Essays Tagged: "Adjective"

The character of Dr. Alexandre Manette in A Tale Of Two Cities

felt that your life should not be wasted."1 Dr.Manette is a verycaring man. Caring, that is the one adjective I would use to describe Dr.Manette.As I said before Dr.Manette loves his daughter. Lucie M ...

(2 pages) 81 2 3.3 Jan/1994

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Charles Dickens

Christianity

us Christ and is a member of a Christian denomination is the noun definition of a Christian. In the adjective form of the word, a Christian follows the teachings or manifests the qualities or spirit o ...

(4 pages) 192 1 4.1 Mar/2002

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Christianity

Justice Pays. Analysis of Plato's Republic and the concept of justice

ince thirst is a simple desire, the man's objective must also be simplistic and should we assign an adjective to his objective, we would falsely complicate it. In addition, Plato believes that we woul ... eves that we would be seriously erring if we assign a value of good to an desire.In common use, the adjective good would denote something that is good in relation to others of its kind. We consider a ...

(7 pages) 276 0 2.6 Nov/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy

Malthus's population theory

hought welfare immorally increased population and hunger. He has been criticized for pessimism--the adjective Malthusian is associated with a gloomy outlook for humanity. But he showed the way for the ...

(3 pages) 134 0 4.8 Mar/1997

Subjects: Science Essays > Earth Sciences

Gold! Gold! Gold! The California Gold Rush was the biggest and the richest of them all.

gold across the Sierra Nevada was rich beyond belief, and many miners made strikes that deserve the adjective "fabulous." It was just that there was not enough gold in the streams to make everyone ric ...

(22 pages) 655 8 4.7 Feb/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

F. Scott Fitzgerald uses the archetypical technique many times in "Winter Dreams."

What is an archetype? An archetype is a noun or an adjective, an author includes in a literary work, which represents something else. For example, wate ...

(3 pages) 50 0 4.0 Aug/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

This is french revision notes for GCSE standerd students on french grammer Ie pronoun preposition conjunction etc.

he = definate articleGirl= noun (subject)Quickly= adverbMakes= verbA = indefinate articleDelicious =adjectiveCake = noun (direct object)In = prepositionThe = definate articleKitchen = noun-The definat ... ing or animal (eg. Tom, London, chair, cat.)A verb is a word that describes an action (eg. Eats.)An adjective is a word that describes a noun (eg. Pretty).An adverb is a word that describes the verb. ...

(2 pages) 39 0 4.0 Nov/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Language Studies > Grammar

Detailed notes on Infinitives.

have been drivenInfinitives become difficult because they can function as a noun, an adverb, or an adjective. It is up to you to determine which one. Infinitives are similar to participles and gerund ... the infinitive. If the prepositional phrase does not function as an adverb, it will function as an adjective and it will usually modify the direct object.INFINITIVES AS NOUNS. If an infinitive functi ...

(11 pages) 51 0 4.0 Nov/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Language Studies > Grammar

What is Queer?

The word queer has made an interesting journey, since although most people realize that the adjective was originally just a synonym for strange or abnormal, now, it is rarely used in that cont ...

(4 pages) 59 3 4.4 Mar/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Homosexuality

Heaven and hell

Storms which have "growling thunder," and "great drop." "'Wuthering' being a significant provincial adjective, descriptive of the atmospheric tumult to which its station is exposed in stormy weather." ...

(3 pages) 76 0 2.3 Mar/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

"Were the Punic Wars a phyrric victory for the Roman Republic?" - Supported with 2 argumentsand supporting facts.

264 and 146 BCE. The Romans called the Carthaginians Poeni (Phoenicians), from which is derived the adjective "Punic." There were three Punic Wars: The first war marked the first Roman involvement out ...

(3 pages) 29 0 4.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History > Roman History

GCSE Coursework:Frankenstein:how does mary shelley manipulate your responce to the characters of Frankenstein and his monster as the story develops?:For this i got a grade A/A*.

of death. It's also a classic setting for a horror novel. The word 'dreary' I think is an effective adjective and creates a clear sense of the miserable atmosphere. Another effective line is 'It was a ...

(7 pages) 107 2 3.9 Mar/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

A Semiotic Approach to the Short Story "Glass" by Shena MacKAY

or, a drinking container or a window pane. "Glass" has no determiner; it could be both a noun or an adjective. We could say that the title is intended to be misleading in order to incite the reader's ... thor's focus is now on the description of broken glass that looked like "coarse soda crystals". The adjective "coarse" contributes to the effect of hostility suggestes at the beginning.The "glittering ...

(10 pages) 24 0 4.3 Apr/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors

William James "The Will to Believe", Book IX

rally wronged if they are not allowed to go out on a school night. Today morals have turned into an adjective that can be used in any sentence at any time. The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines moral ...

(6 pages) 119 0 4.8 Apr/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy

Karl Marx's theory of alienation

cal origin of the word alien is requisite to understanding Marx's essay. Alien stems from the Latin adjective (sometimes used as a pronoun) alienus, aliena, alienum, denoting that the noun being modif ...

(2 pages) 169 0 1.7 Apr/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics

Plato's Involvment and Legacies within the Western World. This is a 6-7 page double spaced paper with a biography which recieved an A+ in my Western Civ Honors class

and Legacies Within the Western WorldWhen the term Western World is used, it is used in a way as an adjective for a lifestyle or a way of thinking. The specific lifestyle or way of thinking in which t ...

(8 pages) 201 0 5.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers

Coen Brothers' film noir

Neo-noir is an overused adjective in modern cinema. It's used to broadly encompass any slickly produced film with an attempt ...

(2 pages) 45 0 0.0 May/2004

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies

What makes a religion good or bad?

ch make a religion classifiable into the categories of good and bad. Good defined means - an adjective indicating that something is approved of or desirable. Anything that a person does in life ...

(1 pages) 59 1 3.3 May/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith

Patrick Kavanagh 'Canal Bank Walk'

growth of plants and grasses on the banks of the Grand Canal, have been nurtured by God's love. The adjective, green, suggests that the water of the canal is the water of life, it is then given a sacr ...

(2 pages) 11 0 0.0 Jun/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry

"Wuthering Heights" by Emily Bronte - a bookreport formatted using 10 quotes, one major quote of the book, all quotes are described and their importance is evaluated.

hering Heights is the name of Mr. Heathcliff's dwelling. 'Wuthering' being a significant provincial adjective, descriptive of the atmospheric tumult to which its station is exposed in stormy weather. ...

(8 pages) 39 0 4.3 Jan/2005

Subjects: Literature Research Papers