Essays Tagged: "supposedly"

Ludwig Mies Van der Rohe, a study of his work

form was only a temporary building, meant for the Barcelona World fair. When the fair ended, it was supposedly shipped back to Germany, but lost in transit. Although many people praise it as the "grea ...

(3 pages) 115 0 4.2 Feb/1996

Subjects: Art Essays > Artists

Ouija Boards

Ouija Boards For those of you that do not know what a ouija board is, it is a device used tosupposedly ask questions of and receive answers from a seemingly supernatural force.Using a ouija bo ... s and press their fingers lightlyon the pointer. One of them asks the board a question. The pointer supposedly answers byindicating a word or a number or by spelling out words. According to people who ...

(2 pages) 32 0 4.6 Nov/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith

Biography of William Shakepeare

Biography of William ShakespeareWilliam Shakespeare was born in 1564, supposedly on 22 or 23 April, in Stratford-upon-Avon. His father, John, who was a prosperous glover ...

(2 pages) 70 1 4.3 Feb/1997

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

Community in Religion

see all around us, is the result of the Old World Puritan religion. Also on campus, Rollins Chapel, supposedly a "universal place of worship", is structurally shaped like a cross, the symbol of the cr ...

(6 pages) 200 1 4.2 Jan/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith

Grapes of Wrath Synopsis

sis: The Grapes of Wrath is a story about the Joad family and their 1800 mile journey to the supposedly job plentiful California. The family in the beginning of the book were sharecroppers in O ...

(2 pages) 87 0 5.0 Nov/1996

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

Legalizing Marijuana

be legalized?A wide range of viewpoints exist on this single controversial issue. Some believe this supposedly potent substance should remain illegal and associated with heroine and cocaine. They see ...

(11 pages) 1047 8 4.8 Mar/2002

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

This essay is about the story A School for Scandal, it looks at some of the main characters the events of the story deciding if it is a comedy and who is responsible for said comedy.

scene that ensured an effective punch line.The play's sudden and innovative disillusionment of the supposedly impossible May/December marriage offers the reader a better appreciation for the necessit ...

(1 pages) 67 0 3.7 Apr/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

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.

erable" (Johnson 1). The terrorist acts of September 11 definitely have gotten the attention of the supposedly invulnerable United States. American citizens have now begun to realize the despise that ...

(7 pages) 406 3 3.5 Apr/2002

Subjects: Law & Government Essays

Seeing is believing, UFO's

r studies history has recorded sightings of objects that didn't hold to any pattern or set movement supposedly proved to be correct. Objects that moved freely in the sky in any way, shape or form they ...

(3 pages) 77 0 4.6 Dec/1996

Subjects: Science Essays > Astronomy

A Book Report on Willie Morris' Good Old Boy

the legends of Yazoo City. One of these legends involved a woman who lived by the Yazoo river. She supposedly lured fishermen to her house to kill and bury them in the woods never to be found again. ... while saving his passengers lives. The last legend mentioned was about a race of giant Indians who supposedly lived on the land that Yazoo City was built on.Next, the book told about the childhood li ...

(3 pages) 37 0 2.0 Jan/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Discusses the relationship between Mrs. Grose and the other Characters in "Turn of the Screw" by Solomon's

. Quint died somewhat mysteriously, on a path between town and Bly. He diedfrom a blow on the head, supposedly from falling upon a rock in the road. The reader'sonly impression of the death is through ...

(3 pages) 72 0 3.0 Dec/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Alexander the Great

of Hecatombaeon (July) inthe year 356 B.C. He was the son of Philip, king of Macedon,and Olympias. Supposedlyon the day he was born the temple of Artemis burnt down, signifying his future glory. Notm ...

(5 pages) 85 0 4.7 Oct/1997

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

Fate's misfortune in Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet"

elf.One of the most noted instances where fate is blamed for amishap is when Romeo cries out the he supposedly is fortune's fool.He claims that fate has brought on Mercutio's death, and has leadhim to ...

(4 pages) 237 6 4.4 Feb/1997

Subjects: Art Essays > Drama

"The Last Supper" By Dan Rosen

Directed by Stacy TitleThe Last Supper, by Dan Rosen, supposedly dares to take on deep subjects in a vein of sarcastic humor. But, what it says is that li ...

(6 pages) 68 0 4.0 Jan/1996

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

Mormons history

h, a farmers son from upstate New York, founded the new religion inFayette, NY, in 1830. In 1823 he supposedly had had and was currently having visions ofGod and other heavenly beings such as the ange ...

(3 pages) 70 0 4.7 Nov/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith

"A critique" of The Giver by Lois Lowry

d book, that was suppose to make you think about the possibilities for the future. The setting is a supposedly perfect society where everyone is taken care of and no one is different. The author Lois ... one is taken care of and no one is different. The author Lois Lowry does a fine job portraying this supposedly 'ideal' society.This book began with a description of sameness and release the two genera ...

(3 pages) 98 0 2.3 Dec/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Coleridge's "Rime of The Ancient Mariner"

his tale of sin and forgiveness by God to a man referred to as the 'Wedding Guest.' The Mariner is supposedly responsible for the death of all of the crew on his ship because of his killing of a crea ...

(3 pages) 233 3 3.4 Nov/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry

Unexpected Horizons

couplestraggling cirrus clouds, but nothing worth paying attention to, and above that, the fishwere supposedly hitting offshore. All-in-all, the long awaited perfect fishing day hadcome, at least in o ...

(4 pages) 78 1 3.8 Apr/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

A summary of the novel 'The Scarlet Letter' written by Nathaniel Hawthorne

let Letter is its main characters.The CharactersThe main character of this book, Hester Prynne, was supposedly the heroine of the story. It was her who at the beginning of the book was found guilty of ...

(5 pages) 85 0 5.0 Jan/1996

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

Duke Ellington

ork. Upon arriving in New York in 1923, Ellington found that his plans were foiled as the job which supposedly awaited him was no longer available. Next, Ellington just happened to run into an old fri ...

(4 pages) 106 1 4.2 May/1996

Subjects: Art Essays > Music History & Studies > Performers & Composers