The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton
The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton was an immediate popular and critical success. It is a historical fiction work of social criticism against the tyrannous ideals of Old New York society. The world she depicts in this book is an important part of American history. It displays societys negat....
Analysis of The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction by Walter Benjamin
The article The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction by Walter Benjamin examines the meaning of art at a time when it can be easily manipulated and distributed to the masses. He mentions art and its aura. According to Benjamin, this aura does not consist of the artwork itself. But i....
Common Sense by Thomas Paine
Common Sense By: Thomas Paine
Thomas Paines fame had no reflection on his childhood years. He was born on January 29, 1737 to a poor working class family in Thetford, England. Thomass mother died at an early age in his life. Thomas as a young boy attended grammar school but eventuall....
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson was a woman who lived in times that are more traditional; her life experiences influence and help us to understand the dramatic and poetic lines in her writing. Although Dickinsons poetry can often be defined as sad and moody, we can find the use of humor and irony in many of her p....
French Revolution
"My policy is to govern men the way the majority wishes." (Henderson, 48) A
statement made by Napoleon Bonaparte, a man whose definition of majority was slightly
different than the rest of France. The French Revolution was a call for change,
specifically where liberty and equality were ....
Hobbes and Plato's views on justice
The idea of justice is a direct correlation with conceptions of a just society. Every philosopher with their idea on a just society has their own definition of justice. Justice is a loaded concept with different aspects to think about. How it relates to the individual and how it relates to the so....
Imaginative journeys take the traveler not only to new locations but also to new understandings.
Imaginative journeys are essential teaching mechanisms that transfer an individual from the real world into unreal existences and new worlds. The traveler will be enriched on such a journey to gain new understandings of not only themselves, but of the world and life. All individuals are compelled to....
John D. Rockefeller: The Business Man
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John D. Rockefeller: The Businessman
The recent rise and fall of fuel prices often leads us to the question why? Why is ....
Media and Terrorism
Media and Terrorism: Reporting or Propaganda
Modern media developments have transformed the means of terrorism. Terrorism has adjusted and adapted over time in order to exploit the modes of mass communication.
The means of publicity and the modes of terrorism coincide as they evolve togethe....
Philosophy of History
The first era of history is the pre-modern era, which basically means the ancient and the medieval periods of history. The term modern didnt come into effect until after the Scientific Revolution and the Age of Enlightenment. In the pre-modern era, historians tried to portray history as meani....
Reformation, Technological and Social Advances, the Rise of Humanism and the Reformation
1. What developments in technology and society during the 15th and 16th century changed the way people viewed the world? What effect did the rise of Humanism have on the Reformation?
The Reformation Era brought about many changes in the way the world. In order to understand the outcome of this ....
The Age of Homer
Homer is best known for the two poems wrote about him the Iliad and the Odyssey and they are thought to be two of the best defining significance in time of the Greek culture concerning the Trojan War.
The Age of Homer compared to the way society is now is remarkably similar. With the way h....
The Digital Divide Controversy: Nothing but Hot Air.
It seems only yesterday that computers were luxury items. Today, nearly everyone views them as a necessity of life. This changing viewpoint towards technology is creating battle lines in governmental and private agencies everywhere. Research indicates a serious problem, called the digital divide,....
Toward an Ecology of culture and capitalism
The Age of Access brings with it not only new tools for organizing human existence but also new definitions of what it means to be a human being. According to Rifkin it also brings one of the profound challenges facing us is to ensure equitable access to cyberspace.
In the chapter, "Toward an Ecolo....
Voltaire's Use Of Satire In Candide
Voltaires Use of Satire in Candide
In the late 18th century, a French author named Voltaire wrote a short novel entitled Candide about the misadventures that the main character, Candide, faces across the world. Candide is often noted to be a great comedic work of literature, filled with irony.....
Why were the Europeans able to begin the Age of Exploration in 1492?
Why were the Europeans able to begin the Age of Exploration in 1492?
While the rest of the world was out exploring Europe was left tending to its sickly and less developed land. Europe, after surviving disease and other hardships found itself in a unique position to grow. The plague was gone an....
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