Duel College Essays Samples For Students

Poem analysis is usually done according to the author’s perspective. The analysis of the poem is done to project the real motive behind the author’s piece of art. When analyzing a poem, there are two approaches that are applicable. One focuses on the outer view of the poem which uses the actual view and characters used by the author. The second approach looks at the poem in an angle of the author’s sentiments. In this paper I will review three poems; Mountain Boomer, Bodacious and Firetread The Last. The three poems have almost similar themes but with ...

Adolf Hitler started writing Mein Kampf- My Struggle- while in jail. The book discusses his childhood, aspirations, and the internal conflicts arising from his father’s expectations of him following his footsteps to become part of the civil service. As a child, Hitler did not feel challenged with school; however, he aspired to be an artist or painter but his father is not pleased about it. He gained interest in history; he started to study about the Germany-Austria history. Hitler studied Karl Marx and Jewish race theories, his hatred for the Jews starts to grow. In the book, it is ...

Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet and James Cameron’s Titanic are two of the most well known stories in our history. Romeo and Juliet is a very famous play that has been reproduced for hundreds of years and has been made into many movies and adaptations. Titanic the movie is an adaptation of real-life events and many different stories have been told about the sinking of the ship and the lives it affected. There are many similarities between the two stories, which will be discussed in this essay.
The most obvious similarity between the two stories is that the ...

Dada is a style of theatre and performance that emphasizes chaos in lieu of order and civility. The irrational is king; Dadaists believe that colonialism and capitalism are the reasons that people go to war, using 'logic' and 'reason' to allow these terrible things to happen. With this in mind, Dadaist plays and playwrights sought to emphasize the silly, the abstract and the idiotic. This is indicative in several plays and works of the early 20th century, and Dadaist works that continue to this day. In this essay, we will examine the history of Dada, the ways in which it ...

Achilles’ battles with Hector in the Iliad

In this particular ancient narration, Hector’s battle is more personal and based on experience by his parents. Hector battles something that is greater than him. The narration is set in a location accessible for both of his parents. They both beg him to stop the fight and seek for help for he is weaker from his opponent. However, Hector stands his ground and fights. Hector is badly hurt as his mother and father console him and leak his wounds. In this particular narration, Hector is displayed as the hero as he battles to save his life and that of ...

Alexander Hamilton in his duel with Aaron Burr didn’t intend to kill Burr as per my opinion. From the history, wherein we find detailed circumstances leading to the duel and the events of the day of duel, I have arrived at this decision. The innumerous evidences which form the foundation of this opinion would be discussed at length in the paper.
The major evidence is the bullet which was fired by Hamilton and was found wedged in tree at the back of Burr. The location of the bullet is explained by the witnesses present at the location ...

Introduction

The review of Wong Kar-Wai’ work by Peter Brunette is an inclusive yet critical analysis of Wong’s films which provides the audience with an insight of the themes of filmmaking aesthetics. Mazierska and Rascorali explore the theme of time in Wong’s films by exploring the various ways in which Wong displays his understanding of postmodernity. These two theses on Wong’s works evoke several questions.
For instance film, students might be tasked to answer the various ways in which Wong directs his films. Thus, examination questions may include: In what way does Wong stand out as a ...

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Heyrman Christine Leigh’s “Southern Cross: The Beginnings of the Bible Belt” goes hand in hand with Greenberg Kenneth’s concepts on the depiction of southern men. Both texts present the structural relationship between the social elites and those considered to be at the bottom of the societal pyramid. In this case, slaves held the last place as per the laws by the white people. Heyrman points out that the turn of the century brought changes that shook the south and said changes did not have the perfect qualities ...

Questions to First Half of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Tender Is The Night

1.Much of the first book (to page 112) is told from the perspective of Rosemary, an American film star just turning 18. At one point, her mother tells her that “economically you’re a boy” (40). What does that mean? Describe the relationship between Rosemary and her mother. Do you think it is a healthy one? Why or why not? What do you think of Rosemary? Do you find her likeable as a character? Why or why not?
During the time that the book takes place; women are not the breadwinners of families. Women are not usually economically prosperous. Their hope ...

The pull of the flesh or the call of the spirit? - Weighing the impact of the dual forces inherent in Tanizaki Jun’ichirō’s novel The Two Acolytes
This paper seeks to take issue with Tanizaki Jun’ichirō’s novel The Two Acolytes vis-a-vis an examination of the dual perspectives embedded within the rubric of the text, in relation to the theme of sexual temptation. While the paper shall attempt to delineate the twin perspectives and responses to the resonant concern of carnality and temptation of the flesh within the novel, it shall simultaneously explore the delineation ...

Laura Mulvey is renowned theorist of films who has written several articles about different aspects in the film industry. One of her most famous essays is “Visual pleasure in the Narrative Cinema” that generally explores the roles played by women in the film industry. Mulvey in this essay states that there are two general roles of women in the film industry. Women in the “Visual pleasure in the Narrative Cinema” excite their audience from their erotic antics as they also gain satisfaction from the feeling that they are attracting attention from the opposite sex. Their dressing styles and general ...

Introduction

The objective of this paper is to compare and contrast two tales that are available in the Canterbury Tales. There were some twenty four titles to choose from and the two tales chosen were The Knight’s Tale and the Cook’s Tale.

