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Deadly Sins in "The Canterbury Tales" & "Piers the Plowman", 2001.
A compare and contrast analysis of "The Canterbury Tales" by Geoffrey Chaucer & "Piers the Plowman" by William Langland.
919 words (approx. 3.7 pages), 0 sources, $ 32.95
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This paper reviews two medieval books " The Canterbury Tales" by Geoffrey Chaucer and "Piers the Plowman" by William Langland and examines how the "Deadly Sins" are presented in the texts. It discusses the portrayal by each author of each of the sins in turn and how both describe a pilgrimage and both try to make people better by depicting virtues and vices. Langland chose to use for this purpose abstract characters while Chaucer on the opposite side used very true to life characters with human faces.
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"Pride is first to confess her ?swaggering airs? and to admit that to take ?a humble place? would be ?something new? for her. Her confession is rather short, but this description of how pride is reflected in people?s behavior helps to recognize those guilty of pride in General Prologue. Prioress is supposed to call herself humbly ?a sister?, ?was cleped madame Eglentyne?(121), she sings the services ?entuned in hir nose? trying to imitate French in order not to look as a nun but more as a noble lady. Friar is also proud, he prefers to socialize ?with frankeleyns over-al in his contree,/ and eek with worthy wommen of the toun? and avoids poor and his fellow beggars."
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?Piers Plowman", 2002.
An examination of the contrasting cycle of Christian pardon and redemption in William Langland?s 14th century theological poem.
1,521 words (approx. 6.1 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 50.95
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This paper examines how, instead of proceeding along a clear plot line, or offering an argument with a logically contrasting structure of ideation, the poem proceeds instead through a series of parallel contrasts between truth and falsehood, good and evil. It explains how this phenomenon occurs internally in the ?Passus? that divide the text.
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"Different figures? successes in securing true pardons or different forms of truth and falsehood are contrasted. The pardons seem similar, yet are revealed to be fundamentally different. This phenomenon of paralleling also occurs holistically across the text. Images that occur across the different sections of ?Passus? are paralleled and contrasted. These contrasts both within and without the ?Passus? cumulate in Passus IIV when the true pardon of the dreamer Piers is contrasted with the false pardons that took place in the ?Fields of Folk? of the poem?s Prologue."
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"Piers Plowman", 2002.
Examines William Langland's 14th century narrative poem.
4,050 words (approx. 16.2 pages), 18 sources, $ 135.95
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Examines William Langland's 14th Century narrative poem. Social satirical aspects. Critique of society. Motif of the quality of life and faith. Themes of social injustice and spiritual salvation. The historical context and literary history. Ideas and narrative devices of the poem. Medieval influences on the author. Intellectual climate of the Middle Ages.
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"This research examines William Langland's 14th-century extended narrative poem The Vision of William Concerning Piers the Plowman (aka Piers Plowman) as a poetic exercise in social satire. The plan of the research will be to set forth the historical context and literary history surrounding the production of Piers Plowman and then to discuss the pattern of ideas and narrative devices in the text that tend to support the view that it is structured in a way meant to comment on society and the social behavior familiar and important to Langland, namely, a society in which the most important feature of the quality of life was the quality of faith, or the individual's experience of God.
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"Piers the Ploughman", 2005.
An examination of William Langland's allegorical work, "Piers the Ploughman."
1,321 words (approx. 5.3 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 44.95
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This paper discusses how the allegory in "Piers the Ploughman" enables ideas to battle with one another as if they were human, and the conflict they produce gives the reader a sense of what was most important to the poet and what was seen as the most important problem of his time, as well as what would be the best solution.
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"Hesiod in ancient Greece made similar observations about the anarchy of his society, suggesting that at some level, society is always on the brink of anarchy for those who hold deep-seated beliefs and who believe that those ideas should shape every action and inform every institution. In Langland's time, those ideas were religious and were given added weight by association with the Church and with God even in times when the Church itself, in the form of its leadership, seems to be failing in its mission. In our own time, the same sort of concerns can be raised, with some sort of authority suggested as the solution to the problem."
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"The Road to Wigan Pier", 2004.
An analysis of "The Road to Wigan Pier," a work written by George Orwell.
1,735 words (approx. 6.9 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 56.95
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This paper reviews George Orwell's 1937 book, "The Road to Wigan Pier". The paper claims that the book clearly demonstrates Orwell's own beliefs about the political and economic situation in England. In a journalistic fashion, along with photographs, Orwell describes the working class life in the poor mining towns. He then offers his approach to helping this dismal situation. The paper contends that, despite Orwell's personal prejudices, the book remains an important document about English life in the 1930s.
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"In the second part of Wigan Pier, Orwell goes into considerable depth about the need for socialism to resolve the labor issues. His discussions are in part based on his direct experiences of people suffering under the effects of industrialized capitalism. However, they are also based on his own background. He first provides an overview of what he considers to be wrong about the British class system. In Britain it is not possible to determine the class of a person by simply looking at income, which can range considerably. Rather, one has to look at behavior and needs: The colonies (India and Africa) are very attractive to those in England, for the people would earn as much as in their native country (if they had a job in the administration or army), and could afford a servant and many things more and, what was most important, they could act like big gentleman (Part Two, Chapter Eight)."
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Britain's Response to Orwell's "The Road to Wigan Pier", 2000.
1,235 words (approx. 4.9 pages), 2 sources, $ 42.95
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This paper examines conditions in Britain during the 1930s in order to explain Britain's negative reaction to the socialist themes in Orwell's novel "The Road to Wigan Pier" .
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"Clearly Britain was teeming with varied and ardent political convictions throughout the 1930's; the widespread economic injuries inflicted by the Great Depression demanded relief, and consequently were the nation?s social critics particularly inclined to proclaim their advocacy for reform. Often these resolutions elicited potent responses from the citizenry, either rallying its support for new ideas or reinforcing its faith in the status quo. It is quite likely that George Orwell?s book, The Road to Wigan Pier, engendered similar results. Orwell?s social commentary is indeed persuasive, and his endeavor to consolidate all potential Socialists reflects the goal of the Popular Front; nevertheless, it is probable that his aggressive criticism of Britain?s Socialists simply helped to cripple their movement."
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William Langland, 2002.
An analysis of "Piers Ploughman" by William Langland and an anonymous poem from the same era.
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 1 source, $ 44.95
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This paper will compare an anonymous poem from the same time that William Langland "Pier's Plowman" was written and show how Christian values are sternly represented in both texts. In this manner, we can see how Langland presents a strong moral conviction in his works.
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?The War for America?, 2002.
Analyzes the book ?The War for America: 1775-1783? by Piers Mackesy on the American Revolutionary War.
996 words (approx. 4.0 pages), 1 source, APA, $ 35.95
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The book ?The War for America: 1775-1783? by Piers Mackesy takes a different twist of the American Revolution, describing the war from the perspective of the British government. The paper shows that the author clearly demonstrates the issues the British government was trying to deal with during the revolution and the time preceding it in the context of a world empire. It shows that the author theorizes that though the British were seen as a tyrant and huge world power, they actually faced formidable obstacles raising and maintaining an army ?across 3,000 miles of ocean?. Though the British army was perceived as the greatest naval force at the time, the American colonists still had the upper hand, having the home advantage.
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"The author does not in any way propose that the American colonies did not deserve the achievement and success they realized. Mackesy does emphasize however, that in an era where sailing ships had no modern technology and government powers were limited, the British were faced with unforeseen and unique challenges the American colonists did not have to face. The British also, in part, according to Mackesy, underestimated the potential of the colonists, perceiving their military tactics to be very elementary compared with those of the British army."
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Oedipus Rex, 2007.
An analysis of the story of "Oedipus Rex" by discussing Pier Paolo Pasolini's movie "Oedipus the King" and the original Greek play by Sophocles.
1,167 words (approx. 4.7 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 40.95
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This paper analyzes the story of "Oedipus Rex" by looking at the movie by Pier Paolo Pasolini and the original Greek play by Sophocles. It highlights and explains the reasons for the discrepancies between the movie and the play. The writer discusses irony which is a constant theme that runs throughout both the play and the movie. The writer also looks at the psychoanalytic concept introduced by Freud - the "Oedipus Complex" and its importance in the story. The writer concludes that even though Pasolini adds a epilogue to the end of his version of the story, the audience leaves with the same feeling from both works of art.
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"In Pasolini's 1967 film adaptation of "Oedipus the King", the filmmaker mostly stays faithful to the main plot of the story. The differences in the movie, "Oedipus Rex" and the play "Oedipus the King" mostly have to do with the way the story is presented visually and a few tweaks with theme. Sophocles used far more dialogue in his version of the story. That was an important aspect of the ancient Grecian plays. In the movie, Pasolini is able to use more modern set designs, scenery, and facial expression to tell the storyIn Pasolini's 1967 film adaptation of "Oedipus the King", the filmmaker mostly stays faithful to the main plot of the story. The differences in the movie, "Oedipus Rex" and the play "Oedipus the King" mostly have to do with the way the story is presented visually and a few tweaks with theme. Sophocles used far more dialogue in his version of the story. That was an important aspect of the ancient Grecian plays. In the movie, Pasolini is able to use more modern set designs, scenery, and facial expression to tell the story."
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"Oedipus Rex" -The Film, 2002.
A critical review of the 1967 film (also known as "Edipo re") directed by by Pier Paolo Pasolini.
1,720 words (approx. 6.9 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 55.95
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This paper analyzes the film, comparing and contrasting it to the written play. The main body of the paper is composed of the differences between the play and the film. The paper refers to Internet research and to professional reviews of the film and play. It includes a brief overview of the plot, a character analysis, and a look at the dominant motifs in the film. It concludes by evaluating the effectiveness of both the play and the film.
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"Pasolini's film merges the ancient Greek myths of "Oedipus Rex," and "Oedipus at Colonus." The original play by Sophocles, "Oedipus the King," is still studied worldwide. In the Sophocles version, Jocasta sends Oedipus away from his home as a baby, presumably to be abandoned in the mountains because of a prophecy that he will bring ruin on the kingdom of Thebes. However, he does not die in the mountains, as everyone expected. He grows up in another kingdom, where he hears the prophecy he will kill his father and marry his mother. He leaves the kingdom so the prophecy will not come true."
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"Canterbury Tales", 2006.
An analysis of the prologue of Geoffrey Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales".
3,100 words (approx. 12.4 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 90.95
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This paper studies the twenty-nine pilgrims in the prologue of "Canterbury Tales" by Geoffrey Chaucer. The paper attempts to understand the life, culture, values and thought patterns of Chaucer's England through his characters. The paper begins with an overview of the opening lines of the prologue, with their minute details of common, everyday life and the physical body. Then the paper analyzes each of the pilgrims' attributes, character and symbolic value. The pilgrims discussed are: the knight, the knight's son (the young squire), the yeoman, the merchant, the clerk, the sergeant, the franklin, the cook, the shipman, the physician, the wife of Bath, the plowman, the miller, the reeve, the prioress, the monk, the summoner, the pardoner, and the parson.
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"When Geoffrey Chaucer passed away in 1400, he left unfinished his most memorable and resourceful literary endeavor, The Canterbury Tales. The completed portions and existing fragments of the work actually comprise only about one fourth of his intended one hundred twenty or more tales. Even so, what remains of his partial creation occupies over seventeen thousand lines of masterful, clever, detailed and often bawdy verse, offering a rare and animated view of Late Middle Age life and thought. From the spiritual concerns and moral questions raised by the actions of the righteous Parson and the self-serving Friar, to the mundane and even comical physical observations of the Miller's warty nose and the Wife of Bath's remarkable dental display, the reader is moved by this rare personal visit with our forebears and their concerns. After all, our contact with historical figures is too often limited to formal treatments of stuffy characters about whom we seldom hear of frailties, worries, warty noses and blue humor."
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Global Tourism, 2002.
Global tourism and the cause and effect upon the world's behavior.
2,400 words (approx. 9.6 pages), 11 sources, $ 89.95
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This ten-page paper looks at the aspect of Global Tourism and how it affects behavior of tourists, what sites they visit and how they actually have a cause and effect upon the world's economy especially since the end of the Second World War. Furthermore the paper discusses how certain key archaeological sites are visited and how they along with certain post-processualist views can be seen to be key places for tourists and tourism, these also have a main effect on how they behave and act with certain sites such as galleries, piers or historical regions.
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Design Project Management.
This paper discusses that design project management includes the development of the concept design, implementation, and 'close-out' or follow up.
1,220 words (approx. 4.9 pages), 5 sources, APA, $ 41.95
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The paper explains that the project must have a fully developed concept, which performs a function rather than existing as a beautiful design. The author points out that, during development, the main technologies to be used must be identified, and the agreement and approval of the potential users and the persons who initially demanded the system must be gained. The paper stresses that, during the close-out period, the project team must develop a post implementation evaluation report (PIER) to assess how well the system is meeting the organization's needs and evaluate whether anything else needs to be done to correct any faults in the designed system.
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"This clear statement can be obtained partly through informal chat with the employees who will use the eventual application. This informal method is also useful in gleaning employee technical skills. But ultimately questionnaires directed to employees, management, and other users and affected personnel regarding workplace use and budgetary or efficiency goals ire a more effective way to gain data. Combined with management conferences, the designers can then embark upon a project with a concept has a wide array of informational sources, some of which be analyzed in a numerical fashion to define the purpose of the project is most useful."
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George Orwell, 2000.
An overview of the life and works of British novelist and journalist, George Orwell.
756 words (approx. 3.0 pages), 10 sources, APA, $ 26.95
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This paper traces the life of famous writer, George Orwell, from his birth in India while his parents were on official government duty, his Eton education and his self-imposed poverty which finally led to him resigning from his government job and writing full time. The paper examines several of Orwell's works, including "Down and Out in Paris and London" (1933) and "The Road to Wigah Pier" (1937), but focuses specifically on Orwell's greatest piece, the political satire, "Animal Farm".
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"Animal Farm was a satire of the hopes and failures of the Russian Revolution. Animal Farm expressed Orwell?s anti-Stalinist convictions in this political allegory type novel. This novel presented the story of an English farm taken over by farm animals. It tells how the animals captured Manor Farm from its drunken incompetent farmer, and how the animals changed the name of the farm to Animal Farm. They established it as a model community in which all animals were created equal."
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County of Cook/City of Chicago Homeland Security, 2007.
This paper describes in detail the author's interviews and analysis of homeland security in the County of Cook/City of Chicago.
5,855 words (approx. 23.4 pages), 19 sources, APA, $ 140.95
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This paper relates that Cook County, Illinois, the second largest county in the US, and its hub, the City of Chicago, have critical and symbolic infrastructures, within its borders such as the Sears Tower, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, the Federal Reserve Bank and the Navy Pier, which are at the heart of the U.S. defense of its homeland security. The author expected well-planned and well-executed preparations; yet it seems that this department is marred in the typical "Chicago political machine" with what appears to be more spin about its weaknesses than exploitation of its strengths. The author of the paper states, for example, with total shock, that, unlike all of the other ten largest counties (by population) in the United States, Cook County does not have a specific division addressing homeland security.
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"In an interesting article in CIO Magazine, it continues to elaborate as to the new camera system. Chicago already had about 2,000 un-networked video cameras installed around the city as well as at O'Hare International Airport and Midway Airport. An additional 250 cameras were added at "undisclosed locations deemed 'high-risk terrorist targets,'" according to Ron Huberman, Executive Director of the City of Chicago Office of Emergency Management and Communication. He continued in saying that "linking all the cameras into a single network, tied together with customized off-the-shelf 'smart' software, will bring the system to a whole new level." "
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