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Machiavelli's Prince vs. Lao-Tzu's Tao Te Ching: Leadership

Compares Machiavelli's The Prince and Lao-Tzu's Tao Te Ching, exploring their contrasting and overlapping political ideals, leadership styles, and views on power.

Philosophy

~8 min read

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Essay Undergraduate 1,567 words

Sick, Not Criminal: The Case for Health-Centered Addiction Policy

Analyzes drug addiction as a public health crisis, arguing the criminal justice framework is structurally incompatible with addiction's neuroscience

Social Issues

~8 min read

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Essay Undergraduate 1,737 words

Women's Rights in American Feminist Thought: Murray to Stanton

Compares Judith Sargent Murray, Sarah Grimke, and Elizabeth Cady Stanton on women's rights, tracing how religion shaped American feminist arguments from 1780–1900.

History

~9 min read

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Essay Undergraduate 1,244 words

Monstrosity and Anti-Enlightenment in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

Explores how Mary Shelley's Frankenstein critiques Enlightenment ideals by examining Victor Frankenstein and his Creature as products of nature and nurture.

Literature

~7 min read

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Essay Undergraduate 1,329 words

Ethos, Pathos, and Logos: Aristotle's Rhetorical Strategies

Explore Aristotle's three rhetorical strategies—ethos, pathos, and logos—and how each appeals to character, emotion, and logic to persuade an audience.

Communications

~7 min read

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Essay Undergraduate 1,691 words

Merchants of Doubt vs. Living in Denial: Climate Denial Compared

A comparative analysis of Oreskes & Conway's Merchants of Doubt and Norgaard's Living in Denial, exploring the causes of climate change denial.

Environment

~9 min read

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Essay Undergraduate 1,142 words

Beauty Standards: Men vs. Women's Perception of Physical Attraction

Compares Dave Barry's and Patricia McLaughlin's opposing views on how men and women perceive beauty standards, body image, and social pressure around appearance.

Social Issues

~6 min read

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Essay Undergraduate 1,547 words

Jerrold Levinson's Philosophy of Music Explained

An analysis of Jerrold Levinson's theories of music, covering musical meaning, emotion, thought, and why people enjoy negative emotions through music.

Philosophy

~8 min read

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Essay Undergraduate 1,449 words

John Keats's "To Autumn": Melancholy, Nature, and Delight

An analysis of Keats's "To Autumn" exploring how the poem balances melancholy and delight, individual growth, and the Romantic rejection of industrial society.

Literature

~8 min read

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Essay Undergraduate 2,445 words

The United Nations and Its Role in U.S. Foreign Policy

Explores the UN's diminishing influence on U.S. foreign policy, covering the body's history, interests, and America's unilateral actions post-9/11.

Politics

~13 min read

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