Essays Tagged: "Brink"

An Analysis of the Opening of Canto XXVIII

point in the Divine Comedy that Dante is a great poet. What is it that Dante sees before him on the brink of the Ninth Abyss that is so ineffable that he, as a poet, feels he cannot handle?In the foll ...

(6 pages) 100 0 4.2 Apr/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Growing Pains

boweddown by his human infirmities and by a disgust of the evils in a world which has led him tothe brink of suicide. Hamlet voices his thoughts on the issue: 'O that this too too solidflesh would mel ... boweddown by his human infirmities and by a disgust of the evils in a world which has led him tothe brink of suicide. Hamlet voices his thoughts on the issue: 'O that this too too solidflesh would mel ...

(7 pages) 58 0 4.6 Jan/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare

Al Qaeda will use the acts of September 11 to finally lure the United States into a Holy War, uniting the nation of Islam against the Western allies.

am against the Western allies.A "clash of civilizations" between the West and Islam has been on the brink of exploding onto the world stage since the early 1950's. It all started in 1953 with the Unit ...

(7 pages) 406 3 3.5 Apr/2002

Subjects: Law & Government Essays

Gustave Flaubert and his "Madame Bovary"

We would like to think that everything in life is capable, or beyond the brink of reaching perfection. It would be an absolute dream to look upon each day with a positive ou ...

(6 pages) 191 1 4.3 Jan/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors

"Religious Wars of India" looks at the wars in Kashmir and Ayodhya between India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan. It is written in an argumentative style with an emphasis on new compromises.

of religion.As we usher in a new year with high hopes of peace, India and Pakistan are again on the brink of a war! Why are these two siblings always at loggerheads with each other? Is it because Paki ...

(9 pages) 473 9 4.2 Apr/2002

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

Somebody’s Watching You ! Can the internet really be private?

t seen anything yet. More and more businesses are finding their way onto the Internet, we're on the brink of the biggest invasion of privacy yet. It will be easier for marketers to know more than ever ...

(3 pages) 86 0 5.0 May/1996

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science > Internet and networking

Oblation from the Internet

or a couple of years now altered the way human beings go about life in society, but now we are on a brink. Ours is an age of vast amounts of information flowing around all over the world through phone ...

(6 pages) 115 0 3.4 Apr/1997

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science > Internet and networking

The Agriculture and Economics of Peru

olence, rampant inflation, chronic budget deficits, anddrought combined to drive the country to the brink of fiscal insolvency. However,in 1990 the government imposed an austerity program that removed ...

(3 pages) 136 0 4.7 Jan/1996

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

Learning Through Computer Interaction. Speaks of the implications that human-computer interaction has on learning

Learning and MemoryWe are one the brink of a major revolution in means of learning. Very few people understand what is about to happen ...

(4 pages) 208 0 3.8 Nov/1996

Subjects: Science Essays > Technology

The doomed empire - USSR (Soviet Union)

the Soviet Union. National identity as well as ideologicaldifferences brought both countries to the brink of nuclear war, a revolutionary style ofwarfare causing the most disastrous demographic disast ...

(4 pages) 135 0 4.7 Jan/1996

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > The Cold War

Poverty Vs The economy

asic needs exists because poverty is a relative concept. In poorer countries it means living at the brink of subsistence, while in our country few improvised families confront starvation, although man ...

(6 pages) 414 1 4.3 Dec/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics

Genetic Engineering: The Final Frontier

ress despite the risks it poses and the public outcry against it.It is true that we are just on the brink of discovering all of the dangers and benefits of genetic engineering and there is a lot of im ...

(4 pages) 88 0 3.0 Nov/2002

Subjects: Science Essays > Genetics & Genome Projects

The Symbolic Relationship Between Finny's Fall in the book "A Seperate Peace" by John Knowles, and the World Trade Center.

e was forever changed by a single accident. In the same way, America was a prospering nation on the brink of innovation, until a fateful crash distilled fear and changed the attitude of society. At fi ... pparent with everyday that passes. This, along with the unrest of the students, leads to the trial. Brinker believes that it is his duty to clear up what has happened before their tenure at Devon is f ...

(7 pages) 53 1 4.8 Feb/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Limiting of Civil Liberties

vs. Des Moines, or Schenck vs. United States. Here, in the middle of a war on terrorism, and on the brink of war with Iraq, war time security policies become eminent,, these cases and issues are broug ...

(4 pages) 152 0 4.9 Mar/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights

Was Hamlet crazy?

ay Hamlet by William Shakespeare, the main character, Prince Hamlet, is depicted a young man on the brink of insanity. Whether or not Hamlet is truly mad is a mystery, but there are numerous instances ...

(2 pages) 101 2 4.3 Apr/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare > Hamlet

"The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne.

sdale's sense of duty and passion for his lover creates two compelling forces that drive him to the brink of insanity and a dismal death. As a result of showing the anguish that Arthur must go through ...

(2 pages) 19 0 4.0 Apr/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Drug legalization.

e "war on drugs" metaphor leads inescapably to the conclusion that one weapon could bring us to the brink of victory--legalization. But most who discuss this option consider it surrender.How have we c ...

(4 pages) 104 1 3.8 May/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol

Kakutani's "Word Police".

uthor uses examples, illustrations and definitions to support the claim that our language is on the brink of absurdity because we hide our true identities and inequalities with euphemisms. In regard t ...

(5 pages) 53 0 5.0 Jun/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science

What were the causes of World War One?

was increasing unrest especially in Europe, as even the common people could sense they were on the brink of a major and crippling war. The assassination of Austrian Archduke, Franz Ferdinand on June ...

(4 pages) 91 0 3.9 Aug/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History

Critical Analysis of the short story the "Astronomer's Wife" by Kaye Boyle. Included is an indepth look at the story's meaning, specifically focusing on Mrs. Katherine Ames.

were so." This quote exemplifies how involved in his work the astronomer is. Whenever he is on the brink of a brilliant idea, she interrupts his train of thought. Therefore, she is the undertow that ...

(2 pages) 37 0 0.0 Dec/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers