«The adage “history repeats itself,” like many adages, sometimes seem disingenuous; they are neatly packaged concepts that lack any definitive details that would give one a context to consider them properly. In Corregidora, there is an expansion of...» Summary abstract
«The nature of the data from the Hall was very fluid; there are no definitive guidelines with which employees can maintain a productive working atmosphere, or with which I could make sense of the “policies” in place there; all policies and...» Summary abstract
«Paulo Freire’s “problem-posing” instructional method in his essay “The ‘Banking’ Concept of Education” is an essential educational technique. Freire’s proposed approach to education not only calls for change in educational practices, it also holds...» Summary abstract
«In 1790, with the beginning of the National Revival, the Czechs worked to create a Czech state, which required the forming of a national consciousness that did not hitherto exist. The Czech people fashioned this identity using legend and myth and...» Summary abstract
«Emile Zola and Kate Chopin both present texts that depict the fall of a heroine. Nana and Edna Pontellier Naturalistically represent archetypal women of the late 19th century; Nana, as a courtesan, represents the rising lower class, and Edna...» Summary abstract
«“Otherness” describes a person engaging in the reflexive act of defining their identity in reference to another person. In this way, Otherness is a definitive means of exploring the relationships between social castes and gender relationships. In...» Summary abstract
«The theme I select to examine in A Byzantine Novel Drosilla And Charikles, is the power of love. Love in the time of Drosilla and Charikles was an entirely different concept. Especially from what we are accustomed to today. Loving someone fifty...» Summary abstract
«The technology in our world has been both a beneficial force and a destructive one. On one hand, technology has made our world a much simpler place to live in, and it is hard to imagine the world we live in today without it. Just about everything we...» Summary abstract
«Akin to any Baptist upbringing are the words “missions” and “missionary”. Undoubtedly, most have filled plastic rice bowls, watched numerous slide shows of foreign lands and listened to stories of great Baptist women who impacted the world. ...» Summary abstract
«Moral ambiguity is a central theme in John Huston’s film The Maltese Falcon (1941) and in Billy Wilder’s film Double Indemnity (1944) and James M. Cain’s novel by the same title. The films and novel follow characters whose motives are questionable...» Summary abstract