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What is Commentary?

Commentary, as an academic subject within communications, refers to the practice of interpreting, analyzing, and responding to texts, events, cultural artifacts, and social phenomena. It appears across disciplines including literature, religious studies, media studies, philosophy, and sociology. What makes commentary academically compelling is its dual nature: it is both a form of communication itself and a method for examining how meaning is made and shared. Students engage with commentary to understand how societies reflect on their own values, power structures, and lived experiences, and to develop their own capacity for structured critical thought.

The papers archived under this topic approach commentary from a wide range of angles. Literary analysis appears in work on texts such as Paradise Lost and Sartor Resartus, where writers examine how authors comment on society, spiritual life, and human experience. Cultural and social commentary surfaces in examinations of contemporary topics like Inuit youth identity and customer satisfaction, as well as philosophical frameworks such as deontological and consequentialist ethics. Film, religion, and procedural subjects also feature, suggesting that students use commentary as both a lens and a genre across very different areas of inquiry.

A strong essay on commentary should establish a clear position on what the commentary being examined reveals — about power, society, or human experience — rather than simply summarizing the source material. Evidence drawn from close reading, historical context, or cultural analysis tends to carry the most weight. The most common pitfall is treating commentary as neutral observation; effective essays acknowledge that all commentary reflects particular perspectives and is shaped by the conditions in which it is produced.

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Three Logical Fallacies and Their Role in Critical Thinking

¶ … decision making is contingent on an individual's ability to examine the soundness of arguments. In other words, it is important for decision makers in all walks of life and at all levels to be able to identify…

Research Paper Doctorate

Comparing Website Agendas on Aristotle: A Source Analysis

Aristotle was one of the great founders of Greek ethical, scientific, mathematical, and human philosophy, and perhaps the greatest founder of modern, critical scientific empiricism.

Research Paper Doctorate

History of Mathematics in Ancient China: Key Achievements

In ancient China, the science of mathematics was subsumed under the larger practice of suan chu, or the "art of calculation." The Chinese are believed to be one of the first civilizations to develop and use the decimal…

Essay Doctorate

Caregiver Burden in Alzheimer's Disease: Italy vs. USA

The following are two research essays on the burden of caregivers. The similarities of both essays are that both demonstrate the huge responsibility and unmitigated onus that caregivers carry that consequent in causing them stress and hardship. Differences include the fact that one was carried out on a population in Italy, whilst the other was carried out on a sample in America. It is striking, too, to note, that although both concluded that caregivers needed more support, the American study recommended ways that individuals could create this for themselves, whilst the Italians-based study placed the responsibility on the community and social work profession. The tone of the articles, too, differed in that the American-based study took a far more active stance to the problem advising caregivers to aggressively improve their situation. The whole serves as commentary on the way that science in general, and social work, in particular, is influenced by cultural nuances. The European study is far less inspired by beliefs of self-responsibility and actualization than the American researchers of the second study were.

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Gender and Feminism in Fowles and McEwan's British Novels

[Woman] is defined and differentiated with reference to man and not he with reference to her; she is the incidental, the inessential. He is the Subject, he is the Absolute -- she is the Other. -- Simone de Beauvoir.

Thesis Doctorate

American Modernist Art and Cold War Propaganda, 1950s

American expressionist art was an important tool that was used to promote American ideals in Europe. The Expressionist movement highlighted the spiritual portions of the human psyche, rather than representing the material world. This study explored the aesthetic aspects of the movement and compares it to artistic movements in the SOviet Union.

Thesis Undergraduate

Solitary Confinement and Supermax Prisons: Psychological Effects

Solitary Confinement Effects on Prisoners

Research Paper Doctorate

Racism, Violence, and Hunger in Richard Wright's Fiction

¶ … Richard Wright's social themes (e.g., racism) in any one of his short stories. Specifically it will discuss "Black Boy," and "Native Son."

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Market Orientation in Hospital Cardiac Diagnostic Units

Dissertation for Master of Health Administration i. Introduction ii. Objectives iii. Description iv Administrative Internship v. Scope and Approach vi. Growth vii. Methodology viii.

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Human Nature in Confucianism, Xunzi, Mencius, and Christianity

This paper discusses the issue of human nature as it relates to philosophy. Some argue that human beings are inherently good. Others believe that human beings are inherently bad and have to overcome their nature in order to be considered good. Although these perceptions differ in many ways, they all agree that human beings have a degree of choice.

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