Essays Tagged: "similarity"

Antigone

Athenians held to honor their god of wine. Althoughhe was born 2,500 years ago, his plays have some similarity to todays society. Assome see it the conflict between Antigone and Creon is as representa ...

(2 pages) 96 0 4.4 Nov/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies > Greek Language & Literature

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

ochester. If Janehad gone through her life looking for beauty instead ofsomeone who shared a mental similarity with her, she neverwould of found happiness. Jane is attracted to Rochester, even ... standsthat to have a true and loving relationship with someone,that both must have not looks, but a similarity in thought,and a like for the other's personality. Relationship's suchas this are ones of ...

(2 pages) 70 0 3.9 Jan/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

American and Nigerian Culture, similarities and dissimilarities

s, and the attainment of manhood or maturity through experiences or accomplishments.Contrary to the similarity of the cultures, there are also some basic differences. One of the main distinctions is t ... iblings? Teenagers seem to be synonymous with rude, obnoxious, and difficult, stubborn, etc.Another similarity of cultures gleaned from Emecheta's writing is reaction to rivalry. A very important even ...

(2 pages) 105 0 3.4 Nov/1996

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

How Does Lewis explain the dull monotony or "universal similarity" reigning in American Life? How many cultures does America have? What is the source of American culture?

Sinclair Lewis defines universal similarity in Main Street through Carol's observation as "the physical expression of the philosophy ...

(3 pages) 102 0 4.3 Apr/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Maxine Kumin's poems

most comfortable in New Hampshire, her rural home.In any area that she travels, she always makes a similarity to her home, asexpressed in her poems.In her poem, "The Long Approach", she is driving in ...

(2 pages) 31 0 4.3 Jan/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Poetry

about clinging to traditions in "A Moment before The Gun Went off" and "The Lottery,"

place. They follow the traditions simplybecause their predecessors followed the traditions.Another similarity between the communities in bothstories is, even though these traditions are firmlyentrenc ...

(3 pages) 120 2 4.4 Mar/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

My Golden Age. A personal essay

th their own Golden Age, he/she usually takes their life and alters it to a stage where there is no similarity between reality, and their utopia. I would do something a little bit different. You see ...

(2 pages) 87 0 4.0 Feb/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

Elie Wiesel's "Night" and Mark Mathabane's "The Road to Alexandra" exemplify the similarities in the holocaust and apartheid.

division between the governing white minority population and the nonwhite majority population. The similarity of these situations seems unreal, especially because they are separated by only a period ...

(4 pages) 102 1 4.3 May/2002

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > World War II

Today's society , a 'half version' of George Orwell's novel, 1984

ye out for cops or law enforcement, this is the Mafia's 'telescreens' (Orwell 6). Another startling similarity between the mob and 'Big Brother' is the Mafia's strange way of making someone disappear ...

(2 pages) 69 1 3.3 Feb/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Sweeden vs. Finland This essay compares the Economic Characteristics of these two countrys which means it tell how they earn and spend money and all sinilartys and differences of the two

o compare and contrast Sweden and Finland's economic characteristics. Compare means to show all the similarity between things and contrast means the show all the differences between things. Economic c ...

(4 pages) 77 0 4.4 May/2002

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

Sweeden vs. Finland This essay shows the differences and the similaritys of Sweeden and Finland it tells how they earn and spend money and all economic characteristics.

o compare and contrast Sweden and Finland's economic characteristics. Compare means to show all the similarity between things and contrast means the show all the differences between things. Economic c ...

(4 pages) 81 1 4.4 May/2002

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

Educational Psychology

l psychology were initiated by Aristotle in his formulation of the laws of association. These laws: similarity, contrast, and contiguity, supplemented by frequency, are the beginnings to an experiment ...

(2 pages) 197 0 4.0 Oct/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

Gilgamesh's "The Flood" vs. Noahs Ark

some ways, explain why these two stories are in some ways similar as well.In both stories the major similarity would of course be that there was a flood, and, in each story God or the gods warn of the ... they) thought was "bad" on earth, and in the end a more pure Earth was formed. The dove, is another similarity in each story. Utnaphishtim and Noah both let a dove fly out to see if it would land. The ...

(2 pages) 124 1 4.1 May/2002

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies > Greek Language & Literature

American Bill of Rights Origin. This paper is comparing the American Bill of Rights, The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citzen, and the English bill of Rights.

ut history.One, very similar, document to the US Bill of Rights is the English Bill of Rights. This similarity is most likely because former Englishmen conceived the US Bill of Rights. After James II ...

(2 pages) 190 0 2.8 Jun/2002

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

The main characters from Maiden Voyage, "Youth: A Narrative" , and Captains Courageous.

s were. I began to notice that they had a lot more in common then just the sea. The most noticeable similarity I found in the books was that each of the main characters learned great lessons that woul ...

(5 pages) 30 0 3.0 Nov/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Comparing Laertes and Hamlet.

In Shakespeare's Hamlet, Laertes has a significant resemblance to Hamlet. Hamletand Laertes biggest similarity is that they both seek revenge for their father's murder.Hamlet and Laertes both have a r ...

(3 pages) 72 0 3.7 Nov/2002

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

Comparison of main female characters(Jane, Edna Pontellier, and Louise Mallard) from the novels written by , The Awakening, The Yellow Wallpaper and The Story of an Hour.

mansion where she comes to face reality. As she stares at the yellow wallpaper, she begins to see a similarity between the wallpapers pattern and the bars in which women are trapped behind. She realiz ...

(1 pages) 92 0 3.0 Dec/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Name the three major types of vascular plants and discuss each. (Lower Vascular Plants, Gymnosperms, Division Anthophyta: Angiosperms or Flowering Plants

roduces tiny roots and stems. A small ring of leaves grows around the stem at each joint. Another similarity to Lycopods is their environment, carboniferous forests. Division Pterophyta is ferns. ...

(2 pages) 73 1 3.3 Jan/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

A comparison of US Bill of Rights and The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms

d freedoms that both countries see as inalienable to their respective populations.This is where the similarity between them ends. These documents are vastly different. They were crafted in different c ...

(8 pages) 109 1 4.0 Feb/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights

"To Kill a Mockingbird" Similarities and differences between the book and the movie

he movie and the novel versions of T.K.A.M., dealing with characters, plot, setting, and theme. One similarity is the mystery behind Boo Radley. In both versions, Boo was considered a crazy guy who li ... en Miss Maudie's house burned down, and second, when he saved Scout and Jem from Bob Ewell. Another similarity is the stories of the witnesses during Tom Robinson's trial. In both versions, the Ewells ...

(2 pages) 73 0 3.0 Mar/2003

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