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  • Mirror Stage Of Development Analysis On The Wizard Of Oz (Magic Art Of The Great Humbug)

    Mirror Stage Of Development Analysis On The Wizard Of Oz (Magic Art Of The Great Humbug)

    In the children's story, "The Magic Art of the Great Humbug", all of the characters run into problems with their identities. The old man has the most difficulty with his own identity. He wishes to be a great wizard with superhuman capabilities. The Tin Man, Scarecrow, and Cowardly Lion have trouble with desiring qualities that are only common to humans. Finally, Dorothy runs into trouble with the symbols around her that establish her identity. The

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    Submitted: March 13, 2011
  • The Great Gatsby: The Ragged Transition From Victorian "Self-Made"

    The Great Gatsby: The Ragged Transition From Victorian "Self-Made"

    The definition of what it is to be a man is one of fluidity and contradiction. In Gail Bederman's essay "Remaking manhood through race and 'civilization'", she proposed that as the United States entered into the 20th century, the framework behind white manhood was challenged by the economy, women and minorities, as well as by men themselves. This confrontation of the Victorian ideals resulted in a tumultuous transition from the hard-working self-made man to its

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    Submitted: March 13, 2011
  • Alexander The Great

    Alexander The Great

    The Hero: Alexander the Great In the month of October the great King of Macedonia, Alexander the Great, was born. He was the son of Philip II, who is considered as an excellent general of Macedonia, and princess Olympias of Epirus. He inherited the best qualities and character of both of his parents. His father possessed strong and determined abilities of a real general and his mother was unreliable and out of control. Throughout his

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    Submitted: March 14, 2011
  • The Great Gatsby Analysis

    The Great Gatsby Analysis

    Diction: In the Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald utilizes a heavily elegant and sometimes superfluous diction which reflects the high class society that the reader is introduced to within the novel. The speaker Nick Carraway talks directly to the reader. The diction is extensively formal throughout the novel using high blown language the borders on being bombastic. An example of this formal language is seen when Nick states,"The truth was that Jay Gatsby, of West Egg, Long

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    Submitted: March 14, 2011
  • Alexander The Great

    Alexander The Great

    Gladiator Gladiatorial events were a token of the Roman civilization. A brutal form of sacrifice adapted from the earlier civilization of Etruscans, who believed when a person dies, his spirit relies on a blood sacrifice to survive in the afterlife. The first event to take place in Rome was in 264 BC, when Decimus Brutus held a sacrifice to honor is dead father (Roman Gladiator). Soon after these events became an undeniable part of the

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  • Roaring Twenties And The Great Gatsby

    Roaring Twenties And The Great Gatsby

    The 1920Ѓfs in America, known as the ЃeRoaring TwentiesЃf, was a time of celebration after a devastating war. It was a period of time in America characterised by prosperity and optimism. There was a general feeling of discontinuity associated with modernity and a break with traditions. New technologies, like automobiles (left), movies and radios, spread the idea of modernity to a large part of the population. There were also new ideas and theories that clashed

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  • Was The Great War A Watershed ?

    Was The Great War A Watershed ?

    WORKING PAPER NÐ'o Mots clÐ"©s : Codes JEL : 1 Was the Great War a Watershed ? The economics of World War One in France Pierre-Cyrille Hautcoeur UniversitÐ"© de Paris I PanthÐ"©on-Sorbonne (Matisse) and DELTA (joint research unit CNRS-EHESS-ENS) This paper has been prepared for a book edited by M. Harrisson and S. Broadberry on The Economics of World War One, forthcoming at Cambridge University Press. Abstract This paper presents a broad, quantitatively documented, overview

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  • All Quiet On The Western Front For Discussing The Great War

    All Quiet On The Western Front For Discussing The Great War

    At the beginning of the 20th Century, the great powers of the world engaged in the largest war concerning deaths in modern times. This war, which is often called the Great War, or World War I, had serious consequences that have affected our world today a great deal. Many great novels were written this century dealing with the Great War. One book, All Quiet on the Western Front, has been considered a classic and possibly

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  • Adolescent Depression

    Adolescent Depression

    Depression is a disease that afflicts the human psyche in such a way that the afflicted tends to act and react abnormally toward others and themselves. Therefore it comes to no surprise to discover that adolescent depression is strongly linked to teen suicide. Adolescent suicide is now responsible for more deaths in youths aged 15 to 19 than cardiovascular disease or cancer (Blackman, 1995). Despite this increased suicide rate, depression in this age group is

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    Submitted: March 14, 2011
  • Great Gatsby

    Great Gatsby

    One of the most controversial parts of the book The Great Gatsby is whether Gatsby was really great after all. He really isn't great at all but he works hard to try to me others believe he really truly is great. He live is a world of fairy tales, over romanticized details, and surrounds him self with people who puss up his over sized ego. Being a great, good honest person was not at all

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    Submitted: March 15, 2011
  • The Great Gatsby: Jay Gatsby And Daisy Buchanan

    The Great Gatsby: Jay Gatsby And Daisy Buchanan

    Casey Byrd Period 4 February 21, 2008 Daisy Buchanan and Jay Gatsby Comparing how life is like in this present day to back in the 1920s, it's easy to see how society has changed; the ways and standards of the people back then have changed predominately. The economy was booming and with World War I taking place, this time period had an affect on the young people of its decade. An example of this would

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    Submitted: March 15, 2011
  • Alexander The Great

    Alexander The Great

    Alexander The Great is very important because he was made a king at the age of twenty. He was a great leader as well, and had conquered most of the known world in only a thirteen year span. During 355 B.C. to 323 B.C. Alexander lived a good life, he was able to construct great battle plans so he could win a battle even if he was greatly out numbered. Three of his most memorable

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    Submitted: March 15, 2011
  • Book Review On Jefferson's Great Gamble

    Book Review On Jefferson's Great Gamble

    Charles A. Cerami. Jefferson’s Great Gamble. Naperville, Illinois: Sourcebooks, Inc, 2003. The United States and France were on the brink of war. At stake was the most coveted spot on the planet: a bustling Mississippi River port known as New Orleans. In the center of the crisis stood Thomas Jefferson and Napoleon Bonaparte, two of the greatest leaders of their time, now face to face in a test of wits and wills that would determine

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    Submitted: March 16, 2011
  • Good To Great Review

    Good To Great Review

    Jim Collins and his research team have done a wonderful job identifying what it takes for a company to go from good to great. I found this book to be extremely interesting and would like to share several of my thoughts. I agree with Jim Collins when he states that people can develop into level 5 leaders. The main focus of a level 5 leader is not on themselves, but on the company and

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    Submitted: March 16, 2011
  • The Great Houdini

    The Great Houdini

    My Name is Harry Houdini, but my real name is Erik Weiss. I was born in Budapest, Hungary on March 24, 1874. My family and I migrated to the United States of America when I was only four years old. When I was very little, I always had an interest in the magic shows my father and I attended. When I was seventeen, I once read the name of a Robert-Houdin, a French magician of

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  • Great Awakening

    Great Awakening

    The Great Awakening was when religion was sweeping throughout New England with more conversions and church membership. This spiritual awakening took place from 1735 up until 1745. (Brief Outline Notes on the Great Awakening, 1735-45 ) Most of this had taken place within the American Colonies, especially New England.(McCormick, pars. 9) . The Great Awakening had many causes, however the consequences benefitted many. Many people were moving farther and farther away from religion, the Great

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    Submitted: March 17, 2011
  • Cavour’S Main Means Of Politics Greatly Influenced His Aims And Actions That Led To The Unification Of Italy

    Cavour’S Main Means Of Politics Greatly Influenced His Aims And Actions That Led To The Unification Of Italy

    Count Camillo Benso di Cavour (1810-1861) was the second son of an aristocratic Piedmontese family. Being the second son of a nobleman, Cavour was supposed to be in the army, even though he was more interested in politics rather than the military. In July 1824 he was named a page to Charles Albert, the king of Piedmont who first opened war of independence against Austria. Cavour later resigned from the army at the end of

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    Submitted: March 18, 2011
  • The Great Gatsby

    The Great Gatsby

    The Great Gatsby Fitzgernald F. Scott. The Great Gatsby. New York: Scribner, 1925. In Scott F. Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, men fight over a woman. To stay financially secure, they go into illegal business. Dreams are crushed and lives are lost. It is a story that relates to the corruption of the American Dream. The story takes place in an area near New York called “Long Island.” It is in a shape of an egg.

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    Submitted: March 18, 2011
  • The Great Gatsby Theme Analysis

    The Great Gatsby Theme Analysis

    The Great Gatsby by Scott F. Fitzgerald presents several commentaries on then-contemporary society of prosperous America; along with post war economic growth, cinematograph, and increasing optimism the inevitable weakening of humanly values spreads like a plague among the upper class of the East Coast. The fictionalized geographic locations, which Fitzgerald ties with his characters, serve to convey the theme of moral degradation. The novel starts out in the West Egg; a place inhabited by the

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    Submitted: March 21, 2011
  • Great Gatsby Bill C

    Great Gatsby Bill C

    Today I am here to discuss to you my fellow senators about Bill C, which states that Americans are careless people. This statement can be proven not only materialistic but also morally careless from the 1920’s high class society, through the novel “The Great Gatsby”. Fitzgerald the author of the novel depicts what American did for there goals and what the American dream was all about. This carelessness can be lead from the feeling of

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    Submitted: March 21, 2011
  • Alex The Great

    Alex The Great

    Alexander ascended to the Macedonian throne when his father died. Once in power, he disposed quickly of all conspirators and domestic enemies by ordering their execution. Then he descended on Thessaly, where partisans of independence had gained ascendancy, and restored Macedonian rule. Before the end of the summer of 336 BC he had reestablished his position in Greece and was elected by a congress of states at Corinth. But, Greek cities, like Athens and Thebes,

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    Submitted: March 23, 2011
  • Do You Agree With Lewis'S Statement That" We Depend For A Very Great Deal Of Our Happiness Or Misery On Circumstances Outside All Human Control.

    Do You Agree With Lewis'S Statement That" We Depend For A Very Great Deal Of Our Happiness Or Misery On Circumstances Outside All Human Control.

    Do you agree with Lewis's statement that" we depend for a very great deal of our happiness or misery on circumstances outside all human control. In the United States, there are 50% of married couple divorce in recent year and 59.9% of them got divorced because unhappiness; they might just marry for money, beauty or some other reasons. So I agree with C.S. Lewis statement "that we depend for a very great deal of our

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    Submitted: March 23, 2011
  • Yellow Wallpaper And Postpartum Depression

    Yellow Wallpaper And Postpartum Depression

    Postpartum Depression In the short story. "The Yellow Wallpaper" written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, we are introduced to a woman, the narrator, who suffers from postpartum depression, a disorder in women that results from childbirth. This disorder can have serious effects on the individual and may result in extreme behaviors such as suicide. (Mahoney 1) The narrator of the story is symbolic of Gilman, as she had experienced this illness after the birth of her

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    Submitted: March 23, 2011
  • Depressed Mothers Can Still Be Good Moms

    Depressed Mothers Can Still Be Good Moms

    Medically treating post-partum depression may not be enough to improve a mother's relationship with her baby, and is only part of the equation, according to a new study done in part by the University of Alberta. The other essential factor is giving struggling new mothers basic tools to read behavioral cues from their babies and effectively respond to their needs, said Dr. Robert Short, a co-author on the study and professor of educational psychology at

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    Submitted: March 24, 2011
  • The Industrial Revolution: A Time Of Great Advancement And Change

    The Industrial Revolution: A Time Of Great Advancement And Change

    Peter Stearns claims that the industrial revolution was an intensely human experience. What initially arose as scientific advancements in metallurgy and machine building, the industrial revolution period saw a redefinition of life as a whole. As industry changed, human life began to adapt. Work life was drastically changed which, in turn, resulted in family life being affected. As is human nature, major change was met with great resistant. Ultimately, the most successful people during the

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    Submitted: March 24, 2011

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