Essays Tagged: "upheaval"

Turgenev Russian Literature "Fathers and Sons" Essay deals with the revolutionary ideas of the period and how they translate into everyday life.

rudiments of crowd psychology, and the logic of the class struggle. The reaction which followed the upheaval of 1848 intensified his disgust with the governments, the philosophy, the art of his time" ...

(8 pages) 114 0 3.9 May/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors

John Steinbeck's "Indubious Battle"

a strike by migrant workers against rapacious landowners spirals out of control. Caught up in this upheaval is Jim Nolan, a once aimless man who finds himself in the course of the strike, briefly bec ...

(8 pages) 78 0 1.7 Apr/1996

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

The Satire of Johnathan Swift Revealed. Refers to "Gulliver's travels

During the eighteenth century there was an incredible upheaval of commercialization in London, England. As a result, English society underwent significant ...

(3 pages) 116 0 4.5 Mar/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

The main cause of the French Revolution

on was caused by a political base, with social disorder and economic instabilitycontributing to the upheaval. All of the sub-factors relate with one-another, but are separate intheir own ways.For cent ...

(6 pages) 126 0 3.0 Jan/1996

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

McBeth is waste.

lives are wasted over the power of one man, Macbeth. Macbeth also makes chaos, which causes useless upheaval. The entire nation is left leaderless, is very vulnerable, and has civil wars going about w ... an in the beginning, I don't think that he wanted so many lives to be lost, and for so much useless upheaval to take place. Chaos is created throughout all of Scotland once Duncan dies. The Norwegians ...

(3 pages) 48 1 3.7 Oct/2002

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

The Effects of Family Structure of Origin on Offspring Cohabitation Duration

be a more devastating on the children. The effects of death expose children to far less stress and upheaval, than divorce. Where as divorce sets trauma in a child's life and may contribute to the low ...

(3 pages) 98 0 4.0 Dec/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology

Community Standards Vs. Academic freedom

ial order must be upheld - the community must be in a state of peace and be free from disruption or upheaval. Community standards represent principles - such as family life, community service and char ...

(2 pages) 65 0 4.8 Jan/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues

Plato's view of Justice in The Republic.

n Socrates beliefs and sayings.It is important to remember that Plato's time was an age of constant upheaval and it is this air of upheaval and constant change that led him to focus on his societies' ...

(12 pages) 342 2 3.5 May/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Contemporary Philosophy

Assess the impact of Akhenaten's reign on religion and art.

is now considered to be "ancient Egypt's most controversial ruler". Akhenaten's social and cultural upheaval and his motivation to do this had its roots in the reign of his father, Amenhotep III. His ...

(8 pages) 77 0 4.8 Aug/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > Middle Eastern History > Ancient Egypt

How the internet has changed time and space, from a modernist perspective.

e Modernist era could scarcely have imagined.The mid to late nineteenth century was a time of major upheaval. The Modernist era brought innovations such as the telephone, radio, steam train and electr ...

(12 pages) 373 0 4.1 Sep/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science > Internet and networking

The Satire of 18th Century England presented by Lilliput.

he banking and merchant class, was on the rise. The result was political and social instability and upheaval and endless political blickering it caused. (Kenneth Brodey, 52-54.)In 1667, Jonathan Swift ...

(10 pages) 94 1 3.0 Nov/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

How did neo-confucianism respond to the changes of late Ming society?

changes. Itis always easy to look back on a period, view the big picture and label itas a period of upheaval. But records left show that even contemporariesrecognised the ferment they were living thro ...

(7 pages) 61 0 4.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > Asian History

Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679).

. Thomas Hobbes wrote Leviathan during the so-called English Revolution (1640-1660) a time of great upheaval and disorder.In The Leviathan (1651), Hobbes described an imaginary "state of nature" in wh ...

(6 pages) 116 0 0.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science

How and why do political systems change?

ow political systems change, there are many factors. Some major factors are development, government upheaval and the economy. A main factor and influence on why a political systems change is due to th ...

(5 pages) 86 0 4.3 Apr/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science

Causes of the American Revolution including background to mercantile policies and the immediate causes of the revolution.

The American Revolution: CausesThe American Revolution was not an upheaval on the grand scale. In terms of monetary costs and casualties, previous wars had exceeded t ...

(12 pages) 295 5 4.5 Apr/2004

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

Hip Hop as a "Pop Explosion"

uring qualities that define a pop explosion. Marcus states that a pop explosion creates a: cultural upheaval of class and race; distinguished youth subculture; change in the way people think and act; ...

(4 pages) 137 1 4.8 Apr/2004

Subjects: Art Essays > Music History & Studies

Beowulf: A Comparison between Hrothgar and Beowulf as Leaders

man and Scandinavian world that exists at this time is both hostile and unpredictable. The constant upheaval between the differing cultures force the people of these villages to look to a higher power ...

(4 pages) 35 0 5.0 Nov/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers

Imagine that you have served as a common soldier in the Confederate Army from 1861 to 1865.

tinguished by the Yankees. April 13, the Union barracks went up in flames, leading to the immediate upheaval of turmoil for the Yankees. We were well aware of their troubles, and whenever the Union so ...

(4 pages) 41 1 5.0 Dec/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers

Outline: Decline of the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe

rms race,3. Gorbachev stopped giving Soviet military support to Communist governments in Europe.II. Upheaval in the Soviet Uniona. The Brezhnev Era1. Brezhnev emerged as the dominant leader in the 197 ...

(3 pages) 39 0 1.0 Jan/2005

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History

Romanticism Vs Reason

e of revolution". Revolutions occurred in America in 1776 and in France in 1789. It was a period of upheaval in political, economic, and social traditions. The core of the Romantic Movement was a revo ...

(6 pages) 139 1 4.6 Jan/2005

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays