95
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This paper explores author Ronald Steel's flawed method of razing the myths of Robert Kennedy. This paper proves that while Steel's interpretations are at times plausible, at others they are completely contrived and argues that the author's depiction of Kennedy is flat, one-dimensional and sorely lacking in facts. This paper also contains a brief history of Robert Kennedy's political career.
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"Steel reports that Robert's stand on the Vietnam war was not so different from Nixon's own position, but Robert admitted that he had been mistaken about Vietnam. There are no known reports that Nixon ever admitting that he was wrong about Vietnam. Steel could have taken a closer look at how Johnson and John Kennedy parted on the issues of Vietnam. He may have found that Johnson did state a greater doubt than had been known about the stability and rectitude of his policy, and while John Kennedy called the war immoral, he did not call an outright end to the war."
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" Robert Moses and the Fall of New York City ", 2008.
A discussion of the book "The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York City " by Robert Caro.
962 words (approx. 3.8 pages), 1 source, APA, £ 23.95
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The paper relates that Robert Caro's book, "The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall ofnew York City", details Moses' personality and dealings with the political structure that allowed his meteoric rise and subsequent impact on New York and the nation as a whole. The paper then goes on to discuss the main points of Moses' life as chronicled in the book.
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" Following Moses' rise from his early years to the age of 80, when he finally lost all power, Caro thoroughly dissects this developer, showing all his defects of arrogance, vanity, racism, scheming, egomania, and ruthlessness. Yet, this man, writes Caro, was the only one able at that time to mold New York. In the mid-twentieth century, notes Caro, (5) it was well known that the city was "ungovernable." Since the governmental powers had mostly devolved to its mayor, no political entity could govern the city or do more than "merely stay afloat in the maelstrom that had engulfed the vast metropolis"
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Robert Hanssen, 2002.
A biography of the life and arrest of FBI agent, Robert Hanssen, for espionage.
2,319 words (approx. 9.3 pages), 11 sources, APA, £ 49.95
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This paper details the life of Robert Hanssen, the FBI agent who was arrested for spying for Russian Intelligence on February 18, 2001. It examines his career and personal life and how, for over a decade, Hanssen obtained and relocated a considerable amount of classified information, unobserved by the FBI.
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Introduction
Early Years
Service to Russia
Initiating the Suspicion
Hanssen?s Personal Life
Arrest and Verdict
FBI?s Pursuit of Robert Hanssen
Clues Leading to Investigation
Under Observation
Comparison with Ames? Case
Allegations against Robert Hanssen
The Robert Hanssen Case and the FBI
Conclusion
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"The FBI watched Hanssen comprehensively and finally made an arrest at the conclusion of a time frame in which, they used some of the most strong surveillance techniques so as to build a case against him. According to the authorities, the FBI operation was made trickier since quite a few number of Hanssen's colleagues were engaged in the investigation. Also, Hanssen had a habit of checking FBI records in an ongoing attempt to see if his activities and communications were being watched by means of computer forensic analysis, substantial covert surveillance, court-authorized searches and other sensitive techniques (7). "
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Robert Louis Stevenson and Darwinism, 2005.
An analysis of the influence of the theories of Charles Darwin on Robert Louis Stevenson.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 5 sources, £ 30.95
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This paper examines how Robert Louis Stevenson's "The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde" was first published in 1886 and how a popular belief in evolution had been growing through much of that century, and had been formalized by Charles Robert Darwin in his 1859 publication, "Origin of Species" ("Evolution"). This paper argues that Darwinism (as it came to be known) had a great influence on Stevenson, and that his character Hyde represents primitive man, or even the primates from which man evolved.
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Robert Lee Frost's "The Road not Taken", 2008.
A analytical commentary on the thoughts of the author, Robert Lee Frost whilst writing his poem, "The Road not Taken".
929 words (approx. 3.7 pages), 3 sources, APA, £ 23.95
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The paper is a review of the poem "The Road not Taken" by Robert Lee Frost and opens up by stating that one always questions one's decisions, wondering if a decision was the correct one and in fact what would have occurred had the alternative decision been taken. The paper relates that the poem reflects on life's choices and continues by giving the reader an outline of the poet's history and his origins. It is thought that the poem is a description of a walk that Robert Lee Frost undertook in the forest of Dymock.
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The man
The road not taken
Conclusion
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"Robert Lee Frost was born in San Francisco to Isabelle Moodie and William Prescott, Jr. in March 26, 1874. After his father's demise in 1886, he, his mother and sister moved to New England to be closer to his paternal grandparents who were living in Eastern Massachusetts. Frost married Elinor Miriam White in December of 1895. Looking for better pastures, Frost took his family to settle across the Atlantic in 1912 and settled in Beaconsfield, London. It was in this period of his life that Frost made the acquaintance of people who would eventually play a critical role in his literary career. Among them were the Dymock poet Edward Thomas, T. E. Hulme and Ezra Pound
It was in Frosts return to America in 1915 that his literary career truly took off. After Pound's review of his works, he gained acclaim particularly for the work he did while he was in England. He became a popular writer and lecturer while at the same time taught English at Amherst College and Bread Loaf School of English of Middlebury College in Ripton, Vermont. Aside from his literary work, Robert Lee Frost is also famous for the reading of the poem "The Gift Outright" on January 20, 1961 after the inaugural speech of President John F. Kennedy. He also influenced modern views on poetry that encouraged its public recitals and incorporation to other modern arts."
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Common Themes of Robert Browning, 2006.
An analysis of the poetry of Robert Browning, identifying themes which recur throughout his works.
3,133 words (approx. 12.5 pages), 0 sources, £ 63.95
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The paper reviews Robert Browning's life, and notes key works he wrote at various points in his career. The paper analyzes a number of Browning's poems, and for each one cites critical passages pointing to a major theme of the work. The paper concludes that Robert Browning was one of the major moral-aesthetic thinkers of the 19th century, who believed that imperfection, which is what separates Heaven from Earth and God from man, is the law of life.
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"In Browning's best poems, people from the past reveal their lives and thoughts by speaking aloud. A typical Browning poem tells of a key or pivotal moment in the life of a prince, priest, or painter of the Italian Renaissance. A few of Robert Browning's common themes are about Man's relationship to God verses his fellow man, infinities are unattainable to man in his present state of imperfection, and imperfection is the law of life."
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The Impact of Robert Adam, 2007.
An examination of the contributions and works of Robert Adam, a style-leader in the classical antiquity movement in England during the 1700s.
2,142 words (approx. 8.6 pages), 4 sources, APA, £ 46.95
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This paper discusses the contributions of Robert Adam to architecture, with an emphasis on his design innovations. These include his introduction of the classical revival style in both architecture and interior decoration during the last half of the 1700s. The paper describes Adam as reacting against the Neo-Palladian styles that was in vogue in the first part of the century. The paper also touches on some of the artistic works that influenced Adam's style, such as Etruscan vases. Adam's interior design is also examined and noteworthy examples of his architecture and interior design are cited with illustrations.
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Interior and Exterior Designs Preceding and During the Time of Robert Adam
Adam's Visual Design Composition
Contextural Design
Adam's influence on Early Neoclassical Design
Conclusion
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"The materials used by the designers during the 18th century reflected the industrial revolution, in that they were able to utilize improved older materials. Bricks were fired at higher temperatures and became different colors. Stucco and ceramic tiles were also utilized, with decorative or highly colored motifs that carried designs or imitated brick. Improved casting techniques allowed designers to use decorative ironwork to create delicate, Neoclassical patterns that were used in balconies and window frames. Structural ironwork was also used in staircases, increases and iron plates that helped fireproof structures. "
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