Essays Tagged: "merit"

Frederick Douglass' Autoboigraphy

g himself as an abolitionist leader as well as an escaped slave. While the Narrative does hold much merit as a tale of political struggle, it seems to be charged more with the complications of the str ...

(11 pages) 175 1 4.1 Jan/1996

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

The Uncontrollable Force. On positive thinking.

d naturalism and it is used in oneil's play "Beyond the Horizon". The phliophy ofnaturalism has its merit and affect real people everyday. Naturalism affects the waypeople live and the lives they affe ...

(1 pages) 89 1 3.8 Jan/1997

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy

Gamer's taste Xbox Vs.GameCube

r graphics and sound quality, but it's really hard to choose just by looking at game playing due to merit and defect of different games for each console. The best way to select the console is to look ...

(2 pages) 93 1 3.1 Apr/2002

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sports

What is Love?

anding of this love phenomena, some of the ideas that are expressed in this book were of tremendous merit. I find it almost prophetic that this assignment happens to fall into the same time frame as w ...

(6 pages) 234 0 3.0 Nov/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sex & Sexuality

3. Discuss three theories that purport to explain why members of Congress vote as they do. Chapter 11: Congress. Wilson Textbook.

leaving them virtually free to vote on the basis of their own beliefs.The representational view has merit under special circumstances, like when the constituents have a clear view on some issue and a ...

(2 pages) 70 1 3.7 May/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science > Political Theory

Interpreting Edith Wharton's "Roman Fever"

d deny the importance of poignancy in literary pieces. To be sure, writings of dubious and fleeting merit frequently enchant the public, but there is too the occasional author who garners widespread a ...

(5 pages) 201 1 4.6 Sep/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Capital punishment

dure. Many embrace the death penalty based on the 'eye for an eye' concept. There is certainly some merit to this argument and it seems quite fair and logical. Unfortunately our use of the death penal ... dure. Many embrace the death penalty based on the 'eye for an eye' concept. There is certainly some merit to this argument and it seems quite fair and logical. Unfortunately our use of the death penal ...

(7 pages) 83 0 2.0 Nov/1996

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

Henry IV part one: How Do Hal, Hotspur, and Falstaff Regard Honor?

ve different ideas for gaining honor. Their search remains for great respect, brought on by special merit. These three men all think honor is important for respect and power, but the question remains: ...

(4 pages) 63 0 2.7 Nov/2002

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

"From Egoism to Humility" deals with Shakespeare's King Lear. This essay argues how King Lear journeys from egoism to humility.

ch of you shall we say doth love us mostThat we our largest bounty may extendWhere nature doth with merit challenge.(I.i.38-39, 49,52-54)To this, his elder daughters (Goneril and Regan) both express t ...

(4 pages) 152 0 4.8 Jan/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Notes on Rococco and the age of sensibility

g divided the Republic of Music in France. For my part, I have always valued those works which have merit, without regard for their composer or country of origin."by François Couperin********** ...

(2 pages) 125 2 4.3 Feb/2003

Subjects: Art Essays > Music History & Studies

Assess Catherine II's achievements as a reformer.

litics and ideas set in place by Peter I, two generations earlier. However, Catherine tried hard to merit the title 'reformer' in her own right.One of the biggest projects that Catherine II undertook ...

(6 pages) 49 0 0.0 Apr/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

An Individual's Perspective on Democracy.

ts application to government in the modern era but also in its ability to initiate debate as to its merit and legitimacy as a political theology as well as what parameters clearly define its practice. ...

(7 pages) 89 0 4.6 Apr/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science

Drug legalization.

is their only alternative to cold turkey. Alcoholism is often described as a sickness. Drug addicts merit the same consideration alcohol addicts receive.Is the "enemy" in this "war" the drug dealers a ...

(4 pages) 104 1 3.8 May/2003

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

The legalization of drugs in North America.

Drugs - the issue is wholly controversial, and the debate not entirely without merit. It is hard to see exactly what the answer should be, without looking at all the facts; even t ...

(4 pages) 107 1 4.0 May/2003

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

I Love Nike.

name as a stronger brand than the word America. Nike's advertisements have preached inclusiveness, merit, and spirit in a nation that doesn't always prize those.For instance, the Tiger Woods promotio ...

(3 pages) 118 0 2.0 Jun/2003

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Marketing

"The Picture of Dorian Gray" by Oscar Widle and "The Love Song of Alfred Prufrock" by T.S. Elliot.

ufrock; each work, however, has a specific paradigm: Dorian Gray has aestheticism as the subjective merit of beauty independent of its reality, whereas Prufrock has aestheticism as a sordid quality, a ... of artwork; he warns not to ask, "What is it?", because he fears an aesthetic, a lack of objective merit.Apropos: The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock is an elegy of materialism as a substitute for mo ...

(4 pages) 74 0 0.0 Jul/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

The reasons of the fall of the roman empire.

eks, after their country had been reduced into a province, imputed the triumphs of Rome, not to the merit, but to the fortune of the republic. "The inconstant goddess, who so blindly distributes and r ... ted by the orders of a distant court. The happiness of an hundred millions depended on the personal merit of one or two men, perhaps children, whose minds were corrupted by education, luxury, and desp ...

(3 pages) 103 0 3.7 Aug/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History > Roman History

What we look for in a good leader and person. Integrity is a vital trait that is looked at to be moral and a mold of a righteous person.

ity is described in a new light of understanding the value and true meaning of the virtue, how such merit is looked upon in society, and how one strives to accomplish a value of integrity.In today's c ...

(2 pages) 109 0 5.0 Oct/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays

Was Australia's participation in Iraq illegal?

hat touts Australia's active participation Iraq as illegal. First, we will look at whether there is merit in the debate, in terms of the extent to which International resolutions influence Australian ...

(4 pages) 19 0 0.0 Nov/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Issues

Differences between internal and external recruitment.

gender, people with disabilities, etc. The process should also ensure that appointments are made on merit and that the candidate has the skills, qualities, and abilities and experience necessary to do ...

(13 pages) 463 4 4.7 Dec/2003

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers