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What is Italian?

Italy as a subject of academic study spans multiple disciplines, including history, cultural studies, literature, art history, and sociology. Students write about Italian topics in courses ranging from European history to immigrant studies to art and film, drawn by Italy's outsized influence on Western civilization. The country's contributions to the Renaissance, its complex political and social structures, and its role in shaping diasporic communities—particularly Italian Americans—make it a rich area for academic inquiry. The intersection of culture, family, identity, and history gives essays on this topic a strong foundation across both humanities and social science frameworks.

The papers collected here reflect a wide range of approaches. Comparative analysis appears frequently, particularly in examinations of Renaissance art and culture. Literary and cultural criticism drives essays focused on Italian American identity, stereotyping, and the roles of women in Italian American literature. Historical and sociological angles emerge in work on Italian Americans of the 1930s and broader questions of immigration and assimilation. Some papers take a business or policy perspective, such as analyses of hotel expansion into the Italian market, while others use personal or autoethnographic methods to explore cultural identity from the inside.

A strong essay on an Italian-related topic benefits from a clearly scoped thesis that connects a specific cultural, historical, or literary element to a broader argument. Evidence drawn from primary sources, whether artworks, literary texts, or historical records, carries more weight than generalizations about national character. The most common pitfall is treating "Italian" or "Italian American" as a monolithic identity; effective essays acknowledge regional variation, class differences, and the evolving nature of culture over time.

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Diversity training and police department implementation

Diversity is a term that was coined to denote the multicultural and heterogeneous communities that now make up the population of the United States. Today representations from all over the globe can be found in the U.S.

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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. But more recent studies of Frankenstein have led critics to rethink Romanticism in light of Mary Shelley's contribution. Gradually emerging from the shadow of her husband, she is increasingly being recognized as a distinct voice within Romanticism, a distinctly feminine voice within what seems to be a male-dominated movement. The trend of recent studies of Frankenstein has been to view it as a critique of Romanticism, particularly as developed in Percy Shelley's poetry. Critics have argued that Frankenstein is a protest against Romantic titanism, against the masculine aggressiveness that lies concealed beneath the dreams of Romantic idealism.

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Gang activity in America from 1800 to 2000

To gain some new insights into how gangs evolved over time and what factors contributed to this process, this paper provides a timeline of gang activity from 1800 to the present day, followed by an analysis of these trends. A summary of the research and important findings concerning gang activity during this 200-year period is provided in the conclusion.

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Mary, Queen of Scots: life, rivalries, and religious conflict

Queen Elizabeth referred to Mary Queen of Scots as "the daughter of debate." Descending from Scottish royalty, Mary Queen of Scots was also known as Mary Queen of Scotland, as well as, Mary Stuart or Mary Stewart, her…

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Movies' portrayals of New York City in Mean Streets, Do the Right Thing, and Annie Hall

The Effect of Movies on the Public's Perception of New York City

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Poe's tragic life and its influence on his dark fiction

Edgar Allan Poe was born in Boston on 19 January 19 in 1809. Poe's mother died when he was still an infant and Poe found himself separated from his brother and sister when he went to live with John and Frances Allan.

Paper Doctorate

NRC Language policy and multilingualism in United States history

Language diversity is a hot-button issue in today's modern political climate. English-only proponents have a variety of reasons for suggesting that English become the single official language of the United States.

Paper Doctorate

Religious symbolism and naturalism in Masaccio's Holy Trinity

This paper examines three works by Masaccio, Fra Angelico, and Botticelli, each of which depicts some religious scene. Each work also uses a complex arrangement of religious symbolism and naturalistic beauty to create a realistic setting in which subjects are depicted with great human qualities while at the same time emphasizing the divine.

Research Paper Undergraduate

Japanese-American internment during World War II in Uchida's works

¶ … Topaz" and "Desert Exile: The Uprooting of a Japanese-American Family" by Yoshiko Uchida. Specifically it will describe and compare the experiences of several ethnic and racial groups during World War II, and…

Essay Doctorate

Perceptions of Che Guevara among communist leaders and movements

Che Guevara was born as Ernesto Guevara de la Serna in 1928 to a middle-class family (Castaneda 1998, 3). He was Argentinean by birth but was later awarded with an honorary Cuban citizenship in recognition of his contribution towards the armed struggle in the Cuban revolution. Studying to become a doctor, Guevara became influenced by Marxist ideals and teachings upon a motorbike trip across South America at the age of twenty-four where he observed the exploitation and deprivation of the poor people under capitalism (Castaneda 1998, 50). He became a champion of the class struggle against capitalism on an international level. He joined Fidel Castro in 1955 in overthrowing the Cuban government of Batista. Subsequently, he became an important figure in Cuban diplomacy and a vocal critic of the United States and the Soviet Union. Later on he helped revolutionary groups in Congo and Bolivia until he was captured and executed by the Bolivian Army and the CIA in 1967 (Castaneda 1998, 326).

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