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Poetic themes and intellectual voices in American female writers before 1865

Long before Feminism was established as a movement in literature and the arts in general, America produced quite a few brilliant female writers who went before their time and demonstrated that women have a voice and can express themselves intellectually on a par with men.

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Varying cultural perspectives on female genital cutting in Africa

Female circumcision, common in many African nations, is commonly associated with many assumptions and stereotypes.

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Shakespeare's critique of slavery through Shylock in The merchant of Venice

Merchant of Venice is a framework for expressing Shakespeare's anti-slavery sentiments in a most vivid and gruesome way.

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David Hume's theory of causality and empiricist philosophy

Philosopher, historian, and economist David Hume (April 26, 1711 - August 25, 1776) was born in Scotland (Penelhum, 1993). He was seen to be a very prominent figure in history both in the Scottish enlightenment and in Western philosophy.

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Neanderthal and early human stone tool assemblages and their functions

Stone tools from the time of the Neanderthals, the Middle Paleolithic in Europe, Africa (called the "Middle Stone Age") and the Near East, dating from about 300,000 years to about 40,000 years ago have survived in great quantities and now serve as the major means of determining hominin activities.

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Psychological and social factors contributing to juvenile delinquency

Youths are important members of the society. They are, as the common saying connotes, the "future of the nation." This is the every reason why much of the developmental programs established by the government and/or the educational institutions are addressed to the needs of the youths.

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The evolution of autonomy in Whitman, Kant, and Aristotle's philosophy

Within the conceptual framework of traditional philosophy, it is indeed very difficult to understand how freedom and non-sovereignty can exist together…Actually it is as unrealistic to deny freedom because of the fact of human non-sovereignty as it is dangerous to believe that once can be free…as…

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Key ideas in the history of Christianity from Jesus to Luther

The key ideas of the course were those which were emphasized by each of the ten sessions. Each session helped break the history of Christianity into sections, beginning with Christ Himself and how He was the fulfillment of the Old Testament prophecies.

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Mary Shelley's feminist critique of male Romantic heroism

Having long been viewed as peripheral to the study of Romanticism, Frankenstein has been moved to the center. Critics originally tried to assimilate Mary Shelley's novel to patterns already familiar from Romantic poetry.

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Sexual objectification of women in contemporary media advertising

Media today is one of the most common grounds used to communicate or get a message across. It has readily increased its accessibility and its reach to people with phenomenon of globalization.

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