Essays Tagged: "disappearance"

A Pageantry of Costumes

ury.The twelfth century was a magnificent pageantry of exotic and fantastic costumes, and after the disappearance of classical drama came the age of the liturgical or church drama of Western Europe. ( ...

(5 pages) 63 1 2.1 Mar/1997

Subjects: Art Essays > Design Arts

Women's roles prior to and during the evolution of the industrial revolution in England.

they were central in the textile and cheese making industry. This was to change drastically as the disappearance of 'traditional' aspects of society evolved into the process called industrial revolut ...

(12 pages) 231 0 3.4 Nov/1996

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

How World War I and World War II influence fashion.

the time of war. A successful revolt by women against social and political restrictions led to the disappearance of physical restrictions of the corset. Almost for the first time in five centuries, t ...

(2 pages) 267 7 3.6 Oct/1996

Subjects: Art Essays > Design Arts

The impact of the Euro on financial markets and their participants

ups of participants or potential participants in these markets.PART AThe Foreign Exchange MarketThe disappearance of 12 sovereign currencies and the increased mergers and acquisition between Euro zone ...

(11 pages) 470 0 3.8 Dec/2002

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Markets & Exchanges

Mahatma Gandhi - three accomplishments which in turn helped the independence movement against the British.

le man in a loincloth, would change the world forever. It is hard not to be saddened by the virtual disappearance of Gandhi's ideals from the world we inhabit today. The only language now available to ...

(4 pages) 111 0 3.6 Feb/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > Asian History

Title: "Should humans attempt to protect all species?"

s, and many environment laws, such as the Endangered Species Act of 1973, focus on preventing their disappearance or extinction.The term "biodiversity"- short for biological diversity- was first used ...

(21 pages) 359 2 3.4 Mar/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Environmental Science

How are the reactions of Walter, Benetha, and Mama similar in "A Rasin in the Sun"

l have the same response to learning that the money was stolen. Walter is the first to learn of its disappearance and reacts with disbelief. He repeatedly asks Bobo where Willy went. It is quite obvio ...

(1 pages) 51 0 3.0 Apr/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

"Kate's disappearance" by Ian McEwan.

ISH LITERATUREWhat have you found interesting about the way in which Ian McEwan writes about Kate's disappearance?This story by Ian McEwan is very interesting; it keeps you there as though you were an ... t as though the main character Stephen is looking back on what happened leading up to and after the disappearance of his daughter Kate. Stephen is not sure if he actually saw anyone, 'and who was ther ...

(4 pages) 22 0 5.0 May/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

The progress of freedom.

Does peace mean progress? Is the disappearance of war a sign of improvement or of decay? At a yet recent date learned men, their eyes ...

(12 pages) 114 1 5.0 Jun/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology

Critical essay on ambrose bierce and "an occurence at owl creek bridge".

life is portrayed as an example of one of his pieces, a life with no apparent ending but more of a disappearance. His style was ill-humored, grotesque, and very unorthodox. Throughout the story, "An ...

(5 pages) 140 0 3.0 Nov/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors

This is an essay written on the bermuda triangle and on the history of it, and whether or not some of the myths about it are true

f gulfweed, which were uncanny and perilous.In the mid-19th century, numerous reports of mysterious disappearances and abandoned ships were recorded. The first recorded disappearance was that of the U ... p vanished. These rumors could suggest something other than a mysterious force was the cause of the disappearance. But then again, you have those researchers that speculate that a giant octopus rose f ...

(6 pages) 82 1 3.6 Dec/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Alternative

The causes of the civil war

d, slavery existed in practically all the States; and it is claimed by the Southern people that its disappearance from the Northern and its development in the Southern States is due to weather conditi ...

(5 pages) 45 0 3.0 Feb/2004

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

Film Review: "The Official Story".

returns some time later after mysteriously disappearing Alicia finds out the real truth behind her disappearance. Ana tells Alicia that she was taken away one night by the military-Argentina was unde ...

(3 pages) 75 0 2.6 Feb/2004

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

Childhood Play

nal childhood play go? In the passage "The End of Play," written by Marie Winn, she talks about the disappearance of the traditional make-believe, jump-rope, and ball bouncing play activity. Instead o ...

(2 pages) 53 1 4.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Bookreport on the book "Hot Blood" by Ken Englade. I used quotes from the book for dramatic entrance. This book report was used for an oral presentation that lasted 5 minutes.

greed can lead them to coming together to murder someone's champion horses and then to causing the disappearance of the heiress of one of the richest companies in the country, the Brach Candy Company ...

(2 pages) 31 0 3.8 Mar/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

A response to " the middle passage"

lf of his narrative is the part where he stands up to Mr. Covey. Douglas comes back after a two day disappearance and is to endure the wrath of Covey. Something in Douglas says no not this time and he ...

(1 pages) 27 0 4.3 Mar/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Short Stories

nd the mystery starts from the beginning and gradually builds up. However in 'The Withered Arm' the disappearance of Rhoda is very uncanny."In the spring she and her boy disappearedfrom the neighbourh ...

(4 pages) 70 2 4.2 Mar/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Architecture of Transition and Production of Meaning

e from one system into another.Globally, the modernist paradigm changed to the post-modern with the disappearance of central authorities, universal dogmas and foundational ethics. The post-modern worl ...

(14 pages) 91 0 5.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers

We should protect our precise animal resources

natural balance, led to the deterioration of natural habitats, genetic erosion and the rarity, even disappearance, of a number of plant and animal species.As the pace of civilization accelerates, more ... re deterioration on the habitat of animals. An increasing number of people come to realize that the disappearance of animals will result in serious threat to the equilibrium of ecosystem. Simply put, ...

(1 pages) 48 1 3.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

Sophocles- "The Women of Trachis" -How feminism was a concept that did not exist. However a strong female character took center stage in "The Women of Trachis"

ek stage. The wife of Heracles, Deianira stoically bears the heavy burden that her husband's disappearance has laid on her throughout the majority of the first act. Her initial role is that of ...

(3 pages) 28 0 4.1 May/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies > Greek Language & Literature