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Paul Thomas Anderson, 2003.
An analysis of the films of writer-director Paul Thomas Anderson.
2,760 words (approx. 11.0 pages), 12 sources, MLA, $ 95.95
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This paper analyzes the films of writer-director Paul Thomas Anderson. It explores common themes in his films, "Hard Eight," "Boogie Nights," "Magnolia" and "Punch-Drunk Love." It discusses Anderson's cinematic techniques bold camera work and superior scripts. The paper also includes biographical information on Anderson.
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"With only four feature films to his credit, Paul Thomas Anderson has established himself as one of Hollywood's most gifted contemporary authors. As writer and director and sometimes producer of his movies Anderson not only maintains artistic control he brings ..."
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Marian Anderson and Paul Robeson, 2003.
Examines and details the influence that music had on the lives of African-American singers, Marian Anderson and Paul Robeson.
2,024 words (approx. 8.1 pages), 11 sources, APA, $ 64.95
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Marian Anderson and Paul Robeson were two of America's greatest singers. They both shared a penchant for music that continued with them through their entire lives, and both were two of the first black Americans "to win secure places in the galaxy of concert stars" by the mid-1950s. Although they shared a similar passion, their careers and lives were extremely different. When faced with political situations throughout her singing career, Marian chose to remain relatively silent. Robeson, on the other hand, voiced his opinions about race relations to the entire country and was extremely involved in the political situation of the times. This paper, however, does not delve into the lives of these two icons beyond their music. Instead, it concentrates on what role music played in Marian Anderson's and Paul Robeson's lives , what types of music they were attracted to and for what reasons.
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"Perhaps because Robeson had been singing for his own inner strength all his life that he was extremely singular in what he chose to sing. For example, in 1924 he gave solo concerts, singing the songs of H.T. Burleigh and by doing so "confirming that he had a potential concert career." Robeson did not like the classical European concert style of Burleigh's renditions, though. He preferred "the pure original spirituals arranged by Rosamond Johnson" and "he kept on working on them privately." From 1925 onwards he decided to sing solely spirituals and folk songs of other countries."
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Natural Law According to Thomas Hobbes and St.Thomas Aquinas, 2000.
The following essay discusses the existence and meaning of natural law.
1,380 words (approx. 5.5 pages), 2 sources, APA, $ 46.95
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The following paper examines why many theorists reject the existence of natural law as well as why many agree to its being defined as a set of innate moral principles which are common to all human beings. It is the aim of this paper to identify and discuss the important similarities and differences that exist between the two theories making reference to the theories of Thomas Hobbes (1588 - 1679) and St.Thomas Aquinas (1224/25 - 1274).
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"Aquinas proposed that the essential quality setting human beings apart from the rest of the animal world was that of reason. In a development of Aristotle's theory.Aquinas asserts that all men naturally possess an internalized divine spark of reason,which serves as the guide to an autonomous and responsible decision making process."
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?Magnolia?, 2002.
This paper is a discussion of Paul Thomas Anderson's film, "Magnolia", using the approach of three major developmental theorists -- Sigmund Freud, Erik Erikson and Jean Piaget.
1,535 words (approx. 6.1 pages), 1 source, $ 50.95
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This paper states that ?Magnolia?, like every satisfying film, is a rich source of examples of psychology and psychopathology. The author believes that Freud was especially interested in father-son relationships, and ?Magnolia? includes several fascinating affiliations. This paper explains that Erikson expanded on Freud's theory of psychosexual development, arguing that personality development is influenced more by the way the individual handles a series of psychosocial conflicts, beginning with learning how much trust to place in the world; Stanley provides interesting examples of Erikson's theory in action. The author points out that the game show, "What Do Kids Know?", plays an important role in the movie, and it becomes an interesting question to ask when considering Piaget's theory.
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"Donnie Smith, the quiz show star who still relies on his early fame on "What Do Kids Know?", provides an interesting example of Piaget's theory. Donnie proved so adept at being able to rattle off facts and answer complicated questions that he was unable to progress to the final stage of being able to apply his knowledge to broader questions. He is still very much the boy genius that Stanley appears to be moving beyond. Donnie has enough concrete operational knowledge to theorize that Brad the bartender will fall in love with him if he, too, gets braces on his teeth, but he has not developed the formal operational skills that would allow him to entertain the thought that Brad might be more enticed by simply getting to know Donnie."
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"Magnolia", 2003.
How mise-en-scene, lighting, and editing come together to highlight the ending of the film, "Magnolia," by Paul Thomas Anderson.
2,200 words (approx. 8.8 pages), 0 sources, MLA, $ 68.95
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This paper examines how the cinematography, lighting, and editing highlight the general themes of loneliness, humanity, etc., in the movie, "Magnolia," and how the all come together in the end to show the reality of the world and what it takes to shake people out of their mundane routines.
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"Magnolia, directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, is a weaving of stories each reflecting a common theme throughout American life. It helps to show that anyone's best-laid plans can be utterly disrupted at any moment by things we could never have imagined. Some of the themes include dieing fathers, child abuse, and the loss of one's childhood. Earl Partridge is a man on his deathbed searching for his son he abandoned so very long ago, and his nurse, Phil, locates his son, Frank T.J. Makey. Frank is the creator of "Seduce and Destroy", which is a guide for men on how to get any woman they want. The other dieing father, Jimmy Gator, a Game show host, has just learned that he is dieing of cancer, and has to face the fact that he has cheated on his wife, and abused his daughter, Claudia Gator. Claudia is getting involved with a police officer, Jim Kurring, who is divorced and she is having trouble with committing to him. Stanley Spector, who is one of the kids on Jimmy Gator's Game show, has to deal with his over bearing father, and Donnie Smith is a middle aged, former quiz kids, who has to deal with his loss of fame. The excerpt of the film that I am analyzing is at a point when all these people are confronting their problems towards the very end of the film. It takes an act of God, frogs falling from the sky, to make them realize what they really need to do or not do."
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Developmental Theory, 2003.
Applies the theory to Paul Thomas Anderson's film, "Magnolia".
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 1 source, $ 47.95
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Discusses theories of Sigmund Freud, Erik Erikson, and Jean Piaget and presents examples of the film's characters regarding their personality development. Discusses Freud's theory of psychosexual stages.
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"This paper is a discussion of three major developmental theorists - Sigmund Freud, Erik Erikson, and Jean Piaget - using examples from Paul Thomas Anderson's film, Magnolia, as illustration of some of the highlights of each approach. It examines how ..."
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Thomas Fleming's "The Purchase of Louisiana", 2007.
This paper is a book report describing Thomas Fleming's "The Purchase of Louisiana", which details the diplomacy and rivalry surrounding President Thomas Jefferson's success in obtaining the Louisiana territory.
850 words (approx. 3.4 pages), 1 source, APA, $ 30.95
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This paper states that Thomas Fleming's strong research in preparation to writing "The Louisiana Purchase" indicated that the United States wanted to gain control over access to the Mississippi River to be able to ship goods through to Spain and to provide safe harbor for American ships servicing the southern states. The author points out that Fleming argues that possibly Napoleon was willing to sell the Louisiana territory because he was more interested in diverting his attention to the unconquered areas of Egypt and India rather than the undeveloped areas of Louisiana. The paper stresses that the Louisiana Purchase was a victory with the rival French, established the U.S. as a world power and gave Americans a vast new and different land in which to acquire new lifestyles.
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"It is obvious from the book that after the "Quasi War" or the undeclared war with France, relations were at a definite strain. These battles fought only at sea and lasted from 1798 to 1800. The tensions manifested themselves with France when they began seizing American ships and goods that were trading with the British. The hostilities between the U.S. and France became a major cause of frictions and physical confrontations primarily due to the greed over land and power that permeated the world at the time."
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The Poetics of T. S. Eliot and Dylan Thomas, 2005.
This paper compares the personalities and traditions in the poetics of T. S. Eliot and Dylan Thomas.
1,205 words (approx. 4.8 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 41.95
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This paper explains that the poetics of Dylan Thomas and T. S. Eliot demonstrate the manner in which Thomas challenges and re-figures the previous aesthetic ideas of Eliot. The author points out that, whereas Eliot views tradition as a cultural accumulation of literary works within which the writer participates, Thomas shatters these historical bonds. The paper relates that, although both authors strive to achieve an emotional complexity and depth in their work, Thomas refuses the sublimation of the poet's personality to the literary medium by embracing the medium itself with the entirety of his personality and composition as an act of celebration rather than repression. The author underscores that, through his playful love of all the elements and structures of language, Thomas is able to achieve an emotional depth rooted in the medium of literature without the sacrifice of the poet's personality.
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"The value Eliot places upon tradition necessitates the depersonalization of the poet and the perfection of the medium of language to sufficiently express the concentration of the past and its convergence with the experience of the present. The personal experiences and emotions of the poet are too subjective to contain the enormity of what the present represents to literary history, so therefore he must engage in "a continual surrender of himself as he is at the moment to something which is more valuable." The poet is envisioned as a catalyst that collects and transforms his emotions and experiences into a new compound that is greater than the sum of its parts."
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St. Thomas Aquinas' Contribution to Christian Theology, 2002.
Discussion of the Thomas Aquinas' contributions to Christian theology.
650 words (approx. 2.6 pages), 3 sources, $ 26.95
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St. Thomas Aquinas contributed a great deal to the entirety of Christian Theology both during and after his life; particularly in his writings. St. Thomas, as he is referred to in short, was an astute Biblical scholar who was as devoted to the faith in human reason as he was in God. St. Thomas' tome, Summa Theological, is, literally, the summation of his understanding of theology. In this work Aquinas single-handedly justified and 'proved' the whole of the spiritual nature, the soul, God, and a Christian life. It is the purpose of this paper to discuss the contributions of St. Thomas Aquinas to Christian theology and his impact upon Christianity itself.
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Dylan Thomas and Symbolism, 2006.
Examines symbolism in the poems written by poet, Dylan Thomas.
1,588 words (approx. 6.4 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 51.95
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When one examines the early poems of Dylan Thomas, the contents and techniques of his volumes, with a few exceptions, beckon symbolic gestures. Conversely, other works by Thomas, also rich with symbolism, contain contrasts in diction and leave one to wonder if his critics are correct. Though to classify Thomas in any way might seem a futile task, the aim of this paper is to provide an examination of the similarities and contrasts of symbolic representations found in his early poems and in the poem "There was a Saviour." The paper shows that while the early poems of Thomas are a cornucopia of symbolism paralleled in content and style, "There was a Saviour" contains an exposition and subtexts that rarely meet in any similar fashion.
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"In the analysis of "There was a Saviour," the peculiarity of its language compels us to set about constructing a meaning for it, and allows us to wonder how it is that the diction contain many contrasts not only within its own reading, but among his other poems. The poem in its entirety presents considerable difficulty. Even the syntax is difficult. The striking thing about the syntax is the peculiarity of the tenses and pronouns. Unlike the linear fashion that his other works exhibit, in reading "Saviour" it is difficult to make out what point in time we are supposed to be made aware of."
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Clarence Thomas, 2005.
Discusses the nomination and confirmation process of Clarence Thomas to the U.S. Supreme Court.
1,881 words (approx. 7.5 pages), 12 sources, MLA, $ 60.95
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This paper describes the controversial nomination and confirmation of Supreme Court Justice, Clarence Thomas. The paper looks at some of the organizations that opposed Thomas's nomination, the role of the American Bar Association in the selection process of Supreme Court justices, their evaluation of Thomas, and the intense controversy surrounding Thomas's nomination. The paper also examines the positions and the role of different interest groups throughout the controversy, as well as the conduct of journalists reporting on the story.
The American Bar Association
Conservative Victory Party and Citizens United
Alliance for Justice
Democratic Caucus
African American Women in Defense of Ourselves
The Press
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"The nomination of Clarence Thomas launched a great deal of concern among liberal interest groups. Like Robert Bork, Clarence Thomas was an unashamed conservative. During the Thomas confirmation hearings, the traditional liberal African American special interest groups, such as the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), moved away from other liberal groups to support the nomination of only the second African American to the Court (Herrnson, Shaiko & Wilcox 1998)."
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Gospel of Thomas, 2002.
An argument for the Gospel of Thomas.
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 3 sources, $ 44.95
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This is a study on the use of Gospels of Thomas in a time where, if the gospels of Luke, John, Mark and Mathew were newly circulating at the same time, how the choice for Thomas' Gospel will be made. The argument presented will tell how the Gospel of Thomas was a better way than the Old Testament in bringing the message of God the common people. With the advent of Thomas as the 'twin' of Jesus and the creation of this gospel was a good change for the Church and is supported here.
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Thomas of Woodstock in "Richard II", 2005.
An examination of the importance of Thomas of Woodstock in Shakespeare's "Richard II".
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 1 source, $ 26.95
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The paper describes how Thomas of Woodstock (the Duke of Gloucester) has been assassinated, before William Shakespeare's "Richard II" even begins. The paper elaborates that, despite being relegated to a back-story character, Thomas of Woodstock is mentioned early and often, en route to becoming the key symbol foreshadowing the downfall of King Richard II himself. This brief essay discusses the importance of Thomas of Woodstock to the play and to the audience.
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"Before William Shakespeare's Richard II begins, Thomas of Woodstock (the Duke of Gloucester) has been assassinated. However, despite being relegated to a back-story character, Thomas of Woodstock is mentioned early and often, en route to becoming the key symbol foreshadowing the downfall of King Richard II himself. Thomas of Woodstock (not to be confused with one his supposed killers, Thomas Mowbray, Duke of Norfolk) has died suspiciously long before the opening of Richard II."
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Niccolo Machiavelli and Thomas Hobbes, 2005.
This paper describes and compares the political philosophies of Niccolo Machiavelli and Thomas Hobbes.
3,765 words (approx. 15.1 pages), 15 sources, MLA, $ 103.95
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This paper explains that Machiavelli lived during the Renaissance, nearly 150 years earlier than Thomas Hobbes, yet it was he who envisioned the basis for the political pragmatism of the twentieth century; while Thomas Hobbes, who lived in the 16th century, was a political materialist in the classical tradition of Plato and Galileo. The author stresses that Machiavellianism, as a term, has been used to describe the principles of power politics and the type of person who uses those principles in political or personal life is frequently described as a Machiavellian. The paper includes a comparison of the Table of Contents of "De Cive" by Thomas Hobbes and of "The Prince" by Machiavelli to demonstrate that Hobbes is looking for a universal law of politic; whereas, Machiavelli is looking for a practical means of surviving real politics. Several very long quotes.
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"For Machiavelli, historical change has two forms: (1) the motion of nature and, (2) the order or ordering that man intends. Nature's changes are unreliable; they can be good or bad, but man does not feel safe or grateful. Machiavelli lumps unreliable nature with fickle fortune as the first element of his view of the opposing forces of history. Human order, or as Machiavelli describes it, "orders and modes" (Preface), is devised by human virtu to overcome this sense of being at the mercy of nature or fortune and is the second element of the equation. Simply put, his context of history is a contest between virtu and fortuna. Machiavelli is not a mere observer of this contest. As a humanist historian, he bases his advice, or lessons if you will, on the contest. But unlike the other historians of his day, he does not teach the lesson by what was done, but rather by what should have been done. This clearly places Histories in the political instead of historical genre by modern standards."
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Dylan Thomas Confronting Death, 2002.
This paper looks at the popular poem by Dylan Thomas "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night", analyzing it in terms of meaning and values.
973 words (approx. 3.9 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 34.95
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The paper looks at the poem stanza by stanza as it speaks directly to Thomas' dying father. The paper describes the power of the language as Thomas urges his father to fight the onset of death. The conclusion of the paper addresses the reader as well, reminding us of Thomas' message to everyone to relish life.
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"Dylan Thomas? ?Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night? is a poem written to his father, who was dying at the time Thomas wrote the poem. Instead of telling his father to accept his death with graciousness and thankfulness for a long life, in this poem, Thomas urges his father to fight against his own death. Each stanza of this poem shows a different view of death from people who differ in every way but one: they all have struggled to hold on to life."
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