Essays Tagged: "presence"

A Futuristic Interview With Romeo

ht appears center stage. Through the beam, people are visible, walking seemingly unaware of the new presence.)ANN: The place is Verona, Italy, and the year is 1523. To be precise, the third of May.(Ro ...

(5 pages) 42 0 4.6 Mar/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare > Romeo & Juliet

Justice in King Lear

stthan sinning' (p.62), the treatment of the main charactersencourages the reader to reflect on the presence or lack ofjustice in this world. The characters also vary in theirinclination to view the w ... the world from either a fatalistic ormoralistic point of view, depending on their beliefs about thepresence or absence of a higher power. The theme of justice inrelation to higher powers can be illus ...

(6 pages) 102 0 3.6 Apr/1992

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

The Impact of Television

. Ever since the first television station was licensed in 1941, our lives have been effected by the presence of television. However, this effect is not for the negative since it is used from simple me ...

(4 pages) 295 0 4.3 Nov/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Communication Studies > The Media

Date Rape

e has taken her out for dinner and a movie or if a woman acts in a friendly manner towards him. The presence of drugs and alcohol are also a contributing factor to the occurrence of date rape. ...

(4 pages) 214 0 3.6 Nov/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sex & Sexuality

Gray Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) Foraging Response to Predator Scent in Rural versus Urban Settings

l be conducted on the foraging behavioral habits of the gray squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) in the presence of predatory scent. The differential influences of urban versus rural settings in their rel ... ent? 2. Will the gray squirrel be more likely to carry a food item or ignore it all together in the presence of predator scent? 3. Will foraging patterns be effected differently in different (urban vs ...

(2 pages) 103 1 3.7 Apr/2002

Subjects: Science Essays

A little information about socrotes and his wrongful death.

ple years after the wars Socrates was called to trial. His chances of winning were minimized by the presence of Anytus on the prosecution. By Socrates' words it was "principle and intelligent faith, a ...

(5 pages) 147 1 4.0 Apr/2002

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies

GOOD DESCRIPTIVE ESSAY

She sensed his discerning presence. She had been expecting him for a while; yet was unsure about the time of his arrival. But ... unenviable. Just as the sun rises at dawn, and sets at dusk, he comes around. The malignancy of his presence will tear out your heart and eat away at your soul.

(2 pages) 649 6 4.4 Apr/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Descriptive Essays

Fetishism

s a perversion that is found, primarily in men, in whichgenital discharge is impossible without the presence of their fetish. A fetish,however can be a variety of things, yet there are three basic typ ...

(3 pages) 78 0 3.0 Feb/1997

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sex & Sexuality

Down Syndrome Report

The chromosomal abnormality involved in most cases of Down syndrome is trisomy-21, or the presence of three copies of the 21st chromosome. As a result, the affected person has 47 chromosomes ...

(2 pages) 74 0 3.0 Feb/1997

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases

Light and Darkness in the Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter"

society. The scaffold scenes in The Scarlet Letter tell the reader exactly what is to come, and the presence of light in those scenes gives the reader insight into the characters.The scaffold scenes e ... released in the third and final scaffold.There is another complexity to the scaffold scenes in the presence, or lack there of, of lighting. The first scaffold scene is in the sunlight. The sunlight i ...

(3 pages) 88 0 4.0 Jan/1996

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

Senator's Pain in Anna Deavere Smith's "Twilight"

ight: Los Angeles 1992. Smith writes, 'Every person I include in the book, and who I perform, has a presence that is much more important than the information they give' (Smith: xxiv). In this statemen ... statement Smith tells the reader that the facts each character gives is not as important as his her presence, because anyone can give facts about an event. Smith wants the reader to pay close attentio ...

(3 pages) 59 1 4.4 Feb/1997

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics

Growth Dynamics of E. coli in Varying Concentrations of Nutrient

ctose; nutrient broths of varying pH levels: 6.0, 7.0, and 8.0; and finally a nutrient broth in the presence of the drug/antibiotic chloramphenicol. A variety of OD readings were taken and calculation ... ynamics of E. coli. This was found through the regulation of pH and nutrient concentrations. In the presence of the drug/antibiotic, chloramphenicol, cell growth was minimal.IntroductionE. coli grows ...

(10 pages) 88 0 4.6 Apr/1997

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

Psychologial Motivation

situation] in which the comparison of an individual's performance is made with some standard in the presence of at least one other person who is aware of the criterion for comparison and can evaluate ...

(4 pages) 200 0 3.0 Oct/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

Egyptian Gods

gods ruled over the lives of every Egyptian. Their importance wasfelt in every home and their ever presence depicted through statues, wall paintings and personaltalismans on the individual.Their wors ... people of the Nile. The major events of life, marriage, birth anddeath, were all surrounded by the presence of the gods.

(4 pages) 79 0 4.2 Feb/1997

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith

Violence in the Prohibion Era

who sought a major change in their society's customs. Social reformers have been a nearly constant presence in American society since the early 19th century. Accounts of many social reformers' campai ...

(6 pages) 64 0 3.3 Oct/1996

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law

ESSAY QUESTION: Use a semiotic analysis to discuss the ways that gender is represented in one of the images provided (Nescafe advertisement).

Semiotic analysis is useful for examining texts, to "unravel structures of meaning beyond mere presence or absence" (Van Zoonen: 74). In this essay semiotics will be used to discuss ways that gen ... rtisement, the dominant ideology (Van Zoonen: 76). The male has an active role in the image; he has presence, and asserts a certain power and attitude, traits which are common in male representations. ...

(3 pages) 176 0 3.3 May/2002

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Marketing

La Crise de Suez (The Suez Crisis)

ncore des problèmes graves après la Deuxième Guerre Mondiale, malgré la presence des organisations comme l'O.N.U., formées pour maintenir la paix. La crise elle-meme ...

(10 pages) 52 1 2.7 Nov/1996

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

Photosyntesis

lants, etc. (Levine 726) All humans rely on these plants to produce oxygen from photosynthesis. The presence of light and of the green pigment chlorophyll makes the change of carbon dioxide and water ... r a chemical reaction to take place to take advantage of the energy prior to phosphorescence....The presence of a metal atom is necessary in order that phosphorescence takes place.' (Huheey 631)'Chlor ...

(3 pages) 107 1 2.8 May/1996

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology > Plant Biology

John McCarthy

ide of a perfect world. Unfortunately, many sought to chase the dream of true communism, causingits presence to appear in territories disrupted by the war. That a government ruled by power and blind t ...

(11 pages) 77 0 2.0 Nov/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science

"Why Hamlet is Unkind to Ophelia";This was an essay for English Lit On Hamlet that gives quotes that back-up Hamlet's unkind treatment of Ophelia.

killed his father. Also, because her father had advised her to "be somewhat scanter of your maiden presence" to Hamlet, Ophelia had given him more support in his conclusion that "Frailty, thy name is ...

(1 pages) 346 2 3.9 Aug/2002

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