Essays Tagged: "ancestors"

Anyalization of Pearl from the "Scarlet Letter"

thaniel Hawthorne. Hawthorne wrote stories that opposed the ideas of Transcendentalism.Since he had ancestors of Puritan belief, Hawthorne wrote many stories about Puritan NewEngland. His most famous ...

(5 pages) 138 0 3.4 Nov/1997

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

American computer Industry

invention is the computer. The electronic computer has been around for over a half-century, but its ancestors have been around for 2000 years. However, only in thelast 40 years has it changed the Amer ...

(10 pages) 274 2 2.7 Apr/1997

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science

Under the Spell. A travel tale. Ireland.

SPELLA travel tale by Danny O'brienWe caught the ferry from Le Havre, France to Ireland, land of my ancestors. Every since I wasa wee lad, my mind has been used as a canvas by every Irishman who has b ...

(19 pages) 175 4 3.9 Mar/1997

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

Julius Caesar

stand the play even better, one should be aware of Brutus' (one of the conspirators against Caesar) ancestors, the Tarquins. Nearly five hundred years before Caesar was even born, a cruel, unscrupulou ...

(2 pages) 61 0 4.2 Mar/1996

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

Wicca

Jan Phillips article The Craft of the Wise tells of how she cameto learn of one of her ancestors who was hung during the Salem WitchHunts. This lit an interest in her mind to further rese ...

(3 pages) 70 0 3.3 Jan/1997

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith

Meaning of death in Hinduism

way of knowledge.When Hinduism originated as a religion it was mainly concerned with sacrifices for ancestors. The sacred texts - called the Vedas - on which Hinduism was based were the main root of t ... ly comprised of hymns to gods and rules of sacrificial rituals; the purpose of which was to provide ancestors with food and means of sustenance in the kingdom of Yama (the afterworld). As a result of ...

(8 pages) 225 0 3.0 May/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Hinduism

The Death Penalty

have already done. It's unclear that the murderer has the same right to live as their victim. ' Our ancestors... purged their guilt by banishment, not death. And by so doing they stopped that endless ...

(2 pages) 257 0 3.0 Dec/1996

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law

Sweat

d better their own values by taking this story for what it is worth. Not only does it tell of their ancestors way of life, but it shows how things have changed for the better.If one could not write st ...

(2 pages) 103 0 4.5 Mar/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

A seven page biography on Ralph Waldo Emerson.

d the Squirrel."Ralph Waldo Emerson was born in Boston, Massachusetts on May 25, 1803. Seven of his ancestors were ministers, including his father, William of the First Church (Unitarian) of Boston. E ...

(6 pages) 155 0 4.0 Apr/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Darkness Illuminated in Hawthorne's Scarlett letter

his religions, giving it a great deal of importance in his creed. Following in the footsteps of his ancestors, Nathaniel Hawthorne uses light as a tool of God that illuminates the darkness of human in ...

(3 pages) 54 0 3.0 Nov/1996

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

One hundred Years of solitude- by Gabrial Garcia Marquez- this paper discusses the repitition of life patterns in the Buendia family.

ndchildren come, patterns become apparent. The Buendia family blindly follows the mistakes of their ancestors, forgetting their past, living in and seeking solitude, and never feeling true love. JAB ( ...

(4 pages) 111 0 4.3 Apr/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Byron's Don Juan

e viewed, however, as a loosely disguised biography of Byron.Lord Byron's father, Captain John, has ancestors that go back as far as the Buruns in the time of William the Conqueror. Back in this time ...

(3 pages) 136 0 3.7 Mar/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

It's about the History of the Choctaw Indians. It's a detailed paper on their culture and way of living. I thought it was a great paper.

stories about their origins In their traditional homeland in central Mississippi. One is that their ancestors came from west of the Mississippi River and settled in what is now the homeland. The other ... sissippi River and settled in what is now the homeland. The other is that the tribes descended from ancestors who were formed by a spirit from the damp earth of Nanih Waiyah, a large mound in northeas ...

(6 pages) 188 1 3.0 Apr/2002

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

The Nature of Scientific Progress as described in T.H. Kuhn's model of paradigms and revolutions, and Larry Laudan's model of research traditions

rovement. Like the growth of the reef, is a process of building upon the foundation created by our ancestors.It is a common misconception that science progresses when a correct theory replaces a w ...

(8 pages) 261 1 3.0 Apr/2002

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy

Sisteen Chapel Ceiling

ils on the Ceiling were painted by Michelangelo. The figures painted inside the spandrels represent ancestors of Christ. (These figures are also continued into the lunettes below the Ceiling.) The pro ... could be seen as mediating between the Old and New Testaments in a spiritual or prophetic way. The ancestors mediate between the two in a concrete or biological way. Michelangelo was first assigned t ...

(4 pages) 159 0 4.0 May/2002

Subjects: Art Essays > Works of Art

Oedipus Rex, Predestined Fate

person does. In 'Oedipus Rex' Oedipus' fate is doomed from his birth because of the actions of his ancestors. Unlike Oedipus most people today don't believe in predestined fate. People can be all the ... heir own live and can make conscience decisions to change the course of their lives.One of Oedipus' ancestors committed a terrible act of rape some time ago. This behavior obviously didn't please the ...

(4 pages) 120 0 2.2 Nov/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies > Mythology

World Demographic Development (and Food Supply)

ns.The neolithic revolution (a.k.a. agricultural revolution) was a change in the way of life of our ancestors. Ittook place about 8000 years ago among various tribes in Asia and the Middle East. It in ...

(7 pages) 188 0 4.3 Jan/1995

Subjects: Science Essays > Earth Sciences

History of computers in America

invention is the computer. The electronic computer has been around for over a half-century, but its ancestors have been around for 2000 years. However, only in the last 40 years has it changed the Ame ...

(10 pages) 212 1 4.6 Feb/1996

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science

History of Computers

invention is the computer. The electronic computer has been around for over ahalf-century, but its ancestors have been around for 2000 years. However, only in the last 40 years has it changed the Ame ...

(10 pages) 176 0 4.8 Nov/1996

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science

History of the Computer Industry in America

invention is the computer. The electronic computer has been around for over a half-century, but its ancestors have been around for 2000 years. However, only in the last 40 years has it changed the Ame ...

(11 pages) 170 0 3.2 Oct/1996

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science