Essays Tagged: "anomaly"

Character Sketch of John Proctor (The Crucible)

s one word that can single-handedly describe the character's reaction or behavior toward some other anomaly. In John Proctor's case the word that illustrates him in entirety is ethical. Bravery ...

(2 pages) 64 2 3.5 Oct/1996

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

Down syndrome

dependent adult life. (Platt and Carlson, 1992)Facts on Down Syndrome*Down syndrome is not a lethal anomaly. One to two percent of persons born with this disorder have uncorrectable heart defects at b ...

(11 pages) 302 0 4.7 Mar/1997

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

Conclusions drawn from My Experiment on the effect of Enzyme concentration on the time taken for a reaction to occur

the reaction that occurred at 5% urease, which was quite fast only taking 262 seconds. There is one anomaly in my results this was at 4% where it is quite a bit above the curve of best fit but other t ... experiments results where higher than the classes average results.ConclusionIn my results I had one anomaly and this was at 4% urease. It was a slower reaction time that the trend of our graph was pre ...

(3 pages) 55 0 3.0 Feb/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

Acheivement of the constitution act of 1982 and the failure of the Meech Lake accord

hed the British sovereign as Canada monarch. In 1981, the Supreme Court of Canada acknowledged the "anomaly that although Canada has international recognition as an independent, autonomous and self-go ...

(8 pages) 103 1 3.7 Mar/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Matrix Revolutions.

lations of the Bible. Matrix's Jesus character is Neo, the 'chosen' one is the 5th incarnate of the anomaly in the Matrix program that saves Zion from extinction and reset. Before delving too deeply i ...

(4 pages) 138 4 2.8 Dec/2003

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

Who, (or what) was Spring-Heeled Jack?

Who, or what exactly was Spring Heeled Jack? During the early 19th and 20th centuries, this anomaly terrorized the people of London. Though his story may seem like it was taken out of the page ...

(6 pages) 58 3 3.9 May/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies > Mythology

Essay arguing for the legalization of marijuana

posite. After close inspection of the facts, any reasonably bright person should find this to be an anomaly.Alcohol kills six times the number of people killed by cocaine, heroin, and every other ille ...

(6 pages) 88 1 4.3 Oct/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues

The Character Puzzle - Barry Hannah's "Water Liars," Raymond Carver's "Cathedral," and William Faulkner's "Barn Burning"

The Character PuzzleHuman growth is an extraordinary anomaly. Every individual has their own way. Yet, the journey to maturity is hardly ever taken on a ...

(8 pages) 46 0 3.0 Jul/2005

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

The Great Leap Forward: Natural Factors and Mao's stupidity which caused this terrible event in China's history

1961 and caused 30 million people starved to death--about to cover the number of births. It made an anomaly in the demographic model that to have a sudden increase in death rate in stage 2 with a shap ...

(2 pages) 53 0 3.8 Dec/2005

Subjects: History Term Papers > Asian History

The Abolition of the Provocation Defence

itigate the seemingly harsh penalty. In Victoria the defence of provocation has been somewhat of an anomaly in the law in that it only applied to murder cases, the most heinous of crimes. I will argue ... e others, is entitled to the basic human right, the right to life.The defence of provocation was an anomaly in the law which had to be removed. If a starving person stole a loaf of bread of the shelf, ...

(13 pages) 29 0 3.0 Feb/2007

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law

Willy Loman: Victimizer and Victim - Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salesman"

ms be focused internally (family) or externally (everyone else) but rarely both. Willy Loman was an anomaly as far the previously philosophy was concerned; Willy victimized everyone he came in contact ...

(12 pages) 53 0 3.7 Apr/2007

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

My Love

aw my friend weaving into the sea. I turned and i swear for a minute it was as if she was only an anomaly in the wide vast ocean.But In a matter of seconds she turned back to flesh and blood we w ...

(1 pages) 880 0 4.0 Jan/2008

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Poems & Short Stories

iran and new revolution

arch while he attempted to modernise his realm economically and socially. Out of this would come an anomaly: a revolution that would resurrect democracy and an ultra-conservative religious tradition.K ...

(10 pages) 68 1 2.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History

Law And Psychology

are assumed to be a result of a conscious or subconscious conflict within the mind. If there is an anomaly in the behavior of a person, he or she is displaying that because in that person's mind is a ...

(2 pages) 17 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

Childhood Experience

gor, Maine, where South Americans are rare, particularly non-Spanish speaking ones. I was always an anomaly in school, a young girl whose exotic dark looks contrasted sharply with those of my my New E ...

(3 pages) 58 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

"Medea shows that seeking revenge undermines any hope of justice." Discuss.

n that seeking revenge overthrows the likelihood of justice, as Medea's divine circumstances are an anomaly. Thereby, this outcome of her ploy of revenge is not representative of the outcome which an ...

(3 pages) 19 0 3.0 Mar/2008

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > World Literature

Contemporary Issues in Australian Politics

s of another country and considering Australia's independence in all other ways, this remains as an anomaly. I also believe the Queen has a conflict of interest in being the Head of State of Australia ...

(14 pages) 62 0 0.0 May/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science

Why has it been so hard to eradicate corruption in Asia?

uption, namely: a lack of motivation for reform, a cultural acceptance of corruption, and the Asian anomaly that corruption does not necessarily hinder economic growth. I will also argue that the comb ... long as Suharto was in power (Political and Economic Risk Consultancy, 2002).Secondly, there is an anomaly in Asia that runs directly against traditional economic wisdom, namely: that corruption hind ...

(5 pages) 36 0 5.0 May/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics

A Critical Analysis: "Aristotle's Dilemma". Aristotle's Dilemma written by A. F. Mackay.

and some solid proof. A. F. Mackay is one such individual. He focuses on a “puzzling, apparent anomaly that is surprising to find in a philosophical genius like Aristotle”, which is that  ...

(4 pages) 20 0 4.3 Nov/2008

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Comparative Philosophy & Ethics

"His Moorship's Ancient": Iago as the Protagonist of Othello

mall, of sympathy associated with their respective downfalls and tragedies. Othello, however, is an anomaly.While he is flawed by his paranoia and pride, Othello is only unstable and destructive after ...

(7 pages) 3738 0 5.0 Nov/2009

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