Essays Tagged: "Wolf"

Wolff's views on the right of autonomy

ople who have supreme authority within a given territory or over a certain population, according to Wolf. Authority then, is the right to command and the right to be obeyed which is different from pow ... ty then, is the right to command and the right to be obeyed which is different from power. Power in Wolff's terms, is the "ability to compel compliance." Moral autonomy is "a submission to laws which ...

(2 pages) 56 0 4.3 Nov/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy

The Story of the Little Pigs Three, a Biblical form of the Three Little Pigs

they did live in squalor, and they were tortured by many hooligans and wild beasts.2. On one day, a wolf came to pester forsooth. And he did huff and he did blow, and he did blow yon pighutdown. The h ... The hog woman did send her young into the wilderness to escape the beast, and they did so. Thus the wolf dideat the poor hog woman.3. Thus the three pigs were sent into the world to fend hunger, and t ...

(1 pages) 66 2 4.3 Feb/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Poems & Short Stories

Interpretaion of the play der Talisman from Johan Nepomuk Nestroy (nicht für jeden nütlich, aber ein paar interpretaionsideen

falls roten Haaren, die unterste Gesellschaftsschicht widerspiegelt. Durch die Rettung des Marquis (Wolf Dähne ), der sich als Friseur entpuppt, fällt ihm der Schlüssel zur nächst ...

(2 pages) 27 0 4.0 Nov/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

This essay is written about classifications of women in my school.

equent, is what I like to call the "tyrant". She will seem innocent at first, but she is actually a wolf in sheep's clothing. Your initial relationship will seem normal, but soon she will start demand ...

(3 pages) 121 1 4.4 Dec/2002

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Women's Studies

Genghis Kahn's Great Conquest

rmies of all time.Genghis Kahn was actually just a title. He was born Temujin of the Borjign tribe (Wolf 87). The qualities that would one day make him a great leader became prevalent in his every day ... as very young his father, the chief of the tribe, was poisoned by a rival tribe called the Tartars (Wolf 87). Left to look after his family at such a young age forced him to grow up quickly and become ...

(4 pages) 49 0 3.8 Apr/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History

"Bleibt" by Christa Wolf.

Was bleibt"Was bleibt" ist der Titel eines Werkes von der ehemaligen DDR Buergerin Christa Wolf, der die zweiwochenlange Ueberwachung Wolfs von der Staatssicherheitsbeamte und die folgende ps ... schreibt. Dieser Titel enthaelt nicht nur das bestehende Thema des Buches, sondern auch wie Christa Wolf sich selbst betrachtet. Dieser kleine Satz galt nicht nur fuer Wolf selbst, sondern auch fuer i ...

(5 pages) 23 0 5.0 May/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Home.

says, "What's crackin' dogg."(You don't know what that means so you nod your head and ask for "Big Wolf" The man invites you in and calls for Big Wolf.Big Wolf comes down the stairs wearing a footbal ... y buy glasses and a very big Afro on his head."Welcome to my crib, it's off tha chains fo show" Big Wolf says. You take a look around. It' is very small. The living room, dinning room and kitchen are ...

(5 pages) 77 1 1.8 Jul/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Descriptive Essays

"Rio Lobo, The River Wolf" updated version. A story about two young adventurous wolves. I'm still working on the rest of the story. Suggestions are greatly appreciated.

Rio Lobo, The River WolfA long time ago, in a country called Lobo, there was an old legend. This wasn't just any legend ... s a quiet, lush, wooded area. Owls cooed, wolves howled, yet all was still beyond vision. The River Wolf's story had just begun.****"Come on, we better go back now Belean.""But Lobo, can't we keep cha ... pace Lobo had, but he never remembered it to be this fast. He could barely keep up."Umph...ooh that wolf!"Belean had fallen head first into a puddle of mud. His sleek white coat was now a spotted coat ...

(5 pages) 46 1 3.1 Aug/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Poems & Short Stories

Jack London.

by his journey to the north during the Klondike Rush. He continued writing and later produced "The wolf", which was christened by his friends Anna Slounsky and George Sterling. People were impressed ... hed they were in awe. Some Titles of his work include: The Call of the Wild, White Fang, The Wolf, and to Build a Fire, all of which were published. Jack wrote literature from poems to novels t ...

