Essays Tagged: "primitive"

The art of Moche Pottery

e inscriptions painted on lima beans, believed by Rafael Larco Hoyle to have been a type of code or primitive scrip that permitted couriers to carry messages among tribal leaders" (Kirkpatrick 1992). ...

(7 pages) 217 0 4.4 Dec/1997

Subjects: Art Essays

Justice in the Orestia. A look at the contrasting views of justice in Greece, and the transition to a deliberative for of justice.

ed with the nature of justice. In the trilogy The Oresteia, the Akhaians evolve from an older, more primitive autocratic form of justice, to a new concept of civil justice devised by Athena. He confro ...

(6 pages) 194 1 3.3 Nov/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies

Fahrenheit 451

f time, people have been recordingthings they saw, did and took part in on birch bark and latervery primitive paper. People do not realize that without thosescratching on the birch bark that we would ...

(3 pages) 144 1 2.8 Feb/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

The History and Future of Computers

m were equipped with modems, which allow for connection to on line services via telephone lines.The primitive start of the computer came about around 4000 BC; with the invention of the abacus, by the ...

(4 pages) 189 3 3.7 Mar/1997

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science

Medicine During Shakespeare

will probably never know.The methods and medicines used in Renaissance and Medieval times werevery primitive compared to today's standards. medical concepts were magical anddemoniacal. With no anesth ...

(1 pages) 31 0 3.4 Mar/1996

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

Collective Thinking

re of. ?It is information that will set people free? You must be on your guard against you own most primitive reactions and instincts.? The second thing we need to do to guard against ?group minds,? i ...

(3 pages) 221 2 3.7 Mar/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

Lord of the Flies

ht up society slowly smolders out all that he has learned from this way of life, and turns him into primitive menace. The added mix of his firey personaliy, and the encouragement of the other boys onl ...

(3 pages) 137 2 4.4 Mar/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > "Lord of the Flies" by Sir William Gerald Golding

This essay gives a general overview of the history of shamanism in Korea's culture but concentrates primarily on the ramifications of prejudice against its pracitice in modern day Korean culture.

r and Hur 34). Shamanism's presence in Korea has frequently been characterized as superstitious and primitive, both scorned by the elite intellectuals, and rejected by conflicting religions. Neverthel ... come into the world as integral parts of the rhythms of nature" (Pyong-choon 61). In spite of the 'primitive' nature of these ancient myths, (in view of current awareness of Darwinian theory and orig ...

(3 pages) 167 0 2.4 Apr/2002

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith

American and Nigerian Culture, similarities and dissimilarities

ve in a technologically advanced empire while Emecheta shows us that Nigerians are more typically a primitive nation.No matter in what culture you find teenagers, they will probably be stereotyped. Th ... y of these things are commonplace. In Nigeria however, the bulk of the population lives a much more primitive lifestyle without the advantages,privileges, and benefits that these modern conveniences p ...

(2 pages) 105 0 3.4 Nov/1996

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

Hemispheric asymmetry of the cerebral cortex

he human remains that we find with incisions and piece's missing of the skull. Whether or not these primitive surgeries were successful is unknown. The earliest way for man to observe the brain was by ...

(7 pages) 158 1 4.6 Jan/1997

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

Astrology- Applications in Business

ne of the celestial sphere that extends from 8.5 degrees oneither side if the path of the sun. As a primitive calendar, thezodiacal belt was arbitrarily divided into twelve sections of 30degrees each. ...

(16 pages) 185 0 3.9 Dec/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Alternative

Title: Lord of the Flies Brief Description: How civilized boys become wild when isolated from society.

up society slowly smoldered out all that he had learned from this way of life, and turned him into primitive menace. The added mix of his fiery personality and the encouragement of the other boys onl ...

(3 pages) 75 1 3.7 May/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays

Examines the effects of pets on child development along with the pros and cons of a household pet on children.

ole in customs, legends, and religions of humans. Human-animal relationships were very important to primitive people's survival and petkeeping was common in hunter-gatherer societies. More recently, o ...

(6 pages) 189 0 3.6 May/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

Critique of "The Invisible Man"

to getan education he had to act the exact opposite of an educated man. He had torely upon his own primitive brutality to insure his education. He was thenmocked by having to recite a speech he was t ...

(6 pages) 98 0 2.0 Oct/1995

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Critique of the "Invisible Man"

to getan education he had to act the exact opposite of an educated man. He had torely upon his own primitive brutality to insure his education. He was thenmocked by having to recite a speech he was t ...

(6 pages) 113 0 5.0 Oct/1995

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Surgery in the Renaissance

ir knowledge and experience on the battlefield. They operated on gunshot wounds, inflicted from the primitive firearms used. (Duin et al. 34) Most of the surgeons poured boiling oil into the flesh wou ...

(3 pages) 72 1 4.8 Dec/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine

Immigration today in America

political communities stretched along the Atlantic seaboard. Transportation and communication were primitive, and the American economy revolved around agriculture and the simple commercial networks t ...

(7 pages) 306 0 4.5 May/1995

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law

Governments in the movie "Star War" vs governments in the home

narchist state for they will eventual have to answer to theirparents when they return.The next most primitive form of government is a direct democracy as shown bythe Ewoks. The Ewoks probably started ...

(4 pages) 43 1 2.7 Feb/1997

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Government

This essay is a short topic Hieroglyphic Symbols and their beginning and my personal experiences with them.

phs that are stylized pictures used to express words and subjects.The use of pictographs was a very primitive form of communication that took lots of time and energy to inscribe. They did not describe ... ng.In conclusion, we have come a long way in developing our writing system. We have advanced from a primitive writing system composed of a series of pictures known as pictographs into a sophisticated ...

(2 pages) 50 1 3.3 May/2002

Subjects: Art Essays

Ants

mber samples which scientists date in upwards of 100 million years old (The Ant Colony Oe89). These primitive samples have evolved into the 5000 to 10000 species known today which vary amongst themsel ...

(12 pages) 49 0 4.2 Mar/1997

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology