Essays Tagged: "Ivan"

Empress Elizabth Petrovna of Russia daughter of Catherine the Great

he throne with the help of officers from one of the military troops. She arrested the young emperor Ivan VI and his family and officially proclaimed herself as the new Russian empress.Elizabeth was a ... gn and she was considered a very welcome change from the cruel political regime of the empress Anna Ivanovna and her German advisors including Duke Biron. Elizabeth also had advisors, of course, but t ...

(4 pages) 36 0 2.5 Mar/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

The Brothers Karamazov chapter 4 Analysis and response.

toyevsky raises some serious issues about religion and society in general. The conversation between Ivan and Aloysha provides the rationale behind the belief that one would be more reasonable and comp ... have to live near them.Dostoyevsky also gets involved with the nature versus nurture argument with Ivan's description of Richard, a murderer who underwent a transformation in prison from a heartless ...

(5 pages) 30 0 5.0 Jul/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

The Brothers Karamazov by Fydor Dostoyevsky, Rebellion-Existence of God.

In the novel The Brothers Karamazov by Fydor Dostoyevsky, chapter four is entitled rebellion; Ivan is questioning the existence and/or character of God. In this chapter, Ivan and his brother Aly ... Ivan and his brother Alyosha, discuss if God is just and give examples to support their questions. Ivan suggests that believing in God, or spirituality for that matter, can bring unhappiness and suff ...

(5 pages) 33 0 0.0 Oct/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Market-Entry and Competition A Discussion of Strategies available to Entrepreneurs

ompetitionA Discussion of Strategies available to Entrepreneursby Kai F. Mahnert, DBMKConducted for Ivan Mc Phillips, Lecturer in Enterprise Development, GMITMarket-Entry StrategyMarket-entry strategy ...

(6 pages) 200 1 3.4 Feb/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Archie Weller - "Stolen Car" AND Victoria Zabukovec - "The Young Stranger"

nd issues and the characters presented in these two texts. The protagonist characters of Johnny and Ivan bring their differences into an Australian society. They have become alienated and victims of t ... This being, any cultural backgrounds or traditions, not just the physical appearances of a person. Ivan's life has been influenced by the social and cultural practicesof Australia. He must suffer, an ...

(3 pages) 36 0 4.2 Apr/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

A Discussion of The Grand Inquisitor from 'The Brothers Karamazov' by Fyodor Dostoevsky

itor, the part of the story that we are dealing with, is a discussion between two of four brothers, Ivan and Alyosha.Alyosha is the youngest brother, of about twenty years of age. He is preparing to b ... her, of about twenty years of age. He is preparing to become a monk in the Eastern Orthodox Church. Ivan is older, about thirty years of age. Ivan does not see how Alyosha can believe in a God that pe ...

(3 pages) 74 0 3.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith

Dmitri Mendeleyev, a short biography spanning his early life, family, education and career.

Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleyev was and is one of the most prominent chemists of all time. Mendeleyev was born ... olsk, Siberia on February 7, 1834. He was the 14th and last child of Maria Dmitrievna Korniliev and Ivan Pavlovitch Mendeleev. His father was a teacher at a local gymnasium, but died while Dmitri was ... jected by the first university he applied to in Moscow, Mendeleyev and his mother found a friend of Ivan's at the St. Petersburg Pedagogical Institute. Mendeleyev took the entrance exams, and was admi ...

(3 pages) 22 0 0.0 Jul/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Chemistry

Comparison and Contrast of "The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell with the 1930s movie version -short

h as the appearance of "General Zaroff" and the movie's Count Zaroff, or the physical conditions of Ivan, others are quite noticeable. For example, concerning the introduction, the exchange between th ...

(2 pages) 35 0 3.7 Oct/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Comparative Essays

The Death of Ivan Ilyich

We are at a turning point in the book where Ivan realizes that his life wasn't morally fulfilled, and death, success, and happiness should have ... illed, and death, success, and happiness should have been emphasized a little more.And also in turn Ivan starts to wonder whether or not he served his purpose in life, and if not what was done wrong, ... not what was done wrong, could it be he lived his entire life the wrong way.Through the entire book Ivan lives in a box, which I do myself only in Ivans sense it's a little more extreme. Life is suppo ...

(2 pages) 43 0 2.3 Oct/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays

Inner journey's as represented by various texts

umerous ways and commonly result in intense emotions. This is evident in the poems ?Of Eurydice? by Ivan Lalic and ?The French Prisoner? by Janos Pilinsky. It is apparent from these poems that inner j ... Eurydice forever. His inner journey occurs as he realizes that he is not in control of everything. Ivan Lalic uses a negative tone as well as extreme emotive words in order to develop the emotions of ...

(7 pages) 25 0 4.0 Feb/2005

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Undying Motherly Love

ed, for that was their wish.At last, when Anya, the wife, and now mother gave birth to their child, Ivan, the husband and now father couldn't resist his growing happiness. But a cloud of sadness poure ... hadow over them. When Anya had taken her first look at her child, she gave her last sigh, and died. Ivan, his heart broken for ever, held his dead wife's cold hand, and cried his heart out. How was he ...

(3 pages) 35 2 4.7 Jul/2005

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

Baron Coburg.

two farmers, Frederick's consistently demonstrated higher production per acre of land allotted him. Ivan ended up with higher net income and more assets at the end of the year, but when calculated int ... order to make them comparable a common factor must be used in their analyses. In order to put both Ivan and Frederick in common terms, acres of land were used as the common denominator.Ivan: At the e ...

(2 pages) 39 0 1.7 Nov/2005

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies

Ivan III

Ivan's III role and achievement lay in his appreciation of the need for Russian unity and in the vis ... ve. His rule of forty four years was devoted to patient planning, strong diplomacy, and major wars. Ivan's main goal was to unite all Russia under the independent leadership and to create a centralize ... the most outstanding among princess who expanded principality of Moscow.From the start of his reign Ivan realized that he can't expand Russia's borders while Rus' was exposed to Tatar attacks and whil ...

(2 pages) 16 0 4.0 Feb/2006

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

Ivan The Terrible Biography

Ivan Vasiljevich the Terrible was born in 1530 and died in 1584. He was the son of the Grand Duke Va ... have an heir for 20 years with his first wife Salome.Vasili was in his 50's, and Helena was 20 when Ivan was born. Ivan had another brother Yuri born 18 months later.The day of Ivans birth, August 25, ... ited into the walls of the Kremlin, and seated as honored and guests."The cloud under which his son Ivan was born, and under which he would have to live his life, was a dark one."(Koslow, Jules).In 15 ...

(5 pages) 30 0 4.5 Mar/2006

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

Response to the first page of "Fathers and Sons" by Ivan Sergeyevich

In the novel "Fathers and Sons", by Ivan Sergeyevich, the point of view is third person omniscient because the narrator is all knowing, ...

(1 pages) 16 0 0.0 Apr/2006

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

"Beneath the clouds"- the search of belonging

In Ivan Sen's "Beneath Clouds" the search of belonging is explored in the story of two teenagers in rur ... bigger picture. In secluded parts of Australia many feel depressed and useless. In "beneath Clouds" Ivan Sen tries to show the extremes by breaking the boundaries of 2 teenagers lives and showing what ...

(3 pages) 43 0 3.0 Apr/2006

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies

"Beneath Clouds" - Film review

om someone who never watches a movie more than once, this was a bold and essentially rewarding move.Ivan Sen, the talented young film-maker behind the movie, who managed to successfully direct and pro ...

(4 pages) 24 0 4.0 Mar/2007

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

Grand Inquisiter

n our society. What caused the homeless people to end up in the situation they are in? I agree with Ivan to some extent, that freedom can be a cause of the destruction of societal harmony. Many people ... impossible to create a world without any suffering of any individuals.Although the two characters, Ivan and Zossima have different approaches to come to the conclusion of reaching true happiness; Iva ...

(2 pages) 920 0 0.0 Mar/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Nina

She already knows the alphabet, and motions for food, water, stuff like that." The scientist Ivan informed him. "Is this the first one you've taught sign language to?" The young sc ... 57; The young scientist asked? "No, There have been others; not as good, but others," Ivan stated. " I must say, she shows some potential that the others never had." "Game ...

(2 pages) 940 0 0.0 Jul/2001

Subjects: Humanities Essays

Nietzsche And Dostoyevsky On Suffering

irst by describing Dostoyevsky's existential versions of suffering as it demonstrated in Dmitri and Ivan, I will then expand on what would be the best possible scenarios of suffering in a Nietzschian ... ives. Dostoyevskyexistentializes suffering through the story of crucifixion grafted onto Dmitri and Ivan. It important to note here that the brothers are both carrying a cross which is like an existen ...

(7 pages) 11 0 5.0 Jul/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers