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Columbus's VoyageAt the end of the fifteenth century, celestial navigation was just being developed in Europe, primarily by the Portuguese. Prior to the development of celestial navigation, sailors navigated by "deduced" (or "dead") reckoning, hereafter called DR. This was the method used by Columbus and most ...
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Critical Essay On The PedestriFifty-three years from now a writer is taken to a psychiatric centre for help because he was walking along the streets. In this essay I will be considering the image of the future created in this short story by analysing the plot, setting, character and theme.
This short story is about a man ...
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�To Be Or Not To Be�One of the most notable passages in the world is the soliloquy in Shakespeare�s Hamlet. The passage is, besides an important climax in the underlying plot and theme of the play, perhaps the most revealing moment of Hamlet�s inner character. It is the first moment in which Hamlet is able to ...
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Winston Churchill: Britain�s Man of the Century
Never give in�never, never, never, never, in nothing great or small, large or petty, never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the ...
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Harris V. City Of Zion/Kuhn V. City Of Rolling MeadowsIt has been made clear to me that there is no such thing as "religious liberty" within this once great country of ours. We have completely fallen short of what our forefathers intended us to be. Foundations and religious beliefs, which were sacred, have fallen between the cracks of our now ...
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Sausages And EqaulityIn speaking of equality and its true meaning, Patricia Williams takes the term equality and puts it into three levels of understanding and interpretation. The first level involves the literal and direct meaning of equality. If we take equality for its literal translation, then it justifiably ...
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Winston Smith's DownfallIn the repressive society of Oceania in 1984, Winston Smith lived a
restricted life in which all activities were aimed towards the good of the Party.
Political and intellectual freedom were completely non-existent. With no laws
separating right from wrong, the whole population lived in fear, ...
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Experiencing Cyberspace1.
If a survey were being done on how people experience cyberspace, one
would immediately notice that no two answers would be the same. Experiencing
cyberspace is something that is different for every individual. I myself
experience cyberspace psychologically, I experience it in my mind. There ...
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Literary Essay � Dead Poets Society
Bill Beattie once said, �The aim of education should be to teach us how to think rather than what to think � rather to improve our minds, so as to enable us to think for ourselves, than to load the memory with thoughts of other men.� All too often, however, individual thoughts are crushed by ...
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Dulce Et Decorum Est: AnalysisIn the poem, �Dulce et Decorum Est� written by Wilfred Owen, we read of an experience which the poet had during his time as a soldier at the front during the First World War. Although the event described took place a long time ago, it is still significant to me because its essential message, that ...
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Technological LiteracyINTRODUCTION: INNOVATION AND DISSEMINATION
Social commentators tell us we are in the midst of a technological and information revolution which will change forever many of the traditional ways we communicate and conduct our everyday affairs. But what is the information revolution? How do the new ...
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Fantasy Author Charles De LintWhen most people think of fantasy, images of fairies, unicorns, dragons, and other fantastical creatures set in a "Camelot" type world comes to mind. Most would not think of these extraordinary creatures living in modern times. The is among many present-day authors that has broken the mold of ...
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Can Computers Think? The Case For And Against Artificial IntelligenceCan Computers Think? The Case For and Against Artificial Intelligence
Artificial intelligence has been the subject of many bad "80's" movies and
countless science fiction novels. But what happens when we seriously consider
the question of computers that think. Is it possible for computers to ...
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Guilt, Duty, And Unrequited Love: Deconstructing the Love Triangles in James Joyce�s The Dead and Thomas Hardy�s Jude the Obscure
"It�s no problem of mine but it�s a problem I fight, living a life that I can�t leave behind. But there�s no sense in telling me, the wisdom of the cruel words that you speak. But that�s the ...
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The Anglo-saxon LiteratureIn , the scop has a privilege of retaining history, culture and social values of that society. In many cases the scop exercises the power to create stories which reflect the values of that society. The Rood in the ��The Dream of the Rood�� also tells a story of which affects its society and ...
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A Raisin In The SunBased on the Poem "Dulce et Decorum Est"
The poem is one of the most powerful ways to convey an idea or
opinion. Through vivid imagery and compelling metaphors, the poem
gives the reader the exact feeling the author wanted. The poem "Dulce
et Decorum Est," an anti-war poem by Wilfred Owen, ...
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Iliad As A Dictate Of The Father
The Lion Gate is gnarling down at anyone trying to advance past its massive guard. Inside the fortress, mighty shields and glistening swords await the visitor�s arrival. Skillfully carved armor decorations proclaim great battles and fierce hunts. The prevailing warrior ethos and his manly ...
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Dead Poets SocietyLiterary Essay �
Bill Beattie once said, "The aim of education should be to teach us how to think rather than what to think � rather to improve our minds, so as to enable us to think for ourselves, than to load the memory with thoughts of other men." All too often, however, ...
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The Absence Of Truth Leads ToThroughout history, the absence of truth has caused turmoil between various groups. However, when a false sense of reality is established, the revelation of the truth brings further turmoil to the involved parties. In King Lear, William Shakespeare conveys the concept that the absence of truth ...
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Ordinary Peopleby Judith Guest is an extremely serious, well-written novel that deals with the hardships of having a death in the family, and the difficulties that follow. I think that this book easily deserves a five star rating. My general reaction to this book was one of sorrow that we must cope with such ...
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