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Symbolic imagery and lost meaning in Kawabata's Snow Country

Country by Yasunari is a story that depicts a variety of diverse and rich imagery that is presented through symbolization of the natural setting.

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Locke's theory of political authority and the social contract

Second Treatise of Government," by John Locke is a revolutionary philosophical work that directly opposed the idea of absolutism.

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Aristophanes' Clouds and educational politics in Athens

This is the case when one reads Aristophanes's The Clouds, which is a very witty indictment of new educational ideas in vogue during his lifetime in Athens.

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The educational and cultural value of Shakespeare's works

The works of William Shakespeare are staples in our educational system at least from secondary through college levels. This has been true in some degree for more than 400 years, virtually since these works were first performed.

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Joseph Plumb Martin's account of hardship in the Revolutionary War

However, the lived reality of the American Revolutionary War was often quite brutal and harsh, particularly for the ordinary soldiers in the Colonial Army.

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Leonard Williams Levy's Origins of the Bill of Rights

We are so accustomed to dividing the world into clear categories - popular fiction on one side, serious scholarship on another, pulp fiction over there in the corner - that we are given pause when we come across a book that cannot be so easily categorized.

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Female characters and grief in Edgar Allan Poe's major works

In "The Raven" Poe faces the truth that the shadow on his heart over the death of the "rare and radiant" Lenore will never be lifted. Further, in "Annabel Lee," Poe once again mourns the tragic death of a beautiful woman whom he loved dearly.

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Economic downturns and increased mental health disorders

The writer presents a hypothesis that the economic downturn can and does contribute to increased mental health issues.

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The Second Industrial Revolution: causes, characteristics, and timeline

economic and social changes after 1870 are so striking and so qualitatively different from the developments of the First Industrial Revolution that they deserve to be labeled, "The Second Industrial Revolution."

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Paraphilias as cultural change: examining shifting sexual norms

New York Times article recently reported that clinical psychologists are seeing an increasing number of patients reporting that they engage in abnormal sexual behavior (Goleman, 1991).

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