Essays Tagged: "Primary source"

Cleopatra

The teacher is not a very tough grader. good summary of her career, but made little use of the primary source available (Plutarch)The movie entitled Cleopatra presents a moderately accurate portr ...

(10 pages) 172 0 3.6 Jul/1996

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

Tv Shows and Real Life

TV shows are probably the primary source of entertainment for the average American. Most of them run from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. wi ...

(6 pages) 188 1 4.5 Nov/1996

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies

Heating systems (Radiant Heating)

in a home with a properly designed radiant heating system.Radiant Heat is based in principle on the primary source of heat we know -- the warmth of the sun. Hot water radiant heat, like natural sunlig ...

(5 pages) 89 1 4.6 Mar/2002

Subjects: Science Essays > Engineering > Mechanical Engineering

Minerals

e's. It also helpswith mussel contraction. Milk products such as milk, cheeseand other stuff it the primary source for calcium. You shouldhave about 1000mg's a day.Magnesium is also another important ...

(1 pages) 53 0 4.0 Oct/1996

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

"Anne Frank Remembered", the autobiography of Miep Gies

Gies, the woman who helped the Frank family survive during their two years in hiding. Her book is a primary source or first hand account of the persecution of Jewish people in Nazi occupied Holland du ...

(4 pages) 59 1 4.2 Feb/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

"Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley. Compares life as Huxley described it in the World State with life in the United States today.

enetic engineering and conditioning to ensure that everyone is happy with his or her work. Sex is a primary source of happiness. The brave new world basically teaches everyone to be promiscuous. You a ...

(5 pages) 192 0 4.2 Jan/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Descartes vs. Pascal

ers who contrasted on their view of reason were Descartes and Pascal. Though both saw reason as the primary source of knowledge, they disagreed over the competence of human reason. Descartes, the skep ...

(5 pages) 79 0 4.0 Apr/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Comparative Philosophy & Ethics

The money tril in the Government+ works cited !

mocratic country is run and represented by its people. These ordinary people are "considered as the primary source of political power" (Democracy). This is a big contrast to communism, where the party ...

(7 pages) 248 1 4.8 May/2002

Subjects: Law & Government Essays

Hands-on Learning This essay is about changing the traditional ways of teaching.

ure or do they change the pace and teach by giving kids hands-on activities? Listening has been the primary source of education for children under the age of five. What would be better for the new stu ...

(6 pages) 253 0 4.8 Sep/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

Buddhism and Hinduism

Buddhism and HinduismBuddhism and Hinduism are two of the primary religions that came into existence in India beginning in 700 B.C. and continuing throughout ... induism did not originate from one particular person, but a group of people who used the Vedas as a primary source. Another contrast is that Hindus are a polytheistic society, meaning they believe in ...

(3 pages) 114 0 4.0 Apr/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Hinduism

Cell Biology Notes Alzheimers disease.

Alzheimer's disease1) Primary Source - "FAD Mutations in Presenilin-1 or Amyloid Precursor Protein Decrease the Efficacy o ...

(3 pages) 40 0 2.6 Jun/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases

The Navaho Religion:

n and Middle Eastern religions the Navaho's focus on Gods and on the earth. In Navaho religion the primary source of worship is the Almighty. The Almighty is not in the shape of a man but in the for ... round these worlds one at a time until finally we ended up in this world. In Navaho tradition the primary goal is to live in harmony with the spirit and the universe.There is not an agreed upon a ...

(6 pages) 83 0 2.6 Jul/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith

This is an essay that compares Islam and Christianity.

ry different practice with its own unique rituals, prayers, and beliefs. In the Muslim faith, their primary source of religious belief is the Qur'an, which was written by the prophet Muhammed in a ser ... on the moral code specified in the agreement with god. Both religions also have books that are the primary source of religious knowledge. If a sin or transgression from what is desired occurs both re ...

(3 pages) 125 0 2.5 Jul/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Christianity

This is a book report of Morco Polos travels.

n history. A European merchant named Marco Polo wrote down the book in 1297 or 1298. His book was a primary source for knowledge on the Far East. Marco Polo himself was probable the only one to travel ... co Polo would later tell his story in a book. This book "Description of the World" would become the primary source for the image Europeans had of the Far East until the later part of the nineteenth ce ...

(14 pages) 49 0 3.0 Aug/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History

Criticism on the morality of "Romeo and Juliet"

Juliet derives its story from several sources available during the sixteenth century.Shakespeare's primary source for the play is Arthur Brooke's Tragicall History of Romeus and Juliet (1562), which ...

(7 pages) 33 0 5.0 Aug/2003

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

The Dead Sea is dying

ot least, of the troubles for the Dead Sea is turmoil in the region. The diversion of the Dead Seas primary source of water is cause for concern.It seems that the first solution to the depletion of th ... ng water from the JordanRiver", John Vause a CNN News Correspondent writes. The Jordan River is the primary source of water for some of these countries; therefore diversion really is not an option. An ...

(3 pages) 51 0 4.4 Dec/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Earth Sciences

Are Indians Really the Problem?

Although the primary source only presents one point of view of asituation, the opposing sides belief is equally i ... ocahontas", all express the importance of understanding both sides of a situation. According to the primary sources of these accounts, the actions and behaviors of the Native Americans were unjustifie ... e Native American's behaviors were clearly an act of their culture or retaliation. Furthermore, the primary source's bias description of an event will often lead to other misunderstandings of a situat ...

(2 pages) 49 0 3.9 Feb/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Journalism in Russia Today

dia MOST", Sergei Parkhomenko:... the journalism, in my view, till 1990 worked without sources. The primary source was the author's brains. On rare occasions there was a certain simulation of the sour ... certain simulation of the source somehow: "a reader's letter", TASS or something like that. But the primary content of the text it was the author's thoughts. Till the end of 1990 in the domestic journ ...

(28 pages) 90 0 4.8 Mar/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Communication Studies

Hamlet Analysis of Soliloquy Act I, Scene ii, 129-159

Hamlet is disheartened and full of sorrow because he continues to mourn his father's death, but the primary source of his sadness is his mother's wedlock with his uncle.Hamlet's tone is one of anguish ...

(2 pages) 77 0 4.3 Apr/2004

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

Einhard's Life of Charlemagne

Einhard's Life of Charlemagne is a primary source document that shows how Charlemagne relied on Roman, Christian, and Germanic aspects ...

(3 pages) 48 0 5.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers