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Power Struggle in "Barchester Towers", 2004.
Analysis of the power struggle between clergymen in Anthony Tollope's "Barchester Towers".
1,296 words (approx. 5.2 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 43.95
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This paper describes the struggle to be the one to wield power in a small Anglican diocese. Trollope's purpose is to show the human foibles and politics of the Church of England and how the emphasis of the Church has drifted from God, faith, and the religious guidance of the Church's congregation to politics and the power of the clergy. It explains how "Barchester Towers" does not deal with a power struggle for religious ideals. Rather, it depicts an ecclesiastical power struggle and the vain thirst for personal power among Barchester's churchmen.
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"Anthony Trollope's Barchester Towers is concerned with social change in 19th century England. Trollope's purpose is to show the human foibles and politics of the Church of England and how the emphasis of the Church has drifted from God, faith, and the religious guidance of the Church's congregation to politics and the power of the clergy. In short, Barchester Towers does not deal with a power struggle for religious ideals. Rather, it depicts an ecclesiastical power struggle and the vain thirst for personal power among Barchester's churchmen. In this battle, several influential men of consequence endeavor to "rule the roast" (18) and to become Barchester's cock of the walk (142). Ironically, the bishop's willful wife Mrs. Proudie thwarts their ambitions. One situation in the novel that Trollope uses to illustrate the clergy's aspirations and their neglect of religious principles is the battle between Mrs. Proudie and her adversaries, Chaplain Slope and the Bishop of Barchester."
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Power Struggles in Literature and on Screen, 2005.
A comparative analysis of the power struggles that are depicted in William Shakespeare's play "Antony and Cleopatra", William Golding's novel "Lord of the Flies" and the movie "Dr Strangelove".
2,283 words (approx. 9.1 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 70.95
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This paper examines how William Shakespeare creates the tension between the ideal and the pragmatic in his play "Antony and Cleopatra", but ultimately approves of Antony and Cleopatra's imaginative power over Caesar's practical but corrupted political power. In comparison, it looks at how "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding questions the power of civilisation and altruism in the face of barbarity while the movie "Dr Strangelove", directed by Stanley Kubrick, is a product of its context and depicts the horror of the destructive nature of man, as a result of the power plays that are happening between the most "powerful" men in the world.
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"The Lord of the Flies (1954) by William Golding is an allegory on true human nature. The text questions the power of civilisation and altruism in the face of barbarity. Golding transforms the novel The Coral Island (1857) by R.M. Ballantyne, changing the optimism in civilized values of English society displayed in the novel, to questioning the ability of civilizations to cope with barbaric impulses, emphasizing this transformation in theme by direct reference to the novel: "Jolly good show. Like the Coral Island", stated by the officer at the end. To create this powerplay between civility and barbarism, Golding symbolizes the respective traits in Ralph and Jack, both characters take from The Coral Island with the same names. Ralph symbolizes the power of civility, democracy and order while Jack symbolizes the power of anarchy, savagery and innate evil."
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Power Struggles in American Federal Government, 2006.
An historical examination of power struggles between America's federal branches of government.
1,978 words (approx. 7.9 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 62.95
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A critical analysis that interprets the status quo of America's federal powers. This is accomplished through reflecting upon the shifts in balance since the Dred Scott decision in 1856, with a specific emphasis on the Judicial branch. The author argues that a potentially volatile time is unfolding in America today because of imbalanced representation of Democrats and Republicans within the three branches of federal government.
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"Initially presented in the first major text, the essence of an effective federal government is outlined by an equal distribution of powers between its three branches: the legislative, the executive, and the judicial. The judicial branch has been widely accepted as the most powerful of the federal branches; being that it has the overall authority to deem what is legal, and what is illegal within the American borders. Dissimilar to characteristics of official positions found within the executive and legislative branches of America, a Supreme Court Justice's tenure is for life. Basically; after a President elects a Supreme Court justice, and that justice is approved by the Senate, the only way for that justice's spot on the bench to become available is through deviant behavior, retirement, or death. It is with this knowledge that the roots of America's imbalance of federal powers are brought to life. It has been more than 11 years since there has been a Supreme Court vacancy. This has been the longest interval without a vacancy since the administration of James Monroe in 1823, 182 years ago (http://www.usfca.edu/law_library/supcurr.html). Politically speaking; with the immediate presence of a republican dominated bench, a republican majority within the Senate, and a republican president, America finds itself in a vulnerable position. Shying away from the racially centered arguments found prevalent within the previous essay, this piece will critically analyze the unique situation that the American federal government finds itself in today, and will evaluate the susceptibility of the American conscience when a single political party controls the majority of federal powers."
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Waging Nonviolent Struggle, 2008.
A review of the book "Waging Nonviolent Struggle: 20th Century Practice and 21st Century Potential" by Gene Sharp.
1,027 words (approx. 4.1 pages), 3 sources, APA, $ 36.95
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This paper reviews the book "Waging Nonviolent Struggle: 20th Century Practice and 21st Century Potential" by author and professor of political science, Gene Sharp. The paper explains that according to Sharp, the key to effective nonviolent struggle is the role of strategic planning, a topic this book focuses heavily on. The paper looks at how the book is presented with an introduction regarding the relationship between nonviolent struggle and political power. The paper then points out that the remainder of the book is comprised of twenty-three case studies of various, "improvised nonviolent campaigns in the 20th century selected on the basis of types of actions employed." The paper also notes that following the case studies, there is an in depth analysis of the specific dynamics of how a nonviolent struggle operates, along with a presentation of guidelines on how one can strategically plan for a nonviolent struggle.
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"In presenting his case studies, Sharp is able to debunk numerous myths and misconceptions about the use of nonviolent struggle. For instance, the case studies present real examples of how nonviolence is not ineffective against dictatorships and genocide or that all nonviolent struggles rely on an appeal to the general moral character of the opponent. Instead these case studies demonstrate how, when strategic planning is employed, nonviolent struggles, such as economic boycotts and social noncompliance, can lead to a highly disciplined and thus successful movements that also create substantially lower overall mortality rates and less incidences of collateral damage, such as the killing of innocent civilians."
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The Father/Son Struggle in Neoclassic Literature, 2001.
A discussion of the timelessness of the father/son struggle as seen through Neoclassic literature, with a look at similarities and differences between the struggles today.
1,215 words (approx. 4.9 pages), 3 sources, $ 41.95
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The work chooses several neoclassic works to demonstrate the timeless phenomenon of the struggle between father and son. The problematic relationship between father and son is therefore timeless and although there are differences between the various struggles, similarities also exist.
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"Throughout time there has existed a constant struggle between fathers and sons, almost as a right of passage into manhood. Many literary works have addressed this very issue either directly or as a means to assist in the development of a story or to establish things such as tone and setting. I have chosen to discuss three such relationships from selected works derived from the Neoclassicism era. I will compare and contrast these relationships and show the effect each had on the selected work. The three dyads are Orgon and Damis from Jean-Baptist Moliere?s Tartuffe, Theseus and Hippolytus, from Jean Racine?s Phaedre, and finally Bao-yu and Jia Zheng from Cao Xueqin?s Story of the Stone."
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The Sacred Struggle in Hesse and Tolstoy, 2001.
A look at struggle in Leo Tolstoy's "The Death of Ivan Ilych" and Hermann Hesse's "Siddhartha".
1,655 words (approx. 6.6 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 53.95
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This essay compares the struggle of Tolstoy's Ilych and Hesse's Siddhartha. The essay concludes that both characters needed to learn something similar: Knowledge is not always something that one should seek; rather it begins in a kind of listening to oneself, a turning inward and a clear-minded acceptance of one?s wounds. Both stories portray that only through struggle and strife do we gain clear insight into our innermost natures. In fact, the real crisis of our lives may not be in the struggle itself, but in the fact that we may refuse to look (or delay looking) at that part of ourselves where such struggles arises.
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"Ilych finally became conscious and only then ?the screaming began? (1318). He finally understood how he had come to treat others, his wife and children, and himself. In a sense, perhaps he recognized that our lives are all about choices?choices about who we associate with, how we live, how we work, how we think, how we respond to adversity, how we treat others, and how we feel about ourselves. The real tragedy in the life of Ilych is that right up to the moment of his death, he believed he had no other choice but to live as he had, and die as he would. Cruel fate demanded it. And he had always believed himself to be deprived of choice or free will in terms of his life?but in reality, at each step, Ilych held the reigns of control."
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"'Bienfait: The Saskatchewan Miners' Struggle of '31", 2002.
A review of the book "'Bienfait: The Saskatchewan Miners' Struggle of '31" by Stephen L. Endicott.
2,150 words (approx. 8.6 pages), 1 source, $ 80.95
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This essay will take the form of a review of a recently published book entitled 'Bienfait: The Saskatchewan Miners' Struggle of '31', written by Stephen L. Endicott. It revolves around the famous miner's strike of 1931, and portrays the miners' struggle for better pay and living conditions and their unassailable attempts at getting unionized and carving out an improved milieu for themselves, and their eventual success.
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Marx and Madison: Addressing Class Struggle, 2000.
A comparison of the beliefs of Marx and Madison on class struggle.
975 words (approx. 3.9 pages), 4 sources, $ 34.95
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This paper looks at the views of Marx and Madison on class struggle. The ideologies of both Marx and Madison are compared. It is shown that while Marx looked to socialism as a result and solution to the class struggle, Madison looked to establish a structure to minimize the effect of the differences, and in which capitalism could co-exist with representative government.
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"Marx wrote that the history of all existing societies is the history of class struggle. Using this statement as a basis for his theoretical model, he argued that historical change was in large measure due to the forces of people acting to gain, protect or protest their relative social and material status. If everything is material and humans create social life in response to economic need, then aspects of human society are primarily based on economic structure, classes are determined by their relationship to that structure, and events can be seen as the outcome of the interaction of those classes. From the moment humans were able to produce more than was needed for mere subsistence, there was a struggle over who was to control the surplus and the means of production."
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Class Struggle and Literature, 2008.
This paper discusses class struggle as portrayed in 'The Critic as Artist' by Oscar Wilde and 'The Historical Text as Literary Artifact' by Hayden White.
1,505 words (approx. 6.0 pages), 0 sources, MLA, $ 49.95
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In this article, the writer notes that class struggle is one conflict that has persistently influenced social development and art. For purposes of this paper, the writer treats both criticism and history as forms of 'art' in themselves, respectively based on the creative equality between art and criticism Oscar Wilde argues in 'The Critic as Artist' and the structural equipollency between history and literature cited by Hayden White in 'The Historical Text as Literary Artifact'. The writer maintains that if one therefore assumes that most art, as defined above, is the product of either education, or writing, or both, then it is one of the inherent components of class struggle. The writer concludes that art, especially in the written form, is a practice which, regardless of its intention, may empower those elites capable of comprehending and analyzing it and therefore potentially sharpens the class divide.
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"As such, both history and criticism employ the same technique to the same end: the use of reason and language to explain the meaning of an object at hand. Thus each stands in the same relationship to the object as the artist stands to reality. Since literature and painting undergo the same process of creation and interpretation as history, we may also interpret history as art also.
"While both authors appear to have similar notions about the use of 'art' to assign form and meaning, their positions on its role in society diverge."
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The Struggle towards Unity in ?Henry IV?, 2004.
A look at how William Shakespeare, in his "Henry IV, Parts I and II", emphasizes the ideas of struggle and progress through his characterizations of Henry and Hal.
2,262 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 0 sources, MLA, $ 70.95
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This paper examines William Shakespeare's plays, "Henry IV, Parts I and II", and, in particular, looks at how Henry misjudges his son and cannot see that Hal, who is not guilty of usurpation and regicide, will be able to unite the now divided kingdom. It shows how Henry?s faults and strengths cause him to symbolically reflect the struggle for progress, represented by the bridge between the corruption of England during Richard II?s reign and the unity of Henry V?s kingdom. It also explores how, after the ?struggle? ceases and Henry IV dies, Prince Hal becomes King Henry V ,and the previously divided nation progresses by integration.
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"Hal?s adoption of the commoners is best described by the Duke of Warwick when he says: ?The Prince but studies his companions, / Like a strange tongue? to gain the language?? (Pt. II, IV, iv, 76-78.) Hal is like a growing tree basking in the sun, Henry IV is the gardener who planted Hal?s seed, and the commoners form one of Hal?s developing branches. By growing into a man ?of all humors,? (Pt. I, II, iv, 89) Hal is becoming his entire nation in an individual form, which is symbolically what a king is. Hal has studied the commoners well and is able to both talk and think like them, as portrayed in Hal?s witty exchanges with Falstaff. Hal?s desire to adapt to the needs of the various peoples of his country foreshadows the harmony that will dominate England when he is king."
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The African-American Struggle, 2002.
A history of the African-American struggle for equality with emphasis on the Black Panther Party.
3,185 words (approx. 12.7 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 92.95
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The paper presents a history of the African American struggle starting in the 1850's with the case of Dred Scott. It continues by explaining the status of African Americans during and after the civil war. The paper documents how, in the 1940's and 1950's, African Americans began to challenge the injustices they faced, particularly with regard to education. The paper continues to the 1960's with the rise of the Black Panther Party (BPP) and the Nation of Islam. The paper focuses on the aims and methods used by the BPP and how the FBI tried to discredit the BPP and other Black revolutionary organizations.
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"In 1954, the Supreme Court legitimately struck down the "separate but equal" doctrine of Plessy v. Ferguson in its Brown v. Board of Education decision, which ruled that separate educational facilities were intrinsically unequal. Some areas readily embraced integration after Brown, while others submitted only after further prodding from the courts. School administrators rapidly realized that they faced many problems, such as increased violence and increased discrepancy in the abilities of students in the same classroom."
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Struggle and Oppression in Nineteenth Century Literature, 2003.
An examination of struggle and oppression in the nineteenth century through analysis of the works of Joseph Conrad, James Joyce and Tony Harrison
1,689 words (approx. 6.8 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 54.95
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This paper examines how the authors Joseph Conrad, James Joyce and Tony Harrison present the issues of oppression and struggle, in a very realistic fashion through works such as "Heart of Darkness", "The Dubliners" and the poem "National Trust". The paper relates that the authors were able to do this because, either they had seen the oppression taking place first hand, or had felt the weight of it upon their shoulders, and these personal encounters with the issues allowed for emotive and highly sympathetic writing.
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"Marlow's fascination with the extremely enigmatic Kurtz could very well stem from the fact that he seems to have reconciled his natures. On one side Kurtz has come to the Congo as an outsider in order to abuse it's resources for the company, just as the rest of the workers had. However, he also has become deeply affected by his journey, and unlike the other workers does not fear the native people or their uncivilized ways. The normally oppressive view of the white invader is to conquer and put in place Christian values and moral teaching, whereas Kurtz does the opposite; he learns their language, takes a foreign wife, and becomes highly important to them in their own culture. In this sense Kurtz becomes closer to his "primal nature" - similar to what Marlow feels upon hearing the drumbeats - which normally is oppressed."
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Coca-Cola and Pepsi Cola: The Market Share Struggle, 2008.
An explanation of the struggle between Coca Cola and Pepsi Cola and the marketing techniques adopted.
890 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 9 sources, MLA, $ 31.95
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This paper presents an overview of the ongoing struggle between Pepsi-Cola and Coca-Cola to dominate the marketplace. The author describes the marketing and advertising campaigns adopted by both companies and the ensuing results.
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"One of the largest areas of penetration that the two companies have achieved is in competition for exclusive sales rights on college campuses. Under one contract, Pennsylvania State University accepted $14-million for a 12-year contract to make Pepsi-Cola the exclusive soft drink sold on campus. In the fierce competition for college rights, Coca-Cola and PepsiCo are expected to spend over $600 million per year for exclusive rights on various campuses. (Van der Werf A41)
"Universities and colleges now often ask for payments in the form of gifts to scholarship funds or projects to renovate buildings or build new ones, hoping to tap various corporate accounts and increase their receipts, although such tactics raise concerns about colleges tying themselves too closely to sponsors. Schools have also sought increases in commissions they receive for on-campus soft-drink sales, sometimes going from 15 percent to 65 percent. Despite concerns about potentially alienating sources of public funding, and questions about university ethics and consistency with teaching about free-market economics while awarding monopoly contracts, cash-starved public universities are the key targets of major companies seeking high-profile schools been the most aggressive at seeking corporate support. The biggest single soft-drink contract is a $28-million, 10-year contract between Coca-Cola and the University of Minnesota. The University of Illinois at Chicago won a deal from Pepsi paying the school some $6.5-million over l0 years. (Van der Werf A41-42; Marcus 12)"
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"Struggle and Survival in the Modern Middle East", 2006.
A review of the collection of biographies "Struggle and Survival in the Modern Middle East", edited by Edmund Burke III.
1,400 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 46.95
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This paper reviews "Struggle and Survival in the Modern Middle East," a collection of biographies of twenty-four Middle Eastern men and women, edited by Edmund Burket. The author of this paper asserts that the sheer number and variety of these biographies undermines current stereotypes about the Arab mindset and challenges elite-centered accounts of how the Middle East has changed in modern times. The paper explains that the book is organized chronologically, tracing the history of the Middle East through the biographies. The paper provides a synopsis of several of these biographies and looks for commonalities, even among the diversity of stories.
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"Hibgo, an American truck driver, lived his life in Middle East and ended in United States. He started his challenging job of truck driving in iran by developing his own grop of drivers. The challenging nature of the truck driving profession in Iran during this formative period necessitated a truck driver's involvement in a guild. The guild served a variety of crucial needs through a network of shared information and credit based on mutual trust. In the 1930s Hagob became part of a guild consisting of Armenian and Assyrian members, who maintained their ties for decades. He and the others proudly wore their guild's insignia, a jeweler's handcrafted replica of the front portion of a transport vehicle."
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Harvard Sitkoff's "The Struggle for Black Equality", 2006.
A critical review and analysis of "The Struggle for Black Equality" by Harvard Sitkoff.
1,575 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 3 sources, $ 62.95
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This paper provides a review and analysis of Harvard Sitkoff's book "The Struggle for Black Equality." It is argued that the book covers the key events of the civil rights movement fairly effectively, it is very brief, and as a result is very accessible. The book, however, fails in virtually every other way to contribute anything interesting or insightful to the issue of the civil rights movement.
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"Harvard Sitkoff's book, The Struggle for Black Equality, provides a broad overview of the black civil rights movement from the 1950s to the early 1990s. The author explicitly admits that the work is not intended to break new ground on the topic of the civil rights movement, to unearth new sources or statistics, or to develop an overall theory of the movement in the context of American society; instead, the book is aimed at simply offering a relatively brief summary of the major events that helped to shape the struggle. Sitkoff writes, "It is designed primarily to provide a succinct narrative and interpretation of the civil-rights movement. I have, accordingly, written neither a comprehensive nor a scholarly account of the struggle," (Sitkoff vii)."
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