Comparison Proper

In the Knight’s tale, the setting was in Greece at a time when the knights’ battle against Creon was just finished. It focused on the story of knighthood. There were two knights in the story named Palamon and Arcite. Knights have been known for their various typical aspects such as respect, morals, ethics, chivalry, piety, ...

For many years, the policy has been and remains the most important source and mechanism of the joint life of the organization of people. It is a powerful tool for targeted reforms in individual countries, as well as the life of the human community as a whole. However, it is still perhaps the most mysterious and multifaceted phenomenon, many paradoxes and contradictions that man was unable to spell over many thousands of years of history.
Briefly summarize the arguments used by the revolutionary generation to justify succession from the British Empire.  How did those same arguments undermine the legitimacy ...

Abstract

The film Heaven and Earth (1990) is a historical film about the rivalry between daimyos Kagetora and Takeda in Japan. The film shows several dramatic battles in which Kagetora and Takeda took part. At the same time, there is no true view of the causes of the rivalry and the personal aspect of the battles is overestimated. Nevertheless, the film is based on many historical facts and especially the battles, in particular the tactics applied by the warlords, were shot professionally. Thus after watching the film Heaven and Earth the perception of the rivalry between Kagetora and Takeda may ...

Chick Corea, Al Di Meola, Stanley Clarke, Lenny White Return to Forever “full live”

The concert of “Return to Forever” has impressed with the variety of themes and layers. Avant-garde style performed by the most successful line up of the group in its history: pianist Chick Corea, guitarist Al Di Meola, bassist Stanley Clarke, and drummer Lenny White in this album, called “Romantic Warriors” also brings mature sound of traditional jazz approach in their sound. This jazz/musical classic concert sometimes drive to medieval, I would even say baroque style, as in “The Magician" by Clarke. The “Romantic Warrior” includes compositions from all of the players, making it really collective work. Each of these ...

Essay

English

Edgar Allan Poe (January 19, 1809 - October 7, 1849) – an American writer, poet, literary critic and editor, a representative of American Romanticism. He has received the greatest popularity for his "dark" stories. He is a creator of the forms of modern detective. Poe's creativity contributed to the emergence of the genre of science fiction.
"Mask of the Red Death" is the story of Edgar Allan Poe, written and published in 1842. The story begins with description of a terrible disease called the Red Death, devastating the country. Prince Prospero did not want to die from the disease; he gathered a ...

Individual vs. Society: Tracing Huck’s Educational Trajectory in Mark Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

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Mark Twain described Adventures of Huckleberry Finn as “a book of mine where a sound heart and a deformed conscience come into collision and conscience suffers a defeat." The book enacts a struggle betwixt Huck’s conscience, a receptacle of societal ideology, norms, custom and law and his ‘innate goodness of nature,’ wherein the contending factions are equally strong and metamorphose Huck’s experiences from simply being ‘playful adventures,’ akin to that of his comrade Tom, into an understanding of ‘nature’s goodness.’ In delineating this transfiguration, Twain sets about the painstaking task of foregrounding the qualities of Huck, that undergo a refinement/education and mark ...

Argue for or against the validity of Sophocles' Oedipus the King being interpreted through Sigmund Freud's theory of the Oedipus complex
According to Sigmund Freud, the stalwart of psychology, Oedipus complex is the tension between the child and the father as the child takes his mother as his object of sexual desire. Thus, a friction grows between the two male members of the family. The child sees the father as a competition to him for the lady’s love and affection. The child despises the love and bond between the parents and feels like being in the centre of attraction ...

Introduction

Lara Mulvey is a renowned theorist of films who has written several articles about different aspects in the film industry. One of her most famous essays is Visual Pleasure in the Narrative Cinema that generally explores the roles played by women in the film industry (Thornham 25). Lara in this essay states that there are two general roles of women in the film industry.
She outlines the male gender automatic power to look at women as desire objects by the passive observation of their bodies. In this case, the women become simple symbols or objects with no real power ...

Emily Dickinson’s life was not that of a conventional young lady of the nineteenth century. The men of her family were all lawyers, many turned to politics as well, and she often felt the limitations of her gender, writing to her future sister-in-law and friend Susan Gilbert, "Why can't I be a Delegate to the great Whig Convention?—don’t I know all about Daniel Webster, and the Tariff and the Law?" (Crumbley ¶ 2). Another incident that showed and likely promoted her individuality occurred in the years 1847-1848 while she studied at the Mount Holyoke Female Seminary; when she “acquired ...

Myth

Characteristic Notes

Myth Category

Mythological System

Bhagavad Gita
People hardly believe that the creator is always among them but at the same time, away from them. Krishna represents the divine creator who grew among people but had unique characteristics. Examples are: Jesus, Moses, Buddha, more other. In addition, Bhagavad Gita teachings states that the divine dwells among people that’s the reason why Apostle Luke said the kingdom of God is inside individuals.

Religious

Hindu

Enki and Ninhursanga

Enki is a promiscuous god responsible for impregnating mother goddess Ninhursanga, and her offspring. When Enki gets sick because of eating the ...

Akira Kurosawa’s film The Seven Samurai is as much a commentary on the themes of justice and selflessness as it is about samurai warfare. The primary conflict of the samurai against the raiders they are hired to drive away from the village is that of old-fashioned, underdog honor overcoming the ideals of both ruthless chaos (the raiders) and passive defeat (the villagers). Over the course of the film, all seven samurai find their own reasons for defending the village, overcoming their own pride, naivete and pity to band together as an opposing force and strike a blow for honor and ...