(2 pages) 51 0 3.0 Dec/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

A review on the movie "The Brotherhood of the Wolves"

Le Pacte des LoupsThe film was about a a town myth and legend about an existence of a wolf or a deadly monster. In their old town, the number of lost people in the forest is increasing. ... irl and her brother who happens to like her own sister. Another is ofcourse, their problem with the wolf, which happened to be being protected and trained to be bad by a certain community who plot to ... e bad by a certain community who plot to take over the town by the use of the monster, which is the wolf.The characterization on the film was great. They act really well. French girls were really beau ...

(2 pages) 25 0 3.0 Feb/2004

Subjects: Art Essays

16th century lycanthropy: How did the belief in werewolves influence the crime and literature of 16th century Europe?

"Lycanthropy... 1 : a delusion that one has become a wolf 2 : the assumption of the form and characteristics of a wolf held to be possible by witchcraft ... . How did lycanthropy influence the crime and literature of 16th century Europe? An outbreak of werewolf-related crime began: numerous murders occurred, by people who truly believed they were werewolv ... in 1591 (Steiger, 46). Many people living in Cologne and Bedburg, Germany had been lost to supposed wolf attacks, but when one wolf was cornered, it stood up and became a man known as Peter Stubbe. Wh ...

(3 pages) 30 0 3.7 Feb/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

Speech on discrimination against released prisoners

rob you of everything when they have the chance. That having one in your company is like putting a wolf in a sheep pen, planting a suicidal bomb in the house that will go off any minute. That they ar ...

(3 pages) 22 0 3.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community

Death's Empowerment Over Life-Analysis of Louis Simpson's poem, Carentan O Carentan

inevitable. It can come as unexpected as an ominous cloud amid a sunny day, or as sly as a cunning wolf stalking its midnight prey. Everyone experiences the power of death. It is the merciless force ...

(5 pages) 23 0 4.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Poetry

Comparative essay of little red riding hood

e's, and Jordan's version of Little Red Riding HoodThe timeless old tale of a little girl meeting a wolf on her way to granny's house has been passed down through oral tradition from one generation to ... 31). In France's oral story, there are hints as to the role that sexuality plays. For example, the wolf is presented as a sexual, "wicked" creature:"'You must be Do come to bed with me. And the girl ...

(6 pages) 109 0 4.0 Apr/2004

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

Criminal Justice/ DIscuss the Bill of rights and their court cases and how they are applied today

at a warrant be issued under probable cause, to search or arrest someone. In 1949 the court case of Wolf v. Colorado appeared in regards to this issue, the question that appeared was whether the state ...

(3 pages) 158 1 3.0 May/2004

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Government

Comparison between Charles Perrault's version of "Little Red Riding-Hood" and the Brothers Grimm's "Little Red-Cap."

The timeless old tale of a little girl who meets a wolf on her way to Grandma's house has been passed down through oral tradition from one generation t ... st Frank Delarue. This early version of the tale, called "The Story of Grandmother," features a werewolf and a little girl who must use her wits to escape. In this version, the girl arrives home safel ... e girl who must use her wits to escape. In this version, the girl arrives home safely, however, the wolf also survives. "The Story of Grandmother" does not depict the girl in a red cape, as in later v ...

(4 pages) 91 1 4.8 May/2004

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

How Vikings Lived

The second kind of Vikings with the Berserks, they were even tougher. They dressed in the skins of wolf or bear and sometimes even went naked in battle. They would have a fit of rage if there were no ... ld would come to doom with a huge battle. First there would be three years of cold. Then Fenrir the Wolf would bite its huge jaw's in to heaven. Later a world serpent would come barreling to shore spi ...

(5 pages) 34 0 4.0 Jun/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

Frankenstein's Paradise - How the characters in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein strongly resemble those in John Milton's Paradise Lost. Originally written by Gregory Conley.

nlotter's 1990 film, a campy retooling of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein by the name of Frankenhooker (Wolf 344), tells the tale of a mad scientist who, in order to bring his wife back to life, decapitat ...

(7 pages) 49 0 4.0 Aug/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Crucial Scene in Macbeth: The Dagger Soliloquy

ep. Witchcraft celebratesPale Hecate's off'rings, and withered murder,Alarumed by his sentinel, the wolf,Whose howl's his watch, thus with his stealthy pace,With Tarquin's ravishing strides, towards h ...

(4 pages) 33 0 4.5 Nov/2004

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

Meaning of a word

"Language is the subject. It is the written form with which I've managed to keep the wolf from the door, and in diaries, my sanity. In spite of this, I consider the written word inferio ...

(5 pages) 78 0 4.2 Dec/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Language Studies