Essays Tagged: "brutality"

Buddha

ng the sixth century BC, India was a land of political andreligious turmoil. It was an era of great brutality with the domination ofNorthwest India by Indo-Aryan invaders. Many people, influenced byth ...

(9 pages) 274 3 4.6 Dec/1996

Subjects: History Term Papers > Asian History

"In Cold Blood" by Capote, Truman. A book review for Law class.

kept cash in thehouse. The whole region and eventually the country was shocked by the randomness andbrutality of the act, in much the same way it was by the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing.The two men in w ...

(3 pages) 143 0 3.6 Dec/1997

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law

Frederick Douglass And Slavery

uential black leaders of the nineteenth century. Douglass focused his writings on the harshness and brutality of slavery. He describes in many of his books accounts of his own experiences as a slave. ... autobiography to show everyone the inhumane side of slavery. Most people did not know of slavery's brutality until Douglass wrote about it. Douglass wrote about the Civil War to get more people to he ...

(3 pages) 148 0 4.0 Mar/1997

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Black Awareness & Racism

The Long March by William Styron

arine reserves, that are forced to make a 36 mile march that they are not prepared for, to show the brutality and hypocrisy in the leaders of this country. The reserves are people that have been out o ...

(4 pages) 26 0 2.3 Jan/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Interpreting Plato's "Allegory of the Cave"

enlightened or unenlightened." He employs figurative language and strong imagery to convey a sense brutality towards the prisoners of the cave.Plato's use of language creates a vivid picture of the p ...

(2 pages) 266 0 3.6 Apr/2002

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies > Greek Language & Literature

Interpreting the first 5 lines in Plato's Allegory of the cave

enlightened or unenlightened." He employs figurative language and strong imagery to convey a sense brutality towards the prisoners of the cave.Plato's use of language creates a vivid picture of the p ...

(2 pages) 107 0 5.0 Apr/2002

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies > Greek Language & Literature

Chivalry. Refers to "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight"

We live in an age where the brutality and the vigilante justice of the knight errant is no longer acceptable for people with pos ...

(4 pages) 144 0 3.5 Nov/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry

Capital Punishment, should it or should it not be used in today's criminal judging system

ut it's years of existence, has always been against the views of the people, either because of it's brutality or because of it's lack of effectiveness.The Death Penalty has been opposed by the people ... ber, 1 by firing squad, and 1 by hanging. Abolitionists believe that this society cannot mirror the brutality of the crime committed by the convicted person because it is judicial murder. Capital Puni ...

(6 pages) 144 0 1.5 Apr/1997

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Issues > Death Penalty

Critique of "The Invisible Man"

education he had to act the exact opposite of an educated man. He had torely upon his own primitive brutality to insure his education. He was thenmocked by having to recite a speech he was to memorize ...

(6 pages) 98 0 2.0 Oct/1995

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Critique of the "Invisible Man"

education he had to act the exact opposite of an educated man. He had torely upon his own primitive brutality to insure his education. He was thenmocked by having to recite a speech he was to memorize ...

(6 pages) 113 0 5.0 Oct/1995

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

John Steinbeck's "Indubious Battle"

starvation overwhelmed the family.Older, but still keenly remembering his youth, with the scars of brutality and starvation deeply embedded in his heart, Jim Nolan became a member of the Communist Pa ...

(8 pages) 78 0 1.7 Apr/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors > John Steinbeck

This is a biography on Fredrick Douglass. It is five pages long and i Submitted it my sophmore year of college. Good Paper

uential black leader of the nineteenth century. Douglass focused his writings on the punishment and brutality of slavery. He describes in many of his books about his own experiences as a slave. A read ... eryone the inhumane side of slavery. Most people did not know of slavery's messed up punishment and brutality until Douglass wrote about it. Douglass wrote about the Civil War to get more people to he ...

(4 pages) 167 0 4.8 Sep/2002

Subjects: History Term Papers

The Impact of Jewish Immigration.

ants made more then half million entrances during the 1880 and 1900 to escape the egocentric racial brutality from the imperialist countries like Russia, Poland, Austria-Hungary, and Romania (Glazer 3 ...

(4 pages) 111 1 5.0 Dec/2002

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith

Jim Lovell's Climb to the Stars

avals, such as the horror of the Kennedy and King assassinations, the violence of protests, and the brutality of the war in Vietnam. And then something incredible happened: Human beings had taken the ...

(10 pages) 66 0 3.4 Jan/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Astronomy

Title: Poem Explication: "Dulce et Decorum Est" by Wilfred Owen

orum Est", a war-inspired poem written by Wilfred Owen, makes an impact on the reader's idea of war brutality. It bring the realization of all the horror that soldiers had gone through, and questions ...

(2 pages) 166 1 5.0 Mar/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Poetry

A discussion of Margerat Atwood's use of shock in 'The Handmaid's Tale, and how it relates to current issues.

when juxtaposed against Offred's reminiscences of the life we can recognise. There is the shock of brutality in the descriptions of the Wall, the Ceremony and Particution, which are heightened by Off ... milarly, her longing for Luke makes her relationship with the Commander seem all the more empty.The brutality in the book draws on many sources. The Women's Salvagings have parallels with early ninete ...

(11 pages) 79 1 5.0 Mar/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors

A Separate Peace: The Nature of Hatred and Peace This essay discribes the fatal extremes of hate and peace, as seen in John Knowles' "Separate Peace"

y transformed Gene into something like Finny. When Leper faced the war by enlisting, the hatred and brutality negatively transforms him into a selfish and uncaring lunatic. There are many dangers behi ...

(2 pages) 141 2 4.4 Apr/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

"Dover Beach" and "My Last Duchess" by Arnold.

speaker's solution is to establish personal fidelity as a fixture against change, dissolution, and brutality. Even though the text tells us the main use of setting in these two poems, I believe that ...

(4 pages) 85 1 5.0 Apr/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry

"All quiet on the western front" about World War I.

"All quiet on the western front" is a very special movie, it emphasizes the brutality of the war and how people are changed by it. The main character is Paul, who is the leader ... , Paul develops a great sense of responsibility. Another topic throughout the movie is the terrible brutality of war and terrible conditions that soldiers have to cope with which are not told to the b ... own in the movie and which I will talk about.One of the main themes in the movie was the unexpected brutality of the war which the young boys had to deal with. At the time when boys were encouraged to ...

(4 pages) 93 0 3.6 May/2003

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

The Shawshank Redemption.

motional side of prison life, Shawshank Redemption is like no other movie. It on one side shows the brutality and neglect prisoners face, but on the other hand the shows the friendship, courage and ho ...

(1 pages) 117 1 4.8 May/2003

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies