Essays Tagged: "lineage"

Byron's poem, "Childe Harold's Pilgrimage"

old is the product of a long line of nobility. "Childe Harold, was he hight-but whence his name and lineage long." Bruce Wayne who is Batman is too the product of an extremely wealthy family. As with ...

(4 pages) 76 0 4.4 Nov/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry

The Story of the Little Pigs Three, a Biblical form of the Three Little Pigs

an.3. Thus the three pigs were sent into the world to fend hunger, and thirst, and cold. The pig of lineageclosest to the hag pig, did set himself apart from his brother and went his merry way. The ne ...

(1 pages) 66 2 4.3 Feb/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Poems & Short Stories

"The Tale of Genji" by Murasaki, and the Passing of the Seasons

eian Period, as well as give us a wealth of vivid characterizations along the way to developing the lineage of the hero, Genji. The reason for its being qualified as a classic is not the fact that it ... eian Period, as well as give us a wealth of vivid characterizations along the way to developing the lineage of the hero, Genji. The reason for its being qualified as a classic is not the fact that it ...

(16 pages) 136 1 3.5 Nov/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Transitions of Reptiles to Mammals

gets left in thedust. The term transitional fossil can be used in conjunction with the term generallineage, together they help explain the how one species became another.'General lineage':This is a s ... certain genus orfamily, and the whole sequence often covers a span of tens of millions of years. A lineagelike this shows obvious intermediates for every major structural change, and the fossilsoccur ...

(10 pages) 105 2 4.1 Nov/1996

Subjects: Science Essays > Archaeology

Theories of Evolution

erns of resemblance found in various creatures arose through evolutionary modifications of a common lineage. Naturalists had already established that different animals are adapted to different modes o ... history of life as inferred from the fossil record displays a wide variety of trends and patterns. Lineages may evolve slowly at one time and rapidly at another time, they may follow one pathway of c ...

(7 pages) 223 0 5.0 Jan/1996

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

Herman Melville

mmon. Melville was a New Yorker, born in 1819, one of eight children of a merchant of distinguished lineage. His father, however, lost all his money and died when the boy was 12. Herman left school at ...

(2 pages) 60 0 3.0 Jan/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors

Colonization of Mongo basin :Effects

peans, first one mustlearn about the Mongo prior to colonization. The Mongo lived in the segmentary lineage model.They were arranged in small-scale villages, with kinship and seniority being large soc ...

(8 pages) 85 0 4.7 Nov/1996

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

This essay is based on heroism found in the epic poems "beowulf" and "Sir Gawain and the "Green Knight"

which creates vast similarities between sir Gawain and Beowulf. Both of the famous writings entwine lineage, the warrior code, and mysticism to enhance the adventures of our heroes.There are many exam ... that emphasize the similarities, but the first aspect of both these stories that was recognized was lineage. In the epic as we will call it King Arthur and his kin are brought out to be the decedents ...

(5 pages) 114 0 5.0 Nov/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Bless Me Ultima, Rudolfo Anaya

rom largely different backgrounds, as did Anaya's. The striking similarity is that Anaya's mother's lineage comes from Llano (farmers) and his father is a vaquero (cowboy), which perfectly describes A ...

(2 pages) 69 0 5.0 Nov/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

The Evolution of Primate Intelligence

a few millions years ago. Even though, we are not descended from any modern-type monkey or ape, our lineage does appear to have gone through stages in which we were a medium-sized, reasonably intellig ...

(7 pages) 223 0 3.5 Dec/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Anthropology

Scotch Irish Influences on Appalachian Culture and American History

A large number of people of "Scotch-Irish lineage" settled in The Appalachian Mountain area of North Carolina. By the beginning of the 1800s, ...

(7 pages) 63 0 4.0 Dec/2002

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Article about lax gun laws in America.

was coached in refined sports considered appropriate for women, and even hailed from a prestigious lineage. The only problem was that she was crazy. After retaining expensive lawyers she still manage ...

(2 pages) 148 2 3.8 Feb/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law

Julius Ceasar's life.

Julius belonged to Rome's original Aristocracy, the patricians, or landholding upper class, and his lineage can be traced back to the goddess Venus. While growing up Caesar dreamed of being like Alexa ...

(6 pages) 79 0 4.3 Apr/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

How significant a problem was unemployment in the inter war years in Britain?

ditional work practices that diminished along with the economy. For example Lancashire had a strong lineage in the cotton industry and subsequently most of its economy and work force depended on it. W ...

(4 pages) 48 0 3.7 May/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > World War I

How is sex determined in Drosophila and Humans?

of cooperating developmental fields of cells. This fate refinement may be entirely dependent on the lineage of the cell or affected by signals from neighbouring cells. This chemical dialogue between c ... males it has a dark tip and is shorter.In Drosophila, sex is determined independently in each cell lineage. This can be seen in XX-XY mosaic flies that show a mixture of the male and female phenotype ...

(8 pages) 57 0 2.0 May/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology > Human Biology

"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare.

o lovers face. Even the Prologue points out that their love is "death-marked," and because of their lineage, their love and lives are destined to end in tragedy. Romeo and Juliet have very little to d ...

(4 pages) 23 0 3.0 May/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare > Romeo & Juliet

The Civil Rights movement .

from South Carolina to Texas, where people live who are of Anglo Saxon and Celtic blood, and who's lineage goes back to the 'Tide-Water', and from there to the British Isles: Ireland, Scotland, Wales ...

(18 pages) 370 0 2.7 Jun/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues

Sigmund Freud- Anna.

in particular, the work of Helen King, the Hippocratic texts to which physicians have charted their lineage- The Nature of Women and Diseases of Women, may well lack the medical and linguistic cement ...

(30 pages) 152 0 1.0 Nov/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology

Shakespeare's Scenes:A Glimpse into the Life of an Artist as exemplified in and . By Andrew Scott

land deeds, and other scholarly accepted items of record speak on the poet's behalf. Shakespeare's lineage, baptism, marriage, fostering of children, and death, for example, are all dutifully recorde ...

(10 pages) 57 0 3.0 Feb/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare > A Midsummer Night's Dream

Not a bit surprised - an essay re: neglect of canadian aboriginals by the canadian government.

about these issues that seem to be too far-gone or taboo to address? As a descendant of aboriginal lineage, the issues facing first nations communities across the country are all too familiar to my f ...

(2 pages) 45 0 2.6 Apr/2004

Subjects: Law & Government Essays