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87Literary Criticism: The Tragedy of Joe Christmas from William Faulkner's Light in August
A character analysis of one of William Faulkner's most enigmatic and troubling characters: Joe Christmas from the novel, Light In August. The analysis examines the root of Joe Christmas's crime against society, his questionable lineage, and examines what that crime says about society as much as it does Christmas.
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84Literature and Philosophy: Cartesian Dualism in Rene Descartes' Meditations on First Philosophy
The history of modern philosophy has been shaped, for the most part, since its infancy by the problems Renee Descartes encountered in his Meditations on First Philosophy and subsequent philosophers’...
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83Native American Perspectives: Lame Deer, Seeker of Visions on European American Culture and Religion
Living in America today, we often take for granted several things about ourselves, our country, and our relationship with the land we live on. This is not a bad thing. It is, in fact, only human. However, we should not always limit ourselves...
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80Literary Origins: Socrates' Improbable Defense in Plato's Apology
One of Plato’s most well known and important works is his Apology . In it, Socrates, the central figure in the works of Plato, is put on trial for his life. The main accusation against him is that he...
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80Literary Origins: Shakespeare's Creative Wordplay: A Linguistic Analysis of Catachreses in Hamlet.
The reputation of Hamlet as one of Shakespeare’s greatest plays often times overlooks one of the greatest achievements of the play. While many scholars acknowledge the play as the birth of the modern man,[1] few seem to place as much...
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82The American Literary Landscape: William Faulkner's Mississippi
“You’re a country boy, and all you know is that little patch up there in Mississippi where you started from; but that’s alright too.” -- Sherwood Anderson (Thompson). The only thing that could...
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80Literature and Philosophy: Cartesian Dualism, David Hume, and Immanuel Kant's Copernican Revolution
Immanuel Kant (1724 – 1804) is one of the most significant philosophers in Modern philosophy. This is because of many reasons far too broad for an article of this scope to examine. We can, however, examine one of his major contributions to...
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79Linguistic Origins & Etymology of the English Language: An Etymological Study of the Curious English Word, "Strapping".
An etymological study of a word or term is one that traces its development and usage throughout the past. These studies are often interesting because language always develops and changes for reasons. This...
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80Literary Origins: The Epic of Gilgamesh and the Genesis Flood Account in the Bible
Perhaps one of the oldest pieces of writing known on earth, the Epic of Gilgamesh has found itself in a peculiar predicament over the last few thousand years. According to Sumerian tradition, the Epic of Gilgamesh is based upon the life of a very...
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7820th Century Classical Music: Analysis of Adagio for Strings by Samuel Barber
Samuel Barber (1910-1981) composed Adagio for Strings during a very successful period of his work from 1936 to 1938.[1] It was originally the second movement of a string quartet before Barber rearranged it...
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