Essays Tagged: "tyrannical"

Was Macbeth a Victim of Ambition

their speeches and actions throughout the play. (2,5 pages)In Malcolm's eyes, the Macbeths are just tyrannical murderers who snatched the throne away from him and his father and reigned a rule of terr ...

(3 pages) 68 0 3.6 Apr/1997

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

King Lears Foolishness

g his kingdom among his eldest daughters, Goneril and Regan. By the time he realizes his daughters' tyrannical nature, it is too late, and they have already begun their plot to kill him. Amidst his in ... u hadst been wise. (I, iv, 267-273)Immediately after Lear divides the kingdom in half among his two tyrannical daughters, Goneril and Regan seek revenge upon Lear, and begin to plot his death.Lear is ...

(5 pages) 63 0 4.2 Mar/2002

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

Critical Analysis of Gilgamesh

in cuneiform on 12 clay tablets about 2000 BC. This heroic poem is named for its hero, Gilgamesh, a tyrannical Babylonian king who ruled the city of Uruk, known in the Bible as Erech (now Warka, Iraq) ...

(6 pages) 379 0 4.4 Dec/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry

A Push to Freedom. Speaks of Ibsen's "A doll house"

onflict andcontradiction ( ). In 'A Doll's House', Nora's independent nature is incontradiction the tyrannical authority of Torvald. This conflict is concealedby the way they both hide their true selv ...

(5 pages) 229 0 4.4 Jan/1996

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

The Massachusetts Bay Colony

In the early 1600's people were searching, searching for freedom fromthe tyrannical kings of Europe and searching for new lives. Manypeople found this freedom and the new li ...

(3 pages) 82 0 3.7 Nov/1996

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

The Boston Tea Party

serving.One of the more patriotic views of the Boston tea party was the basic mob over throwing the tyrannical British government view. It is said that when the Townshend Acts were ignorantly passed b ... so bold, so daring...an Epocha in History." This view is one of a patriot looking at the British as tyrannical and the colonists as an oppressed people rising up against the crown. This view is reflec ...

(4 pages) 86 0 3.7 Oct/1996

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

A short reading response to Paradise Lost. It's about Satan's personality.

r of lies, and the father of sin and death are the characteristics of Satan, the establisher of the tyrannical monarchy in Hell. Satan's emotions and behavior reveal his psychological state and his pe ...

(1 pages) 49 1 4.0 Nov/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

This essay is about Jacksonain Politics. It is based on the book "The Jacksonian Era" which talks about Andrew Jackson and his presidency.

sted of such personal opinion and were so controversial few will ever forget.Jackson was a selfish, tyrannical ruler. He did not make decisions based on the interests of the whole nation but on his ow ...

(5 pages) 121 0 4.8 Dec/2002

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History > North American Presidents

The Great Schism of the West What was the most important cause of the Great Schism?

ough theRoman Catholic Church recognized Pope Urban VI as the official pope of that time, itwas his tyrannical and oppressive actions which had the most effect on bringing upon theGreat Schism of the ... ugh the Roman Catholic Church recognizes Pope Urban VI as the officialpope of that time, it was his tyrannical and oppressive actions which had the most effecton bringing upon the Great Schism of the ...

(49 pages) 287 8 4.1 Jan/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

Beowulf v. Star Wars Compare & Contrast

laxy had ever known. Luke was born during the chaos as the galaxy transitioned from Republic to the tyrannical Empire. Beowulf and Luke both had a boon, a timely blessing or benefit, from which they w ...

(3 pages) 84 0 3.0 Feb/2003

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

Management control system.

a management tool. It should be helpful to all and frightening to none. Control does not mean some tyrannical, unfair, or authoritarian management tactic. Control can be defined as 'the means or meth ...

(12 pages) 699 0 4.0 Jul/2003

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

Comparison between Beowulf and Gilgamesh.

in cuneiform on 12 clay tablets about 2000 BC. This heroic poem isnamed for its hero, Gilgamesh, a tyrannical Babylonian king who ruled thecity of Uruk, known in the Bible as Erech (now Warka, Iraq). ...

(6 pages) 164 1 5.0 Oct/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies > Mythology

This is a essay on he enlightment thinkers. Focusing on Locke and Rousseau. This was my term paper for my history Of Civilizations class.

k that gave birth to the liberal tradition that aims to safeguard the natural rights of people from tyrannical, despotic governments. He pointed out that the power to govern derives from the people, t ...

(6 pages) 134 0 5.0 Jan/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Modern Philosophy

Wuthering heights: What do we learn about Hindley in the first half of the novel? What do you think about his character and role in the whole novel?

driven to despair and self-loathing after the death of his wife Frances.Before this he exercises a tyrannical influence over the young Cathy and Heathcliff, after his father, Mr Earnshaw's death, get ... ils of Hindley's crimes are yet given, but immediately, images, even if not well defined ones, of a tyrannical prescience are conjured up. Cathy then goes into a detailed account of a Sunday in her li ...

(12 pages) 29 0 1.0 Jan/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors

Napoleon: Champion of the French Revolution

tial person in history. He helped shape many modern countries. Napoleon is sometimes considered a tyrannical dictator, but in reality he furthered the ideals of the French revolution and was a much ...

(2 pages) 51 0 3.0 Feb/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History > The French Revolution

Comment on the type of narration techniques used in Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte? Is Nelly only a narrator?

ion between Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff, the orphan boy brought to Wuthering Heights, and his tyrannical revenge excited on everybody for the rage and humiliation he suffers throughout his life. ... bled roaming ghost of Catherine. This gives more power to the novel and draws our sympathy for this tyrannical character.Isabella, Heathcliff's hated wife, joins the in narration only twice, first whe ...

(8 pages) 59 1 4.3 Feb/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Has 'Majority rule' in South Africa brought with it the 'tyranny of the majority?'

cqueville, 1992). He argues that, though it may be the will of most, this does not justify imposing tyrannical excesses on a minority or even a single man. He remarked that though The United States of ...

(6 pages) 115 2 4.9 Feb/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science > Political Theory

Compare between the opening chapters of the following novels: Hardy's "Tess of the D'Urbervilles", and Bronte's "Wuthering Heights"?

ion between Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff, the orphan boy brought to Wuthering Heights, and his tyrannical revenge excited on everybody for the rage and humiliation he suffers throughout his life. ...

(5 pages) 36 0 5.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Is Ireland a classless society?

as so often occurs throughout the world, defined themselves against a neighbouring, in this case a 'tyrannical' country which lies across the Irish Sea-Great Britain. For years Irish people were unite ...

(5 pages) 61 0 4.7 Mar/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology

How the idea of being invisible transforms from a barrier to an advantage for the narrator in Ralph Ellison's "Invisible Man."

to accomplish, but by the end he understood that his invisibility was his sole defense against his tyrannical and unjust surroundings. Analysis of the changing emotions caused by the conflicts with i ...

(6 pages) 90 0 5.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers