Essays Tagged: "Scandinavia"

Beowulf and His Pride

bare hands and still caught up to Brecca. He apparently bragged to such an extent that everyone in Scandinavia knew about this race and the courageous way he cleared the sea of evil. He, at this youn ...

(2 pages) 63 0 5.0 Oct/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry

Ibsens "Doll House"

individuality stirred up more controversy than any ofhis other works. In contrast to many dramas of Scandinavia in that timewhich depicted the role of women as the comforter, helper, and supporter ofm ...

(5 pages) 154 2 4.8 Oct/1996

Subjects: Art Essays > Drama

A critical look at Ibsen's "A Doll house"

individuality stirred up more controversy than any ofhis other works. In contrast to many dramas of Scandinavia in that timewhich depicted the role of women as the comforter, helper, and supporter ofm ...

(5 pages) 139 0 4.3 Apr/1996

Subjects: Art Essays > Drama

Denmarks 11th century conquest of Scandinavia

During the eleventh century the lands of Scandinavia were constantly at war. The kings of these great states were constantly changing. The gr ... kings of these great states were constantly changing. The great state of Denmark ruled most of the Scandinavia lands the most part of the century. Denmark although the smallest of its neighbours had ... south.(Western Civilization) These advantages helped Denmark in their conquest to rule most of the Scandinavian land in the early eleventh century.During the first decade of the eleventh century Sven ...

(5 pages) 39 0 3.0 Sep/1996

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

Was increased expenditure on educational provision in nineteenth century Europe a sound investment?

erates. The art of reading and writing was only tried to mediate to all layers of the population in Scandinavia, the Netherlands and in Germany. In Prussia and other German states it was obligatory to ...

(10 pages) 41 0 4.3 Jan/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers

The Birth of Modern European Thought - Study Notes

ack on illiteracy proved most successful in Britain, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, and Scandinavia, where by 1900 approximately 85 percent or more of the people could read.The new primary ...

(8 pages) 181 2 4.7 Mar/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

Analysis of Women in 'A Dolls House'

ndividuality stirred up more controversy than any of his other works. In contrast to many dramas of Scandinavia in that time which depicted the role of women as the comforter, helper, and supporter of ...

(6 pages) 115 0 3.7 Jul/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Jacob Riis' "How the Other Half Lives"--Some opinions about the nature of the photograph for historical purposes.

The Mirror with a Memory1. Jacob Riis, an emigrant from Scandinavia, experienced firsthand the poverty in New York slums. After moving from odd job to odd j ...

(3 pages) 80 1 5.0 Sep/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

What is the significance of Nora slamming the door on Helmer at the end of the play?

e, helping to change the course of modern drama.It was A Dolls House, which carried his name beyond Scandinavia and to the remotest parts of civilization. It was a play that's attacked marriage from t ...

(4 pages) 33 0 5.0 Oct/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Analysis Of The C++ Programming Language

origins of C++, one must travel around the world to a place that has spawned much original thought, Scandinavia, in particular, Norway. Here in the early 1960's, Kristen Nygaard led a group of scienti ...

(6 pages) 132 2 4.5 Nov/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science > Programming Languages

Coil pots brief history and how to make a coil pot

ashioned pots and bowls of baked clay for their daily use. Prehistoric remains of pottery, e.g., in Scandinavia, England, France, Italy, Greece, and North and South America, have proved of great impor ...

(2 pages) 21 0 0.0 Jan/2005

Subjects: Art Essays

Shakespeare, Macbeth- What does Macbeth say about kingship?

hown at the beginning of the play when the then thane of Cawdor tries to take over with forces from Scandinavia. The attempted takeover is thwarted by the psychopathic maniac, Macbeth. For this Macbet ...

(5 pages) 26 0 5.0 Apr/2005

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

Henrik Isbsen's "Doll's House"

Although Henrik Ibsen was already a respected playwright in Scandinavia before the premiere of A Doll's House , it was that work that catapulted him to internat ... oll's House , a realistic three-act play, focuses on late nineteenth century life in a middle-class Scandinavian household, in which the wife is expected to be contentedly passive and the husband pate ...

(8 pages) 74 0 5.0 May/2005

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

"Beowulf."

lish Literature and the best-known Anglo-Saxon work. This epic poem is set in an area thought to be Scandinavia, a place in Europe prior to the arrival of Christianity. The original author of Beowulf ...

(3 pages) 40 0 5.0 Dec/2005

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry

American Immigration and how it affected American Society and Developement.

e before the 1880's were usually from the British Isles and from Western Europe, mainly Germany and Scandinavia. They were mostly Anglo Saxon and Protestant. Also many were very intelligent and had a ...

(2 pages) 41 0 0.0 Feb/2006

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

"Hamlet": Important points

akespeare's version. The basic plot was found in ancient stories which eventually made their way to Scandinavia, specifically Denmark. The Signet Classic edition contains more specific background on t ...

(9 pages) 92 0 4.6 Mar/2006

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

"Bullying: Definitions, prevalence, Characteristics, Prevention" A graduate level research paper, review of literature

ex behavior, it is often difficult to define. Much of the formal research on bullying took place in Scandinavia, led by University professor Dan Olweus. He began a longitudinal study in the 1970's tha ... ces related to bullying and victimization. Olweus (1999) conducted a prevalence study among 130,000 Scandinavian children ranging from ages 8 to 16. Findings indicated that 15 percent of the students ...

(14 pages) 280 0 4.9 Dec/2006

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

Axeon N.V.

endations.With headquarters in the Netherlands, Axeon N.V. operates three subsidiaries; in the U.K. Scandinavia and Southern Europe. The subsidiaries have considerable autonomy to determine their prod ... U.K., Italy and Sweden. The subsidiaries are responsible for sales in the U.K., Southern Europe and Scandinavia, respectively, accounting for 8%, 14% and 6% of Axeon's total sales. All other sales are ...

(7 pages) 114 2 3.3 Mar/2007

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies

NVQs and Overseas Markets

grammes is that the British system falls some way short of the models operating in Germany, France, Scandinavia and elsewhere in Europe (Skilbeck et al., 1994; Avis et al., 1996). Central to such unfa ...

(17 pages) 25 0 3.0 Mar/2007

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

Edgar Allen Poe

The Vikings lived in Europe , and they came from Denmark, Norway, and Sweden (Scandinavia). They were famous for their sailing abilities. They sailed across the Atlantic Ocean to ...

(2 pages) 13 0 0.0 Dec/2001

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History