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Analysis of How Priestley Presents Sheila in an Inspector Calls

Sheila Birling is arguably one of the strongest and most complex characters in 'An Inspector Calls', due to her depth of feeling, and the change that her character undergoes throughout the play. She is the one character that embodies Priestley’s desire for change. Sheila not...

An Inspector CallsPresent

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Research of How the Elements of Vanitas Are Present in Contemporary Artwork

Four centuries ago, Dutch and Flemish painters began producing hyper-realist Still lifes depicting symbolical objects such as skulls, books, burning candles, musical instruments and decaying flowers - seemingly freezing them beyond time. This subgenre of Still life is referred to as Vanitas and began as...

PresentSymbolism

4 Pages|1807 Words

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Discussion of Whether the End Justifies the Means on the Example of Joseph Stalin

In the book, The Prince, the phrase ‘the ends justify the means’, was famously written by Niccolò Machiavelli in 1532 that illustrates how to acquire and maintain political power. Interpreting the lesson would be that “rulers must not be guided by conventional ideas of virtue...

Joseph StalinMachiavelliThe Prince

2 Pages|751 Words

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Analysis of the Philosophy of Immortality

In the readings of William L. Rowe’s, “Philosophy of Religion”, he talks about life after death in chapter nine. The author breaks down some arguments made by past and present philosophers to whether or not we as humans are immortal after our physical bodies dies....

Christian WorldviewImmortalityReligious Pluralism

4 Pages|1827 Words

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The Chinese Government and Confucius' Teachings of Compassionate and Humble Leadership

“Do not do unto others what you don’t want done to yourself,'' is a teaching that has been kept since Confucius and is a moral code very commonly used and still taught today, it can also be applied in a majority of situations you find...

ConfucianismHumbleLeader

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Kurtz as a Representation of European Colonialism in Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness

Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness is an illustrative works which explores the heart as well as the outward appearance of civilization and also reveals the darkness, complication and delusion of human nature. It is a symbolic journey into the dark places of the soul and...

ExistentialismFictionHeart of DarknessJoseph Conrad

2 Pages|944 Words

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Individualism Vs Equality in Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut

The majority of today’s society believes that total equality is worth the fight. “Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut focuses on hindering an individual’s greatest qualities to achieve an ironically equal society. Better looking people were forced to wear masks to look uglier, smarter individuals had...

EqualityHarrison BergeronIndividualism

1 Page|429 Words

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Mortality – the Fear of Count Dracula

Throughout the gothic horror novel Dracula, the author Bram Stoker uses Count Dracula to signify that weaknesses and struggles are often shown in the face of your own mortality. As shown by Stoker, the diaries and journals written by the main characters, such as Jonathan...

DraculaGothic LiteratureImmortality

1 Page|607 Words

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Meditation I by Descartes: Concerning Those Things that Can Be Called into Doubt

To summarize this first meditation, all is just about doubt. Descartes, the author, is doubting whether the things he used to learn, things we used to learn and things we are learning now is a truth or just a man-make belief. It is also written...

DoubtRene Descartes

1 Page|445 Words

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Why Orcas and Dolphins Should not Be Kept in Captivity

The topic I chose for this paper is that I believe that cetaceans should not be kept in captivity. The call for anti-captivity in the past has been sparked by the movie Free Willy and made people aware that creatures like orcas and dolphins should...

DolphinFree Will

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