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Light, Ice, and Fire: Frankenstein's Symbolic Architecture

Analyze the symbolism of fire, light and darkness, the creature, and the Arctic in Frankenstein and how they build Shelley's critique of Enlightenment reason.

Literature

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Blood and Brotherhood: Violence and Class in The Outsiders

Analyze the central themes of The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton — class conflict, identity, belonging, and violence — through a close reading of Ponyboy, Johnny

Literature

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Essay Undergraduate 2,311 words

Civilization's Wreckage: Symbolism in Lord of the Flies

Analyze how William Golding's Lord of the Flies uses the conch, Piggy's glasses, the signal fire, and the beast as a dialectical symbolic system exposing

Literature

~12 min read

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2,446 words

Tolkien's interpretation of Beowulf's literary structure and significance

Beowulf is one of the most representative written poems in the history of the English literature. At this moment in time there is little doubt of the grandeur of this poem and it is a literary requirement in high school and university curricula.

~13 min read

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1,596 words

Intersecting oppressions: Collins, Katz, and liberation

The intersection of race, class and gender determine social, political, and economic power. Our readings solidify my awareness of the multiple methods and modes of oppression.

~8 min read

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5,902 words

Filmmaker visibility and truth in popular ethnographic film

When Polaroid discontinued its instant film in 2008, one of the most disappointed constituencies was police agencies. Crime scene investigators had for years depended on Polaroids to document what had happened for court cases because Polaroids could not be manipulated.

~30 min read

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3,009 words

Dugald Stewart's assessment of Adam Smith's economic theory

Even if the work done by Smith and his Scottish contemporaries finds parallels and precedents, it nevertheless appears to have been remarkable for the weight of emphasis that was placed on economic factors. There were really two applications of the general thesis.

~16 min read

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863 words

The case for legalizing voluntary organ sales from living donors

The concept of cheating relates to virtually any situation where an individual or entity (i.e. A business or professional enterprise) deliberately violates established rules or limitations meant to apply to behavior.

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1,004 words

Law and economics in early 19th century Chinese trade conflicts

Were the conflicts that occurred during the Chinese trade activities in the early 19th Century more about law and the perception of law -- or were they more about economics?

~6 min read

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848 words

Magic, economics, and trauma in Elizabethan drama

Cartwright, Kent. "Language, Magic, the Dromios, and the Comedy of Errors." Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900 47.2 (2007): 331-2A. Platinum Periodicals. ProQuest.

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